Information storage medium, recording/reproducing apparatus, and recording/reproducing method
CA 2586986 C · Owner: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. · Inventors: Hwang, Sung-Hee; Ko, Jung-Wan
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An information storage medium, a recording/reproducing apparatus and a recording/reproducing method are provided to increase data reproduction efficiency. The recording/reproducing apparatus includes: a write/read unit for recording data on an information storage medium and reading data from the medium; and a controller for controlling the write/read unit to record a replacement block by logical overwrite (LOW) for updating data recorded on the medium in a first area of the medium, record a replacement block for replacing a defect block generated on the medium in a second area of the medium and , record a second replacement block for replacement by defect of a first replacement …
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- Filed November 8, 2005 and granted February 28, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 8, 2025.
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