Title of Invention	"RECORING MEDIUM, METHOD OF CONFIGURING CONTROL INFORMATION THEREOF, RECORDING AND/OR REPRODUCING METHOD USING THE SAME, AND APPARTUS THEREOF"
Abstract	A method of recording control information on a recording medium having at least two recording layers, the method comprising steps of: providing control information for at least two recording layers, the control information including information units required to reproduce or record data from or on the recording medium, the information units either being arranged in order first according to a recording layer and second according to an increasing recording speed applicable to the recording layer, or being arranged in order first according to a recording layer and second according to a write strategy information applicable to the recording layer; and recording the control information within a specific area of the recording medium

Title of Invention

"RECORING MEDIUM, METHOD OF CONFIGURING CONTROL INFORMATION THEREOF, RECORDING AND/OR REPRODUCING METHOD USING THE SAME, AND APPARTUS THEREOF"

Abstract

A method of recording control information on a recording medium having at least two recording layers, the method comprising steps of: providing control information for at least two recording layers, the control information including information units required to reproduce or record data from or on the recording medium, the information units either being arranged in order first according to a recording layer and second according to an increasing recording speed applicable to the recording layer, or being arranged in order first according to a recording layer and second according to a write strategy information applicable to the recording layer; and recording the control information within a specific area of the recording medium

