Optical disk, an optical disk barcode forming method, an optical disk reproduction apparatus, a marking forming apparatus, a method of forming a laser marking on an optical disk, and a method of manufacturing an optical disk
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoshiho Gotoh, Mitsuaki Oshima, Shinichi Tanaka, Kenji Koishi, Mitsuro Moriya
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Abstract
Disclosed is an optical disk barcode forming method wherein, as information to be barcoded, position information for piracy prevention, which is a form of ID, is coded as a barcode and is recorded by laser trimming on a reflective film in a PCA area of an optical disk. When playing back the thus manufactured optical disk on a reproduction apparatus, the barcode data can be played back using the same optical pickup.
Claims2
A reproducing apparatus for reproducing information on an optical disk which has a first information layer and a second information layer which are capable to be read out from one side of said optical disk by an optical head and further has a mark part which is formed at a certain information layer existing at a predetermined radius of said first and/or second information layer, said mark having stripe-like configuration in a radius direction, comprising;
- exchanging means for exchanging a focusing state of said optical head to said first or second information layer,
- focusing control means for controlling a focusing according to a signal from said exchanging means,
- focusing driving means for driving said optical head according to a signal from said focusing control means, wherein
- a signal of said mark existing at said certain information layer is reproduced by exchanging the focusing of said optical heads.
A reproducing apparatus for reproducing information on an optical disk which has a first information layer and a second information layer which are capable to be read out from one side of said optical disk by an optical head and further has a mark part at a certain information layer existing at a predetermined radius of said first and/or second information layer, said mark having long configuration in a radius direction and lower reflection characteristics than that of neighboring parts, comprising;
- exchanging means for exchanging a focusing state of said optical head to said first or second information layer,
- focusing control means for controlling a focusing according to a signal from said exchanging means,
- focusing driving means for driving said optical head according to a signal from said focusing control means to exchange said focusing to said first or second information layer, wherein
- a signal of said mark existing at said certain information layer is reproduced by exchanging the focusing of said optical heads.
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