JP4968359B2 - Playback control device and playback control method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention particularly relates to a playback control apparatus and a playback control method for a recording medium such as an optical disk as a write-once medium.

As a technique for recording / reproducing digital data, optical disks (including magneto-optical disks) such as CD (Compact Disk), MD (Mini-Disk), and DVD (Digital Versatile Disk) are used as recording media. There is data recording technology. An optical disk is a generic term for recording media that irradiate laser light onto a disk in which a thin metal plate is protected with plastic, and read signals by changes in reflected light.
The optical disc includes, for example, a read-only type as known as CD, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, MD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD + RW, DVD -There is a type in which user data can be recorded as known in RAM and the like. In the recordable type, data can be recorded by using a magneto-optical recording method, a phase change recording method, a dye film change recording method, or the like. The dye film change recording method is also called a write-once recording method, and can be recorded only once and cannot be rewritten. On the other hand, the magneto-optical recording method and the phase change recording method can rewrite data and are used for various purposes such as recording of various content data such as music, video, games, application programs and the like.

In recent years, a high-density optical disk called a Blu-ray Disc has been developed, and the capacity has been significantly increased.
For example, in this high-density disk, when data recording / reproduction is performed under the condition of a combination of a laser having a wavelength of 405 nm (so-called blue laser) and an objective lens having an NA of 0.85, the track pitch is 0.32 μm, the linear density is 0.12 μm / When a 64 KB (kilobyte) data block is used as one recording / playback unit and the format efficiency is about 82%, a capacity of about 23.3 GB (gigabyte) can be recorded on a direct 12 cm disc.
Even for such a high-density disk, a write-once type and a rewritable type have been developed.

In order to record data on a recordable disc such as a magneto-optical recording method, a dye film change recording method, a phase change recording method, etc., a guide means for tracking the data track is required. Grooves (grooves) are formed in advance as pregrooves, and the grooves or lands (cross-section plateau-like portions sandwiched between the grooves and the grooves) are used as data tracks.
Further, it is necessary to record address information so that data can be recorded at a predetermined position on the data track, but this address information may be recorded by wobbling (meandering) the groove.

That is, a track for recording data is formed in advance as a pregroup, for example, and the side wall of this pregroup is wobbled corresponding to the address information.
In this way, the address can be read from the wobbling information obtained as reflected light information at the time of recording or reproduction. For example, even if pit data indicating the address is not formed on the track in advance, the desired position can be read. Data can be recorded and reproduced.
By adding address information as a wobbling groove in this way, for example, it becomes unnecessary to provide an address area discretely on a track and record an address as, for example, pit data. Recording capacity can be increased.
The absolute time (address) information expressed by such a wobbling groove is called ATIP (Absolute Time In Pregroove) or ADIP (Adress In Pregroove).

In addition, for these data recordable recording media (not for reproduction only), a technique is known in which a replacement area is prepared and a data recording position is changed on a disk. In other words, when there is a location that is not suitable for data recording due to a defect such as a scratch on the disc, a defect management technique is used to ensure proper recording and reproduction by providing a replacement recording area in place of the defective location. is there.
For example, a defect management technique is disclosed in the following document.
JP-T-2002-521786 JP-A-60-74020 JP-A-11-39801

  By the way, in an optical recording medium that can be recorded once, such as a CD-R, DVD-R, and a write-once disk as a high-density disk, it is a matter of course that data is recorded on a recorded area. Is impossible.

The specifications of file systems recorded on optical recording media are defined on the assumption that most of them are used on read-only media (ROM type discs) that cannot be recorded or rewritable media (RAM type discs). . The file system for a once-write write-once recording medium has a specification in which functions are limited and special functions are added.
This is the reason why file systems for write-once optical recording media are not widely used. For example, a FAT file system that can support various OSs of an information processing apparatus cannot be directly applied to a write-once medium.

Write-once media is widely used because it is useful for data storage applications, etc. Furthermore, if it can be applied to the above-mentioned FAT file system and the like with general specifications, the usefulness of write-once media will be further increased. Will increase.
However, in order to apply a widely used file system such as FAT, or a file system for RAM or hard disk as it is, it is necessary to be able to perform a write function for the same address, that is, data rewrite. Of course, one of the features of write-once media is that data cannot be rewritten. Therefore, the file system used for a rewritable recording medium as described above cannot be used as it is.

  Further, the recording surface of the disc may be damaged when the optical disc is taken in or out of the disc drive device or depending on how the disc is stored or handled. For this reason, a defect management method has been proposed as described above. Of course, even write-once media must be able to cope with defects such as scratches.

Further, the conventional write-once optical disc is sequentially packed from the inner circumference side of the disc, and is recorded without leaving an unrecorded area between the area to be recorded and the previously recorded area. This is because the conventional optical recording disk was developed based on the ROM type, and if there is an unrecorded part, it cannot be reproduced. Such circumstances limit random access recording in write-once media.
On the disk drive device (recording / reproducing device) side, recording and reading of data with respect to an address designated by the host computer is a heavy processing on a write-once optical disk.

  From these facts, it is possible to perform data rewriting and defect management by appropriate management for recent write-once media, particularly write-once media as high-density and large-capacity optical disks exceeding 20 GB, such as the above-mentioned Blu-ray Disc. Improve random accessibility, reduce the processing load on the recording / playback device, enable data rewriting, support general-purpose file systems, and compatibility with rewritable discs and playback-only discs Various demands have arisen, such as maintaining sexuality.

  In view of such circumstances, the present invention enables data rewriting in a write-once type recording medium, and further improves the usefulness of the write-once type recording medium by performing appropriate defect management, as well as compatibility. It aims to maintain.

The reproduction control device according to the present invention is based on a normal recording / reproduction area in which data is recorded / reproduced and a defect in the normal recording / reproduction area or data rewriting in a write-once recording medium in which data can be written once. A replacement area for recording data by a replacement process, a replacement management information for managing the replacement process using the replacement area, and a management information area for recording write presence / absence presentation information, and a replacement recorded in the management information area The management information includes status information for distinguishing the first entry information, the second entry information, and the third entry information, and the first entry information having the two address information, or the second entry information. And the third entry information, wherein the first entry information indicates that the status information is the first entry information, and for each data unit In order to perform replacement, one address information of the two address information is information having a replacement source address, the other address information is information having replacement destination address information, and the second entry information In order to replace the continuous range, the start address of the replacement source address of the continuous range is added to one address information of the two address information, and the other address information is the replacement of the continuous range. Information having a start address of the destination address, the third entry information indicates that the status information is the third entry information, and one of the two address information is used to switch the continuous range. The end address of the replacement source address in the continuous range is included in the address information of the continuous range, and the end address of the replacement destination address in the continuous range is included in the other address information. Is information having an address, the write presence presenting information about the data units each, as reproduction control apparatus for a recording medium is information indicating whether a write completion,
It is confirmed whether the requested address is already recorded based on the writing presence / absence presentation information recorded in the management information area. If the data has been recorded, the first entry information or the first A discriminating unit for discriminating the second entry information and the third entry information based on the status information; and when the discriminating unit discriminates the first entry, the data unit of the data in the normal recording / reproducing area Each time a replacement process is performed to control data reproduction from the replacement area, and when the determination unit determines that the second entry is present, the determined second entry and the determination Based on the second entry and the corresponding third entry, the replacement process of the continuous range of data in the normal recording / reproducing area is performed to control the data reproduction from the replacing area. And control means for performing.

The reproduction control method according to the present invention is based on a normal recording / reproducing area for recording / reproducing data and a defect or data rewriting in the normal recording / reproducing area in a write-once recording medium capable of writing data once. A replacement area for recording data by a replacement process, a replacement management information for managing the replacement process using the replacement area, and a management information area for recording write presence / absence presentation information, and a replacement recorded in the management information area The management information includes status information for distinguishing the first entry information, the second entry information, and the third entry information, and the first entry information having the two address information, or the second entry information. And the third entry information, wherein the first entry information indicates that the status information is the first entry information, and for each data unit In order to perform replacement, one address information of the two address information is information having a replacement source address, the other address information is information having replacement destination address information, and the second entry information In order to replace the continuous range, the start address of the replacement source address of the continuous range is added to one address information of the two address information, and the other address information is the replacement of the continuous range. Information having a start address of the destination address, the third entry information indicates that the status information is the third entry information, and one of the two address information is used to switch the continuous range. The end address of the replacement source address in the continuous range is included in the address information of the continuous range, and the end address of the replacement destination address in the continuous range is included in the other address information. Is information having an address, the write presence presenting information about the data units each, as the reproduction control method for a recording medium is information indicating whether a write completion, the writing that is recorded in the management information area Based on the presence / absence presentation information, it is confirmed whether or not the requested address has been recorded. If the data has been recorded, the first entry information or the second entry information and the third entry information are In the determination step for determining based on the status information, and in the determination step, if the first entry is determined, a replacement process is performed for each data unit of the data in the normal recording / playback area, and the replacement area Control of data reproduction from and when the second entry is determined in the determination step, the determined second entry; A control step of performing a replacement process of the continuous range of data in the normal recording / playback area based on the determined second entry and the corresponding third entry, and controlling the playback of data from the replacement area; Execute.

That is, according to the present invention, a normal recording / reproduction area, a replacement area, a first replacement management information area, and a second replacement management information area are provided in a write-once recording medium.
The second replacement management information area is an area that realizes rewriting of the replacement management information by additionally recording replacement management information related to the replacement process. Further, if the writing presence / absence presentation information is recorded, the recording status of each data unit on the recording medium can be easily grasped.
The replacement management information recorded in the second replacement management information area is physically continuous with the first information format indicating the replacement source address and the replacement destination address for each data unit. If a plurality of data units are collectively included in the second information format indicating the replacement source address and the replacement destination address, the plurality of data units can be efficiently replaced and managed by the second information format.

As will be understood from the above description, the present invention provides the following effects.
According to the present invention, a write-once recording medium can be used as a recording medium that can substantially rewrite data. Accordingly, a file system such as FAT corresponding to the rewritable recording medium can be used for the write-once recording medium, and the usefulness of the write-once recording medium can be remarkably improved. is there. For example, a FAT file system, which is a standard file system in an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer, is a file system capable of recording / reproducing a rewritable recording medium from various OSs (operating systems). The FAT file system can be applied as it is to a recording medium of a type, and data can be exchanged without being aware of the difference in OS. This is also preferable in terms of maintaining compatibility.

  Further, according to the present invention, as long as a replacement area or an area for updating replacement management information remains, a write-once recording medium can be used as a data-rewritable recording medium. There is an effect that it can be used effectively and waste of resources can be reduced.

Also, it can be determined whether or not each data unit (each cluster) of each recording layer on the recording medium has been written based on the writing presence / absence presentation information (space bitmap). In the recording device and the playback device, recording and reading of data with respect to an address designated by a host computer or the like is a processing with a heavy load. If it is already recorded, an error can be returned without accessing the recording medium, or the data rewriting process can be shifted to a replacement process. In particular, it is possible to determine whether or not to execute the data rewriting function without accessing the recording medium.
Further, when the reading request is made, if the designated address is known to be unrecorded from the writing presence / absence presentation information, an error can be returned without accessing the recording medium.
That is, it is possible to reduce the processing load on the recording apparatus and the reproducing apparatus when realizing random access recording / reproducing with respect to the recording medium.

Also, according to the writing presence / absence presentation information, the recording status of the replacement area can also be managed, so that it is possible to obtain the replacement destination address when performing the replacement process for defect or data rewriting without accessing the recording medium.
Furthermore, management / control information areas such as lead-in / lead-out can also be managed by writing presence / absence presentation information. For this reason, for example, it is suitable for grasping the used range of OPC for adjusting the laser power. That is, when searching for a test writing area for laser power adjustment in OPC, it is not necessary to access the recording medium, and it is possible to prevent erroneous detection of whether or not recording has been completed.
In addition, since the area where there was a defect at the time of writing and the periphery thereof are recorded with the information indicating whether or not writing has been performed, it is possible to omit recording processing for a defective address such as a time-consuming scratch. Further, by combining this with the rewriting function, it becomes possible to perform the writing process with no apparent writing error for the host.

  Further, as the replacement management information recorded in the second replacement management information area, for each data unit, there are a plurality of physically continuous ones according to the first information format indicating the replacement source address and the replacement destination address. This includes a second information format in which data units are grouped together to indicate a replacement source address and a replacement destination address. By managing the replacement processing of a plurality of data units together in the second information format, the number of entries (alternate address information ati) in the replacement management information can be saved, and the second replacement management information area can be saved, and this It is possible to obtain the possibility of updating more times. In addition, a plurality of data units related to the replacement process managed by the second information format are also appropriately written based on the writing presence / absence presentation information by setting the data in the writing presence / absence presentation information (space bitmap). Operation can be performed, and access as illegal or malfunctioning can be prevented.

  The first replacement management information area is recorded with all the latest replacement management information in the second replacement management information area in the first information format. This means that the recording medium of the present invention can be appropriately recorded / reproduced in the recording / reproducing apparatus which is accessed using the replacement management information in the first replacement management information area. Therefore, the effect of maintaining compatibility can be obtained.

