Patent ID: 7088652
Filing Date: 2006-08-08
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. An optical recording apparatus for recording information on a medium, comprising: a light source; and an optical system for irradiating a light beam generated by said light source on said medium; said medium comprising: a substrate in the form of a substantially circular disk; grooves and lands alternately formed on said substrate in a radial direction, said grooves and said lands both serving as recording tracks, said recording tracks being divided into recording units in a circumferential direction, each recording unit having an address area devoid of said grooves; and first address information and second address information being provided in said address area of each recording unit, said first address information being formed on a first boundary between one track and an adjacent first track on one side of said one track, said second address information being formed on a second boundary between said one track and an adjacent second track on an other side of said one track, said first address information and said second address information not existing at opposing positions on both said first and second boundaries of said one track.