Patent ID: 7382715
Filing Date: 2008-06-03
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A medium for optical recording, from which recorded information is reproduced by a laser beam, comprising: a disk board having a recording surface; and a plurality of pits in the recording surface, wherein each of said pits is comprised in a corresponding one of a plurality of cells each cell having equal size and varying pit-occupancy rates dependent on the recorded information, said pit-occupancy rate being the ratio of area of said pit to area of said cell corresponding to said pit, wherein depths H of said pits, a wavelength λ of the laser beam, and a refractive index n of said board are related as: λ/6n<H<λ/4n, signals having a plurality of levels of N, N being dependent on the pit-occupancy rate, are generated, and said pits comprising (N−1) different pit diameters, the (N−1) pit diameters being set so as to almost equally divide into N parts the difference between amount of light reflected from the cells in a case of pits with pit diameters having maximum values and amount of light reflected from the cells in a case of no pits existing.