Abstract:
A recording power determination method for determining a recording power of an optical beam for recording data on an information storage medium includes the steps of recording test data on the information storage medium at a plurality of test recording powers; reading the test data recorded at each test recording power, generating a signal, and measuring a modulation factor of the signal corresponding to each test recording power; calculating a product of an n'th power of each test recording power and the corresponding modulation factor, thereby obtaining a plurality of products corresponding to the plurality of test recording powers, where n is a value of exponent and is a real number other than 1; calculating a first recording power based on the correlation between the plurality of test recording powers and the plurality of products; and calculating the recording power based on the first recording power.
Abstract:
An operation of a reliability value of |Pa-Pb|-Pstd of maximum-likelihood decoding results of a portion, which is equivalent to a start/end edge of a recording mark edge and has a high error generating probability in the maximum-likelihood decoding method, is performed for each combination of a prescribed mark length and a length of a space just before the mark, and for each combination of the mark length and a space just after the mark. Based on the operation results, a recording parameter is optimized, and recording is performed by having the optimized recording parameter reflected.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To minimize influence of a test record in an OPC area of one information recording layer on OPC areas of the other information recording layers.SOLUTION: An information recording medium is provided with a plurality of information recording layers having three layers or more. Each of the plurality of information recording layers is provided with a test record area used for adjusting recording conditions. One information recording layer out of the plurality of information recording layers is provided with a reproduction-exclusive management data area in which management data for managing the information recording medium is recorded beforehand. Each of other two or more information recording layers out of the plurality of information recording layers has the test record area where a part of the management data area and a radial position overlap with each other.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To determine recording power of a light beam when data are recorded in an information recording medium. SOLUTION: A recording power determination method includes steps of: recording test data at a plurality of test recording powers, measuring a modulation factor of the signal corresponding to each test recording power, calculating a product of an n'th power (exponent n is 2) of each test recording power and the corresponding modulation factor, calculating a first recording power based on correlation of the test recording power and the product and calculating recording powers based on the first recording power. A value of ρ and a value of κ are recorded in the information recording medium and are read out, an approximation linear line showing correlation of the plurality of test recording powers and the plurality of products is formed, the first recording power wherein the product is made 0 in the approximation linear line is calculated and the first recording power, and the product of (-1/(the value of κ)+2) and (the value of ρ) are calculated. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical information recording medium having a thickness that solves the problem due to thickness variation from a protective layer to each of information layers in a multilayer optical information recording medium, which considers process margin in manufacturing the optical information recording medium and attains recording and reproducing characteristics of the drive. SOLUTION: The range of the thickness variation from the protective layer surface to the respective information layers in the multilayer optical information recording medium is set equal to or less than a predetermined error of thickness with respect to thickness reference lines having thickness set for each of a plurality of ranges divided in the radial direction, thereby substantially suppressing an influence of the thickness variation and achieving excellent recording and reproducing characteristics. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To decide recording power of an optical beam when data is recorded in an information recording medium. SOLUTION: The recording power decision method includes: a step of recording test data with a plurality of test recording powers, a step of measuring modulation degree corresponding to respective test recording powers, a step of calculating a product of n-th power (n is 2) of each test recording power and corresponding modulation degree, a step of calculating first recording power based on correlation between the test recording power and the products, and a step of calculating recording power based on the first recording power. A value of ρ and a value of κ are recorded in the information recording medium, a value of ρ and a value of κ are read out, an approximation line indicating correlation between a plurality of test recording powers and a plurality of products is created, the first recording power in which the product becomes 0 in the approximation line is calculated, then product of the first recording power and (-1/(value of κ)+2) and (value of ρ) is calculated. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical information medium measurement method that achieves accurate comparison of modulation degree or reflectance difference even when any measuring optical system measures an optical information medium without preparing a special measuring optical system. SOLUTION: The optical information medium measurement method is used for measuring a degree of modulation in the optical information medium with a multilayered structure having multiple information layers. The optical information medium measurement method includes: a first step of measuring the modulation degree of each layer of the optical information medium by using the measurement optical system; a second step of obtaining a thickness between layers of the optical information medium; a third step of obtaining a reflectance of each layer of the optical information medium; and a fourth step of converting the modulation degree of each layer, the modulation degree being measured in the first step, into a modulation degree at a reference optical system different from the measurement optical system. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical recording medium and an optical information device which improve the quality of a servo signal and a reproducing signal. SOLUTION: When geometrical thicknesses tr1, tr2, tr3, tr4 of a cover layer 42, a first intermediate layer 43, a second intermediate layer 44, and a third intermediate layer 45 are converted into thicknesses of the respective layers t1, t2, t3, t4 respectively when a predetermined refractive index "no" is present, a defocus amount generated in the layer having a refractive index nrα and a thickness trα (1≤α≤n (α is a natural number and n is an integer not smaller than 4)) is equal to a defocus amount generated in the layer having a refractive index "no" and a thickness tα (1≤α≤n (α is a natural number and n is an integer not smaller than 4)). Moreover, the thicknesses t1, t2, t3, t4 satisfy the following relationships: ¾t1-(t2+t3+t4)¾≥1 μm, difference between arbitrary two values of the thicknesses t1, t2, t3, t4 is larger than or equal to 1 μm, and ¾(t1+t2)-(t3+t4)¾≥1 μm. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problems that the conventional photodetector cannot correspond to a slim size because of a configuration having a resin package and wire bonding to increase the size of the photodetector, that an S/N of a reproduction signal is bad because a luminous flux of 405 nm cannot secure transmittance corresponding to a multilayer optical disk of low reflectivity due to four layers of a multilayer antireflection layer on a light reception part, and further that specifications of a light reception part of a BD and a multilayer antireflection layer on a light reception part of a DVD and a CD have to be changed to correspond to a three-wavelength light source.SOLUTION: A photodetector 120 which can eliminate reflection loss and obtain a reproduction signal excellent in an S/N is achieved by adjusting a refraction index of a glass package 125 of the photodetector 120 to a reflection index of an adhesion layer 124 (silicone resin) to make a multilayer antireflection layer 128 three layers, reducing the number of layers of the multilayer antireflection layer 128.