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Dynamic Information Storage Or Retrieval > Condition Indicating, Monitoring, Or Testing > Including Radiation Storage Or Retrieval > Of Record Carrier Of Record CarrierOf Record Carrier patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.01/10/08 - 20080008071 - Write-once recording medium preserving data-recording status, method of preserving data-recording status of a write-once recording medium, medium including computer readable code for the same, and recording and/or reproducing apparatus therefor A write-once recording medium preserving a data recording status of the write-once recording medium, a method of preserving the data recording status of a write-once recording medium, a medium including computer readable code for the same, and a recording and/or reproducing apparatus therefor. In the method of preserving the data ... 11/29/07 - 20070274183 - Optical disc and optical disc device In a multilayer optical disc having information layers conforming to a plurality of different optical disc standards, because the type of each information layer is not recorded in the other information layers, in read and write operations by a compatible optical disc device conforming to a plurality of optical disc ... 11/01/07 - 20070253302 - Optical disc and optical disc device In a multilayer optical disc having information layers conforming to a plurality of different optical disc standards, because the type of each information layer is not recorded in the other information layers, in read and write operations by a compatible optical disc device conforming to a plurality of optical disc ... 11/01/07 - 20070253301 - Optical disc and optical disc device In a multilayer optical disc having information layers conforming to a plurality of different optical disc standards, because the type of each information layer is not recorded in the other information layers, in read and write operations by a compatible optical disc device conforming to a plurality of optical disc ... 09/27/07 - 20070223336 - Write-once read-many information recording medium, information recording method, information reproduction method, information recording apparatus, and information reproduction apparatus A write-once read-many information recording medium is provided, which is capable of easily searching for a latest DDS and a latest defect list. At least one disc management working area is sequentially allocated in a predetermined direction on the write-once read-many information recording medium of the present invention. The latest ... 09/20/07 - 20070217307 - Method of distinguishing optical recording medium and apparatus of the same One inventive aspect relates to a method which easily distinguishes copycat products that are difficult to distinguish by identifying only a media ID. A media ID and other attribute data are read out of a reference optical recording medium, and then a media ID and other attribute data are read ... 09/06/07 - 20070206468 - Optical disk recording/reproducing device and disk determination method for optical disk recording/reproduction device An optical disk recording/reproduction device and a disk determination method for an optical disk recording/reproduction device. The disk determination method compares with a threshold value a drive value when the arrival of a focus point at a recording surface is detected during a focus search relative to an optical disk ... 08/23/07 - 20070195668 - Apparatus and method for discrimination between optical record carriers of different formats Apparatus and method for discriminating in an optical drive between discs of different formats, in which the optical disc remains substantially stationary or is arranged to rotate at a very low frequency i.e. significantly lower than that required to perform a data readout or record action for the purpose of ... 08/23/07 - 20070195667 - Recording/reproduction apparatus, recording/ reproduction method, and controller An apparatus for recording/reproducing data onto/from an information recording medium (101) is provided. The apparatus (1) comprises a section for reading first data from a first predetermined position in a data recording area of the medium, a section for determining whether or not the first data matches first type information ... 08/16/07 - 20070189142 - Read-only recording medium and reproducing method thereof A read-only recording medium and a reproducing method thereof, are discussed. According to an embodiment, the read-only recording medium includes a plurality of data units recorded on the read-only recording medium, each data unit connected by a linking data unit having a predetermined size, wherein the linking data unit is ... 08/16/07 - 20070189141 - Optical disk device, and focused layer discriminating method of optical disk An optical disk device includes: an objective lens for focusing an optical beam on a recording layer of an optical disk; a converging lens for converging the reflected optical beam reflected on the recording layer; first and second light receiving units disposed at positions spaced ahead and behind at equal ... 07/12/07 - 20070159943 - Recording apparatus, recording method and recording program A recording apparatus that records data to an optical disc is disclosed. The recording apparatus includes a determination section that determines, when the optical disc is inserted, whether or not the recording condition information has been copied and recorded in the data recording area, a reading section that reads the ... 05/31/07 - 20070121454 - Optical disk recognizing method and optical disk recording/reproducing apparatus applying it therein Within an optical disk recording/reproducing apparatus, in which a beam spot is irradiated upon an optical disk loaded therein, to obtain a reflection light obtainable therewith, and thereby conducting recording or reproducing of information upon an information recording surface of the optical disk, a microcomputer (μ-computer) 9 for controlling the ... 05/31/07 - 20070121453 - Device for recording recordable media and method The invention relates to a device for recording recordable media, for example recordable DVD media types, a number of which is currently available in the market Upon receipt of a medium and assessment that the medium is a recordable medium, the device attempts to recognize it, i.e. to recognize its ... 05/24/07 - 20070115779 - Optical disk recording and reproducing device It is supposed that recording of a drama program is started in accordance with recording reservation, and the recording is finished. If a program to be recorded next is a sports program, a message “Exchange the loaded disk with an optical disk for recording sports programs” is displayed on the ... 