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US 7,095,429 B2Granted
Formatting information to be written on optically writable label side of optical disc to minimize writing time
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsDavid M. Kwasny, Paul J. McClellan
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Abstract
A method of one embodiment of the invention is disclosed that receives information to be optically written on an optically writable label side of an optical disc. The method formats the information so that the information is optically written on a least number of tracks of the optically writable label side of the optical disc, to minimize optical writing time of the information to the optically writable label side of the optical disc.
Claims32
A method comprising:
- receiving information to be optically written on an optically writable label side of an optical disc;
- and,
- formatting the information so that the information is optically written on a least number of tracks of the optically writable label side of the optical disc to minimize optical writing time of the information to the optically writable label side of the optical disc, comprising:
- formatting the information in a first manner such that the information is curved to fit within the least number of tracks;
- formatting the information in a second manner such that successive lines of the information start within a same track;
- displaying to an end user the information formatted in the first manner and formatted in the second manner;
- and,
- enabling the end user to select which of the first manner and the second manner in which to have the information formatted.
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A computer-readable medium having a computer program stored thereon to perform a method comprising:
- providing data to a mass storage device to optically write the data to an optically writable data region of an optical disc inserted into the mass storage device;
- extracting information to be optically written on an optically writable label region of the optical disc from the data;
- formatting the information so that the information fits within a predetermined curved area on the optically writable label region of the optical disc and so that the information is optically written on a least number of tracks of the optically writable label region of the optical disc, comprising:
- formatting the information in a first manner such that the information is curved to fit within the predetermined curved area;
- formatting the information in a second manner such that first characters of successive lines of the information start within a same track of the predetermined curved area;
- providing the information formatted in the first manner and in the second manner to a display device to display to an end user the information formatted in the first manner and in the second manner;
- and,
- receiving data from an input device corresponding to a selection by the end user of which of the first manner and the second manner in which to have the information formatted;
- and,
- providing the information as formatted to the mass storage device to optically write the information to the predetermined curved area on the optically writable label region of the optical disc.
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A system comprising:
- a mass storage device capable of optically writing information to an optically writable label side of an optical disc;
- and,
- a computer program to format the information so that the information is optically written to a least number of tracks on the optically writable label side of the optical disc in a shortest length of time, the computer program to:
- format the information in a first manner such that the information is curved to fit within the predetermined curved area;
- format the information in a second manner such that first characters of successive lines of the information start within a same track of the predetermined curved area;
- provide the information formatted in the first manner and in the second manner to a display device to display to an end user the information formatted in the first manner and in the second manner;
- and,
- receive data from an input device corresponding to a selection by the end user of which of the first manner and the second manner in which to have the information formatted.
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A system comprising:
- a mass storage device capable of optically writing information to an optically writable label side of an optical disc;
- and,
- means for formatting the information so that the information is optically written to a least number of tracks on the optically writable label side of the optical disc in a shortest length of time, by;
- formatting the information in a first manner such that the information is curved to fit within the predetermined curved area;
- formatting the information in a second manner such that first characters of successive lines of the information start within a same track of the predetermined curved area;
- providing the information formatted in the first manner and in the second manner to a display device to display to an end user the information formatted in the first manner and in the second manner;
- and,
- receiving data from an input device corresponding to a selection by the end user of which of the first manner and the second manner in which to have the information formatted.
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A mass storage device comprising:
- an optical marking mechanism to at least optically write information to an optically writable label region of an optical disc;
- and,
- a controller to format the information so that the information is optically written on a least number of tracks of the optically writable label side of the optical disc, by:
- formatting the information in a first manner such that the information is curved to fit within the predetermined curved area;
- formatting the information in a second manner such that first characters of successive lines of the information start within a same track of the predetermined curved area;
- providing the information formatted in the first manner and in the second manner to a display device to display to an end user the information formatted in the first manner and in the second manner;
- and,
- receiving data from an input device corresponding to a selection by the end user of which of the first manner and the second manner in which to have the information formatted.
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A mass storage device comprising:
- means for optically writing information to an optically writable label region of an optical disc;
- and,
- means for formatting the information so that the information is optically written on a least number of tracks of the optically writable label side of the optical disc, by:
- formatting the information in a first manner such that the information is curved to fit within the predetermined curved area;
- formatting the information in a second manner such that first characters of successive lines of the information start within a same track of the predetermined curved area;
- providing the information formatted in the first manner and in the second manner to a display device to display to an end user the information formatted in the first manner and in the second manner;
- and,
- receiving data from an input device corresponding to a selection by the end user of which of the first manner and the second manner in which to have the information formatted.
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A method for manufacturing a mass storage device comprising:
- providing an optical marking mechanism that is able to at least optically write information on an optically writable label side of an optical disc;
- providing a plurality of motor mechanisms that are able to rotate the optical disc and to move the optical marking mechanism radially relative to the optical disc;
- and,
- providing a controller that is able to format the information so that the information is optically written on a least number of tracks of the optically writable label side of the optical disc and the information fits within a predetermined area of the optically writable label side of the optical disc, so as to minimize optical writing time of the information to the optically writable label side of the optical disc, by:
- formatting the information in a first manner such that the information is curved to fit within the predetermined curved area;
- formating the information in a second manner such that first characters of successive lines of the information start within a same track of the predetermined curved area;
- providing the information formatted in the first manner and in the second manner to a display device to display to an end user the information formatted in the first manner and in the second manner;
- and,
- receiving data from an input device corresponding to a selection by the end user of which of the first manner and the second manner in which to have the information formatted.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.