Mark forming apparatus, method of forming laser mark on optical disk, reproducing apparatus, optical disk and method of producing optical disk

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a marking forming apparatus, a method of forming a laser marking on an optical disk, a reproduction apparatus, an optical disk, and a method of manufacturing an optical disk, capable of providing a greatly improved copy prevention capability as compared to prior known construction. To achieve this object, in the optical disk of the invention, for example, a marking is formed by a laser on a reflective film of a disk holding data written thereon and at least position information of the marking or information concerning the position information is written on the disk in an encrypted form or with a digital signature appended thereto.

1. A marking forming apparatus comprising:
 an optical disk having pits indicating data signals readable by light radiation;  
   at least one reflective film formed on the pits;    
 marking forming means for applying at least one marking to at least one  the reflective film formed to a  on the disk, the marking being a low- reflective marking ;  
 marking position detecting means for detecting at least one position of said marking; and  
 position information output means for outputting said detected position as position information of said marking.  
 
     
     
       2. A marking forming apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising position information writing means for writing at least said output position information or information concerning said position information to said disk or to a different medium. 
     
     
       3. A marking forming means according to  claim 2 , wherein said position information writing means includes encrypting means for encrypting at least said output position information or information concerning said position information, and writes contents thus encrypted to said disk. 
     
     
       4. A marking forming apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein when the encrypting means performs the encryption, it uses a secret key of a public key encryption function. 
     
     
       5. A marking forming apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein said encrypting means includes
 first encrypting means for encrypting software feature information concerning features of software contents written to said disk and a sub public key of a public key encryption function by using a master secret key of said public key encryption function, and  
 second encrypting means for encrypting said position information or information concerning said position information by using a sub secret key corresponding to said sub public key,  
 and the writing at least said output position information or information concerning said position information means writing contents encrypted by said first encrypting means and contents encrypted by said second encrypting means to said disk.  
 
     
     
       6. A marking forming apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein said position information writing means includes digital signature means for applying a digital signature to at least said output position information or information concerning said position information,
 and the writing at least said output position information or information concerning said position information means writing information concerning a result of said digital signature application to said disk.  
 
     
     
       7. A marking forming apparatus according to  claim 6 , wherein when said digital signature means applies said digital signature, it uses a secret key of a public key encryption function. 
     
     
       8. A marking forming apparatus according to  claim 6 , wherein
 said digital signature means includes 
 first digital signature means for applying a digital signature to software feature information concerning features of software contents written to said disk and to a sub public key of a public key encryption function by using a master secret key of said public key encryption function, and  
 second digital signature means for applying a digital signature to said position information or information concerning said position information by using a sub secret key corresponding to said sub public key,  
 
 and the writing at least said output position information or information concerning said position information means writing a result of the application of said digital signature by said first digital signature means and a result of the application of said digital signature by said second digital signature means to said disk.  
 
     
     
       9. A marking forming apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the position information writing means writes coexistently such informations that are processed by using plural kinds of encryption techniques or digital signature techniques with regard to a same position information. 
     
     
       10. A marking forming apparatus according to  claim 4 ,  5 ,  7 , or  8 , wherein said public key encryption function is an RSA function or an elliptic function. 
     
     
       11. A marking forming apparatus according to  claim 10 , wherein said disk is constructed by laminating two disks together. 
     
     
       12. A method of forming a laser marking to an optical disk, comprising the steps of:
 forming at least one  pits indicating data signals readable by light radiation on a disk;  
 forming a reflective film to said formed  disk;  
 laminating two disks  said disk and another disk together, said disks including at least one disk with said reflective film formed thereon;  and  
 formingtrimming the reflective film to form at least one marking by a laser on said reflective layer of the laminated disksfilm,  
   wherein said marking is formed on a track of said optical disk .  
 
     
     
       13. A reproduction apparatus comprising:
 position information reading means for reading position information of at least one marking or information concerning said position information , said marking being formed to at least one reflective film formed to a  on an optical disk and being detected for a position thereof, at least the position thus detected being output as said position information of said marking: ;  
   the optical disk having pits indicating data signals readable by light radiation, the reflective film formed on the pits, and the marking formed on the reflective film being a low - reflective marking;   
 marking reading means for reading information concerning at least one actual position of said marking;  
 comparing/judging means for performing comparison and judgement by using a result of reading by said position information reading means and a result of reading by said marking reading means; and  
 reproducing means for reproducing recorded data on said optical disk in accordance with a result of the comparison and judgement performed by said comparing/judging means.  
 
     
     
       14. A reproduction apparatus according to  claim 13 , wherein at least said output position information or information concerning said position information is written to said disk by position information writing means. 
     
     
       15. A reproduction apparatus according to  claim 14 , wherein
 said position information writing means includes encrypting means for encrypting at least said output position information or information concerning said position information, and  
 said position information reading means includes decrypting means corresponding to said encrypting means, and by using said decrypting means, decrypts said encrypted position information or information concerning said position information.  
 
     
     
       16. A reproduction apparatus according to  claim 15 , wherein when the encrypting means performs the encryption, it uses a secret key of a public key encryption function, and
 said decrypting means performs the decryption by using a public key corresponding to said secret key.  
 
