Patent ID: 7911902
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A method of recording a signal on an optical disc having a data area, a first test recording area extending inward of the data area, a second test recording area extending outward of the data area, and a recording information management area, the method comprising the steps of: deciding a desired integral multiple of the standard linear velocity; selecting one from the first test recording area and the second test recording area as a selection-result test recording area in response to the decided desired integral multiple of the standard linear velocity; recording a test signal on a portion of the selection-result test recording area while varying a power of the recording of the test signal and scanning the portion of the selection-resultant test recording area at a linear velocity equal to the decided desired integral multiple of the standard linear velocity; reproducing the recorded test signal from the portion of the selection-result test recording area; deciding an optimum recording power for the decided desired integral multiple of the standard linear velocity on the basis of the reproduced test signal; generating information peculiar to an apparatus which implemented recording the test signal; generating address information representing an address of the portion of the selection-resultant test recording area; and recording the generated information peculiar to the apparatus and the generated address information on the recording information management area.