| US 7,602,681 B2 | ||
| Write-once-type recording medium, recording appartus and method for write-once-type recording medium, and reproducing apparatus and method for write-once-type recording medium | ||
| Masayoshi Yoshida, Tokorozawa (Japan); Takeshi Koda, Tokorozawa (Japan); and Akira Imamura, Tokorozawa (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Pioneer Corporation, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 08, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/715,321. | ||
| Application 11/715321 is a division of application No. 10/535839, granted, now 7,337,354, previously published as PCT/JP2004/003565, filed on Mar. 17, 2004. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2003-072771 (JP), filed on Mar. 17, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0159884 A1, Jul. 12, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G11B 15/52 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 369—47.14 [369/53.15] | 5 Claims |
| 3. A recording apparatus for recording record data onto a write-once-type recording medium comprising:
(i) a data area to record therein the record data; (ii) a control information recording area to record therein information
for controlling an operation of recording and/or reading in said data area, said control information recording area including
a definite defect management area to record therein defect management information of said data area; (iii) a plurality of
temporary defect management areas, which are discretely located, to temporarily and repeatedly record therein the defect management
information of said data area; and (iv) a status information recording area in which status information for indicating a recording
status of one portion or each of said plurality of temporary defect management areas which is discretely located is to be
recorded, at least one of said plurality of temporary defect management areas is located in said control information recording
area, and at least another one of said plurality of temporary defect management areas being located between said control information
recording area and said data area,
said recording apparatus comprising:
a first recording device for recording the record data into said data area;
a second recording device for recording the defect management information, into any one of said plurality of temporary defect
management areas;
a status information generating device for generating the status information for indicating the recording status of one portion
or each of said plurality of temporary defect management areas; and
a third recording device for recording the status information generated by said status information generating device, into
said status information recording area.
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