05/24/07 - 20070115778 - Physical identification of an optical disc A system for identifying an optical disc is provided that includes a set of physical identifiers whose arrangement defines a particular disc type. The set physical identifiers are capable of physical coupling with a set of physical attributes of an optical disc of the particular disc type. An optical disc ... 05/17/07 - 20070109935 - Optical recording medium having recording capacity information and method for indicating recording capacity An optical recording medium and a method for recording information are provided. The optical recording medium having a user area and a spare area, includes a control information stored on a particular area of the optical recording medium, wherein the control information includes an initial recording capacity information stored on ... 05/10/07 - 20070104061 - Apparatus and method for analysis of optical storage media Various apparatus and related methods are disclosed that are capable of detecting surface defects on an optical storage media. One example of an apparatus is configured to direct at least one light signal, which may be from one or more lasers, on an outer surface of an optical storage medium, ... 05/03/07 - 20070097822 - Evaluation and adjustment methods in optical disc apparatus, and optical disc apparatus In an operation method of an optical disc apparatus in which an optical disc is loaded, an optical disc is loaded in the optical disc apparatus; and the optical disc apparatus is evaluated based on a performance evaluation index for the loaded optical disc. The evaluation is achieved by acquiring ... 04/26/07 - 20070091752 - Operation condition setting system The present invention makes it possible to set an operating condition enabling the best recording characteristic to be obtained for any kind of recording media, even in the case where the recording medium is combined with any kind of drive devices. According to the present invention, even in the case ... 03/22/07 - 20070064565 - Method for reproducing audio file A method of reproducing an audio file includes: reading an extension information of the audio file, the extension information of the audio file being separated but associated with audio data of the audio file; establishing a reproducing mode for reproducing the audio file based on the extension information; obtaining at ... 03/22/07 - 20070064564 - Apparatus and method for reproducing audio file A method of reproducing an audio file includes: applying a reproducing mode established based on an attribute information; obtaining at least a part of the audio file under the established reproducing mode; and determining whether the audio file is reproducible under the established reproducing mode by checking whether the part ... 03/22/07 - 20070064563 - Apparatus and method for reproducing audio file A method of reproducing an audio file includes: determining whether the audio file is reproducible by checking whether a part of the audio file constructs a specific format stream corresponding to a predetermined audio type; and controlling for selectively reproducing only audio files reproducible based on a result of the ... 03/22/07 - 20070064562 - Apparatus and method for reproducing audio file A method of reproducing an audio file includes: identifying a type of audio data in the audio file based on an extension information of the audio file separated from but associated with the audio data of the audio file; and determining whether the audio file is reproducible by checking whether ... 03/01/07 - 20070047410 - Methods for reducing startup time of optical disc drive and apparatuses thereof An optical disc drive with reduced startup time. The optical disc drive includes an instruction-receiving interface, a type-discriminating unit, and a controller. The instruction-receiving interface receives a user instruction from a user, wherein the user instruction indicates the type of an optical disc loaded into the optical disc drive. The ... 01/18/07 - 20070014219 - File processing device, file processing method, file processing method program, recording medium containing the file processing method program, imaging device, and recording medium containing file The present invention is applied to an imaging device for recording, for example, a result of imaging on an optical disc by a QuickTime file format and forms an real data block by allocating management information for managing a specific region recorded by interleave processing, and the specific region is ... 01/11/07 - 20070008852 - File recording method, file recording apparatus, and program The file recording method of the present invention is a method for recording a file on an information medium including at least both a specific area and a data area. In the method, a reserved area is allocated previously as a part of a recording file, from a current recording ... 01/11/07 - 20070008851 - Recording medium, and method and apparatus for controlling the recording medium A recording medium equipped with recording/reproducing control information, and a method and apparatus for controlling the recording medium using the control information are disclosed. The recording medium includes: a data area in which data is recorded; and a management area in which control information is recorded, wherein the management area ... 12/14/06 - 20060280084 - Recorder and recording medium Each record of a file recording management table has three fields: Type, Contents, and Next Record Number. The Type field indicates whether the record is a “file name record” that has file name information in the Contents field or a “consecutive recording area record” that has position information on a ... 12/14/06 - 20060280083 - Method of determining type of optical medium, and optical medium driving system and recording medium therefor A method of determining the type of an optical medium loaded into an optical medium driving system, the optical medium driving system, and a recording medium therefor. The method includes determining the type of the loaded optical medium by selecting the type of an optical medium to be determined based ... 12/14/06 - 20060280082 - Disk discriminating method and optical disk apparatus The number of the layers of a disk is determined based on focus search to be performed after at least two kinds of spherical aberration correction quantities are set. ... 11/09/06 - 20060250911 - Electronic device having driving device for rotating recording medium, and driving method for driving device According to this invention, a CPU executes a control program to perform medium determination including the type of contents of a medium loaded in a disk device. The CPU controls the rotational speed of the disk device to one optimal for the loaded medium in accordance with the determined type ... 