| US 7,548,500 B2 | ||
| Method of and apparatus for managing disc defects using temporary defect management information (TDFL) and temporary defect management information (TDDS), and disc having the TDFL and TDDS | ||
| Sung-hee Hwang, Seoul (Korea, Republic of); Jung-wan Ko, Gyeonggi-do (Korea, Republic of); and Kyung-geun Lee, Gyeonggi-do (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 03, 2008, as Appl. No. 11/968,735. | ||
| Application 11/968735 is a continuation of application No. 11/045149, filed on Jan. 31, 2005, granted, now 7,372,793. | ||
| Application 11/045149 is a continuation of application No. 10/670363, filed on Sep. 26, 2003, granted, now 7,428,670. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2002-63850 (KR), filed on Oct. 18, 2002; and application No. 2002-79755 (KR), filed on Dec. 13, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0101190 A1, May 01, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G11B 7/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 369—53.15 | 2 Claims |
| 1. A write-once disc for use with a recording and/or reproducing apparatus, the write-once disc comprising:
a user data area in which user data is recorded;
a spare area other than the user data area and which comprises a substitute area for a defective area existing in the user
data area;
a temporary defect management area which comprises temporary defect information and temporary defect management information
recorded for a recording operation for use by the recording and/or reproducing apparatus to perform disc defect management;
and
a defect management area other than the temporary defect management area which is reserved for the apparatus to record the
temporary defect information and the temporary defect management information,
wherein:
the temporary defect management information comprises information on a recording position of the temporary defect information,
the temporary defect information comprises a defect position pointer that points to a position of a defective area in the
user data area and a replacement position pointer that points to a position of the replacement data that replaces a portion
of the user data recorded in the defective area, and
the temporary defect information and the temporary defect management information are used by the recording and/or reproducing
apparatus to perform disc defect management for a plurality of recording operations occurring prior to finalization of the
disc.
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