US 7,330,409 B2
Disc with temporary defect management area, and disc defect management method and apparatus therefor
Sung-hee Hwang, Seoul (Korea, Republic of); Jung-wan Ko, Suwon-si (Korea, Republic of); and Kyung-geun Lee, Seongnam-si (Korea, Republic of)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (Korea, Republic of)
Filed on Jan. 06, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/751,729.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2003-0002091 (KR), filed on Jan. 13, 2003; application No. 10-2003-0002092 (KR), filed on Jan. 13, 2003; and application No. 10-2003-0012867 (KR), filed on Feb. 28, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2004/0190406 A1, Sep. 30, 2004
Int. Cl. G11B 7/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 369—53.17  [369/47.14; 369/30.21; 369/30.24; 369/275.3; 714/48] 52 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A write once disc, comprising:
at least one record layer on which data is recorded;
a temporary defect management area having first temporary defect information regarding only a defect in the recorded data detected during a corresponding first recording operation other than a prior recording operation, and first temporary defect management information for managing the first temporary defect information; and
at least one defect management area in which the temporary defect information and temporary defect management information recorded in the temporary defect management area are recorded as defect information and defect management information, respectively,
wherein the defect information and defect management information and/or the temporary defect information and temporary defect management information are used by a recording and/or reproducing apparatus to perform defect management with respect to the data recorded on the at least one record layer.