Patent ID: 7911904
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for recording management information on a recording medium, the recording medium including a data area having a user data area and a non-user data area, and a non-data area having a final defect management area, the apparatus comprising: a pickup configured to write/read data to/from the recording medium; a servo configured to control the pickup to maintain a distance between the pickup and the recording medium and to track a track of the recording medium; a data processor configured to process and supply input data to the pickup, and to process data read from the recording medium; a memory configured to store data associated with the recording medium; and a controller operatively coupled to the components above—the pickup, the servo, the data processor and the memory, and configured to control the components so that the apparatus finalizes the recording medium when receiving a request of an external host or when all of a temporary defect management area located in at least one of the non-data area and the non-user data area becomes full, where the controller is configured to control the components so that the apparatus records the latest defect list information written in the temporary defect management area onto the final defect management area when finalizing the recording medium.