CA2569890C - Method and apparatus for recording management information on a recording medium and the recording medium - Google Patents
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The write-once recording medium has a data structure for managing temporary defect management areas, TDMAs, of the recording medium, where each TDMA is for at least storing temporary defect management information. In one embodiment, the recording medium includes a TDMA access indicator, TAI, area for selectively storing data indicating which one of the TDMAs is currently in use.
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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECORDING MANAGEMENT INFORMATION
ON A RECORDING MEDIUM AND THE RECORDING MEDIUM
Technical Field The present invention relates to write-once recording media, and more particularly, to a method and an apparatus for recording management infotmation on a write-once recording medium and the recording medium.
Background Art An optical disc has been widely used as an optical recording medium to record large amounts of data. Recently, a blu-ray disc (BD) has been introduced as a high density digital video disc (HD-DVD) for recording high definition video data and superior sound quality audio data.
The BD has been spotlighted as a next generation of HD-DVD and as a next generation optical recording solution for storing more data than a conventional DVD.
Accordingly, various specifications of the BD have been standardized including a rewritable blu-ray disc (BD-RE) and a write once blu-ray disc (BD-WO).
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a structure of a recording area in a rewritable blu-ray disc (BD-RE) in accordance with the prior art. Particularly, FIG. 1 shows a recording area structure of a disc having a single layer.
The rewritable blu-ray disc (BD-RE) is divided into a lead-in area, a data area and a lead-out area from an inner circumference of the blu-ray disc. The data area is further divided to an inner spare area (ISA), a user data area and an outer spare area (OSA). The ISA is arranged at an inner circumference of the data area and the OSA is arranged at an outer circumference of the data area for replacing defective areas in the data area. User data is recorded in the user data area.
During the recording of data on the BD-RE having the above mentioned structure, a surface of the BD-RE may be damaged or polluted by various factors. As a result, defect areas are generated. If the defect area is generated during recording data, data recorded in the defect area is transferred to spare areas such as the ISA and the OSA.
When transferring data to the spare areas, management information of the defect area is recorded in a defect management area (DMA) of the lead-in area or the lead-out area. The defect management area is shown in FIG. 1 as DMA1 to DMA4. The management information of a defect area includes location information of the defect area and the spare area where the data of the defect area is recorded.
A minimum recording unit of the BD is a cluster. A single cluster includes 32 sectors and a single sector includes 2048 bytes.
Since data can be rewritable at the any location in the BD-RE, data may be recorded at random locations without consideration of a recording method. The management infoimation also can be rewritable in the DMA. Accordingly, the defect area can be sufficiently managed with a small DMA by using a method of updating the management information in the DMA.
That is, 32 clusters generally are allocated to each DMA of the BD-RE.
In case of a write once disc, data may only be recorded one time in recording areas of the write once disc. Accordingly, recording data is limited by the recording method. Therefore, defect management has become a major factor in a high density write once disc such as the write once blu-ray disc (BD-WO).
The defect management area is required in the write once disc for recording defect management information and disc use state information. A defect management method of the write once disc becomes more complicated compared to the rewritable disc because of the write once characteristic. However, a unified standard supporting the above mentioned requirements of the write once disc is not completely standardized and thus an effective management method has been in great demand.
Disclosure of Invention The present invention relates to a recording medium having a data structure for managing a write-once recording medium.
In one embodiment, the write-once recording medium has a data structure for managing temporary defect management areas, TDMAs, of the recording medium, where each TDMA
is for at least storing temporary defect management infoimation. In this embodiment, the recording medium includes a TDMA access indicator, TAT, area for selectively storing data indicating which one of the TDMAs is currently in use.
In one embodiment, the recording medium includes TDMAO to TDMAn for storing temporary defect management information, and the TAI area includes a sub-area corresponding to each one of TDMA1 to TDMAn, respectively. Each sub-area includes data if the corresponding TDMA has been used.
The sub-area including data that corresponds to a highest numbered TDMA
indicates that the highest numbered TDMA is the TDMA currently in use.
For example, if a TDMA has been used, the corresponding sub-area includes a first temporary disc definition structure, TDDS, which is recorded in the TDMA. The TDDS
includes at least one pointer to information in the TDMA.
. As another example, if a TDMA has been used, the corresponding sub-area includes a plurality of copies of a first temporary disc definition structure, TDDS, which is recorded in the TDMA.
1 5 Furthermore, in an embodiment, the sub-area including data that corresponds to the highest numbered TDMA further indicates that lower numbered TDMAs have been completely used.
In one embodiment, the sub-areas are clusters. Accordingly, if a TDMA has been used, the corresponding cluster may have a first sector storing a first temporary disc definition structure, TDDS, which is recorded in the TDMA. Or, if a TDMA has been used, each sector 2 0 of the corresponding cluster includes a first temporary disc definition structure, TDDS, which is recorded in the TDMA.
In one embodiment, the clusters are clusters of the TDMAO. For example, the clusters corresponding to TDMAn to TDMA1 may be a second to (n+l)th cluster of the TDMAO.
In another embodiment, the TAI area also includes a first cluster of the TDMAO, and the first cluster indicates whether the recording medium is closed. For example, the first cluster indicates that the recording medium is closed if the first cluster includes data. In one embodiment, if the recording medium is closed, a first sector of the first cluster includes the defect data structure, DDS, recorded in a defect management area, DMA. In another embodiment, if the recording medium is closed, each sector of the first cluster includes the 1 0 defect data structure, DDS, recorded in a defect management area, DMA.
In a further embodiment, the TAI area indicates which of the TDMAs are completely used.
In a still further embodiment, the TAI area indicates whether the recording medium is closed.
The present invention further provides apparatuses and methods for recording and reproducing according to the present invention.
Brief Description of Drawings The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiment(s) of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the 2 0 principle of the invention. In the drawings:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECORDING MANAGEMENT INFORMATION
ON A RECORDING MEDIUM AND THE RECORDING MEDIUM
Technical Field The present invention relates to write-once recording media, and more particularly, to a method and an apparatus for recording management infotmation on a write-once recording medium and the recording medium.
Background Art An optical disc has been widely used as an optical recording medium to record large amounts of data. Recently, a blu-ray disc (BD) has been introduced as a high density digital video disc (HD-DVD) for recording high definition video data and superior sound quality audio data.
The BD has been spotlighted as a next generation of HD-DVD and as a next generation optical recording solution for storing more data than a conventional DVD.
Accordingly, various specifications of the BD have been standardized including a rewritable blu-ray disc (BD-RE) and a write once blu-ray disc (BD-WO).
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a structure of a recording area in a rewritable blu-ray disc (BD-RE) in accordance with the prior art. Particularly, FIG. 1 shows a recording area structure of a disc having a single layer.
The rewritable blu-ray disc (BD-RE) is divided into a lead-in area, a data area and a lead-out area from an inner circumference of the blu-ray disc. The data area is further divided to an inner spare area (ISA), a user data area and an outer spare area (OSA). The ISA is arranged at an inner circumference of the data area and the OSA is arranged at an outer circumference of the data area for replacing defective areas in the data area. User data is recorded in the user data area.
During the recording of data on the BD-RE having the above mentioned structure, a surface of the BD-RE may be damaged or polluted by various factors. As a result, defect areas are generated. If the defect area is generated during recording data, data recorded in the defect area is transferred to spare areas such as the ISA and the OSA.
When transferring data to the spare areas, management information of the defect area is recorded in a defect management area (DMA) of the lead-in area or the lead-out area. The defect management area is shown in FIG. 1 as DMA1 to DMA4. The management information of a defect area includes location information of the defect area and the spare area where the data of the defect area is recorded.
A minimum recording unit of the BD is a cluster. A single cluster includes 32 sectors and a single sector includes 2048 bytes.
Since data can be rewritable at the any location in the BD-RE, data may be recorded at random locations without consideration of a recording method. The management infoimation also can be rewritable in the DMA. Accordingly, the defect area can be sufficiently managed with a small DMA by using a method of updating the management information in the DMA.
That is, 32 clusters generally are allocated to each DMA of the BD-RE.
In case of a write once disc, data may only be recorded one time in recording areas of the write once disc. Accordingly, recording data is limited by the recording method. Therefore, defect management has become a major factor in a high density write once disc such as the write once blu-ray disc (BD-WO).
The defect management area is required in the write once disc for recording defect management information and disc use state information. A defect management method of the write once disc becomes more complicated compared to the rewritable disc because of the write once characteristic. However, a unified standard supporting the above mentioned requirements of the write once disc is not completely standardized and thus an effective management method has been in great demand.
Disclosure of Invention The present invention relates to a recording medium having a data structure for managing a write-once recording medium.
In one embodiment, the write-once recording medium has a data structure for managing temporary defect management areas, TDMAs, of the recording medium, where each TDMA
is for at least storing temporary defect management infoimation. In this embodiment, the recording medium includes a TDMA access indicator, TAT, area for selectively storing data indicating which one of the TDMAs is currently in use.
In one embodiment, the recording medium includes TDMAO to TDMAn for storing temporary defect management information, and the TAI area includes a sub-area corresponding to each one of TDMA1 to TDMAn, respectively. Each sub-area includes data if the corresponding TDMA has been used.
The sub-area including data that corresponds to a highest numbered TDMA
indicates that the highest numbered TDMA is the TDMA currently in use.
For example, if a TDMA has been used, the corresponding sub-area includes a first temporary disc definition structure, TDDS, which is recorded in the TDMA. The TDDS
includes at least one pointer to information in the TDMA.
. As another example, if a TDMA has been used, the corresponding sub-area includes a plurality of copies of a first temporary disc definition structure, TDDS, which is recorded in the TDMA.
1 5 Furthermore, in an embodiment, the sub-area including data that corresponds to the highest numbered TDMA further indicates that lower numbered TDMAs have been completely used.
