Data recording medium and data recording apparatus for recording identification signal on the data recording medium

Claim 2

A data recording medium in which an area for recording data is divided into sub-areas in preformatting; and in each divided sub-area, an identification-signal recording region for recording an identification signal identifying said divided sub-area is formed and said identification signal is recorded in said preformatting in said identification-signal recording region in a plurality of times of repeated recording, and a region other than said identification-signal recording region is formed in said divided sub-area such that said data is recorded or reproduced; said data recording medium having, in said identification-signal recording region, an inversion-recording zone wherein said identification signal is recorded with a polarity thereof being inverted in at least one of said plurality of times of repeated recording in order to reduce a sum of the DC levels of identification signals recorded in said plurality of times of repeated recording.

Claim 3

A data recording medium according to claim 1, wherein said identification signal comprises at least a first signal indicating the number of each recording in said plurality of times of repeated recording of said identification signal, a second signal identifying a position where said data is recorded in said divided sub-area or a position where data recorded in said divided sub-area is reproduced, and a third signal indicating check codes of said first signal and said second signal, and said first, second, and third signals are consecutively recorded in said identification-signal recording region other than said inversion-recording zone, and said first, second, and third signals are consecutively recorded with polarities thereof being inverted, in said inversion-recording zone.

Claim 4

A data recording medium according to claim 2, wherein said first signal and said second signal are digital data to which RLL(1, 7) modulation has been applied.

Claim 5

A data recording medium according to claim 1, wherein said identification-signal recording region having said inversion-recording zone has a lower digital sum value (DSV) than an identification-signal recording region having none of said inversion-recording zone.

Claim 6

A data recording medium according to claim 1, wherein said data recording medium comprises a circular recording medium, divided sub-areas comprise sectors formed radially from the center of said circular recording medium, and said identification signal includes a signal identifying a corresponding sector.

Claim 7

A data recording apparatus which divides an area for recording data in a data recording medium into sub-areas in preformatting; and in each divided sub-area, forms an identification-signal recording region for recording an identification signal identifying said divided sub-area and records said identification signal in said preformatting in said identification-signal recording region in a plurality of times of repeated recording, said data recording apparatus comprising: signal generation means for generating at least a signal indicating the start of said divided sub-area, said identification signal, and a signal forming a clock for reproducing said identification signal; signal arrangement means for arranging the outputs of said signal generation means in the order of recording said outputs into said data recording medium; signal modulation means for modulating the output of said signal arrangement means to a signal suited for recording to said data recording medium; polarity-inversion means for receiving the output of said signal modulation means and for selectively inverting the polarity of an identification signal to be recorded, in at least one of said plurality of times of repeated recording according to a control signal in order to reduce the sum of the DC levels of identification signals recorded in said plurality of times of repeated recording; recording means for recording the output of said polarity-inversion means into said data recording medium; and control means for controlling said signal generation means and said signal arrangement means, and for forming said control signal which controls said polarity-inversion means.

Claim 8

A data recording apparatus which divides an area for recording data in a data recording medium into sub-areas in preformatting; and in each divided sub-area, forms an identification-signal recording region for recording an identification signal identifying said divided sub-area and records said identification signal in said preformatting in said identification-signal recording region in a plurality of times of repeated recording, said data recording apparatus comprising: signal generation means for generating at least a signal indicating the start of said divided sub-area, said identification signal, and a signal forming a clock for reproducing said identification signal; signal arrangement means for arranging the outputs of said signal generation means in the order of recording said outputs into said data recording medium; signal modulation means for modulating the output of said signal arrangement means to a signal suited for recording to said data recording medium; polarity-inversion means for receiving the output of said signal modulation means and for selectively inverting the polarity of an identification signal to be recorded, in at least one of said plurality of times of repeated recording according to a control signal in order to reduce the sum of the DC levels of identification signals recorded in said plurality of times of repeated recording; recording means for recording the output of said polarity-inversion means into said data recording medium; and control means for controlling said signal generation means and said signal arrangement means, and for forming said control signal which controls said polarity-inversion means.

Claim 9

A data recording apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the identification signal generated by said signal generation means comprises at least a first signal indicating the number of each recording in said plurality of times of repeated recording of said identification signal, a second signal identifying the position where said data is recorded in said divided sub-area or a position where data recorded in said divided sub-area is reproduced, and a third signal indicating check codes of said first signal and said second signal, and said polarity-inversion means inverts the polarities of said first, second, and third signals according to said control signal.

Claim 10

A data recording apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the identification signal recorded by said recording means in said identification-signal recording region of said data recording medium has a lower digital sum value (DSV) than said identification signal which is recorded without inverting the polarity thereof.

Claim 11

A data recording apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said data recording medium comprises a circular recording medium, divided sub-areas comprise sectors formed radially from the center of said circular recording medium, and the identification signal generated by said signal generation means includes a signal identifying a corresponding sector.