It is explanatory drawing of the area structure of the disc of embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the structure of the single layer disc of embodiment. It is explanatory drawing of the structure of the double layer disc of embodiment. It is explanatory drawing of DMA of the disk of embodiment. It is explanatory drawing of the content of DDS of the disk of embodiment. It is explanatory drawing of the content of DFL of the disk of embodiment. It is explanatory drawing of the defect list management information of DFL and TDFL of the disc of an embodiment. It is explanatory drawing of the alternate address information of DFL and TDFL of the disc of an embodiment. It is explanatory drawing of TDMA of the disk of embodiment. It is explanatory drawing of the space bit map of the disk of embodiment. It is explanatory drawing of TDFL of the disk of embodiment. It is explanatory drawing of TDDS of the disk of embodiment. It is explanatory drawing of ISA and OSA of the disk of embodiment. It is explanatory drawing of the data recording order in TDMA of embodiment. It is explanatory drawing of the use condition of TDMA of the double layer disk of embodiment. 1 is a block diagram of a disk drive device according to an embodiment. It is a flowchart of the data writing process of an embodiment. It is a flowchart of a user data writing process of the embodiment. It is a flowchart of an overwriting function process of an embodiment. It is a flowchart of the alternative address information generation process of an embodiment. It is a flowchart of the data reading process of an embodiment. It is a flowchart of the TDFL / space bitmap update process of an embodiment. It is a flowchart of alternate address information reorganization processing of an embodiment. It is explanatory drawing of the alternative address information reorganization process of embodiment. It is a flowchart of the conversion process to the compatible disk of embodiment. It is explanatory drawing of TDMA of the disk of embodiment. It is explanatory drawing of TDDS of the disk of embodiment. It is explanatory drawing of ISA and OSA of the disk of embodiment. It is explanatory drawing of the replacement area | region use flag of embodiment. It is a flowchart of the data writing process of an embodiment. It is a flowchart of the rewriting function setting process of embodiment. It is a flowchart of the data reading process of an embodiment. It is a flowchart of the TDFL / space bitmap update process of an embodiment.

Hereinafter, an optical disk as an embodiment of the present invention will be described, and a disk drive apparatus serving as a recording apparatus and a reproducing apparatus for the optical disk will be described. The description will be given in the following order.
1. 1. Disk structure DMA
3. First TDMA system 3-1 TDMA
3-2 ISA and OSA
3-3 Method of using TDMA 4. Disk drive device 5. Operation corresponding to the first TDMA system 5-1 Data write 5-2 Data read 5-3 TDFL / space bitmap update 5-4 Conversion to compatible disk 6. Effect of the first TDMA method Second TDMA system 7-1 TDMA
7-2 ISA and OSA
8). 8. Operation corresponding to the second TDMA system 8-1 Data write 8-2 Data read 8-3 TDFL / space bitmap update and conversion to compatible disk Effects of the second TDMA system

1. Disc structure First, an optical disc according to an embodiment will be described. This optical disc can be implemented as a write-once disc in the category of a high-density optical disc system called a so-called Blu-ray disc.

An example of physical parameters of the high-density optical disc of the present embodiment will be described.
The optical disc of this example has a disc size of 120 mm in diameter and a disc thickness of 1.2 mm. In other words, these are the same as CD (Compact Disc) type discs and DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) type discs in terms of external appearance.
A so-called blue laser is used as a recording / reproducing laser, and the optical system has a high NA (for example, NA = 0.85), and a narrow track pitch (for example, track pitch = 0.32 μm). By realizing a high linear density (for example, a recording linear density of 0.12 μm), a user data capacity of about 23 G to 25 G bytes is realized on a disk having a diameter of 12 cm.
A so-called two-layer disc having two recording layers has also been developed. In the case of a two-layer disc, the user data capacity is about 50 Gbytes.

FIG. 1 shows the layout (area configuration) of the entire disc.
As an area on the disc, a lead-in zone, a data zone, and a lead-out zone are arranged from the inner peripheral side.
If you look at the area structure related to recording and playback. The prerecorded information area PIC on the innermost circumference side in the lead-in zone is a reproduction-only area, and the area from the management area of the lead-in zone to the lead-out zone is a write-once area that can be recorded once.

In the read-only area and the write-once area, recording tracks are formed in a spiral shape by wobbling grooves (meandering grooves). The groove is used as a tracking guide when tracing with a laser spot, and the groove is used as a recording track to record and reproduce data.
In this example, an optical disk on which data is recorded in the groove is assumed. However, the present invention is not limited to such an optical disk of groove recording, and is a land recording method for recording data on a land between grooves. The present invention may be applied to an optical disc, and may also be applied to a land / groove recording type optical disc that records data in a groove and a land.

  The groove used as the recording track has a meandering shape corresponding to the wobble signal. Therefore, in a disk drive device for an optical disk, both edge positions of the groove are detected from the reflected light of the laser spot irradiated to the groove and the laser spot is moved along the recording track. By extracting the fluctuation component in the radial direction, the wobble signal can be reproduced.

  In this wobble signal, address information (physical address, other additional information, etc.) of the recording track at the recording position is modulated. Therefore, in the disk drive device, address control or the like at the time of data recording or reproduction can be performed by demodulating address information or the like from the wobble signal.

The lead-in zone shown in FIG. 1 is an area inside a radius of 24 mm, for example.
A radius of 22.2 to 23.1 mm in the lead-in zone is set as the prerecorded information area PIC.
In the prerecorded information area PIC, disk information such as recording / reproducing power conditions, area information on the disk, information used for copy protection, and the like are recorded as reproduction-only information by groove wobbling. Such information may be recorded by embossed pits or the like.

  Although not shown, a BCA (Burst Cutting Area) may be provided further on the inner circumference side than the prerecorded information area PIC. BCA records a unique ID unique to a disk recording medium by a recording method that burns out a recording layer. That is, by forming the recording marks so as to be arranged concentrically, barcode-shaped recording data is formed.

In the lead-in zone, for example, a range with a radius of 23.1 to 24 mm is set as a management / control information area.
In the management / control information area, a predetermined area format including a control data area, DMA (Defect Management Area), TDMA (Temporary Defect Management Area), test write area (OPC), buffer area, and the like is set.

The following management / control information is recorded in the control data area in the management / control information area.
That is, the disc type, disc size, disc version, layer structure, channel bit length, BCA information, transfer rate, data zone position information, recording linear velocity, recording / reproducing laser power information, etc. are recorded.

  Similarly, a test write area (OPC) provided in the management / control information area is used for trial writing when setting data recording / reproducing conditions such as laser power during recording / reproducing. That is, it is an area for adjusting recording / reproducing conditions.

A DMA is provided in the management / control information area. Usually, in the field of optical discs, replacement management information for defect management is recorded in the DMA. However, in the disc of this example, the DMA records not only the replacement management of defective portions but also management / control information for realizing data rewriting in this write-once disc. Particularly in this case, in the DMA, management information of ISA and OSA described later is recorded.
Further, in order to enable data rewriting using the replacement process, the contents of the DMA must be updated in accordance with the data rewriting. For this reason, TDMA is provided.
The replacement management information is additionally recorded in the TDMA and updated. The last (latest) replacement management information finally recorded in the TDMA is recorded in the DMA.
DMA and TDMA will be described in detail later.

  For example, a radius of 24.0 to 58.0 mm on the outer peripheral side from the lead-in zone is set as the data zone. The data zone is an area where user data is actually recorded and reproduced. The data zone start address ADdts and end address ADdte are indicated in the data zone position information of the control data area described above.

In the data zone, an ISA (Inner Spare Area) is provided on the innermost periphery, and an OSA (Outer Spare Area) is provided on the outermost periphery. As will be described later, ISA and OSA are used as replacement areas for defects and data rewriting (overwriting).
The ISA is formed with a predetermined number of cluster sizes (1 cluster = 65536 bytes) from the start position of the data zone.
The OSA is formed with a predetermined number of cluster sizes from the end position of the data zone to the inner circumference side. The sizes of ISA and OSA are described in the DMA.

A section between the ISA and the OSA in the data zone is a user data area. This user data area is a normal recording / reproducing area normally used for recording / reproducing user data.
The position of the user data area, that is, the start address ADus and the end address ADue are described in the DMA.

  The outer periphery side of the data zone, for example, a radius of 58.0 to 58.5 mm is set as a lead-out zone. The lead-out zone is a management / control information area, and a control data area, a DMA, a buffer area, and the like are formed in a predetermined format. In the control data area, for example, various management / control information is recorded as in the control data area in the lead-in zone. The DMA is prepared as an area in which ISA and OSA management information is recorded as in the DMA in the lead-in zone.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the structure of the management / control information area in a single-layer disc having one recording layer.
As shown in the figure, each area of DMA2, OPC (test write area), TDMA, and DMA1 is formed in the lead-in zone except for an undefined section (reserve). In the lead-out zone, areas of DMA3 and DMA4 are formed except for an undefined section (reserve).
Although the above-described control data area is not shown, for example, a part of the control data area is actually a DMA, and the structure related to the DMA is a gist of the present invention, and thus the illustration is omitted.

Thus, four DMAs are provided in the lead-in zone and the lead-out zone. The same replacement management information is recorded in each of the DMA1 to DMA4.
However, since TDMA is provided, replacement management information is initially recorded using TDMA, and replacement management information is additionally recorded in TDMA in response to data rewrite or replacement processing due to a defect. Will be updated.
Therefore, for example, DMA is not used until the disc is finalized, and replacement management is performed in TDMA. When the disc is finalized, the latest replacement management information recorded in the TDMA at that time is recorded in the DMA, and replacement management by the DMA becomes possible.

FIG. 3 shows a case of a dual-layer disc in which two recording layers are formed. The first recording layer is also referred to as layer 0, and the second recording layer is also referred to as layer 1.
In layer 0, recording / reproduction is performed from the inner circumference side of the disc toward the outer circumference side. That is, it is the same as that of a single-layer disc.
In layer 1, recording / reproduction is performed from the outer peripheral side of the disc toward the inner peripheral side.
The progress of the physical address value is also in this direction. That is, in layer 0, the address value increases from the inner periphery to the outer periphery, and in layer 1, the address value increases from the outer periphery to the inner periphery.

In the lead-in zone of layer 0, each area of DMA2, OPC (test write area), TDMA, and DMA1 is formed in the same manner as the single-layer disc. Since the outermost peripheral side of the layer 0 is not a lead-out, it is simply called an outer zone 0. In the outer zone 0, DMA3 and DMA4 are formed.
The outermost periphery of the layer 1 is the outer zone 1. DMA 3 and DMA 4 are also formed in the outer zone 1. The innermost periphery of layer 1 is a lead-out zone. In this lead-out zone, areas of DMA2, OPC (test write area), TDMA, and DMA1 are formed.
In this way, eight DMAs are provided in the lead-in zone, the outer zones 0 and 1, and the lead-out zone. TDMA is provided in each recording layer.
The size of the layer 0 lead-in zone and the layer 1 lead-out zone is the same as that of the single-layer disc.
The sizes of the outer zone 0 and the outer zone 1 are the same as the lead-out zone of the single-layer disc.

2. DMA
The structure of the DMA recorded in the lead-in zone and the lead-out zone (and the outer zones 0 and 1 in the case of a two-layer disc) will be described.
FIG. 4 shows the structure of the DMA.
In this example, the DMA size is 32 clusters (32 × 65536 bytes). A cluster is a minimum unit of data recording.
Of course, the DMA size is not limited to 32 clusters. In FIG. 4, each cluster of 32 clusters is represented by cluster numbers 1 to 32, and the data position of each content in the DMA is shown. The size of each content is shown as the number of clusters.

In the DMA, detailed information of a disc is recorded as a DDS (disc definition structure) in a section of four clusters of cluster numbers 1 to 4.
The contents of this DDS will be described with reference to FIG. 5. The DDS has a size of one cluster and is repeatedly recorded four times in the section of the four clusters.

The section of 4 clusters of cluster numbers 5 to 8 is the first recording area (DFL # 1) of the defect list DFL. The structure of the defect list DFL will be described with reference to FIG. 6, but the defect list DFL has data of 4 cluster sizes, and each of the replacement address information is listed therein.
The section of 4 clusters of cluster numbers 9 to 12 is the second recording area (DFL # 2) of the defect list DFL.
Further, recording areas of the third and subsequent defect lists DFL # 3 to DFL # 6 are prepared for each four clusters, and the section of the four clusters of the cluster numbers 29 to 32 is the seventh recording area (DFL # 7) of the defect list DFL. )
That is, seven recording areas of defect lists DFL # 1 to DFL # 7 are prepared for the 32-cluster DMA.
In the case of a write-once optical disc that can be written once as in this example, in order to record the contents of this DMA, it is necessary to perform a process called finalization. In that case, the seven defect lists DFL # 1 to DFL # 7 written to the DMA all have the same contents.

FIG. 5 shows the contents of the DDS recorded at the head of the DMA shown in FIG.
As described above, the DDS has a size of one cluster (= 65536 bytes).
In FIG. 5, the byte position indicates the first byte of the DDS which is 65536 bytes as byte 0. The number of bytes indicates the number of bytes of each data content.

In two bytes at byte positions 0 to 1, DDS identifier = “DS” for recognizing a DDS cluster is recorded.
The DDS model number (format version) is indicated in 1 byte at byte position 2.

  The number of DDS updates is recorded in 4 bytes at byte positions 4-7. In this example, the DMA itself is not updated because the replacement management information was written at the time of finalization, but the replacement management information is performed in the TDMA. Therefore, when finalization is finally performed, the number of updates of DDS (TDDS: temporary DDS) performed in TDMA is recorded at the byte position.

