Patent ID: 7218586

Claim:
An optical disc recording method in an optical disc drive for real-time recording of data onto an optical disc comprising: splitting data that is input to the optical disc drive to produce a plurality of data segments, wherein the optical disc drive comprises a plurality of components, each component being configured to nerform a function: recording the data segments at a speed that exceeds the speed of the data that is input to the optical disc drive, the recording being performed with a laser; reproducing previously recorded data during a period of time between recording one data segment and recording a subsequent data segment; determining a recording condition of the reproduced data based on a reproduction signal corresponding to the reproduced data; adjusting a recording power level of the laser for recording a next data segment, the recording power level being adjusted based on the recording condition; recording the data that is input to the optical disk drive by repeating the steps of recording, reproducing, determining, and adjusting; and stopping the function of each component of the optical disc drive except for a recording quality evaluation function and a data buffer receiving function.