Full Text	A recording medium, Method of Configuring Control Information. Thereof, Method for Recording or reproducing data using the Same, and Apparatus Thereof Technical Field he present invention relates to a method of recording control information on a recording medium, such as a recordable optical disc , having at least one recording layer, and more particularly, to a method in which record velocity information and write strategy parameters are included in the control information. Background Art A high density optical recording medium, known as HD-DVD, is widely used to record and store high-definition video data and high-quality audio data. The Blu-ray disc represents next-generation HD-DVD technology. Technological specifications are now being established for the global standardization of the Blu-ray disc, including standards are for the write-once Blu-ray disc (BD-WO). Meanwhile, a rewritable Blu-ray disc, known as the Ix-speed 3D-RE and now being discussed, should be compatible with BD-RE discs axpected tc have higher recording velocities, i;e., the 2x-speed BD-RE and beyond. BD-WO specifications for high recording velocity are also in progress. Efficient solutions for coping with the high recording velocity of a high-density optical disc are urgently needed,, and the specifications established should ensure mutual compatibility. Disclosure of Invention Accordingly, the present invention is directed to an optical disc control information recording method that substantially obviates one or more problems due to limitations and disadvantages of the related art. An object of the present invention is to provide a method of recording disc control information as specified information corresponding to a plurality of recording velocities, by which recording velocity information is included in the dice control information so that the recording and reproducing of an optical disc can be performed based on prerecorded disc information. Another object of the present invention is to provide a data structure for configuring disc control information. Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of recording, in a specific area of an optical disc, disc control information corresponding to a plurality of recording velocities, by which information for specific recording velocities per recording layer is recorded in a specific sequence, to provide mutual compatibility between like-based discs. Another object of the present invention is to provide a recording and reproducing method and apparatus thereof, by which user data can be recorded on and reproduced from an optical disc using prerecorded disc control information. Additional advantages, objects, and features of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and in part will become apparent to those having ordinary skill in the art upon examination of the following or may be learned from practice of the invention. The objectives and other advantages of the invention may be realized and attained by the structure particularly pointed out in the written description and claims hereof as well as the appended drawings. To achieve these objects and other advantages and in accordance with the purpose of the invention, as embodied and broadly described herein, in configuring disc control information within a management area of an optical disc including at least one recording layer, a method of recording the disc control information of the optical disc according to the present invention includes the steps of providing the at least one disc control information within the management area, the disc control information provided per applicable recording velocity to each of the at least one recording layer and recording at least one jwrite strategy information per the applicable recording velocity within the disc control information. In another aspect of the present invention, a method of recording data on a multilayer recording medium includes the steps of providing at least two control information, the control information. including information required to reproduce or record data from on from the multi layer recording medium at least depending on recording layer and/or recording or reproducing speed, the control information arranged in order first according to layer number, second according to an increasing recording speed within each recording layer, or according to wriL : strategy within each recording layer; and recording the disc control information in sequential order on a specific area of the mulci layer recording medium. In another aspect of the present invention, a data structure for disc control information recorded on a multilayer recording medium or to be recorded/reproduced on/from the multilayer recording medium is characterized in that the multilayer recording medium includes at least a first layer and a second layer, the disc control information is located at a particular area of the first and/or second layer, and the disc control information on the first and/or second layer includes first and second control information for the first and second layers and in that the first control information having recording parameters for a basic write strategy followed by recording parameters of an alternate write strategy or a higher recording speed for the first layer is followed by the second control information having the recording parameters for the basic write strategy followed by the recording parameters of the alternate write strategy or the higher recording speed for the second layer. In another aspect of the present invention, a method of recording data on a multilayer recording medium includes the steps of generating disc control information and recording the disc control information on a specific area of the multilayer recording medium, wherein the multilayer recording medium includes at least a first layer and a second layer, the disc control information is located at a particular area of the first and/or second layer, and the disc control information on the first and/or second layer includes first and second control information for the first and second layers and wherein the first control information having recording parameters for a basic write strategy followed by recording parameters of an alternate write strategy or a higher recording speed for the first layer is followed by the second control information having the recording parameters for the basic write strategy followed by the recording parameters of the alternate write strategy or the higher recording speed for the second layer. n another aspect of the present invention, a method of recording/reproducing data on/from a multilayer recording medium includes the steps of reading disc control information fron a specific area of the multilayer recording medium wherein the multilayer recording medium includes at least a first layer and a second layer, the disc control information is located at a particular area of the first and/or second layer, and the disc control information on the first and/or second layer includes first and second control information for the first and second layers and wherein the first control information having recording parameters for a basic write strategy followed by recording parameters of an alternate write strategy or a higher recording speed for the first layer is followed by the second control information having the recording parameters for the basic write strategy followed by the recording parameters of the alternate write strategy or the higher recording speed for the second layer and recording/reproducing the data on/from a main data area of the first or second layer based on the read disc control information. In another aspect of the present invention, a recording medium includes a multiplayer, the multilayer recording medium including at least a first layer and a second layer and disc control information located at a particular area of the first and/or second layer, the disc control information on the first and/or second layer including first and second control information for the first and second layers wherein the first control information having recording parameters for a basic write strategy followed by recording parameters of an alternate write strategy or a higher recording speed for the first layer is followed by the second control information having the recording parameters for the basic write strategy followed by the recording parameters of the alternate write strategy or the higher recording speed for the second layer. In another aspect of the present invention, an optical disc includes at least one recording layer provided with a recordable area and a recording-disabled or prerecorded area, wherein disc control information is separately recorded within the prerecorded area per applicable recording velocity and wherein recording layer information designating a recording layer, recording velocity information directing a recording velocity, and write strategy information according to the;? corresponding recording velocity are written within the disc contiol information. In another aspect of the present invention, an optical disc recording method includes the steps of if an optical disc having at least one recording layer is loaded, reading disc control information written within a management area of the optical disc per recording velocity and reading to store recording layer information, recording velocity information, and write strategy information fitting the corresponding recording velocity recorded within the disc control information each, deciding the recording velocity of the corresponding recording layer by referring to the stored recording layer information, recording velocity information, and write strategy information, and performing recording at the decided recording velocity. In another aspect of the present invention, an optical disc record playback apparatus includes a control unit delivering a recording command and a record playbable unit receiving the recording command, the record playback unit performing a recording according to the received recording command in a manner of reading disc control information written within a management area of an optical disc in per recording layer and recording velocity sequence, reading wriLe strategy information recorded within disc control information by inter-working with a recording velocity of a corresponding recording layer, deciding the recording velocity of the corresponding recording layer by referring to recording velocity information and the write strategy information, and performing the recording at the decided recording velocity. It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description of the present invention are exemplary and explanatory and are intended to provide further explanation of the invention as claimed. Brief Description of Drawings The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiment (s) of the invention and together with the description serve ro explain the principle of the invention In the drawings: FIG. 1 is a diagram of a single-layer disc applicable to the present invention; FIG. 2 is a diagram of a dual-layer disc applicable to the present invention; FIG. 3 is a diagram of a management area where disc control information of the present invention is. recorded, in which a format of recording the disc information in a corresponding area is schematically shown; FIGS. 4A to 4C are diagrams of disc information recorded according to a first embodiment of the present invention; FIGS. 5A to 5C are diagrams of disc information recorded according to a second embodiment of the present invention; FIGS. 6A to 6E are diagrams of disc information recorded according to a third embodiment of the present invention; FIGS. '/A and 7B are diagrams of disc information recorded according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention; and FIG. 8 is a block diagram of an optical disc recording and reproducing apparatus using disc control information according to the present invention. Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention Reference will now be made in- detail to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts. A Blu-ray disc is taken as an example of an optical disc according to the present invention. Yet, the concept of the present invention, characterized in an optical disc having its disc control information recorded thereon, is applicable to DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, and similar such discs. Although the terminology used herein is well known for the most part, some terms have been chosen by the applicant, such that the present invention should be understood with the intended meanings of the terminology as used by the applicant. For example, the "disc control information" of a disc is recorded in a specified area, i.e., a recordable area of the disc or a prerecorded area (sometimes known as an embossed area, in which manufacturer data is recorded and where no further recording is possible), and includes information necessary for the playback of a recorded disc. Disc control information is called "disc information" or "DI" in relation to B]u-ray disc technology but id typically referred to as "physical format information" for DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, DVD+Rv-.:, DVD-R, and DVD+R discs. Hence, it should be apparent that the' technical background of the present invention is equally applicable to physical format information. Moreover, the disc information according to the present invention is recorded as an unspecified unit of information, which may be counted, for example, as a first or second information. FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrate the structure of optical discs according to the present invention, in which any recordable optical disc may be applicable to the present invention. The recordable disc may be, for example, a rewritable optical disc or a write-once optical disc. Referring to FIG. 1, illustrating an optical disc having one recording layer, a lead-in area is provided as a management area on an inner circumference area of an optical disc, whereas a lead-out area is provided as a management area on an outer circumference area of the optical disc. In the inner circumference area, a pre-recorded area and a rewritable (or write-once area are provided separately. In 3D-RE and BD-V.O technology, the pre - recorded are- is called the PIC area, where permanent information and control data is recorded, and disc information is recorded in the PIC area. A data area is made up of a user data area where user data is recorded and inner and outer spare areas ISA and OSA, which are used in the replacement of the data of a defective area. In the case of a BD-WO disc, a temporary defect management area (TDMA) is provided for recording information of a defect and for general management. The TDMA is unnecessary in the case of BD-RE discs, which have a corresponding area designated as reserved. The present invention intends to provide a method of recording disc information (DI) as disc control information required for record playback of a disc in a pre-recorded or recordable are. It is apparent that a recording method in the pre-record area is differently applied to each kind of disc. In the case of BD-RE and hD-WO discs, the pre-recorded area is the PIC area recorded using a biphased high-frequency modulated signal reproduced according to a specific playback method, to acquire the disc information. FIG. 2 illustrates an optical disc having dual recording layers, in which an inner circumferance toe of the disc thath lead-in of a first recording layer layer of the midelay a lead-out of a second recording layer (Layer 1) . In this case, one PIC area is provided in. each of the lead-in and lead-out areas, and the same disc information is recorded in each PIC area. FIG. 3 illustrates a PIC area formatted according to the present invention. In configuring the disc information of the PIC area of a BD-RE or BD-WO disc, the minimum recording unit is one cluster, 544 clusters constitute one fragment , and five fragments make up the PIC area. Disc information is recorded in a front head cluster of a first fragment IFO. The disc information is plurally recorded per recording layer and recording velocity permitted by the corresponding optical disc. One disc information includes 112 bytes, sometimes referred to as a DI frame. To cope with a loss of disc information, the same contents of the disc information are repeatedly recorded in each front head cluster of the remainder of the fragments. Information representing the corresponding recording layer, information representing recording velocity, and write strategy information corresponding to the recording velocity are included in each disc information. Such information is utilized in records ng and reproducing the opcical disc, to provide an optimal condition per recording layer and per recording velocity. The disc information of the present invention is characterized in providing specific recording velocity information supported by the disc and associated write strategy information, and more specifically, in providing specific recording velocity supported for each recording layer and associated write strategy information via a specified method for discs having a plurality of recording layers. The specific configuration of the disc information is for a Blu-ray disc, which may differ from the configuration of a DVD-based disc. Specifically, the recording DI volume for a Blu-ray disc is 112 bytes or equivalent. By formulating the disc information of the same recording layer as one information, i.e., without repeating any common information, the write strategy configuration may differ per recording velocity. FIGS. 4A-4C illustrate the recording of -disc information according to a first of four eitibodiments of the present invention, in which disc information is configured in a specific sequence per recording layer and recording velocity. Referring to FIG. 4A, each disc information sequence is determined by a sequence number and is recorded using one byte. For instance, the information is recorded in a fifth byte (i.e., the "DI frame sequence number in DI block," which can be represented as 00h, Olh, 02h, 03h, 04h, 05h, 06h, or 07h) of the disc information, where a fifth byte of OOh or 07h indicates a first or eighth disc information, respectively. Moreover, recording layer information and recording velocity information, which will be -used by the corresponding disc information, are represented by specific bits and recorded in a specific area (Nth byte) within the disc information. For instance, the recording layer information and the recording velocity information are respectively recorded in the upper and lower four bits of the Nth byte, where