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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184513 | Recording/reproducing method, recording/reproducing apparatus, optical recording medium, and computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon program for the recording/reproducing method A recording method for use by an apparatus and/or which is encoded on a computer readable medium includes selecting a defect management on mode or a defect management off mode that indicates whether defect management is to be performed or not while data is recorded ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8164998 | Optical disc device The optical disc apparatus of this invention includes: an optical pickup, which irradiates an optical disc with a light beam and generates a light detection signal based on the beam reflected from the disc; a search section, which controls the pickup before data is ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8159914 | Information-recording system including error detection and a data recording position adjustment unit and method, program-storing medium, and program [Object] To Reduce Read Errors. [Solving Means] Where new data recording is started from LRA (old) and a record error is detected, at position P0, an extent is closed and the record position is made to jump from the position P0 to position P1... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159915 | Method of and apparatus for recording data on write-once disc, method of and apparatus for reproducing data from write-once disc, and write-once disc therefor A write-once disc includes: a plurality of update areas in which a predetermined kind of updated information is recorded; at least one main access information area in which main access information is recorded, the main access information indicating a final update ar... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8149664 | Method and apparatus for recording data on write-once recording medium A method and apparatus for recording data on a write-once recording medium are disclosed. In the write-once recording medium, the method includes, when a defect area is detected in the recording medium, deciding a replacement recording method for replacing the defec... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149665 | Optical disc device Means (101a) for evaluating positional control deviation and means (102a) for outputting a corrective signal, this being a set of signals with kick and brake functions, to an actuator (10) on the basis of the evaluation result are ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8130613 | Optical disc apparatus and reproduction control method The present invention makes it possible to reproduce reproduction images without a break without having to use any additional identification information even when real-time recorded data is not completely continuous. A control circuit references a data identificatio... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8125867 | Information recording medium, recording/reproducing apparatus, and recording/reproducing method to distinguish between an original recording block and a replacement recording block An information recording medium, and a recording/reproducing apparatus and a recording/reproducing method for the recording medium. Original data is sequentially updated by replacing an original recording block with one or more replacement recording blocks. A replac... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125866 | Device for and method of recording information A device for recording data and data structures on a write-once storage medium. The device has writing means for recording the data and the data structures and controlling means for generating the data structures and controlling the writing means. The data structure... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121006 | Apparatus and method for using replacement areas having certain usage directions, based on whether defects are registered as re-allocated or contiguous re-allocated defect types, in a recording medium To prevent the degradation in read access performance to replacement data caused by not selecting appropriate replacement clusters and to suppress the waste of the number of DFL registrations. Attention is paid to the usage direction of a user data area and that of ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121005 | Method of and apparatus for recording data on write-once disc, method of and apparatus for reproducing data from write-once disc, and write-once disc therefor A write-once disc includes: a plurality of update areas in which a predetermined kind of updated information is recorded; at least one main access information area in which main access information is recorded, the main access information indicating a final update ar... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8098553 | Method of and apparatus for recording data on write-once disc, method of and apparatus for reproducing data from write-once disc, and write-once disc therefor A write-once disc includes: a plurality of update areas in which a predetermined kind of updated information is recorded; at least one main access information area in which main access information is recorded, the main access information indicating a final update ar... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8094992 | Information recording device and method, program storage medium, and program The present invention relates to an information recording device and method, a program storage medium, and a program, wherein updated file system information can be recorded without changing a logical address. As shown to the upper side in FIG. 18, in the eve... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8085635 | Optical disc, recording apparatus, reading apparatus, recording method and reading method An optical disc 1 includes a defect management area (DMA). A plurality of defective area lists (TDFLs) and structure information (TDDS) are recorded in a temporary defect management area (TDMS) of the defect management area (DMA). The defective area lists (TD... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8081547 | Method of and apparatus for managing disc defects in disc, and disc on which defects are managed A method of and apparatus for managing disc defects in a disc using a temporary defect management area in the disc, and the disc, where the method includes recording in a data area user data; and recording in a temporary defect management area, which is present in a... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8077571 | Storage media defect detection Detecting a defect on a storage device is disclosed. Detecting includes receiving a signal read from a storage device, sampling the signal to obtain a set of signal samples, wherein the sampling starts at an arbitrary time, computing a defect value for a defect type... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8072859 | Optical disc, recording apparatus, reading apparatus, recording method and reading method An optical disc 1 includes a defect management area (DMA). A plurality of defective area lists (TDFLs) and structure information (TDDS) are recorded in a temporary defect management area (TDMS) of the defect management area (DMA). The defective area lists (TD... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8064304 | Recording/reproducing method, recording/reproducing apparatus, optical recording medium, and computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon program for the recording/reproducing method A recording method for use by an apparatus and/or which is encoded on a computer readable medium includes selecting a defect management on mode or a defect management off mode that indicates whether defect management is to be performed or not while data is recorded ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064305 | Method of and apparatus for managing disc defects in disc, and disc on which defects are managed A method of and apparatus for managing disc defects in a disc using a temporary defect management area in the disc, and the disc, where the method includes recording in a data area user data; and recording in a temporary defect management area, which is present in a... