US20050047195A1 - Copying apparatus for copying a recoding medium, a method thereof and a computer program thereof - Google Patents

Copying apparatus for copying a recoding medium, a method thereof and a computer program thereof Download PDF

Info

Publication number
US20050047195A1
US20050047195A1 US10/484,510 US48451004A US2005047195A1 US 20050047195 A1 US20050047195 A1 US 20050047195A1 US 48451004 A US48451004 A US 48451004A US 2005047195 A1 US2005047195 A1 US 2005047195A1
Authority
US
United States
Prior art keywords
recording medium
file
address
original
reverse direction
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Abandoned
Application number
US10/484,510
Other languages
English (en)
Inventor
Heung-Chan Seung
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Settec Inc
Original Assignee
Settec Inc
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Settec Inc filed Critical Settec Inc
Assigned to SETTEC, INC. reassignment SETTEC, INC. ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: SEUNG, HEUNG-CHAN
Publication of US20050047195A1 publication Critical patent/US20050047195A1/en
Priority to US11/965,707 priority Critical patent/US8949552B2/en
Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B20/00—Signal processing not specific to the method of recording or reproducing; Circuits therefor
    • G11B20/00086—Circuits for prevention of unauthorised reproduction or copying, e.g. piracy
    • G11B20/00572—Circuits for prevention of unauthorised reproduction or copying, e.g. piracy involving measures which change the format of the recording medium
    • G11B20/00615—Circuits for prevention of unauthorised reproduction or copying, e.g. piracy involving measures which change the format of the recording medium said format change concerning the logical format of the recording medium, e.g. the structure of sectors, blocks, or frames
    • G11B20/0063—Circuits for prevention of unauthorised reproduction or copying, e.g. piracy involving measures which change the format of the recording medium said format change concerning the logical format of the recording medium, e.g. the structure of sectors, blocks, or frames wherein the modification to the logical format mainly concerns management data, e.g., by changing the format of the TOC or the subcode
    • G11B20/00637—Circuits for prevention of unauthorised reproduction or copying, e.g. piracy involving measures which change the format of the recording medium said format change concerning the logical format of the recording medium, e.g. the structure of sectors, blocks, or frames wherein the modification to the logical format mainly concerns management data, e.g., by changing the format of the TOC or the subcode said management data being address data
    • G11B20/00644—Circuits for prevention of unauthorised reproduction or copying, e.g. piracy involving measures which change the format of the recording medium said format change concerning the logical format of the recording medium, e.g. the structure of sectors, blocks, or frames wherein the modification to the logical format mainly concerns management data, e.g., by changing the format of the TOC or the subcode said management data being address data the address data format being such that there are overlapping address ranges
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B20/00—Signal processing not specific to the method of recording or reproducing; Circuits therefor
    • G11B20/00086—Circuits for prevention of unauthorised reproduction or copying, e.g. piracy
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B20/00—Signal processing not specific to the method of recording or reproducing; Circuits therefor
    • G11B20/00086—Circuits for prevention of unauthorised reproduction or copying, e.g. piracy
    • G11B20/00572—Circuits for prevention of unauthorised reproduction or copying, e.g. piracy involving measures which change the format of the recording medium
    • G11B20/00615—Circuits for prevention of unauthorised reproduction or copying, e.g. piracy involving measures which change the format of the recording medium said format change concerning the logical format of the recording medium, e.g. the structure of sectors, blocks, or frames
    • G11B20/0063—Circuits for prevention of unauthorised reproduction or copying, e.g. piracy involving measures which change the format of the recording medium said format change concerning the logical format of the recording medium, e.g. the structure of sectors, blocks, or frames wherein the modification to the logical format mainly concerns management data, e.g., by changing the format of the TOC or the subcode
    • G11B20/00637—Circuits for prevention of unauthorised reproduction or copying, e.g. piracy involving measures which change the format of the recording medium said format change concerning the logical format of the recording medium, e.g. the structure of sectors, blocks, or frames wherein the modification to the logical format mainly concerns management data, e.g., by changing the format of the TOC or the subcode said management data being address data
    • G11B20/00652—Circuits for prevention of unauthorised reproduction or copying, e.g. piracy involving measures which change the format of the recording medium said format change concerning the logical format of the recording medium, e.g. the structure of sectors, blocks, or frames wherein the modification to the logical format mainly concerns management data, e.g., by changing the format of the TOC or the subcode said management data being address data the address data being scrambled so that ascending address values do not reflect the physical order of data blocks
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B20/00—Signal processing not specific to the method of recording or reproducing; Circuits therefor
    • G11B20/00086—Circuits for prevention of unauthorised reproduction or copying, e.g. piracy
    • G11B20/00681—Circuits for prevention of unauthorised reproduction or copying, e.g. piracy involving measures which prevent a specific kind of data access
    • G11B20/00688—Circuits for prevention of unauthorised reproduction or copying, e.g. piracy involving measures which prevent a specific kind of data access said measures preventing that a usable copy of recorded data can be made on another medium
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B20/00—Signal processing not specific to the method of recording or reproducing; Circuits therefor
    • G11B20/10—Digital recording or reproducing
    • G11B20/18—Error detection or correction; Testing, e.g. of drop-outs
    • G11B20/1803—Error detection or correction; Testing, e.g. of drop-outs by redundancy in data representation
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03M—CODING; DECODING; CODE CONVERSION IN GENERAL
    • H03M13/00—Coding, decoding or code conversion, for error detection or error correction; Coding theory basic assumptions; Coding bounds; Error probability evaluation methods; Channel models; Simulation or testing of codes
    • H03M13/29—Coding, decoding or code conversion, for error detection or error correction; Coding theory basic assumptions; Coding bounds; Error probability evaluation methods; Channel models; Simulation or testing of codes combining two or more codes or code structures, e.g. product codes, generalised product codes, concatenated codes, inner and outer codes

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to a copying apparatus for copying a recording medium, a method and a computer program thereof, and more particularly to a copying apparatus for copying a recording medium, a method and a computer program thereof where address information of a recording area is manipulated.
