Optical recording medium, method of reproducing recorded data of optical recording medium, and system for reproducing recorded data of optical recording medium

An optical recording medium comprising:

• a substrate having a track in a stripe on its surface, and, provided on the surface of said substrate, a recording layer, a recording auxiliary layer that covers a recording region of said recording layer on its surface on the side not facing the substrate, and a recording restraining layer that covers the recording layer on its region other than the recording region;
• said optical recording medium being subjected to reciprocating movement relative to recording and/or reproducing light to carry out recording and/or reproducing a datum;
• said region other than the recording region of the recording layer in said medium being a region for tracking servo, track access, and auto-focusing, and a region irradiated with reproducing light when the direction of movement of said medium is reversed;
• and
• said recording restraining layer providing an efficient heat sink to said recording layer, whereby a sensitivity of said recording layer covered by said recording restraining layer in a state in which movement between said optical recording medium and said beam has stopped is lower than a sensitivity of said recording layer within the recording region in a state of movement between said optical recording medium and said beam.

A method of reproducing recorded data of an optical recording medium by using a playback focused beam of light having a given frequency and a predetermined intensity, comprising:

• providing an optical recording medium comprising
• a substrate having a track in a stripe on its surface, and, provided on the surface of said substrate, a recording layer, a recording auxiliary layer that covers a recording region of said recording layer on its surface on the side not facing the substrate, and a recording restraining layer that covers the recording layer on its region other than the recording region,
• said recording restraining layer providing an efficient heat sink to said recording layer, whereby a sensitivity of said recording layer covered by said recording restraining layer in a state in which movement between said optical recording medium and said beam has stopped is lower than a sensitivity of said recording layer within the recording region in a state of movement between said optical recording medium and said beam;
• and an encoded datum being recorded in the recording layer in the recording region;
• and
• subjecting said optical recording medium to reciprocating movement in the direction parallel to said track so that said beam traces said track, during the step of which the movement direction of said optical recording medium is reversed when said region other than the recording region of said recording layer is irradiated with said beam.

An optical recording medium, for use with a playback focused beam of light having a given frequency and a predetermined intensity, said optical recording medium comprising:

• a substrate having a track on its surface;
• and
• a recording layer provided on the surface of said substrate;
• said recording layer having (i) a recording region and (ii) a low-sensitivity region covered by a recording restraining layer, said recording restraining layer providing an efficient heat sink to said recording layer, whereby a sensitivity of said recording layer within the low-sensitivity region in a state in which movement between said optical recording medium and said beam has stopped is lower than a sensitivity of said recording layer within the recording region in a state of movement between said optical recording medium and said beam.