Patent ID: 7975207

Claim:
A recording apparatus for an information recording medium in which data is subjected to error correction coding (ECC) and stored, the recording apparatus comprising: an extra ECC encoder to generate an extra parity data block, the extra ECC encoder comprising: an extra parity generator to generate an extra ECC data block based on ECC encoded data that is to be recorded on the information recording medium, to perform ECC on the generated extra ECC data block to obtain an extra ECC block, and to generate at least one extra parity from the obtained extra ECC block, and an extra parity interleaver to interleave the generated at least one extra parity and to generate the extra parity data block; and an extra ECC controller determining whether extra ECC is applied to the information recording medium, and controlling the extra ECC encoder to generate the extra parity data block corresponding to data that is to be recorded on the information storage medium.