In one embodiment, the sub-areas are clusters. Accordingly, if a TDMA has been used, the corresponding cluster may have a first sector storing a first temporary disc definition structure, TDDS, which is recorded in the TDMA. Or, if a TDMA has been used, each sector 2 0 of the corresponding cluster includes a first temporary disc definition structure, TDDS, which is recorded in the TDMA.
In one embodiment, the clusters are clusters of the TDMAO. For example, the clusters corresponding to TDMAn to TDMA1 may be a second to (n+l)th cluster of the TDMAO.
In another embodiment, the TAI area also includes a first cluster of the TDMAO, and the first cluster indicates whether the recording medium is closed. For example, the first cluster indicates that the recording medium is closed if the first cluster includes data. In one embodiment, if the recording medium is closed, a first sector of the first cluster includes the defect data structure, DDS, recorded in a defect management area, DMA. In another embodiment, if the recording medium is closed, each sector of the first cluster includes the 1 0 defect data structure, DDS, recorded in a defect management area, DMA.
In a further embodiment, the TAI area indicates which of the TDMAs are completely used.
In a still further embodiment, the TAI area indicates whether the recording medium is closed.
The present invention further provides apparatuses and methods for recording and reproducing according to the present invention.
Brief Description of Drawings The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiment(s) of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the 2 0 principle of the invention. In the drawings:
FIG. 1 illustrates a recording area structure of a rewritable blu-ray disc (BD-RE) in accordance with a prior art;
FIGs. 2A and 2B illustrate a structure of an optical write once disc and a method for recording management information in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
FIGs. 3A to 4C illustrate a method for TAI indicating whether TDMA and DMA are used in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5A illustrates various disc defect management information recorded in a TDMA and temporary disc management structure (TDMS) information representing a disc use state in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5B illustrate a structure of a TDDS among TDMS according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 6 illustrate a method for recording TDDS in TAI according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIGs. 7A and 7B illustrates a structure of management information recorded in a DMA
according to an embodiment of the present invention when a disc is closed;
FIGs. 8A to 8D illustrate management information recorded in TAI and DMA
according to an embodiment of the present invention when a disc is closed;
FIG. 9 illustrate an optical disc recording/reproducing apparatus in accordance with an =
2 0 embodiment of the present invention; and FIGs. 10 to 12 illustrate a method for recording management information of an optical write once disc in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention Reference will now be made in detail to example embodiments of the present invention, which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts.
FIGs. 2A to 2B are diagrams illustrating a structure of an optical write once disc and a method for recording management information in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2A shows a single layer disc having one recording layer and FIG. 2B
shows a dual layer disc having two recording layers.
The single layer disc having one recording layer of FIG. 2A is divided into a lead-in area, a data area and a lead-out area from an inner circumference of the blu-ray disc.
The data area is further divided into an inner spare area (ISA), a user data area and an outer spare area (OSA). The ISA is arranged at inner circumference of the data area and the OSA
is arranged at outer circumference of the data area for replacing a defect area in the data area. User data is recorded in the user data area.
In contrarst with a rewritable optical disk, the optical write once disc includes a plurality of temporary disc management area (TDMA) besides a plurality of disc management areas 2 0 (DMA) because of the characteristics of the optical write once disc.
FIGs. 2A and 2B illustrate a structure of an optical write once disc and a method for recording management information in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
FIGs. 3A to 4C illustrate a method for TAI indicating whether TDMA and DMA are used in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5A illustrates various disc defect management information recorded in a TDMA and temporary disc management structure (TDMS) information representing a disc use state in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5B illustrate a structure of a TDDS among TDMS according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 6 illustrate a method for recording TDDS in TAI according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIGs. 7A and 7B illustrates a structure of management information recorded in a DMA
according to an embodiment of the present invention when a disc is closed;
FIGs. 8A to 8D illustrate management information recorded in TAI and DMA
according to an embodiment of the present invention when a disc is closed;
FIG. 9 illustrate an optical disc recording/reproducing apparatus in accordance with an =
2 0 embodiment of the present invention; and FIGs. 10 to 12 illustrate a method for recording management information of an optical write once disc in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention Reference will now be made in detail to example embodiments of the present invention, which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts.
FIGs. 2A to 2B are diagrams illustrating a structure of an optical write once disc and a method for recording management information in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2A shows a single layer disc having one recording layer and FIG. 2B
shows a dual layer disc having two recording layers.
The single layer disc having one recording layer of FIG. 2A is divided into a lead-in area, a data area and a lead-out area from an inner circumference of the blu-ray disc.
The data area is further divided into an inner spare area (ISA), a user data area and an outer spare area (OSA). The ISA is arranged at inner circumference of the data area and the OSA
is arranged at outer circumference of the data area for replacing a defect area in the data area. User data is recorded in the user data area.
In contrarst with a rewritable optical disk, the optical write once disc includes a plurality of temporary disc management area (TDMA) besides a plurality of disc management areas 2 0 (DMA) because of the characteristics of the optical write once disc.
The DMA of FIG. 1 is used for defect area management, but the DMAs of FIGs. 2A
and 2B
are used to record final management infon-nation when a disc is closed in the BD-WO (Blu-ray write-once disc). The final management information includes not only the defect management infoimation, but also a recording state of the disc. Therefore, in the BD-WO, it is defined as the disc management area (DMA).
Also, the TDMA is an area where the disc management infothiation is updated before disc closing. The TDMA is classified into two types: a TDMAO area and a TDMA1 area.
The TDMAO is located in the lead-in area and has a fixed size of 2048 physical clusters. The TDMA1 is located in the outer spare area (OSA) and has a variable size, which varies according to a size of the OSA.
The TDMAO may be defined as necessary disc management area and the TDMA1 may be defined as alternative or optional disc management area. It is possible to decide the size of TDMA1 when a corresponding area is allocated to the TDMA1. Preferably, 1/4 of the spare area is allocated to the TDMA1. Accordingly, a size of the TDMA1 is P=N*256/4 cluster, wherein P is a size of the TDMA1 and N is the number of sectors in the spare area containing the TDMA1.
Also, the plurality of TDMAs are used according to a predetermined order. That is, the TDMAO may be firstly used and the TDMA1 may then used. Identification numbers of TDMAs may be assigned based on the order of using the TDMAs.
2 0 In the present embodiment, management information for managing the plurality of TDMAs and the DMA may additionally be recorded in a front part of the TDMAO.
The management information provides information indicating which TDMA is currently used.
This information may be accessed when an optical disc is loaded in a recording/reproducing apparatus. Accordingly, the final defect management information and the disc use state infon-nation are easily reproduced at initial access. Thus, an initial access time is reduced.
Furthermore, the disc closing can be confirmed by using the management information. This will be explained in later.
Information related to accessing a currently used TDMA may be defined as a TDMA access indicator (TAI) information in the present embodiment. The TAI information may be expressed using a first two clusters among the 2048 clusters of the TDMAO. The area of the first two clusters is referred to as TAI area in the present embodiment.
FIG. 2B shows a structure of a dual layer disc having two recording layers.
The dual layer disc includes a first recording layer layer() and a second recording layer layerl. The first recording layer includes a lead-in area as a management area of an outer circumference area, a data area and an outer area O. The lead-in area may be called an inner area.
The data area of the first recording layer layer() includes an inner spare area ISAO, a user data area and an outer spare area OSA . Also, the second recording layer includes a lead-out area as a management area of an outer circumference area, a data area and an outer area 1. The lead-out area of the second recording layer may also be called an inner area. The data area of the second recording layer includes an inner spare area ISA1, a user data area, and an outer spare area OSAl.
The write once dual layer optical disc of FIG. 2B also includes a plurality of temporary disc management areas TDMAs beside a disc management area (DMA) to provide areas for recording various disc management infoimation. In FIG. 2B, the temporary disc management areas are shown as TDMAO, TDMA1, TDMA2 and TDMA3.
The TDMAO and TDMA1 in the inner areas may have a fixed size 2048 clusters and the TDMA2, TDMA3, TDMA4 in the spare areas OSAO, OSA1, ISA1 may have a variable size, which varies according to a size of the spare area. As mentioned above, the size of the TDMA2, TDMA3, TDMA4 may be 1/4 of the spare area. Accordingly, a size of the and the TDMA3 may be P¨N*256/4 and a size of the TDMA4 may be Q¨L*256/4, wherein P is the size of the TDMA2 and TDMA3, N is the number of sectors of the spare area, Q is the size of the TDMA4 and L is the number of sectors of the ISA1 The plurality of TDMAs may be used according to a predetermined use order. For example, the TDMAO may be firstly used and the TDMA1 may be then used. That is, the identification numbers of the TDMAs may be assigned based on the order of using the TDMAs.
In the dual layer disc of the present embodiment, management information for managing the plurality of TDMAs is recorded in a front part of the TDMAO. It is very helpful to provide information on which TDMA is currently used. As mentioned above, the final defect 2 0 management infon-nation and the disc use state information are easily reproduced at an initial access time by providing the information indicating the currently used TDMA.
Thus, an initial access time is reduced.
Similar to the single layer disc, information for easy access of the currently used TDMA and representing disk closing is referred to as TDMA access indicator (TAI) information in the dual layer disc of the present embodiment. In the dual layer disc, the TAI
information may be provided by the first five clusters among the 2048 clusters in the TDMAO.
Therefore, an area of the first five clusters is referred to as a TAI area.
According to the predetermined use order of the TDMAs, temporary disc management structure (TDMS) information is first updated at the TDMAO. When the space of the 1 0 TDMAO is completely occupied by the updating of the TDMS information, the TDMS
information is then updated in the TDMAL A method for providing the TAI infon-nation indicating which TDMA is currently used and whether the disc is closed or not and a method for recording the TAI information will be explained hereinafter with reference to FIGs. 3A
and 3B.
FIG. 3A is a diagram showing a method for recording a TDMA access indicator (TAI) in case of single layer disc according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3B is a diagram showing a method of recording a TDMA access indicator (TAI) in case of dual layer disc according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In case of the single layer disc having one recording layer as shown in FIG.
