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Information recording media and optical disk, disk having specific data so that a visible pattern of characters or graphics appear on a copy disk
Assignee: Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co Ltd
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Filing: 1995-04-12
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Granted: 1998-05-12
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Expires: 2015-04-12
Abstract
Abstract A character and/or graphics pattern area for recording specific data is provided on a CD-ROM. When an original disk is prepared, a specific pit pattern corresponding to the specific data is recorded at a first predetermined tracking linear velocity controlled by a specific tracking linear velocity control system for each track so that a character and/or graphics pattern cannot be identified. When a copy disk is produced from the original disk, if data is recorded at a second tracking linear velocity controlled by a specific tracking linear velocity control system, the character and/or graphics pattern of visible size appears on the copy disk because of an optical reflection factor difference between areas caused by placement of the specific pit pattern corresponding to the specific data.
Inventors
- 👤 Ryuichi Koike
- 👤 Hiroshi Banno
- 👤 Tamotsu Ito
- 👤 Takashi Takeuchi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 14:42
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B23/00; G11B23/28; G11B23/283; G11B23/284; G11B19/00; G11B19/02; G11B19/04; G11B19/12; G11B20/00; G11B20/00086; G11B20/00094; G11B20/00123; G11B23/38; G11B23/40; G11B7/00; G11B7/24; G11B7/007
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 48
Claim 1
Independent Claim
146 words
An information recording medium comprising a recording surface for recording information according to pits formed on a plurality of tracks, said information recording medium having a pattern recording area for recording specific data at a predetermined first tracking linear velocity for each track on the plurality of tracks, wherein said pits are disposed to form a pattern having no visibly recognizable character or graphics format on said surface, and said pits are further disposed for forming a visibly recognizable pattern of at least either characters or graphics on a copy medium in the event where said specific data is recorded on said copy medium from said information recording medium at a second tracking linear velocity different from the predetermined first tracking linear velocity, and wherein said visible pattern results from a difference in light reflection factors in said visibly recognizable pattern corresponding to the specific data.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
146 words
An information recording medium comprising a recording surface for recording information according to pits formed on a plurality of tracks, said information recording medium having a pattern recording area for recording specific data at a predetermined first tracking linear velocity for each track on the plurality of tracks, wherein said pits are disposed to form a pattern having no visibly recognizable character or graphics format on said surface, and said pits are further disposed for forming a visibly recognizable pattern of at least either characters or graphics on a copy medium in the event where said specific data is recorded on said copy medium from said information recording medium at a second tracking linear velocity different from the predetermined first tracking linear velocity, and wherein said visible pattern results from a difference in light reflection factors in said visibly recognizable pattern corresponding to the specific data.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
58 words
The information recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein the predetermined first tracking linear velocity is controlled by a CAV (constant angular velocity) system for recording data at a constant rotation speed and wherein the second tracking linear velocity is controlled by a CLV (constant linear velocity) system for recording data at a constant tracking linear velocity.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
61 words
The information recording medium as claimed in claim 2 wherein two pits corresponding to a pit on the track on which the specific pit pattern is formed and a pit on a contiguous track placed vertically to a tracking direction are placed deviating from each other in the track direction with respect to the vertical direction on the two contiguous tracks.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
44 words
The information recording medium as claimed in claim 3 wherein when the velocity is controlled by the CAV system, the deviating comprises an angle defined by a line connecting the two pits with respect to the tracking direction, the angle being about 9 degrees.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
42 words
The information recording medium as claimed in claim 2 wherein a range of the tracking linear velocities controlled by the CAV system contains a predetermined allowable tracking linear velocity range that the tracking linear velocities controlled by the CLV system can include.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
The information recording medium as claimed in claim 5 wherein the predetermined allowable tracking linear velocity range is 1.2 to 1.4 (m/s).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
The information recording medium as claimed in claim 1 having a plurality of the pattern recording areas on the recording surface.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
The information recording medium as claimed in claim 7 wherein said plurality of pattern recording areas are a plurality of ring-shaped areas separated from each other.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
26 words
The information recording medium as claimed in claim 7 wherein said plurality of pattern recording areas are a plurality of ring-shaped areas contiguous to each other.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
33 words
