Optical information medium with sample mark area and multiple transcription prevention

• US 4,991,163 A
• Filed: 02/08/1988
• Issued: 02/05/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/1987
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Hazama, Katashi, Ebinuma, Naotake, Yoshii, Masaki, Tokushuku, Nobuhiro, Yanagihara, Hitoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Levy, Stuart S.
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, HOA T
• Application Number:
  US07/153,004
• Time in Patent Office: 1,093 Days
• Field of Search: 369/275.4, 369/284, 369/288, 369/286, 369/109, 369/44.34, 369/275.3, 346/135.1, 346/76 L
• US Class Current: 369/275.4
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 7/0938 servo format, e.g. guide tracks, pilot signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 7/24 Record carriers characterised by shape, structure or physical properties, or by the selection of the material characterised by the arrangement of information on the carrier G11B7/007
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 7/26 Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of record carriers

Abstract

An optical disc consists of a base plate, a reflective thin layer, and a protective thin layer. The optical disc has a sample mark area having two sample marks, one of which is off-set on one side of a track, another of which is off-set at an opposite side of a track. These sample marks are produced by an injection molding with replica technique. At the time of the injection molding, additional pressure moves soft injected plastic resin, which causes double transcription of the sample marks. For preventing the double transcription, groove areas are provided on opposite sides of the sample mark area. The groove areas provide an anchor effect at the time of injection molding.

Claims

1. An injected molded optical information medium formed or injected soft material comprising an optical disc with first, second and third areas radially arranged so that said first and third areas are disposed respectively radially inwardly and radially outwardly of said second area, said second area being a sample mark area including at least one circumferentially extending track containing a plurality of spaced sample mark portions disposed along the track, each sample mark portion including at least two sample mark pits, one of the sample mark pits being slightly off-set on one side of the track, and the other of the sample mark pits being slightly off-set at an opposite side of the track and means for stopping movement of the soft injected material forming the optical information medium during injection molding so as to prevent multiple transcription of the sample mark pits in the sample area, said means for stopping movement being groove areas including a plurality of uneven tracks provided in said first and second areas.

2. The optical information medium according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said uneven tracks is a continuous groove.

3. The optical information medium according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said uneven tracks is an interrupted groove including a mirror portion at the interruption.

4. The optical information medium according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said uneven tracks is a row of pits.

5. The optical information medium according to claim 1, wherein a depth of at least one of said uneven tracks is more than 10 nm.

6. The optical medium according to claim 1, wherein a width of at least one of said uneven tracks is from 0.1 μ

m.

7. The optical information medium according to claim 1, wherein a pitch of said uneven tracks is from 1 μ

m to 10 μ

m.

8. The optical information medium according to claim 1, wherein a width of at least one of said uneven tracks is more than 0.1 μ

m.