KR20130024269A - Optimum power calibration apparatus and method for rewritable optical disc - Google Patents
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for calculating an optimum power of a rewritable optical disc according to the present invention may be, for example, whether a rewritable optical disc (eg, DVD-RAM, DVR-RW) is a blank disc or used disc. If the disk is blank, the data is deleted by N tracks in the test area, and then the optimum power calculation (OPC) operation is performed. If the disk is used, the previous optimal power calculation value and the write strategy (WS) are performed. By applying N tracks in the test area and then performing the optimum power calculation operation, the optimum power calculation operation can be performed for blank discs with no data recorded and used discs with data recorded therein. It becomes possible.
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The present invention relates to an optimum power calculating device and method applied to various types of optical disc drives (ODDs) for recording or reproducing data on a rewritable optical disc, for example.
In general, an optical disc drive (ODD) for recording or playing data on a rewritable optical disc such as a random access memory (DVD-RAM) or a DVD-RW (Rewritable) is widely used, and the optical disc drive (ODD) may be, for example, For example, the connection may be used through an interface with various types of hosts such as a personal computer (PC).
On the other hand, in the optical disc drive, for example, when data is recorded on a rewritable DVD such as a DVD-RAM or a DVD-RW, an optimal power calibration (OPC) operation is performed.
For example, when performing an optimal power calculation (OPC) operation in a state where a DVD-RAM is inserted into an optical disc drive, as is widely known, it is allocated to a lead-in area of a DVD-RAM. Access the Drive Test Zone.
Then, the N tracks (eg, N = 3) in the drive test zone are irradiated with a predetermined erase power to erase all data, and then the test data is recorded in a predetermined unit (eg, 16 sectors). And a series of optimum power calculation operations for calculating the optimum power having the best recording quality.
That is, when the rewritable optical disc is, for example, a blank disc in which no data is recorded in the data area, the data is erased in the test area of the drive test zone as described above. It is appropriate to perform an optimal power calculation operation.
However, when the rewritable optical disc is a used disc in which data is recorded in the data area, the optimum power calculation operation is performed in a state where all data is deleted in the test area of the drive test zone as described above. It is inappropriate to do.
That is, when the data recording operation is performed by applying the optimum power value calculated in the test area in which all the data is deleted to the data area in which the data is recorded, there is a problem that the data recording quality is deteriorated.
According to the present invention, for example, if a rewritable optical disc is a blank disc, an optimal power calculation operation is performed after deleting data in the test area, and if the rewritable optical disc is a blank disc, the data is stored in the test area. The present invention provides an apparatus and method for calculating an optimum power of a rewritable optical disc for performing an optimum power calculation operation after recording, so that an optimum power calculation operation suitable for the blank disk and the used disk can be performed.
The method for calculating an optimal power of a rewritable optical disc according to the present invention comprises the steps of: determining whether the rewritable optical disc is a blank disc or a used disc; And, if the disc is used as a result of the determination, recording the data in the test area and performing an optimal power calculation operation.
If the rewritable optical disc is a DVD-RAM, the
In the second step, the read-in of the DVD-RAM is applied to a disc identification zone in the lead-in area of the DVD-RAM by applying the previous optimum power calculation value and the write strategy information recorded by the drive description. In the drive test zone within the region, the data is recorded as many as N tracks, and then an optimum power calculation operation is performed.
Further, if the DVD-RAM is a blank disc as a result of the determination, the method further includes the step of performing an optimal power calculation operation after deleting data by N tracks in the drive test zone in the lead-in area of the DVD-RAM. Characterized in that,
If the rewritable optical disc is a DVD-RW, the first step is to check RMD information in the RMA area of the DVD-RW to determine whether it is a blank disc or a used disc.
In the second step, the PCA of the DVD-RW is applied to the RMD information in the RMA area of the DVD-RW by applying the previous optimum power calculation value and the write strategy information recorded as the optimum power calculation related information. In the region, the data is recorded by N tracks, and then an optimal power calculation operation is performed.
In addition, if the DVD-RW is a blank disc as a result of the determination, further comprising the step of performing an optimal power calculation operation after deleting data by N tracks in the PCA region of the DVD-RW,
The apparatus for calculating an optimum power of a rewritable optical disc according to the present invention may include an optical pickup, a recording / reproducing unit, and a control unit, wherein the control unit includes data in a test area if the rewritable optical disc is used. After the recording, characterized in that to perform the optimum power calculation operation,
If the rewritable optical disc is a DVD-RAM, the controller checks the disc identification information recorded in the disc identification zone in the lead-in area of the DVD-RAM to determine whether it is a blank disc or a used disc. Characterized in that,
Further, the control unit applies a previous optimum power calculation value and write strategy information recorded in the drive description to the disc identification zone in the lead-in area of the DVD-RAM, thereby leading to the lead-in area of the DVD-RAM. In the drive test zone therein, after recording data as many as N tracks, the optimum power calculation operation is performed.
