| US 7,548,501 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 May 01, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/113,398. | ||
| Application 12/113398 is a continuation of application No. 11/866622, filed on Oct. 03, 2007, granted, now 7,400,563. | ||
| Application 11/866622 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. 10-2002-0063850 (KR), filed on Oct. 18, 2002; and application No. 10-2002-0079755 (KR), filed on Dec. 13, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0205226 A1, Aug. 28, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G11B 7/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 369—53.15 | 3 Claims |
| 1. A disc for use with a recording and/or reproducing apparatus, the 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; and
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,
wherein 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,
wherein:
the temporary defect information further comprises state information that specifies whether the defective area is a single
defective block or a continuous defective block extending over more than one block,
when the state information specifies that the defective area is the continuous defective block, the state information further
specifies whether the defective area is a start or end of the continuous defective block,
when the state information specifies that the defective area is the start of the continuous defective block, the defect position
pointer indicates a start position of the continuous defective block and the replacement position pointer indicates a start
position of a continuous replacement block for replacing the continuous defective block, and
when the state information specifies that the defective area is the end of the continuous defective block, the defect position
pointer indicates an end position of the continuous defective block and the replacement position pointer indicates an end
position of a continuous replacement block for replacing the continuous defective block.
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