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EP0441967A1 Expired / Lapsed EP ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Optical recording medium, data recording method and data reproducing method

Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 1990-08-22
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2010-08-22
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Abstract

Abstract An optical recording medium in which main data are recorded on a recording track that has been formed in advance along the track direction, and the recorded data are read out by optical means. Frame synchronizing signals based on the same format as the main data format are recorded in advance for each frame that serves as a data recording unit utilizing the displacement in the direction of width of the recording track itself, whereby the frame synchronism is easily obtained and the constitution is simplified as a result of using the synchronizing circuit in common. The data to be recorded in advance by displacing the track itself in the direction of width include frame synchronizing signal as well as any reproduction-only data, in order to increase the recording capacity of the disk. The circuit constitution is simplified by using in common the reproducing circuit for reproducing frame synchronizing signals of main data recorded in the track direction of the recording track and the reproducing circuit for reproducing frame synchronizing signals of the same format as the main data in the data recorded being displaced in the direction of track width.

Inventors

  • 👤 Tamotsu Yamagami
  • 👤 Yoichiro Sako
  • 👤 Masanobu Yamamoto

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 15:55
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B7/00; G11B27/00; G11B27/10; G11B27/19; G11B27/28; G11B27/30; G11B27/3027; G11B11/00; G11B11/10; G11B11/105; G11B11/10502; G11B11/10504; G11B11/10528; G11B11/10595; G11B11/10597; G11B13/00; G11B13/04; G11B20/00; G11B20/10; G11B20/12; G11B20/1217; G11B20/1254; G11B27/24; G11B7/007; G11B7/00745; G11B7/24; G11B7/2407; G11B7/24073; G11B7/24082; G11B20/10527; G11B2020/10537; G11B2020/10546; G11B2020/1259; G11B2220/00; G11B2220/20; G11B2220/21; G11B2220/215; G11B2220/218; G11B2220/25; G11B2220/2525; G11B2220/2537; G11B2220/2545

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim 77 words
An optical recording medium for reading out recorded data by optical means. characterized in that a recordable region for recording the main information is provided on a previously formed recording track along the track direction, and in that for each frame as an information recording unit, frame sync signals having the same signal format as that of the frame sync signals for said main information are previously formed by offsetting said recording track along the width thereof,
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 38 words
The optical recording medium according to claim 1 characterized in that the reproduce-only information having the same signal format as that of said main information is previously recorded by offsetting of said recording track along the width thereof.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 19 words
The optical recording medium according to claim 1 characterized in that said optical recording medium is a magneto-optical disc.
Claim 4
Independent Claim 76 words
A method for recording an information wherein a main information is recorded on a recording track previously formed on an optical recording medium along the direction of said recording track comprising employing a recording medium on which a reproduce-only information is previously formed by offsetting said recording track along the width of said recording track, and recording said main information in accordance with a signal format which is the same as that for said reproduce-only information.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 26 words
The method according to claim 4 wherein the recording of said main information is controlled in dependence upon the information obtained upon reproducing said reproduce-only information.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 24 words
The method according to claim 5 wherein, of said main information, an information which is the same as said reproduce-only information is not recorded.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 23 words
The method according to claim 4 wherein said main information is recorded with the same recording density as that for said reproduce-only information.
Claim 8
Independent Claim 115 words
A method for reproducing a main information recorded on a recording track previously formed on an optical recording medium along the direction of said recording track, comprising employing a recording medium on which frame sync signals having the same signal format as that of frame sync signals for said main information are previously formed for each frame as an information recording unit by offsetting said recording track along the width thereof and reproducing said frame sync signals of said main information by a frame sync signal reproducing circuit which is the same as a frame sync signal reproducing circuit for reproducing said frame sync signals recorded by offsetting the recording track along the width thereof.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 66 words
The method according to claim 8 wherein said main information is generated by a signal processing circuit, which is the same as a reproducing signal processing circuit for said reproduce-only information, with the use of a recording medium on which the reproduce-only information having the same signal format as that of said main information is previously formed by offsetting said recording track along the width thereof.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 25 words
The method according to claim 9 wherein reproduction of said main information is controlled in dependence upon the information obtained upon reproducing said reproduce-only information.

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