Patent ID: 7099263

Claim:
An optical recording method for an optical recording medium having an aligned prepit portion straddled on a plurality of tracks in a radial direction, the prepit portion including first and second prepit portions divided in a track direction, a prepit of the respective first and second prepit portions being arranged on a boundary of the respective tracks, wherein the first prepit portion having an address information prepit and a synchronous information prepit, second prepit having a synchronous information prepit, the prepit of the first portion and the prepit of the second prepit portion being arranged at every two-track pitch in the radial direction, the prepit of the first prepit portion and the prepit of the second portion being arranged with one track displaced in the radial direction, and a gap being provided between the first and second prepit portions, the method comprising the steps of: providing the optical medium; and recording information on the optical medium by irradiating an optical spot thereon.