10/26/06 - 20060239156 - Recording/reproducing method and disc At startup when reproduction from a recording medium such as an optical disc is started, search time for searching for management information to manage recording states of user data is shortened to reduce startup waiting time. The present invention provides a recording/reproducing method for performing recording/reproducing onto/from a recording medium ... 10/12/06 - 20060227686 - Recording information management apparatus and recording information management method According to one embodiment, in a recording information management method, an erase condition set for each recording mode is managed, recording of predetermined recording target information in a designated predetermined recording mode is controlled, and the predetermined recording target information recorded in the predetermined recording mode is managed based on ... 10/05/06 - 20060221791 - Recording medium, method of configuring control information thereof, recording and/or reproducing method using the same, and apparatus thereof The present invention provides a method of recording control information in a recordable optical disc including at least one recording layer. In recording control information within a management area of an optical disc including at least one or more recording layers, the present invention includes providing the control information to ... 10/05/06 - 20060221790 - Recording medium, method of configuring control information thereof, recording and/or reproducing method using the same, and apparatus thereof The present invention provides a method of recording control information in a recordable optical disc including at least one recording layer. In recording control information within a management area of an optical disc including at least one or more recording layers, the present invention includes providing the control information to ... 09/14/06 - 20060203665 - Information storage medium and method and system for recording data on the same A recordable information storage medium having a plurality of information recording layers, where each of the information recording layers of the recordable information storage medium has a plurality of information recording layers each including a lead-in area, a user data area, a lead-out area, and a dedicated area for a ... 09/14/06 - 20060203664 - Information storage medium and method and system for recording data on the same A recordable information storage medium having a plurality of information recording layers, where each of the information recording layers of the recordable information storage medium has a plurality of information recording layers each including a lead-in area, a user data area, a lead-out area, and a dedicated area for a ... 09/14/06 - 20060203663 - Information storage medium and method and system for recording data on the same A recordable information storage medium having a plurality of information recording layers, where each of the information recording layers of the recordable information storage medium has a plurality of information recording layers each including a lead-in area, a user data area, a lead-out area, and a dedicated area for a ... 09/14/06 - 20060203662 - Optical information storage medium and method of and apparatus for recording data thereon An optical information storage medium and a method of recording thereon. The optical information storage medium has a lead-in area, a user data area and a lead-out area, and data indicating a maximum and/or a minimum writing speed, maximum and minimum writing speeds, or compatible writing speeds is recorded in ... 09/14/06 - 20060203661 - Rewritable media and management methods thereof Rewritable media, and management methods thereof. A rewritable medium comprises an application. When the rewritable medium is read by a device, the application is executed on the device, and writes data from the device to the rewritable medium, overwriting the application on the rewritable medium. ... 08/24/06 - 20060187787 - Method of recording information on a multi layer record carrier, and device for recording on a dual layer record carrier Recordable DVD+R and DVD+R/W optical discs with two (or more) information layers are developed to double the data storage capacity and video recording time. A method and device are proposed to make dual layer DVD disc recordings compliant with the dual layer DVD-ROM standard Recording the data in a DVD-ROM ... 08/17/06 - 20060181991 - Disk having unique code for identifying its type for optical disk player and method for discriminating types thereof A BCA (Burst Cutting Area) code including a unique disk code indicating the type of a disk is written in a BCA code area of the disk. If the disk is mounted into the optical disk player, the optical disk player reads data written in the BCA code area, extracts ... 08/10/06 - 20060176794 - Optical disk, and related apparatus and method A laser-beam-scanned optical disc includes an information recording area and an information management area. The information management area stores recording management information having portions corresponding to respective integer multiples of a normal velocity relating to scanning of the disc. Each of the portions of the recording management information contains a ... 08/03/06 - 20060171278 - Optical disk recorder with reproduction quality control A method is designed for writing data originally recorded in a source disk medium with an original reproduction signal quality, into an object disk medium by means of an optical recording apparatus having a machine parameter settable to control a reproduction signal quality of data. The method is carried out ... 08/03/06 - 20060171277 - Information recording and reproducing apparatus and information recording method An attempt is made to make it possible to efficiently perform the finalizing process and closing process in a short period of time and securely manage the last address of a border-out. When the border closing or finalizing process is performed after user data is recorded, a padding process is ... 08/03/06 - 20060171276 - Information recording and reproducing apparatus and information recording method An attempt is made to make it possible to efficiently perform the finalizing process and closing process in a short period of time. When the border closing or finalizing process is performed after user data is recorded, latest recording management data (RMD) is recorded in a recording management data duplication ... 08/03/06 - 20060171275 - Information recording/reproduction appratus An optical information recording/reproduction apparatus capable of eliminating a waste of learning time for spherical aberration learning and rationalizing the spherical aberration-correcting operation is provided. Specifically, the optical information recording/reproduction apparatus includes: a discrimination circuit for discriminating the kind of an optical disk, that is, whether a recording layer is ... 