In 4 bytes at byte positions 16 to 19, the head physical sector address (AD DRV) of the drive area in the DMA is recorded.
In 4 bytes at byte positions 24 to 27, the head physical sector address (AD DFL) of the defect list DFL in the DMA is recorded.
4 bytes in byte positions 32 to 35 indicate the head position of the user data area in the data zone, that is, the position of LSN (logical sector number) “0” by PSN (phisical sector number). ing.
Four bytes at byte positions 36 to 39 indicate the end position of the user data area in the data zone by LSN (logical sector address).
The 4 bytes at byte positions 40 to 43 indicate the size of the ISA (layer 1 ISA or layer 0 ISA of the double layer disc) in the data zone.
The 4 bytes at byte positions 44 to 47 indicate the size of the OSA in the data zone.
The 4 bytes at byte positions 48 to 51 indicate the size of the ISA (layer 1 ISA of the double-layer disc) in the data zone.
In one byte at byte position 52, a replacement area usable flag indicating whether or not data can be rewritten using ISA and OSA is shown. The replacement area usable flag indicates that the ISA or the OSA has been used up.
Byte positions other than these are reserved (undefined), and are all set to 00h.

  As described above, the DDS includes the address of the user data area, the size of the ISA and OSA, and the replacement area usable flag. That is, it is management / control information for managing the ISA and OSA areas in the data zone.

Next, FIG. 6 shows the structure of the defect list DFL.
As described with reference to FIG. 4, the defect list DFL is recorded in the recording area of 4 clusters.
In FIG. 6, the data position of each data content in the defect list DFL of 4 clusters is shown as the byte position. 1 cluster = 32 sectors = 65536 bytes, and 1 sector = 2048 bytes.
The number of bytes indicates the number of bytes as the size of each data content.

The first 64 bytes of the defect list DFL are used as defect list management information.
In the defect list management information, information for identifying a cluster of the defect list, information such as version, number of times of defect list update, number of entries in the defect list, and the like are recorded.
Further, after byte position 64, alternate address information ati of 8 bytes is recorded as entry contents of the defect list.
Immediately after the last valid alternate address information ati # N, 8 bytes of terminator information as the end of the alternate address information are recorded.
In this DFL, the end of the alternate address information and the end of the cluster are filled with 00h.

The 64-byte defect list management information is as shown in FIG.
In byte positions 0 to 2 bytes, a character string “DF” is recorded as an identifier of the defect list DFL.
One byte at byte position 2 indicates the format number of the defect list DFL.
Four bytes from byte position 4 indicate the number of times the defect list DFL has been updated. Note that this is a value that inherits the number of updates of a temporary defect list TDFL described later.
Four bytes from the byte position 12 indicate the number of entries in the defect list DFL, that is, the number of replacement address information ati.
Four bytes from the byte position 24 indicate the size of each free area of the replacement areas ISA0, ISA1, OSA0, OSA1 in the number of clusters.
Byte positions other than these are reserved and all are set to 00h.

FIG. 8 shows the structure of the alternate address information ati. That is, it is information indicating the contents of each entry subjected to the replacement process.
The total number of alternate address information ati is 32759 at the maximum in the case of a single-layer disc.
One alternate address information ati is composed of 8 bytes (64 bits). Each bit is shown as bits b63 to b0.
In bits b63 to b60, entry status information (status 1) is recorded.
In the DFL, the status information is “0000”, which indicates a normal replacement process entry.
Other status information values will be described later in the description of the TDFL replacement address information ati in TDMA.

Bits b59 to b32 indicate the first physical sector address PSN of the replacement source cluster. That is, the cluster to be replaced due to a defect or rewriting is indicated by the physical sector address PSN of the head sector.
Bits b31 to b28 are reserved. Another status information (status 2) in the entry may be recorded.

Bits b27 to b0 indicate the top physical sector address PSN of the replacement destination cluster.
That is, when a cluster is replaced due to a defect or rewriting, the replacement destination cluster is indicated by the physical sector address PSN of the head sector.

The replacement address information ati as described above is regarded as one entry to indicate a replacement source cluster and a replacement destination cluster related to one replacement process.
Such entries are registered in the defect list DFL having the structure shown in FIG.

In the DMA, replacement management information is recorded with the data structure as described above. However, as described above, these pieces of information are recorded in the DMA when the disc is finalized. In this case, the latest replacement management information in the TDMA is reflected.
Replacement processing for defect management and data rewriting and update of replacement management information corresponding to the replacement processing are performed in the TDMA described below.

3. First TDMA system 3-1 TDMA
Next, TDMA provided in the management / control information area as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 will be described. The TDMA (temporary DMA) is an area for recording replacement management information as in the DMA, but the replacement management information is additionally recorded in response to the occurrence of replacement processing according to data rewrite or defect detection. It will be updated.

FIG. 9 shows the structure of TDMA.
The size of the TDMA is, for example, 2048 clusters.
As shown in the figure, a space bitmap for layer 0 is recorded in the first cluster of cluster number 1.
A space bitmap is a bit assigned to each cluster of a data zone as a main data area and a lead-in zone and a lead-out zone (outer zone) as a management / control area. This is information indicating whether or not a cluster has been written. In the space bitmap, all clusters from the lead-in zone to the lead-out zone (outer zone) are assigned to one bit, but this space bitmap can be configured with a size of one cluster.
The cluster of cluster number 2 is a space bitmap for layer 1. Of course, in the case of a single-layer disc, a space bitmap for layer 1 (second layer) is not necessary.

In TDMA, when replacement processing is performed due to a change in data content or the like, a TDFL (temporary defect list) is additionally recorded in the top cluster of an unrecorded area in TDMA. Therefore, in the case of a two-layer disc, the first TDFL is recorded from the position of cluster number 3 as shown in the figure. In the case of a single-layer disc, the space bitmap for layer 1 is not necessary, so the first TDFL is recorded from the position of cluster number 2. Then, according to the occurrence of the replacement process, TDFLs are additionally recorded at cluster positions that are not spaced from each other.
The size of the TDFL is from 1 cluster to a maximum of 4 clusters.

Since the space bitmap indicates the writing status of each cluster, it is updated when data writing occurs. In this case, a new space bitmap is performed from the beginning of an empty area in TDMA, as in TDFL.
That is, in TDMA, a space bitmap or TDFL is added as needed.

  The configuration of the space bitmap and TDFL will be described below. The last sector of one cluster (2048 bytes) used as the space bitmap and the last sector (2048 bytes) of 1-4 clusters used as the TDFL The TDDS (temporary DDS (temporary disc definition structure)), which is detailed information of the optical disc, is recorded in the.

FIG. 10 shows the configuration of the space bitmap.
As described above, the space bitmap is a bitmap in which the recorded / unrecorded state of one cluster on the disk is represented by 1 bit, and, for example, “1” is set to the bit corresponding to the case where the cluster is unrecorded. In the case of a two-layer disc, an example of a bitmap that holds independent information for each layer is used.
In the case of 1 sector = 2048 bytes, the capacity of 25 GB of one recording layer can be constituted by a bitmap having a size of 25 sectors. That is, a space bitmap can be configured with a size of one cluster (= 32 sectors).

In FIG. 10, 32 sectors in one cluster are shown as sectors 0 to 31. The byte position is shown as a byte position in the sector.
In the first sector 0, space bitmap management information is recorded.
In two bytes from byte position 0 of sector 0, “UB” is recorded as a space bitmap ID (Un-allocated Space Bitmap Identifier).
In 1 byte at byte position 2, a format version (model number) is recorded, for example, “00h”.
In 4 bytes from byte position 4, a layer number is recorded. That is, it is shown whether this space bitmap corresponds to layer 0 or layer 1.

In 48 bytes from byte position 16, bitmap information (Bitmap Information) is recorded.
The bitmap information is composed of zone information corresponding to each of the three zones of the inner zone, the data zone, and the outer zone (Zone Information for Inner Zone) (Zone Information for Data Zone) (Zone Information for Outer Zone).
Each zone information includes the start position of the zone (Start Cluster First PSN), the start position of the bitmap data (Start Byte Position of Bitmap data), the size of the bitmap data (Validate Bit Length in Bitmap data), and the reserve, Each is composed of 16 bytes, 4 bytes.

In the start position of the zone (Start Cluster First PSN), the start position of the zone on the disk, that is, the start address when each zone is bitmapped is indicated by PSN (physical sector address).
The start position of bitmap data (Start Byte Position of Bitmap data) indicates the start position of the bitmap data related to the zone as the number of bytes relative to the first Un-allocated Space Bitmap Identifier of the space bitmap. Is.
The size of bitmap data (Validate Bit Length in Bitmap data) represents the size of bitmap data of the zone in terms of the number of bits.

Then, actual bitmap data (Bitmap data) is recorded from byte position 0 of the second sector (= sector 1) of the space bitmap. The size of the bitmap data is 1 sector per 1 GB.
In the area after the last bitmap data, the area up to the last sector (sector 31) is reserved and is set to “00h”.
The TDDS is recorded in the last sector (sector 31) of the space bitmap.

Management by the bitmap information is as follows.
First, a case of a space bitmap in which layer 0 is indicated as the layer number at byte position 4, that is, a space bitmap for layer 0 of a single-layer disc or a double-layer disc will be described.

In this case, information on the inner zone of layer 0, that is, the lead-in zone is indicated by Zone Information for Inner Zone.
In the start position of the zone (Start Cluster First PSN), the PSN of the start position of the lead-in zone is indicated as indicated by a solid line arrow.
At the start position of the bitmap data (Start Byte Position of Bitmap data), as indicated by a broken line, the position of the bitmap data corresponding to the lead-in zone in the space bitmap (information indicating the byte position 0 of sector 1) ) Is displayed.
The size of the bitmap data (Validate Bit Length in Bitmap data) indicates the size of the bitmap data for the lead-in zone.

In Zone Information for Data Zone, layer 0 data zone information is indicated.
In the start position of the zone (Start Cluster First PSN), the PSN of the start position of the data zone is indicated as indicated by a solid line arrow.
At the start position of the bitmap data (Start Byte Position of Bitmap data), as indicated by the broken line, the position of the bitmap data corresponding to the data zone in the space bitmap (information indicating the byte position 0 of sector 2) Is shown.
The size of the bitmap data (Validate Bit Length in Bitmap data) indicates the size of the bitmap data for the data zone.

Zone Information for Outer Zone indicates information on the outer zone 0 of the layer 0, that is, the lead-out zone of the single-layer disc or the outer zone 0 of the double-layer disc.
In the start position of the zone (Start Cluster First PSN), the PSN of the start position of the lead-out zone (or outer zone 0) is indicated as indicated by the solid line arrow.
At the start position of the bitmap data (Start Byte Position of Bitmap data), as indicated by a broken line, the position of the bitmap data corresponding to the lead-out zone (or outer zone 0) in the space bitmap (in sector N) Information indicating byte position 0).
The size of the bitmap data (Validate Bit Length in Bitmap data) indicates the size of the bitmap data for the lead-out zone (or the outer zone 0).

  Next, a case of a space bitmap in which layer 1 is indicated as a layer number at byte position 4, that is, a space bitmap for layer 1 of a two-layer disc will be described.

In this case, Zone Information for Inner Zone indicates information on the inner zone of Layer 1, that is, the lead-out zone.
In the start position of the zone (Start Cluster First PSN), the PSN of the start position of the lead-out zone is indicated as indicated by a one-dot chain line arrow (in Layer 1, since the address direction is from the outer circumference to the inner circumference, it is indicated by the one-dot chain line arrow) Position is the starting position).
At the start position of the bitmap data (Start Byte Position of Bitmap data), as indicated by the broken line, the position of the bitmap data corresponding to the lead-out zone in the space bitmap (information indicating the byte position 0 of sector 1) ) Is displayed.
The size of the bitmap data (Validate Bit Length in Bitmap data) indicates the size of the bitmap data for the lead-out zone.

In Zone Information for Data Zone, layer 1 data zone information is indicated.
In the start position of the zone (Start Cluster First PSN), the PSN of the start position of the data zone is indicated as indicated by a one-dot chain line arrow.
At the start position of the bitmap data (Start Byte Position of Bitmap data), as indicated by the broken line, the position of the bitmap data corresponding to the data zone in the space bitmap (information indicating the byte position 0 of sector 2) Is shown.
The size of the bitmap data (Validate Bit Length in Bitmap data) indicates the size of the bitmap data for the data zone.

Zone Information for Outer Zone indicates information on outer zone 1 of layer 1.
In the start position of the zone (Start Cluster First PSN), the PSN of the start position of the outer zone 1 is indicated as indicated by a one-dot chain line arrow.
At the start position of the bitmap data (Start Byte Position of Bitmap data), as indicated by a broken line, the position of the bitmap data corresponding to the outer zone 1 in the space bitmap (information indicating the byte position 0 of the sector N) ) Is displayed.
The size of bitmap data (Validate Bit Length in Bitmap data) indicates the size of bitmap data for the outer zone 1.

Next, the configuration of TDFL (temporary DFL) will be described. As described above, the TDFL is recorded in the empty area following the space bitmap in TDMA, and is added to the head of the empty area every time it is updated.
FIG. 11 shows the configuration of the TDFL.
The TDFL is composed of 1 to 4 clusters. As can be seen in comparison with the DFL of FIG. 6, the first 64 bytes are used as defect list management information, and the replacement address information ati of 8 bytes is recorded after byte position 64, and the last replacement. It is the same that the next 8 bytes of the address information ati # N are the alternate address information end.
However, the TDFL of 1 to 4 clusters is different from the DFL in that a temporary DDS (TDDS) is recorded in 2048 bytes as the last sector.

  In the case of TDFL, it is filled with 00h before the last sector of the cluster to which the end of the alternate address information belongs. Then, TDDS is recorded in the last sector. If the end of the alternate address information belongs to the last sector of the cluster, it is padded with zeros until the last sector of the next cluster, and TDDS is recorded in the last sector.

