Recording medium with a linking area including dummy data thereon and apparatus and methods for forming, recording, and reproducing the recording medium
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJin Yong Kim, Sang Woon Suh
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Abstract
A recording medium, such as a high-density and/or read-only recording medium including a data area including at least two data sections and a linking area to link neighboring data sections, the linking area including dummy data, and to methods and apparatuses for forming, recording, and reproducing the recording medium.
Claims39
A recording medium, comprising:
- a data area including at least two data sections;
- and
- a linking area to link neighboring data sections, the linking area including dummy data.
A method of forming a recording medium, comprising:
- forming a linking area to link neighboring data sections of a data area while recording data onto the recording medium;
- writing dummy data in the linking area to link the neighboring data sections.
A method of reproducing data from a recording medium, comprising:
- utilizing a linking area, including dummy data, which links neighboring data sections of a data area, to reproduce the data.
A method of recording data on a recording medium, comprising:
- utilizing a linking area, including dummy data, which links neighboring data sections of a data area, to record the data.
An apparatus for reproducing data from a recording medium, said apparatus utilizing a linking area, including dummy data, which links neighboring data sections of a data area, to reproduce the data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.