08/03/06 - 20060171274 - Method for indicating time point for replacement of a recording medium and apparatus implementing the same A method and an apparatus for indicating a time point for replacement of a recording medium such as a digital video disc, a compact disc, a blue-ray disc or a video tape, where a reproduction end point of moving image data of a currently-reproduced unit of the recording medium (from ... 07/27/06 - 20060164943 - Method for identifying double-layer disc and optical disc apparatus The object of the present invention is to enable the identification of double-layer disc type (recordable double-layer disc, rewritable double-layer disc and ROM-type double-layer disc) to be easily and accurately performed. The method for identifying double-layer disc contains obtaining a reflectance of each light by irradiating light of different wavelengths ... 07/27/06 - 20060164942 - Method and apparatus for determining type information of recording medium, and method and apparatus for recording/reproducing data in/from the recording medium A method for determining type information of a recording medium, and a method and apparatus for recording/reproducing data in/from the recording medium using the method are disclosed. The method for determining the type information of the recording medium includes the steps of: a) determining type information of a recording medium ... 07/27/06 - 20060164941 - Recording medium reproduction device and computer program for reproducing recording medium The present invention relates to a recording medium player which reads title set data and control information from a DVD and plays images and sounds. A multi-disc changer as a recording medium player includes a title selector (30) and a player section (200). If the control information read from a ... 07/20/06 - 20060158987 - Optical data media detection techniques An optical disc machine initially identifies a disc positioned in it by moving the focal point of its optical pick-up unit between an outer surface and an interior reflective data carrying surface. The time required for the focal point to travel between the two reflective layers, proportional to the distance ... 07/06/06 - 20060146674 - Optical disc and physical address format An optical disc medium compares a track groove, along which main information is recorded. The track groove is divided into a plurality of blocks. The plurality of blocks each include a plurality of frames. The plurality of frames each include one shape of wobbles indicating sub information, among a plurality ... 06/29/06 - 20060140091 - Recording medium, reproduction device, program, reproduction method, and system integrated circuit The BD-ROM includes, recorded therein, a PlayList that is composed of an AVClip and PlayList information, an application, and a BD-J Object. The application is a program that is written in a programming language for a virtual machine, and a life cycle during which the application can be executed by ... 06/22/06 - 20060133247 - Apparatus for processing information stored in a data carrier, data carrier and method for storing a file with a plurality of related sub-files in said carrier This apparatus is designed for processing information stored in a data carrier in which information can be stored in many layers (L0, L1, . . . ) Often said information is arranged in files and related sub-files. It is proposed to arrange the file and the related sub-file in the ... 06/22/06 - 20060133246 - Recording device, recording medium recording method, and program for recording medium recording method The present invention is applied to a video camera using an optical disk based on the DVD system. Data for determination changing each time data corresponding to a recording unit from a start of a recording operation until the end of the recording operation is generated based on management data ... 06/15/06 - 20060126471 - Information recording apparatus, information recording method, information playback apparatus, information playback method, and information recording/playback apparatus A content-list management unit classifies contents according to which optical disks the respective contents were input from, adds content selection information (i.e., information presented to select a content to be played back for playback) on the content to content lists associated with respective categories of the contents, and records the ... 06/15/06 - 20060126470 - Digital data recording method, recording apparatus and reproducing apparatus In a recording method of a write-once optical disk which has a lead-in area, a user area and a lead-out area and to which a logical over-write processing is performed using disk structure definition information and a defect list table recorded to the lead-in area, the disk structure definition information ... 06/15/06 - 20060126469 - Recording device, recording method, recording medium, and program The present invention relates to a recording apparatus and method, to a recording medium, and to a program for recording data files, according to a FAT system, on an information-recording medium, regardless of the capacity of the information-recording medium. In step S1, a FAT block of a size corresponding to ... 06/08/06 - 20060120240 - Recording method, reproduction method, recording apparatus, reproduction apparatus, and information recording medium A recording method for recording, on a write once type information recording medium, management information representing a recording state of the write once type information recording medium is provided. The information recording medium includes data including a first synchronization signal. The information recording medium has a second synchronization signal pre-recorded ... 06/01/06 - 20060114786 - Recording apparatus and method, recording medium, and program A recording apparatus includes first identification means for identifying, in accordance with information read from a disk medium and related to a format of data recorded on the disk medium, the format defined from a purpose of the recorded data and a version of the format; storage means for storing ... 06/01/06 - 20060114785 - Content management device The present invention provides a content management device manages not to reproduce a part of contents in output source/destination concurrently, and manages to reproduce the whole contents in the original sequence continuously. A content management device is a device for managing reproduction of content from the first medium for which ... 