Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for determining the power of a laser beam which can determine the recording power of the laser beam so that jitter of a reproduced signal obtained by reproducing data recorded in a data rewritable type optical recording medium can be controlled within a tolerance even when cross erasing of data occurs and that the reproduced signal having the highest level can be obtained.

Abstract: A method of recording data on a double-layer optical recording medium having a recording layer with high light transmittance is provided. A laser beam is modulated to emit a pulse series of laser including a write pulse of a write power and a cooling pulse of a bottom power, so as to encode and write data to be recorded as recording marks of a length nT along a track of the recording layer, where n is an integer and T is one clock cycle. An nT recording mark is formed using (n-1) write pulse(s), and when forming a recording mark of 4 T or longer, a cooling pulse with a pulse width of 0.8 T to 2 T is inserted before the last write pulse. Recording marks are thereby accurately formed without heat interference between consecutive recording marks and cross erase between recording marks of adjacent tracks.

Abstract: This invention provides a recording medium supportable device such as a library device (50), which authenticates each recording medium by identification information such as serial number and controls the recording medium by a command based on radio communication. In this case, a communication identifier like a session identifier corresponding to the identification number is set and provided and the communication identifier is included in a command at the time of execution of control, so that only a specified recording medium to be controlled carries out an operation corresponding to the command. When authenticating the recording medium, the identification information, which is proper information such as serial number, is confirmed through reliable communication using successive communication identifiers, and reliable authentication of the recording medium is carried out by several stages of communication.

Abstract: An upper plate portion having a pair of openings formed therein, an external surface portion inclined to the inner side from an upper end of the outer circumference of the upper plate portion toward the lower side of the case, and a holding plate portion protruding from an inner surface of the external surface portion toward the inner side are integrally provided in a case. A cover is inserted into the case from the sides of the upper plate portion and the holding plate portion to be integrated with the case constitute a switch housing. Operating knobs are fitted to the case from the upper sides of the openings to thus assemble a switch unit. The switch unit is fixed to the side portion of a pad portion of a steering wheel, so that the operating knobs protrude to a space between the inner circumference of a ring portion and the pad portion.

Abstract: In an optical information medium having an information bearing surface having projections and depressions and/or capable of forming recorded marks, a functional layer is added. The information borne on the information bearing surface can be read by using reading light of a wavelength longer than 4NA·PL wherein PL is the minimum size of the projections and depressions or the recorded marks and NA is the numerical aperture of a reading optical system, setting the power of the reading light within such a range that the functional layer does not change its complex index of refraction, and irradiating the reading light to the information bearing surface constructed by the functional layer or to the information bearing surface through the functional layer or to the functional layer through the information bearing surface. The medium enables reading at a high resolution beyond the diffraction limit.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for determining a pattern for modulating the power of a laser beam which can determine a pattern for modulating the power of a laser beam so that data can be recorded in a write-once type optical recording medium with a laser beam having a low recording power at a high linear recording velocity.

Abstract: In an optical information medium having an information bearing surface having projections and depressions and/or capable of forming recorded marks, a functional layer is added. The information borne on the information bearing surface can be read by using reading light of a wavelength longer than 4NA·PL wherein PL is the minimum size of the projections and depressions or the recorded marks and NA is the numerical aperture of a reading optical system, setting the power of the reading light within such a range that the functional layer does not change its complex index of refraction, and irradiating the reading light to the information bearing surface constructed by the functional layer or to the information bearing surface through the functional layer or to the functional layer through the information bearing surface. The medium enables reading at a high resolution beyond the diffraction limit.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for recording data in an optical recording medium which can record data in a write-once type optical recording medium at a high linear recording velocity using a laser beam having a low recording power.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for recording data in an optical recording medium which can record data in a write-once type optical recording medium at a high linear recording velocity using a laser beam whose recording power is set low.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for recording data in an optical recording medium which can form a recording mark having desired length and width in a write-once type optical recording medium. The method for recording data in an optical recording medium according to the present invention is constituted so as to project a laser beam whose power is modulated by a pulse train pattern onto an optical recording medium including a substrate, a first recording layer, a second recording layer and a light transmission layer 16 wherein a recording pulse of the pulse train pattern is divided into (n?1) divided pulses and the power of the laser beam is set to a recording power Pw at the peak of each of the divided pulses, set to a second bottom power Pb2 at a portion immediately after a last divided pulse and set to a first bottom power Pb1 at other intervals where Pb1 is higher than Pb2.

