JP2008108421A - Optical recording medium and optical recording method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To apply a method for additionally recording to a reflection film of a recorded disk even to an error correction encoding region. <P>SOLUTION: The parity (Fig.11B) of 2 symbols is generated from data (Fig.11A) of 4 symbols. These 6 symbols are EMF-modulated, and 8 bits of respective symbols are converted to a pattern of 14 bits (Fig.11C). The 2 symbols are rewritten in a pit/land column (Fig.11D) formed on a disk. One is the original one (0x40). A pit length is lengthened by performing additional recording for the pit/land column (Fig.11E). Reproduced data of 14 bits are converted to 8 bits at a reproduction side. The original data (0x40) are re-written to (0x22). Parity also is changed so that the additionally recorded data symbol (0x22) is not detected as an error. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an optical recording medium and an optical recording method applied to, for example, a read-only (ROM) type optical disc.

  The compact disc (CD) standard that is widely used today is called compact disc audio (CD-DA) and is based on the standard described in the Red Book. Based on this standard, various formats including CD-ROM are standardized to form a so-called CD family. In the following description, when a CD is simply referred to, it is a generic name for disks of various formats included in the CD family.

  It has been proposed to record data by changing the length of pits or lands by selecting a material for the reflective film and irradiating the reflective film with a laser beam for the disk having the reflective film. Such recording will be referred to as additional recording as appropriate. With this additional recording on the reflective film, for example, identification information for identifying each disk can be recorded. When recording identification information in the CD format, it is conceivable to use the Q channel subcode in the CD format.

  In CD, an error correction code called CIRC (Cross Interleave Reed-Solomon Code) is used. Therefore, when data such as disc identification information is additionally recorded on the reflective film, the additionally recorded data is detected as an error by the CIRC and corrected. In this case, the original data before additional recording is read out. In addition, when an error exceeding the error correction capability of CIRC occurs, it cannot be corrected, and cannot be read as an error, or data additionally recorded by interpolation cannot be read. For this reason, the previously proposed additional recording method is performed only in an area where error correction coding is not performed. For this reason, there is a problem that the application range of additional recording is limited.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an optical recording medium and an optical recording method capable of further expanding the application range of additional recording.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides an optical recording medium having a coating film in which a part of the data in the recording area of the error correction encoded data is recorded so as not to be detected as an error when decoded. An optical recording medium rewritten by recording on a coating film.

  According to the present invention, in an optical recording method for producing an optical recording medium having a coating film, a part of data in a recording area of data subjected to error correction coding is covered so that it is not detected as an error when decoded. This is an optical recording method in which rewriting is performed by recording on a covering film.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to record disk identification information or the like in the error correction coding area by performing additional recording on the created disk. In the present invention, additional recording is performed on the reflective film so that it is not detected as an error when decoded. Therefore, there is no problem that the rewritten data cannot be read when the error correction encoded data is decoded. According to the present invention, additional recording is possible even for an error-corrected encoded region, and the application range of additional recording can be expanded.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to the case where disc identification information (hereinafter referred to as UDI) is recorded on a disc-shaped recording medium will be described. UDI is information for identifying individual disks. The UDI is, for example, a disk manufacturer name, disk seller name, manufacturing factory name, manufacturing year, serial number, time information, and the like. In the present invention, the information to be additionally recorded is not limited to UDI, and may be desired information. The UDI is recorded so that it can be read by, for example, an existing CD player or CD-ROM drive. First, in order to facilitate understanding of an embodiment, the structure of an optical disc, for example, a CD will be described.

  FIG. 1 shows an enlarged part of an existing CD. On a track having a predetermined track pitch Tp (for example, 1.6 μm), concave portions called pits and lands where no pits are formed are alternately formed. The lengths of the pits and lands are in the range of 3T to 11T. T is the shortest inversion interval. The CD is irradiated with laser light from below.

  A structure in which a transparent disk substrate 1 having a thickness of 1.2 mm, a reflective film 2 coated thereon, and a protective film 3 coated on the reflective film 2 are laminated in order from the lower side where the laser beam hits. Has been. The reflective film 2 has a high reflectance. The CD is a read-only disc. As will be described later, after the reflective film 2 is coated, information (UDI) is recorded on the reflective film 2 using laser light.

  The flow of such a CD manufacturing process will be described with reference to FIG. In step S1, a glass master having a glass plate coated with a photoresist, which is a photosensitive material, is rotated by a spindle motor, and a laser beam that is turned on / off in accordance with a recording signal is applied to the photoresist film to create a master. The The photoresist film is developed, and in the case of a positive resist, the exposed portion is melted, and an uneven pattern is formed on the photoresist film.

