Recording/reproducing apparatus, recording/reproducing method, and information storage medium therefor
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1. An information storage medium having a plurality of recording layers used by a recording/reproducing apparatus, the information storage medium comprising:
- a user data area to record user data; and
a spare area to record replacement data that replaces a defective data block detected in the user data area,wherein the replacement data is recorded in the same recording layer as the defective data block.
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Abstract
A recording/reproducing apparatus and a method of easily managing a defect in a multi-layer information storage medium, and an information storage medium therefor. The information storage medium includes a user data area for recording user data, and a spare area for recording replacement data, which replaces a defective data block when a defect occurs in data recorded in the user data area, wherein the replacement data is recorded in the same recording layer that the defective data block is recorded.
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30 Claims
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1. An information storage medium having a plurality of recording layers used by a recording/reproducing apparatus, the information storage medium comprising:
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a user data area to record user data; and a spare area to record replacement data that replaces a defective data block detected in the user data area, wherein the replacement data is recorded in the same recording layer as the defective data block. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A recording apparatus to record data in an information storage medium having a plurality of recording layers, each comprising a user data area to record user data and a spare area to record replacement data that replaces a defective data block when a defect occurs in data recorded in the user data area, the recording apparatus comprising:
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a write unit to write data to the information storage medium; and a controller to control the write unit to write the replacement data in the same recording layer as the defective data block. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A reproducing apparatus to reproduce data in an information storage medium having a plurality of recording layers, each comprising a user data area to record user data and a spare area to record replacement data that replaces a defective data block when a defect occurs in data recorded in the user data area, the reproducing apparatus comprising:
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a read unit to read data from the information storage medium; and a controller to control the read unit to read replacement data corresponding to a defective data block from the same recording layer having the defective data block if the data that is to be reproduced is in the defective data block. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A recording method that records data in an information storage medium having a plurality of recording layers, each comprising a user data area to record user data and a spare area to record replacement data that replaces a defective data block when a defect occurs in data recorded in the user data area, the recording method comprising:
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detecting the defective data block in the user data area; and recording the replacement data in the same recording layer as the defective data block. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A reproducing method to reproduce data in an information storage medium having a plurality of recording layers, each comprising a user data area to record user data and a spare area to record replacement data that replaces a defective data block when a defect occurs in data recorded in the user data area, the reproducing method comprising:
reading replacement data corresponding to the defective data block from the same recording layer having the defective data block, when data that is to be reproduced is from the defective data block. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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