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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2005
Applicants:
Chin-huo Chu, Kao-Hsiung Hsien, TW;
Chun-ying Chiang, Chia-I, TW;
Inventors:
Chin-Huo Chu, Kao-Hsiung Hsien, TW;
Chun-Ying Chiang, Chia-I, TW;
Assignee:
Mediatek Incorporation, Hsin-Chu Hsien, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for performing blank detection on an optical storage disc includes buffering first information read by an optical storage device from the optical storage disc to generate buffered data, and checking corresponding data of an Error Correction Code (ECC) block in the buffered data to determine if the ECC block is a blank ECC block.