a recording layer information of 0000b, 1000b, or 1001b ac the upper four bits indicates a single layer, a dual layer LO (first layer), or a dual layer LI (second layer), respectively, and a recording velocity information cf OCOOb, 0010b, 0100b, 1000b, or 1111b as the lower four bits indicates a ix-speed, 2x-speed, 4x-speed, 8x-speed, or lox-speed recording velocity, respectively. By allocating one byte thusly, the recording layer information and the recording velocity information can be defined according tc a system or specification enactment. The recording layer information and the recording velocity information are recorded in a reserved specific location corresponding to their sequence number, as shown in FIG. 4A, thereby facilitating to confirm the recording layer information and the recording velocity information included in the corresponding disc information. By recording write power or write parameters as write strategy information fitting the corresponding recording layer and recording velocity in detail using the remainder of the bytes within the disc information, namely, the 44th-lllth bytes, the recorded information enables efficient recording and. reproducing of an optical disc. The information recorded in the 44th~lllth bytes is referred to as i-Ho write strategy parameters. FIG. 4B exemplarily shows disc information recorded in a single layer when representing the disc information shown in FIG. 4A When an optical disc requires four different recording velocity information, four disc information corresponding to the four recording velocities are needed within a PIC area. In each disc information, its sequence number is recorded in a fifth byte and corresponding recording layer information and recording velocity information are recorded in an Nth byte by allocating four bits, to each of the corresponding recording layer information and the corresponding recording velocity information. For instance, a representation of recording velocities as lx-speed, 2x-speed, 4x-speed, and 8x-speed corresponds to the case of the single layer in FIG. 4B. Hence, the upper four bits of the Nch byte is 0000b to designate the single layer and the lower four bits indicate each recording velocity information. Specifically, 0000b indicating lx-speed is written in the first disc information, 0010b indicating 2x-speed is written in the second disc information, 0100b indicating 4x-speed is written in the third disc information, and 1000b indicating 8x-speed is written in the fourth disc information FIG. 4C exemplarily shows disc information recorded in a dual layer when representing the disc information shown in FIG. 4A, in which each disc information corresponding to recording velocity information per recording layer is cor figured in configuring disc information in case that at lease two recording layers exist. Namely, disc information is mainly configured per recording layer and another disc information according to recording velocity of a corresponding recording layer is then configured. In the aspect of a sequence of configuring disc information, disc information is preferentially configured on a recording layer; another disc information, according to a corresponding recording velocity in the corresponding recording layer, is then configured. Hence, if an optical disc includes two recording layers and each recording layer requires four different recording velocity information, eight disc information are needed to cope with each recording velocity per recording layer within a PIC area. In each of the disc information, a sequence number is written in a fifth byte and recording layer information and recording velocity information are respectively written in four allocated bits of an Nth byte. For instance, if the recording velocities to be represented per recording layer are lx-speed, 2x-speed, 4x-speed, and 8x- speed, first through fourth disc information ar° configured with disc information of a first recording layer (layer 0), the upper four bit.3 of th? N1th byte are 1000b to designate the first recording layer, and the lower four bits of the NCr' by^e indicate the respective recording velocity information. Specifically, 0000b indicating lx-speed is written in the first disc information, 0010b indicating 2x-speed is written in the second disc information, 0100b indicating 4x-speed is written in third disc information, and 1000b indicating 8x-speed is written in the fourth disc information. Moreover, fifth through eighth disc information are configured with disc information of a second recording layer (layer 1) of the dual layer. The upper four bits of the Nch byte are 1001b to designate the second recording layer, and the lower four bits of the N byte indicate the respective recording velocity information. Specifically, 0000b indicating lx-speed is written in the fifth disc information, 0010b indicating 2x-speed is written in the sixth disc information, 0100b indicating 4x-speed is written in the seventh disc information, and 1000b indicating 8x-speed is written in the eighth disc information. In the first embodiment, disc information is separated for each recording velocity in each layer. • In accordance v;ith another embodiment, disc information is separated for ec-ch recording layer, and each recording velocity per recording layer can be included in one DI. In this case, there is one DI per recording layer and the recorded DI volume varies according to the number of supported recording velocities. FIGS. 5A to 5C illustrate the recording of disc information according to a second of four embodiments of the present invention. In contrast to the first embodiment, the recording layer information and recording velocity information of the second embodiment are recorded in a fifth byte representing a sequence number of disc information. Instead of simply indicating a sequence of. continuous disc information, a sequence number within disc information indicates that the disc information is recorded in a specific sequence by writing recording layer information and recording velocity information of the present invention in the above area. FIG. 5B illustrates the second embodiment applied to a single layer, in which recording layer information and recording velocity information are recorded in the same manner as the first embodiment (FIG. 4B) but are written in the fifth byte instead of Nth. For instance, a representation of recording velocities as lx-speed, 2x-speed, 4x-speed, and 8x-speed corresponds to the case of the single layer in FIG. 5B. Hence, the upper four bits of the fifth byte are 0000b designating the single layer, and the lower four bits of the fifth byte indicate each recording velocity information. Specifically, 0000b indicating lx-speed is written in the first disc information, 0010b indicating 2x-speed is written in the second disc information, 0100b indicating 4x-speed is written in the third disc information, and 1000b indicating 8x-speed is written in the fourth disc information. FIG. 5C illustrates the second embodiment applied to a dual layer, in which recording layer information and recording velocity information are recorded in the same manner as the first embodiment (FIG. 4B) but are written in a fifth byte instead of the Nch. For instance, if the recording velocities to be represented per recording layer are lx-speed, 2x-speed, 4x-speed, and 8x-speed, the first through fourth disc information are configured with disc information of a first recording layer (layer 0) of the dual layer. Hence, the upper tour bits of the fifth byte are 1000b to designate the first recording layer, and the lower four bits of the fifth byte means indicate each recording velocity information. Specifically, 0000b indicating lx-speed is written in the first disc information, 0010b indicating 2x-speed is written in the second disc information, 0100b indicating 4x-speed is written in the third disc information, and 1000b indicating 8x-speed is written in the fourth disc information. Meanwhile, the fifth through eighth disc information are configured with disc information of a second recording layer (layer 1) of the dual layer. The upper four bits of the fifth byte are 1001b to designate the second recording layer, and the lower four bits of the fifth byte indicate each recording velocity information. Specifically, 0000b indicating lx-speed is written in the fifth disc information, 0010b indicating 2x-speed is written in the sixth disc information, 0100b indicating 4x-speed is written in the seventh disc information, and 1000b indicating 8x-speed is written in the eighth disc information. FIGS. 6A to 6S illustrate the recording uf disc information according to a third of four embodiments of the present invention. In the third embodiment, a plurality of disc information are recorded in a disc, a record sequence of each disc information is determined by a sequence number, and the record sequence is recorded in one byte. For instance, the corresponding information is recorded in a fifth byte (i.e., the "DI frame sequence number in DI block," which can be represented as OOh, Olh, 02h, 03h, 04h, 05h, 06h, or 07h) of the disc information. Here, for example, a fifth byte of OOh indicates the first disc information as well as disc information of lx-speed of a first recording layer (Layer 0), a fifth byte of Olh indicates the second disc information as well as disc information of 2x- speed of the first recording layer, and a fifth byte of 07h indicates the eighth disc information as well as disc information of 8x-speed of a second recording layer (Layer 1). Hence, the disc information is preferentially arranged in a recording layer sequence and is configured to follow a per recording velocity information sequence. Write strategy, ,interoperating wich recording velocity meant by the corresponding disc information, is recorded ir. a specific area, e.g., a v/rite strategy parameters field (the Lth~lllch bytes), within the disc information. Identification information for identifying the recorded write strategy type is recorded in another specific area, e.g., a write strategy code field (the Nth byte) , within the disc information. If there are N kinds of write strategy (WS), the identification information allocates a specific recognition value to each write strategy, setting, for instance, 0000 0001b to indicate a first write strategy (WS-1), 0000 0010b to indicate a second write strategy (WS-2), and XXXX XXXXb to indicate an Nth write strategy (WS-N) . A WS type of 0000 0000b can be set to indicate that no specific WS type exists as well as WS parameters. Namely, the 'WS code' information of the N byce can be utilized to indicate that there is no WS as well as information designating the WS type. FIG. 6B shows an example of recording disc information for a specific write strategy, in which a disc manufacturer selects to record WS-1 from various specifications in recording a write strategy for lx-speed within lx-speed disc information of a firy. recording layer. Namely, a write strategy code field (Nth byce) of 0000 0001b indicates a first write strategy, and parameter values corresponding to WS-1 are written in the write strategy parameters field (the Lth-lllth bytes). If a disc manufacturer selects to record in WS-2, 0000 0010b is written in the write strategy code field and WS-2 parameters will be written in the Lth-lllth bytes. These write strategy parameters have different values according to the kind of write strategy. The corresponding write strategy parameters are predetermined, as specified information fitting the characteristics of the disc, and made available to a disc manufacturer or a system designer. As such, the write strategy parameters have arbitrary values with no relevance to the present invention. FIGS. 6C to 6E show specific embodiments for including the write strategy in the disc information of the present invention, assuming a dual-layer disc in which lx-speed and 2x-speed are applied to the two recording layers, respectively. Here, FIGS. 6C and 6D show a write strategy optionally selected to be recorded for all recording layers and recording vejocitier. on manufacturing a disc, and FIG. 6E shows a recorded write strategy predetermined based on a mandatory recording at a specific recording velocity. FIG. 6C shows a case of optionally recording the write strategy for all recording layers and recording velocities. For instance, OOh is recorded to indicate disc information of lx-speed for a first recording layer, and WS-1 is selected as the write strategy; Olh is recorded to indicate disc information of 2x-speed for the first recording layer, and WS-2 is selected as the write strategy; 02h is recorded to indicate" disc information of lx-speed for a second recording layer, and WS-1 is selected as the write strategy; and 03h is recorded to indicate disc information of 2x1speed for the second recording layer, and WS-N is selected as the write strategy. FIG. 6D shows another example of optionally recording the write strategy, in which the same write strategy is applied to the disc information of every recording layer and recording, velocity. Since write stracegy can t>e optionally recorded, a disc manufacturer may apply the entire disc information identically for one most reliable write strategy. FIG. 6D illustrates a case that WS-1 is written for every disc information. ' FIG. 6E shows a method of recording a write strategy previously determined in a mandatory manner in case of a specific recording velocity and write strategies optionally for all other recording velocities. The write strategy for lx-speed is considered primary, where a specific method is predetermined, and a disc manufacturer can optionally record all other recording velocities. For instance, if the write strategy mandatory for the lx-speed is WS-1, OOh is recorded to indicate disc information of lx-speed for a first recording layer, and WS-1 is set as the mandatory write strategy. Then, Olh is recorded to indicate disc information of 2x-speed for the first recording layer, and WS-2 is selected as the write strategy that can be optionally recorded; 02h is recorded to indicate dire information of lx-speed for a second recording layer, and WS-1 is selected as the mandatory write strategy; and 03h is recorded to indicate disc information of 2x-speed ror the second recording layer, WS-2 is selected as the write strategy that can be optionally recorded. In applying the case of FIG. 6E, one of a plurality of specified write strategies is uniformly written as the lx-speed write strategy in a mandatory manner, thereby enabling to secure recording characteristics of the disc more A disc manufacturer can optionally record one of a plurality of the specified write strategies uniformly for all recording velocities besides the lx-speed, whereby a disc manufacturing process time can be shortened. Here, the mandatory write strategy for lx-speed can be recorded and a disc manufacturer can optionally record another write strategy for lx-speed separately, in which case the disc information for lx-speed is made up of one disc information including the . specified mandatory write strategy and another disc information including the optional write strategy. I FIGS. 7A and 7B illustrate the recording of disc information according to a fourth of four embodiments of the present invention. First of all, a plurality.of disc information are recorded in a disc, a record sequence of each disc information is determined by a sequence number, and the record sequence is written in one byte. For instance, the corresponding information is recorded in a fifth byte (i.e., the "DI frame sequence number in DI block, " v.'hich can be represented as OOh, Olh, 02h, 03h, 04h, 05h; 06h, or 07h} of the disc information, where a fifth byte of OOh, Olh, or 07h indicates a first disc information of 2x-speed for * first, recording layer, a second disc information of 2x-speed for the first recording layer, or an eighth disc information of 8x-speed for a second recording layer, respectively. Hence, the disc information is preferentially arranged in a recording layer sequence and is configured to follow a per recording velocity information sequence. In a specific area within the disc information, recording velocity information designated by the corresponding disc information and write strategy coping with the corresponding recording velocity are written in a reserved specific location. For instance, the recording velocity information of the corresponding disc information is written in the Nth-(N+4)th bytes, and the write strategy coping with the corresponding recording velocity is written in the Mth~lllth bytes. For the fourth embodiment of the present invention to provide disc information coping with high recording velocity, the recording velocity information and write strategy are written for each of a plurality of recording velocity information, i.e., a nominal recording velocity (Vnora), a maximum recordina velocity (Vmax) , a minimum recording velocity (Vmir>) , and an intermediate recording velocity (Vint). Here-, the nominal recording velocity is a basic recording velocity of a corresponding disc and is generally written as information associated with lx-speed; the maximum recording velocity is an applicable maximum recording velocity (e.g., 3x-speed) associated with the optimal recording velocity; the minimum recording velocity ins an applicable minimum recording velocity (e.g., Vmax/2.4) associated with the optimal recording velocity; and the intermediate recording velocity is an applicable intermediate recording velocity (e.g., 1.7xVmin) associated with the optimal recording velocity. The above relation of recording velocity values has been determined by considering a radius ratio between inner and outer circumferences of a Blu-ray disc applicable to the present invention. It is apparent that such a relation can be variably applied to other kinds of discs and that the recording velocity values can be set to different values according to disc characteristics. Relating to the optimal recording velocity (lx-speed], the same information is preferably recorded in each disc information. Preferably, the maxir.um, minimum, and intermediate recording velocities are differently determined according to the maximum recording velocity value as far as the corresponding information is applicable. Though any number of intermediate recording velocities can be established, the present invention is characterized in having at least one intermediate recording velocity. At least four recording velocity information are included in one disc information, with system operation benefiting from larger numbers of recording velocity information. By utilizing a recordable area within disc information to the maximum, many intermediate