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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2005
Masahiro Kato, Saitama, JP;
Masahiro Miura, Saitama, JP;
Eisaku Kawano, Saitama, JP;
Tohru Kanegae, Saitama, JP;
Masahiro Kato, Saitama, JP;
Masahiro Miura, Saitama, JP;
Eisaku Kawano, Saitama, JP;
Tohru Kanegae, Saitama, JP;
Pioneer Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording apparatus with a device for recording information onto a medium, provided with: (i) a first layer irradiated with laser light to record information on a first area; and (ii) a second layer irradiated with laser light through the first layer and having a second area whose edge on an inner circumferential side corresponds to an edge on an outer circumferential side of the first area; and a controlling device for controlling the recording device to pre-record, into an area portion of the first area, other than an area portion having a size corresponding to a tolerance length, which indicates an acceptable range of a relative position shift between an address defined on the predetermined position in the first layer and an address related to the predetermined position in the second layer, with the edge on the outer circumferential side of the first area as a starting point.