Method of and drive for recording medium defect management, and defect managed recording medium
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSung-hee Hwang, Jung-wan Ko
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Abstract
A method of and drive for recording medium defect management, and a defect managed recording medium. The defect management method includes: writing first state information that specifies that an update cycle of a temporary defect management structure (TDMS) is open when updating of the TDMS begins, the TDMS containing information regarding temporary defect management; updating the TDMS when data is written to or read from the information storage medium; and writing second state information that specifies that the update cycle of the TDMS is closed, when the updating of the TDMS is completed.
Claims3
An apparatus for processing data recorded on an information storage medium, the apparatus comprising:
- a pickup emitting a light to transfer data with respect to the information storage medium;
- and
- a controller controlling the pickup to reproduce update status information of temporary management information which is updated according to use of the information storage medium, from a temporary defect management area and determining whether updating of the temporary management information is completed, based on the update status information,
- wherein the temporary management information comprises location information of a plurality of areas of the information storage medium, and a copy of the temporary management information is stored in a defect management area provided in a lead-in area of the information storage medium when the information storage medium is finalized.
An information storage medium comprising:
- a temporary defect management area comprising update status information of a temporary management information which is updated according to use of the information storage medium,
- wherein the temporary management information comprises location information of a plurality of areas of the information storage medium and a copy of the temporary management information is stored in a defect management area provided in a lead-in area of the information storage medium when the information storage medium is finalized, and
- whether updating of the temporary management information is completed, is determined based on the update status information.
A method for processing data recorded on an information storage medium, the method comprising:
- reproducing update status information of temporary management information which is updated according to use of the information storage medium, from a temporary defect management area;
- and
- determining whether updating of the temporary management information is completed, based on the update status information,
- wherein the temporary management information comprises location information of a plurality of areas of the information storage medium, and a copy of the temporary management information is stored in a defect management area provided in a lead-in area of the information storage medium when the information storage medium is finalized.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.