Optical disk, and information recording/reproduction apparatus
CA 2242161 C · Owner: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. · Inventors: Satoh, Isao
Overview
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In an optical disk having a recording plane with a spiral first track and a spiral second track information, being recorded into and/or reproduced from said first and second tracks, the first track is formed in a groove-like shape, the second track is formed between adjacent first tracks and in a land-like shape, and information is recorded in the first and second tracks in different modulation methods.
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- Filed June 7, 1994 and granted February 27, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 7, 2014.
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