3A, the TAI is 2 0 provided by using the first two clusters among the clusters in the TDMAO. That is, the TAI
includes two clusters for indicating whether the disc is closed or not and indicating which TDMA is currently used.
One of the two clusters is used as a DMA disc closing indicator for indicating whether the disc is closed or not, and other cluster is used as a TDMA1 in use indicator representing whether the TDMA1 is currently used.
As mentioned above, the single layer disc in this embodiment includes a maximum of two TDMAs (TDMAO and TDMA1). The TAI information requires one cluster for managing the TDMAs in the single layer disc. If the TDMA1 indicator cluster is not recorded in the TAI, it represents that the TDMAO is currently used, and if the TDMA1 indicator cluster is recorded in the TAI, it represents that the TDMA1 is currently used.
In other words, when the optical recording apparatus firstly uses the TDMAO
and the TDMAO is fully occupied with the updated information, the optical recording apparatus records the TDMA1 indicator in the TAI for representing that the TDMA1 is currently used.
For example, if there is not recorded a TDMA1 indicator in the TAI
(unrecorded) as shown in FIG. 4A, it represents that the TDMAO is currently used.
Recording the TDMA1 indicator in the TAI may be achieved by recording any data in the corresponding cluster. Meaningless dummy data may be recorded in the corresponding cluster in the TAI or real data such as the TDDS may be recorded in the corresponding cluster.
In the present embodiment, the most recent TDDS included in the recording/reproducing apparatus is recorded in one of the clusters in the TAI as the TDMA1 indicator instead of dummy data. Also, a first TDDS of the corresponding TDMA may be recorded in one of clusters in the TAI as the TDMA1 indicator. The TDDS has a size of 1 sector and is recorded in a last sector of the TDMS.
Accordingly, only one sector is occupied by the TDDS and the other 31 sectors may be occupied by dummy data when the TDDS is recorded in the TAI. However, as another alternative the TDDS is repeatedly recorded in all 32 sectors of the cluster in the TAI for increasing robustness of reading the TDDS. Detailed explanation of the TDMS
and the TDDS will be provided in later.
If the TDDS is repeatedly recorded in a cluster of the TAI, the recording/reproducing apparatus can simultaneously read the TDDS during confirming a recording state of the TAI
in disc initialization. Therefore, the recording/reproducing apparatus can rapidly find the TDMA where the most recent TDMS is recorded.
As mentioned above, the DMA indicator indicates whether the optical write once disc is 1.5 closed or not.
The disc closing is a state of the disc representing that no more data can be recorded in the disc. The optical write once disc is closed when the disc does not have any more space where the data may be recorded or when desired by the host. After the optical write once disc is closed, the optical write once disc becomes a read-only disc. That is, it is not permitted to record any more data in the optical write once disc. The disc closing is also called as a finalized disc.
If the optical disc is closed, that is, if the optical disc is finalized, the optical recording/reproducing apparatus transfers the most recent management information recorded in the TDMA to a DMA area and a cluster of the DMA indicator in the TAI is changed to a state for representing the closed disc.
Accordingly, the TAI is used as not only information indicating the currently used TDMA
but also information representing that the disc is closed.
Data recorded in the cluster of the DMA indicator may be the recent TDDS
infoiniation or the DDS infonuation recorded in the DMA. This will be explained later in detail.
FIG. 3B shows a method for recording the TAI in a write once dual layer disc having two recording layers in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
The TDMA of the dual layer disc may include, in this embodiment, a maximum of five TDMAs (TDMAO to TDMA4) as mentioned above. Therefore, the TAI inforniation requires fours clusters for managing the five TDMAs as shown in FIG. 3B. Additionally, the TAI
further includes one cluster for a DMA indicator.
If the TDMA1 indicator through the TDMA4 indicator are not recorded in the TAI, the TAI
represents that the TDMAO is currently used. If the TDMA1 indicator, but not the TDMA2 through TDMA4 indicator, is recorded in the TAI, the TAI represents that the TDMA1 is currently used and the TDMAO is fully occupied.
Similarly, if the TDMA2 indicator, but not the TDMA3 through TDMA4 indicator is recorded in the TAI, this represents that the TDMA2 is currently used and the TDMA1 is fully occupied (as is the TDMAO). Also, the TDMA1 indicator will have been recorded. If the TDMA3 indicator, but not the TDMA4 indicator, is recorded in the TAI, this represents that the TDMA3 is currently used and the TDMA2 is fully occupied (as is the TDAM1 and TDMAO). Also, the TDMA2 and TDMA1 indicators will have been recorded.
Moreover, if the TDMA4 indicator is recorded in the TAI, this represents that the TDMA4 is currently used and the TDMA3 is fully occupied (as is the TDMA2-TDM0). Also, the TDMAI -TDMA3 indicators will have been recorded.
Stated another way, a TDMA indicator indicates that the corresponding TDMA has been used.
Therefore, the TDMA indicator having been recorded and corresponding to the highest numbered TDMA indicates the TDMA currently being used. This also indicates that the lower numbered TDMAs are completely used.
For example, if the TDMA1 indicator and the TDMA2 indicator are recorded in two clusters of the TAI as shown in FIG. 4B, this represents that the TDMA2 is currently used. The 1 5 TDMA indicators are recorded in the clusters of the TAI in a reverse order of physical sector numbers of the clusters. That is, a lowest number of TDMA indicator occupies highest physical sector number of the clusters allotted to the TAI. By recording the TDMA
indicators in the reverse order of the physical sector numbers of the clusters, interference with an optimum power calibration (not shown), which is neighbored to the TDMAO, may be 2 0 avoided.
When the optical write once disc is loaded in the optical recording/reproducing apparatus, a location of a currently used TDMA can be detected based on the TAI. Thus, the most recently recorded TDMS information can be read from the detected TDMA. That is, initial information can be rapidly obtained for reproducing.
If the TAI does not exist, the optical recording/reproducing apparatus finds the currently used TDMA by scanning TDMAs from the TDMAO.
Accordingly, the optical recording/reproducing apparatus may spend lots of time trying to find the currently used TDMA. Such a problem is overcome by the TAI.
In the present embodiment, respective temporary disc defmition structure (TDDS) information may recorded in the clusters of the respective TDMA1 indicator to indicator instead of recording dummy data to indicate the currently used TDAM.
Accordingly, the optical recording/reproducing apparatus can simultaneously read the TDDS
information while confirming a recording state of the TAI. Therefore, the optical recording/reproducing apparatus can rapidly find the TDMA area where the recent TDMS
information is recorded.
Meanwhile, in case of the dual layer disc, one cluster of the TDMAO is allocated to the DMA
indicator for indicating the disc closing state of the optical write once disc.
For example, if all TDMA indicators including the TDMA1 indicator to the TDMA4 indicator are recorded in the TAI area as shown in FIG. 4C, this represents the optical write once disc is closed. That is, no more data can be recorded in the write once disc and the write once disc can be read only.
FIG. 5A is a diagram showing various disc defect management information and disc use state information recorded in a TDMA in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 5A, the above mentioned temporary disc management information structure (TDMS) information is recorded in the TDMA excepting the TAI area.
The TDMS information is disc management information. The TDMS information is recorded in more than one cluster, which is basic unit of recording. Various information may be included in the TDMS information. Therefore, the various infon-nation may be modified or additionally included according to specifications of the write once disc to be standardized.
For example, the TDMS information may be include information as described below.
At first, the disc defect management information may include a temporary defect list TDFL, and disc use state information such as sequential recording range information (SRRI) applied to a sequential recording mode or a space-bit map (SBM) applied to a random recording mode. In one or plural clusters of the last sector, a temporary disc definition structure 1 5 (TDDS) is recorded in the present embodiment. The TDDS includes location information indicating the most recent versions of TDMS information such as the TDFL, the SRRI (or the SBM) and various additional information.
The TDDS is an area including general recording/reproducing information. As described above, pointer information indicating the most recent version (last updated) of the TDFL and 2 0 SRRI (or SBM) is included in the TDDS. The TDDS is generally first confirmed when the disc is loaded in the optical recording/reproducing apparatus.
The information included in the TDDS is continuously updated according to a use state of the disc. Accordingly, the information of the TDDS is recorded in the last sector of the TDMA.
Therefore, various management information according to current use of the disc may be confirmed by reading the last TDDS.
FIG. 5B shows a detail structure of the TDDS.
As shown in FIG. 5B, the TDDS includes a TDDS identifier field and a TDDS
format field for indicating the characteristics of the TDDS; a TDDS update count field for providing the number of TDDS updates; a first PSN of drive area field for indicating a currently used drive 1 0 area for recording various drive infoimation; a first PSN of defect list field for expressing a first physical sector number of a defect list when the disc is closed; a location of LSN 0 of user data area field and a last LSN of user data area field for representing a beginning and an end of the user data area; an inner spare area 0 size field and an outer spare area size field for expressing a size of the spare area; a spare area full flags field for expressing whether the 1 5 spare area is full or not, and a recording mode field for representing a disc recording mode such as a sequential or a random; a general flag bits field for representing whether the disc is write-protected or not; inconsistency flags for expressing an update state of the TDMS; a last recorded address of user data area field for indicating a location of the last recorded data in the user data area; a size of TDMAs in outer spare area field and a size of TDMA in inner 2 0 spare area 1 field for representing a size of TDMA allocated in the spare area; a first PSN of 1st cluster of defect list field, for representing a first physical sector number of the last defect list in the recent TDMA area, to a first PSN of 8th cluster of defect list field, for representing a 8t1 physical sector number of the last defect list in the recent TDMA area, wherein the number of defect list does not exceed a maximum of 4 in a single layer disc and maximum of 8 in double layer disc; a first PSN of SRRI/SBM for LO field and a first PSN
of SBM for Ll field for representing a location of the last recorded SRRI or SBM according to each mode in a sequential or a random recording mode; a next available PSN of 'SAO field, a next available PSN of OSA() field, a next available PSN of ISAI field and a next available PSN of OSAI
field for representing next usable physical sector number in the spare area; a year/month/data of recording field for representing recording time; and a drive ID field for representing a manufacturer, an additional ID and a serial number.
