Patent ID: 7903520

Claim:
An optical disc recording apparatus, comprising: a pulse type setting portion for setting a type of write pulse to be applied to an LD (laser diode) that forms pits in an optical disc; a reference power setting portion for setting a reference power that is a reference value of a drive power of the write pulse; a pulse type checking portion for checking whether or not the type of write pulse set by the pulse type setting portion is a write pulse consisting of a plurality of pulses, the write pulse being of a type that allows the drive power to be set for each pulse of the plurality of pulses; a power correcting portion for correcting, if the pulse type checking portion judges that the write pulse is of a type that allows the drive power to be set for each of the plurality of pulses, the drive power of at least one pulse of the plurality of pulses constituting the write pulse by adding a previously set correction power to the reference power set by the reference power setting portion; and a drive control portion for applying, to the LD, the write pulse consisting of the pulse with the reference power set by the reference power setting portion and the at least one pulse with the drive power corrected by the power correcting portion, wherein information is recorded on the optical disc by means of the LD.