05/18/06 - 20060104176 - Method of determining type of optical disc, and data recording and/or reproducing apparatus therefor A method of determining a type of an optical disc loaded into a data recording and/or reproducing apparatus, which includes a plurality of laser diodes and records data onto and/or reproduces data from diverse types of optical discs, and the data recording and/or reproducing apparatus for implementing the method. The ... 05/04/06 - 20060092796 - Recording medium for storing start position information for each zone and method and apparatus of managing data using the information A recording medium for storing start position information for each zone, a method of managing data using the information, and an apparatus for recording the information and controlling recording and reproduction of data based on the recorded information. In a disc having a plurality of zones which form a group, ... 05/04/06 - 20060092795 - Recording medium having spare area for defect management and information on defect management, and method of allocating spare area and method of managing defects A recording medium having a spare area for defect management and the management information of the spare area, a spare area allocation method, and a defect management method. When a primary spare area is allocated for slipping replacement and linear replacement upon initialization, and a remaining portion of the primary ... 05/04/06 - 20060092794 - Information-recording apparatus, information-recording method, program storage medium and program An information-recording apparatus is disclosed wherein an area to be allocated to a new FS can be set when an area allocated to FSes has been all consumed. The information-recording apparatus includes a track division means. When a track set on a recording medium as a track allocated to FSes ... 04/27/06 - 20060087944 - Recording apparatus and recording method In a write once type optical disc, when ejecting the disc and turning power OFF, it is necessary to update record management data on the disc so that the record management data on the disc coincide with the record management data on the memory. Here, the update of the record ... 04/27/06 - 20060087943 - Method of replacement process, recording apparatus, and recording system In a replacement process performed by a recording apparatus, if an area to be replaced is detected on a recording medium, an available space in a spare area on the recording medium is checked. If the spare area has a sufficient available space, the replacement process is performed using the ... 04/20/06 - 20060083138 - Write-once medium recording method and recording apparatus, and playback apparatus A write-once medium having a limited storage capacity can be efficiently used. When sequentially forming a plurality of recording zones from a lead-in side to a lead-out side, first, the first digital data including the first digital content and the first management information is recorded in at least one of ... 04/20/06 - 20060083137 - Data recording method and system A data recording method for recordable disks. The recordable disk includes a non-border area and multiple border areas. Data is recorded in the non-border area and buffer areas in a single data write. Data is then recorded in the border areas of the recordable disk. The single data write requires ... 04/13/06 - 20060077843 - Recording medium for storing write protection information and write protection method thereof An apparatus for writing and/or reading write protection data using a recording medium storing write protection information, and a write protection method and apparatus for protecting data recorded on a recordable and/or rewritable disc from unwanted overwriting or erasing. In order for write protection of a disc in a bare ... 04/13/06 - 20060077842 - Dvd-audio disk, and apparatus and method for playing the same A DVD-Audio which includes a data zone for storing data to be reproduced and an information zone for storing information on the data to be reproduced. The information zone includes directories of a video title set (VIDEO_TS) and an audio title set (AUDIO_TS). The AUDIO_TS directory includes information on an ... 04/13/06 - 20060077841 - Method of recording data on optical storage medium and apparatus thereof A method of recording data on an optical storage medium writes different types of data to the same area on the optical storage medium. The data to be written are successively stored in a data buffer in accordance with the sequence of the identification data of a data sector. The ... 04/06/06 - 20060072411 - Write-once medium recording method, recording apparatus, and playback apparatus A DVD-R disc which is unusable due to a mechanical error in use can be reused. Recording zones 0 to 2 are sequentially formed from the lead-in side to the lead-out side on the DVD-R disc. When an ECC error occurs due to mechanical damage generated during recording picture information ... 03/30/06 - 20060067193 - Information recording device, information recording method, information recording program, and recording medium In an information recording device and method, user data are recorded in a recording medium having two or more recording layers and having a data area in which user data is recordable for each recording layer. A closing command is received after recording of user data in the data area ... 03/23/06 - 20060062121 - Disk recording device and disk recording method Recording sections configured to record titles on a disk based on a management method in which additional recording and erasing of each title is possible, and each of the titles are recorded consecutively in a recording region, and the recorded each title is managed by a manager table which corresponds ... 03/23/06 - 20060062120 - Recording apparatus using disc-like recording medium A recording/reproducing apparatus for recording as a QuickTime file a photographed motion image on a disc-like recording medium having plural recording areas different in characteristic. The plural areas include a first area guaranteeing a quick access speed and a second area which ensures a slower access speed than the first ... 03/02/06 - 20060044976 - Optical disc playback apparatus An optical disc playback apparatus having DTS sound incompatible function is provided, which apparatus is capable of automatically playing back the Dolby sound without selecting the Dolby sound in the menu setting, when an optical disc including the DTS content is played back. When the playback of the optical disc ... 03/02/06 - 20060044975 - Recording reproducing method and recording reproducing device A recording/reproducing apparatus is provided that is used by a plurality of users and simplifies file management in a storage medium in which many content items are stored. With the use of the recording/reproducing apparatus (1), when recording and reproducing contents on and from an optical disk D, recording and ... 