Patent ID: 8638514
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. An information recording device comprising: a magnetic recording medium comprising tracks; and a recording controller configured to control recording of information on a first track between a first track group and a second track group adjacent to the first track group, the first track group and the second track group being among a plurality of track groups, each track group comprising a plurality of adjacent tracks configured to partially overlap with each other, wherein the first track is recorded to overlap on a portion of a second track, closest to the first track, among the plurality of tracks included in the first track group, and to be overlapped by a portion of a third track, closest to the first track, among the plurality of tracks included in the second track group, wherein the information comprises information independent of information recorded in the first track group and information recorded in the second track group, and wherein the information comprises information for evaluating an influence of magnetic interference between the first and second track groups, or wherein the information comprises management information related to the second track group.