摘要:
An information recording medium including a plurality of sectors of the present invention includes: a first spare area including a spare sector for replacing a defective sector among the plurality of sectors; a defect management information area for managing the replacement of the defective sector by the spare sector; and a volume space in which user data can be recorded. The volume space is configured so that a second spare area including a spare sector for replacing a defective sector among the plurality of sectors can be additionally allocated. Location information indicating a location of the second spare area is recorded in the defect management information area.
摘要:
An information recording medium includes a data area for recording data; and a drive information area for recording at least one piece of drive information. The data area is divided into a plurality of segmented areas in a radial direction of the information recording medium. Each at least one piece of drive information includes a recording and reproduction condition corresponding to at least one of the plurality of segmented areas.
摘要:
An information recording medium including a plurality of sectors of the present invention includes: a first spare area including a spare sector for replacing a defective sector among the plurality of sectors; a defect management information area for managing the replacement of the defective sector by the spare sector; and a volume space in which user data can be recorded. The volume space is configured so that a second spare area including a spare sector for replacing a defective sector among the plurality of sectors can be additionally allocated. Location information indicating a location of the second spare area is recorded in the defect management information area.
摘要:
An information recording medium is provided that includes a data area for recording user data and a defect management area for recording a defect list for managing N number of defect areas existing in the data area, where N is an integer satisfying N≧0. The defect list includes two or more blocks, and further includes a header located at a fixed position in the defect list and N number of defect entries, located subsequent to the header, including position information on the respective positions of the N number of defect areas. An anchor is located subsequent to the defect entries, and the header includes first update times information representing the number of times that the defect list has been updated. The anchor includes second update times information representing the number of times that the defect list has been updated.
摘要:
An additionally recordable information recording medium has a complicated management structure for managing an unrecorded area. Therefore, there are problems that it takes a long time for a disk to startup and it is difficult to build a recording/reproducing system. The additionally recordable information recording medium according to the present invention includes a simple data structure for managing a location information for a recorded area located at the rearmost location in a user data area. An additionally recordable apparatus according to the present invention also includes means for updating the location information of the recorded area so that the recorded area located at the rearmost location in the user data area is always managed.
摘要:
Information recording media 101 and 102 usable for either a first recording density D1 or a second recording density D2 each include a user data area 106 in which user data is to be recorded, a first defect management information area 108 in which first defect management information for managing a defect area in the user data area is to be recorded, and a second defect management information area 109 in which second defect management information having an identical content to that of the first defect management information is to be recorded. The first and second defect management information areas 108 and 109 are located such that angles θ1 and θ2 made by start blocks thereof fulfill the relationships of 150°≦θ1≦210° and 150°≦θ2≦210° (θ1: in the case of the first recording density, and θ2: in the case of the second recording density).
摘要:
An information recording medium includes a data area for recording user data, and a defect management area for recording a defect list for managing N number of defect areas existing in the data area, where N is an integer satisfying N≧0. The defect list includes a header located at a fixed position in the defect list, N number of defect entries respectively including position information on positions of the N number of defect areas, and an anchor. The header, the N number of defect entries, and the anchor are located in this order. The header includes a defect list identifier for identifying the defect list, first update times information, and a defect entry number representing the number of the defect entries. The anchor includes an anchor identifier for identifying the anchor, and second update times information.
摘要:
An information recording apparatus 110 includes a defect list update section 122 for updating a defect list having a defect address registered therein which represents a position of a defect area existing in a user area, and a recording section 113 for recording information on the information recording medium 130 based on the updated defect list. The defect list update section 122 determines whether or not an area designated by the defect address registered in the defect list is a defect area; and when the area designated by the defect address is determined not to be a defect area, the defect list update section 122 deletes the defect address, registered in the defect list, from the defect list.
摘要:
An information recording medium includes a data recording area for recording data; and a parameter calibration area for recording recording condition information. The parameter calibration area includes a used area having the recording condition information recorded therein, an unused area having no recording condition information, and a border area for recording distinguishing information for distinguishing a border between the used area and the unused area. The border area is between the used area and the unused area.
摘要:
An information recording medium includes a disk information area; a user area including a plurality of sectors; and a spare area including at least one sector which, when at least one of the plurality of sectors included in the user area is a defective sector, is usable instead of the at least one defective sector. The spare area is located radially inward from the user area. A physical sector number of a sector to which a logical sector number “0” is assigned, among the plurality of sectors included in the user area and the at least one sector included in the spare area, is recorded in the disk information area.