# US 5,703,868 A · Optical information recording medium having discernible obverse and reverse sides > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 5,703,868 A - Document ID: US5703868A - Status: Granted - Kind: A - Application number: 08/728,493 - Filed: 1996-10-09 - Granted: 1997-12-30 - Earliest claimed: 1995-12-08 - Assignees: Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Masakazu Kobayashi; Yoshikazu Kato - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5703868A ## CPC - G11B 23/40: Identifying or analogous means applied to or incorporated in the record carrier and not intended for visual display simultaneously with the playing-back of the record carrier, e.g. label, leader, photograph - G11B 7/24: Record carriers characterised by shape, structure or physical properties, or by the selection of the material (characterised by the arrangement of information on the carrier G11B7/007) - G11B: INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER (recording measured values in a way that does not require playback through a transducer G01D9/00; recording or playback apparatus using mechanically marked tape, e.g. punched paper tape, or using unit records, e.g. punched or magnetically marked cards G06K; transferring data from one type of record carrier to another G06K1/18; circuits for coupling output of reproducer to radio receiver H04B1/20; gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers or circuits therefor H04R) ## Abstract A laminate type optical information recording medium which is identifiable on the basis of its color, is formed without change to conventional manufacturing steps by laminating two optical information recording media, each of which includes at least a substrate on which information is recorded, a semi-transparent layer for reflecting a reproduction laser beam, a transparent resin layer formed to cover the semi-transparent layer, a reflection layer for reflecting the reproduction laser beam and an adhesive layer formed to cover the reflection layer. The two substrates of the laminate type optical information recording medium have different transmission spectra in a visible region. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A plate-shaped optical information recording medium on which information is recorded and from which the information is optically reproduced by being irradiated with a reproduction laser beam and detecting the reproduction laser beam reflected from the medium, comprising: a first transmission portion including a first substrate through which light incident to an obverse surface side of said optical information recording medium is transmitted; a second transmission portion including a second substrate through which light incident to a reverse surface side of said optical information recording medium is transmitted; and a reflection portion which is provided between said first transmission portion and said second transmission portion and adapted to reflect the light transmitted through said first transmission portion and said second transmission portion, said first transmission portion and said second transmission portion having different transmission spectra in a visible region to enable a user to visually discriminate between said obverse and reverse sides. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The optical information recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein the reproduction laser beam is transmitted through said first substrate and an information recording face is formed on said first substrate so that information is optically reproduced, the reproduction laser beam is transmitted through said second substrate and an information recording face is formed on said second substrate so that information is optically reproduced, and said reflection portion has a first reflection layer which is formed on said information recording face of said first substrate and adapted to reflect the reproduction laser beam, a second reflection layer which is formed on said information recording face of said second substrate and adapted to reflect the reproduction laser beam, and an adhesive layer through which said first reflection layer and said second reflection layer are adhesively attached to each other, said first substrate and said second substrate having different transmission spectra in the visible region. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The optical information recording medium as claimed in claim 2 wherein a protection layer is interposed between said first reflection layer and said adhesive layer and between said second reflection layer and said adhesive layer. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The optical information recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein the reproduction laser beam is transmitted through said first substrate and an information recording face is formed on said first substrate so that information is optically reproduced, and said reflection portion has a first reflection layer which is formed on said information recording face of said first substrate and adapted to reflect the reproduction laser beam, and an adhesive layer through which said first reflection layer and said second substrate are adhesively attached to each other, said first substrate and said second substrate having different transmission spectra in the visible region. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The optical information recording medium as claimed in claim 4, wherein a protection layer is interposed between said first reflection layer and said adhesive layer and between said second substrate and said adhesive layer. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The optical information recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first transmission portion comprises: the reproduction laser beam which is transmitted through said first substrate and an information recording face which is formed on said first substrate so that information is optically reproduced; a first semi-transparent layer which is formed on said information recording face of said first substrate and adapted to reflect a part of the reproduction laser beam and transmit a residual part of the reproduction laser beam; and a first transparent resin layer which is formed so as to cover said first semi-transparent layer, through which the reproduction laser beam is transmitted and on which an information recording face is formed so that information is optically reproduced, said second transmission portion comprises: the reproduction laser beam which is transmitted through said second substrate and an information recording face which is formed on said second substrate so that information is optically reproduced; a second semi-transparent layer which is formed on said information recording face of said second substrate and adapted to reflect a part of the reproduction laser beam and transmit a residual part of the reproduction laser beam; and a second transparent resin layer which is formed so as to cover said second semi-transparent layer, through which the reproduction laser beam is transmitted and on which an information recording face is formed so that information is optically reproduced, and said reflection portion comprises: a first reflection layer which is formed on said information recording face of said first transparent resin layer and is adapted to reflect the reproduction laser beam; a second reflection layer which is formed on said information recording face of said second transparent resin layer and is adapted to reflect the reproduction laser beam; and an adhesive layer through which said first reflection layer and said second reflection layer are adhesively attached to each other, said first substrate and said second substrate having different transmission spectra in the visible region. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The optical information recording medium as claimed in claim 6, wherein a protection layer is interposed between said first reflection layer and said adhesive layer and between said second reflection layer and said adhesive layer. