Information recording medium on which sector data generated from ECC block is recorded, information recording apparatus for recording sector data, and information reproduction apparatus for reproducing sector data
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsChosaku Noda, Hideo Ando, Koichi Hirayama
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Abstract
An information recording medium includes a management area where management information is recorded and a plurality of physical sector areas used to record a plurality of physical sector data blocks, which are generated by combining some data contained in a plurality of ECC blocks.
Claims20
An information recording medium comprising:
- a management area where management information is recorded;
- and
- a plurality of physical sector areas used to record a plurality of physical sector data blocks, which are generated by combining some data contained in a plurality of ECC blocks.
An information recording apparatus for recording information on an information recording medium, comprising:
- generation section configured to generating a plurality of ECC blocks;
- and
- recording section configured to generating a plurality of physical sector data blocks by combining some data contained in the plurality of ECC blocks, and recording the plurality of physical sector data blocks on a plurality of physical sector areas on the information recording medium.
An information reproduction apparatus for reproducing an information recording medium which comprises a plurality of physical sector areas on which a plurality of physical sector data blocks generated by combining some data contained in a plurality of ECC blocks is recorded, comprising:
- read-out section configured to reading out the plurality of physical sector data blocks from the plurality of physical sector areas on the information recording medium;
- and
- reproduction section configured to reproducing data by generating the plurality of ECC blocks from the plurality of readout physical sector data blocks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.