Optical disc and optical disc device

• US 7,995,451 B2
• Filed: 10/30/2007
• Issued: 08/09/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Inventors: Ogawa, Masaharu, Takeshita, Nobuo, Nakahara, Hironori
• Primary Examiner(s): Negrón; Daniell L
• Assistant Examiner(s): HEYI, HENOK G
• Application Number:
  US11/978,594
• Publication Number:
  US 20080056096A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,379 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 369/275.1
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/122 involving the detection of an identification or authentication mark record carriers indicating unauthorised or prior use G11B23/28
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/1217 on discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2007/0006 adapted for scanning different types of carrier, e.g. CD & DVD
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2007/0013 for carriers having multiple discrete layers
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/235 Multilayer discs, i.e. multiple recording layers accessed from the same side
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/329 on a disc [VTOC]
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 7/00736 Auxiliary data, e.g. lead-in, lead-out, Power Calibration Area [PCA], Burst Cutting Area [BCA], control information sector headers or adresses in prepits G11B7/00745; address data in track wobble G11B7/24082
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 7/0079 Zoned data area, e.g. having different data structures or formats for the user data within data layer, Zone Constant Linear Velocity [ZCLV], Zone Constant Angular Velocity [ZCAV], carriers with RAM and ROM areas
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 7/0945 Methods for initialising servos, start-up sequences
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 7/1275 Two or more lasers having different wavelengths
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 7/24038 Multiple laminated recording layers

Abstract

In a multilayer optical disc having information layers conforming to a plurality of different optical disc standards, because the type of each information layer is not recorded in the other information layers, in read and write operations by a compatible optical disc device conforming to a plurality of optical disc standards, every time the information layer being accessed changes, it has been necessary to read the type of the information layer and select a method of generating a tracking error signal adapted to the type of information layer, so access has taken time. In order to solve the above problem, in the optical multilayer disc according to the present invention, having information layers conforming to a plurality of different optical disc standards, in an area in one of the information layers, information about the other information layers is recorded. The time required to access the other information layers can be reduced by using this information to select a tracking error signal generating method.

Claims

1. An optical disc drive for use with an optical data storage medium, the drive comprising:

a medium receptor for receiving an optical data storage medium containing a plurality of recording layers each of which has different recording density and a management area provided on a recording layer having the highest density in said medium, said management area having recorded data representing physical format information of another recording layer in said medium; and

wherein said optical disc drive is configured to access said management area to read said recorded data.