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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2003
Ming-hung Lee, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Ming-Hung Lee, Hsin-Chu, TW;
MediaTek Inc., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
This invention is for updating a straight mapping flag in an optical recording medium having defect table blocks (DTBs) in a detect table (DT). When data that should be recorded in a predetermined block in one data area is later recorded in a replacement block in one spare area because the predetermined block is defective, record associated information in a entry in one DTB, and the entry is marked as recorded and sequentially arranged. Determine an examining sequence of the DTBs with a predetermined block-sequence determination procedure and perform a predetermined block-examining procedure to the DTBs one by one with the determined examining sequence. Examine whether the DTB comprises any recorded entries. Examine the recorded entries with a predetermined entry-examining procedure, to acquire the associated information of the defective blocks in recorded entries and update the corresponding straight mapping flag to be non-straight mapping based on the acquired associated information.