Benq Corporation

Qisda Corporation

William Wai Wang

Tony Petrus Van Endert

Tso-Tsai Chen

Yu-Cheng Sung

Fang-Wei Chang

Hung-Chu Chu

Chih-Chung Pai

Arie Van Boxtel

Chi-Hung Chen

Pei-Yu Chiu

Jung-Chih Tsai

A method for writing a multi-session recordable disc. The method includes performing an immediate optimum power calibration (IOPC) in the lead-in area of each session of a multi-session recordable disc, determining a recording power for the session according to the IOPC output, and completing the session using the determined recording power. The method may be used in addition to the optimal power calibration (OPC) procedures included in the normal initialization of recordable discs. IOPC provides recording devices with an optimal recording power value obtained closer to the point of use than that obtained by conventional OPC procedures carried out at the extremities of the recordable area. Alternative embodiments of the method make accommodations for recording power variations according to disc velocity mode (CAV/CLV), recording speed, and the basis of the IOPC upon a variety of available data sources.

Method for implementing optimal recording power for multi-session recordable optical media in an optical disc drive

An optical recording apparatus includes an optical pickup unit for generating and directing optical signals onto a given optical medium, and for detecting corresponding reflected optical signals from the optical medium; a focus motor for moving a focusing lens on the optical pickup according to a focus signal for adjusting a defocus of the optical signals on the optical medium; and a focus controller for generating the focus signal. During write operations of the optical recording apparatus, the focus controller is for performing write defocus calibration on the given optical medium to determine an optimal write defocus value for the optical medium. If the optical medium has multiple layers, the write defocus calibration is performed on a particular layer of the optical disc toward which write operations are directed. If the optimal defocus write value is different than a starting write defocus value, an updated write defocus value is stored.

Optical recording apparatus capable of optimizing write defocus and method thereof

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