02/23/06 - 20060039258 - Method and apparatus of reproducing data recorded on recording medium and local storage An apparatus for reproducing data recorded on a recording medium includes a pick-up unit, a local storage, and a decoder. The pick-up unit reads main data recorded on the recording medium, and the local storage stores sub data associated with the main data. The sub data may include interactive graphic ... 02/09/06 - 20060028944 - Information disc recording/playback apparatus, and vibration detection method for information disc recording/playback apparatus The present invention provides an information disc recording/playback apparatus which includes a track cross detection means (112), a track cross direction detection means (113), a rotation angle detection means (114), and a count means (115), detects the track pitch of a disc, evaluates the vibration amount, or vibration speed, or ... 02/09/06 - 20060028943 - Information disc recording/playback apparatus, and vibration detection method for information disc recording/playback apparatus The present invention provides an information disc recording/playback apparatus which includes a track cross detection means (112), a track cross direction detection means (113), a rotation angle detection means (114), and a count means (115), detects the track pitch of a disc, evaluates the vibration amount, or vibration speed, or ... 02/09/06 - 20060028942 - Optical information storage medium An optical information storage medium includes a lead-in area, a lead-out area, and a user data area between the lead-in and lead-out areas and in which user data is recorded. Pits are formed in the lead-in area, the user data area, and the lead-out area, and a track pitch in ... 02/02/06 - 20060023597 - Method and apparatus for recording data on and reproducing data from a recording medium and the recording medium In an embodiment of the method of recording data on a recording medium, a management information entry is recorded in a temporary defect management area of the recording medium. The management information entry indicates a portion of a user data area of the recording medium, and the management information entry ... 02/02/06 - 20060023596 - Information recording medium, information recording/reproducing apparatus and information management method There is provided an information management apparatus which can make it impossible to read out data recorded on a write-once type recordable optical disk as required and the usefulness thereof is enhanced. When recorded data is destroyed on the write-once type recordable optical disk, data modulated by a modulation system ... 02/02/06 - 20060023595 - System and method for optical media information storage life tracking Expiration information stored on an optical medium is applied to determine an expiration date of the optical medium that provides a predetermined reliability of information archived on the optical medium, such as a predetermined acceptable defect level of the information at the expiration date. An expiration engine associated with an ... 01/26/06 - 20060018228 - Data management information obtaining method for obtaining data management information including information concerning part of data areas as information concerning a pseudo area On an information recording medium, a recording area is divided in a plurality of data areas, and data is recorded on each of the data areas. In response to a request for obtaining data management information concerning a recording of the data recorded on each of the data areas, a ... 01/26/06 - 20060018227 - Controller, data memory system, data rewriting method, and computer program product The controller of the present invention includes an address management table that stores address information of valid data among the data stored in a flash memory, a status flag stored in the flash memory indicating that the data before rewriting and the data after rewriting are in process of rewriting, ... 01/19/06 - 20060013094 - Optical disk recording and reproducing apparatus, remote controller, and content management method Disclosed are an optical disk recording and reproducing apparatus, a remote controller, and a content management method capable of allowing a user to easily confirm contents recorded on an optical disk, wherein an optical disk is integrally provided with a read-only RFID tag that records only a disk ID to ... 01/12/06 - 20060007827 - Write-once recording medium preserving data-recording status, method of preserving data-recording status of a write-once recording medium, medium including computer readable code for the same, and recording and/or reproducing apparatus therefor A write-once recording medium preserving a data recording status of the write-once recording medium, a method of preserving the data recording status of a write-once recording medium, a medium including computer readable code for the same, and a recording and/or reproducing apparatus therefor. In the method of preserving the data ... 01/12/06 - 20060007826 - Recording/reproducing apparatus, recording/reproducing method and information storage medium using the same An apparatus and method to record data on an optical recording information storage medium, an apparatus and method to reproduce data on an optical recording information storage medium, and an optical recording information storage medium using the same. The apparatus to record data on an optical recording information storage medium ... 12/29/05 - 20050286377 - Record carrier having a main file system area and a virtual file system area The present invention relates to a recordable record carrier having a user area (UA) for storing user data and a management area (MA) for storing management data. The invention further relates to a recording apparatus for recording information on such a record carrier and a corresponding recording method. In some ... 12/22/05 - 20050281161 - Data recording apparatus and method and data reproducing apparatus and method The present invention relates to a system for distributing and purchasing contents data by way of wired and wireless communication means, said system comprises an accumulating section (33) for accumulating a plurality of contents data, an input operation section (23) to be used for selecting contents data from those accumulated ... 12/15/05 - 20050276192 - Information storage medium and method and system for reproducing data from the same A recordable information storage medium having a plurality of information recording layers, where each of the information recording layers of the recordable information storage medium has a plurality of information recording layers each including a lead-in area, a user data area, a lead-out area, and a dedicated area for a ... 