  One metal master is created by electroforming, in which the photoresist master is plated (step S2). A plurality of mothers are created from the metal master (step S3), and a plurality of stampers are created from the mother (step S4). A disk substrate is created using a stamper. As a method for producing a disk substrate, compression molding, injection molding, photocuring method and the like are known. In step S6, a reflective film and a protective film are deposited. In the conventional disc manufacturing method, a CD is manufactured by performing label printing.

  On the other hand, in the example of FIG. 2, a laser beam is irradiated on the reflective film (mirror part, for example, a land), and a process S7 for additionally recording information is added. In the land on the reflective film, atoms move due to heat treatment (thermal recording) irradiated with laser light, the film structure and crystallinity change, and the reflectivity at that location decreases. As a result, even if it is a land, after the laser beam is irradiated, the return laser beam is reduced and is recognized by the reader in the same way as a pit. By utilizing this, information can be recorded by changing the pit length or land length. In this case, a material whose reflectance is changed by laser irradiation is used for the reflective film. Not only a material whose reflectivity is lowered, but there are materials whose reflectivity is increased by recording.

Specifically, the reflective film is made of an aluminum alloy film Al _100-x X _x . As X, at least one element selected from Ge, Ti, Ni, Si, Tb, Fe, and Ag is used. The composition ratio x in the Al alloy film is selected to be 5 <x <50 [atomic%].

Further, the reflective film may be composed of an Ag _100-x X _x Ag alloy film. In that case, as X, at least one element of Ge, Ti, Ni, Si, Tb, Fe, and Al is used. The composition ratio x in the Al alloy film is selected to be 5 <x <50 [atomic%]. The reflective film can be formed by, for example, a magnetron sputtering method.

  As an example, when a reflective film made of an AlGe alloy is formed with a thickness of 50 nm and irradiated with laser light from the transparent substrate or the protective film side through the objective lens, the Ge composition ratio is 20 [atomic%]. When the recording power is 6 to 7 [mW], the reflectance is reduced by about 6%, and when the Ge composition ratio is 27.6 [atomic%], the recording power is 5 to 8 [mW]. Further, the reflectance is reduced by about 7 to 8%. Such a change in reflectance allows additional recording to the reflective film.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram for more specifically explaining the method of additional recording of UDI. The way of correspondence between the recording data and the pits and lands can be pattern A and pattern B in relation to the previous pattern.

First, the pattern A will be described. For example, 3 bits of merge bits (000) are inserted between symbols. When additional recording is performed, an 8-bit data symbol is set to (0x47), for example. 0x means hexadecimal notation. A 14-bit pattern (00100100100100) as a result of EFM (eight to fourteen modulation) modulation of these 8 bits.
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  Then, the oblique recording region between the two pits is irradiated with a laser beam for additional recording. As a result, the reflectivity of the hatched area is reduced, and after recording, it is reproduced as one pit in which two pits are combined. In this case, the 14-bit pattern is (00100100000000). This is demodulated as 8 bits of (0x07) when EFM demodulation is performed.

  In the case of pattern B, the merge bit is (001). Also in this case, similarly to the pattern A, 8 bits can be changed from (0x47) to (0x07) by irradiating the hatched region with the laser beam.

  As described above, the data symbol that was originally (0x47) can be rewritten to (0x07). Besides this example, there are many other types of data that can be additionally recorded. For example, the data symbol which was originally (0x40) can be changed to (0x00). However, the additional recording is to change the pit length or land length by irradiating the mirror portion of the originally recorded data with a laser, so that the types of data that can be additionally recorded are limited.

  Next, error correction coding used in a CD will be described. In CD, a CIRC that performs error correction coding processing twice for a C1 sequence (vertical direction) and a C2 sequence (diagonal direction) is adopted as an error correction coding method. The error-corrected encoded data is EFM modulated and recorded in units of one frame.

  FIG. 4 shows one frame of the CD data structure before EFM modulation. As shown in FIG. 4, one frame consists of 24 symbols corresponding to 6 samples of L (left) and R (right) when audio data is sampled at 16 bits (1 symbol divides 16 bits into two). 8 bits), 4-symbol Q parity, 4-symbol P parity, and 1-symbol subcode. The data of one frame (also referred to as 1 EFM frame) recorded on the disc is converted from 8 bits to 14 bits by EFM modulation, a DC suppression bit is added, and a frame sync is added.

