Owner Pioneer Corporation

Inventors Tomita, Yoshimi

Agent Watermark

Pub. Number AU-B-2003252233

PCT Number PCT/JP03/09300

PCT Pub. Number WO2004/017310

Priority 2002-234476 12.08.02 JP; 2003-19159 28.01.03 JP

Filing date 23 July 2003

Wipo publication date 3 March 2004

Acceptance publication date 11 September 2008

G11B 7/007 (2006.01) Recording or reproducing by optical means, e.g. recording using a thermal beam of optical radiation, reproducing using an optical beam at lower power - Arrangement of the information on the record carrier, e.g. form of tracks

G11B 7/00 (2006.01) Recording or reproducing by optical means, e.g. recording using a thermal beam of optical radiation, reproducing using an optical beam at lower power

G11B 20/12 (2006.01) Signal processing not specific to the method of recording or reproducing - Formatting, e.g. arrangement of data block or words on the record carriers

G11B 20/14 (2006.01) Signal processing not specific to the method of recording or reproducing - using self-clocking codes