The information recording medium as claimed in claim 7 wherein said plurality of pattern recording areas are a plurality of areas into which a ring-shaped recording area is divided in a circumferential direction.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
57 words
The original information recording medium as claimed in claim 1 wherein the pattern recording area is provided in at least one of an outer peripheral side of a read out area indicating an end position of a data recording area and an inner side of a read area indicating a start position of the data recording area.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
55 words
The information recording medium as claimed in claim 1 wherein the pattern recording area is provided in the outer peripheral side of a read out area indicating the end position of a data recording area and wherein a mirror area containing no pits is provided between the pattern recording area and the read out area.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
54 words
The information recording medium as claimed in claim 1 wherein the pattern recording area is provided in the inner side of a read in area indicating the start position of a data recording area and wherein a mirror area containing no pits is provided between the pattern recording area and the read in area.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
83 words
The information recording medium as claimed in claim 1 wherein at least either one of the character pattern and graphics pattern is a pattern representing at least one of copyrights to information recorded on said information recording medium; a trademark assigned to, at least either one of said information recording medium and data recorded on said information recording medium; and a pattern representing other rights to, at least either one of said information recording medium and data recorded on said information recording medium.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
173 words
An information recording medium comprising a recording surface for recording information according to a pit pattern formed on a plurality of tracks corresponding to record data, said information recording medium having a pattern recording area for recording specific data, wherein the data provides that said pit pattern is disposed to form no visibly recognizable character or graphics on said recording surface and further disposed to form a visible pattern of at least either characters or graphics on a copy medium and wherein said pit pattern is selectively inclined to such a degree that the pit pattern cannot be visually identified on the recording medium because of a light reflection factor difference between areas caused by a data in a manner so that two pits corresponding to a pit on the track on which the specific pit pattern is formed, and a pit on a contiguous track placed vertically to a tracking direction, are placed deviating from each other in the track direction with respect to the vertical direction on the two contiguous tracks.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
173 words
An information recording medium comprising a recording surface for recording information according to a pit pattern formed on a plurality of tracks corresponding to record data, said information recording medium having a pattern recording area for recording specific data, wherein the data provides that said pit pattern is disposed to form no visibly recognizable character or graphics on said recording surface and further disposed to form a visible pattern of at least either characters or graphics on a copy medium and wherein said pit pattern is selectively inclined to such a degree that the pit pattern cannot be visually identified on the recording medium because of a light reflection factor difference between areas caused by a data in a manner so that two pits corresponding to a pit on the track on which the specific pit pattern is formed, and a pit on a contiguous track placed vertically to a tracking direction, are placed deviating from each other in the track direction with respect to the vertical direction on the two contiguous tracks.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
162 words
An original information recording medium comprising a recording surface for recording information according to a first pit pattern formed on a plurality of tracks corresponding to record data, said original information recording medium having a pattern recording area for recording specific data at a tracking linear velocity controlled by a CLV (constant linear velocity) system for recording data at constant tracking linear velocity on the plurality of tracks, said first pit pattern having no visibly recognizable format on the original recording medium, and wherein when said specific data is recorded on a different information recording medium from the original recording medium at a tracking linear velocity controlled by a CAV (constant angular velocity) system for recording data at constant rotation speed, wherein the data provides, on the different information recording medium, a visible pit pattern of at least either characters or graphics resulting from a light reflection factor difference between different areas of the visible pit pattern corresponding to the specific data.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
162 words
An original information recording medium comprising a recording surface for recording information according to a first pit pattern formed on a plurality of tracks corresponding to record data, said original information recording medium having a pattern recording area for recording specific data at a tracking linear velocity controlled by a CLV (constant linear velocity) system for recording data at constant tracking linear velocity on the plurality of tracks, said first pit pattern having no visibly recognizable format on the original recording medium, and wherein when said specific data is recorded on a different information recording medium from the original recording medium at a tracking linear velocity controlled by a CAV (constant angular velocity) system for recording data at constant rotation speed, wherein the data provides, on the different information recording medium, a visible pit pattern of at least either characters or graphics resulting from a light reflection factor difference between different areas of the visible pit pattern corresponding to the specific data.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
