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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 27, 2013
Applicant:

Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd., Taito-ku, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Kenichi Shimomai, Takasaki, JP;

Yutaka Imamura, Takasaki, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/0045 (2006.01); G11B 7/007 (2006.01); G11B 7/1267 (2012.01); G11B 20/10 (2006.01); G11B 20/12 (2006.01); G11B 7/24038 (2013.01); G11B 7/2405 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/00736 (2013.01); G11B 7/1267 (2013.01); G11B 7/2405 (2013.01); G11B 7/24038 (2013.01); G11B 2020/10861 (2013.01); G11B 2020/1275 (2013.01); G11B 2020/1288 (2013.01);
Abstract

An optical recording device that records to a multi-layer disk having multiple recording layers includes a controller which sets a data area in which user data is recorded, and a calibration area including a main calibration area and at least one sub-calibration area which are used to calibrate the intensity of laser light for recording, with the same layout among the plurality of recording layers, conducts first calibration for performing initial recording in the data area by using the main calibration area, records dummy data in the remainder of the main calibration area, and conducts second calibration for performing additional recording in the data area by using the sub-calibration area.


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