Patent ID: 7990808

Claim:
A method of reproducing information recorded on an optical disc having a plurality of recording layers inclusive of a first recording layer and a second recording layer, comprising the steps of: referring, by use of a control-purpose computer, to an order of recording of the first recording layer and the second recording layer according to which information is recorded in a prerecorded area of the optical disc; and selecting, by use of a control-purpose computer, a scan path based on the order of recording, from a first scan path including no seek operation preceding a focus jump and a second scan path including a seek operation preceding a focus jump, to scan an optical spot from a first address in the first recording layer to a second address in the second recording layer through scanning along the prerecorded area in at least one of the first recording layer and the second recording layer, the second address being a target address where reproduction is to be performed.