Patent ID: 8107332
Filing Date: 2012-01-31
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A drive apparatus for performing a sequential recording for a write-once recording medium, wherein the write-once recording medium includes a data area and a disc management information area, the data area includes a spare area and a user data area, disc management information for managing the write-once recording medium is recorded in the disc management information area, a plurality of physical addresses are assigned to the data area, a plurality of logical addresses are assigned to the user data area, a plurality of tracks are allocated in the user data area, the disc management information includes track management information for managing the plurality of tracks, and the track management information includes a last recorded address of a physical address indicating a location at which data is last recorded in a track, the drive apparatus comprising: a recording/reproduction section for performing a recording operation or a reproduction operation for the write-once recording medium; and a drive control section for controlling the recording/reproduction section, wherein the drive control section performs a process including: receiving a recording instruction including a logical address indicating a location at which data is to be recorded; reading the disc management information from the disc management information area; determining a primary logical address-physical address mapping indicating a corresponding relationship between the plurality of logical addresses and the plurality of physical addresses based on the disc management information; obtaining track management information indicating a location of each of the plurality of tracks from the disc management information; translating the logical address included in the recording instruction into a physical address in accordance with the primary logical address-physical address mapping; determining a first track of the plurality of tracks, based on the physical address corresponding to the logical address included in the recording instruction and the track management information; determining whether or not the first track is a closed track; when the first track is determined to be the closed track, performing a process including: