Optical recording medium
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsHiroshi Nakayama, Atsushi Takeuchi, Mitsuo Arima
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Abstract
An optical recording medium has spirally or concentrically formed tracks and capable of an optical recording. The optical recording medium includes a data recording and reproducing area divided into a plurality of zones in the radial direction. One zone is divided into a plurality of sectors respectively having an address area including pits having address information and a data are in which data is only present in grooves. The number of sectors forming each zone is different. An optical disc is formed so that an average reflectance Iadd of the address part and an average reflectance Idata of the data part satisfy a relation expressed by 0.7≦(Iadd/Idata)≦1.3 or 0.8≦(Iadd/Idata)≦1.2.
Claims12
An optical recording medium having spirally or concentrically formed tracks defined by lands and grooves and capable of an optical recording, the optical recording medium comprising a data recording and reproducing area divided into a plurality of zones in the radial direction, one zone being divided into a plurality of sectors respectively having an address area including pits having address information and a data area in which data is only present in the grooves and configured for recording and reproducing of data, and the number of sectors forming each zone being different,
- wherein,
- the address area includes an extra groove within a land in which the address data is present;
- and
- an average quantity of reflecting light Iemboss of the address area and an average quantity of reflecting light Idata of the data area satisfy a relation expressed by 0.7≦(Iemboss/Idata)≦1.3 due to the presence and configuation of the extra groove in the address area and the presence of the address data within the extra groove.
An optical recording medium having spirally or concentrically formed tracks defined by lands and grooves and capable of an optical recording, the optical recording medium comprising a data recording and reproducing area divided into a plurality of zones in the radial direction, one zone being divided into a plurality of sectors respectively having an address area including pits having address information and a data area in which data is only present in the grooves and configured for recording and reproducing of data, and the number of sectors forming each zone being different,
- wherein,
- the address area includes an extra groove within a land in which the address data is present;
- and
- an average quantity of reflecting light Iemboss of the address area and an average quantity of reflecting light Idata of the data area satisfy a relation expressed by 0.8≦(Iemboss/Idata)≦1.2 due to the presence and configuration of the extra groove in the address area and the presence of the address data within the extra groove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.