The 64-byte defect list management information is the same as the DFL defect list management information described with reference to FIG.
However, as a 4-byte defect list update count from byte position 4, the serial number of the defect list is recorded. As a result, the serial number of the defect list management information in the latest TDFL indicates the number of times the defect list is updated.
Further, the number of entries in the defect list DFL of 4 bytes from the byte position 12, that is, the number of the replacement address information ati, and the free areas of the 4-byte replacement areas ISA0, ISA1, OSA0, OSA1 from the byte position 24, respectively. As the size (number of clusters), a value at the time of updating the TDFL is recorded.

  The structure of the replacement address information ati in the TDFL is the same as the structure of the replacement address information ati in the DFL shown in FIG. 8, and the replacement address information ati is regarded as one entry and replaced with the replacement source cluster related to one replacement process. The destination cluster is indicated. Such entries are registered in the temporary defect list TDFL having the structure shown in FIG.

However, the status 1 of the TDFL alternate address information ati may be “0101” or “1010” in addition to “0000”.
The status 1 becomes “0101” or “1010” when a plurality of physically continuous clusters are subjected to a replacement process, and the plurality of clusters are collectively replaced (burst transfer management).
That is, when the status 1 is “0101”, the first physical sector address of the replacement source cluster and the first physical sector address of the replacement destination cluster of the replacement address information ati are replacements for the first cluster of a plurality of physically continuous clusters. It indicates the original and the replacement destination.
When the status 1 is “1010”, the start physical sector address of the replacement source cluster and the start physical sector address of the replacement destination cluster of the replacement address information ati are replacements for the last cluster of a plurality of physically continuous clusters. It indicates the original and the replacement destination.
Therefore, when a plurality of physically continuous clusters are managed together as a replacement, it is not necessary to enter the replacement address information ati for each of the plurality of clusters. The replacement address information ati may be entered.

  As described above, the TDFL basically has the same structure as the DFL, but the size can be expanded to 4 clusters, the TDDS is recorded in the last sector, and burst transfer management is performed as alternate address information ati. It has features such as being made possible.

In TDMA, a space bitmap and TDFL are recorded as shown in FIG. 9, but a TDDS (temporary disc definition structure) is recorded in 2048 bytes as the last sector of the space bitmap and TDFL as described above. .
The structure of this TDDS is shown in FIG.
The TDDS is composed of one sector (2048 bytes). The same contents as the DDS in the DMA described above are included. Although the DDS is one cluster (65536 bytes), the substantial content definition in the DDS is performed up to the byte position 52 as described in FIG. That is, substantial contents are recorded in the head sector of one cluster. Therefore, even if the TDDS is one sector, the DDS contents can be included.
As can be seen by comparing FIG. 12 and FIG. 5, the TDDS has the same contents as the DDS from byte positions 0 to 53. However, the byte position 4 is the TDDS serial number, the byte position 16 is the drive area start physical address in TDMA, and the byte position 24 is the start physical address (AD DFL) of TDFL in TDMA.

Information not included in the DDS is recorded after the byte position 1024 of the TDDS.
In the 4 bytes from the byte position 1024, the outermost physical sector address PSN in which data is recorded in the user data area is recorded.
In 4 bytes from the byte position 1028, the latest physical sector address (AD BP0) of the space bitmap for layer 0 in the TDMA is recorded.
In four bytes from the byte position 1032, the start physical sector address (AD BP1) of the latest layer 1 space bitmap in TDMA is recorded.
In one byte at byte position 1036, a flag for controlling use of the overwrite function is recorded.
Bytes other than these byte positions are reserved, and their contents are all 00h.

As described above, the TDDS includes the address of the user data area, the size of the ISA and OSA, and the replacement area usable flag. That is, it is management / control information for managing the ISA and OSA areas in the data zone. This is the same as DDS.
Further, it has information (AD BP0, AD BP1) indicating the position of the latest valid space bitmap, and further has information (AD DFL) indicating the position of the latest valid temporary DFL (TDFL). The
Since the TDDS is recorded in the space bit map and the last sector of the TDFL, a new TDDS is recorded every time the space bit map or the TDFL is added. Therefore, in the TDMA of FIG. 9, the space bitmap added last or the TDDS in the TDFL becomes the latest TDDS, and the latest space bitmap and TDFL are shown therein.

3-2 ISA and OSA
FIG. 13 shows the positions of ISA and OSA.
ISA (inner spare area: inner spare area) and OSA (outer spare area: outer spare area) are areas reserved in the data zone as spare areas for replacement processing of defective clusters.
The ISA and OSA are also used as replacement areas for actually recording the data to be written to the target address when there is a request for writing to the recorded address, that is, data rewriting.

  FIG. 13A shows the case of a single-layer disc, where the ISA is provided on the innermost periphery of the data zone, and the OSA is provided on the outermost periphery of the data zone.

FIG. 13B shows a case of a dual-layer disc, in which ISA0 is provided on the innermost circumference side of the layer 0 data zone, and OSA0 is provided on the outermost circumference side of the layer 0 data zone. ISA1 is provided on the innermost periphery of the layer 1 data zone, and OSA1 is provided on the outermost periphery of the layer 1 data zone.
In a two-layer disc, the sizes of ISA0 and ISA1 may be different. OSA0 and OSA1 have the same size.

The sizes of ISA (or ISA0, ISA1) and OSA (or OSA0, OSA1) are defined in the above DDS and TDDS.
The size (size) of the ISA is determined at the time of initialization, and the subsequent size is also fixed. However, the size of the OSA can be changed even after data is recorded. In other words, when the TDDS is updated, the OSA size can be increased by changing the value of the OSA size recorded in the TDDS.

The replacement process using these ISA and OSA is performed as follows. Take the case of data rewriting as an example. For example, it is assumed that a data write, that is, rewrite request is generated for a cluster in which data has already been recorded in the user data area. In this case, since it is a write-once disk, it cannot be written to that cluster, so that the rewritten data is written to a certain cluster in the ISA or OSA. This is a replacement process.
This replacement process is managed as an entry of the replacement address information ati. That is, one replacement address information ati is entered with the cluster address where data was originally recorded as the replacement source, and the cluster address where the rewritten data is written in the ISA or OSA as the replacement destination.
In other words, in the case of data rewriting, the rewritten data is recorded in the ISA or OSA, and the replacement of the data position by the rewriting is managed by the replacement address information ati in the TDFL in the TDMA, so that the write-once disk However, the data rewriting is substantially realized (for example, when viewed from the OS, file system, etc. of the host system).

  Similarly, in the case of defect management, when a certain cluster is set as a defective area, data to be written therein is written into a certain cluster in the ISA or OSA by a replacement process. One replacement address information ati is entered for the management of the replacement process.

3-3 Usage Method of TDMA As described above, in TDMA, the space bitmap and TDFL are updated as needed in accordance with data writing and replacement processing.
FIG. 14 shows how TDMA is updated.
FIG. 14A shows a state in which a space bitmap (for layer 0), a space bitmap (layer 1), and a TDFL are recorded in TDMA.
As described above, temporary DDS (TDDS) is recorded in the last sector of each piece of information. These are shown as TDDS1, TDDS2, and TDDS3.

In the case of FIG. 14A, since TDFL is the latest write data, TDDS3 of the last sector of TDFL is the latest TDDS.
As described with reference to FIG. 12, the TDDS has information (AD BP0, AD BP1) indicating the position of the latest valid space bitmap and information (AD DFL) indicating the position of the latest valid TDFL. In TDDS3, effective information is indicated as indicated by a solid line (AD BP0), a broken line (AD BP1), and a one-dot chain line (AD DFL). That is, in this case, in TDDS3, the TDFL including itself is designated as a valid TDFL by the address (AD DFL). In addition, the space bitmap (for layer 0) and the space bitmap (layer 1) are each designated by an address (AD BP0, AD BP1) as a valid space bitmap.

Thereafter, data writing is performed, and a space bitmap (for layer 0) is added for updating. Then, a new space bitmap (for layer 0) is recorded at the head of the empty area as shown in FIG. In this case, TDDS4 of the last sector becomes the latest TDDS, and valid information is designated by an address (AD BP0, AD BP1, AD DFL) therein.
In this case, in TDDS4, a space bitmap (for layer 0) including itself is designated as valid information by an address (AD BP0). Also, the address (AD BP1, AD DFL) designates the same space bitmap (layer 1) as that in FIG. 14A and TDFL as valid information.

Further, after that, data writing is performed, and the space bitmap (for layer 0) is added again for updating. Then, a new space bitmap (for layer 0) is recorded at the head of the empty area as shown in FIG. In this case, TDDS5 of the last sector becomes the latest TDDS, and valid information is designated by the address (AD BP0, AD BP1, AD DFL) therein.
In this case, in TDDS4, a space bitmap (for layer 0) including itself is designated as valid information by an address (AD BP0). The address (AD BP1, AD DFL) designates the same space bitmap (layer 1) as that in FIGS. 14A and 14B and TDFL as valid information.

For example, in this way, according to the TDFL / space bitmap update processing, valid information (TDFL / space bitmap) in the TDMA is indicated by TDDS in the last sector of the latest information. The valid information is the latest TDFL / space bitmap in the update process (= before finalization).
Therefore, the disk drive device side can grasp the effective TDFL / space bitmap by referring to the TDDS in the last recorded TDFL or space bitmap in the TDMA.

Incidentally, FIG. 14 described the case of a dual-layer disc. That is, a space bitmap (for layer 0) and a space bitmap (for layer 1) are recorded.
The two space bitmaps and TDFL are initially recorded in Layer 0 TDMA. That is, only layer 0 TDMA is used, and the TDFL / space bitmap is additionally recorded every time it is updated as shown in FIG.
The second layer TDMA in the layer 1 is used after the layer 0 TDMA is exhausted.
In layer 1 TDMA, recording is performed using the TDFL / space bitmap sequentially from the top.

FIG. 15 shows a state where the layer 0 TDMA has been used up by N times of recording of the TDFL / space bitmap. This is a case where the space bitmap (for layer 1) has been continuously updated after FIG.
FIG. 15 shows a state in which, after the layer 0 TDMA is exhausted, the recording of the space bitmap (for layer 1) is further performed in the layer 1 TDMA. At this time, TDDSN + 2 of the last sector of the latest space bitmap (for layer 1) is the latest TDDS.
With the latest TDDS, as in the case of FIG. 14 described above, effective information is indicated as indicated by a solid line (AD BP0), a broken line (AD BP1), and a one-dot chain line (AD DFL). That is, in this case, in TDDSN + 2, a space bitmap (for layer 1) including itself is designated as valid information by an address (AD BP1). Also, the same space bitmap (for layer 0) and TDFL as in FIG. 14C and TDFL are designated as valid information (updated latest information) by the addresses (AD BP0, AD DFL).

  Of course, after that, when the TDFL, the space bitmap (for layer 0), and the space bitmap (for layer 1) are updated, the TDFL, space bitmap (for layer 1) are used in order from the beginning of the free area of the TDMA of layer 1.

As described above, in the TDMA provided in each recording layer (layers 0 and 1), these are used for updating the TDFL / space bitmap while being exhausted in order. As a result, the TDMAs of the recording layers are combined and used as one large TDMA, and a plurality of TDMAs can be used efficiently.
Regardless of the TDMA of layers 0 and 1, an effective TDFL / space bitmap can be grasped by simply searching for the last recorded TDDS.

In the embodiment, a single-layer disc and a double-layer disc are assumed, but a disc having three or more recording layers is also conceivable.
Even in this case, the TDMA of each layer may be used while being exhausted in the same manner as described above.

4). Disc Drive Device Next, a disc drive device (recording / reproducing device) corresponding to the above write-once disc will be described.
The disk drive apparatus of this example is for a write-once type disk, for example, a disk in which only the pre-recorded information area PIC in FIG. 1 is formed and no write-once area is recorded. By performing the formatting process, the disk layout in the state described with reference to FIG. 1 can be formed, and data is recorded and reproduced in the user data area of such a formatted disk. When necessary, recording / updating to TDMA, ISA, and OSA is also performed.

FIG. 16 shows the configuration of the disk drive device.
The disk 1 is the above-described write-once disk. The disk 1 is loaded on a turntable (not shown) and is driven to rotate at a constant linear velocity (CLV) by a spindle motor 52 during a recording / reproducing operation.
Then, an ADIP address embedded as wobbling of the groove track on the disk 1 and management / control information as prerecorded information are read by the optical pickup 51 (optical head).
In initialization format or when user data is recorded, management / control information and user data are recorded on the track in the write-once area by the optical pickup, and data recorded by the optical pickup is read out during reproduction.

  In the pickup 51, a laser diode serving as a laser light source, a photodetector for detecting reflected light, an objective lens serving as an output end of the laser light, and a laser recording light are irradiated onto the disk recording surface via the objective lens. An optical system (not shown) for guiding the reflected light to the photodetector is formed.

The objective lens is held in the pickup 51 so as to be movable in the tracking direction and the focus direction by a biaxial mechanism.
The entire pickup 51 can be moved in the radial direction of the disk by a thread mechanism 53.
The laser diode in the pickup 51 is driven to emit laser light by a drive signal (drive current) from the laser driver 63.

Reflected light information from the disk 1 is detected by a photodetector in the pickup 51, converted into an electric signal corresponding to the amount of received light, and supplied to the matrix circuit 54.
The matrix circuit 54 includes a current-voltage conversion circuit, a matrix calculation / amplification circuit, and the like corresponding to output currents from a plurality of light receiving elements as photodetectors, and generates necessary signals by matrix calculation processing.
For example, a high frequency signal (reproduction data signal) corresponding to reproduction data, a focus error signal for servo control, a tracking error signal, and the like are generated.
Further, a push-pull signal is generated as a signal related to groove wobbling, that is, a signal for detecting wobbling.
Note that the matrix circuit 54 may be integrally configured in the pickup 51.