recording velocity information can be provided. FIG. 7B schematically shows disc information recorded in the case of FIG. 7A, and more particularly, in the case of a dual layer. For instance, when an optical disc requires three different recording velocity information per recording layer, six disc information corresponding to the respective recording velocities are needed within a PIC area. Each disc information is allocated to write a sequence number, corresconding recording velocity information, and corresponding write strategy to a predetermined area. For instance, if r.be recording velocities tc be represented are lx-speed, 2x-speed, and 6x-speed. the disc information for a first recording Xayer includes first, second, and third disc information. Here, the first disc information is lx-speed disc information of the first recording layer, its sequence number corresponding to OOh, and the corresponding recording velocity and write strategy are written in a reserved location, i.e., the Nch-(N+4)th bytes and the Mth-lllch bytes, respectively; the second disc information is 2x-speed disc information of the first recording layer, its sequence number corresponding to Olh, and the corresponding recording velocity and write strategy are written in similarly reserved locations; and the third disc information is 6x-speed disc information of the first recording layer, its sequence number corresponding to 02h, and the corresponding recording velocity and write strategy are written in similarly reserved locations. Likewise, fourth, fifth, and sixth disc information are for a second recording layer, where the fourth disc information is lx-speed disc information of the second recording layer and its sequence number corresponds to 03h, where the fifth disc information is 2x-speed disc information of the second recording layer and its sequence number corresponds to 04h, and where the sixth disc information is 6x-speed disc information of the second recording layer and its sequence number corresponds to 05h. In this case, corresponding recording velocity and write strategy are written in the same location as in the case of the first recording layer. In the fourth embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of recording velocity information are all included in one disc, information, but one write strategy associated with specific recording velocity information can be written in one disc information with the remainder written in another disc information. For instance, regarding four kinds of recording velocity information, the number of required disc information will be four times more than that of the above-explained embodimenL. Yet, the PIC area, in which the disc information of 112 bytes is written, is an area providing for a sufficiently large number of disc information to be written information. FIG. 8 illustrates an optical disc recording and reproducing apparatus using disc control information according to the present invention. The recording and reproducing apparatus comprises a recorder/reproducer 10 for recording data on and reproducing data from an optical disc and a controller 20 for controlling the recorder/reproducer 10. The controller 20 generates a record or playback command for a specific area, and the recorder/reproducer 10 caries out the record/playback function for the specific area accordingly. The recorder/reproducer 10 includes an interface 12 for communicating with an external device, i.e., the controller (or host) ,• a pickup 11 for performing read and write operations with respect to the optical disc; a data processor 13 for modulating the pickup's input signal for performing a reproduction operation and for demodulating the pickup's output signal for performing a record operation; a servo 14 for controlling the read and write operations of the pickup; a memory 15 for temporarily storing disc control information; and a microcomputer 16 for respectively controlling each element of the recorder/reproducer. In e. recording data on an optical disc according to the present invention, the optical disc recording and reproducing apparatus rirst reads the entire disc management area of an inserted optical disc, the read information being disc information of the present invention, which is temporarily stored in the memory 15. Thus, the recording layer information, recording velocity information, and write strategy fitting the corresponding recording velocity are read out and temporarily stored. If intending to perform a writing on a specific area within the optical disc, the controller 20 renders such an intent into a writing command and then delivers it to the recorder/reproducer 10 together with data for writing location information to be recorded. After receiving the writing command, the microcomputer 16 decides the corresponding recording velocity applied to an intended recording layer within the optical disc from the management information stored in the memory 15 and then performs the writing command using the most optimal write strategy by referring to the decided recording velocity. Industrial Applicability Accordingly, the present invention provides methods of formatting disc control information for coping wich higher recording velocities in a high-density optical disc, enabling standardized disc control information to be used when recording and reproducing. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention. Thus, it is intended that the present invention covers the modifications and variations of this invention provided they come within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents. We claim: 1. A method of recording control information on a recording medium having at least two recording layers, the method comprising steps of: providing control information for at least two recording layers, the control information including information units required to reproduce or record data from or on the recording medium, the information units either being arranged in order first according to a recording layer and second according to an increasing recording speed applicable to the recording layer, or being arranged in order first according to a recording layer and Second according to a write strategy information applicable to the recording layer; and recording the control information within a specific area of the recording medium 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the specific area is an area of a specific recording layer among the plurality of recording layers. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the specific area is a lead-in area of the specific recording layer. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the control information further includes a recording speed, a maximum read power, an indicative write power, a write pulse duration and a write pulse start time. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the control information is physical format information related to the recording medium. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the write strategy information includes write strategy parameters or write strategy type required to form a pit in order to record data on the recording medium, wherein the write strategy parameters include at least an indicative write power, a write pulse duration and a write pulse start time. 7. The method of claim 6, wherein the write strategy information includes basic write strategy information and alternative write strategy information. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the control information further includes recording layer information and recording speed information. 9. A method of recording control information on multilayer recording medium, comprising the steps of: providing at least two control information, the control information including information required to reproduce or record data from or on the multilayer recording medium at least depending on recording layer and/or recording or reproducing speed, the control information arranged in order first according to layer number, second according to an increasing recording speed applicable to the layer number per each recording layer, or according to write strategy information per each recording layer; and recording the control information in sequential order on a specific area of the multi layer recording medium. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein the write strategy information includes write strategy parameters or write strategy type required to form a pit in order to record data on the recording medium. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein the at least one write strategy information is divided into basic write strategy information and optional write strategy information. 12. The method of claim 9, wherein recording layer information and recording velocity information are written within the control information. 13. A data structure for recording or reproducing disc control information on or from a multilayer recording medium having at least a first recording layer and a second recording layer, at least one of the first and second recording layers having a predetermined area for containing the disc control information and, the disc control information including first control information for the first recording layer and second control information for the second recording layer, wherein the first control information is followed by the second control information, the first control information having recording parameters for a basic write strategy followed by recording parameters of an alternate write strategy or higher recording speed for the first layer, and the second control information having the recording parameters for the basic write strategy followed by the recording parameters of the alternate write strategy or higher recording speed for the second layer. 14. The data structure of claim 13, wherein the first control information and the second control information each include identification information for identifying whether the recording parameters for the alternate write strategy exist or a type of the alternate write strategy. 15. The data structure of claim 14, wherein the recording parameters for the alternate write strategy are dependent on a recording speed and/or the type of the alternate write strategy. 16. The data structure of claim 15, wherein each of the first and second control information includes a layer ID. 17. The data structure of claim 13, wherein the first and second control information are arranged in sequential order. 18. A method of recording control information on a multilayer recording medium, comprising steps of: generating control information; and recording the control information on a specific area of the multilayer recording medium, wherein the multilayer recording medium includes at least a first layer and a second layer, the control information is located at a particular area of the first and/or second layer, and the control information on the first and/or second layer includes first and second control information for the first and second layers and wherein the first control information having recording parameters for a basic write strategy followed by recording parameters of an alternate write strategy or a higher recording speed for the first layer is followed by the second control information having the recording parameters for the basic write strategy followed by the recording parameters of the alternate write strategy or the higher recording speed for the second layer. 19. The method of claim 18, wherein each of the first and second control information includes identification information to identify whether the recording parameters of the alternate write strategy exist and a type of the alternate write strategy. 20. The method of claim 19, wherein the parameters for the alternate write strategy are dependent on a recording speed and/or the type of the write strategy. 21. The method of claim 20, wherein each of the first and second control information includes a layer ID. 22. The method of claim 18, wherein in the recording step, the first and second control information are recorded in sequential order. 23. A method of recording/reproducing data on/from a multilayer recording medium, comprising steps of: reading control information from a specific area of the multiplayer recording medium wherein the multiplayer recording medium includes at least a first layer and a second layer, the control information is located at a particular area of the first and/or second layer, and the control information on the first and/or second layer includes first and second control information for the first and second layers and wherein the first control information having recording parameters for a basic write strategy followed by recording parameters of an alternate write strategy or a higher recording speed for the first layer is followed by the second control information having the recording parameters for the basic write strategy followed by the recording parameters of the alternate write strategy or the higher recording speed for the second layer; and recording/reproducing the data on/from a main data area of the first or second layer based on the read control information. 24. The method of claim 23, wherein the first and second control information are recorded on the specific area in sequential order and wherein in the reading step, the first and second control information are read in recorded order. 25. A multilayer recording medium comprising: at least a first layer and a second layer; and control information located at a particular area of the first and/or second layer, the control information on the first and/or second layer including first and second control information for the first and second layers wherein the first control information having recording parameters for a basic write strategy followed by recording parameters of an alternate write strategy or a higher recording speed for the first layer is followed by the second control information having the recording parameters for the basic write strategy followed by the recording parameters of the alternate write strategy or the higher recording speed for the second layer. 26. The recording medium of claim 25, wherein each of the first and second control information includes identification information to identify whether the recording parameters of the alternate write strategy exist and a type of the alternate write strategy. 27. The recording medium of claim 26, wherein the parameters for the alternate write strategy are dependent on a recording speed and/or the type of the write strategy. 28. The recording medium of claim 27, wherein each of the first and second control information includes a layer ID. 29. The recording medium of claim 25, wherein in the recording step, the first and second control information are recorded in sequential order. 30. An optical recording medium comprising at least two recording layers provided with a recordable area and a recording-disabled or prerecorded area respectively, wherein control information is separately recorded within the prerecorded area per a recording layer and is included in each recording layer of the optical recording medium, and wherein recording layer information designating the corresponding recording layer, recording velocity information directing a recording velocity, and write strategy information according to the corresponding recording layer are written within the control information. 31. The optical recording medium of claim 30, wherein the recording medium is a recordable Blu-ray disc. 32. The optical recording medium of claim 30, wherein the disc is a recordable DVD. 33. A method for recording data on a multilayer recording medium, comprising steps of: reading control information written within a management area of the recording medium per recording velocity and storing the control information, the control information including recording layer information, recording velocity information, and write strategy information for the corresponding recording velocity recorded within the control information each; determining the recording velocity of the corresponding recording layer based on the stored recording layer information, recording velocity information, and write strategy information; and performing recording the data on the multilayer recording medium at the decided recording velocity. 34. An apparatus for recording data on and reproducing data from an optical recording medium having at least two recording layers, the apparatus comprising: a reader to read control information from a specific area of the multi-layer recording medium, wherein the multi-layer recording medium includes at least a first layer and a second layer, the control information is located at a particular area of the first and/or second layer, and the control information on the first and/or second layer includes first and second control information for the first and second layers and wherein the first control information having recording parameters for a basic write strategy followed by recording parameters of an alternate write strategy or a higher recording speed for the first layer is followed by the second control information having the recording parameters for the basic write strategy followed by the recording parameters of the alternate write strategy or the higher recording speed for the second layer; and a controller to record or reproduce the data on or from a main data area of the first or second layer based on the read control information. 35. An apparatus for recording control information on a recording medium having at least two recording layers, the apparatus comprising: a control unit for controlling control information for at least two recording layers, the control information including information units required to reproduce or record data from or on the recording medium, the information units either being arranged in order first according to a recording layer and second according to an increasing recording speed applicable to the recording layer, or being arranged in order first according to a recording layer and second according to a write strategy information applicable to the recording layer; and wherein the control information is located on a specific area of the recording medium. 36. The apparatus of claim 35, further comprising: a recording unit for recording the control information on the specific area of the recording medium. 37. The apparatus of claim 36, wherein the recording unit communicates with the control unit via an interface unit. 38. The apparatus of claim 37, wherein the recording unit comprises a microcomputer controlling the recording unit to write the control information according to the controlling of the control unit.

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A recording medium,
Method of Configuring Control Information. Thereof,
Method for Recording or reproducing data using the Same,
and Apparatus Thereof
Technical Field
he present invention relates to a method of recording control information on a recording medium, such as a recordable optical disc , having at least one recording layer, and more particularly, to a method in which record velocity information and write strategy parameters are included in the control information.
Background Art
A high density optical recording medium, known as HD-DVD, is widely used to record and store high-definition video data and high-quality audio data. The Blu-ray disc represents next-generation HD-DVD technology.
Technological specifications are now being established for the global standardization of the Blu-ray disc, including standards are for the write-once Blu-ray disc (BD-WO).
Meanwhile, a rewritable Blu-ray disc, known as the Ix-speed 3D-RE and now being discussed, should be compatible with BD-RE discs axpected tc have higher recording velocities, i;e., the 2x-speed BD-RE and beyond. BD-WO specifications for high recording velocity are also in progress. Efficient solutions for coping with the high recording velocity of a high-density optical disc are urgently needed,, and the specifications established should ensure mutual compatibility.
Disclosure of Invention
Accordingly, the present invention is directed to an optical disc control information recording method that substantially obviates one or more problems due to limitations and
disadvantages of the related art.
An object of the present invention is to provide a method of
recording disc control information as specified information
corresponding to a plurality of recording velocities, by which
recording velocity information is included in the dice control
information so that the recording and reproducing of an
optical disc can be performed based on prerecorded disc
information.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a data structure for configuring disc control information. Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of recording, in a specific area of an optical disc, disc control information corresponding to a plurality of recording velocities, by which information for specific recording velocities per recording layer is recorded in a specific sequence, to provide mutual compatibility between like-based discs.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a recording and reproducing method and apparatus thereof, by which user data can be recorded on and reproduced from an optical disc using prerecorded disc control information. Additional advantages, objects, and features of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and in part will become apparent to those having ordinary skill in the art upon examination of the following or may be learned from practice of the invention. The objectives and other advantages of the invention may be realized and attained by the structure particularly pointed out in the written description and claims hereof as well as the appended drawings.
To achieve these objects and other advantages and in accordance with the purpose of the invention, as embodied and broadly described herein, in configuring disc control information within a management area of an optical disc including at least one recording layer, a method of recording the disc control information of the optical disc according to the present invention includes the steps of providing the at least one disc control information within the management area, the disc control information provided per applicable recording velocity to each of the at least one recording layer and recording at least one jwrite strategy information per the applicable recording velocity within the disc control information.
In another aspect of the present invention, a method of recording data on a multilayer recording medium includes the steps of providing at least two control information, the control information. including information required to reproduce or record data from on from the multi layer recording medium at least depending on recording layer and/or recording or reproducing speed, the control information arranged in order first according to layer number, second
according to an increasing recording speed within each recording layer, or according to wriL : strategy within each recording layer; and recording the disc control information in sequential order on a specific area of the mulci layer recording medium.
In another aspect of the present invention, a data structure for disc control information recorded on a multilayer recording medium or to be recorded/reproduced on/from the multilayer recording medium is characterized in that the multilayer recording medium includes at least a first layer and a second layer, the disc control information is located at a particular area of the first and/or second layer, and the disc control information on the first and/or second layer includes first and second control information for the first and second layers and in that the first control information having recording parameters for a basic write strategy followed by recording parameters of an alternate write strategy or a higher recording speed for the first layer is followed by the second control information having the recording parameters for the basic write strategy followed by
the recording parameters of the alternate write strategy or the higher recording speed for the second layer. In another aspect of the present invention, a method of recording data on a multilayer recording medium includes the steps of generating disc control information and recording the disc control information on a specific area of the multilayer recording medium, wherein the multilayer recording medium includes at least a first layer and a second layer, the disc control information is located at a particular area of the first and/or second layer, and the disc control information on the first and/or second layer includes first and second control information for the first and second layers and wherein the first control information having recording parameters for a basic write strategy followed by recording parameters of an alternate write strategy or a higher recording speed for the first layer is followed by the second control information having the recording parameters for the basic write strategy followed by the recording parameters of the alternate write strategy or the higher recording speed for the second layer.
n another aspect of the present invention, a method of recording/reproducing data on/from a multilayer recording medium includes the steps of reading disc control information fron a specific area of the multilayer recording medium wherein the multilayer recording medium includes at least a first layer and a second layer, the disc control information is located at a particular area of the first and/or second layer, and the disc control information on the first and/or second layer includes first and second control information for the first and second layers and wherein the first control information having recording parameters for a basic write strategy followed by recording parameters of an alternate write strategy or a higher recording speed for the first layer is followed by the second control information having the recording parameters for the basic write strategy followed by the recording parameters of the alternate write strategy or the higher recording speed for the second layer and recording/reproducing the data on/from a main data area of the first or second layer based on the read disc control information.
In another aspect of the present invention, a recording medium includes a multiplayer, the multilayer recording medium including at least a first layer and a second layer and disc control information located at a particular area of the first and/or second layer, the disc control information on the first and/or second layer including first and second control information for the first and second layers wherein the first control information having recording parameters for a basic write strategy followed by recording parameters of an alternate write strategy or a higher recording speed for the first layer is followed by the second control information having the recording parameters for the basic write strategy followed by the recording parameters of the alternate write strategy or the higher recording speed for the second layer. In another aspect of the present invention, an optical disc includes at least one recording layer provided with a recordable area and a recording-disabled or prerecorded area, wherein disc control information is separately recorded within the prerecorded area per applicable recording velocity and wherein recording layer information designating a recording layer, recording velocity information directing a recording
velocity, and write strategy information according to the;? corresponding recording velocity are written within the disc contiol information.
In another aspect of the present invention, an optical disc recording method includes the steps of if an optical disc having at least one recording layer is loaded, reading disc control information written within a management area of the optical disc per recording velocity and reading to store recording layer information, recording velocity information, and write strategy information fitting the corresponding recording velocity recorded within the disc control information each, deciding the recording velocity of the corresponding recording layer by referring to the stored recording layer information, recording velocity information, and write strategy information, and performing recording at the decided recording velocity.
In another aspect of the present invention, an optical disc record playback apparatus includes a control unit delivering a recording command and a record playbable unit receiving the recording command, the record playback unit performing a recording according to the received recording command in a
manner of reading disc control information written within a management area of an optical disc in per recording layer and recording velocity sequence, reading wriLe strategy information recorded within disc control information by inter-working with a recording velocity of a corresponding recording layer, deciding the recording velocity of the corresponding recording layer by referring to recording velocity information and the write strategy information, and performing the recording at the decided recording velocity.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description of the present invention are exemplary and explanatory and are intended to provide further explanation of the invention as claimed.
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The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiment (s) of the invention and together with the
description serve ro explain the principle of the invention
In the drawings:
FIG. 1 is a diagram of a single-layer disc applicable to the
present invention;
FIG. 2 is a diagram of a dual-layer disc applicable to the
present invention;
FIG. 3 is a diagram of a management area where disc control
information of the present invention is. recorded, in which a
format of recording the disc information in a corresponding
area is schematically shown;
FIGS. 4A to 4C are diagrams of disc information recorded
according to a first embodiment of the present invention;
FIGS. 5A to 5C are diagrams of disc information recorded
according to a second embodiment of the present invention;
FIGS. 6A to 6E are diagrams of disc information recorded
according to a third embodiment of the present invention;
FIGS. '/A and 7B are diagrams of disc information recorded
according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention; and
FIG. 8 is a block diagram of an optical disc recording and
reproducing apparatus using disc control information according
to the present invention.
Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention
Reference will now be made in- detail to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts.
A Blu-ray disc is taken as an example of an optical disc according to the present invention. Yet, the concept of the present invention, characterized in an optical disc having its disc control information recorded thereon, is applicable to DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, and similar such discs. Although the terminology used herein is well known for the most part, some terms have been chosen by the applicant, such that the present invention should be understood with the intended meanings of the terminology as used by the applicant. For example, the "disc control information" of a disc is recorded in a specified area, i.e., a recordable area of the disc or a prerecorded area (sometimes known as an embossed area, in which manufacturer data is recorded and where no further recording is possible), and includes information necessary for the playback of a recorded disc. Disc control
information is called "disc information" or "DI" in relation to B]u-ray disc technology but id typically referred to as "physical format information" for DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, DVD+Rv-.:, DVD-R, and DVD+R discs. Hence, it should be apparent that the' technical background of the present invention is equally applicable to physical format information.
Moreover, the disc information according to the present invention is recorded as an unspecified unit of information, which may be counted, for example, as a first or second information.
FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrate the structure of optical discs according to the present invention, in which any recordable optical disc may be applicable to the present invention. The recordable disc may be, for example, a rewritable optical disc or a write-once optical disc.
Referring to FIG. 1, illustrating an optical disc having one recording layer, a lead-in area is provided as a management area on an inner circumference area of an optical disc, whereas a lead-out area is provided as a management area on an outer circumference area of the optical disc. In the inner circumference area, a pre-recorded area and a rewritable (or
write-once area are provided separately. In 3D-RE and BD-V.O technology, the pre - recorded are- is called the PIC area, where permanent information and control data is recorded, and disc information is recorded in the PIC area. A data area is made up of a user data area where user data is recorded and inner and outer spare areas ISA and OSA, which are used in the replacement of the data of a defective area. In the case of a BD-WO disc, a temporary defect management area (TDMA) is provided for recording information of a defect and for general management. The TDMA is unnecessary in the case of BD-RE discs, which have a corresponding area designated as reserved. The present invention intends to provide a method of recording disc information (DI) as disc control information required for record playback of a disc in a pre-recorded or recordable are. It is apparent that a recording method in the pre-record area is differently applied to each kind of disc. In the case of BD-RE and hD-WO discs, the pre-recorded area is the PIC area recorded using a biphased high-frequency modulated signal reproduced according to a specific playback method, to acquire the disc information.
FIG. 2 illustrates an optical disc having dual recording layers, in which an inner circumferance toe of the disc thath lead-in of a first recording layer layer of the midelay a lead-out of a second recording layer (Layer 1) . In this case, one PIC area is provided in. each of the lead-in and lead-out areas, and the same disc information is recorded in each PIC area.
FIG. 3 illustrates a PIC area formatted according to the present invention. In configuring the disc information of the PIC area of a BD-RE or BD-WO disc, the minimum recording unit is one cluster, 544 clusters constitute one fragment , and five fragments make up the PIC area. Disc information is recorded in a front head cluster of a first fragment IFO. The disc information is plurally recorded per recording layer and recording velocity permitted by the corresponding optical disc. One disc information includes 112 bytes, sometimes referred to as a DI frame. To cope with a loss of disc information, the same contents of the disc information are repeatedly recorded in each front head cluster of the remainder of the fragments. Information representing the corresponding recording layer, information representing recording velocity, and write
strategy information corresponding to the recording velocity are included in each disc information. Such information is utilized in records ng and reproducing the opcical disc, to provide an optimal condition per recording layer and per recording velocity.
The disc information of the present invention is characterized in providing specific recording velocity information supported by the disc and associated write strategy information, and more specifically, in providing specific recording velocity supported for each recording layer and associated write strategy information via a specified method for discs having a plurality of recording layers.
The specific configuration of the disc information is for a Blu-ray disc, which may differ from the configuration of a DVD-based disc. Specifically, the recording DI volume for a Blu-ray disc is 112 bytes or equivalent. By formulating the disc information of the same recording layer as one information, i.e., without repeating any common information, the write strategy configuration may differ per recording velocity.
FIGS. 4A-4C illustrate the recording of -disc information according to a first of four eitibodiments of the present invention, in which disc information is configured in a specific sequence per recording layer and recording velocity. Referring to FIG. 4A, each disc information sequence is determined by a sequence number and is recorded using one byte. For instance, the information is recorded in a fifth byte (i.e., the "DI frame sequence number in DI block," which can be represented as 00h, Olh, 02h, 03h, 04h, 05h, 06h, or 07h) of the disc information, where a fifth byte of OOh or 07h indicates a first or eighth disc information, respectively. Moreover, recording layer information and recording velocity information, which will be -used by the corresponding disc
information, are represented by specific bits and recorded in
a specific area (Nth byte) within the disc information. For
instance, the recording layer information and the recording
velocity information are respectively recorded in the upper
and lower four bits of the Nth byte, where a recording layer
information of 0000b, 1000b, or 1001b ac the upper four bits
indicates a single layer, a dual layer LO (first layer), or a
dual layer LI (second layer), respectively, and a recording
velocity information cf OCOOb, 0010b, 0100b, 1000b, or 1111b as the lower four bits indicates a ix-speed, 2x-speed, 4x-speed, 8x-speed, or lox-speed recording velocity, respectively. By allocating one byte thusly, the recording layer information and the recording velocity information can be defined according tc a system or specification enactment. The recording layer information and the recording velocity information are recorded in a reserved specific location corresponding to their sequence number, as shown in FIG. 4A, thereby facilitating to confirm the recording layer information and the recording velocity information included in the corresponding disc information. By recording write power or write parameters as write strategy information fitting the corresponding recording layer and recording velocity in detail using the remainder of the bytes within the disc information, namely, the 44th-lllth bytes, the recorded information enables efficient recording and. reproducing of an optical disc. The information recorded in the 44th~lllth bytes is referred to as i-Ho write strategy parameters.
FIG. 4B exemplarily shows disc information recorded in a single layer when representing the disc information shown in
FIG. 4A When an optical disc requires four different recording velocity information, four disc information corresponding to the four recording velocities are needed within a PIC area. In each disc information, its sequence number is recorded in a fifth byte and corresponding recording layer information and recording velocity information are recorded in an Nth byte by allocating four bits, to each of the corresponding recording layer information and the corresponding recording velocity information. For instance, a representation of recording velocities as lx-speed, 2x-speed, 4x-speed, and 8x-speed corresponds to the case of the single layer in FIG. 4B. Hence, the upper four bits of the Nch byte is 0000b to designate the single layer and the lower four bits indicate each recording velocity information. Specifically,
0000b indicating lx-speed is written in the first disc information, 0010b indicating 2x-speed is written in the second disc information, 0100b indicating 4x-speed is written in the third disc information, and 1000b indicating 8x-speed is written in the fourth disc information
FIG. 4C exemplarily shows disc information recorded in a dual layer when representing the disc information shown in FIG. 4A,
in which each disc information corresponding to recording velocity information per recording layer is cor figured in configuring disc information in case that at lease two recording layers exist. Namely, disc information is mainly configured per recording layer and another disc information according to recording velocity of a corresponding recording layer is then configured. In the aspect of a sequence of configuring disc information, disc information is preferentially configured on a recording layer; another disc information, according to a corresponding recording velocity in the corresponding recording layer, is then configured. Hence, if an optical disc includes two recording layers and each recording layer requires four different recording velocity information, eight disc information are needed to cope with each recording velocity per recording layer within a PIC area. In each of the disc information, a sequence number is written in a fifth byte and recording layer information and recording velocity information are respectively written in four allocated bits of an Nth byte.
For instance, if the recording velocities to be represented per recording layer are lx-speed, 2x-speed, 4x-speed, and 8x-
speed, first through fourth disc information ar° configured with disc information of a first recording layer (layer 0), the upper four bit.3 of th? N1th byte are 1000b to designate the first recording layer, and the lower four bits of the NCr' by^e indicate the respective recording velocity information. Specifically, 0000b indicating lx-speed is written in the first disc information, 0010b indicating 2x-speed is written in the second disc information, 0100b indicating 4x-speed is written in third disc information, and 1000b indicating 8x-speed is written in the fourth disc information.
Moreover, fifth through eighth disc information are configured with disc information of a second recording layer (layer 1) of the dual layer. The upper four bits of the Nch byte are 1001b to designate the second recording layer, and the lower four bits of the N byte indicate the respective recording velocity information. Specifically, 0000b indicating lx-speed is written in the fifth disc information, 0010b indicating 2x-speed is written in the sixth disc information, 0100b indicating 4x-speed is written in the seventh disc information, and 1000b indicating 8x-speed is written in the eighth disc information.
In the first embodiment, disc information is separated for each recording velocity in each layer. • In accordance v;ith another embodiment, disc information is separated for ec-ch recording layer, and each recording velocity per recording layer can be included in one DI. In this case, there is one DI per recording layer and the recorded DI volume varies according to the number of supported recording velocities. FIGS. 5A to 5C illustrate the recording of disc information according to a second of four embodiments of the present invention. In contrast to the first embodiment, the recording layer information and recording velocity information of the second embodiment are recorded in a fifth byte representing a sequence number of disc information.
Instead of simply indicating a sequence of. continuous disc information, a sequence number within disc information indicates that the disc information is recorded in a specific sequence by writing recording layer information and recording velocity information of the present invention in the above area.
FIG. 5B illustrates the second embodiment applied to a single layer, in which recording layer information and recording
velocity information are recorded in the same manner as the first embodiment (FIG. 4B) but are written in the fifth byte instead of Nth.
For instance, a representation of recording velocities as lx-speed, 2x-speed, 4x-speed, and 8x-speed corresponds to the case of the single layer in FIG. 5B. Hence, the upper four bits of the fifth byte are 0000b designating the single layer, and the lower four bits of the fifth byte indicate each recording velocity information. Specifically, 0000b indicating lx-speed is written in the first disc information, 0010b indicating 2x-speed is written in the second disc information, 0100b indicating 4x-speed is written in the third disc information, and 1000b indicating 8x-speed is written in the fourth disc information.
FIG. 5C illustrates the second embodiment applied to a dual layer, in which recording layer information and recording velocity information are recorded in the same manner as the first embodiment (FIG. 4B) but are written in a fifth byte instead of the Nch. For instance, if the recording velocities to be represented per recording layer are lx-speed, 2x-speed, 4x-speed, and 8x-speed, the first through fourth disc
information are configured with disc information of a first recording layer (layer 0) of the dual layer. Hence, the upper tour bits of the fifth byte are 1000b to designate the first recording layer, and the lower four bits of the fifth byte means indicate each recording velocity information. Specifically, 0000b indicating lx-speed is written in the first disc information, 0010b indicating 2x-speed is written in the second disc information, 0100b indicating 4x-speed is written in the third disc information, and 1000b indicating 8x-speed is written in the fourth disc information. Meanwhile, the fifth through eighth disc information are configured with disc information of a second recording layer (layer 1) of the dual layer. The upper four bits of the fifth byte are 1001b to designate the second recording layer, and the lower four bits of the fifth byte indicate each recording velocity information. Specifically, 0000b indicating lx-speed is written in the fifth disc information, 0010b indicating 2x-speed is written in the sixth disc information, 0100b indicating 4x-speed is written in the seventh disc information, and 1000b indicating 8x-speed is written in the eighth disc information.
FIGS. 6A to 6S illustrate the recording uf disc information according to a third of four embodiments of the present invention.
In the third embodiment, a plurality of disc information are recorded in a disc, a record sequence of each disc information is determined by a sequence number, and the record sequence is recorded in one byte. For instance, the corresponding information is recorded in a fifth byte (i.e., the "DI frame sequence number in DI block," which can be represented as OOh, Olh, 02h, 03h, 04h, 05h, 06h, or 07h) of the disc information. Here, for example, a fifth byte of OOh indicates the first disc information as well as disc information of lx-speed of a first recording layer (Layer 0), a fifth byte of Olh indicates the second disc information as well as disc information of 2x-
speed of the first recording layer, and a fifth byte of 07h indicates the eighth disc information as well as disc information of 8x-speed of a second recording layer (Layer 1). Hence, the disc information is preferentially arranged in a recording layer sequence and is configured to follow a per recording velocity information sequence.
Write strategy, ,interoperating wich recording velocity meant by the corresponding disc information, is recorded ir. a specific area, e.g., a v/rite strategy parameters field (the Lth~lllch bytes), within the disc information. Identification information for identifying the recorded write strategy type is recorded in another specific area, e.g., a write strategy code field (the Nth byte) , within the disc information. If there are N kinds of write strategy (WS), the identification information allocates a specific recognition value to each write strategy, setting, for instance, 0000 0001b to indicate a first write strategy (WS-1), 0000 0010b to indicate a second write strategy (WS-2), and XXXX XXXXb to indicate an Nth write strategy (WS-N) . A WS type of 0000 0000b can be set to indicate that no specific WS type exists as well as WS parameters. Namely, the 'WS code' information of the N byce can be utilized to indicate that there is no WS as well as information designating the WS type.
FIG. 6B shows an example of recording disc information for a specific write strategy, in which a disc manufacturer selects to record WS-1 from various specifications in recording a write strategy for lx-speed within lx-speed disc information
of a firy. recording layer. Namely, a write strategy code field (Nth byce) of 0000 0001b indicates a first write strategy, and parameter values corresponding to WS-1 are written in the write strategy parameters field (the Lth-lllth bytes).
If a disc manufacturer selects to record in WS-2, 0000 0010b is written in the write strategy code field and WS-2 parameters will be written in the Lth-lllth bytes. These write strategy parameters have different values according to the kind of write strategy. The corresponding write strategy parameters are predetermined, as specified information fitting the characteristics of the disc, and made available to a disc manufacturer or a system designer. As such, the write strategy parameters have arbitrary values with no relevance to the present invention.
FIGS. 6C to 6E show specific embodiments for including the write strategy in the disc information of the present invention, assuming a dual-layer disc in which lx-speed and 2x-speed are applied to the two recording layers, respectively. Here, FIGS. 6C and 6D show a write strategy optionally selected to be recorded for all recording layers and recording
vejocitier. on manufacturing a disc, and FIG. 6E shows a recorded write strategy predetermined based on a mandatory recording at a specific recording velocity.
FIG. 6C shows a case of optionally recording the write strategy for all recording layers and recording velocities. For instance, OOh is recorded to indicate disc information of lx-speed for a first recording layer, and WS-1 is selected as the write strategy; Olh is recorded to indicate disc information of 2x-speed for the first recording layer, and WS-2 is selected as the write strategy; 02h is recorded to indicate" disc information of lx-speed for a second recording layer, and WS-1 is selected as the write strategy; and 03h is recorded to indicate disc information of 2x1speed for the second recording layer, and WS-N is selected as the write strategy.
FIG. 6D shows another example of optionally recording the write strategy, in which the same write strategy is applied to the disc information of every recording layer and recording, velocity. Since write stracegy can t>e optionally recorded, a disc manufacturer may apply the entire disc information identically for one most reliable write strategy. FIG. 6D
illustrates a case that WS-1 is written for every disc information. '
FIG. 6E shows a method of recording a write strategy previously determined in a mandatory manner in case of a specific recording velocity and write strategies optionally for all other recording velocities. The write strategy for lx-speed is considered primary, where a specific method is predetermined, and a disc manufacturer can optionally record all other recording velocities. For instance, if the write strategy mandatory for the lx-speed is WS-1, OOh is recorded to indicate disc information of lx-speed for a first recording layer, and WS-1 is set as the mandatory write strategy. Then, Olh is recorded to indicate disc information of 2x-speed for the first recording layer, and WS-2 is selected as the write strategy that can be optionally recorded; 02h is recorded to indicate dire information of lx-speed for a second recording layer, and WS-1 is selected as the mandatory write strategy; and 03h is recorded to indicate disc information of 2x-speed ror the second recording layer, WS-2 is selected as the write strategy that can be optionally recorded.
In applying the case of FIG. 6E, one of a plurality of specified write strategies is uniformly written as the lx-speed write strategy in a mandatory manner, thereby enabling to secure recording characteristics of the disc more A disc manufacturer can optionally record one of a plurality of the specified write strategies uniformly for all recording velocities besides the lx-speed, whereby a disc manufacturing process time can be shortened. Here, the mandatory write strategy for lx-speed can be recorded and a disc manufacturer can optionally record another write strategy for lx-speed separately, in which case the disc information for lx-speed is made up of one disc information including the . specified mandatory write strategy and another disc information
including the optional write strategy.
I FIGS. 7A and 7B illustrate the recording of disc information
according to a fourth of four embodiments of the present
invention. First of all, a plurality.of disc information are
recorded in a disc, a record sequence of each disc information
is determined by a sequence number, and the record sequence is
written in one byte. For instance, the corresponding
information is recorded in a fifth byte (i.e., the "DI frame
sequence number in DI block, " v.'hich can be represented as OOh, Olh, 02h, 03h, 04h, 05h; 06h, or 07h} of the disc information, where a fifth byte of OOh, Olh, or 07h indicates a first disc information of 2x-speed for * first, recording layer, a second disc information of 2x-speed for the first recording layer, or an eighth disc information of 8x-speed for a second recording layer, respectively. Hence, the disc information is preferentially arranged in a recording layer sequence and is configured to follow a per recording velocity information sequence.
In a specific area within the disc information, recording velocity information designated by the corresponding disc information and write strategy coping with the corresponding recording velocity are written in a reserved specific location. For instance, the recording velocity information of the corresponding disc information is written in the Nth-(N+4)th bytes, and the write strategy coping with the corresponding recording velocity is written in the Mth~lllth bytes. For the fourth embodiment of the present invention to provide disc information coping with high recording velocity, the recording velocity information and write strategy are written
for each of a plurality of recording velocity information, i.e., a nominal recording velocity (Vnora), a maximum recordina velocity (Vmax) , a minimum recording velocity (Vmir>) , and an intermediate recording velocity (Vint). Here-, the nominal recording velocity is a basic recording velocity of a corresponding disc and is generally written as information associated with lx-speed; the maximum recording velocity is an applicable maximum recording velocity (e.g., 3x-speed) associated with the optimal recording velocity; the minimum recording velocity ins an applicable minimum recording velocity (e.g., Vmax/2.4) associated with the optimal recording velocity; and the intermediate recording velocity is an applicable intermediate recording velocity (e.g., 1.7xVmin) associated with the optimal recording velocity. The above relation of recording velocity values has been determined by considering a radius ratio between inner and outer circumferences of a Blu-ray disc applicable to the present invention. It is apparent that such a relation can be variably applied to other kinds of discs and that the recording velocity values can be set to different values according to disc characteristics.
Relating to the optimal recording velocity (lx-speed], the same information is preferably recorded in each disc information. Preferably, the maxir.um, minimum, and intermediate recording velocities are differently determined according to the maximum recording velocity value as far as the corresponding information is applicable.
Though any number of intermediate recording velocities can be established, the present invention is characterized in having at least one intermediate recording velocity. At least four recording velocity information are included in one disc information, with system operation benefiting from larger numbers of recording velocity information. By utilizing a recordable area within disc information to the maximum, many intermediate recording velocity information can be provided. FIG. 7B schematically shows disc information recorded in the case of FIG. 7A, and more particularly, in the case of a dual layer. For instance, when an optical disc requires three different recording velocity information per recording layer, six disc information corresponding to the respective recording velocities are needed within a PIC area. Each disc information is allocated to write a sequence number,
corresconding recording velocity information, and corresponding write strategy to a predetermined area. For instance, if r.be recording velocities tc be represented are lx-speed, 2x-speed, and 6x-speed. the disc information for a first recording Xayer includes first, second, and third disc information. Here, the first disc information is lx-speed disc information of the first recording layer, its sequence number corresponding to OOh, and the corresponding recording velocity and write strategy are written in a reserved location, i.e., the Nch-(N+4)th bytes and the Mth-lllch bytes, respectively; the second disc information is 2x-speed disc information of the first recording layer, its sequence number corresponding to Olh, and the corresponding recording velocity and write strategy are written in similarly reserved locations; and the third disc information is 6x-speed disc information of the first recording layer, its sequence number corresponding to 02h, and the corresponding recording velocity and write strategy are written in similarly reserved locations. Likewise, fourth, fifth, and sixth disc information are for a second recording layer, where the fourth disc information is lx-speed disc information of the second recording layer and
its sequence number corresponds to 03h, where the fifth disc information is 2x-speed disc information of the second recording layer and its sequence number corresponds to 04h, and where the sixth disc information is 6x-speed disc information of the second recording layer and its sequence number corresponds to 05h. In this case, corresponding recording velocity and write strategy are written in the same location as in the case of the first recording layer. In the fourth embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of recording velocity information are all included in one disc, information, but one write strategy associated with specific recording velocity information can be written in one disc information with the remainder written in another disc information. For instance, regarding four kinds of recording
velocity information, the number of required disc information will be four times more than that of the above-explained embodimenL. Yet, the PIC area, in which the disc information of 112 bytes is written, is an area providing for a sufficiently large number of disc information to be written information.
FIG. 8 illustrates an optical disc recording and reproducing apparatus using disc control information according to the present invention. The recording and reproducing apparatus comprises a recorder/reproducer 10 for recording data on and reproducing data from an optical disc and a controller 20 for controlling the recorder/reproducer 10. The controller 20 generates a record or playback command for a specific area, and the recorder/reproducer 10 caries out the record/playback function for the specific area accordingly. The recorder/reproducer 10 includes an interface 12 for communicating with an external device, i.e., the controller (or host) ,• a pickup 11 for performing read and write operations with respect to the optical disc; a data processor 13 for modulating the pickup's input signal for performing a reproduction operation and for demodulating the pickup's output signal for performing a record operation; a servo 14 for controlling the read and write operations of the pickup; a memory 15 for temporarily storing disc control information; and a microcomputer 16 for respectively controlling each element of the recorder/reproducer.
In e. recording data on an optical disc according to the present invention, the optical disc recording and reproducing apparatus rirst reads the entire disc management area of an inserted optical disc, the read information being disc information of the present invention, which is temporarily stored in the memory 15. Thus, the recording layer information, recording velocity information, and write strategy fitting the corresponding recording velocity are read out and temporarily stored.
If intending to perform a writing on a specific area within the optical disc, the controller 20 renders such an intent into a writing command and then delivers it to the recorder/reproducer 10 together with data for writing location information to be recorded. After receiving the writing command, the microcomputer 16 decides the corresponding recording velocity applied to an intended recording layer within the optical disc from the management information stored in the memory 15 and then performs the writing command using the most optimal write strategy by referring to the decided recording velocity.
Industrial Applicability
Accordingly, the present invention provides methods of formatting disc control information for coping wich higher recording velocities in a high-density optical disc, enabling standardized disc control information to be used when recording and reproducing.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention. Thus, it is intended that the present invention covers the modifications and variations of this invention provided they come within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents.

