Optical disk having an evaluation pattern for evaluating the optical disk
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1. An optical disk comprising:
- a lead-in area defined in an inner peripheral region of the optical disk;
a lead-out area defined in an outer peripheral region of the optical disk, anda data area which is defined between said lead-in area and said lead-out area, and on which data is recorded as pits and lands on said optical-disk, said pits having one of a shortest pit length (3T), a longest pit length (KT) and a pit length between said shortest pit length (3T) and said longest pit length (KT), where T is a channel pit length, 8<
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k and m, n and k are integers, said lands having one of a shortest non-pit (*3T), a longest non-pit length (*KT) and a non-pit length between said shortest non-pit length (*(3T) and said longest non-pit length (*KT);
wherein said lead-in area includes a test pattern area composed of at least one physical sector having a header in which a physical sector address is described and a data section in which a test pattern having a pattern of said pits and land is recorded, said test pattern having a repetition of predetermined arrangements of said pits and lands in succession, each arrangement comprising;
a first pit with a pit length of one 3T, mT, and nT;
a first land with a land length of one of 3T, mT, and nT;
a second pit with a pit length of remaining one of 3T, mT, and nT, not used to define said length of said first pit;
a second land with a land length of a remaining one of 3T, mT, and nT, not used to define said length of said first land;
a third pit with a pit length of a last remaining one of 3T, mT, and nT not used to define said length of said first and said second pit; and
a third land with a land length of a last remaining one of 3T, mT, and nT not used to define said first and said second land.
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Abstract
Pits and lands which have a pit length of 3T, a land length of *6T, a pit length of 7T, a land length of *3T, a pit length of 6T and a land length of *7T are alternately formed in a lead-in area in an inner track area on an optical disk as a test pattern for evaluating a read error of the optical disk. This test pattern data is reproduced by a reproducing system to detect an error rate, a compensation coefficient for minimizing the error rate is acquired, and a reproduction signal is compensated by using this compensation coefficient so that the reproduction signal is reproduced with the minimized error rate by the reproducing system.
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1. An optical disk comprising:
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a lead-in area defined in an inner peripheral region of the optical disk; a lead-out area defined in an outer peripheral region of the optical disk, and a data area which is defined between said lead-in area and said lead-out area, and on which data is recorded as pits and lands on said optical-disk, said pits having one of a shortest pit length (3T), a longest pit length (KT) and a pit length between said shortest pit length (3T) and said longest pit length (KT), where T is a channel pit length, 8<
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k and m, n and k are integers, said lands having one of a shortest non-pit (*3T), a longest non-pit length (*KT) and a non-pit length between said shortest non-pit length (*(3T) and said longest non-pit length (*KT);wherein said lead-in area includes a test pattern area composed of at least one physical sector having a header in which a physical sector address is described and a data section in which a test pattern having a pattern of said pits and land is recorded, said test pattern having a repetition of predetermined arrangements of said pits and lands in succession, each arrangement comprising; a first pit with a pit length of one 3T, mT, and nT; a first land with a land length of one of 3T, mT, and nT; a second pit with a pit length of remaining one of 3T, mT, and nT, not used to define said length of said first pit; a second land with a land length of a remaining one of 3T, mT, and nT, not used to define said length of said first land; a third pit with a pit length of a last remaining one of 3T, mT, and nT not used to define said length of said first and said second pit; and a third land with a land length of a last remaining one of 3T, mT, and nT not used to define said first and said second land. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An optical retrieving apparatus comprising:
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reading means for optically reading a test pattern and data stored in the optical disk as reproducing signals from the optical disk, said optical disk including; a lead-in area defined in an inner peripheral region of the optical disk; a lead-out area defined in an outer peripheral region of the optical disk; and a data area which is defined between said lead-in area and said lead-out area, and on which data is recorded as pits and lands on said optical disk, said pits having one of a shortest pit length (3T), a longest pit length (KT) and a pit length between said shortest pit length (3T) and said longest pit length (KT), where T is a channel pit length, 3<
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k and m, n and k are integers, said lands having one of a shortest non-pit length (*3T), a longest non-pit length (*KT) and a non-pit length between said shortest non-pit length (*3T) and said longest non-pit length (*KT);wherein said lead-in area includes a test pattern area composed of at least one physical sector having a header in which a physical sector address is described and a data section in which the test pattern having a pattern of said pits and land is recorded, said test pattern having a repetition of predetermined arrangements of said pits and lands in succession, each arrangement comprising; a first pit with a pit length of one of 3T, mT, and nT; a first land with a land length of one of 3T, mT, and nT; a second pit with a pit length of remaining one of 3T, mT, and nT, not used to define said length of said first pit; a second land with a land length of a remaining one of 3T, mT, and nT, not used to define said length of said first land; a third pit with a pit length of a last remaining one of 3T, mT, and nT not used to define said length of said first and said second pit; and a third land with a land length of a last remaining one of 3T, mT, and nT not used to define said first and said second land. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 12)