  The reproduction data signal output from the matrix circuit 54 is supplied to the reader / writer circuit 55, the focus error signal and tracking error signal are supplied to the servo circuit 61, and the push-pull signal is supplied to the wobble circuit 58.

The reader / writer circuit 55 performs binarization processing on the reproduction data signal, reproduction clock generation processing using a PLL, etc., reproduces the data read by the pickup 51, and supplies the data to the modulation / demodulation circuit 56.
The modem circuit 56 includes a functional part as a decoder at the time of reproduction and a functional part as an encoder at the time of recording.
At the time of reproduction, as a decoding process, a run-length limited code is demodulated based on the reproduction clock.
The ECC encoder / decoder 57 performs an ECC encoding process for adding an error correction code at the time of recording and an ECC decoding process for correcting an error at the time of reproduction.
At the time of reproduction, the data demodulated by the modulation / demodulation circuit 56 is taken into an internal memory, and error detection / correction processing and deinterleaving processing are performed to obtain reproduction data.
The data decoded up to the reproduction data by the ECC encoder / decoder 57 is read based on an instruction from the system controller 60 and transferred to a connected device, for example, an AV (Audio-Visual) system 120.

The push-pull signal output from the matrix circuit 54 as a signal related to groove wobbling is processed in the wobble circuit 58. The push-pull signal as ADIP information is demodulated into a data stream constituting an ADIP address in the wobble circuit 58 and supplied to the address decoder 59.
The address decoder 59 decodes the supplied data, obtains an address value, and supplies it to the system controller 60.
The address decoder 59 generates a clock by PLL processing using the wobble signal supplied from the wobble circuit 58, and supplies the clock to each unit, for example, as an encode clock during recording.

Further, as a push-pull signal output from the matrix circuit 54 as a signal related to the wobbling of the groove, the push-pull signal as the pre-recorded information PIC is subjected to band-pass filter processing in the wobble circuit 58, and the reader / writer circuit 55 To be supplied. Then, after binarization and a data bit stream, the ECC encoder / decoder 57 performs ECC decoding and deinterleaving to extract data as pre-recorded information. The extracted prerecorded information is supplied to the system controller 60.
The system controller 60 can perform various operation setting processes, copy protection processes, and the like based on the read prerecorded information.

At the time of recording, recording data is transferred from the AV system 120. The recording data is sent to a memory in the ECC encoder / decoder 57 and buffered.
In this case, the ECC encoder / decoder 57 performs error correction code addition, interleaving, subcode addition, and the like as encoding processing of the buffered recording data.
The ECC-encoded data is subjected to, for example, RLL (1-7) PP modulation in the modulation / demodulation circuit 56 and supplied to the reader / writer circuit 55.
As described above, the clock generated from the wobble signal is used as the reference clock for the encoding process during recording.

The recording data generated by the encoding process is subjected to recording compensation processing by the reader / writer circuit 55, and fine adjustment of the optimum recording power and adjustment of the laser drive pulse waveform with respect to recording layer characteristics, laser beam spot shape, recording linear velocity, etc. Etc. are sent to the laser driver 63 as a laser drive pulse.
The laser driver 63 applies the supplied laser drive pulse to the laser diode in the pickup 51 to perform laser emission driving. As a result, pits corresponding to the recording data are formed on the disc 1.

  The laser driver 63 includes a so-called APC circuit (Auto Power Control), and the laser output is not dependent on the temperature or the like while monitoring the laser output power by the output of the laser power monitoring detector provided in the pickup 51. Control to be constant. The target value of the laser output at the time of recording and reproduction is given from the system controller 60, and the laser output level is controlled to be the target value at the time of recording and reproduction.

The servo circuit 61 generates various servo drive signals for focus, tracking, and thread from the focus error signal and tracking error signal from the matrix circuit 54, and executes the servo operation.
That is, a focus drive signal and a tracking drive signal are generated according to the focus error signal and tracking error signal, and the focus coil and tracking coil of the biaxial mechanism in the pickup 51 are driven. Thus, a pickup 51, a matrix circuit 54, a servo circuit 61, a tracking servo loop and a focus servo loop by a biaxial mechanism are formed.

  The servo circuit 61 turns off the tracking servo loop and outputs a jump drive signal in response to a track jump command from the system controller 60, thereby executing a track jump operation.

  The servo circuit 61 generates a thread drive signal based on a thread error signal obtained as a low frequency component of the tracking error signal, access execution control from the system controller 60, and the like, and drives the thread mechanism 53. Although not shown, the sled mechanism 53 has a mechanism including a main shaft that holds the pickup 51, a sled motor, a transmission gear, and the like, and by driving the sled motor according to a sled drive signal, a required slide of the pick-up 51 is obtained. Movement is performed.

The spindle servo circuit 62 performs control to rotate the spindle motor 2 at CLV.
The spindle servo circuit 62 obtains the clock generated by the PLL processing for the wobble signal as the current rotational speed information of the spindle motor 52 and compares it with predetermined CLV reference speed information to generate a spindle error signal. .
At the time of data reproduction, the reproduction clock (clock serving as a reference for decoding processing) generated by the PLL in the reader / writer circuit 55 becomes the current rotational speed information of the spindle motor 52. A spindle error signal can also be generated by comparing with the reference speed information.
The spindle servo circuit 62 outputs a spindle drive signal generated according to the spindle error signal, and causes the spindle motor 62 to perform CLV rotation.
The spindle servo circuit 62 generates a spindle drive signal in response to a spindle kick / brake control signal from the system controller 60, and executes operations such as starting, stopping, acceleration, and deceleration of the spindle motor 2.

Various operations of the servo system and the recording / reproducing system as described above are controlled by a system controller 60 formed by a microcomputer.
The system controller 60 executes various processes according to commands from the AV system 120.

  For example, when a write command (write command) is issued from the AV system 120, the system controller 60 first moves the pickup 51 to the address to be written. Then, the ECC encoder / decoder 57 and the modulation / demodulation circuit 56 execute the encoding process as described above on the data transferred from the AV system 120 (for example, video data of various systems such as MPEG2 or audio data). Then, recording is executed by supplying the laser drive pulse from the reader / writer circuit 55 to the laser driver 63 as described above.

For example, when a read command for transferring certain data (MPEG2 video data or the like) recorded on the disk 1 is supplied from the AV system 120, seek operation control is first performed for the instructed address. That is, a command is issued to the servo circuit 61 to cause the pickup 51 to access the address specified by the seek command.
Thereafter, operation control necessary for transferring the data in the designated data section to the AV system 120 is performed. That is, data reading from the disk 1 is performed, decoding / buffering and the like in the reader / writer circuit 55, the modem circuit 56, and the ECC encoder / decoder 57 are executed, and the requested data is transferred.

  In recording and reproducing these data, the system controller 60 can control access and recording / reproducing operations using the ADIP address detected by the wobble circuit 58 and the address decoder 59.

In addition, at a predetermined time such as when the disc 1 is loaded, the system controller 60 records the unique ID recorded in the BCA of the disc 1 (if the BCA is formed) or a wobbling groove in the read-only area. The prerecorded information (PIC) is read out.
In that case, seek operation control is first performed for the purpose of BCA and pre-recorded data zone PR. That is, a command is issued to the servo circuit 61 to cause the pickup 51 to access the innermost circumference of the disk.
Thereafter, a reproduction trace is performed by the pickup 51 to obtain a push-pull signal as reflected light information, and a decoding process is performed by the wobble circuit 58, reader / writer circuit 55, and ECC encoder / decoder 57, and BCA information and pre-recorded are obtained. Reproduction data as information is obtained.
The system controller 60 performs laser power setting, copy protection processing, and the like based on the BCA information and pre-recorded information read in this way.

FIG. 16 shows a cache memory 60 a in the system controller 60. The cache memory 60a is used for holding or updating the TDFL / space bitmap read from the TDMA of the disk 1, for example.
For example, when the disk 1 is loaded, the system controller 60 controls each unit to read the TDFL / space bitmap recorded in the TDMA, and holds the read information in the cache memory 60a.
Thereafter, when data rewriting or replacement processing due to a defect is performed, the TDFL / space bitmap in the cache memory 60a is updated.
For example, when a replacement process is performed by data writing or data rewriting and the space bitmap or TDFL is updated, the TDFL or space bitmap may be additionally recorded in the TDMA of the disk 1 each time. However, doing so would expedite the TDMA consumption of the disk 1.
Therefore, for example, until the disk 1 is ejected from the disk drive apparatus, the TDFL / space bitmap is updated in the cache memory 60a. At the time of ejection or the like, the final (latest) TDFL / space bitmap in the cache memory 60a is written into the TDMA of the disk 1. Then, many updates of the TDFL / space bitmap are combined and updated on the disk 1, and TDMA consumption of the disk 1 can be reduced.
In the operation processing such as recording, which will be described later, description will be made in accordance with a method for reducing the TDMA consumption of the disk 1 by using the cache memory 60a. However, as a matter of course, in the present invention, the TDFL / space bitmap may be updated as writing to the disk 1 each time without using the cache memory 60a.

Incidentally, the configuration example of the disk drive device of FIG. 16 is an example of the disk drive device connected to the AV system 120, but the disk drive device of the present invention may be connected to, for example, a personal computer or the like. .
Furthermore, there may be a form that is not connected to other devices. In that case, an operation unit and a display unit are provided, and the configuration of an interface part for data input / output is different from that in FIG. That is, it is only necessary that recording and reproduction are performed in accordance with a user operation and a terminal unit for inputting / outputting various data is formed.
Of course, there are various other configuration examples. For example, examples of a recording-only device and a reproduction-only device are also possible.

5. Operation Corresponding to First TDMA System 5-1 Data Writing Next, the processing of the system controller 60 when data is recorded on the disk 1 by the disk drive device will be described with reference to FIGS.
At the time when the data writing process described below is performed, the disk 1 is loaded, and the TDFL / space bitmap recorded in the TDMA of the disk 1 at the time of loading is read into the cache memory 60a. Suppose that it is in a state.
In general, when a write request or read request is issued from a host device such as the AV system 120, the target address is designated by a logical sector address. The disk drive device performs processing by converting this into a physical sector address, but the logical-physical address conversion will not be described sequentially.
In order to convert a logical sector address designated from the host side into a physical sector address, the “starting physical sector address of the user data area” recorded in the TDDS may be added to the logical sector address.

It is assumed that a write request for a certain address N is received from the host device such as the AV system 120 to the system controller 60.
In this case, the system controller 60 starts the processing of FIG. First, in step F101, it is checked whether the designated address (cluster) is recorded or unrecorded by referring to the space bitmap fetched into the cache memory 60a (or the latest updated bitmap in the cache memory 60a).
If not recorded, the process proceeds to step F102, and the process proceeds to the user data writing process shown in FIG.
On the other hand, if it has already been recorded, the current data cannot be written to the designated address, so the process proceeds to step F103, and the process proceeds to the overwriting process shown in FIG.

The user data writing process in FIG. 18 is a normal writing process because it is a case where a writing command is issued for an address that has not yet been recorded. However, when an error occurs due to a scratch on the disk during writing, a replacement process may be performed.
In step F111, the system controller 60 first executes control for writing data to a designated address. That is, the pickup 51 is accessed to the designated address, and recording of the data requested to be written is executed.

When the data writing is normally completed, the process proceeds from step F112 to F113, and the space bitmap is updated in the cache memory 60a. That is, in the space bitmap, the bit corresponding to the cluster written this time is set to a value indicating written.
This completes the processing for the write request.

However, if the data writing in step F111 cannot be completed normally and the replacement processing function is turned on, the process proceeds from step F113 to F114.
Note that whether or not the replacement processing function is enabled in step F112 is determined by whether or not ISA and OSA are defined. If at least one of ISA and OSA is defined, replacement processing is possible, and therefore the replacement processing function is effective.
ISA and OSA are defined when the size of ISA and OSA is not zero in the TDDS in the TDMA. In other words, when the disk 1 is formatted, at least one of ISA and OSA is defined as a replacement area that actually exists (the size is not zero), and the first TDMA is recorded. Or, when TDDS is updated in TDMA, for example, OSA is redefined and size is not zero.
Eventually, if at least one of ISA and OSA exists, it is determined that the replacement processing function is on, and the process proceeds to step F114.

If the replacement processing function is invalidated in step F112 (both ISA and OSA do not exist), the process proceeds to step F113. In this case, the designation is made in the space bitmap in the cache memory 60a. The bit corresponding to the recorded address is recorded, and the process ends. An error ends for a write request.
In this case, despite the writing error, a written flag is set for the space bitmap as in the normal end. This causes the defective area to be managed as written in the space bitmap. As a result, even if there is a write request for the defective area in which the error has occurred, efficient processing can be performed by referring to the space bitmap.

If it is determined in step F112 that the replacement processing function is on and the process proceeds to step F114, it is first determined whether replacement processing is actually possible.
In order to perform the replacement process, there is at least a spare space (either ISA or OSA) for writing data at this time, and an entry of replacement address information ati for managing the replacement process is added (that is, It is necessary for TDMA to have a margin for updating TDFL.
It is possible to determine whether there is a free space in the OSA or ISA by confirming the number of unrecorded clusters of ISA / OSA shown in FIG. 7 in the defect list management information shown in FIG.

