Patent ID: 7065671
Filing Date: 2006-06-20
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus for converting a parameter of an access command into a physical address of an information recording surface of a recording medium, and accessing said recording medium in accordance with the physical address, said information processing apparatus comprising: an exchange allocating processing means for detecting a region in relation to a secondary defect from said information recording surface, and setting one exchange region to be used for a recording and reproducing process so as to replace said region in relation to said secondary defect; a defect judgment means for judging said physical address based on said access command by using said physical address of the region in relation to said secondary defect as a reference; and an exchanging processing means for carrying out the process according to said access command by using a predetermined recording means different from said recording medium, for the region in relation to said secondary defect among said physical address based on said access command, in accordance with a judged result by said defect judgment means,