The TDDS information including the above mentioned information is updated whenever corresponding information forming the TDDS is updated and the last updated TDDS
information becomes the infoimation representing the most recent state of the disc.
If the disc is closed, the latest TDDS is copied as the DDS into the DMA. But, a value of the first PSN of defect list field is recorded with an original value when the latest TDDS is copied.
That is, the value of the first PSN of defect list field in the recorded TDDS
may have "00h"
before the disc closing. But, after the disc closing, a meaningful value is assigned in the first 2 0 PSN of the defect list field. This will be explained in detail with reference to FIG. 7B.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a method for recording data in a TDMA indicator cluster in a TAI area. The TDMA indicator may be expressed by recording dummy data in the corresponding cluster in the TAI area. However, in the present embodiment, the TDMA
indicator is expressed in the TAI area by recording meaningful data in the corresponding cluster in the TAI instead of the dummy data for providing more infonuation.
In the TAI area, each TDMA indicator cluster indicates whether an associated TDMA as a currently used TDMA. In the present embodiment, the TDDS information firstly recorded in the corresponding TDMA is recorded in the corresponding TDMA indicator cluster in the TAI area.
Accordingly, if the optical recording/reproducing apparatus confirms the corresponding TAI
area from the loaded disc, it is possible to detect which TDMA is current used from the TAI
and to read various information such as allocation of spare area and a size of allocated spare area that are usually recorded in the TDDS in the present embodiment.
The optical recording/reproducing apparatus may then read the latest recorded TDDS from the corresponding TDMA area and obtain the pointer inforination for the latest recorded TDFL and the SRRI(or SBM) from the latest recorded TDDS. Then, the optical recording/reproducing apparatus may confirm entire recording state of the disc and defect area by reading the latest TDFL and the SRRI(or SBM) recorded in the corresponding area.
FIG. 7A to FIG. 8D show various methods for recording the DMA or TAI
information when the disc is closed. A single layer disc is used as an example for explaining the present embodiment. However, it will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art from this disclosure that these examples may be applied to a dual layer disc.
As describe above, when the disc is closed, no more data can be recorded in the disc and the disc becomes a read-only disc. Accordingly, the use of a TDMA is prohibited and the latest TDMS information among the management information is copied to the DMA area.
The disc may be forced closed by the host or the disc may be automatically closed when there is no area left for recording data in the user data area or the TDMA area.
FIG. 7A is a diagram showing a disc structure when the disc is closed.
Specially, a structure of management information recorded in the DMA is shown in FIG. 7A. For convenience of explaning the present embodiment, a single layer disc is used as the example.
That is, when the disc is closed, identical management information is recorded in four DMA
(DMA1 to DMA4) in the disc. Each DMA includes 32 clusters. The DDS and the SSRI (or SBM) are four times repeatedly recorded in the four clusters 1 to 4. That is, the DDS is recorded in a first sector of the cluster 1 in each DMA. When the disc is closed, the latest TDDS information is copied in the first sector of the cluster 1. But, a location information of the valid DFL recorded in the corresponding DMA is recorded in the first PSN
of defect list field among the TDDS information.
As shown in FIG. 7B, basically, the DDS has a similar structure to the TDDS
except for the value of the first PSN of defect list field. This is because the first PSN of defect list field indicates a 1St position of the DFL in each DMA1, DMA2, DMA3 and DMA4.
Accordingly, the value of the first PSN of defect list field is "00h" in the TDDS structure shown in FIG. 5B and the first PSN of defect list fields in the DMA1, DMA2, DMA3, DMA4 have different unique position values.
The latest SRRI (or SMB) and the TDFL information recorded in the each TDMA
are copied to the DMA as the SRRI (or SBM) and the DFL of the DMA. Specially, an area where the DFL is recorded includes a total or 28 clusters from a cluster 5 to a cluster 32. Four clusters are gathered as one group so that identical DFL information is recorded 7 times. Also, according to a system, it is possible to record the DFL in clusters 5 to 8 and dummy data is repeatedly recorded in the clusters 9 to 32.
FIGs. 8A and 8B are diagrams for showing a method for recording DMA and TAI
when a disc is closed according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
When the disc is closed, a state of the DMA indicator cluster in the TAI is changed by being recorded in for representing the disc closing state. In the DMA indicator cluster, dummy data may be recorded. However, in the present embodiment, meaningful data is recorded in the 1 5 DMA indicator cluster for not only representing the disc closing state but also for transferring the meaningful data. Also, when the disc is closed, management information having a data structure shown in FIG. 7A is recorded in the each DMA.
As shown in FIG. 8A, the latest TDDS information may be recorded in the DMA
indicator cluster of the TAI according to the present embodiment.
2 0 That is, for closing the disc, the latest TDDS infoiniation is recorded in the DMA indicator cluster in the TAI and identical DSS/SRRI(or SMI)/DFL are recorded in four DMAs.
Among the DDS information, only the first PSN of defect list fields have different values from the TDDS. For showing the four different values of the first PSN of defect list fields, DDS1 to DDS4 are shown in FIG. 8A.
FIG. 8B shows information recorded in the DMA indicator cluster according to the FIG. 8A.
The latest TDDS information recorded in the DMA indicator cluster may be recorded in one sector, and the DMA indicator cluster includes 32 sector. Therefore, the latest TDDS may also be repeatedly recorded in the 32 sectors of the DMA indicator cluster.
But, according to a system, the latest TDDS may be recorded in one sector and dummy data may be recorded in the other sectors. Or the latest TDDS may be repeatedly recorded in predetennined sectors.
Accordingly, when the closed disc is loaded into the optical recording/reproducing apparatus, the optical recording/reproducing apparatus confirms whether the DMA indicator cluster is recorded or not to determine whether the disc is closed or not. At the same time, the optical recording/reproducing apparatus obtains useable information from the latest TDDS
information recorded in the DMA indicator cluster in the TAI. Then, the optical recording/reproducing apparatus checks the fmal disc defect list (DFL) and the recording state information SRRI and SBM by reading data recorded in the DMA area.
FIGs. 8C and 8D are diagrams showing a method of recording the DMA and the TAI
when the disc is closed according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
Specially, the DDS information is recorded in the DMA indicator cluster in the TAI in the second embodiment of the present invention.
For performing the disc closing, identical DDS/SSRI(or SBM)/DFL is recorded in four DMA
areas. Only the first PSN of defect list fields have different values among the DDS
information. For convenience, they are shown as DDS1 to DDS4.
One of the DDS information is recorded in the DMA indicator cluster in the TAI
for changing a recording state of the corresponding cluster. The recorded DDS
information may be one of the DDS1 to DDS4 or the DDS1 is recorded by default.
FIGs. 8D shows information recorded in the DMA indicator cluster according to FIG. 8C.
The DSS information recorded in the DMA indicator cluster may be recorded in one sector.
1 0 The DMA indicator cluster includes 32 sectors. Therefore, the DSS
information may also be repeatedly recorded in the 32 sectors of the DMA indicator cluster as shown in FIG. 8D. But, according to a system, the DSS information may be recorded in one sector and dummy data may be repeatedly recorded in the other 31 sectors. Or, the DSS information may be repeatedly recorded in selected sectors in the DMA indicator cluster.
Accordingly, when the closed disc is loaded in the optical recording/reproducing apparatus, the optical recording/reproducing apparatus confirms whether the DMA indicator cluster is recorded or not to determine whether the disc is closed or not. At the same time, the optical recording/reproducing apparatus obtains useable information from the final DDS
information recorded in the DMA indicator cluster in the TM. Then, the optical recording/reproducing 2 0 apparatus checks the final disc defect list (DFL) and the recording state information SRRI
and SBM by reading data recorded in the DMA area.
The type of information to be recorded in the DMA indicator cluster in the TAI
when the disc is closed may be standardized to one of embodiments as shown in FIGs. 8A and 8C for compatability between optical recording/reproducing apparatuses in order to effectively use the information recorded in the DMA indicator cluster.
FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating an optical recording/reproducing apparatus in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 9, the optical recording/reproducing apparatus includes a recording/reproducing unit 10 for recording data on a disc and reproducing the recorded data and a controlling unit (or host) 20 for controlling the recording/reproducing unit 10.
The controlling unit 20 transfers a command for recording data on a predeteimined area or a command for reproducing recorded data. The recording/reproducing unit 10 records data on a predetermined area or reproduces the recorded data based on the transferred command from the controlling unit 20. The recording/reproducing unit 10 is generally called an optical drive.
1 5 The recording/reproducing unit 10 includes an interfacing unit 12 for communicating with an external device; a pickup unit 11 for recording or reproducing data on the optical disc; a data-processor 13 for receiving a reproduced signal from the pickup unit and converting the received reproduced signal to a target signal value, or modulating a signal to be recorded in the optical disc and transferring the modulated signal to the pickup unit 11;
a servo unit 14 2 0 for controlling the pickup unit 11 in order to accurately record a signal to the optical disc; a memory 15 for temporally storing various information and data; and a microcomputer 16 for controlling the above mentioned elements of the recording/reproducing unit 10.
Hereinafter, a method for recording/reproducing the TAI information and a method for closing a disc in the optical recording/reproducing apparatus in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention will be explained in detail.
When a disc is loaded in the optical recording/reproducing apparatus, the optical recording/reproducing apparatus confirms a recording state of the TAI of the loaded disc for determining whether the loaded disc is closed or not and detecting a position of a currently used TDMA.
If the disc is not closed yet, the microcomputer 16 obtains the currently used TDMA from the TAI information, reads the latest TDMS information in the currently used TDMA
and reads the disc recording state and the defect information from the latest TDMS
information. The microcomputer 16 also notifies the controlling unit 20 that the loaded disc is not closed.