  • the present invention relates to a copying apparatus for successfully copying an optical recording medium, which is or will be in existence, such as an audio compact disc, a combination of compact discs, a compact disc including other optical recording medium, a compact disc included in other optical recording medium and a CD-R (CD-Recordable) or CD-RW (CD-Rewritable).
  • an optical recording medium such as an audio compact disc, a combination of compact discs, a compact disc including other optical recording medium, a compact disc included in other optical recording medium and a CD-R (CD-Recordable) or CD-RW (CD-Rewritable).
  • the present invention is also applied to a recording medium on which digital information such as high quality video signals are recorded, e.g. a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video disc), DVD-R (DVD-Recordable), DVD-RW (DVD-Rewritable), DVD-RAM (DVD-Random Access Memory) or the like.
  • a DVD Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video disc
  • DVD-R DVD-Recordable
  • DVD-RW DVD-Rewritable
  • DVD-RAM DVD-Random Access Memory
  • the recording type of the information needed to record the address information, the content information and/or the like on the recording medium and the information structure of the recording medium are widely known in the art of the present invention.
  • FIG. 1 shows an example of the structure of information recorded on a general DVD.
  • the information recorded on the DVD constitutes a ‘(information) sector’ with a predetermined amount of the information per unit.
  • 17 information sectors are formed in total as shown in FIG. 1 .
  • Each of the information sectors includes the content information of 172 bytes and horizontally error correcting parity data of 10 bytes.
  • the 17-th sector includes vertically error correcting parity data of 10 bytes.
  • FIG. 1 shows merely an example of the information structure of a general DVD, so it does not limit the scope of the present invention.
  • the address data represents which position on the recording medium certain information is stored at, and thus a part of the address data may serve as the information indicating the position of the sector.
  • the reproducing apparatus generates required control signals by using this address data and performs reproducing operations. For example, when the reproducing apparatus moves over the recording medium or reproduces the medium from a certain position, it can control an operation of searching the information recorded on the medium by referring to the address data.
  • the applicant of the present invention has disclosed a copy-protected optical recording medium capable of being reproduced by a general reproducing apparatus, comprising at least one overlapping zone whose address values allocated to information recorded on the recording medium overlap address values of another area in the recording medium and driving information for controlling the reproducing apparatus to read information on the overlapping zone in “a copy-protected optical recording medium capable of being reproduced by a general reproducing apparatus and a method for manufacturing thereof”, International Application No. PCT/KR02/00490 filed on 22 Mar. 2002.
  • FIG. 2 a shows a series of pieces of information, hypothetically arranged in a row, recorded on from an innermost track to an outermost track of a general optical recording medium and address values allocated to the series of pieces of the information.
  • FIG. 2 b shows a series of pieces of information, hypothetically arranged in a row, recorded on from the innermost track to the outermost track of the copy-protected optical recording medium according to the International Application No. PCT/KR02/00490 and address values allocated to the series of pieces of the information.
  • the address values of the information on the general optical recording medium are allocated in order to linearly increase from the inner tracks to the outer tracks of the medium sequentially.
  • a linearly increased graph is shown at the bottom of the series of pieces of the information.
  • the address values may also linearly decrease from the inner tracks to the outer tracks.
  • the information may be chaotically placed on the medium by scrambling the address data.
  • the reproduction ratio can be increased by correcting errors, even if any physical damage occurs at a certain area on the medium. Even in this case, however, supposing a state where retrieved information is arranged in a row as shown in FIG. 2 a, we can understand that the address values linearly increase (or decrease) conceptually.
