Patent ID: 7656761
Filing Date: 2010-02-02
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. An optical disc device comprising: a recording power acquiring unit that finds optimum recording power when data is written in a data area by writing data for calibration in a power calibration area; a data writing unit that writes data in a data area to be written by using an optimum recording power found by the recording power acquiring unit as a recording laser power; and a laser power recording unit that records laser power information which makes a recording laser power when the data writing unit writes data in a data area correspond to the data area in a predetermined area of an optical disc, wherein a method for acquiring an optimum recording power used by the recording power acquiring unit when an area to be written is a not-yet-recorded area in which data is not written is different from a method for acquiring an optimum recording power used by the recording power acquiring unit when an area to be written is an already recorded area in which data was already written, when an area to be written is a not-yet-recorded area, the recording power acquiring unit finds an optimum recording power by using a not-yet-used power calibration area, when an area to be written is an already recorded area, the recording power acquiring unit writes preliminary data in a power calibration area by using a recording laser power used for writing data in the area to be written and finds an optimum recording power by using the power calibration area in which preliminary data was written, when an area to be written includes data areas in which data was written by recording laser powers that are different from each other, before the data writing unit starts writing data, the recording power acquiring unit finds all optimum recording powers corresponding to the respective data areas that are different from each other in recording laser power and acquires recording laser powers corresponding to the respective data areas from the laser power information recorded in the predetermined area by the laser power recording unit, and when an area to be written includes data areas in which data was written by recording laser powers that are different from each other, the data writing unit writes data in the respective data areas by using optimum recording powers corresponding to the respective data areas to be written as recording laser powers.