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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2007
Daisuke Shimoda, Osaka, JP;
Motoshi Ito, Osaka, JP;
Daisuke Shimoda, Osaka, JP;
Motoshi Ito, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A recording apparatus which records information on a write once recording medium sequentially including a user data area, a first management information area, an indicator area and a second management information area on a recording layer thereof. The recording apparatus includes an optical head; and a control section for instructing the optical head to record information. The control section instructs to record management information in the first management information area; instructs to record indicator information indicating whether or not the management information has been recorded, in the indicator area; and instructs to record the same management information as recorded in the first management information area, in the second management information area.