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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce interference by light of other layers when recording or reproducing information on an optical information medium having three or more recording layers by using light of a wavelength λ1 and to keep an S/N ratio high and excellent when reproducing information from the optical information medium by using light of a wavelength λ2 longer than the wavelength λ1.SOLUTION: A wavelength selection light shield region 7x is disposed at a position which is between a second beam splitter 6 and a light detector 9 and is a position at least intersecting the center parts of the luminous flux of light of a wavelength λ1 and light of a wavelength λ2, and is formed on a detection hologram 7.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reproduced signal evaluation method and a write adjustment method for achieving a large-capacity Blu-ray disc and excellent media compatibility. SOLUTION: An evaluation index L-SEAT is calculated through signed addition using a Euclidean distance difference calculated from at least one of target signals in which a focused edge is shifted to the right and left, and the quality of the reproduced signal is evaluated based on the evaluation index. Write condition adjustment using the index enables write adjustment not depending on SNR and achieving high adjustment accuracy. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a digital modulation method capable of performing recording of higher density by achieving encoding efficiency higher than modulation encoding proposed in the conventional practice, a digital modulation device, a recording method, a recording medium, a digital demodulation method, and a digital demodulation device.SOLUTION: A 7-bit data word is converted into a 13-bit code word in which the minimum value of the number of continuous 0s sandwiched by 1 and 1 of a bit string of the converted code word is 2.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for manufacturing an optical recording medium that can improve the quality of a servo signal and a reproduction signal, and to provide the optical recording medium. SOLUTION: When shape-wise thicknesses tr1, tr2, tr3, and 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 t1, t2, t3, and t4 of the respective corresponding layers each having a predetermined refractive index no, a defocus amount with respect to a layer having a refractive index nrαand a thickness trα (1≤α≤n (α is a natural number and n is an integer of 4 or larger)) and a defocus amount with respect to a layer having the refractive index no and a thickness tα (1≤α≤n (α is a natural number and n is an integer of 4 or larger)) are equal to each other, and the thicknesses t1, t2, t3, and t4 satisfy ¾t1-(t2+t3+t4)¾≥1 μm, a difference between two values of the thicknesses t1, t2, t3, and t4 is set to ≥1 μm in any case, and ¾(t1+t2)-(t3+t4)¾≥1 μm. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve such a problem that it becomes impossible to record record pulse information on DI, and since result compatibility is damaged when the amount of recording and reproduction control information is increased by the expansion of the record pulse information by an increase of thermal interference caused by the heightening of the density of an information recording medium. SOLUTION: The record pulse information is made to be recordable on an existing DI region by dividing the record pulse information into the parameter information of 1 byte and a difference therefrom so as to reduce the number of data of the record pulse information. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem of a deterioration possibility of accuracy of an evaluation value in an evaluation index of a PRML system calculated by using a conventional fixed Euclid distance in adaptive viterbi having an internal reference level of viterbi decoding changed. SOLUTION: In adaptive viterbi decoding having an internal reference level of viterbi decoding changed according to a playback signal, a difference between the changed reference level and a fixed reference level is extracted and, for dispersion of a difference metric obtained by using the changed reference level, normalization is performed for every patterns where Euclid distances are equal. Thus, a playback signal index not deteriorated in accuracy with respect to the change of the reference level is calculated while an increase in circuit scale is suppressed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a suitable inner zone layout in an optical disc composed of three or more layers.SOLUTION: A test area is provided in each inner zone (inner circumferential side region) on each recording layer. The test areas of the recording layers are disposed such that the test areas do not overlap with each other in the layer direction. Not more than one management information recording and reproducing region overlaps in the layer direction, to the test areas of the recording layers on the side further towards a laser incoming surface than the test areas. Furthermore, the management information recording and reproducing region is disposed such that the management information recording and reproducing region does not overlap with the test areas of the recording layers in the layer direction on the disc substrate side.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a suitable inner zone layout in a four-layer disc.SOLUTION: A test area is provided in the inner zone (inner circumferential side region) on each of the recording layers. When the two test areas on the outer circumferential side among four areas form a first pair and the two test areas on the inner circumferential side form a second pair, the test areas that form the first pair and the test areas that form the second pair are disposed not to overlap each other in the layer direction. The two test areas that configure the first pair have the same test area consumption direction, and the test areas are disposed such that regions to be subsequently used do not easily overlap each other. The two test areas that configure the second pair have the same test area consumption direction, which is the direction opposite to the test area consumption direction of the first pair, and the test areas are disposed such that regions to be subsequently used do not easily overlap each other.