Patent ID: 7376058

Claim:
An optical information recording medium, comprising: a first information recording layer on which information is to be recorded by laser light; and a second information recording layer on which information is to be recorded by the laser light which has passed through the first information recording layer, wherein: the first information recording layer includes a first test-recording area for performing a test recording operation on the first layer, and at least one of a reproduction-only area and a recording and reproduction area, the second information recording layer includes a second test recording area for performing a test recording on the second layer, wherein a start location of the first test recording area is radially offset from a start location of the second test recording area, and at least one of the reproduction-only area and the recording and reproduction area, and the second test recording area is located such that, for all test recording performed on the second information recording layer, only one of the reproduction-only area and the recording and reproduction area includes an area of the first information recording layer through which the laser light for recording information in the second test recording area passes.