Then, if a command for recording or reproducing data is input from the controlling unit 20, the recording/reproducing unit 10 records data or reproduce data in a target area.
In performing recording, the microcomputer 16 updates the TDMS in the TDMA
area based on any well-known method. If a predetermined TDMA(k) is fully occupied by updating, the microcomputer 16 uses another TDMS(k+1) to update the TDMS. When the TDMS is firstly updated in the TDMA(k+1), the first TDDS information recorded in the TDMA(k+1) is 2 0 recorded in the TDMA(k+1) indicator cluster in the TAI area.
When the disc is closed, predetermined information is recorded in the DMA
indicator cluster in the TAI and the DMA area based on one of methods shown in FIGs. 8A or 8C, which is decided as a standard for representing the loaded disc is closed.
If the loaded disc is a closed disc, the microcomputer 16 reads the final recording state and the defect information from information recorded in the DMA indicator cluster in the TAI
and the DMA area. And then, the microcomputer 16 notifies the controlling unit 20 that the loaded disc is the closed disc and performs reproducing data according to a control of the controlling unit 20.
Hereinafter, a method for recording management information of a disc in accordance with an 0 embodiment of the present invention will be explained with reference to FIGs. 10 to 12.
FIGs. 10 to 12 are flowcharts illustrating a method of recording management information of a disc in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 10, TDMS is recorded in a TDMA according to data recorded in the disc before disc closing at step S10.
A recording state of a TDMA indicator cluster is changed for representing a position of a currently used TDMA among a plurality of TDMAs at step S20.
When the disc is closed, a recording state of a cluster indicating the disc closing is modified at step S40 and the latest TDMS recorded in the TDMA is recorded in the DMA at step S50.
As shown in FIG. 11, the latest TDDS may be recorded in the cluster indicating the disc closing at step S40 and the latest TDDS may be recorded in plural of the DMAs as the DDS
information at the step S50.
Also, as shown in FIG. 12, the latest TDDS may be recorded in plural of the DMA.s during the disc is closing at step S40 and the DDS information is recorded in the cluster indicating the disc closing at step S50.
Industrial Applicability While the invention has been disclosed with respect to a limited number of embodiments, those skilled in the art, having the benefit of this disclosure, will appreciate numerous modifications and variations there from. For example, while described with respect to a Blu-ray write-once optical disk in several instances, the present invention is not limited to this standard of write once optical disk or to write-once optical disks. Instead, the embodiments of the present invention may find application to other write-once recording media. It is intended that all such modifications and variations fall within the scope of the invention.
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and 2B
are used to record final management infon-nation when a disc is closed in the BD-WO (Blu-ray write-once disc). The final management information includes not only the defect management infoimation, but also a recording state of the disc. Therefore, in the BD-WO, it is defined as the disc management area (DMA).
Also, the TDMA is an area where the disc management infothiation is updated before disc closing. The TDMA is classified into two types: a TDMAO area and a TDMA1 area.
The TDMAO is located in the lead-in area and has a fixed size of 2048 physical clusters. The TDMA1 is located in the outer spare area (OSA) and has a variable size, which varies according to a size of the OSA.
The TDMAO may be defined as necessary disc management area and the TDMA1 may be defined as alternative or optional disc management area. It is possible to decide the size of TDMA1 when a corresponding area is allocated to the TDMA1. Preferably, 1/4 of the spare area is allocated to the TDMA1. Accordingly, a size of the TDMA1 is P=N*256/4 cluster, wherein P is a size of the TDMA1 and N is the number of sectors in the spare area containing the TDMA1.
Also, the plurality of TDMAs are used according to a predetermined order. That is, the TDMAO may be firstly used and the TDMA1 may then used. Identification numbers of TDMAs may be assigned based on the order of using the TDMAs.
2 0 In the present embodiment, management information for managing the plurality of TDMAs and the DMA may additionally be recorded in a front part of the TDMAO.
The management information provides information indicating which TDMA is currently used.
This information may be accessed when an optical disc is loaded in a recording/reproducing apparatus. Accordingly, the final defect management information and the disc use state infon-nation are easily reproduced at initial access. Thus, an initial access time is reduced.
Furthermore, the disc closing can be confirmed by using the management information. This will be explained in later.
Information related to accessing a currently used TDMA may be defined as a TDMA access indicator (TAI) information in the present embodiment. The TAI information may be expressed using a first two clusters among the 2048 clusters of the TDMAO. The area of the first two clusters is referred to as TAI area in the present embodiment.
FIG. 2B shows a structure of a dual layer disc having two recording layers.
The dual layer disc includes a first recording layer layer() and a second recording layer layerl. The first recording layer includes a lead-in area as a management area of an outer circumference area, a data area and an outer area O. The lead-in area may be called an inner area.
The data area of the first recording layer layer() includes an inner spare area ISAO, a user data area and an outer spare area OSA . Also, the second recording layer includes a lead-out area as a management area of an outer circumference area, a data area and an outer area 1. The lead-out area of the second recording layer may also be called an inner area. The data area of the second recording layer includes an inner spare area ISA1, a user data area, and an outer spare area OSAl.
The write once dual layer optical disc of FIG. 2B also includes a plurality of temporary disc management areas TDMAs beside a disc management area (DMA) to provide areas for recording various disc management infoimation. In FIG. 2B, the temporary disc management areas are shown as TDMAO, TDMA1, TDMA2 and TDMA3.
The TDMAO and TDMA1 in the inner areas may have a fixed size 2048 clusters and the TDMA2, TDMA3, TDMA4 in the spare areas OSAO, OSA1, ISA1 may have a variable size, which varies according to a size of the spare area. As mentioned above, the size of the TDMA2, TDMA3, TDMA4 may be 1/4 of the spare area. Accordingly, a size of the and the TDMA3 may be P¨N*256/4 and a size of the TDMA4 may be Q¨L*256/4, wherein P is the size of the TDMA2 and TDMA3, N is the number of sectors of the spare area, Q is the size of the TDMA4 and L is the number of sectors of the ISA1 The plurality of TDMAs may be used according to a predetermined use order. For example, the TDMAO may be firstly used and the TDMA1 may be then used. That is, the identification numbers of the TDMAs may be assigned based on the order of using the TDMAs.
In the dual layer disc of the present embodiment, management information for managing the plurality of TDMAs is recorded in a front part of the TDMAO. It is very helpful to provide information on which TDMA is currently used. As mentioned above, the final defect 2 0 management infon-nation and the disc use state information are easily reproduced at an initial access time by providing the information indicating the currently used TDMA.
Thus, an initial access time is reduced.
Similar to the single layer disc, information for easy access of the currently used TDMA and representing disk closing is referred to as TDMA access indicator (TAI) information in the dual layer disc of the present embodiment. In the dual layer disc, the TAI
information may be provided by the first five clusters among the 2048 clusters in the TDMAO.
Therefore, an area of the first five clusters is referred to as a TAI area.
According to the predetermined use order of the TDMAs, temporary disc management structure (TDMS) information is first updated at the TDMAO. When the space of the 1 0 TDMAO is completely occupied by the updating of the TDMS information, the TDMS
information is then updated in the TDMAL A method for providing the TAI infon-nation indicating which TDMA is currently used and whether the disc is closed or not and a method for recording the TAI information will be explained hereinafter with reference to FIGs. 3A
and 3B.
FIG. 3A is a diagram showing a method for recording a TDMA access indicator (TAI) in case of single layer disc according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3B is a diagram showing a method of recording a TDMA access indicator (TAI) in case of dual layer disc according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In case of the single layer disc having one recording layer as shown in FIG.
3A, the TAI is 2 0 provided by using the first two clusters among the clusters in the TDMAO. That is, the TAI
includes two clusters for indicating whether the disc is closed or not and indicating which TDMA is currently used.
One of the two clusters is used as a DMA disc closing indicator for indicating whether the disc is closed or not, and other cluster is used as a TDMA1 in use indicator representing whether the TDMA1 is currently used.
As mentioned above, the single layer disc in this embodiment includes a maximum of two TDMAs (TDMAO and TDMA1). The TAI information requires one cluster for managing the TDMAs in the single layer disc. If the TDMA1 indicator cluster is not recorded in the TAI, it represents that the TDMAO is currently used, and if the TDMA1 indicator cluster is recorded in the TAI, it represents that the TDMA1 is currently used.
In other words, when the optical recording apparatus firstly uses the TDMAO
and the TDMAO is fully occupied with the updated information, the optical recording apparatus records the TDMA1 indicator in the TAI for representing that the TDMA1 is currently used.
For example, if there is not recorded a TDMA1 indicator in the TAI
(unrecorded) as shown in FIG. 4A, it represents that the TDMAO is currently used.
Recording the TDMA1 indicator in the TAI may be achieved by recording any data in the corresponding cluster. Meaningless dummy data may be recorded in the corresponding cluster in the TAI or real data such as the TDDS may be recorded in the corresponding cluster.
In the present embodiment, the most recent TDDS included in the recording/reproducing apparatus is recorded in one of the clusters in the TAI as the TDMA1 indicator instead of dummy data. Also, a first TDDS of the corresponding TDMA may be recorded in one of clusters in the TAI as the TDMA1 indicator. The TDDS has a size of 1 sector and is recorded in a last sector of the TDMS.
Accordingly, only one sector is occupied by the TDDS and the other 31 sectors may be occupied by dummy data when the TDDS is recorded in the TAI. However, as another alternative the TDDS is repeatedly recorded in all 32 sectors of the cluster in the TAI for increasing robustness of reading the TDDS. Detailed explanation of the TDMS
and the TDDS will be provided in later.
If the TDDS is repeatedly recorded in a cluster of the TAI, the recording/reproducing apparatus can simultaneously read the TDDS during confirming a recording state of the TAI
in disc initialization. Therefore, the recording/reproducing apparatus can rapidly find the TDMA where the most recent TDMS is recorded.