62 words
The original information recording medium as claimed in claim 16 wherein two pits corresponding to the pit on the track on which the first pit pattern is formed and a pit on a contiguous track placed vertically to a tracking direction are placed deviating from each other in the track direction with respect to the vertical direction on the two contiguous tracks.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
44 words
The original information recording medium as claimed in claim 17 wherein when the tracking linear velocity is controlled by the CLV system, and an angle, comprising a line connecting the two pits is formed with respect to the tracking direction, at about 171 degrees.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
41 words
The original information recording medium as claimed in claim 16 wherein the tracking linear velocity controlled by the CLV system is within a predetermined allowable tracking linear velocity range that the tracking linear velocities controlled by the CAV system can include.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
22 words
The original information recording medium as claimed in claim 16 having a plurality of pattern recording areas on the recording surface thereof.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
27 words
The original information recording medium as claimed in claim 20 wherein said plurality of pattern recording areas are a plurality of ring-shaped areas contiguous to each other.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
27 words
The original information recording medium as claimed in claim 20 wherein said plurality of pattern recording areas are a plurality of ring-shaped areas separated from each other.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
34 words
The original information recording medium as claimed in claim 20 wherein said plurality of pattern recording areas are a plurality of areas into which a ring-shaped recording area is divided in a circumferential direction.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
19 words
The original information recording medium as claimed in claim 16 wherein the pattern recording area is a ring-shaped area.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
43 words
The original information recording medium as claimed in claim 24 wherein a ratio between an outer diameter and an inner diameter of the pattern recording area in the CLV system is set larger than an allowable rotation speed ratio of the CAV system.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
58 words
The original information recording medium as claimed in claim 16 wherein the pattern recording area is provided in at least one of an outer peripheral side of a read out area indicating an end position of a data recording area and an inner side of a read in area indicating a start position of the data recording area.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
55 words
The information recording medium as claimed in claim 16 wherein the pattern recording area is provided in the outer peripheral side of a read out area indicating the end position of a data recording area and wherein a mirror area containing no pits is provided between the pattern recording area and the read out area.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
54 words
The information recording medium as claimed in claim 16 wherein the pattern recording area is provided in the inner side of a read in area indicating the start position of a data recording area and wherein a mirror area containing no pits is provided between the pattern recording area and the read in area.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
83 words
The information recording medium as claimed in claim 16 wherein at least either one of the character pattern and graphics pattern is a pattern representing at least one of copyrights to information recorded on said information recording medium; a trademark assigned to, at least either one of said information recording medium, and data recorded on said information recording medium; and a pattern representing other rights to at least either one of said information recording medium and data recorded on said information recording medium.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
140 words
An information recording medium comprising a recording surface for recording information according to a pit pattern formed on a plurality of tracks corresponding to record data, said information recording medium having a pattern recording area for recording specific data at a first tracking linear velocity predetermined by a specific tracking linear velocity control system for each track on a plurality of tracks, wherein said pit pattern is disposed to form no visibly recognizable pattern on said information recording medium and when said specific data is recorded on a different information recording medium at a second tracking linear velocity different from the first tracking linear velocity, the data provides on the different information recording medium, a visible pit pattern of at least characters or graphics resulting from light reflection factor differences in the visible pit pattern corresponding to the specific data.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
140 words
An information recording medium comprising a recording surface for recording information according to a pit pattern formed on a plurality of tracks corresponding to record data, said information recording medium having a pattern recording area for recording specific data at a first tracking linear velocity predetermined by a specific tracking linear velocity control system for each track on a plurality of tracks, wherein said pit pattern is disposed to form no visibly recognizable pattern on said information recording medium and when said specific data is recorded on a different information recording medium at a second tracking linear velocity different from the first tracking linear velocity, the data provides on the different information recording medium, a visible pit pattern of at least characters or graphics resulting from light reflection factor differences in the visible pit pattern corresponding to the specific data.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
