WRITE-ONCE OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM AND DEFECT MANAGEMENT INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREOF
First Claim
1. A method of managing defects on a recording medium having at least one temporary defect management area, the method comprising:
- recording defect management information onto one of the at least one temporary defect management area; and
recording indication information indicating which temporary defect management area is full.
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Abstract
A write-once optical recording medium, a method for allocating a defect management area of the write-once optical recording medium, and a method for allocating a spare area of the write-once optical recording medium are provided. A method of managing defects on a write-once optical recording medium having at least one recording layer includes the steps of allocating at least one temporary defect management area having a fixed size and at least one temporary defect management area having a variable size to said optical recording medium, respectively, recording defect management information on the at least one temporary defect management area having a fixed size and the at least one temporary defect management area having a variable size; and using the at least one temporary defect management area having a fixed size and the at least one temporary defect management area having a variable size is provided herein.
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1. A method of managing defects on a recording medium having at least one temporary defect management area, the method comprising:
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recording defect management information onto one of the at least one temporary defect management area; and recording indication information indicating which temporary defect management area is full.
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2. An apparatus for managing defects on a recording medium having at least one temporary defect management area, the apparatus comprising:
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an pickup to record data onto the recording medium; and a microcomputer configured to control the pickup to record defect management information onto one of the at least one temporary defect management area, and control the pickup to record indication information indicating which temporary defect management area is full. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of managing defects on a recording medium having at least one temporary defect management area, the method comprising:
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reproducing indication information indicating which temporary defect management area is full; and reproducing defect management information from a temporary defect management area indicated as not being full by the indication information. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. An apparatus of managing defects on a recording medium having at least one temporary defect management area, the apparatus comprising:
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a pickup to record/reproduce data on/from the recording medium; and a microcomputer configured to control the pickup to reproduce indication information indicating which temporary defect management area is full, and control the pickup to reproduce defect management information from a temporary defect management area indicated being not full by the indication information. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A recording medium comprising:
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at least one temporary defect management area for storing therein defect management information until the recording medium is finalized; and indication information indicating which temporary defect management area is full. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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