As mentioned above, the DMA indicator indicates whether the optical write once disc is 1.5 closed or not.
The disc closing is a state of the disc representing that no more data can be recorded in the disc. The optical write once disc is closed when the disc does not have any more space where the data may be recorded or when desired by the host. After the optical write once disc is closed, the optical write once disc becomes a read-only disc. That is, it is not permitted to record any more data in the optical write once disc. The disc closing is also called as a finalized disc.
If the optical disc is closed, that is, if the optical disc is finalized, the optical recording/reproducing apparatus transfers the most recent management information recorded in the TDMA to a DMA area and a cluster of the DMA indicator in the TAI is changed to a state for representing the closed disc.
Accordingly, the TAI is used as not only information indicating the currently used TDMA
but also information representing that the disc is closed.
Data recorded in the cluster of the DMA indicator may be the recent TDDS
infoiniation or the DDS infonuation recorded in the DMA. This will be explained later in detail.
FIG. 3B shows a method for recording the TAI in a write once dual layer disc having two recording layers in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
The TDMA of the dual layer disc may include, in this embodiment, a maximum of five TDMAs (TDMAO to TDMA4) as mentioned above. Therefore, the TAI inforniation requires fours clusters for managing the five TDMAs as shown in FIG. 3B. Additionally, the TAI
further includes one cluster for a DMA indicator.
If the TDMA1 indicator through the TDMA4 indicator are not recorded in the TAI, the TAI
represents that the TDMAO is currently used. If the TDMA1 indicator, but not the TDMA2 through TDMA4 indicator, is recorded in the TAI, the TAI represents that the TDMA1 is currently used and the TDMAO is fully occupied.
Similarly, if the TDMA2 indicator, but not the TDMA3 through TDMA4 indicator is recorded in the TAI, this represents that the TDMA2 is currently used and the TDMA1 is fully occupied (as is the TDMAO). Also, the TDMA1 indicator will have been recorded. If the TDMA3 indicator, but not the TDMA4 indicator, is recorded in the TAI, this represents that the TDMA3 is currently used and the TDMA2 is fully occupied (as is the TDAM1 and TDMAO). Also, the TDMA2 and TDMA1 indicators will have been recorded.
Moreover, if the TDMA4 indicator is recorded in the TAI, this represents that the TDMA4 is currently used and the TDMA3 is fully occupied (as is the TDMA2-TDM0). Also, the TDMAI -TDMA3 indicators will have been recorded.
Stated another way, a TDMA indicator indicates that the corresponding TDMA has been used.
Therefore, the TDMA indicator having been recorded and corresponding to the highest numbered TDMA indicates the TDMA currently being used. This also indicates that the lower numbered TDMAs are completely used.
For example, if the TDMA1 indicator and the TDMA2 indicator are recorded in two clusters of the TAI as shown in FIG. 4B, this represents that the TDMA2 is currently used. The 1 5 TDMA indicators are recorded in the clusters of the TAI in a reverse order of physical sector numbers of the clusters. That is, a lowest number of TDMA indicator occupies highest physical sector number of the clusters allotted to the TAI. By recording the TDMA
indicators in the reverse order of the physical sector numbers of the clusters, interference with an optimum power calibration (not shown), which is neighbored to the TDMAO, may be 2 0 avoided.
When the optical write once disc is loaded in the optical recording/reproducing apparatus, a location of a currently used TDMA can be detected based on the TAI. Thus, the most recently recorded TDMS information can be read from the detected TDMA. That is, initial information can be rapidly obtained for reproducing.
If the TAI does not exist, the optical recording/reproducing apparatus finds the currently used TDMA by scanning TDMAs from the TDMAO.
Accordingly, the optical recording/reproducing apparatus may spend lots of time trying to find the currently used TDMA. Such a problem is overcome by the TAI.
In the present embodiment, respective temporary disc defmition structure (TDDS) information may recorded in the clusters of the respective TDMA1 indicator to indicator instead of recording dummy data to indicate the currently used TDAM.
Accordingly, the optical recording/reproducing apparatus can simultaneously read the TDDS
information while confirming a recording state of the TAI. Therefore, the optical recording/reproducing apparatus can rapidly find the TDMA area where the recent TDMS
information is recorded.
Meanwhile, in case of the dual layer disc, one cluster of the TDMAO is allocated to the DMA
indicator for indicating the disc closing state of the optical write once disc.
For example, if all TDMA indicators including the TDMA1 indicator to the TDMA4 indicator are recorded in the TAI area as shown in FIG. 4C, this represents the optical write once disc is closed. That is, no more data can be recorded in the write once disc and the write once disc can be read only.
FIG. 5A is a diagram showing various disc defect management information and disc use state information recorded in a TDMA in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 5A, the above mentioned temporary disc management information structure (TDMS) information is recorded in the TDMA excepting the TAI area.
The TDMS information is disc management information. The TDMS information is recorded in more than one cluster, which is basic unit of recording. Various information may be included in the TDMS information. Therefore, the various infon-nation may be modified or additionally included according to specifications of the write once disc to be standardized.
For example, the TDMS information may be include information as described below.
At first, the disc defect management information may include a temporary defect list TDFL, and disc use state information such as sequential recording range information (SRRI) applied to a sequential recording mode or a space-bit map (SBM) applied to a random recording mode. In one or plural clusters of the last sector, a temporary disc definition structure 1 5 (TDDS) is recorded in the present embodiment. The TDDS includes location information indicating the most recent versions of TDMS information such as the TDFL, the SRRI (or the SBM) and various additional information.
The TDDS is an area including general recording/reproducing information. As described above, pointer information indicating the most recent version (last updated) of the TDFL and 2 0 SRRI (or SBM) is included in the TDDS. The TDDS is generally first confirmed when the disc is loaded in the optical recording/reproducing apparatus.
The information included in the TDDS is continuously updated according to a use state of the disc. Accordingly, the information of the TDDS is recorded in the last sector of the TDMA.
Therefore, various management information according to current use of the disc may be confirmed by reading the last TDDS.
FIG. 5B shows a detail structure of the TDDS.
As shown in FIG. 5B, the TDDS includes a TDDS identifier field and a TDDS
format field for indicating the characteristics of the TDDS; a TDDS update count field for providing the number of TDDS updates; a first PSN of drive area field for indicating a currently used drive 1 0 area for recording various drive infoimation; a first PSN of defect list field for expressing a first physical sector number of a defect list when the disc is closed; a location of LSN 0 of user data area field and a last LSN of user data area field for representing a beginning and an end of the user data area; an inner spare area 0 size field and an outer spare area size field for expressing a size of the spare area; a spare area full flags field for expressing whether the 1 5 spare area is full or not, and a recording mode field for representing a disc recording mode such as a sequential or a random; a general flag bits field for representing whether the disc is write-protected or not; inconsistency flags for expressing an update state of the TDMS; a last recorded address of user data area field for indicating a location of the last recorded data in the user data area; a size of TDMAs in outer spare area field and a size of TDMA in inner 2 0 spare area 1 field for representing a size of TDMA allocated in the spare area; a first PSN of 1st cluster of defect list field, for representing a first physical sector number of the last defect list in the recent TDMA area, to a first PSN of 8th cluster of defect list field, for representing a 8t1 physical sector number of the last defect list in the recent TDMA area, wherein the number of defect list does not exceed a maximum of 4 in a single layer disc and maximum of 8 in double layer disc; a first PSN of SRRI/SBM for LO field and a first PSN
of SBM for Ll field for representing a location of the last recorded SRRI or SBM according to each mode in a sequential or a random recording mode; a next available PSN of 'SAO field, a next available PSN of OSA() field, a next available PSN of ISAI field and a next available PSN of OSAI
field for representing next usable physical sector number in the spare area; a year/month/data of recording field for representing recording time; and a drive ID field for representing a manufacturer, an additional ID and a serial number.
The TDDS information including the above mentioned information is updated whenever corresponding information forming the TDDS is updated and the last updated TDDS
information becomes the infoimation representing the most recent state of the disc.
If the disc is closed, the latest TDDS is copied as the DDS into the DMA. But, a value of the first PSN of defect list field is recorded with an original value when the latest TDDS is copied.
That is, the value of the first PSN of defect list field in the recorded TDDS
may have "00h"
before the disc closing. But, after the disc closing, a meaningful value is assigned in the first 2 0 PSN of the defect list field. This will be explained in detail with reference to FIG. 7B.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a method for recording data in a TDMA indicator cluster in a TAI area. The TDMA indicator may be expressed by recording dummy data in the corresponding cluster in the TAI area. However, in the present embodiment, the TDMA
indicator is expressed in the TAI area by recording meaningful data in the corresponding cluster in the TAI instead of the dummy data for providing more infonuation.
In the TAI area, each TDMA indicator cluster indicates whether an associated TDMA as a currently used TDMA. In the present embodiment, the TDDS information firstly recorded in the corresponding TDMA is recorded in the corresponding TDMA indicator cluster in the TAI area.
Accordingly, if the optical recording/reproducing apparatus confirms the corresponding TAI
area from the loaded disc, it is possible to detect which TDMA is current used from the TAI
and to read various information such as allocation of spare area and a size of allocated spare area that are usually recorded in the TDDS in the present embodiment.
The optical recording/reproducing apparatus may then read the latest recorded TDDS from the corresponding TDMA area and obtain the pointer inforination for the latest recorded TDFL and the SRRI(or SBM) from the latest recorded TDDS. Then, the optical recording/reproducing apparatus may confirm entire recording state of the disc and defect area by reading the latest TDFL and the SRRI(or SBM) recorded in the corresponding area.
FIG. 7A to FIG. 8D show various methods for recording the DMA or TAI
information when the disc is closed. A single layer disc is used as an example for explaining the present embodiment. However, it will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art from this disclosure that these examples may be applied to a dual layer disc.