Therefore, one frame recorded on the disc is
Frame sync 24 channel bits Data bits 14 · 24 = 336 channel bits Subcode 14 channel bits Parity 14 · 8 = 112 channel bits Margin bit 3 · 34 = 102 channel bits Therefore, the total number of channel bits in one frame is 588 channel bits.

In the EFM modulation method, each symbol (8 data bits) is converted into 14 channel bits. Minimum time width of EFM modulation (time width in which the number of 0s between 1 and 1 of the recording signal is minimum) Tmin is 3T, and a pit length corresponding to 3T is 0.87 μm
It becomes. The pit length corresponding to T is the shortest pit length. In addition, 3 merge bits are arranged between each 14 channel bits. Further, a frame sync pattern is added to the head of the frame. The frame sync pattern is a pattern in which 11T, 11T, and 2T are continuous when the channel bit period is T. Such a pattern does not occur in the EFM modulation rule, and the frame sync can be detected by a unique pattern. One frame consists of 588 channel bits. The frame frequency is 7.35 kHz.

  A collection of 98 such frames is referred to as a subcode frame (or subcode block). This subcode frame corresponds to 1/75 second of the normal CD playback time. FIG. 5 shows subcode frames in which 98 frames are rearranged so as to be continuous in the vertical direction. A subcode of one symbol of each frame includes 1 bit of each of 8 channels of P to W. As shown in FIG. 5, one sector is constituted by data of a period (98 frames) in which a subcode is completed. Note that the subcodes of the first two frames of 98 frames are subcode frame syncs S0 and S1. When data on an optical disk is recorded by a CD-ROM or the like, 98 frames (2,352 bytes), which is a unit for completing a subcode, is set as one sector.

FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 are block diagrams represented along the flow of encoding in the CIRC system. 24 symbols (W12n, A, W12n, B,..., W12n + 11, A, W12n + 11, each word of an audio signal divided into upper 8 bits and lower 8 bits)
B) (the upper 8 bits are indicated by A and the lower 8 bits are indicated by B) is supplied to the 2-symbol delay / scramble circuit 11. The two-symbol delay is performed on even-word data L6n, R6n, L6n + 2, R6n + 2,... Has been. The scrambling is performed so as to obtain the maximum burst error interpolation length.

The output from the 2-symbol delay / scramble circuit 11 is supplied to the C2 encoder 12. The C2 encoder 12 encodes the (28, 24, 5) Reed-Solomon code on the Galois field GF (2 ⁸ ) and performs four-symbol Q parity Q12n, Q12n + 1, Q12n + 2, Q12n + 3 Will occur. 28 symbols of the output of the C2 encoder 12 are supplied to the interleave circuit 13. When the unit delay amount is D, the interleave circuit 13 gives each symbol a delay amount that changes in the same manner as 0, D, 2D,. To change. The burst error is distributed by the interleave circuit 13.

The output of the interleave circuit 13 is supplied to the C1 encoder 14. The (32, 28, 5) Reed-Solomon code on the Galois field GF (2 ⁸ ) is used as the C1 code. Four-symbol P parity P12n, P12n + 1, P12n + 2, and P12n + 3 are generated from the C1 encoder 14. The minimum distance between the C1 code and the C2 code is 5. Therefore, correction of 2 symbol errors and erasure correction of 4 symbol errors (when the position of the error symbol is known) are possible.

  The 32 symbols from the C1 encoder 14 are supplied to the 1 symbol delay circuit 15. The 1-symbol delay circuit 15 prevents the occurrence of a 2-symbol error due to an error straddling the boundary between symbols by separating adjacent symbols. Also, the Q parity is inverted by the inverter, so that an error can be detected even when the data and parity are all zero.

  The unit delay amount of the interleave circuit 13 is D = 4 frames, and adjacent symbols are separated by 4 frames. In the case of the CIRC4 system, the maximum delay amount is 27D (= 108 frames), and the total interleave length is 109 frames.

  8 and 9 are block diagrams represented along the decoding flow. The decoding process is performed in the reverse order to the above-described encoding process. First, the reproduction data from the EFM demodulating circuit is supplied to the 1 symbol delay circuit 21. The delay given by the one-symbol delay circuit 15 on the encoding side is canceled in this circuit 21.

  32 symbols from the 1-symbol delay circuit 21 are supplied to the C1 decoder 22. The output of the C1 decoder 22 is supplied to the deinterleave circuit 23. The deinterleave circuit 23 gives an equal differential delay amount of 27D, 26D,..., D, 0 to 28 symbols so as to cancel the delay amount given by the interleave circuit 13. The unit delay amount of the deinterleave circuit 23 is D = 4 frames.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the unit delay amount D is (D = 4), the total interleave length is 109 (= 108 + 1) frames, which is slightly larger than one sector. The total interleaving length defines the correction capability for burst errors in which a large number of data is continuously erroneous due to fingerprints attached to the disc, scratches on the disc, and the like. The longer the length, the higher the burst error correction capability.

