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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2011
Applicants:
Hiroshi Kayama, Osaka, JP;
Kazuo Momoo, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroshi Kayama, Osaka, JP;
Kazuo Momoo, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical disc drive according to the present invention includes an optical pickup and a writing control section for instructing the optical pickup to record a mark, representing the information to be written, on the optical disc. In recording the mark on the optical disc, the writing control section instructs the optical pickup to irradiate the same area on the optical disc with a light beam a plurality of times so that the mark is recorded in that repeatedly irradiated area.