Claims
- 1. An information recording apparatus for recording information to an optical recording medium including, a disk-like substrate, a spiral or concentric-shaped groove structure along a track formed on a disk-like substrate, the groove structure being wobbled in a radial direction of the optical recording medium, the wobbled groove structure being utilized for recording of recording data, the track being divided into a plurality of recording units in the track direction by at least one radial boundary line, at least two adjacent recording units in the radius direction of the optical recording medium comprise one zone, the optical recording medium including a plurality of zones, and the groove structure included in the adjacent recording units within any zone having substantially the same number of wobbling, the information recording apparatus comprising:an irradiation source for irradiating a light spot on the optical recording medium; and control means for controlling an irradiation position of an optical spot from the irradiation source.
- 2. An information recording apparatus for recording information to an optical recording medium including a disk-like substrate, a spiral or concentric-shaped groove structure along a track formed on a disk-like substrate, the groove structure being wobbled in a radial direction of the medium, the wobbled groove structure being utilized for recording of recording data, the track being divided into a plurality of recording units in the track direction by at least one radial boundary line, at least two adjacent recording units in the radial direction of the optical recording medium comprise one zone, the optical recording medium including a plurality of zones, and the groove structure having substantially the same wobbling cycle in the recording units which are adjacent each other in the radial direction of the medium within every zone and having the same number of wobbling, an information recording apparatus comprising:the irradiation source for irradiating a light spot on the optical recording medium; and control means for controlling an irradiation position of an optical spot from the irradiation source.
Priority Claims (4)
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08-136189 |
May 1996 |
JP |
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08-197297 |
Jul 1996 |
JP |
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09-023480 |
Feb 1997 |
JP |
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09-079587 |
Mar 1997 |
JP |
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/761,571, filed Jan. 18, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,388,987, which is related to and with U.S. application Ser. No. 09/761,570, filed Jan. 18, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,388,986, which are continuations of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/350,107, filed Jul. 9, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,219,331, which is a continuation application of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/090,310, filed Jun. 4, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,930,228, which is a continuation application of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/900,294, filed on Jul. 25, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,936,933, which application relates to U.S. application Ser. No. 08/863,126, filed on May 27, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,953,299, entitled “INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD AND APPARATUS” by H. Miyamoto et al, and assigned to the present assignee, based on Japanese Patent Application Nos. 08-136189 filed on May 30, 1996 and 09-079587 filed on Mar. 31, 1997, the subject matter of which is incorporated herein by reference.
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