Optical disc capable of recording address information with the same modulation on sides of adjacent grooves

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9495994-B2
Application number	US-201514984179-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 30, 2015
Priority date	May 31, 2013
Publication date	Nov 15, 2016
Grant date	Nov 15, 2016

Abstract

An optical disc medium includes a land and a groove at which information can be recorded. A predetermined number of address information units which record address information of the land or groove are provided in a circumferential direction of the optical disc medium. The address information unit of the land includes three or more address recording areas capable of recording address information. The address information is recorded on one area selected from among the three or more address recording areas. The address information unit of the land has address information which is recorded, in the same modulation, on the side of the inner adjacent groove and on the side of the outer adjacent groove. The one area to be selected from among the three or more address recording areas for recording the address information of the land is different among three address information units adjacently arranged in a radial direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An optical disc medium comprising a land and a groove at which information can be recorded, wherein
a predetermined number of address information units which record address information of the land or groove are provided in a circumferential direction of the optical disc medium,
the address information unit of the land includes three or more address recording areas capable of recording address information, the address information is recorded on one area selected from among the three or more address recording areas,
the one area to be selected from among the three or more address recording areas for recording the address information of the land is different among three address information units adjacently arranged in a radial direction,
wobbles are formed on the land and the groove,
the wobbles include a base wobble and an information wobble indicating a predetermined logical value of 0 or 1,
the address information is recorded with the logical value of the information wobble,
the logical value 0 of the information wobble is represented by a waveform having a phase different from a phase of the base wobble by about −90 degree, and the logical value 1 of the information wobble is represented by a waveform having a phase different from a phase of the base wobble by about +90 degree,
the wobble of the groove adjacent to a land on the inner circumference side has the same waveform as the wobble of the groove adjacent to the land on the outer circumference side, and
variation of track width of the land or groove is suppressed to a predetermined range.

2. The optical disc medium according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined range is 70% of a width of a track having a waveform with a phase that is different from a phase of the base wobble by 180 degrees.

3. The optical disc medium according to claim 1 , wherein the number of the address information units provided in the circumferential direction and the number of the address recording areas are coprime to each other.

4. An optical disc device that reproduces information from the optical disc medium according to claim 1 , comprising:
a signal generator configured to generate a signal in accordance with the wobbles formed on the land or groove;
a phase-shifted waveform generator configured to generate a signal having a phase difference of 90 degrees with respect to the base wobble, from the signal generated by the signal generator;
a phase detector configured to perform phase detection by using the signal generated by the signal generator and the signal generated by the phase-shifted waveform generator to generate a signal;
an area determining unit configured to determine one area on which address information is recorded from the three or more address recording areas, according to an absolute value of a signal generated by the phase detector; and
an address detector configured to detect an address from the area determined by the area determining unit based on a detection result of the phase detector.

5. A method of reproducing information from the optical disc medium according to claim 1 , comprising:
generating a wobble signal in accordance with the wobbles formed on the land or groove;
generating a signal having a phase difference of 90 degrees with respect to the base wobble, from the wobble signal;
performing phase detection by using the wobble signal and the signal having the phase difference to generate a signal;
determining one area on which address information is recorded from the three or more address recording areas, according to an absolute value of the signal generated by the phase detection; and
detecting an address from the area determined by the area determining unit based on a result of the phase detection.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Minamino Junichi
• Miyashita Harumitsu
• Nakata Kohei

Classifications

• G11B20/10

  Digital recording or reproducing · CPC title

• G11B7/24079

  Width or depth (G11B7/24076 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G11B7/24085

  Pits · CPC title

• G11B20/1217

  on discs · CPC title

• G11B27/3027

  used signal is digitally coded · CPC title