As describe above, when the disc is closed, no more data can be recorded in the disc and the disc becomes a read-only disc. Accordingly, the use of a TDMA is prohibited and the latest TDMS information among the management information is copied to the DMA area.
The disc may be forced closed by the host or the disc may be automatically closed when there is no area left for recording data in the user data area or the TDMA area.
FIG. 7A is a diagram showing a disc structure when the disc is closed.
Specially, a structure of management information recorded in the DMA is shown in FIG. 7A. For convenience of explaning the present embodiment, a single layer disc is used as the example.
That is, when the disc is closed, identical management information is recorded in four DMA
(DMA1 to DMA4) in the disc. Each DMA includes 32 clusters. The DDS and the SSRI (or SBM) are four times repeatedly recorded in the four clusters 1 to 4. That is, the DDS is recorded in a first sector of the cluster 1 in each DMA. When the disc is closed, the latest TDDS information is copied in the first sector of the cluster 1. But, a location information of the valid DFL recorded in the corresponding DMA is recorded in the first PSN
of defect list field among the TDDS information.
As shown in FIG. 7B, basically, the DDS has a similar structure to the TDDS
except for the value of the first PSN of defect list field. This is because the first PSN of defect list field indicates a 1St position of the DFL in each DMA1, DMA2, DMA3 and DMA4.
Accordingly, the value of the first PSN of defect list field is "00h" in the TDDS structure shown in FIG. 5B and the first PSN of defect list fields in the DMA1, DMA2, DMA3, DMA4 have different unique position values.
The latest SRRI (or SMB) and the TDFL information recorded in the each TDMA
are copied to the DMA as the SRRI (or SBM) and the DFL of the DMA. Specially, an area where the DFL is recorded includes a total or 28 clusters from a cluster 5 to a cluster 32. Four clusters are gathered as one group so that identical DFL information is recorded 7 times. Also, according to a system, it is possible to record the DFL in clusters 5 to 8 and dummy data is repeatedly recorded in the clusters 9 to 32.
FIGs. 8A and 8B are diagrams for showing a method for recording DMA and TAI
when a disc is closed according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
When the disc is closed, a state of the DMA indicator cluster in the TAI is changed by being recorded in for representing the disc closing state. In the DMA indicator cluster, dummy data may be recorded. However, in the present embodiment, meaningful data is recorded in the 1 5 DMA indicator cluster for not only representing the disc closing state but also for transferring the meaningful data. Also, when the disc is closed, management information having a data structure shown in FIG. 7A is recorded in the each DMA.
As shown in FIG. 8A, the latest TDDS information may be recorded in the DMA
indicator cluster of the TAI according to the present embodiment.
2 0 That is, for closing the disc, the latest TDDS infoiniation is recorded in the DMA indicator cluster in the TAI and identical DSS/SRRI(or SMI)/DFL are recorded in four DMAs.
Among the DDS information, only the first PSN of defect list fields have different values from the TDDS. For showing the four different values of the first PSN of defect list fields, DDS1 to DDS4 are shown in FIG. 8A.
FIG. 8B shows information recorded in the DMA indicator cluster according to the FIG. 8A.
The latest TDDS information recorded in the DMA indicator cluster may be recorded in one sector, and the DMA indicator cluster includes 32 sector. Therefore, the latest TDDS may also be repeatedly recorded in the 32 sectors of the DMA indicator cluster.
But, according to a system, the latest TDDS may be recorded in one sector and dummy data may be recorded in the other sectors. Or the latest TDDS may be repeatedly recorded in predetennined sectors.
Accordingly, when the closed disc is loaded into the optical recording/reproducing apparatus, the optical recording/reproducing apparatus confirms whether the DMA indicator cluster is recorded or not to determine whether the disc is closed or not. At the same time, the optical recording/reproducing apparatus obtains useable information from the latest TDDS
information recorded in the DMA indicator cluster in the TAI. Then, the optical recording/reproducing apparatus checks the fmal disc defect list (DFL) and the recording state information SRRI and SBM by reading data recorded in the DMA area.
FIGs. 8C and 8D are diagrams showing a method of recording the DMA and the TAI
when the disc is closed according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
Specially, the DDS information is recorded in the DMA indicator cluster in the TAI in the second embodiment of the present invention.
For performing the disc closing, identical DDS/SSRI(or SBM)/DFL is recorded in four DMA
areas. Only the first PSN of defect list fields have different values among the DDS
information. For convenience, they are shown as DDS1 to DDS4.
One of the DDS information is recorded in the DMA indicator cluster in the TAI
for changing a recording state of the corresponding cluster. The recorded DDS
information may be one of the DDS1 to DDS4 or the DDS1 is recorded by default.
FIGs. 8D shows information recorded in the DMA indicator cluster according to FIG. 8C.
The DSS information recorded in the DMA indicator cluster may be recorded in one sector.
1 0 The DMA indicator cluster includes 32 sectors. Therefore, the DSS
information may also be repeatedly recorded in the 32 sectors of the DMA indicator cluster as shown in FIG. 8D. But, according to a system, the DSS information may be recorded in one sector and dummy data may be repeatedly recorded in the other 31 sectors. Or, the DSS information may be repeatedly recorded in selected sectors in the DMA indicator cluster.
Accordingly, when the closed disc is loaded in the optical recording/reproducing apparatus, the optical recording/reproducing apparatus confirms whether the DMA indicator cluster is recorded or not to determine whether the disc is closed or not. At the same time, the optical recording/reproducing apparatus obtains useable information from the final DDS
information recorded in the DMA indicator cluster in the TM. Then, the optical recording/reproducing 2 0 apparatus checks the final disc defect list (DFL) and the recording state information SRRI
and SBM by reading data recorded in the DMA area.
The type of information to be recorded in the DMA indicator cluster in the TAI
when the disc is closed may be standardized to one of embodiments as shown in FIGs. 8A and 8C for compatability between optical recording/reproducing apparatuses in order to effectively use the information recorded in the DMA indicator cluster.
FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating an optical recording/reproducing apparatus in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 9, the optical recording/reproducing apparatus includes a recording/reproducing unit 10 for recording data on a disc and reproducing the recorded data and a controlling unit (or host) 20 for controlling the recording/reproducing unit 10.
The controlling unit 20 transfers a command for recording data on a predeteimined area or a command for reproducing recorded data. The recording/reproducing unit 10 records data on a predetermined area or reproduces the recorded data based on the transferred command from the controlling unit 20. The recording/reproducing unit 10 is generally called an optical drive.
1 5 The recording/reproducing unit 10 includes an interfacing unit 12 for communicating with an external device; a pickup unit 11 for recording or reproducing data on the optical disc; a data-processor 13 for receiving a reproduced signal from the pickup unit and converting the received reproduced signal to a target signal value, or modulating a signal to be recorded in the optical disc and transferring the modulated signal to the pickup unit 11;
a servo unit 14 2 0 for controlling the pickup unit 11 in order to accurately record a signal to the optical disc; a memory 15 for temporally storing various information and data; and a microcomputer 16 for controlling the above mentioned elements of the recording/reproducing unit 10.
Hereinafter, a method for recording/reproducing the TAI information and a method for closing a disc in the optical recording/reproducing apparatus in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention will be explained in detail.
When a disc is loaded in the optical recording/reproducing apparatus, the optical recording/reproducing apparatus confirms a recording state of the TAI of the loaded disc for determining whether the loaded disc is closed or not and detecting a position of a currently used TDMA.
If the disc is not closed yet, the microcomputer 16 obtains the currently used TDMA from the TAI information, reads the latest TDMS information in the currently used TDMA
and reads the disc recording state and the defect information from the latest TDMS
information. The microcomputer 16 also notifies the controlling unit 20 that the loaded disc is not closed.
Then, if a command for recording or reproducing data is input from the controlling unit 20, the recording/reproducing unit 10 records data or reproduce data in a target area.
In performing recording, the microcomputer 16 updates the TDMS in the TDMA
area based on any well-known method. If a predetermined TDMA(k) is fully occupied by updating, the microcomputer 16 uses another TDMS(k+1) to update the TDMS. When the TDMS is firstly updated in the TDMA(k+1), the first TDDS information recorded in the TDMA(k+1) is 2 0 recorded in the TDMA(k+1) indicator cluster in the TAI area.
When the disc is closed, predetermined information is recorded in the DMA
indicator cluster in the TAI and the DMA area based on one of methods shown in FIGs. 8A or 8C, which is decided as a standard for representing the loaded disc is closed.
If the loaded disc is a closed disc, the microcomputer 16 reads the final recording state and the defect information from information recorded in the DMA indicator cluster in the TAI
and the DMA area. And then, the microcomputer 16 notifies the controlling unit 20 that the loaded disc is the closed disc and performs reproducing data according to a control of the controlling unit 20.
Hereinafter, a method for recording management information of a disc in accordance with an 0 embodiment of the present invention will be explained with reference to FIGs. 10 to 12.
FIGs. 10 to 12 are flowcharts illustrating a method of recording management information of a disc in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 10, TDMS is recorded in a TDMA according to data recorded in the disc before disc closing at step S10.
A recording state of a TDMA indicator cluster is changed for representing a position of a currently used TDMA among a plurality of TDMAs at step S20.
When the disc is closed, a recording state of a cluster indicating the disc closing is modified at step S40 and the latest TDMS recorded in the TDMA is recorded in the DMA at step S50.
As shown in FIG. 11, the latest TDDS may be recorded in the cluster indicating the disc closing at step S40 and the latest TDDS may be recorded in plural of the DMAs as the DDS
information at the step S50.
Also, as shown in FIG. 12, the latest TDDS may be recorded in plural of the DMA.s during the disc is closing at step S40 and the DDS information is recorded in the cluster indicating the disc closing at step S50.
Industrial Applicability While the invention has been disclosed with respect to a limited number of embodiments, those skilled in the art, having the benefit of this disclosure, will appreciate numerous modifications and variations there from. For example, while described with respect to a Blu-ray write-once optical disk in several instances, the present invention is not limited to this standard of write once optical disk or to write-once optical disks. Instead, the embodiments of the present invention may find application to other write-once recording media. It is intended that all such modifications and variations fall within the scope of the invention.
