Patent ID: 7423950

Claim:
An optical disk apparatus for forming an image on an optical disk according to dot data that defines a density of dots of the image, the optical disk apparatus comprising: a framing unit for composing a frame data by grouping a plurality of unit data having a predetermined number of bits, wherein when the dot data are applied to the optical disk apparatus, the dot data are treated as the plurality of unit data; a pit forming unit for sequentially forming pits defined by a bit train signal of the frame data; a discrimination unit for determining whether a section in the frame data corresponding to the dot data is of a predetermined value; and a gate unit for supplying the bit train signal to the pit forming unit during a certain period of a dot period corresponding to the dot data upon determination by the discrimination unit that a section in the frame data corresponding to the dot data is of the predetermined value, and for interrupting supply of the bit train signal to the pit forming unit during said certain period upon determination by the discrimination unit that a section in the frame data corresponding to the dot data is not of the predetermined value, wherein the dot period is a period required for forming one dot.