The control unit may perform an optimal power calculation operation after deleting the data by N tracks in the drive test zone in the lead-in area of the DVD-RAM, if the DVD-RAM is a blank disk. ,
If the rewritable optical disc is a DVD-RW, the controller checks the RMD information in the RMA area of the DVD-RW to determine whether it is a blank disc or a used disc.
In addition, the control unit applies the previous optimal power calculation value and the write strategy information recorded as the optimal power calculation related information to the RMD information in the RMA area of the DVD-RW, and thereby the PCA area of the DVD-RW. After the data is recorded by N tracks, the optimum power calculation operation is performed.
The controller may determine that the DVD-RW is a blank disc, and then perform an optimal power calculation operation after deleting data by N tracks in the PCA region of the DVD-RW.
An apparatus and method for calculating an optimum power of a rewritable optical disc according to the present invention may be, for example, whether a rewritable optical disc (eg, DVD-RAM, DVR-RW) is a blank disc or used disc. If the disk is blank, the data is deleted by N tracks in the test area, and then the optimum power calculation (OPC) operation is performed. If the disk is used, the previous optimal power calculation value and the light strategy By applying N tracks in the test area and then performing the optimum power calculation operation, the optimum power calculation operation can be performed for blank discs with no data recorded and used discs with data recorded therein. It becomes possible.
1 shows a configuration of an embodiment of an optical disk drive to which the present invention is applied;
2 to 4 show a disk and a data structure for a DVD-RAM to which the present invention is applied;
5 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a method for calculating an optimum power of a rewritable optical disc according to the present invention;
6 to 8 show a disc and a data structure for a DVD-RW to which the present invention is applied.
Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention Preferred embodiments of an apparatus and method for calculating an optimum power of a rewritable optical disc according to the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
First, an apparatus and method for calculating an optimal power of a rewritable optical disc according to the present invention include, for example, an optical disc drive (ODD) used for connection through an interface with various types of hosts such as a personal computer (PC). ) May be applied.
On the other hand, the optical disk drive (ODD), for example, as shown in Figure 1, the
The
On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2, the DVD-RAM, which is a rewritable optical disc, is divided into a lead-in area, a user data area, and a lead-out area. In addition, it may be further divided into an embossed data zone, a mirror zone, and a rewritable data zone.
A drive test zone, a disc identification zone, and the like are allocated to the lead-in area and the lead-out area, and the drive test zone is configured to perform an OPC operation. It is used as a test area for recording and reproducing predetermined test data.
Meanwhile, in the disc identification zone, an optimal power calculation result (OPC Result) and write strategy information previously performed are recorded. For example, as shown in FIG. In the identification zone, first to fourth disc identification information (
In the disc identification information, identification information for indicating whether the DVD-RAM is a blank disc or a used disc is recorded. That is, the user data of the DVD-RAM is recorded. If no data is recorded in the area, identification information to indicate that it is a blank disc is recorded. If data is recorded in the user data area, identification information to indicate that it is a used disc is recorded. do.
In addition, 16 drive descriptions (
In the drive condition, as shown in FIG. 4, the previously performed optimum power calculation result value (OPC Result) and write strategy information are recorded. The result value and the write strategy information are well-known techniques already defined in the DVD-RM standard, and thus detailed technical description thereof will be omitted.
On the other hand, the
Fig. 5 shows an operation flowchart of an embodiment of the method for calculating the optimum power of a rewritable optical disc according to the present invention. For example, the optimum power calculation is performed in the state where the DVD-
As shown in Fig. 3, the
On the other hand, as a result of the determination, when the DVD-
In addition, the
That is, the user data area in which data is recorded and the test area of the drive test zone in which the optimal power calculation operation is to be performed are made to be in the same state.
On the other hand, as a result of the determination, when the DVD-
That is, after the user data area in which no data is recorded and the test area of the drive test zone in which the optimal power calculation operation is to be performed are made to be in the same state, the optimal power calculation operation is performed (S18).
