Recording and reproducing apparatus and laser-driving pulse adjusting method

A laser-driving pulse adjusting method for a recording apparatus that writes information expressed by a mark and a space on an optical recording medium by irradiating laser light to the optical recording medium, q being a variable, the method comprising:

• an adjustment writing step of performing a writing operation, via an optical head means, for at least q+1 strategy adjustments (ST) on the optical recording medium for a set amount of shift of each write edge position (w) to determine at least q+1 amounts of shifts of write edge positions (w) for q types of write edge positions (w) to be adjusted by a laser-driving pulse, wherein a relationship between a mark edge position error (m) and the amount of shift of the write edge position (w) is linear, and a relationship between the types of the write edge positions (w) and types of the mark edge position errors (m) is linear;
• a mark edge error detecting step of detecting at least q+1 or more types of the mark edge position errors (m) by reading out information written with the set amount of shift of each write edge position (w) defined by the adjustment writing step;
• a computing step of determining a setting for adjustment on the laser-driving pulse by calculating the amounts of shifts of the write edge positions (w) for q types of the write edge positions (w) to minimize a square sum of q types of the mark edge position errors (m) detected in the mark edge error detecting step;
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• a setting step of generating the laser-driving pulse at the adjustment setting determined by the computing step.

A recording and reproducing apparatus comprising:

• an optical head section that writes and reads information expressed by a mark and a space on an optical recording medium by irradiating laser light to the optical recording medium;
• a laser-driving pulse generating section that creates and supplies a laser-driving pulse in accordance with information to write to the optical head section to cause the optical head section to perform the irradiation of laser light for writing;
• a mark edge error detecting section that detects a mark edge position error (m) from a signal read out from the optical recording medium by the optical head section;
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• an adjustment control section that defines an adjustment on a laser-driving pulse generated by the laser-driving pulse generating section,
• wherein q is a variable, a relationship between the mark edge position error (m) and an amount of shift of a write edge position (w) is linear, a relationship between types of the write edge positions (w) and types of the mark edge position errors (m) is linear, the adjustment control section performs a writing operation, using the optical head section, for at least q+1 strategy adjustments (ST) on the optical recording medium for a set amount of shift of each write edge position (w) to determine at least q+1 of the amounts of shifts of the write edge positions (w) for q types of write edge positions (w) to be adjusted by the laser-driving pulse, obtains at least q+1 of the mark edge position errors (m), which are detected by the mark edge error detecting section when information written with the set amount of shift of each write edge position (w) defined in the writing operation is read out by the optical head section, determines a setting for adjustment on the laser-driving pulse by calculating the amounts of shifts of the write edge positions (w) for q types of the write edge positions (w) to minimize a square sum of q types of the mark edge position errors (m) detected by the mark edge error detecting section, and defines the setting in the laser-driving pulse generating section.