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1. A method of recording management information onto a write-once recording medium including an inner area, a data area and an outer area, the recording medium including a plurality of disc management areas (DMAs) located in the inner and outer areas, the method comprising:
recording, onto each of the DMAs, management information when the recording medium is to be closed; and recording, onto a DMA indicator allocated to a first temporary disc management area (TDMAO) which is a TDMA predetermined to be used first in the recording medium, a copy of a defect data structure (DDS) recorded in one of the DMAs when the recording medium is closed.
recording, onto each of the DMAs, management information when the recording medium is to be closed; and recording, onto a DMA indicator allocated to a first temporary disc management area (TDMAO) which is a TDMA predetermined to be used first in the recording medium, a copy of a defect data structure (DDS) recorded in one of the DMAs when the recording medium is closed.
2. An apparatus for recording management information onto a write-once recording medium including an inner area, a data area and an outer area, the recording medium including a plurality of disc management areas (DMAs) located in the inner and outer areas, the apparatus comprising:
a pickup configured to record data onto the recording medium; and a microcomputer configured to control the pickup, wherein the pickup is configured to record, onto a DMA indicator allocated to a first temporary disc management area (TDMAO) which is a TDMA predetermined to be used first in the recording medium, a copy of a defect data structure (DDS) recorded in one of the DMAs when the recording medium is closed.
a pickup configured to record data onto the recording medium; and a microcomputer configured to control the pickup, wherein the pickup is configured to record, onto a DMA indicator allocated to a first temporary disc management area (TDMAO) which is a TDMA predetermined to be used first in the recording medium, a copy of a defect data structure (DDS) recorded in one of the DMAs when the recording medium is closed.
3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the DDS includes an address of a first valid defect list recorded in the DMA to which the DDS belongs.
4. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the recording medium includes first and second disc management areas (DMA1 and DMA2) in the inner area and third and fourth disc management areas (DMA3 and DMA4) in the outer area, wherein the pickup is configured to record, onto the DMA indicator, a copy of DDS recorded in the first disc management area (DMA1) when the recording medium is closed.
5. The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising:
a data processor configured to modulate and transfer a signal to the pickup;
a servo configured to control the pickup in order to accurately record the signal to the recording medium;
a memory configured to temporarily store data, wherein the microcomputer is configured to control the data processor, the servo and the memory.
a data processor configured to modulate and transfer a signal to the pickup;
a servo configured to control the pickup in order to accurately record the signal to the recording medium;
a memory configured to temporarily store data, wherein the microcomputer is configured to control the data processor, the servo and the memory.
6. The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising:
a host configured to control the microcomputer, wherein the microcomputer is configured to notify the host whether or not the recording medium is closed.
a host configured to control the microcomputer, wherein the microcomputer is configured to notify the host whether or not the recording medium is closed.
7. The apparatus of any one of claims 2 to 6, wherein the recording medium includes a plurality of temporary disc management area (TDMA) indicators allocated to the first TDMA (TDMA0) for indicating which TDMA is in-use among a plurality of TDMAs being used in a predetermined order (TDMA0 to TDMAn), the TDMA indicators corresponding respectively to the TDMAs except the first TDMA (TDMA0), wherein the pickup is configured to record, onto a TDMA indicator corresponding to an in-use TDMA, a temporary disc definition structure (TDDS) recorded first in the in-use TDMA when the in-use TDMA
becomes in-use, the TDDS including 00h at the place of location information indicating a location of a first valid defect list.
becomes in-use, the TDDS including 00h at the place of location information indicating a location of a first valid defect list.
8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein each of the DMA and TDMA
indicators has a size of one cluster, and the first head cluster of the first TDMA
(TDMA0) is used as the DMA indicator and clusters starting from the second head cluster of the first TDMA (TDMA0) are used as the TDMA indicators.
indicators has a size of one cluster, and the first head cluster of the first TDMA
(TDMA0) is used as the DMA indicator and clusters starting from the second head cluster of the first TDMA (TDMA0) are used as the TDMA indicators.
9. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the TDMA indicators correspond respectively, in a direction of descending first physical sector number of the TDMA indicators, to the TDMAs (TDMA1 to TDMAn).
10. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the microcomputer is configured to determine which TDMA is currently in-use based on the TDMA indicators and configured to control the pickup to record management information of the recording medium onto a TDMA determined currently in-use.
11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the pickup is configured to record management information of the recording medium onto each of the DMAs when the recording medium is to be closed.
12. A method of reproducing management information from a write-once recording medium including an inner area, a data area and an outer area, the recording medium including a plurality of disc management areas (DMAs) located in the inner and outer areas, the method comprising:
determining whether or not the recording medium has been closed based on a DMA indicator allocated to a first temporary disc management area (TDMAO) which is a TDMA predetermined to be used first in the recording medium, wherein the DMA indicator contains a copy of a defect data structure (DDS) recorded in one of the DMAs once the recording medium is closed; and reproducing management information recorded in a DMA if the recording medium has been closed.
determining whether or not the recording medium has been closed based on a DMA indicator allocated to a first temporary disc management area (TDMAO) which is a TDMA predetermined to be used first in the recording medium, wherein the DMA indicator contains a copy of a defect data structure (DDS) recorded in one of the DMAs once the recording medium is closed; and reproducing management information recorded in a DMA if the recording medium has been closed.
13. An apparatus for reproducing management information from a write-once recording medium including an inner area, a data area and an outer area, the recording medium including a plurality of disc management areas (DMAs) located in the inner and outer areas, the apparatus comprising:
a pickup configured to read data from the recording medium ; and a microcomputer configured to determine whether or not the recording medium has been closed based on a DMA indicator allocated to a first temporary disc management area (TDMAO) which is a TDMA predetermined to be used first in the recording medium, wherein the DMA indicator contains a copy of a defect data structure (DDS) recorded in one of the DMAs once the recording medium is closed, wherein the DDS includes an address of a first valid defect list recorded in the DMA to which the DDS belongs; and configured to control the pickup to reproduce management information recorded in a DMA
if the recording medium has been closed.
a pickup configured to read data from the recording medium ; and a microcomputer configured to determine whether or not the recording medium has been closed based on a DMA indicator allocated to a first temporary disc management area (TDMAO) which is a TDMA predetermined to be used first in the recording medium, wherein the DMA indicator contains a copy of a defect data structure (DDS) recorded in one of the DMAs once the recording medium is closed, wherein the DDS includes an address of a first valid defect list recorded in the DMA to which the DDS belongs; and configured to control the pickup to reproduce management information recorded in a DMA
if the recording medium has been closed.
14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the DDS includes an address of a first valid defect list recorded in the DMA to which the DDS belongs.
15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the recording medium includes first and second disc management areas (DMA1 and DMA2) in the inner area and third and fourth disc management areas (DMA3 and DMA4) in the outer area, wherein the DMA indicator contains a copy of DDS recorded in the first disc management area (DMA1) if the recording medium has been closed.
16. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising:
a host configured to control the microcomputer, wherein the microcomputer is configured to check whether or not the DMA indicator has data recorded thereon and notify the host whether or not the recording medium is closed.
a host configured to control the microcomputer, wherein the microcomputer is configured to check whether or not the DMA indicator has data recorded thereon and notify the host whether or not the recording medium is closed.
17. The apparatus of one of claims 13 to 16, wherein the microcomputer is configured to determine which TDMA is in-use based on the temporary disc management area (TDMA) indicators allocated to the first TDMA (TDMAO), wherein the TDMA indicators corresponds respectively, except the first TDMA
(TDMAO), to a plurality of TDMAs being used in a predetermined order (TDMAO
to TDMAn), and a TDMA indicator corresponding to the TDMA determined in-use contains a temporary disc definition structure (TDDS) recorded first in the TDMA determined in-use, the TDDS including 00h at the place of location information indicating a location of a first valid defect list; the microcomputer configured to control the pickup to reproduce management information recorded in a TDMA determined in-use if the recording medium has not been closed.
(TDMAO), to a plurality of TDMAs being used in a predetermined order (TDMAO
to TDMAn), and a TDMA indicator corresponding to the TDMA determined in-use contains a temporary disc definition structure (TDDS) recorded first in the TDMA determined in-use, the TDDS including 00h at the place of location information indicating a location of a first valid defect list; the microcomputer configured to control the pickup to reproduce management information recorded in a TDMA determined in-use if the recording medium has not been closed.
18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein each of the DMA and TDMA
indicators has a size of one cluster, and the first head cluster of the first TDMA
(TDMAO) is used as the DMA indicator and clusters starting from the second head cluster of the first TDMA (TDMAO) are used as the TDMA indicators.
indicators has a size of one cluster, and the first head cluster of the first TDMA
(TDMAO) is used as the DMA indicator and clusters starting from the second head cluster of the first TDMA (TDMAO) are used as the TDMA indicators.
19. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the TDMA indicators correspond respectively, in a direction of descending first physical sector number of the TDMA indicators, to the TDMAs (TDMA1 to TDMAn).
20. A write-once recording medium including an inner area, a data area and an outer area, the recording medium comprising:
a plurality of disc management areas (DMAs) located in the inner and outer areas; and a DMA indicator allocated to a first temporary disc management area (TDMAO) which is a TDMA predetermined to be used first in the recording medium, wherein the DMA indicator is adapted to store a copy of a defect data structure (DDS) recorded in one of the DMAs when the recording medium is closed.
a plurality of disc management areas (DMAs) located in the inner and outer areas; and a DMA indicator allocated to a first temporary disc management area (TDMAO) which is a TDMA predetermined to be used first in the recording medium, wherein the DMA indicator is adapted to store a copy of a defect data structure (DDS) recorded in one of the DMAs when the recording medium is closed.
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