Patent ID: 6108289
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
An optical disc recording apparatus for recording information on a rewritable optical disc by using a fixed length packet write method, a plurality of tracks having a plurality of packets being formed on a recording area of said optical disc, each of the packets having the same number of user data blocks, information being recorded at once on an individual packet basis, said optical disc recording apparatus comprising:a buffer storing new recording information to be recorded on said optical disc;a controller controlling a recording operation of the new recording information on said optical disc so that, when a recording area of the new recording information is totally included in a previously recorded packet, previously recorded information recorded in said previously recorded packet is read and stored in said buffer, the previously recorded information stored in said buffer is overwritten by the new recording information, and the new recording information in said buffer is recorded in said previously recorded packet.