Information recording and reproduction apparatus
US6618337B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 26, 2001 |
| Grant date | Sep 9, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 21, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B2220/2575
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An information recording and reproduction apparatus includes a recording section for recording data into a recording medium in accordance with address information recorded in the recording medium, a first reproduction section for reproducing at least one data including the data recorded in the recording medium in accordance with a first reproduction method to obtain at least one reproduced data, a second reproduction section for reproducing the address information in accordance with a second reproduction method to obtain reproduced address information, and a determination section for mapping the data to a specific reproduced data of the at least one reproduced data based on the address information and the reproduced address information, and comparing the data with the specific reproduced data to determine a recording condition of a region of the recording medium storing the data. The degree of influence of the recording condition of data recorded in the recording medium, on whether the data is correctly reproduced, is greater when the data is reproduced in accordance with the first reproduction method than with the second reproduction method.
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