Patent ID: 7639575

Claim:
A recording condition setting method, comprising the steps of: a) obtaining identification information from an information recording medium; b) searching through a table including a plurality of history information corresponding to the identification information of the information recording medium, wherein the history information comprises: temperature information detected in the vicinity of a light source and corresponding optimum recording power, that are together stored in the table during an OPC (Optimum Power Control) procedure; and temperature information detected in the vicinity of a light source and corresponding optimum recording power according to reflected light from an optical disk during a recording process, that are together stored in the table; c) extracting history information corresponding to the identification information; d) detecting temperature information detected in the vicinity of the light source; e) acquiring an optimum recording power by referring to the temperature information detected in step d) and the history information extracted in step c); and f) setting the optimum recording power acquired in step e) as a recording condition.