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059508 | Holographic information storage medium, and apparatus and method for inspecting defect thereof A defect entry, including position information of a defective block of a reference information layer and state information indicating the defective state of blocks of the other information layers located adjacent to a perpendicular direction at a position of the def... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8027235 | Defect managing method and defect managing device Performing sequential recording to alternate destinations of an information recording medium and improving access performance of accessing the information recording medium are achieved by estimating sequential defective areas of the information recording medium base... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8023378 | Method of recording and reproducing data A method of recording data, as embodied, includes creating and temporarily storing first management information for the data recorded before a recording failure occurs, when the recording failure occurs during recording of the data on a recording medium; continuousl... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8014245 | System and method of defect description of a data storage medium The disclosure is directed toward systems and methods of defect description of a data storage medium. In a particular embodiment, a method includes determining a first defect of a data storage medium. The method also includes determining a format of an entry of a de... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8014247 | Optical disk recording/reproducing apparatus and alternation process method thereof A disk recording/reproducing apparatus includes a disk rotator which rotates an optical disk, an optical pickup, a slide motor which moves the optical pickup into a radial direction of the optical disk, and a controller which controls at least the disk rotator and t... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8014246 | Data storage system and method for calibrating same Disclosed herein are aspects of optical tape technology, tape manufacturing, and tape usage. Methods and systems of tape technology disclose optical tape media including: configurations, formulations, markings, and structure; optical tape manufacturing methods, syst... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7995436 | Recording device and recording method A recording device for performing recording supporting an optical disk-shaped recording medium having a laminated structure includes a first recording layer and a second recording layer. The recording device includes: a recording section configured to record data in... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7990825 | Drive device A drive apparatus of the present invention includes a recording/reproduction section and a drive control section. The drive control section at least performs a process including: receiving a reproduction instruction; determining whether or not the reproduction of a ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7983128 | Apparatus and method for detecting defect of optical disc A method for detecting a defect of an optical disc includes steps of: confirming an optical pickup head being accessing data in a track on state; determining a defective region of the optical disc according to a peak-to-peak value of a wobble signal; and, maintainin... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7969842 | Playback device and management information acquiring method A playback device includes a reading section that performs reading from a recording medium, and a control section that acquires the latest temporary management information recorded last on the recording medium. The control section executes a read control process of ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7969843 | Write once disc allowing management of data area, method of managing the data area, and apparatus and method for reproducing data from write once disc A write once disc allowing management of a data area, includes a lead-in zone, a data area, and a lead-out zone. The write once disc includes a predetermined area storing area allocation information which indicates whether at least one section of the data area is al... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7965598 | Method of and apparatus for managing disc defects in disc, and disc on which defects are managed A method of and apparatus for managing disc defects in a disc using a temporary defect management area in the disc, and the disc, where the method includes recording in a data area user data; and recording in a temporary defect management area, which is present in a... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7961573 | Write once disc allowing management of data area, method of managing the data area, and apparatus and method for reproducing data from write once disc A write once disc allowing management of a data area, a method of managing the data area of the write once disc, an apparatus recording data on the write once disc, an apparatus and method of reproducing data from a write once disc. The write once disc, includes a l... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7948846 | Method and apparatus for managing disc defect using temporary DFL and temporary DDS including drive and disc information, and disc with temporary DFL and temporary DDS A write once disc includes a defect management area that is present in at least one of a lead-in area and a lead-out area; a temporary defect management area that is present in at least one of the lead-in area and the lead-out area; and a drive & disc information ar... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948845 | Drive device A drive apparatus including a recording/reproduction section and a drive control section is disclosed. The drive apparatus is configured for recording data in an information recording media and for reproducing data recorded in the information recording media. The dr... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7936651 | Information-recording system and method, program-storing medium, and program An information recording system, where new data recording is started from LRA (old) and a record error is detected, at position P0, an extent is closed and the record position is made to jump from the position P0 to position P1. Further, a new e... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7929391 | Write-once optical recording medium and defect management information management method thereof 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 wr... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7911904 | Write-once optical disc, and method and apparatus for recording management information on write-once optical disc A recording medium, and a method and apparatus for recording and/or reproducing management information on/from the recording medium are discussed. According to an embodiment, the invention provides an apparatus includes components so that the apparatus finalizes the... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7911903 | Disc with temporary disc definition structure (TDDS) and temporary defect list (TDFL), and method of and apparatus for managing defect in the same A disc with a temporary defect management information area and a defect management area includes a defect management area that is present in at least one of a lead-in area, a lead-out area, and an outer area, a temporary defect information area which is formed in th... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7911905 | Write-once optical disc, and method and apparatus for recording/reproducing management information on/from optical disc A write-once optical disc and a method and apparatus for recording management information on the optical disc are provided. The optical disc includes at least one recording layer and a plurality of temporary defect management areas (TDMAs) on the at least one record... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7907488 | Write once disc, disc drive therefor, and method of managing disc defect considering compatibility with rewritable disc drive A write once disc, a disc drive therefor, and a method of managing disc defects on the write once disc using the disc drive in consideration of the compatibility of the write once disc with a rewritable disc drive, the write once disc includes a single record layer ... | 03/15/2011 |