62 words
The information recording medium as claimed in claim 30 wherein two pits corresponding to a pit on the track on which the specific pit pattern is formed and a pit on a contiguous track placed vertically to a tracking directed are placed to deviate from each other in the track direction with respect to the vertical direction on the two contiguous tracks.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
52 words
The information recording medium as claimed in claim 30 wherein the specific tracking linear velocity control system is at least one of a CLV (constant linear velocity) system for recording data at a constant tracking linear velocity and a CAV (constant angular velocity) system for recording data at a constant rotation speed.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
24 words
The information recording medium as claimed in claim 30 wherein the second tracking linear velocity is within a predetermined allowable tracking linear velocity range.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
22 words
The information recording medium as claimed in claim 30 having a plurality of the pattern recording areas on the recording surface thereof.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
26 words
The information recording medium as claimed in claim 34 wherein said plurality of pattern recording areas are a plurality of ring-shaped areas separated from each other.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
26 words
The information recording medium as claimed in claim 34 wherein said plurality of pattern recording areas are a plurality of ring-shaped areas contiguous to each other.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
33 words
The information recording medium as claimed in claim 34 wherein said plurality of pattern recording areas are a plurality of areas into which a ring-shaped recording area is divided in a circumferential direction.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
53 words
The information recording medium as claimed in claim 34 wherein said plurality of pattern recording areas consist of a plurality of areas into which a ring-shaped recording area is divided in a circumferential direction and wherein data is recorded at a second tracking velocity varying for each of said plurality of division areas.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
57 words
The information recording medium as claimed in claim 30 wherein the pattern recording area is provided in at least one of an outer peripheral side of a read out area indicating an end position of a data recording area and an inner side of a read in area indicating a start position of the data recording area.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
55 words
The information recording medium as claimed in claim 30 wherein the pattern recording area is provided in the outer peripheral side of a read out area indicating the end position of a data recording area and wherein a mirror area containing no pits is provided between the pattern recording area and the read out area.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
82 words
The information recording medium as claimed in claim 30 wherein at least one of the character pattern and graphics pattern is a pattern representing at least one of copyrights to information recorded on said information recording medium; a trademark assigned to at least either one of said information recording medium, and data recorded on said information recording medium; and a pattern representing other rights to at least either one of said information recording medium, and data recorded on said information recording medium.
Claim 46
Dependent Claim
54 words
The information recording medium as claimed in claim 30 wherein the pattern recording area is provided in the inner side of a read in area indicating the start position of a data recording area and wherein a mirror area containing no pits is provided between the pattern recording area and the read in area.
Claim 47
Independent Claim
153 words
A method of generating a predetermined pit pattern on a recording disk in anticipation of a relative repositioning of the pit pattern on an unauthorized copy disk resulting from a different tracking velocity between the recording disk and the unauthorized copy disk, to form a desired visible pattern on the unauthorized copy disk, comprising the steps of: identifying pit patterns wherein differences in light reflection factors between different portions of the pit patterns form visible patterns when recorded on a disk; and recording specific data on the recording disk in a first predetermined pattern, wherein the pit patterns of the specific data are located to avoid formation of the desired visible pattern and wherein the pit patterns are further located on the recording disk to be repositioned when copied to the unauthorized copy disk to form the desired visible pattern, whereby the unauthorized copy disk can be readily identified by the visible pattern.
Claim 48
Independent Claim
153 words
A method of generating a predetermined pit pattern on a recording disk in anticipation of a relative repositioning of the pit pattern on an unauthorized copy disk resulting from a different tracking velocity between the recording disk and the unauthorized copy disk, to form a desired visible pattern on the unauthorized copy disk, comprising the steps of: identifying pit patterns wherein differences in light reflection factors between different portions of the pit patterns form visible patterns when recorded on a disk; and recording specific data on the recording disk in a first predetermined pattern, wherein the pit patterns of the specific data are located to avoid formation of the desired visible pattern and wherein the pit patterns are further located on the recording disk to be repositioned when copied to the unauthorized copy disk to form the desired visible pattern, whereby the unauthorized copy disk can be readily identified by the visible pattern.
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