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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yong Cheol Park, Kyonggi-do, KR;
Yong Hee Han, Kyonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ;
Abstract
A spare area management method of an optical recording medium is disclosed. The spare area management method utilizes an identification information to indicate whether a primary spare area is full or a supplementary spare area has been assigned or extended, as necessary. Also, the present spare area management method improves the performance of the driver by replacing a defect block with a spare block nearer to the defect block.