When the optimum power calculation operation as described above is completed (S19), the optimum power calculation mode is released, and then the data recording operation is performed (S20), so that the optimum power calculation operation suitable for the blank disk and the used disk is performed. Will be able to perform
On the other hand, the present invention can be applied not only to a DVD-RAM but also to a DVD-RW. For example, the DVD-RW is shown in front of a lead-in zone as shown in FIG. The PCA (Power Calibration Area) area and the RMA (Recording Management Area) area are allocated.
In the PCA area, test data is recorded to perform an OPC operation, and information related to an optimum power calculation value is recorded in the RMA area.
For example, as illustrated in FIG. 7, optimal power calculation related information (OPC related information) is recorded in field 1 (Field 1) of DMD (Recording Management Data) recorded in the RMA area.
As shown in FIG. 8, as the optimum power calculation related information,
On the other hand, the
For example, if the optimal power calculation related information is recorded in the
When the DVD-RW is a disc used as a result of the determination, the
That is, the user data area in which data is recorded and the PCA area in which the optimal power calculation operation is to be performed are made to be in the same state.
On the other hand, as a result of the determination, when the DVD-RW is a blank disk, the
That is, since the data area in which no data is recorded and the PCA area in which the optimal power calculation operation is to be performed later become the same state, the optimal power calculation operation is performed. It is possible to perform an optimum power calculation operation suitable for each disk.
Or more, preferred embodiments of the present invention described above, for the purpose of illustration, those skilled in the art, within the technical spirit and the technical scope of the present invention disclosed in the appended claims below, to further improve various other embodiments Changes, substitutions or additions will be possible.
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And if the disc is used as a result of the determination, recording the data in the test area and then performing an optimum power calculation operation.
If the rewritable optical disc is a DVD-RAM,
In the step 1, the disc identification information recorded in the disc identification zone in the lead-in area of the DVD-RAM is checked to determine whether the disc is a blank disc or a used disc. .
In the second step, the previous optimum power calculation value and the write strategy information recorded by the drive description are applied to the disc identification zone in the lead-in area of the DVD-RAM, and thus, in the lead-in area of the DVD-RAM. An optimal power calculation method for a rewritable optical disc, characterized in that an optimum power calculation operation is performed after recording data by N tracks in a drive test zone.
And, if the DVD-RAM is a blank disc, performing the optimum power calculation operation after deleting data by N tracks in the drive test zone in the lead-in area of the DVD-RAM. Optimal power calculation method for a rewritable optical disc.
If the rewritable optical disc is a DVD-RW,
In the step 1, the RMD information in the RMA area of the DVD-RW is checked to determine whether the disk is a blank disk or a used disk.
Step 2 is applied to the RMD information in the RMA area of the DVD-RW to the PCA area of the DVD-RW by applying the previous optimal power calculation value and the write strategy information recorded as the optimum power calculation related information. And calculating the optimum power of the rewritable optical disc after recording data as many as N tracks.
And, if the DVD-RW is a blank disk, further comprising the step of deleting the data by the number of N tracks in the PCA area of the DVD-RW, and then performing an optimal power calculation operation. Method of calculating the optimal power.
And, if the rewritable optical disc is used, recording of data in a test area and then performing an optimum power calculation operation.
If the rewritable optical disc is a DVD-RAM,
And the control unit checks the disc identification information recorded in the disc identification zone in the lead-in area of the DVD-RAM, and determines whether the disc is a blank disc or a used disc.
The control unit applies a previous optimal power calculation value and write strategy information recorded in the drive description to the disc identification zone in the lead-in area of the DVD-RAM, and drives the drive in the lead-in area of the DVD-RAM. An apparatus for calculating an optimum power of a rewritable optical disc, characterized in that an optimum power calculation operation is performed after recording data by N tracks in a test zone.
The control unit, when the DVD-RAM is a blank disc, determines that the data is deleted by N tracks in the drive test zone in the lead-in area of the DVD-RAM, and then the optimum power calculation operation is performed. Optimum power calculation device for rewritable optical discs.
If the rewritable optical disc is a DVD-RW,
And the controller checks the RMD information in the RMA area of the DVD-RW to determine whether it is a blank disc or a used disc.
The control unit applies the previous optimal power calculation value and the write strategy information recorded as the optimal power calculation related information to the RMD information in the RMA area of the DVD-RW, and applies it to the PCA area of the DVD-RW. And an optimum power calculation operation after recording data as many as N tracks.
If the DVD-RW is a blank disc, the controller performs an optimal power calculation operation after deleting data by N tracks in the PCA region of the DVD-RW. Power calculation device.
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