Patent ID: 7154822

Claim:
An optical disc recording control method by which data which is to be included in at least one track, a lead-in area, and a lead-out area of an optical disc is collectively recorded, comprising: starting to record data from a pre-gap in a first track at an inner radius of the optical disc, continuously recording data in all the tracks and the lead-out area, and thereafter recording data in the lead-in area and a program memory area which are located at the inner radius of the first track; wherein when an error occurs and the recording process is suspended while data is being recorded in the track of the optical disc, the recording process is switched to record data in the lead-out area, and after the recording in the lead-out area is ended, track information for reading the track data from the optical disc is modified in accordance with the track data which has been actually recorded on the optical disc, and the modified track information is recorded in the lead-in area and the program memory area.