Patent ID: 7539098
Filing Date: 2009-05-26
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus for recording data on an optical information recording medium by applying light thereon from an optical pickup, comprising: a signal processing part performing extraction of an ATIP signal from a signal read via the optical pickup and demodulation of the ATIP signal; a detection part detecting as to whether or not an inconsecutive portion of addresses, which is formed previously, exists in the optical information recording medium, on which information is not yet recorded; a correction part correcting the addresses in the inconsecutive portion of addresses when existence of the inconsecutive portion of addresses is detected by said detection part; and wherein said detection part detects as to whether or not an inconsecutive portion of addresses occurs in the optical information recording medium on which data will be recorded afterward based on ATIP information concerning the inconsecutive portion of addresses and an output of the signal processing part, said ATIP information is previously recognized by the recording apparatus.