Patent ID: 7092350
Filing Date: 2006-08-15
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. An optical reproducing method for reproducing information from an optical recording medium having an aligned prepit portion straddled on a plurality of tracks in a radial direction, the prepit portion including first and second prepit portions divided in a track direction and arranged on a boundary line of the respective tracks, the first and second prepit portions each having address information prepits arranged at every two-track pitch in the radial direction, the address information prepit of the first prepit portion and the address information prepit of the second prepit portion being arranged with one track displaced in the radial direction, and a trailing end of an end prepit of the first prepit portion being aligned with the radial direction in arrangement, the method comprising the steps of: irradiating an optical spot on the optical medium; detecting a reflected beam from the optical medium; and reproducing information on the optical medium by using a signal obtained by the reflected beam.