Patent ID: 6457153
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: G06F,G11B

Abstract:
A DVD apparatus for storing data in an optical storage media, comprising:a buffer memory having a plurality of segments, each segment being of a predetermined amount for temporarily holding the data transferred from said storage controller to be stored in said optical storage device; and a controller for controlling the DVD apparatus, wherein said controller selects a first segment in said buffer memory filled with data according to said predetermined amount to be written from said buffer memory into said optical storage device, selects a second segment in said buffer memory which holds data of an amount less than said predetermined amount and has a lapse time of more than a predetermined time from a time when said data of the amount less than said predetermined amount has been written, generates data according to said predetermined amount including said data held in said second segment, generates error correction codes respectively corresponding to said data in said first segment and written data generated and writes into said optical storage device the data held in said first segment, said written data, and said error correction codes.