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Method and device for recording data in an optical memory card

CA 2242195 C · Owner: Onodera, Akira · Inventors: Onodera, Akira; Kimura, Yasuyuki

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A method and a device for recording data in an optical memory card which facilitate judgment between an unrecorded region and a recorded region in the optical memory card and which prevent double writing. Record pits are formed so that data to be recorded on the optical memory card is recorded in the same way as when recorded in the MFM-RZ modulation system. Data that was recorded in the NRZI-RZ modulation system is reproduced and the modified to record in the MFM-RZ modulation system. This method forms the record pits at least every two recording intervals or less in the recorded region in the optical memory card, making it possible to fudge the unrecorded region of the optical memory card …

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  • Filed November 10, 1997 and granted November 7, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 10, 2017.
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FiledNovember 10, 1997
GrantedNovember 7, 2000
Term endedNovember 10, 2017
Patent numberCA 2242195 C
Classification (IPC)G11B7/00 +2 more

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1998200020022004200620082010201220142016Application filedNov 10, 1997Patent grantedNov 7, 2000Term endedNov 10, 2017

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