12/15/05 - 20050276191 - Optical disk, optical disk recording method, and optical disk recording apparatus In an optical disk recording method of recording data onto a recordable optical disk which includes a data zone where data is recorded and a management data zone where management data indicating the recorded part of the data zone is recorded, an extended management data zone in which the management ... 12/15/05 - 20050276190 - Control circuit for optical disk apparatus and method of controlling record/playback of optical disk A control circuit provided in an optical disk apparatus which apparatus has a motor to move an optical pickup unit for performing record/playback control of an optical disk in a radial direction of the optical disk, sets a plurality of concentric annular zones on the optical disk, and performs record/playback ... 12/01/05 - 20050265190 - Recording apparatus A recording apparatus according to the present invention includes an input unit for inputting information data, a recording unit for recording the inputted information data on a recording medium, a record remaining capacity detecting unit for detecting that the remaining capacity for recording on the recording medium is equal to ... 12/01/05 - 20050265189 - Method for determining type of digital versatile discs A method for determining the type of digital versatile discs (DVDs) is provided, for distinguishing among a read only memory (ROM) DVD, a recordable DVD and a re-writable DVD. The method includes reading a tracking error signal from a DVD. If the amplitude of the tracking error signal is greater ... 12/01/05 - 20050265188 - Method and apparatus for determining type of digital versatile disc A method and an apparatus for determining types of digital versatile discs (DVDs) are provided. The method includes setting related parameters, acquiring a wobble signal from a DVD, setting a frequency dividing factor, and dividing the frequency of the wobble signal by the frequency dividing factor. Then, the time required ... 12/01/05 - 20050265187 - Method for determining the type of digital versatile disc A method for determining the type of a digital versatile disc (DVD) so that a DVD+ can be distinguished from a DVD−. The main steps for determining the type of a DVD include setting up related parameters, reading a general wobble signal or a wobble signal within the general wobble ... 11/24/05 - 20050259542 - Reproduction device and method, recording medium, and program The present invention relates to a playback apparatus and method, which are capable of reading streaming data recorded on an information recording medium in compliance with an FAT scheme continuously without delay, to a recording medium for use therewith, and to a program therefor. In a DRAM for file playback ... 11/17/05 - 20050254380 - Information recording method and apparatus A method of recording information in an information recording medium having a user data area and a management information area is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: (a) obtaining division information in at least a specified portion of the user data area; and (b) recording, in the management information ... 11/17/05 - 20050254379 - Optical recording medium, recording/reproducing apparatus and method, initialization method, and reinitialization method A recording/reproducing apparatus includes a writing/reading unit writing data to or reading data from an information recording medium having an access control area in which access control data is recorded, the access control data having common information set to allow the recording/reproducing apparatus that cannot recognize a predetermined function adapted ... 10/20/05 - 20050232109 - Disc recognition method and apparatus A disc recognition method. First, a disc apparatus uses a laser with a first wavelength to irradiate a disc, thereby obtaining a first reflection signal, and uses a laser with a second wavelength, larger than the first wavelength, to irradiate the disc, thereby obtaining a second reflection signal. Then, the ... 10/06/05 - 20050219978 - Disk apparatus and disk type determination method thereof A disk apparatus includes a light emitter that emits a light beam to be reflected on the optical disk, a light detector that detects a reflected light beam that is reflected from the optical disk, the light detector also outputting detection signals based on the amount of the reflected light ... 09/08/05 - 20050195715 - Recording apparatus and recording method The amount of light reflected from a disk is detected, and it is determined according to the amount of reflected light whether the disk is a recordable disk or a rewritable disk. The disk is controlled according to the result of determination such that it is rotated at a constant ... 09/08/05 - 20050195714 - Recording apparatus and recording method The amount of light reflected from a disk is detected, and it is determined according to the amount of reflected light whether the disk is a recordable disk or a rewritable disk. The disk is controlled according to the result of determination such that it is rotated at a constant ... 09/08/05 - 20050195713 - Recording apparatus and recording method The amount of light reflected from a disk is detected, and it is determined according to the amount of reflected light whether the disk is a recordable disk or a rewritable disk. The disk is controlled according to the result of determination such that it is rotated at a constant ... 09/08/05 - 20050195712 - Disk recording control method and disk recording control device Idle time recognizing means 104 recognizes a period of time when no access request is made for an optical disk medium 1, and when the period of time recognized by the idle time recognizing means 104 is equal to or longer than a set period of time, region soundness inspection ... 09/01/05 - 20050190676 - Recording apparatus and recording method The amount of light reflected from a disk is detected, and it is determined according to the amount of reflected light whether the disk is a recordable disk or a rewritable disk. The disk is controlled according to the result of determination such that it is rotated at a constant ... 09/01/05 - 20050190675 - Recording apparatus and recording method The amount of light reflected from a disk is detected, and it is determined according to the amount of reflected light whether the disk is a recordable disk or a rewritable disk. The disk is controlled according to the result of determination such that it is rotated at a constant ... 09/01/05 - 20050190674 - Method and system for recording/reproducing data to/from information storage medium A method of and system for recording/reproducing data to/from an information storage medium having at least a recording layer with a plurality of grooves and lands. A groove signal is read from the information storage medium and groove recording or land recording is recognized according to the read groove signal. ... 