If at least one of ISA or OSA has a free space and TDMA has a free space for updating, the process of the system controller 60 proceeds from step F114 to F115 to allow the pickup 51 to access the ISA or OSA and write this time. The requested data is recorded at a free address in the ISA or OSA.
Next, in step F116, the TDFL and the space bitmap are updated in the cache memory 60a in accordance with the writing with the current replacement process.
That is, the contents of the TDFL are updated so as to newly add the replacement address information ati in FIG. 8 indicating the current replacement process. In accordance with this, addition of the number of registered defect lists in the defect list management information of FIG. 7 and subtraction of the number of unrecorded clusters of ISA / OSA are performed. In the case of replacement processing for one cluster, 1 is added to the number of defect list registrations, and the value of the number of unrecorded clusters in ISA / OSA is further reduced by one.
The generation process of the alternate address information ati will be described later.
As for the space bitmap, the bits corresponding to the address (cluster) in which the write request is made and the write error occurs and the address (cluster) where data is actually written in the ISA or OSA are recorded.
Then, the process for the write request is finished. In this case, a write error has occurred for the address specified in response to the write request, but the data writing has been completed by the replacement process. When viewed from the host device, the writing is normally completed.

  On the other hand, if the spare area (ISA or OSA) is not free in step F114 or if there is no free space for updating the TDFL in TDMA, the replacement process can no longer be performed, so the process proceeds to step F117. Then, an error is returned to the host device and the process is terminated.

If it is determined in step F101 of FIG. 17 that the address designated for writing by the host device has been written by the space bitmap, and the process proceeds to step F103, the overwrite function process of FIG. 19 is performed. .
In that case, the system controller 60 first determines in step F121 whether or not the overwriting, that is, the data rewriting function is valid. This determination is made by confirming the overwrite function availability flag in the TDDS shown in FIG.
If the overwriting function availability flag is not “1” (if it is not valid), the process proceeds to step F122, and an error is returned to the host device, assuming that the address is specified incorrectly, and the process ends.

If the overwrite function availability flag is “1”, the rewrite function is valid and the process of the rewrite function is started.
In this case, the process proceeds to step F123, and it is first determined whether or not replacement processing for data rewriting is actually possible. Also in this case, in order to perform the replacement process, there is at least an empty space for writing the current data in the spare area (either ISA or OSA), and an entry of the replacement address information ati for managing the replacement process is provided. It is necessary for TDMA to have room to add (that is, update TDFL).

If at least one of ISA or OSA has a free space and TDMA has a free space for updating, the process of the system controller 60 proceeds from step F123 to F124, and the pickup 51 is made to access the ISA or OSA to write this time. The requested data is recorded at a free address in the ISA or OSA.
Next, in step F125, the TDFL and the space bitmap are updated in the cache memory 60a in accordance with the replacement process performed for the current data rewriting.
That is, the contents of the TDFL are updated so as to newly add the replacement address information ati in FIG. 8 indicating the current replacement process.
However, since data rewriting has already been performed for the same address and the replacement address information ati related to the replacement process may be entered, first, the replacement source in the replacement address information ati registered in the TDFL. Search for the entry with the address. If the replacement address information ati corresponding to the replacement source address has already been registered, the replacement destination address in the replacement address information ati is changed to the ISA or OSA address recorded this time. At this time, since the update is performed in the cache memory 60a, it is possible to change the replacement destination address of the replacement address information ati that has already been entered. (Note that when updating on the disk 1 each time without using the cache memory 60a, the old entry is deleted and the TDFL with the new entry added is added)

In addition, when the replacement address information ati is added, the number of defect list registrations in the defect list management information of FIG. 7 is added. Also, the value of the number of unrecorded clusters of ISA / OSA is subtracted.
With respect to the space bitmap, a bit corresponding to an address (cluster) where data is actually written in the ISA or OSA is replaced by a replacement process for data rewriting.
Then, the process for the write request is finished. By such processing, even when there is a write request for an already recorded address, that is, a data rewrite request, the system controller 60 can cope with it using ISA and OSA.

  On the other hand, if there is no free area in both OSA and ISA in step F123, or if there is no free area for updating in TDMA, the replacement process cannot be performed and data rewriting cannot be performed, so the process proceeds to step F126 to write data. An error is returned to the host system assuming that there is no area, and the process ends.

Incidentally, in step F116 of FIG. 18 and step F125 of FIG. 19, the replacement address information ati is newly generated according to the replacement process, and the processing of the system controller 60 at that time is as shown in FIG.
In step F151, it is determined whether or not the cluster to be subjected to the replacement process is a plurality of physically continuous clusters.
In the case of replacement processing of one cluster or a plurality of clusters that are not physically continuous, the process proceeds to step F154, and replacement address information ati is generated for each of the one or more clusters. In this case, status 1 of the replacement address information ati = “0000” is set as a normal replacement process (see FIG. 8). In step F155, the generated alternate address information ati is added to the TDFL.
On the other hand, in the case of replacement processing of a plurality of physically continuous clusters (when both the replacement source and replacement destination are physically continuous), the process proceeds to step F152, and first, replacement address information ati for the first cluster of the continuous clusters. Is generated. Status 1 = “0101”. Next, in step F153, alternate address information ati is generated for the end cluster of the continuous cluster. Status 1 = “1010”. In step F155, the generated two alternate address information ati are added to the TDFL.
By performing such processing, in the case of replacement processing of physically continuous clusters, two or more clusters can be managed with two replacement address information ati.

5-2 Data Reading Next, the processing of the system controller 60 when data is reproduced from the disk 1 by the disk drive device will be described with reference to FIG.

It is assumed that a read request for a certain address is received from the host device such as the AV system 120 to the system controller 60.
In this case, the process of the system controller 60 refers to the space bitmap in step F201 to confirm whether or not the requested address has been recorded.
If the requested address has not been recorded, the process proceeds to step F202 to return an error to the host device and end the process, assuming that the specified address is incorrect.
If the designated address has already been recorded, the process proceeds to step F203, where the alternate address information ati recorded in the TDFL is searched, and whether or not the address designated this time is registered as the alternate source address. Check.

If the designated address is not the address registered in the replacement address information ati, the process proceeds from step F203 to F204, data is reproduced from the designated address, and the process is terminated.
This is a normal reproduction process for the user data area.

On the other hand, when the address related to the read request is the address registered in the replacement address information ati in step F203, the process proceeds from step F203 to F205, and the replacement destination address is acquired from the replacement address information ati. That is, an address in ISA or OSA.
In step F206, the system controller 60 executes data reading from the address in the ISA or OSA registered as the replacement destination address, transfers the reproduction data to the host device such as the AV system 120, and finishes the process.
By such processing, even when data rewriting has already been executed, even when data reproduction is requested, the latest data can be appropriately reproduced and transferred to the host device.

5-3 TDFL / Space Bitmap Update In the above processing example, the update of the TDFL when the replacement process is performed for data writing and the space bitmap corresponding to the data writing is performed in the cache memory 60a. did. In this case, it is necessary to record the contents updated in the cache memory 60a in the TDMA of the disk 1 at a certain time. That is, it is necessary to update the recorded status and the management status by the replacement process on the disk 1.
The time point at which the TDMA update recording is performed on the disk 1 is not particularly limited, but it is most preferable to perform, for example, when the disk 1 is ejected. Of course, it may be performed when the disk drive device is turned off or periodically regardless of the ejection.

FIG. 22 shows a process for updating the TDMA on the disk 1.
In the case of ejection or the like, the system controller 60 determines whether or not it is necessary to update the contents of the TDMA, that is, the TDFL or the space bitmap, and updates the information in the TDMA as necessary.
At the time of ejection or the like, the system controller 60 executes TDFL / space bitmap update processing from step F301 in FIG.
First, in step F302, it is confirmed whether or not the TDFL has been updated in the cache memory 60a. If the TDFL has been updated, the process proceeds to step F303, and TDDS (see FIG. 12) is added to the last sector of the updated TDFL.
In step F304, the pickup 51 records the TDFL from the beginning of the free area in the TDMA of the disc 1.
At this time, since data recording is performed in the TDMA, the space bitmap is updated in the cache memory 60a.

As described above, when the TDFL is recorded and the process proceeds to step F305, or when the TDFL is not updated and the process proceeds from step F302 to F305, it is confirmed whether or not the space bitmap is updated in the cache memory 60a. .
When the TDFL is updated as described above, the space bitmap is updated at least at that time. In addition, since this is a case where there is a replacement process, the space bitmap is updated according to the replacement process.
Furthermore, the space bitmap is updated in accordance with data writing even if there is no replacement processing.
In these situations, if the space bitmap in the cache memory 60a has been updated, the process proceeds to step F306. Then, after adding TDDS (see FIG. 12) to the last sector of the space bitmap in the cache memory 60a, the space bitmap is recorded from the beginning of the free area in the TDMA of the disk 1 by the pickup 51 in step F307. Let Then, the writing to the TDMA at the time of ejection is completed.
If no data has been written after the disk 1 is loaded, the process of FIG. 22 is terminated by steps F302 → F305 → end, and TDMA writing is not performed.

The recording of the TDFL in step F304 and the recording of the space bitmap in step F307 with respect to the TDMA of the disc 1 are performed in order from the top in the empty area in the TDMA as described with reference to FIGS. It will be going. In the case of a dual-layer disc, recording is performed using layer 0 TDMA, and after layer 0 TDMA is exhausted, layer 1 TDMA is used.
In both the single-layer disk and double-layer disk, the last TDFL in TDMA or the TDDS added to the last sector in the space bitmap becomes a valid TDDS, and the valid TDFL and space bit are determined by the TDDS. A map is shown.

By the way, when the TDFL is additionally recorded in steps F303 and F304, a method of reorganizing the replacement address information ati in the cache memory 60a can be considered.
An example of this processing is shown in FIG. This may be performed, for example, immediately before step F303 in FIG.
In step F351, the contents of each alternate address information ati are searched with the TDFL in the cache memory 60a, and it is confirmed whether there is alternate address information ati indicating a physically continuous cluster.
If a plurality of replacement address information ati in which both the replacement destination and the replacement source address are physically continuous does not exist, the process proceeds from step F352 to step F303 in FIG. 11 as it is.
However, if there are a plurality of replacement address information ati in which both the replacement destination and the replacement source address are physically continuous, the process proceeds to step F353, and reorganization processing is performed to combine the replacement address information ati.
When the reorganization processing is performed for all the continuous replacement address information ati in steps F352 and F353, the process proceeds to step F303.

This reorganization process is a process like the example shown in FIG.
For example, as shown in FIG. 24 (a), data write requests are separately generated for the clusters CL1, CL2, CL3, and CL4, and these are replaced with the OSA clusters CL11, CL12, CL13, and CL14, respectively. Assume that data rewriting has occurred.
In this case, because of the replacement process four times related to different write requests, as the replacement address information ati, four entries with status 1 = “0000” are generated as shown in FIG. become.
However, as the replacement address information ati, the above-described format of status 1 = “0101” “1010” can be used. In this example, the four clusters are physically continuous at both the replacement source and the replacement destination.
Therefore, as shown in FIG. 24C, the four entries indicate the change of the first cluster in the format of status 1 = “0101” (CL1 → CL11), and the change of the terminal cluster in the format of status 1 = “1010” ( CL4 to CL14).
As a result, the number of alternate address information ati written to the disk 1 can be reduced.

Such reorganization of the replacement address information is naturally applicable to a pair of replacement address information for managing a plurality of clusters collectively. For example, if a plurality of clusters indicated by a pair of alternative address information of status 1 = “0101” and “1010” and a plurality of clusters indicated by another pair of alternative address information are physically continuous, It can be reorganized into a pair of alternate address information.
Further, even when a plurality of clusters indicated by a pair of replacement address information of status 1 = “0101” and “1010” and one cluster indicated by replacement address information of status 1 = “0000” are physically continuous, reorganization is performed. Is possible.

5-4 Conversion to a Compatible Disc In a rewritable optical disc, replacement management information is executed in the DMA. That is, the TDMA is not provided unlike the disk of this example, and it is possible to cope with the occurrence of the replacement process by rewriting the DMA itself. Of course, this is possible because it is a rewritable disc.
The DMA of the rewritable disc is the same as the DMA configuration of the disc 1 of the present example described above.
On the other hand, in the write once type (write once) disc as in this example, since data can be written only once in one area, a method of updating while adding replacement management information as TDMA is adopted.
Therefore, in order to be able to reproduce the disc 1 of this example with a disc drive device corresponding to the rewritable disc, it is necessary to reflect the latest replacement management information in TDMA to the DMA.

Further, in the case of a rewritable disk or the like, generally, even when a continuous area is replaced, a cluster address is registered for each of the replacement address information ati in the DMA.
However, in a write-once type disk such as this example, that is, a disk in which the recording capacity is consumed by data writing, it is particularly important to effectively use a finite TDMA area. A method that does not increase the size of the TDFL during the replacement process is desired. For this reason, in the temporary defect management information (TDFL) recorded in the TDMA, not all the cluster addresses subjected to the replacement process are registered as replacement address information ati, and the above status 1 = “0101” “1010” By using the burst transfer format according to, the number of entries of the alternate address information ati can be reduced. That is, even when three or more consecutive addresses are subjected to the replacement process and the replacement destination is recorded in the continuous area, the registration of the replacement address information in the TDFL can be completed with two entries.
In TDFL, since address change information is registered for the first time when a replacement process occurs, the write-once optical disc of this example has a variable TDFL size, and the TDFL increases as the number of clusters to which the replacement process is applied increases. However, the expansion of the TDFL can be reduced by allowing a plurality of replacement processing clusters to be collectively managed as described above.