We claim:
1. A method of recording control information on a recording medium having at least two recording layers, the method comprising steps of:
providing control information for at least two recording layers, the control information including information units required to reproduce or record data from or on the recording medium, the information units either being arranged in order first according to a recording layer and second according to an increasing recording speed applicable to the recording layer, or being arranged in order first according to a recording layer and Second according to a write strategy information applicable to the recording layer; and
recording the control information within a specific area of the recording medium
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the specific area is an area of a specific recording layer among the plurality of recording layers.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the specific area is a lead-in area of the specific recording layer.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the control information further includes a recording speed, a maximum read power, an indicative write power, a write pulse duration and a write pulse start time.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the control information is physical format information related to the recording medium.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the write strategy information includes write strategy parameters or write strategy type required to form a pit in order to record data on the recording medium, wherein the write strategy parameters include at least an indicative write power, a write pulse duration and a write pulse start time.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the write strategy information includes basic write strategy information and alternative write strategy information.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the control information further includes recording layer information and recording speed information.
9. A method of recording control information on multilayer recording medium, comprising the steps of:
providing at least two control information, the control information including information required to reproduce or record data from or on the multilayer recording medium at least depending on recording layer and/or recording or reproducing speed, the control information arranged in order first according to layer number, second according to an increasing recording speed applicable to the layer number per each
recording layer, or according to write strategy information per each recording layer; and
recording the control information in sequential order on a specific area of the multi layer recording medium.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein the write strategy information includes write strategy parameters or write strategy type required to form a pit in order to record data on the recording medium.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the at least one write strategy information is divided into basic write strategy information and optional write strategy information.
12. The method of claim 9, wherein recording layer information and recording velocity information are written within the control information.
13. A data structure for recording or reproducing disc control information on or from a multilayer recording medium having at least a first recording layer and a second recording layer, at least one of the first and second recording layers having a predetermined area for containing the disc control information and, the disc control information including first control information for the first recording layer and second control information for the second recording layer,
wherein the first control information is followed by the second control information, the first control information having recording parameters for a basic write strategy followed by recording parameters of an alternate write strategy or higher recording speed for the first layer, and the second control information having the recording parameters for the basic write strategy followed by the recording parameters of the alternate write strategy or higher recording speed for the second layer.
14. The data structure of claim 13, wherein the first control information and the second control information each include identification information for identifying whether the recording parameters for the alternate write strategy exist or a type of the alternate write strategy.
15. The data structure of claim 14, wherein the recording parameters for the alternate write strategy are dependent on a recording speed and/or the type of the alternate write strategy.
16. The data structure of claim 15, wherein each of the first and second control information includes a layer ID.
17. The data structure of claim 13, wherein the first and second control information are arranged in sequential order.
18. A method of recording control information on a multilayer recording
medium, comprising steps of:
generating control information; and
recording the control information on a specific area of the multilayer recording medium,
wherein the multilayer recording medium includes at least a first layer and a second layer, the control information is located at a particular area of the first and/or second layer, and the control information on the first and/or second layer includes first and second control information for the first and second layers and
wherein the first control information having recording parameters for a basic write strategy followed by recording parameters of an alternate write strategy or a higher recording speed for the first layer is followed by the second control information having the recording parameters for the basic write strategy followed by the recording parameters of the alternate write strategy or the higher recording speed for the second layer.
19. The method of claim 18, wherein each of the first and second control information includes identification information to identify whether the recording parameters of the alternate write strategy exist and a type of the alternate write strategy.
20. The method of claim 19, wherein the parameters for the alternate write strategy are dependent on a recording speed and/or the type of the write strategy.
21. The method of claim 20, wherein each of the first and second control information includes a layer ID.
22. The method of claim 18, wherein in the recording step, the first and second control information are recorded in sequential order.
23. A method of recording/reproducing data on/from a multilayer recording medium, comprising steps of:
reading control information from a specific area of the multiplayer recording medium wherein the multiplayer recording medium includes at least a first layer and a second layer, the control information is located at a particular area of the first and/or second layer, and the control information on the first and/or second layer includes first and second control information for the first and second layers and wherein the first control information having recording parameters for a basic write strategy followed by recording parameters of an alternate write strategy or a higher recording speed for the first layer is followed by the second control information having the
recording parameters for the basic write strategy followed by the recording parameters of the alternate write strategy or the higher recording speed for the second layer; and
recording/reproducing the data on/from a main data area of the first or second layer based on the read control information.
24. The method of claim 23, wherein the first and second control information
are recorded on the specific area in sequential order and wherein in the reading step,
the first and second control information are read in recorded order.
25. A multilayer recording medium comprising:
at least a first layer and a second layer; and
control information located at a particular area of the first and/or second layer, the control information on the first and/or second layer including first and second control information for the first and second layers wherein the first control information having recording parameters for a basic write strategy followed by recording parameters of an alternate write strategy or a higher recording speed for the first layer is followed by the second control information having the recording parameters for the basic write strategy followed by the recording parameters of the alternate write strategy or the higher recording speed for the second layer.
26. The recording medium of claim 25, wherein each of the first and second control information includes identification information to identify whether the recording parameters of the alternate write strategy exist and a type of the alternate write strategy.
27. The recording medium of claim 26, wherein the parameters for the alternate write strategy are dependent on a recording speed and/or the type of the write strategy.
28. The recording medium of claim 27, wherein each of the first and second control information includes a layer ID.
29. The recording medium of claim 25, wherein in the recording step, the first and second control information are recorded in sequential order.
30. An optical recording medium comprising at least two recording layers provided with a recordable area and a recording-disabled or prerecorded area respectively,
wherein control information is separately recorded within the prerecorded area per a recording layer and is included in each recording layer of the optical recording medium, and
wherein recording layer information designating the corresponding recording layer, recording velocity information directing a recording velocity, and write strategy information according to the corresponding recording layer are written within the control information.
31. The optical recording medium of claim 30, wherein the recording medium is a recordable Blu-ray disc.
32. The optical recording medium of claim 30, wherein the disc is a recordable DVD.
33. A method for recording data on a multilayer recording medium, comprising steps of:
reading control information written within a management area of the recording medium per recording velocity and storing the control information, the control information including recording layer information, recording velocity information, and write strategy information for the corresponding recording velocity recorded within the control information each;
determining the recording velocity of the corresponding recording layer based on the stored recording layer information, recording velocity information, and write strategy information; and
performing recording the data on the multilayer recording medium at the decided recording velocity.
34. An apparatus for recording data on and reproducing data from an optical
recording medium having at least two recording layers, the apparatus comprising:
a reader to read control information from a specific area of the multi-layer recording medium, wherein the multi-layer recording medium includes at least a first layer and a second layer, the control information is located at a particular area of the first and/or second layer, and the control information on the first and/or second layer includes first and second control information for the first and second layers and wherein the first control information having recording parameters for a basic write strategy followed by recording parameters of an alternate write strategy or a higher recording speed for the first layer is followed by the second control information having the recording parameters for the basic write strategy followed by the recording parameters of the alternate write strategy or the higher recording speed for the second layer; and
a controller to record or reproduce the data on or from a main data area of the first or second layer based on the read control information.
35. An apparatus for recording control information on a recording medium
having at least two recording layers, the apparatus comprising:
a control unit for controlling control information for at least two recording layers, the control information including information units required to reproduce or record data from or on the recording medium, the information units either being arranged in order first according to a recording layer and second according to an increasing recording speed applicable to the recording layer, or being arranged in order first according to a recording layer and second according to a write strategy information applicable to the recording layer; and
wherein the control information is located on a specific area of the recording medium.
36. The apparatus of claim 35, further comprising:
a recording unit for recording the control information on the specific area of the recording medium.
37. The apparatus of claim 36, wherein the recording unit communicates with the control unit via an interface unit.
38. The apparatus of claim 37, wherein the recording unit comprises a microcomputer controlling the recording unit to write the control information according to the controlling of the control unit.

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Patent Number

279478

Indian Patent Application Number

2240/DELNP/2004

PG Journal Number

04/2017

Publication Date

27-Jan-2017

Grant Date

23-Jan-2017

Date of Filing

02-Aug-2004

Name of Patentee

LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Applicant Address

20, YOIDO-DONG, YOUNGDUNGPO-GU, SEOUL, KOREA

Inventors:

#	Inventor's Name	Inventor's Address
1	JIN YONG KIM	109-602, TAPMACUL SYNKYUNG APT.,YATAP-DONG, BUNDANG-GU, SONGNAM-SI, GYEONGGI-DO, KOREA
2	SANG WOON SUH	10-709, HYUNDAI APT.,1346, SEOCHO 2(I)-DONG, SEOCHO-GU, SEOUL, KOREA

PCT International Classification Number

G11B 23/03

PCT International Application Number

PCT/KR2004/1488

PCT International Filing date

2004-06-21

PCT Conventions:

#	PCT Application Number	Date of Convention	Priority Country
1	P10-2003-56540	2003-08-14	Republic of Korea
2	P10-2003-48747	2003-07-16	Republic of Korea
3	P10-2003-45825	2003-07-07	Republic of Korea