Optical recording medium and reproducing method for the same
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1. An optical recording medium, comprising:
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a recording film on the substrate,wherein the recording film includes an unrewritable medium identification code peculiar to the optical recording medium and is recorded through irreversible change of the recording film, and an unrewritable medium judge code for judging whether or not the medium identification code is recorded in the optical recording medium.
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Abstract
The invention provides an optical recording medium in which a medium judge code for confirming genuineness of the medium as well as a medium identification code peculiar to the medium are recorded as labels for preventing illegal copy of the optical recording medium and illegal usage of recorded data therein, so as to decrease the degree of degradation of the area for the medium identification code, and also provides a reproducing method for the optical recording medium.
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1. An optical recording medium, comprising:
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a substrate; and a recording film on the substrate, wherein the recording film includes an unrewritable medium identification code peculiar to the optical recording medium and is recorded through irreversible change of the recording film, and an unrewritable medium judge code for judging whether or not the medium identification code is recorded in the optical recording medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for reproducing an optical recording medium including recording film on a substrate, comprising:
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a first step of conducting, an erasing operation for erasing rewritably recorded data, on an area where a medium identification code, which is information peculiar to the optical recording medium and is recorded on the recording film through irreversible change of the recording film, is recorded; a second step of reproducing the area for the medium identification code after the first step; a third step of reproducing an area for a medium judge code, which is unrewritably recorded on the recording film; and a fourth step of terminating a reproducing process of the optical recording medium in accordance with a result obtained in the second or third step. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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11. A computer readable optical recording medium having an unrewritable medium identification code peculiar to the optical recording medium, the unrewritable medium identification being recorded through irreversible change of a recording film, the recording medium further having an unrewritable medium judge code, recorded in the form of irregular pits, for judging whether or not the medium identification code is recorded in the optical recording medium, said recording medium further comprising:
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a reproducing program including; a step of conducting an erasing operation for erasing rewritably recorded data, on an area where the medium identification code is recorded; a step of reproducing the medium identification code after the erasing operation; a step of reproducing data recorded on the optical recording medium; and a step of decoding the reproduced data using the reproduced medium identification code; and a medium judging program including; a step of reproducing the medium judge code from the recording medium; a step of judging whether the medium judge code is identical to the medium identification code; and a step of terminating a reproducing process of the optical recording medium when the medium judge code is not identical to the medium identification code. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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21. A method for reproducing data from a computer readable optical recording medium having an unrewritable medium identification code peculiar to the optical recording medium, the unrewritable medium identification being recorded through irreversible change of a recording film, the recording medium further having an unrewritable medium judge code, recorded in the form of irregular pits, for judging whether or not the medium identification code is recorded in the optical recording medium, said reproducing method comprising the steps:
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conducting an erasing operation for erasing rewritably recorded data, on an area where the medium identification code is recorded; reproducing the medium identification code after the erasing operation; reproducing the medium judge code from the recording medium; judging whether the medium judge code is identical to the medium identification code, and if so; reproducing data recorded on the optical recording medium; and decoding the reproduced data using the reproduced medium identification code.
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22. A method for reproducing data from a computer readable optical recording medium having an unrewritable medium identification code peculiar to the optical recording medium, the unrewritable medium identification being recorded through irreversible change of a recording film, the recording medium further having an unrewritable medium judge code, recorded in the form of irregular pits, for judging whether or not the medium identification code is recorded in the optical recording medium, said reproducing method comprising the steps:
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conducting an erasing operation for erasing rewritably recorded data, on an area where the medium identification code is recorded; conducting an erasing operation for erasing rewritably recorded data, on an area where the medium judge code is recorded; recording a predetermined code in the area where the erasing operation for the medium judge code was performed; reproducing information from the area in which the predetermined code was recorded; judging whether the reproduced information is identical to the predetermined code, and if not; reproducing the medium identification code; reproducing data recorded on the optical recording medium; and decoding the reproduced data using the reproduced medium identification code.
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23. A method for reproducing data from a computer readable optical recording medium having an unrewritable medium identification code peculiar to the optical recording medium and an unrewritable medium judge code for judging whether or not the medium identification code is recorded in the optical recording medium, the respective unrewritable codes being recorded through irreversible change of a recording film, said reproducing method comprising the steps:
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conducting an erasing operation for erasing rewritably recorded data, on an area where the medium identification code is recorded; conducting an erasing operation for erasing rewritably recorded data, on an area where the medium judge code is recorded; recording a predetermined code in the area where the erasing operation for the medium judge code was performed; reproducing information from the area in which the predetermined code was recorded; judging whether the reproduced information is identical to the predetermined code, and if not; reproducing the medium identification code; reproducing data recorded on the optical recording medium; and decoding the reproduced data using the reproduced medium identification code.
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