Patent ID: 6975573
Filing Date: 2005-12-13
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. An information recording apparatus comprising: an information recording part performing information recording on a recording medium divided into a plurality of sectors each including a plurality of information units; a prediction part detecting or predicting an occurrence of a recording failure during the information recording; a suspension control part that, when the occurrence of the recording failure is detected or predicted, suspends the information recording at the present one of the information units of the recording medium and stores suspension information indicating a suspension position where the information recording is suspended; a determination part determining whether the recording failure is over after the suspension of the information recording; and a resumption control part that, when it is determined that the recording failure is over, causes said information recording part to resume the information recording at a position determined based on the suspension information so that information is continuously recorded on the recording medium over the suspension position.