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Patent US7782742 - Recording medium with physical access control (PAC) information thereon and ... - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign in<nobr>Advanced Patent Search</nobr>PatentsA recording medium, such as a high-density and/or optical recording medium including physical access control (PAC) information recorded thereon, and apparatus and methods for recording to and reproducing from the recording medium, in order to improve data protection, data management and/or reproduction...http://www.google.com/patents/US7782742?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7782742 - Recording medium with physical access control (PAC) information thereon and apparatus and methods for forming, recording, and reproducing the recording mediumAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS7782742 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 11/061,667Publication dateAug 24, 2010Filing dateFeb 22, 2005Priority dateMar 19, 2004Fee statusPaidAlso published asCA2558895A1, CA2558895C, CA2559575A1, CA2559575C, EP1726015A1, EP1726015B1, EP1730731A2, EP1730731B1, US7680022, US7701809, US7760613, US20050207319, US20050207320, US20070291627, US20080049588, WO2005089072A2, WO2005089072A3, WO2005091292A1Publication number061667, 11061667, US 7782742 B2, US 7782742B2, US-B2-7782742, US7782742 B2, US7782742B2InventorsYong Cheol ParkOriginal AssigneeLg Electronics, Inc.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (110), Non-Patent Citations (28), Classifications (44), Legal Events (2) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetRecording medium with physical access control (PAC) information thereon and apparatus and methods for forming, recording, and reproducing the recording mediumUS 7782742 B2Abstract A recording medium, such as a high-density and/or optical recording medium including physical access control (PAC) information recorded thereon, and apparatus and methods for recording to and reproducing from the recording medium, in order to improve data protection, data management and/or reproduction compatibility.
at least one control data area for storing at least one access control data, the access control data including a predetermined rule for specifying one or more operations being required when the access control data is not identified by an apparatus attempting to record/reproduce data, and the access control data managing an access to the recording medium and enlarging a compatibility of the recording medium by controlling the access according to the predetermined rule; and
at least one management area for storing status information to indicate a status of the access control data stored in the control data area, wherein the status information indicates whether the access control data is valid or not.
2. The recording medium of claim 1, wherein the recording medium is a rewritable recording medium and the one management area is a disk definition structure (DDS).
3. The recording medium of claim 2, wherein the status information includes a status bit map.
4. The recording medium of claim 3, wherein the status bit map indicates at least validity of the access control data in the control data area.
5. The recording medium of claim 3, wherein the status bit map indicates whether the access control data is unrecorded, usable or reusable, defective, or valid.
6. The recording medium of claim 1, wherein the status information includes defect status information and/or allocation status information on the access control data.
7. The recording medium of claim 6, wherein the defect status information indicates whether the access control data in the control data area is defective or not.
8. The recording medium of claim 6, wherein the allocation status information indicates whether the access control data is allocated to the control data area or not.
9. The recording medium of claim 6, wherein the allocation status information indicates whether the access control data is newly allocable to the control data area or not.
10. The recording medium of claim 1, wherein the status information is represented by at least one bit.
11. The recording medium of claim 1, wherein the recording medium is a write once recording medium and the at least one management area is a temporary disk definition structure (TDDS).
12. The recording medium of claim 1, wherein the status information indicates whether the access control data is valid, defective, allocated, newly allocable, or available for use.
13. The recording medium of claim 1, wherein the at least one control data area is in an information zone of a lead-in zone of the recording medium.
14. The recording medium of claim 1, wherein the control data area includes two control data zones, one of them includes backup copies of the access control data.
15. The recording medium of claim 14, wherein the two control data zones are respectively recorded in different information zones of a lead-in zone of the recording medium.
16. The recording medium of claim 1, wherein the at least one control data area includes
a header, common to the at least one control data area, and
a specific information area, including information specific to the at least one control data area.
17. The recording medium of claim 1, wherein the predetermined rules are used when a version/type of the access control data is not identified by a recording/reproducing apparatus.
18. The recording medium of claim 17, wherein the predetermined rules control an access to the recording medium to record/reproduce user data on/from the recording medium.
19. The recording medium of claim 18, wherein the predetermined rules include control information to control recording/reproducing the user data.
20. The recording medium of claim 1, further comprising:
21. The readable medium of claim 1, wherein the access control data further includes type information indicates whether the corresponding access control data is available for re-use.
22. A method of recording data/information on a recording medium, comprising:
recording at least one access control data, the access control data including a predetermined rule for specifying one or more operations being required when the access control data is not identified by an apparatus attempting to record/reproduce data, and the access control data managing an access to the recording medium and enlarging a compatibility of the recording medium by controlling the access according to the predetermined rule; and
recording status information for indicating a status of the access control data, the status information indicating at least validity of the access control data.
23. The method of claim 22, wherein the status information includes whether the access control data is defective.
24. The method of claim 22, wherein the access is controlled by the predetermined rule when a version/type of the access control data is not identified.
