Optical disc
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsKyung-geun Lee, Jung-wan Ko, In-sik Park, Du-seop Yoon
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Abstract
An optical disc includes a read-only area having a first wobble, which is a data wobble formed in the read-only area for only reading, a readable/writable area having a second wobble, which is different from the data wobble, and a connection area between the read-only area and the readable/writable area having a third wobble having the same frequency as one of the first and second wobbles.
Claims41
An optical disc which data is written on and/or read from, the optical disc comprising:
- a read-only area having a first wobble;
- a readable/writable area having a second wobble that is different from the first wobble;
- and
- a connection area formed between the read-only area and the readable/writable area,
- wherein the first wobble has a high frequency, and the second wobble has a low frequency lower than that of the first wobble, and
- wherein the connection area comprises a third wobble whose frequency decreases gradually so that the entire frequency can be smoothly reduced from the high frequency of the first wobble to the low frequency of the second wobble.
An optical disc which data is written on and/or read from, the optical disc comprising:
- a read-only area having a first wobble;
- a readable/writable area having a second wobble that is different from the first wobble;
- and
- a connection area formed between the read-only area and the readable/writable area,
- wherein the first wobble has a high frequency, and the second wobble has a low frequency lower than that of the first wobble, and
- wherein the readable/writable area comprises a first physical address, and the read-only area comprises a last physical address, the first physical address of the readable/writable area disposed next to the last physical address of the read-only area.
An optical disc which data is written on and/or read from, the optical disc comprising:
- a read-only area having a first wobble;
- a readable/writable area having a second wobble that is different from the first wobble;
- and
- a connection area formed between the read-only area and the readable/writable area,
- wherein the first wobble has a high frequency, and the second wobble has a low frequency lower than that of the first wobble, and
- wherein the connection area comprises:
- a third wobble which is different from the first and second wobbles.
An optical disc which data is written on and/or read from, the optical disc comprising:
- a read-only area having a first wobble;
- a readable/writable area having a second wobble that is different from the first wobble;
- and
- a connection area formed between the read-only area and the readable/writable area,
- wherein the connection area comprises:
- a third wobble different from the first and second wobbles.
An optical disc that includes a lead-in area, a lead-out area, and a data area which is disposed between the lead-in area and the lead-out area and which data is written in and/or read from, and that includes data wobbles that are formed before the data is written in the data area, comprising:
- a read-only area formed in the lead-in area and having a first wobble;
- a readable/writable area formed in the lead-in area and having a second wobble that is different from the first wobble;
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- a connection area formed in the lead-in area and positioned between the read-only area and the readable/writable area.
An optical disc comprising:
- a read-only area having a first wobble having a high frequency;
- an end-marking area disposed next to the read-only area and containing data representing an end of the read-only area;
- a connection area disposed next to the end marking area;
- and
- a readable/writable area disposed next to the connection area and having a second wobble whose frequency is lower than that of the first wobble,
- wherein the end-marking area comprises:
- a wobble that is different from the first wobble.
An optical disc comprising:
- a read-only area having a first wobble having a high frequency;
- an end-marking area disposed next to the read-only area and containing data representing an end of the read-only area;
- a connection area disposed next to the end marking area;
- and
- a readable/writable area disposed next to the connection area and having a second wobble whose frequency is lower than that of the first wobble,
- wherein the connection area comprises:
- a wobble whose frequency gradually decreases so that the entire frequency can be smoothly reduced from the high frequency of the first wobble to the low frequency of the second wobble.
An optical disc having a lead in area having a read-only area, a readable/writable, and a connection area disposed between the read-only area and the readable/writable area, a user data area, and a lead-out area, comprising:
- a first wobble formed in the read-only area;
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- a second wobble formed in the readable/writable area and being different from the first wobble in one of frequency, phase, and amplitude.
An optical disc recording/reproducing system compatible with an optical disc having a lead-in area having read-only, connection, and readable/writable areas, a user data area, and a lead-out area, comprising:
- an optical pickup unit generating a laser beam to read a first wobble of the read-only area of the lead-in area and a second wobble of the readable/writable area of the lead-in area;
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- a processor detecting a first frequency representing the first wobble of the read-only area from the first signal and detecting a second frequency representing the second wobble of the readable/writable area from the second signal.
An optical disc recording/reproducing system compatible with an optical disc having a lead-in area having read-only, connection, and readable/writable areas, a user data area, and a lead-out area, comprising:
- an optical pickup unit generating a laser beam to read a first wobble of the read-only area of the lead-in area, a second wobble of the readable/writable area of the lead-in area, and a third wobble of the connection area to generate a first signal, a second signal, and third signal, respectively;
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- a processor detecting a first frequency and first data representing the first wobble of the read-only area from the first signal, detecting a second frequency and second data representing the second wobble of the readable/writable area from the second signal, and detecting a third frequency and third data representing the third wobble of the connection area from the third signal,
- wherein the third frequency varies when the pickup unit read the third wobble of the connection area in a radius direction of the optical disc.
An optical disc recording/reproducing system compatible with an optical disc having a lead-in area having read-only, connection, and readable/writable areas, a user data area, and a lead-out area, comprising:
- an optical pickup unit generating a laser beam to read a first wobble of the read-only area of the lead-in area, a second wobble of the readable/writable area of the lead-in area, and a third wobble of the connection area to generate a first signal, a second signal, and third signal, respectively;
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- a processor detecting a first frequency and first data representing the first wobble of the read-only area from the first signal, detecting a second frequency and second data representing the second wobble of the readable/writable area from the second signal, and detecting a third frequency and third data representing the third wobble of the connection area from the third signal,
- wherein the third frequency varies between the first frequency and the second frequency.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.