08/25/05 - 20050185548 - Information access control for optical media A drive refuses to transfer information from a first surface on an optical medium unless required information is present on a second surface of the medium. Optionally, information on the first surface may indicate that information on the second surface is required. For example, a drive may refuse to transfer ... 08/18/05 - 20050180281 - Method of evaluating optical information medium The present invention provides a simple method for evaluating an optical information medium by judging quantitatively and reproducibly the surface quality of the optical information medium by the use of a novel artificial fingerprint liquid as an evaluation dispersion liquid. A method for evaluating an optical information medium, comprising the ... 08/11/05 - 20050174907 - Method of optical disc discrimination A method for discriminating between different types of optical discs is intended to apply to an optical storage device with a pick-up head having three beams. A main beam push-pull signal and a sub-beam push-pull signal, both acquired by means of the photo-detector of the pick-up head, are superposed on ... 08/04/05 - 20050169143 - Method and apparatus for determining a recordable position of a writable disk The present invention relates to a method of searching for a recordable position of a writable disk, the method comprising the steps of (a) reading data recording information of the writable disk, the data recording information indicating a position of a last track recorded and a recordable position for data ... 08/04/05 - 20050169142 - Recording medium, recording apparatus, and reading apparatus In a recording material, physical characteristic information of the recording medium, and more specifically, material information representing the material of the disc, is recorded. Accordingly, a recording apparatus and a reading apparatus easily and accurately determine the physical characteristics of the disc, thereby making it possible to provide suitable setting ... 08/04/05 - 20050169141 - Optical recording medium identifying device and optical recording medium identifying method It is an object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for discriminating an optical recording medium and a method for discriminating an optical recording medium which can quickly discriminate the kind of an optical recording medium. The apparatus for discriminating an optical recording medium according to the ... 07/28/05 - 20050163009 - Optical recording medium and recording method for the same A main information area 31 capable of recording an information signal and a subsidiary information area 32 for recording subsidiary information that is different from the information signal are divided in one principal plane direction of a substrate, and an information layer for recording the information signal in the main ... 07/21/05 - 20050157621 - Optical recording medium judgment device and optical recording medium judgment method The apparatus 10 for discriminating an optical recording medium according to the present invention includes a first electrode 11, a second electrode 12, a third electrode 13, a fourth electrode 14, an alternating current signal generation circuit 17 for applying an alternating current signal A to the first electrode 11 ... 07/14/05 - 20050152251 - Method and apparatus for recording check data of file system on recording medium A recording medium has a data region, a management region, and a directory region. The data region is used to store file data. The management region is used to store management data representing which portion of the data region is used by the file data. The directory region is used ... 07/14/05 - 20050152250 - Recording control and space area management apparatus and method for recording additional data on a rewritable optical medium A recording apparatus and control method for recording additional data in a space block are provided. The recording operation is terminated if a corresponding space block is full when the additional recording is performed. A space area management method according to another embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps ... 07/14/05 - 20050152249 - Optical recording medium judgment device and optical recording medium judgment method The apparatus for discriminating an optical recording medium according to the present invention includes a first electrode 11, a second electrode 12, an alternating current signal generation circuit 13 for applying an alternating current signal A to the first electrode 11, a detection circuit 14 for detecting the level of ... 06/30/05 - 20050141379 - Optical disk apparatus, method for controlling the same, and recording medium The present invention provides an optical disk apparatus in which a first, second, third, and fourth optical disks are selectively installed, the first and second optical disks having different recording film characteristics and both having a single-layer recording layer, the third and fourth optical disks having different recording film characteristics ... 06/30/05 - 20050141378 - Disk apparatus and disk reproducing method A disk apparatus has an equalizing unit which performs PR equalization for the read signal from the disk based on a plurality of tap coefficients, a decoding unit which performs a decoding process for the equalized read signal, a calculating unit which obtains an ideal signal of the decoded read ... 06/23/05 - 20050135213 - Optically recorded data discrimination apparatus and associated methodology The requested data is read from a DVD disk by interruption in ST46. Then, the ID information for indicating the leading end of the data, and the result of the identification by use of the EDC for indicating whether or not the data is correct are stored in ST47. When ... 06/02/05 - 20050117483 - Optical disk apparatus and information reproducing method An information storage medium has a system lead-in area and a data lead-in area, and an area identifying circuit identifies whether a light beam irradiation area of an optical pickup head is at the system lead-in area or at the data lead-in area based on a reproduction signal provided from ... 06/02/05 - 20050117482 - Apparatus for reading from or writing to optical recording media having means of disk type identification A device for reading or writing on optical recording media with disk type recognition capability has an optical scanning device and a focus regulating circuit. The arrangement provides rapid and reliable recognition of the recording medium type inserted into the device. A further inventive aspect provides a corresponding process. These ... ### FreshPatents.com Support - Terms & Conditions |