Here, considering the reproduction compatibility of the write once optical disc and the rewritable optical disc of this example, when converting the TDFL registered in the TDMA to the DMA, the format of the DFL to be recorded is the same as that of the rewritable optical disc. It is desirable.
Specifically, the alternate address information ati is preferably in the format of status 1 = “0000”. As a result, it is not necessary for the disk drive device side to switch processing relating to DMA information between the rewritable disk and the write-once disk, and the load on the disk drive device can be reduced.

  For these reasons, when writing the TDMA information to the DMA in the disk 1 of this example. A process as shown in FIG. 25 is performed. By writing to the DMA, the replacement management information becomes final, and thereafter, data rewriting using TDMA cannot be performed. Accordingly, the writing to the DMA is performed as a process at the time of finalizing the disk, for example. Writing to the DMA means processing for converting the disk 1 of this example into a disk having reproduction compatibility with a rewritable disk.

  When performing DMA writing, that is, conversion to a compatible disk, the system controller first performs processing for recording the TDFL / space bitmap in the cache memory 60a in TDMA in step F401 of FIG. Since this is the same as the processing of FIG. 22 performed at the time of ejection described above, detailed description thereof is omitted.

Next, in step F402, the latest TDDS recorded in the last recording sector in the TDMA is read to create DDS (see FIG. 5) information.
Next, in Step F403, it is confirmed whether or not the alternate address information ati in the TDFL is 1 or more. For this purpose, first, the latest TDFL recorded in the TDMA is read. As described with reference to FIG. 14 and the like, the effective TDFL recording position can be acquired from the TDDS. Then, the registration number of the replacement address information ati is acquired from the number of defect list registrations in the defect list management information in the TDFL.
Here, if the number of registered alternate address information ati is 0, there is no alternate address information ati. Therefore, the process proceeds to step F404, and data obtained by deleting the TDDS from the TDFL is set as a DFL (see FIG. 6). This is because TDDS exists in the last sector of TDFL (FIG. 11).
In step F408, the created DDS and DFL are recorded in DMA1, DMA2, DMA3, and DMA4 on the disk 1, and the process is terminated.

If the number of replacement address information ati is one or more in step F403, it is subsequently confirmed whether or not replacement processing is performed on the continuous area.
First, in step F405, the entered alternate address information ati is sequentially read and status 1 is confirmed. If there is the replacement address information ati whose status 1 is “0101”, the replacement processing for the continuous area has been performed.
However, if the status 1 of all entries is “0000” and there is no replacement process for the continuous area, the process proceeds to step F406, and the data obtained by deleting the TDDS from the TDFL is set as the DFL.

If there is a replacement process for the continuous area, first, in step F409, the replacement address information (status 1 = “0000” entry) of the normal one-to-one replacement process is copied to the DFL.
Next, in step F410, the replacement address information ati whose status 1 is “0101” is acquired and set as the start address SA. Further, the alternate address information ati written subsequently is acquired, and this is set as the end address EA.
In Step F411, the status 1 is set to “0000”, and the replacement address information ati of the start address SA is recorded in the DFL. Next, status 1 is set to “0000”, and alternate address information ati of address SA + 1 is recorded in the DFL. This is repeated sequentially until the address reaches the end address EA.
By this processing, a continuous cluster that has been subjected to replacement management is put into a form expressed by entries of individual replacement address information ati.

  In step F412, the TDFL is further searched. If there is another entry with status 1 = “0101”, the process returns to step F410 and the same processing is performed. That is, the processes of steps F410 and F411 are applied to all the replacement address information with status 1 = “0101” in the TDFL.

When the process proceeds from step F406 or F412 to F407, the created DFLs are rearranged in ascending order using the replacement source address of the replacement address information as a key.
Thereafter, in step F408, the created DDS and DFL are recorded in DMA1, DMA2, DMA3, and DMA4 on the disk 1, and the process is terminated.

Through the above processing, TDMA information is recorded in the DMA. At that time, as the alternate address information ati, all are converted into entries of status 1 = “0000”.
In the disk drive device for the rewritable disk, the DMA is read to check the replacement processing state. The disk 1 of the present example in which the DMA is recorded as described above is also read from the DMA in the same manner as the normal rewritable disk. The replacement process status can be confirmed and handled.

6). Advantages of the first TDMA system The following advantages can be obtained with the disc 1 and the disc drive apparatus of the above embodiment.

According to the present embodiment, a write-once disk can respond to a write request for the same address. Therefore, a file system that cannot be used with a conventional write-once disk is used. I can do it. For example, a file system corresponding to various OSs such as a FAT file system can be applied as it is, and data can be exchanged without being aware of the difference between the OSs.
Of course, not only user data but also directory information such as FAT recorded in the user data area can be rewritten. Therefore, it is convenient for application of a file system in which directory information such as FAT is updated at any time.
If the AV system 120 is assumed, video data and music data can be used as updatable media as long as unrecorded areas of ISA and OSA remain.

In addition, for a disk drive system, recording and reading data at an address designated by a host computer or the like is a heavy processing on a write-once optical recording disk. If a write command is received, an error can be returned without accessing the disc if the specified address is already recorded. Similarly, when a read command is received, an error can be returned without accessing if it is known that no data is recorded at the specified address. In order to realize this, it is necessary to manage the recording status of the disc, but the recording status management is realized by the space bitmap of the present embodiment.
By preparing a space bitmap, random recording can be realized on a large capacity write-once optical disc without imposing a load on the drive.
Also, since the recording status of the replacement area can be managed, the replacement destination address for defect replacement processing or logical overwriting can be acquired without accessing the disk.
Further, the management status of the management / control information such as the lead-in zone and the lead-out zone can also be managed by the space bitmap to manage the recording status of the management / control information. In particular, the management of the area for adjusting the laser power and the test area (OPC) is effective. Conventionally, in order to search for an address to be written in the OPC area, the disk was actually accessed and searched. However, there is a possibility that an area recorded with low power may be determined as unrecorded. This erroneous detection can be prevented by managing the OPC area with a space bitmap.

Combining the above-described overwrite function with the space bitmap also reduces the load on the drive system. That is, as is apparent from the processing of FIGS. 17 to 21, it can be determined whether or not to activate the overwrite function without accessing the disk.
In addition, by recording an area having a defect at the time of writing and its periphery on the space bit map, it is possible to omit a recording process for an address having a defect such as a scratch that takes time. Further, by combining this with the overwriting function, it becomes possible to perform the writing process with no apparent writing error for the host.

  In addition, the update processing of the TDFL or space bitmap that is the replacement management information is additionally recorded in the TDMA, and the information indicating the effective TDFL / space bitmap is recorded at each time point. TDFL / space bitmap can be determined. That is, the disk drive device can appropriately grasp the update status of the replacement management information.

  Further, recording the space bitmap in the TDMA means that the data zone which is the main data area is not used for recording the space bitmap. For example, it does not use ISA or the like. For this reason, it is possible to effectively use the data zone, and to perform a replacement process that effectively uses the replacement areas ISA and OSA. For example, it is possible to select which one of ISA and OSA to use in the replacement process, for example, the one closer to the replacement source address. In this way, the operation when accessing the data subjected to the replacement process is also made efficient.

Also, when writing to the disk 1, if the writing area cannot be written due to a defect and data is continuously sent after that, the writing process is continued without using the alternation process to return an error report. (See FIGS. 17 and 18).
In addition, when writing is not possible due to scratches, writing in the surrounding area is often impossible. Therefore, a certain area can be processed as a defective area without actually accessing an area after the area where writing is impossible. If the data of the corresponding area is already sent in the drive system, the replacement process is performed. At this time, even if three or more consecutive clusters are replaced, only two entries can be registered in the replacement address information, thus saving the writing area.
Also, unauthorized access can be prevented by processing the processed area on the space bitmap as written.
If there is no data in the drive system after the unwritable area, a certain area is registered as a defective cluster whose replacement destination is not assigned to the TDFL, and is processed as recorded on the space bitmap. Thereafter, when a write command for the corresponding area comes from the host, the disk drive device determines that the data has been written from the space bitmap, and can record data without error by the overwrite function.

  In addition, in the DMA, the data structure of the rewritable optical disk is the same, so that the disk of this example can be reproduced even in a system that reproduces only the rewritable optical disk.

7). Second TDMA system 7-1 TDMA
Next, the second TDMA system will be described. Since basically there are many similar points, differences from the first TDMA described above will be mainly described.
The disk structure shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 is the same. The DMA configuration described in FIGS. 4 to 8 is also the same.
The second TDMA system is different from the first TDMA system in that the space bitmap is not recorded in the TDMA and the ISA is used for recording the space bitmap.

The structure of TDMA is as shown in FIG.
The size of TDMA is 2048 clusters.
As cluster number 1 (to 4), a TDFL (temporary defect list) composed of 1 cluster or more and 4 clusters or less is recorded.
TDDS (temporary disc definition structure), which is detailed information of an optical recording medium composed of one cluster, is recorded in the cluster number n following the TDFL.
In TDMA, TDFL and TDDS are one set, and when additional recording is performed for updating, TDFL and TDDS are recorded immediately after the beginning of the unrecorded area in TDMA at that time, that is, immediately after the recorded TDDS. Is done.

Although not shown, the structure of the TDFL composed of 1 to 4 clusters is almost the same as that shown in FIG. However, in this case, TDDS is not recorded in the last sector as in the first TDMA system. That is, all the addresses after the end of the alternate address information in FIG. 11 are “00h”. As shown in FIG. 26, the TDDS is recorded as a cluster different from the TDFL.
The defect list management information in the TDFL is as shown in FIG. 7, and the replacement address information ati is also as shown in FIG. Similarly, a plurality of continuous clusters may be entered together by setting status 1 = “0101” and “1010”.

  The structure of TDDS recorded in a cluster different from TDFL is as shown in FIG. In this case, since the TDDS is one cluster, it is the same size as the DDS (see FIG. 5). The content of the TDDS is almost the same as that of the DDS described with reference to FIG. However, as can be seen by comparing FIG. 27 and FIG. 5, the TDDS serial number from byte position 4, the drive area start physical address in TDMA from byte position 16, and the start physical address of TDFL in TDMA from byte position 24 (AD DFL).

  In the case of a two-layer disc, TDMA exists in layers 0 and 1, respectively. However, as in the case of the first TDMA system, first, TDFL and TDDS are updated using layer 0 TDMA. It is possible to use the layer 1 TDMA after the layer 0 TDMA is exhausted.

7-2 ISA and OSA
ISA and OSA are shown in FIG. In this example, only OSA is used as a replacement area, and ISA is handled as a space bitmap recording area.
The sizes of ISA and OSA are defined by DDS and TDDS. The size of the ISA is determined at the time of initialization, and the subsequent size is also fixed, but the size of the OSA can be changed even after data is recorded.

  When data is written to the OSA for the replacement process, the data is sequentially recorded without a gap from the last cluster in the OSA toward the top cluster.

As shown in the figure, space bitmaps (SBM # 1 to # 5) are recorded in the ISA in order from the first cluster of the ISA. That is, the space bitmap has the size of one cluster as in the case of the first TDMA system, and the first space bitmap is recorded in the first cluster of the ISA. Thereafter, when the space bitmap is updated, a new space bitmap is written without leaving a space following the beginning of the unrecorded area of the ISA, that is, the last recorded space bitmap.
Therefore, the last space bitmap among the space bitmaps recorded in the ISA is effective information. In the case of FIG. 28, the space bitmap SBM # 5 is valid information.
The configuration of the space bitmap is the same as that shown in FIG. However, this space bit map is different from the configuration shown in FIG. 10 in that TDDS is not recorded in the last sector.

In the case of a two-layer disc, the layer 0 space bitmap may be recorded in the layer 0 ISA, and the layer 1 space bitmap may be recorded in the layer 1 ISA.
However, regardless of the layer, the layer 0 and layer 1 ISAs are collectively treated as one large area, and the space bitmap for each layer is first recorded using the layer 0 ISA. It is also possible to use a layer 1 ISA after it is exhausted.

By the way, when a space bitmap is recorded in the ISA, it is necessary to prevent the ISA from being used as a replacement area when the disk 1 of this example is loaded in another disk drive device.
For this purpose, a TDDS replacement area usable flag (see FIG. 27) is used.

The 1-byte replacement area usable flag is defined as shown in FIG. 29A in the case of a single-layer disc and as shown in FIG. 29B in the case of a double-layer disc.
First, in the case of a single-layer disc, bits b7 to b2 are reserved as shown in FIG.
Bit b1 is an Outer Spare Area Full Flag. When this bit is “1”, it indicates that all areas of OSA have been recorded.
Bit b0 is an Inner Spare Area Full Flag. When this bit is “1”, it indicates that all areas of the ISA have been recorded.
In the case of the double-layer disc shown in FIG. 29B, in addition to the bit assignment of the single-layer disc, flags relating to the second-layer ISA and OSA are added to the bits b2 and b3. In this case, bits b0 and b1 indicate the ISA and OSA flags of the first layer.

Here, when the space bitmap is recorded in the ISA as in this example, the bit as the Inner Spare Area Full Flag is set to “1”.
Then, in other disk drive devices, it appears that there is no free space in the ISA, so that it is possible to prevent the disk drive device from using the ISA for the replacement process.

8). Operation corresponding to the second TDMA system 8-1 Data writing FIG. 30 shows a data writing process performed by the system controller 60 of the disk drive apparatus in the case of the second TDMA system.
In this case as well, at the time when the data writing process described below is performed, the TDFL, TDDS, and space bitmap recorded in the TDMA of the disk 1 at the time of loading are cached. It is assumed that the memory 60a is being read. The logical-physical address conversion is omitted.

