Claims
- 1. A reproducing system which reproduces information that is recorded on a magneto-optical disk comprising:
- a magneto-optical disk in which are formed a plurality of sectors along tracks in said magneto-optical disk;
- a turntable for supporting and rotating said magneto-optical disk;
- two optical heads for reading and writing information in said sectors; and
- control means for controlling said two optical heads.
- 2. The magneto-optical disk reproducing system of claim 1 wherein said two optical heads are arranged so that when one optical head is reading, another head is writing.
- 3. A formatting system for recording a track format on an optical disk comprising:
- a turntable for supporting and rotating an optical disk to be formatted;
- a first optical head for writing of formatted information in order to form a plurality of sectors along a track of said disk;
- a second optical head for reading of said formatted information written by said first optical head in order to detect defects occurring in said sectors; and
- a control means for controlling said turntable and said first and second optical heads to perform said reading and said writing of said formatted information, and to write on said optical disk information indicative of said defects detected during said reading of said formatted information.
- 4. A formatting method of recording a track format on an optical disk comprising the steps of:
- writing formatted information in order to form a plurality of sectors along a track of said disk;
- reading said formatted information in order to detect defects occurring in said sectors; and
- writing on said optical disk information indicative of said defects detected in said reading step.
- 5. The formatting system of claim 3, wherein said control means controls said first and second optical heads so that when said first optical head is writing, said second optical head is reading.
Priority Claims (3)
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60-128265 |
Jun 1985 |
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60-203325 |
Sep 1985 |
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60-221771 |
Oct 1985 |
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Parent Case Info
This application is a division, of application Ser. No. 06/871,558, filed June 6, 1986 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,841,502.
US Referenced Citations (1)
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4712203 |
Saito et al. |
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Divisions (1)
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871558 |
Jun 1986 |
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