IP Library Granted Patent US 7,012,860
Granted Patent B2
US 7,012,860 · App. 10/268,798 · Granted Mar 14, 2006

Information recording medium having a wobbling groove structure

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Patent No.
US 7,012,860
App. No.
10/268,798
Granted
Mar 14, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information recording medium having at least a read only area and a recording and reproducing area is composed of at least: a substrate; a recording layer formed on the substrate so as to record and reproduce information; and a light transmission layer having transparency formed on the recording layer. The information recording medium is further characterized in that a wobbling groove corresponding to the read only area and another wobbling groove corresponding to the recording and reproducing area is formed on the substrate without overlapping with each other, the recording and light transmitting layers are continuously adhered over at least two areas of the read only area and the recording and reproducing area, reflectivity of the recording layer is more than 5%, and a push-pull signal output T 3 reproduced from the read only area and another push-pull signal output T 4 reproduced from the recording and reproducing area before recording satisfies relations of T 3 ≧0.1, T 4 ≧0.1 and 1.5≧T 3 /T 4 ≧0.5.

Claims (9)

1. An information recording medium having at least a read only area and a recording and reproducing area comprising at least:

a substrate;

a recording layer formed on the substrate so as to record and reproduce information; and

a light transmitting layer having transparency formed on the recording layer,

the information recording medium further comprising a wobbling groove corresponding to the read only area and another wobbling groove corresponding to the recording and reproducing area is formed on the substrate without overlapping each other,

the recording and light transmitting layers are continuously adhered over at least two areas of the read only area and the recording and reproducing area,

reflectivity of the recording layer is more than 5%, and

a push-pull signal output T 3 reproduced from the read only area and another push-pull signal output T 4 reproduced from the recording and reproducing area before recording satisfies relations of T 3 ≧0.1, T 4 ≧0.1 and 1.5≧T 3 /T 4 ≧0.5.

2. The information recording medium in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the light transmitting layer has a thickness of 0.02 mm to 0.12 mm.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Apr 9, 2012
From: VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LTD.
To: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028010/0273 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 11, 2002
From: KONDO, TETSUYA
To: VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LTD.
Reel/Frame 013390/0815 →