Assume that a write request for a certain address is received from the host device such as the AV system 120 to the system controller 60.
In this case, the system controller 60 starts the process of FIG. First, in step F501, it is checked whether the designated address (cluster) is recorded or unrecorded by referring to the space bitmap that has been taken into the cache memory 60a (or the latest updated bitmap in the cache memory 60a).

If not recorded, the process proceeds from step F502 to F503. In this case, since it is a write command for an address that has not yet been recorded, a normal write process is performed.
That is, in step F503, the system controller 60 executes control for writing data to the designated address. That is, the pickup 51 is accessed to the designated address, and recording of the data requested to be written is executed.
If the data writing is normally completed, the process proceeds to step F504, and the space bitmap is updated in the cache memory 60a. That is, in the space bitmap, the bit corresponding to the cluster written this time is set to a value indicating written.
This completes the processing for the write request.

  Although explanation is omitted in FIG. 30, if an error occurs due to a scratch on the disk during writing, a replacement process may be performed. In that case, the replacement process as described in FIG. 18 may be performed.

If it is determined in step F502 that the address designated for writing by the host device has been written by the space bitmap, the process proceeds to step F505.
In this case, the system controller 60 determines whether or not the data rewriting function is valid. The data rewriting function validation process will be described with reference to FIG.
If the data rewriting function is not valid, the process proceeds to step F506, an error is returned to the host device, and the process is terminated.

If the data rewriting function is valid, the process proceeds to step F507, and it is first determined whether or not replacement processing for data rewriting is actually possible.
Also in this case, in order to perform the replacement process, the OSA has at least a space for writing the current data, and there is room for adding an entry of the replacement address information ati for managing the replacement process (that is, updating the TDFL). Must exist in TDMA.

If there is space in the OSA and space in the TDMA for updating, the processing of the system controller 60 proceeds from step F507 to step F508, the pickup 51 is accessed to the OSA, and the data requested to be written this time is Record to OSA.
In step F509, the space bitmap in the cache memory 60a is updated. In other words, for data rewriting, the bit corresponding to the address (cluster) where the data is actually written in the OSA is made recorded by the alternation process.
In step F510, the TDFL is updated in the cache memory 60a. That is, the replacement address information ati indicating the replacement process of this time is newly added (or rewritten if there is an entry of the same replacement source address in the past), and the number of defect lists registered in the defect list management information and the ISA / OSA Update the value of the number of unrecorded clusters.
Then, the process for the write request is finished. By such processing, even when there is a write request for an already recorded address, that is, a data rewrite request, the system controller 60 can respond using the OSA.

On the other hand, if there is no free area in the OSA in step F507, or if there is no free area for update in the TDMA, the replacement process cannot be performed and data rewriting cannot be handled, so the process proceeds to step F511 and there is no write area. An error is returned to the host system and the process is terminated.
Note that when the replacement address information ati is newly generated according to the replacement process in step F510, the above-described process of FIG. 20 may be performed.

If there is no unrecorded area in the ISA, which is the space bitmap recording area, recording for updating the space bitmap cannot be performed.
In this case, for example, the following measures are taken and recording of user data is permitted.
-When a space bit map is written in the ISA and a disc that does not have an unrecorded area is mounted, the disc drive apparatus uses an RF signal (reproduced data signal) for the unrecorded area on the disc from the last space bit map. Check to make sure that the space bitmap is rebuilt.
The disk drive device permits only limited writing (sequential writing) after the last address of the recorded user data for a disk in which bitmap information is written in the ISA and there is no unrecorded area.

By the way, in this example, since the ISA is used for recording the space bitmap, the data rewriting function is enabled / disabled depending on whether or not the loaded disk 1 is a disk that can use the ISA for the space bitmap. There is a need.
That is, in the determination in step F505, the setting based on the processing in FIG. 31 is confirmed.

The rewrite function setting process in FIG. 31 is performed, for example, when a disk is loaded.
When the disk is loaded, the system controller 60 checks the TDDS of the disk in step F601 and confirms the bit b0 of the spare area full flags at the byte position 52.
As described with reference to FIG. 29, in the disk 1 of this example in which a space bitmap is recorded in the ISA, the bit b0 is set to “1”. On the other hand, even if the disk uses the ISA as a replacement area, the bit b0 is set to “1” if the ISA has already been used as a replacement area.
That is, at least in the case of the disk of this example, the bit b0 is set to “1”. On the other hand, in the case of not being the disk of this example, the bit b0 is “0” or “1” and at least “0”. If so, it is not the disk of this example.
Therefore, if bit b0 = "0", the process proceeds to step F604 and the rewriting function is turned off.

In this case, the replacement process and the recording of the space bitmap are not performed for the disk by the disk drive device of this example. That is, the processing of steps F507 to F511 in FIG. 30 is not performed. Although not shown in FIG. 30, the space bitmap is not updated in step F504 when normal writing is performed.
As a result, the rewriting operation of this example is not executed, but the ISA state of the disc is maintained, and reproduction compatibility is ensured.

If bit b0 = "1" in step F601, there is a possibility that it is the disk 1 of this example, so the process proceeds to step F604 and the final cluster of ISA is confirmed.
If the last cluster of the ISA is bitmap information, the process proceeds from step F603 to F605 to acquire a space bitmap (taken in the cache memory 60a), and the rewrite function is enabled in step F606.
On the other hand, if it is determined in step F603 that the last ISA cluster is not bitmap information, the rewriting function is disabled in step F604.

  By such setting processing, data rewriting is validated for the disc of this example that uses the ISA for space bitmap recording. On the other hand, for a disk that uses the ISA as a replacement area (a disk on which recording is performed by another disk drive device), the ISA is not used for recording the space bitmap, and the data rewriting in this example is not performed.

8-2 Data Reading Next, the processing of the system controller 60 when reproducing data from the disk 1 by the disk drive device will be described with reference to FIG.
It is assumed that a read request for a certain address is received from the host device such as the AV system 120 to the system controller 60.
In this case, the process of the system controller 60 refers to the space bitmap in step F701 to confirm whether or not the requested address has been recorded.
If the requested address has not been recorded, the process proceeds to step F702, and it is determined that the designated address is incorrect, and an error is returned to the host device, and the process is terminated.
If the designated address has already been recorded, the process proceeds to step F703, where the alternate address information ati recorded in the TDFL is searched, and whether or not the address designated this time is registered as the alternate source address. Check.

If the designated address is not the address registered in the replacement address information ati, the process proceeds from step F703 to F704, data reproduction is performed from the designated address, and the process ends. This is a normal reproduction process for the user data area.
On the other hand, in step F703, if the address related to the read request is an address registered in the replacement address information ati, the process proceeds from step F703 to F705, and the replacement destination address is acquired from the replacement address information ati. That is, an address in OSA.
In step F706, the system controller 60 executes data reading from the address in the OSA registered as the replacement destination address, transfers the reproduction data to the host device such as the AV system 120, and ends the process.
By such processing, even when data rewriting has already been executed, even when data reproduction is requested, the latest data can be appropriately reproduced and transferred to the host device.

8-3 TDFL / Space Bitmap Update and Conversion to Compatible Disk As in the case of the first TDMA method described above, the TDFL and space bitmap updated in the cache memory 60a are stored at a predetermined time, such as when ejected. 1 is recorded.
In the case of the second TDMA system, the recording process of the replacement management information (TDFL, TDDS) and the space bitmap on the disk 1 is as shown in FIG.
That is, the system controller 60 confirms whether or not the TDFL has been updated in the cache memory 60a in step F801. If the TDFL has been updated, the process advances to step F802 to record the TDFL from the beginning of the free area in the TDMA of the disk 1.
In step F803, the TDDS is recorded from the head of the empty area in the TDMA of the disk 1.
Note that the space bitmap is updated in the cache memory 60a in response to recording these TDFL and TDDS in the TDMA.

In step F804, it is confirmed whether or not the space bitmap is updated in the cache memory 60a.
If the space bitmap in the cache memory 60a has been updated, the process proceeds to step F805. Then, the space bitmap in the cache memory 60a is recorded from the beginning of the free area in the ISA of the disk 1.

  As described above, the TDFL and TDDS are recorded in the TDMA, the space bitmap is recorded in the ISA, and the replacement information and the writing presence / absence presentation information are reflected on the disc 1.

In addition, TDFL and TDDS are updated in TDMA as described above. However, in order to ensure reproduction compatibility with a rewritable disc, it is necessary to record information in TDMA in DMA at the time of finalization. .
In this case, the latest TDFL and TDDS may be recorded in the DMA as they are. However, it is necessary to convert all of the alternate address information ati in the TDFL into entries of status 1 = “0000”. For this purpose, the processing of steps F405 to F407 in FIG. 12 may be performed.

9. Effects of the second TDMA system Even when such a second TDMA system is used, the same effects as those of the first TDMA system can be basically obtained.
In the case of this example, the space bitmap is recorded in the ISA, which is preferable in terms of maintaining compatibility because the disk layout is not particularly changed with respect to the existing disk.
For the ISA that records the space bitmap, the replacement area usable flag is set to “1”, so that the ISA is not used as the replacement area in other disk drive devices.
The fact that the space bitmap is not recorded in the TDMA can effectively use the TDMA for updating the TDFL and TDDS. That is, it is possible to increase the number of times that the replacement management information can be updated, and it is possible to deal with a large number of data rewrites.

The disk of the embodiment and the disk drive device corresponding to the disk have been described above, but the present invention is not limited to these examples, and various modifications can be considered within the scope of the gist.
For example, the recording medium of the present invention can be applied to recording media other than optical disc media, such as magneto-optical discs, magnetic discs, and semiconductor memory media.

  1 disk, 51 pickup, 52 spindle motor, 53 thread mechanism, 54 matrix circuit, 55 reader / writer circuit, 56 modulation / demodulation circuit, 57 ECC encoder / decoder, 58 wobble circuit, 59 address decoder, 60 system controller, 60a cache memory, 61 servo circuit, 62 spindle servo circuit, 63 laser driver, 120 AV system

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In a write-once recording medium in which data can be written once, a normal recording / reproducing area for recording / reproducing data and a replacement for performing data recording by a replacement process based on either a defect or data rewriting in the normal recording / reproducing area. A replacement management information for managing replacement processing using the replacement area and a management information area for recording write presence / absence presentation information, and the replacement management information recorded in the management information area includes a first entry Status information for distinguishing information, second entry information and third entry information, and the first entry information having two pieces of address information, or the second entry information and the third entry information. The first entry information indicates that the status information is the first entry information, and in order to perform replacement for each data unit, One address information of the address information is information having a replacement source address, the other address information is information having replacement destination address information, and the second entry information indicates that the status information is second entry information. In order to perform the replacement of the continuous range, one address information of the two address information includes the start address of the replacement source address of the continuous range, and the other address information includes the start address of the replacement destination address of the continuous range. The third entry information indicates that the status information is the third entry information, and in order to replace the continuous range, the address information of the continuous range is added to one address information of the two address information. Information that has the end address of the replacement source address and the other address information that has the end address of the replacement destination address in the continuous range. Ri, the write presence presenting information about the data units each, as reproduction control apparatus for a recording medium is information indicating whether a write completion,
It is confirmed whether the requested address is already recorded based on the writing presence / absence presentation information recorded in the management information area. If the data has been recorded, the first entry information or the first Determining means for determining the second entry information and the third entry information based on the status information;
When the determination means determines that the entry is the first entry, a replacement process is performed for each data unit of data in the normal recording / reproduction area, and data reproduction from the replacement area is controlled.
In the case where the second entry is determined by the determining means, the normal recording / reproduction is performed based on the determined second entry and the third entry corresponding to the determined second entry. A reproduction control apparatus comprising: a control unit that performs replacement processing of a continuous range of data in the area and controls data reproduction from the replacement area. In a write-once recording medium in which data can be written once, a normal recording / reproducing area for recording / reproducing data and a replacement for performing data recording by a replacement process based on either a defect or data rewriting in the normal recording / reproducing area. A replacement management information for managing replacement processing using the replacement area and a management information area for recording write presence / absence presentation information, and the replacement management information recorded in the management information area includes a first entry Status information for distinguishing information, second entry information and third entry information, and the first entry information having two pieces of address information, or the second entry information and the third entry information. The first entry information indicates that the status information is the first entry information, and in order to perform replacement for each data unit, One address information of the address information is information having a replacement source address, the other address information is information having replacement destination address information, and the second entry information indicates that the status information is second entry information. In order to perform the replacement of the continuous range, one address information of the two address information includes the start address of the replacement source address of the continuous range, and the other address information includes the start address of the replacement destination address of the continuous range. The third entry information indicates that the status information is the third entry information, and in order to replace the continuous range, the address information of the continuous range is added to one address information of the two address information. Information that has the end address of the replacement source address and the other address information that has the end address of the replacement destination address in the continuous range. Ri, the write presence presenting information about the data units each, as the reproduction control method for a recording medium is information indicating whether a write completion,
It is confirmed whether the requested address is already recorded based on the writing presence / absence presentation information recorded in the management information area. If the data has been recorded, the first entry information or the first A determination step of determining the entry information of 2 and the third entry information based on the status information;
In the determination step, when it is determined as the first entry, a replacement process is performed for each data unit of data in the normal recording / reproduction area, and data reproduction from the replacement area is controlled.
In the determination step, when the second entry is determined, the normal recording / reproduction is performed based on the determined second entry and the third entry corresponding to the determined second entry. A reproduction control method for executing a replacement process of a continuous range of data in a region and performing a control step of controlling data reproduction from the replacement region.

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