Method and apparatus for configuring a sector map for an optical storage device
US6259659A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 11, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jul 10, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 11, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B2220/2545
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for configuring a sector map in an optical storage device. Format identification information is used to generate a sector format word. The sector format word is stored in a sector map in buffer memory. Upon receiving a data retrieval request from a host, the sector format word is decoded, and the data field size is adjusted to conform with the format information contained in the decoded sector format word.
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