Abstract: A voice signal from a microphone is processed for compressing and coding in a voice compressor. The compressed voice data is input into a transmission switching section. The transmission switching section switches and outputs the compressed voice data to either a UDP transmitter or a TCP transmitter according to a transmission switching signal that the network situation supervisory section outputs. The transmission switching signal allows-transmission using the UDP transmitter when a network is in a situation with a margin, and transmission using the TCP transmitter when a network is in a confused situation responding to network congestion information that is obtained from a network interface. This allows a protocol transmitting the compressed voice data to be selected corresponding to a congested situation of the network, and thereby a voice call without interruption can be obtained even though the network is in a confused and low-quality situation.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an information recording method for recording information in a data rewritable type optical recording medium having a plurality of information recording layers, which can form recording marks having good shapes. In the information recording method according to the present invention, information is recorded in an optical recording medium 10 having at least a stacked L0 layer 20 and L1 layer 30 by projecting a laser beam whose power is modulated thereonto via a light incidence plane 13a. When information is recorded, ?/NA is set to be equal to or shorter than 700 nm, where ? is the wavelength of the laser beam and NA is the numerical aperture of an objective lens for converging the laser beam, and a pulse width Ttop0 of a top pulse of the laser beam when information is to be recorded in the L0 layer 20 is set to be shorter than a pulse width Ttop1 of a top pulse of the laser beam when information is to be recorded in the L1 layer 30.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an information recording method for recording information in a data rewritable type optical recording medium having a plurality of information recording layers, which can form recording marks having good shapes.

Abstract: The invention is to offer a fuse and a fuse production method excellent in reducing manufacturing cost. A fuse having an electrically conductive fuse element. The fuse element has a pair of terminal connection portions and a fusible member for electrically connecting the terminal connection portions to each other and for being fused and broken when an overload electric current flows. At least a part of the fusible portion is formed by spouting or dropping the melting metal drops.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for processing a photoresist-coated board, a method for manufacturing a stamper for a recording medium and a method for manufacturing a recording medium which can form a fine raised and depressed pattern having a uniform width after development even in the case where a laser beam having a relatively long wavelength is used for forming pre-pits on a recording medium with high accuracy. A photoresist-coated board 108 is constituted by laminating a light absorption layer 108b and a photosensitive material layer 108c on a glass substrate 108a in this order and is exposed to a laser beam 102 by condensing the laser beam 102 onto the photosensitive material layer 108c, thereby forming a raised and depressed pattern corresponding to pre-pits on the the photosensitive material layer 108.

Abstract: An upper plate portion having a pair of openings formed therein, an external surface portion inclined to the inner side from an upper end of the outer circumference of the upper plate portion toward the lower side of the case, and a holding plate portion protruding from an inner surface of the external surface portion toward the inner side are integrally provided in a case. A cover is inserted into the case from the sides of the upper plate portion and the holding plate portion to be integrated with the case constitute a switch housing. Operating knobs are fitted to the case from the upper sides of the openings to thus assemble a switch unit. The switch unit is fixed to the side portion of a pad portion of a steering wheel, so that the operating knobs protrude to a space between the inner circumference of a ring portion and the pad portion.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an information recording method for recording information in a data rewritable type optical recording medium having a plurality of information recording layers, which can form recording marks having good shapes. In the information recording method according to the present invention, a plurality of recording marks selected from a group consisting of several types of recording marks with different lengths are formed in an optical recording medium 10 having at least a stacked L0 layer 20 and L1 layer 30 by projecting a laser beam via a light incidence plane. In the case of forming at least one recording mark among the several types of recording marks in L0 layer 20, the recording powers of a top pulse Ttop and a last pulse Tlp of the laser beam are set to Pw0? lower than the recording power Pw0 of a multi-pulse Tmp thereof.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an information recording method for recording information in a data rewritable type optical recording medium having a plurality of information recording layers, which can form recording marks having good shapes. In the information recording method according to the present invention, information is recorded in an optical recording medium 10 having at least a stacked L0 layer 20 and L1 layer 30 by projecting a laser beam thereonto whose power is modulated between a plurality of powers including at least a recording power (Pw) and an erasing power (Pe) via a light incidence plane 13a.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of recording information to an optical recording medium that can reduce the influence from heat caused when neighboring recording marks are formed and can prevent cross-talk and cross-erase of information. According to the present invention, when forming recording marks in the optical recording medium by projecting a pulse-modulated laser beam thereonto, since the recording powers of a top pulse and a last pulse are set to Pw2 lower than the recording power Pw1 of any of intermediate pulses-and the width Tcl of a cooling pulse is set to be equal to or wider than 1.0 T wider than the width of a pulse of the recording power, it is possible to improve cooling efficiency when recording marks are formed, thereby decreasing thermal interference between recording marks and achieve high density recording and high data transfer rate.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an information recording method for recording information in a data rewritable type optical recording medium having a plurality of information recording layers whereby a sufficiently high erasing efficiency can be ensured when data recorded in any one of the information recording layers are directly overwritten. In the information recording method according to the present invention, information is recorded in an optical recording medium 10 having at least a stacked L0 layer 20 and L1 layer 30 by projecting a laser beam thereonto via a light incidence plane 13a. In the case where information is to be recorded in the optical recording medium 10, information is recorded in the L0 layer 20 using an off-pulse recording format and information is recorded in the L1 layer 30 using an on-pulse recording format.