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11. An optical disk playing method comprising the steps of:
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providing an optical disk comprising; a lead-in area defined in an inner peripheral region of the, optical disk; a lead-out area defined in an outer peripheral region of the optical disk; and a data area which is defined between said lead-in area and said lead-out area, and on which data is recorded as pits and lands on said optical disk, said pits having one of a shortest pit length (3T), a longest pit length (KT) and a pit length between said shortest pit length (3T) and said longest pit length (KT), where T is a channel pit length, 3<
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k and m, n and k are integers, said lands having one of a shortest non-pit length (*3T), a longest non-pit length (*KT) and a non-pit length between said shortest non-pit length (*3T) and said longest non-pit length (*KT);wherein said lead-in area includes a test pattern area composed of at least one physical sector having a header in which a physical sector address is described and a data section in which a test pattern having a pattern of said pits and land is recorded, said test pattern having a repetition of predetermined arrangements of said pits and lands in succession, each arrangement comprising; a first pit with a pit length of one of 3T, mT, and nT; a first land with a land length of one of 3T, mT, and nT; a second pit with a pit length of remaining one of 3T, mT and nT, nor used to define said length of said first pit; a second land with a land length of a remaining one of 3T, mT, and nT, not used to define said length of said first land; a third pit with a pit length of a last remaining one of 3T, mT, and nT not used to define said length of said first and said second pit; a third land with a land length of a last remaining one of 3T, mT, and nT not used to define said first and said second land; and optically reading the test pattern and the data as reproduction signals from the optical disk. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A recording method of recording data on an optical disk having a lead-in area, a lead-out area, and a data area defined between the lead-in area and the lead-out area, comprising:
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converting data to be recorded in the data area of the optical disk to a pattern of pits and lands, the pits having one of a shortest pit length (3T), a longest pit length (KT) and a pit length between said shortest pit length (3T) and said longest pit length (KT), where T is a channel pit length, 3<
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k and m, n and k are integers, said lands having one of a shortest non-pit length (*3T), a longest non-pit length (KT) and a non-pit length between said shortest non-pit length (*3T) and said longest non-pit length (*KT);preparing a physical sector address to be recorded in a sector header of a physical sector and a test signal equivalent to a test pattern to be recorded in a sector data section, said test pattern having a repetition of predetermined arrangements of said pits and lands of succession, each arrangement comprising; a first pit with a pit length of one of 3T, mT, and nT; a first land with a land length of one of 3T, mT, and nT; a second pit with a pit length of remaining one of 3T, mT, and nT, not used to define said length of said first pit; a second land with a land length of a remaining one of 3T, mT, and nT, not used to define said length of said first land; a third pit with a pit length of a last remaining one of 3T, mT, and nT not used to define said length of said first and said second pit; and a third land with a land length of a last remaining one of 3T, mT, and nT not used to define said first aid said second land; and recording the data in the data area on the optical disk, defining at least one physical sector as a test pattern area in the lead-in area on the optical disk, and recording the physical sector address in the header of the physical sector and the test pattern in the second data section. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A recording apparatus for recording data on an optical disk having a lead-in area, a lead-out area, and a data area defined between the lead-in area and the lead-out area, comprising:
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a data converting means for converting data to be recorded in the data area of the optical disk to a pattern of pits and land, the pits having one of a shortest pit length (3T), a longest pit length (KT) and a pit length between said shortest pit length (3T) and said longest pit length (KT), wherein T is a channel pit length, 3<
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k and m, n, and k are integers, said lands having one of a shortest non-pit length (*3T), a longest non-pit length (*KT) and a non-pit length between said shortest non-pit length (*3T) and said longest non-pit length (*KT);preparing means for preparing a physical sector address to be recorded in a sector header of a physical sector and a test signal equivalent to a test pattern to be recorded in a sector data section, said test pattern having a repetition of predetermined arrangements of said pits and lands in succession, each arrangement comprising; a first pit with a pit length of one of 3T, mT, and nT; a first land with a land length of one 3T, mT, and nT; a second pit with a pit length of remaining one of 3T, mT, and nT, not used to define said length of said first pit; a second land with a land length of a remaining one of 3T, mT, and nT, not used to define said length of said first land; a third pit with a pit length of a last remaining one of 3T, mT, and nT not used to define said length of said first and said second pit; and a third land with a land length of a last remaining one of 3T, mT, and nT not used to define said first and said second land; recording means for recording the data in the data area on the optical disk, defining at least one physical sector as a test pattern area in the lead-in area on the optical disk, and recording the physical sector address in the header of the physical sector and the test pattern in the sector data section. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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