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The optical information recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first transmission portion comprises: the reproduction laser beam which is transmitted through said first substrate and an information recording face which is formed on said first substrate so that information is optically reproduced; a first semi-transparent layer which is formed on said information recording face of said first substrate and adapted to reflect a part of the reproduction laser beam and transmit a residual part of the reproduction laser beam; and a first transparent resin layer which is formed so as to cover said first semi-transparent layer, through which the reproduction laser beam is transmitted and on which an information recording face is formed so that information is optically reproduced, said second transmission portion comprises: the reproduction laser beam which is transmitted through said second substrate and an information recording face which is formed on said second substrate so that information is optically reproduced; a second semi-transparent layer which is formed on said information recording face of said second substrate and adapted to reflect a part of the reproduction laser beam and transmit a residual part of the reproduction laser beam; and a second transparent resin layer which is formed so as to cover said second semi-transparent layer, through which the reproduction laser beam is transmitted and on which an information recording face is formed so that information is optically reproduced, and said reflection portion comprises: a first reflection layer which is formed on said information recording face of said first transparent resin layer and adapted to reflect the reproduction laser beam; a second reflection layer which is formed on said information recording face of said second transparent resin layer and adapted to reflect the reproduction laser beam; and an adhesive layer through which said first reflection layer and said second reflection layer are adhesively attached to each other, said first transparent resin layer and said second transparent resin layer having different transmission spectra in the visible region. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The optical information recording medium as claimed in claim 8, wherein a protection layer is interposed between said first reflection layer and said adhesive layer and between said second reflection layer and said adhesive layer. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The optical information recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first transmission portion comprises: the reproduction laser beam which is transmitted through said first substrate and an information recording face which is formed on said first substrate so that information is optically reproduced; a first semi-transparent layer which is formed on said information recording face of said first substrate and adapted to reflect a part of the reproduction laser beam and transmit a residual part of the reproduction laser beam; and a first transparent resin layer which is formed so as to cover said first semi-transparent layer, through which the reproduction laser beam is transmitted and on which an information recording face is formed so that information is optically reproduced, said second transmission portion comprises: the reproduction laser beam which is transmitted through said second substrate and an information recording face which is formed on said second substrate so that information is optically reproduced; a second semi-transparent layer which is formed on said information recording face of said second substrate and adapted to reflect a part of the reproduction laser beam and transmit a residual part of the reproduction laser beam; and a second transparent resin layer which is formed so as to cover said second semi-transparent layer, through which the reproduction laser beam is transmitted and on which an information recording face is formed so that information is optically reproduced, and said reflection portion comprises: a first reflection layer which is formed on said information recording face of said first transparent resin layer and adapted to reflect the reproduction laser beam; a second reflection layer which is formed on said information recording face of said second transparent resin layer and adapted to reflect the reproduction laser beam; and an adhesive layer through which said first reflection layer and said second reflection layer are adhesively attached to each other, said first transparent resin layer and said second substrate having different transmission spectra in the visible region. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The optical information recording medium as claimed in claim 10, wherein a protection layer is interposed between said first reflection layer and said adhesive layer and between said second reflection layer and said adhesive layer. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The optical information recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first transmission portion comprises the reproduction laser beam which is transmitted through said first substrate and an information recording face which is formed on said first substrate so that information is optically reproduced, a first semi-transparent layer which is formed on said information recording face of said first substrate and adapted to reflect a part of the reproduction laser beam and transmit a residual part of the reproduction laser beam, and a first transparent resin layer which is formed so as to cover said first semi-transparent layer, through which the reproduction laser beam is transmitted and on which an information recording face is formed so that information is optically reproduced, and said reflection portion comprises a first reflection layer which is formed on said information recording medium of said first transparent resin layer and adapted to reflect the reproduction laser beam, and an adhesive layer through which said first reflection layer and said second substrate are adhesively attached to each other, said first substrate and said second substrate having different transmission spectra in the visible region. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The optical information recording medium as claimed in claim 12, wherein a protection layer is interposed between said first reflection layer and said adhesive layer and between said second substrate and said adhesive layer. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The optical information recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first transmission portion comprises the reproduction laser beam which is transmitted through said first substrate and an information recording face which is formed on said first substrate so that information is optically reproduced, a first semi-transparent layer which is formed on said information recording face of said first substrate and adapted to reflect a part of the reproduction laser beam and transmit a residual part of the reproduction laser beam, and a first transparent resin layer which is formed so as to cover said first semi-transparent layer, through which the reproduction laser beam is transmitted and on which an information recording face is formed so that information is optically reproduced, and said reflection portion comprises first reflection layer which is formed on said information recording medium of said first transparent resin layer and adapted to reflect the reproduction laser beam, and an adhesive layer through which said first reflection layer and said second substrate are adhesively attached to each other, said first transparent resin layer and said second substrate having different transmission spectra in the visible region. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The optical information recording medium as claimed in claim 14, wherein a protection layer is interposed between said first reflection layer and said adhesive layer and between said second substrate and said adhesive layer. ### Claim 16 A plate-shaped optical information recording medium on which information is recorded and from which the information is optically reproduced by being irradiated with a reproduction laser beam to the medium and detecting the reproduction laser beam reflected from the medium, comprising: a first transmission portion through which light incident to an obverse surface side of said optical information recording medium is transmitted; a second transmission portion through which light incident to a reverse surface side of said optical information recording medium is transmitted; and a reflection portion which is provided between said first transmission portion and said second transmission portion and adapted to reflect the light transmitted through said first transmission portion and said second transmission portion, said reflection portion having different reflection spectra between light in the visible region which is transmitted through said first transmission portion and light in the visible region which is transmitted through said second transmission portion to enable a user to visually discriminate between said obverse and reverse sides. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The optical information recording medium as claimed in claim 16, wherein said first transmission portion has a first substrate through which the reproduction laser beam is transmitted and on which an information recording face is formed so that information is optically reproduced, said second transmission portion has a second substrate through which the reproduction laser beam is transmitted and on which an information recording face is formed so that information is optically reproduced, and said reflection portion has a first reflection layer which is formed on said information recording face of said first substrate and adapted to reflect the reproduction laser beam, a second reflection layer which is formed on said information recording face of said second substrate and adapted to reflect the reproduction laser beam, and an adhesive layer through which said first reflection layer and said second reflection layer are adhesively attached to each other, said first reflection layer and said second reflection layer having different transmission spectra in the visible region. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The optical information recording medium as claimed in claim 17, wherein a protection layer is interposed between said first reflection layer and said adhesive layer and between said second reflection layer and said adhesive layer. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The optical information recording medium as claimed in claim 16, wherein said first transmission portion has a first substrate through which the reproduction laser beam is transmitted and on which an information recording face is formed so that information is optically reproduced, said second transmission portion has a second substrate through which light is transmitted, and said reflection portion has a first reflection layer which is formed on said information recording face of said first substrate and adapted to reflect the reproduction laser beam, a second reflection layer formed on said second substrate, and an adhesive layer through which said first reflection layer and said second substrate are adhesively attached to each other, said first reflection layer and said second reflection layer having different transmission spectra in the visible region. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The optical information recording medium as claimed in claim 19, wherein a protection layer is interposed between said first reflection layer and said adhesive layer and between said second reflection layer and said adhesive layer. ### Claim 21 (depends on 16) The optical information recording medium as claimed in claim 16, wherein said first transmission portion comprises: a first substrate through which the reproduction laser beam is transmitted and on which an information recording face is formed so that information is optically reproduced; a first semi-transparent layer which is formed on said information recording face of said first substrate and adapted to reflect a part of the reproduction laser beam and transmit a residual part of the reproduction laser beam; and a first transparent resin layer which is formed so as to cover said first semi-transparent layer, through which the reproduction laser beam is transmitted and on which an information recording face is formed so that information is optically reproduced, said second transmission portion comprises: a second substrate through which the reproduction laser beam is transmitted and on which an information recording face is formed so that information is optically reproduced; a second semi-transparent layer which is formed on said information recording face of said second substrate and adapted to reflect a part of the reproduction laser beam and transmit a residual part of the reproduction laser beam; and a second transparent resin layer which is formed so as to cover said second semi-transparent layer, through which the reproduction laser beam is transmitted and on which an information recording face is formed so that information is optically reproduced, and said reflection portion comprises: a first reflection layer which is formed on said information recording face of said first transparent resin layer and adapted to reflect the reproduction laser beam; a second reflection layer which is formed on said information recording face of said second transparent resin layer and adapted to reflect the reproduction laser beam; and an adhesive layer through which said first reflection layer and said second reflection layer are adhesively attached to each other, said first reflection layer and said second reflection layer having different transmission spectra in the visible region. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The optical information recording medium as claimed in claim 21, wherein a protection layer is interposed between said first reflection layer and said adhesive layer and between said second reflection layer and said adhesive layer. ### Claim 23 (depends on 16) The optical information recording medium as claimed in claim 16, wherein said first transmission portion comprises a first substrate through which the reproduction laser beam is transmitted and on which an information recording face is formed so that information is optically reproduced, a first semi-transparent layer which is formed on said information recording face of said first substrate and adapted to reflect a part of the reproduction laser beam and transmit a residual part of the reproduction laser beam, and a first transparent resin layer which is formed so as to cover said first semi-transparent layer, through which the reproduction laser beam is transmitted and on which an information recording face is formed so that information is optically reproduced, said second transmission portion has a second substrate through which light is transmitted, and said reflection portion comprises a first reflection layer which is formed on said information recording face of said first transparent resin layer and adapted to reflect the reproduction laser beam, a second reflection layer formed on said second substrate, and an adhesive layer through which said first reflection layer and said second reflection layer are adhesively attached to each other, said first reflection layer and said second reflection layer having different reflection spectra in the visible region. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The optical information recording medium as claimed in claim 23, wherein a protection layer is interposed between said first reflection layer and said adhesive layer and between said second reflection layer and said adhesive layer.