  The output of the deinterleave circuit 23 is supplied to the C2 decoder 24, and the C2 code is decoded. The 24 symbols output from the C2 decoder 24 is supplied to a 2 symbol delay / descramble circuit 25. From this circuit 25, decoded data of 24 symbols is obtained. An interpolation flag generation circuit 26 generates an interpolation flag from the error flags from the C1 decoder 22 and the C2 decoder 24. Data indicating an error is interpolated by this interpolation flag. As described above, in CIRC, error correction encoding is performed in the C1 sequence in the vertical direction, and error correction encoding is performed in the C2 sequence in the diagonal direction, and double error correction encoding is performed.

  In the present invention, desired data such as UDI is recorded by rewriting part of the data in the error correction coding area. FIG. 11 shows an example of a data rewriting method. However, FIG. 11 shows an example of error correction coding simpler than CIRC for easy understanding. That is, the 2-symbol parity (0xba, 0xe2) shown in FIG. 11B is generated from the 4-symbol data (0x82, 0xef, 0x75, 0x40) shown in FIG. 11A. This error correction coding has the ability to correct one symbol error. A specific binary number of a parity symbol is merely a code example, for example, a Reed-Solomon code parity symbol, but does not mean a value obtained by an error correction coding operation.

  These 6 symbols are EFM-modulated, and as shown in FIG. 11C, 8 bits of each symbol are converted into a 14-bit pattern. The merge bit is not added. Since “1” in FIG. 11C means level inversion, the pit / land row as the concavo-convex pattern on the disc is as shown in FIG. 11D. For example, a period in which “1” continues is a pit period, and a period in which “0” continues is a land period.

  Here, additional recording is performed as described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 11, two symbols are rewritten as shown by being surrounded by a frame. One symbol is data originally set to (0x40). By performing additional recording on the pit / land row shown in FIG. 11D, the pit length is increased as shown in FIG. 11E. When the pit / land row after the additional recording shown in FIG. 11E is reproduced, the 14-bit data shown in FIG. 11F is reproduced.

  The 14-bit data is converted to 8 bits on the reproduction side, and all the read data shown in FIG. 11G are obtained. Thus, the original data (0x40) is rewritten to (0x22). If only one symbol of the error correction code sequence composed of 6 symbols is changed, it is detected and corrected as an error during decoding. That is, the original data (0x40) is reproduced. In this case, the rewritten data (0x22) cannot be reproduced.

  Therefore, in the example of FIG. 11, the parity symbol (0xe2) is changed to (0x01) so that the data symbol (0x22) additionally recorded at the time of decoding is not detected as an error. Six symbols (0x82, 0xef, 0x75, 0x22, 0xba, 0x01) including the rewritten data symbol and parity symbol (0x01) are detected as having no error when error correction decoding is performed during reproduction. is there. In other words, (0xba) (0x01) is calculated as a parity symbol when data (0x22) is included. Therefore, the rewritten data symbol can be reproduced as shown in FIG. 11H.

  The relationship between the additionally recorded data and desired information to be recorded, such as UDI, will be described. On the disc, a section in which additional recording is performed is defined in advance by an absolute address or the like. FIG. 11 is an example of such a section. The data recorded in the section is defined as predetermined data. Since the additionally recorded data (0x22) in the above example is different from the known data (0x40), it can be detected that the data has been rewritten during reproduction. It is conceivable that the rewritten data (0x22) itself is the whole or a part of the UDI data, but in this case, since the types of data that can be additionally recorded are restricted, many types of data are stored. It is difficult to record.

  Therefore, in one embodiment, for example, one bit of UDI is expressed by whether or not the known data has been rewritten. If the data is rewritten as in the example of FIG. If it has not been rewritten, it is determined as “0”. If the section of FIG. 11 is provided N times, N bits can be additionally recorded. In practice, multiple recording is performed in which N sections are further repeatedly recorded.

  Next, a case where the present invention is applied to CIRC will be described. In CIRC, since 4 parity symbols are added, an error of 5 symbols or more cannot be determined. Utilizing this fact, five data symbols are rewritten to prevent error correction. Thereby, the rewritten data string can be read during reproduction.