     
     
       17. A reproduction apparatus according to  claim 15 , wherein
 said encrypting means includes 
 first encrypting means for encrypting software feature information concerning features of software contents written to said disk and sub public key of a public key encryption function by using a master secret key of said public key encryption function, and  
 second encrypting means for encrypting said position information or information concerning said position information by using a sub secret key corresponding to said sub public key,  
 
 and said decryption means includes 
 first decrypting means for decrypting said encrypted software feature information and the encrypted sub public key of said public key encryption function, by using a master public key corresponding to said master secret key, and  
 second decrypting means for decrypting said encrypted position information or information concerning said position information by using the sub public key thus decrypted.  
 
 
     
     
       18. A reproduction apparatus according to  claim 14 , wherein
 said position information writing means includes 
 digital signature means for applying a digital signature to at least said output position information or information concerning said position information, and writes information concerning a result of said digital signature application to said disk,  
 and said position information reading means includes authenticating means corresponding to said digital signature means; and 
 position information extracting means for obtaining said position information from an authentication process performed by said authenticating means and/or from said information concerning the result of said digital signature application,  
 
 when an output indicating correctness of said authentication result is produced from said authenticating means, said comparing/judging means performs the comparison and judgement by using the position information obtained by said position information extracting means and the result of reading by said marking reading means, and when said output indicating correctness is not produced, the reproduction is not performed.  
 
 
     
     
       19. A reproduction apparatus according to  claim 18 , wherein
 when said digital signature means applies said digital signature, it uses a secret key of a public key encryption function, and  
 said authentication means performs said authentication by using a public key corresponding to said secret key.  
 
     
     
       20. A reproduction apparatus according to  claim 18 , wherein
 said digital signature means includes 
 first digital signature means for applying a digital signature to software feature information concerning features of software contents written to said disk and to a sub public key of a public key encryption function by using a master secret key of said public key encryption function, and  
 second digital signature means for applying a digital signature to said position information or information concerning said position information by using a sub secret key corresponding to said sub public key,  
 
 and the written at least said output position information or information concerning said position information means writing a result of the application of said digital signature by said first digital signature means and a result of the application of said digital signature by said second digital signature means to said disk,  
 wherein said position information reading means includes: 
 authenticating means for authenticating said digital signature-applied software feature information and sub public key of said public key encryption function, by using a master public key corresponding to said master secret key, and  
 
 position information extracting means for obtaining said position information from said authentication process thereof and/or from the result of said digital signature application by using the sub public key obtained from said authentication process and/or from the result of said digital signature application,  
 and when an output indicating correctness of said authentication result is produced from said authenticating means, said comparing/judging means performs the comparison and judgement by using the position information obtained by said position information extracting means and the result of reading by said marking reading means, and when said output indicating correctness is not produced, the reproduction is not performed.  
 
     
     
       21. A reproduction apparatus according to any one of  claims 13  to  20 , wherein the reproduction is not performed when, as a result of said comparison and judgement, the result of reading by said position information reading means and the result of reading by said marking reading means do not agree with each other. 
     
     
       22. A reproduction apparatus according to  claim 16 ,  17 ,  19 , or  20 , wherein said public key encryption function is an RSA function or an elliptic function. 
     
     
       23. A method of manufacturing an optical disk, comprising the steps of:
 forming at least one disk;  
 forming a reflective film to said formed disk;  
 applying at least one marking to said reflective film;  
 detecting at least one position of said marking; and  
 outputting said detected position as position information of said marking, and encrypting said information for writing to said disk.  
 
     
     
       24. A method of manufacturing an optical disk, comprising the steps of:
 forming at least one disk;  
 forming a reflective film to said formed disk;  
 applying at least one marking to said reflective film;  
 detecting at least one position of said marking; and  
 outputting said detected position as position information of said marking, and applying a digital signature in relation to said position information for writing to said disk.  
 
     
     
       25. An optical disk wherein at least one marking is formed by a laser to at least one reflective film of the disk holding data written thereon and at least position information of said marking or information concerning said position information is written to said disk in an encrypted form or with a digital signature applied thereto. 
     
     
       26. An optical disk having a structure such that at least one reflective film is one of sandwiched directly and sandwiched indirectly between two members formed from material resistant to laser light, comprising:
   pits indicating data signals readable by light radiation,    
   the reflective film formed on the pits, and    
 wherein at least one marking is  formed by a laser to said reflective film, the marking being a low reflective marking,  
   wherein said marking is formed on a track of the optical disk .  
 
     
     
       27. A marking forming apparatus according to  claim 9 , wherein said disk is constructed by laminating two disks together. 
     
     
       28. An optical disk comprising:
   a data zone indicating data signals readable by light radiation;        a reflective layer formed on the data zone; and        portions of the reflective layer being trimmed forming a barcode pattern indicating information,        wherein the barcode pattern is formed on a track of the optical disk.     
     
     
       29. A method for manufacturing an optical disk comprising the steps of:
   forming, on a substrate, a data zone indicating data signals readable by light radiation;        forming a reflective layer on the data zone; and        trimming the reflective layer to form a barcode pattern indicating information,        wherein the barcode pattern is formed on a track of the optical disk.