26. A method of reproducing data from a recording medium, comprising:
reading status information for indicating a status of at least one access control data recorded on the recording medium, the status information indicating at least a validity of the access control data; and
reading the at least one access control data based on the status information, the access control data including a predetermined rule for specifying one or more operations being required when the access control data is not identified by an apparatus attempting to record/reproduce data, and the access control data managing an access to the recording medium and enlarging a compatibility of the recording medium by controlling the access according to the predetermined rule.
accessing to the recording medium based on the predetermined rule included in the access control data in order to record/reproduce user data on/from the recording medium when a version/type of the access control data is not identified.
an optical device configured to record data on the recording medium or reproduce data from the recording medium; and
a control unit configured to control the optical device to access to the recording medium based on at least one access control data and status information, the access control data including a predetermined rule for specifying one or more operations being required when the access control data is not identified by the control unit, the access control data managing an access to the recording medium and enlarging a compatibility of the recording medium by controlling the access according to the predetermined rule, the status information indicating at least validity of the access control data.
29. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein the status information includes whether the access control data is defective.
30. The apparatus of claim 28, further comprising a host device to generate a command for recording/reproducing the data to the control unit.
31. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein the control unit is configured to control the optical device to access to the recording medium based on the predetermined rule in the access control data in order to record/reproduce user data on/from the recording medium when the control unit cannot identify a version/type of the access control data.
32. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein the control unit is further configured to control the optical device to record a copy of the access control information in a backup area of the recording medium,
33. An apparatus for recording/reproducing data on/from a recording medium, comprising:
an optical device configured to record/reproduce data on/from the recording medium; and
a control unit operably connected with the optical device and configured to control the optical device to record at least one access control data in the recording medium, the access control data including a predetermined rule for specifying one or more operations being required when the access control data is not identified by the control unit, and the access control data managing an access to the recording medium and enlarging a compatibility of the recording medium by controlling the access according to the predetermined rule, and the control unit configured to control the optical device to record status information in the recording medium, the status information indicating a status of the recorded access control data, wherein the status information indicates whether the recorded access control data is valid or not.
34. The apparatus of claim 33, wherein the control unit is further configured to control the optical device to record a copy of the access control information in a backup area of the recording medium,
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Example embodiments of the present invention provide a PAC on a medium, such as a high density optical disc, and apparatus and methods for recording data to and reproducing data from the medium using a PAC.
Example embodiments of the present invention provide physical access control (PAC) information recorded thereon, in order to improve data protection, improve data management, improve reproduction compatibility, avoid destruction of data, and/or reduce unnecessary, repetitive operations.
Example embodiments of the present invention provide a medium, such as a high density optical disc, and apparatus and methods for managing a PAC.
Example embodiments of the present invention provide a medium, such as a high density optical disc, and apparatus and methods which use a PAC for managing data.
In an example embodiment, the present invention is directed to a recording medium including at least one physical access control (PAC) zone further including at least one physical access control (PAC) cluster, the at least one PAC cluster including information for managing recording to and/or reproducing from the recording medium.
In an example embodiment, the present invention is directed to a method of recording on a recording medium including recording a physical access control (PAC) cluster, the PAC cluster including information for managing recording to and/or reproducing from the recording medium and recording status information for the PAC cluster, the status information including at least validity of the PAC cluster.
In an example embodiment, the present invention is directed to a method of reproducing from a recording medium including reading status information for at least one physical access control (PAC) cluster, the at least one PAC cluster including information for managing reproduction from the recording medium and reading the at least one PAC cluster based on the status information, the status information including at least validity of each PAC cluster.
In an example embodiment, the present invention is directed to an apparatus for recording to and/or reproducing from a recording medium including a driver for driving an optical recording device to record data on the recording medium or reproduce data from the recording medium and a controller for controlling the driver to record or reproduce the data based on at least one physical access control (PAC) zone, the at least one PAC zone including at least one physical access control (PAC) cluster, including information for managing recording to and/or reproducing from the recording medium, and status information for each PAC cluster, the status information indicating at least validity of each PAC cluster.
In an example embodiment, the present invention is directed to an apparatus for recording to and/or reproducing from a recording medium including a driver for driving an optical recording device to record data on the recording medium or reproduce data from the recording medium and a controller for controlling the driver to record or reproduce the data based on at least one physical access control (PAC) zone, the at least one PAC zone including at least one physical access control (PAC) cluster, said controller reading status information for at least one PAC cluster, the at least one PAC cluster including information for managing reproduction from the recording medium and said controller reading the at least one PAC cluster based on the status information, the status information including at least validity of each PAC cluster.
In an example embodiment, the present invention is directed to a recording medium including at least one physical access control (PAC) cluster including information for managing recording to and/or reproducing from the recording medium and status information for each PAC cluster, the status information indicates at least validity of each PAC cluster.
A valid PAC may have a predetermined PAC_ID (for an example, PACID=54 53 54 00) according to a drive version of the optical disc having the PAC recorded thereon, and a PAC zone not used may be a spare PAC zone. The spare PAC zone may be filled with 00 bits (PAC_ID=00 00 00 00) indicating that the zone is not used or may be left as a �not used area�, depending on a setting of the optical disc drive.
The PAC status of the PAC zone represented with two bits may indicate that the PAC is unrecorded when the two bits are 00, the PAC is written in 00 00 00 00 bits to indicate that the PAC is writable or in FF FF FF FF bits to indicate that the PAC is re-usable even if the PAC has been used before when the two bits are 01, the PAC is a defective area FF FF FF FE when the two bits are 10, and the PAC is a valid PAC (for example, Valid PAC=54 53 54 00) when the two bits are 11.
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