Recording medium, information reproducing apparatus and information reproducing method

An information reproducing apparatus for optically reading a dot code recorded on a recording medium and reproducing information represented by the dot code,

• wherein one piece of information is recorded on said recording medium so as to be divided into a plurality of dot codes as divided information, and
• wherein each of said dot codes is constructed of a plurality of blocks, and
• wherein each of the blocks includes at least:
• a data dot pattern having dots arranged in accordance with the divided information;
• and
• an address dot pattern indicating the address of each block;
• said information reproducing apparatus comprising:
• reading means for optically reading each of said plurality of dot codes one after another;
• and
• information reproducing means for reproducing said one piece of information when said reading means reads all of said plurality of dot codes.

An information reproducing method for optically reading a dot code recorded on a recording medium and reproducing information represented by the dot code,

• wherein one piece of information is recorded on said recording medium so as to be divided into a plurality of dot codes as divided information;
• and
• wherein each of said dot codes is constructed of a plurality of blocks, and
• wherein each of the blocks includes at least:
• a data dot pattern having dots arranged in accordance with the divided information;
• and
• an address dot pattern indicating the address of each block,
• said information reproducing method comprising:
• optically reading each of said plurality of dot codes one after another;
• and
• reproducing said one piece of information when all of said plurality of dot codes are read.