  In decoding the Reed-Solomon code, the syndrome is calculated and the presence or absence of an error is determined. The number of syndromes is the same as the number of parity symbols. In CIRC, four syndromes are calculated. When all syndromes are 0, it is determined that there is no error. Theoretically, when 4 symbols of parity are added, all syndromes can be set to 0 by rewriting data for 5 data symbols. However, in the syndrome value calculation, it is not possible to replace an arbitrary numerical value with an arbitrary numerical value, and the values that can be replaced with the data position are limited.

  Furthermore, as described above, due to the limitation of the data additional recording method, it is not possible to rewrite from arbitrary data to any other data. Therefore, data string candidates are determined in a rewritable combination. The combination means (combination of original data and rewritten data). Further, data string candidates are determined in consideration of preceding and subsequent data. In consideration of these two conditions, a data array that can be rewritten and has a syndrome of 0 after rewriting is determined.

  Furthermore, in CIRC, as described above, two of the C1 code and the C2 code are used as error correction codes, and each data symbol is doubly encoded by these code sequences. For this reason, the rewritten data string is returned to the state before rewriting by the second-stage error correction, and the rewritten data cannot be read. Therefore, it is necessary to prevent error correction in both of the two code sequences.

  As described above, in CIRC that adds parity of 4 symbols, all syndrome values can be set to 0 by rewriting 5 symbols. However, if these 5 symbols are used in an arbitrary case, it is necessary to add 5 symbols each satisfying the subsequent second-stage error correction coding (C1 code), resulting in overall divergence. Divergence can be avoided by taking one of the five symbols in any position and taking the remaining four symbols in the parity addition region.

  12 to 15 are diagrams for explaining the positions of five data symbols to be rewritten in CIRC. FIG. 12 shows the positions of five data symbols to be rewritten in 24 symbols of input data as black square areas. These five data symbols are included in the same C2 code series, and by selecting the values of the five data symbols, the syndrome values of C2 decoding can be all set to 0 at the time of decoding. FIG. 13 shows the positions of five data symbols on the output side of the C2 encoder.

  The output of the C2 encoder is interleaved by the interleave circuit and then input to the C1 encoder. FIG. 14 shows the positions of five data symbols on the output side of the C1 encoder. The output of the C1 encoder is supplied to the EFM modulator via a one symbol delay circuit. FIG. 15 shows the positions of five data symbols given to the EFM modulator as regions. As shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, for each of the five data symbols to be rewritten, four C1 parity symbols are rewritten so that all syndrome values become 0 at the time of C1 decoding. Eventually, 25 symbols are rewritten by additional recording.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment of the present invention, and various modifications and applications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. For example, the present invention is not limited to the additional recording with respect to the reflective film, but can additionally record with respect to the phase change film, the magneto-optical recording film, and the like. The present invention can also be applied to, for example, a multi-session optical disc that records CD-DA format data and CD-ROM format data, respectively. The information recorded on the optical disk can be various data such as audio data, video data, still image data, character data, computer graphic data, game software, and computer programs. Furthermore, the present invention can be applied to, for example, a DVD video and a DVD-ROM.

It is a basic diagram for demonstrating the recording pattern of conventional CD, and the structure of CD. It is a basic diagram for demonstrating the manufacturing process of the disk in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a basic diagram used for description of the additional recording in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a basic diagram used for description of the recording format of the optical disk to which this invention is applied. It is a basic diagram used for description of the recording format of the optical disk to which this invention is applied. It is a block diagram of an example of the encoder of CIRC. 2 is a more detailed block diagram of an example of a CIRC encoder. FIG. It is a block diagram of an example of the decoder of CIRC. FIG. 4 is a more detailed block diagram of an example of a CIRC decoder. It is a basic diagram used for description of the interleaving of CIRC. It is a basic diagram for demonstrating the method of the additional recording of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a basic diagram for demonstrating the method of the additional recording in the case of using CIRC. It is a basic diagram for demonstrating the method of the additional recording in the case of using CIRC. It is a basic diagram for demonstrating the method of the additional recording in the case of using CIRC. It is a basic diagram for demonstrating the method of the additional recording in the case of using CIRC.

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2 ... reflective film, 11 ... 2 symbol delay / scramble circuit, 12 ... C2 encoder, 13 ... interleave circuit, 14 ... C1 encoder, 15 ... 1 symbol delay circuit

Claims (2)

In an optical recording medium having a coating film,
An optical recording medium in which a part of data in a recording area of data subjected to error correction coding is rewritten by recording on the coating film so that it is not detected as an error when decoded. In an optical recording method for producing an optical recording medium having a coating film,
An optical recording method for rewriting a part of data in a recording area of data subjected to error correction coding by recording on the coating film so that it is not detected as an error when decoded.

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