Patent ID: 9336821
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: G06F,G11B

Claim Text:
1. A recording apparatus comprising: a recording unit that performs recording on an optical recording medium; and a control unit that controls recording of data remaining after an occurrence of a defect in the optical recording medium such that the recording starts from a position after a defect occurrence area, wherein a logical address space and a physical address space are obtained by adding at least a spare area and a buffer area to the logical address space with respect to a recording area of the optical recording medium, wherein when the buffer area is consumed and the data is not completely recorded, a recording area of the data that is not completely recorded is replaced with the spare area, and the data is recorded on the spare area, wherein the replacement of the recording area with the spare area is based on a virtual address space, wherein the virtual address space is generated by adding the spare area, a first management information area and a second management information area to the logical address space, wherein the first management information area and the second management information area comprise information to manage data recorded on a user data area of the optical recording medium.