Optical disk, an optical disk barcode forming method, an optical disk reproduction apparatus, a marking forming apparatus, a method of forming a laser marking on an optical disk, and a method of manufacturing an optical disk
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1. An optical disk comprising:
- a first recording area where main information is recorded;
a second recording area, where barcode-like marks each of which has a strip-like configuration in a radius direction and which are disposed in a circumferential direction, are recorded as a sub information, said second recording area being formed in a circumferential direction, wherein;
said first recording area contains at least a lead-in area from which data recording starts, and a control data area which represents a physical property of the optical disk;
said second recording area is disposed inside said control data area on said first recording area and said second recording area is overlapped with the said lead-in area;
said sub information is PE-modulated to be further RZ-modulated to be recorded on said second recording area so that a width of said barcode-like marks is half or less than a period of said barcode-like marks;
there is a certain area where said barcode-like marks are not recorded, within said second recording area; and
there is a guard band area on which at least an address is recorded, between at least a portion of said control data area and the second recording area wherein an identifier which indicates whether or not the barcode-like marks are present within the second recording area is provided in the control data area.
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Abstract
Disclosed is an optical disk barcode forming method wherein, as information to be barcoded, position information for piracy prevention, which is a form of ID, is coded as a barcode and is recorded by laser trimming on a reflective film in a PCA area of an optical disk. When playing back the thus manufactured optical disk on a reproduction apparatus, the barcode data can be played back using the same optical pickup.
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1. An optical disk comprising:
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a first recording area where main information is recorded;
a second recording area, where barcode-like marks each of which has a strip-like configuration in a radius direction and which are disposed in a circumferential direction, are recorded as a sub information, said second recording area being formed in a circumferential direction, wherein;
said first recording area contains at least a lead-in area from which data recording starts, and a control data area which represents a physical property of the optical disk;
said second recording area is disposed inside said control data area on said first recording area and said second recording area is overlapped with the said lead-in area;
said sub information is PE-modulated to be further RZ-modulated to be recorded on said second recording area so that a width of said barcode-like marks is half or less than a period of said barcode-like marks;
there is a certain area where said barcode-like marks are not recorded, within said second recording area; and
there is a guard band area on which at least an address is recorded, between at least a portion of said control data area and the second recording area wherein an identifier which indicates whether or not the barcode-like marks are present within the second recording area is provided in the control data area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
reproducing means for reproducing the optical disk according to any one of claims 1-2;
RZ demodulation means for RZ-demodulating said sub information recorded on said second recording area;
PE demodulation means for PE-demodulation said RZ-demodulated data;
further demodulation means for demodulation said main information by using a demodulating method other than PE-demodulation; and
address read means for reading out said address data.
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4. An optical reproducing apparatus according to claim 3, the further demodulation means performs EFM demodulation for the main information.
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5. An optical reproducing apparatus according to claims 3, wherein when said reproducing means is positioned at said guard band area at starting time, the reproducing means is moved to the control data area after the address data is read out.
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6. An optical reproducing apparatus according to claims 3, wherein when said reproducing means is positioned at said guard band area at starting time, the reproducing means is moved to the control data area after the address data is read out.
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