IP Library Patent Application 11885415
Patent Application
App. No. 11/885,415

HOLOGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM AND HOLOGRAM RECORDING/REPRODUCTION DEVICE

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App. No.
11/885,415
Abstract

A hologram recording medium has a substrate and a hologram recording layer into or from which information is recorded or reproduced by a hologram, and a concavo-convex pattern having a reflection layer that transmits hologram recording/reproducing light and reflects light having a longer wavelength than the hologram recording/reproducing light is formed inside the hologram recording medium.

Claims (43)

1 . A hologram recording medium having a substrate and a hologram recording layer into or from which information is recorded or reproduced by a hologram, characterized in that:

a concavo-convex pattern is formed inside the hologram recording medium; and

the concavo-convex pattern has a reflection layer that transmits hologram recording/reproducing light and reflects light having a longer wavelength than the hologram recording/reproducing light.

2 . The hologram recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein:

the concavo-convex pattern is formed at a position in a range of 0.55 mm to 0.65 mm both inclusive or a position in a range of 1.1 mm to 1.3 mm both inclusive from a surface of one side of the hologram recording medium.

3 . The hologram recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein:

the hologram recording layer is held between two substrates, and at least one of the substrates contains a material that absorbs light having a shorter wavelength than the hologram recording/reproducing light.

4 . The hologram recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein:

the hologram recording medium has an approximate symmetric structure in a thickness direction about the hologram recording layer.

5 . A hologram recording medium having a substrate and a hologram recording layer into or from which information is recorded or reproduced by a hologram, characterized in that:

a concavo-convex pattern detected by light having a longer wavelength than hologram recording/reproducing light is formed on a surface and/or in an inside of the hologram recording medium; and

a pitch of the concavo-convex pattern is smaller than a distance over which the hologram recording medium and/or an optical system is moved to an adjacent hologram information page on a medium surface of the hologram recording medium during recording or reproduction of the hologram.

6 . A hologram recording medium having a substrate and a hologram recording layer into or from which information is recorded or reproduced by a hologram, characterized in that:

the hologram recording layer has a hologram fixing portion in an inside thereof that transmits hologram recording/reproducing light and suppresses a change in shape of the hologram recording layer.

7 . The hologram recording medium according to claim 6 , wherein:

the hologram fixing portion has a layer structure.

8 . The hologram recording medium according to claim 6 , wherein:

the hologram recording layer is held between two opposing substrates.

9 . The hologram recording medium according to claim 8 , wherein:

the hologram fixing portion has a layer structure, and the hologram recording medium has an approximate symmetric structure in a thickness direction about the hologram fixing portion.

10 . The hologram recording medium according to claim 6 , wherein:

the hologram fixing portion is made of at least one kind selected from the group of a resin material, a glass material, and hologram media.

11 . The hologram recording medium according to claim 6 , wherein:

a concavo-convex pattern is formed inside the hologram recording medium, and the concavo-convex pattern has a reflection layer that transmits the hologram recording/reproducing light and reflects light having a longer wavelength than the hologram recording/reproducing light.

12 . The hologram recording medium according to claim 11 , wherein:

the concavo-convex pattern is formed inside the substrate.

13 . The hologram recording medium according to claim 11 , wherein:

the hologram fixing portion has a layer structure and the concavo-convex pattern is formed inside the hologram fixing portion.

14 . The hologram recording medium according to claim 11 , wherein:

the concavo-convex pattern is formed at a position in a range of 0.55 mm to 0.65 mm both inclusive or a position in a range of 1.1 mm to 1.3 mm both inclusive from a surface of one side of the hologram recording medium.

15 . The hologram recording medium according to claim 11 , wherein:

position information and contents information are recorded in the concavo-convex pattern.

16 . The hologram recording medium according to claim 11 , wherein:

a pitch of the concavo-convex pattern is smaller than a distance over which the hologram recording medium and/or an optical system is moved to an adjacent hologram information page on a medium surface of the hologram recording medium during recording or reproduction of the hologram.

17 . The hologram recording medium according to claim 6 , wherein:

the substrate contains a material that absorbs light having a shorter wavelength than the hologram recording/reproducing light.

18 . A hologram recording medium having a substrate and a hologram recording layer into or from which information is recorded or reproduced by a hologram, characterized in that:

a concavo-convex pattern detected by light having a longer wavelength than hologram recording/reproducing light is formed inside the hologram recording medium; and

position information and contents information are recorded in the concavo-convex pattern.

19 . A hologram recording/reproduction device that records or reproduces information by a hologram into or from a hologram recording medium having a concavo-convex pattern in an inside thereof, characterized by comprising:

a first light source that emits hologram recording/reproducing light;

a second light source that emits position detecting light having a longer wavelength than the hologram recording/reproducing light; and

a detection portion that reproduces position information and contents information recorded in the concavo-convex pattern by detecting reflected light of the position detecting light emitted from the second light source and collected on the concavo-convex pattern.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 6, 2009
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 022363/0306 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2008
From: MIZUSHIMA, TETSURO; KASAZUMI, KENICHI; SUGITA, TOMOYA; YAMAMOTO, KAZUHISA; KADOWAKI, SHINICHI
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021508/0501 →