  • the copy-protected optical recording medium includes at least one overlapping zone whose address values allocated to the information on the medium overlap each other.
  • the address values may be either physical or logical addresses.
  • FIG. 3 a it is shown that the address values in the overlapping zone and those in a previous zone (referred to as “zone B) overlap each other.
  • the copy-protected optical recording medium according to the International Application No. PCT/KR02/00490 further includes driving information at a predetermined area for controlling the reproducing apparatus in order to read the information recorded on the overlapping zone.
  • the data on the zone B has the same address values as those of the corresponding data on the overlapping zone, so that the driving information is for driving the reproducing apparatus to access the addresses respectively.
  • the data retrieved from a position to which a certain address is allocated is the same regardless of the reproduction progress direction. Since that result is different from a case of the original medium where pieces of data on a position to which the same address is allocated can be different from one another depending on the progress direction, it is possible to discriminate the copied medium from the original medium. Accordingly, by that point an original medium can be protected against duplication or at least can be prevented from reproducing the duplicate of it.
  • the applicant of the present invention acknowledges the necessity of permitting a lawful owner, lawful manufacturer, lawful user or the like (hereinafter referred to as a “lawful user” generally) of a copy-protected recording medium according to the International Application No. PCT/KR02/00490 to copy it within the permitted scope under a law. Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a lawful user with a means for copying a recording medium including an overlap zone where addresses are overlapped one another as described above.
  • a recording medium copying apparatus for copying a recording medium which comprises an overlap zone where addresses overlap, includes a file reading unit for reading and managing a file in a forward and/or reverse direction, the file recorded on an original recording medium to be copied, a file comparing and identifying unit for comparing the files read from the original recording medium and identifying whether the files are identical to each other or not, an address processing unit for collecting addresses of the files with regard to the original recording medium and generating and assigning an address at which the file is recorded on a duplicate recording medium and a file recording unit for recording the file on the duplicate recording medium at the address assigned by the address processing unit in order that an address structure of the duplicate recording medium can be the same as that of the original recording medium.
  • FIG. 1 shows an example of the structure of information recorded on a general DVD.
  • FIG. 2 a shows a series of pieces of the information, hypothetically arranged in a row, recorded on from an innermost track to an outermost track of a general optical recording medium and address values allocated to the series of pieces of the information.
  • FIG. 2 b shows a series of pieces of the information, hypothetically arranged in a row, recorded on from the innermost track to the outermost track of the copy-protected optical recording medium according to the prior art and address values allocated to the series of pieces of the information.
  • FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram schematically showing an exemplary embodiment of a recording medium copying apparatus 100 according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an exemplary embodiment of the operation of a copying apparatus according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 5 shows a file structure of an original recording medium and a result of judging whether correspondingly forward and reverse direction files retrieved from the medium are identical to each other or not.
  • FIG. 6 shows a file structure of an original recording medium according to another exemplary embodiment and a result of judging whether correspondingly forward and reverse direction files retrieved from the medium are identical to each other or not.
  • FIG. 7 a shows a file structure of an original recording medium according to another embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 7 b shows a result of judging whether correspondingly forward and reverse direction files retrieved from the medium are identical to each other or not.
  • FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram schematically showing an exemplary embodiment of a recording medium copying apparatus 100 according to the present invention.
  • the copying apparatus 100 according to is the present invention includes a file reading unit 110 for forwardly and/or reversely reading and managing data of a file recorded on a original recording medium desired to be copied, a file comparing and identifying unit 112 for comparing files read from the original recording medium and identifying files whether they are identical to each other or not, an address processing unit 114 for collecting addresses of the files with regard to the original recording medium and generating and assigning addresses for recoding the files on a duplicate recording medium and a file recording unit for recording the files at the addresses assigned by the address processing unit 114 on the duplicate recording medium.
  • the file reading unit 110 reads data on the original recording medium in a direction (hereinafter referred to as a “forward direction”) which is from a position (hereinafter referred to as a “head of recording medium”) whose address has the smallest value to a position (hereinafter referred to as an “end of recording medium”) whose address has the largest value and retrieve files recorded on the recording medium.
  • forward direction files These files retrieved in the forward direction as above will be referred to herein as “forward direction files”.
  • the files read by the file reading unit 110 in the forward direction are stored and managed in a memory (not shown) in a retrieved order together with their addresses.
  • To store and manage in a memory in a retrieved order can be realized by a manner of, e.g. assigning the lowest number to the identification number of a file first retrieved from the original recording medium while assigning the highest number to the identification number of a last retrieved file. Therefore, to store in order does not always mean to store files retrieved later at areas whose physical or logical addresses of a memory are high.
  • the file reading unit 110 reads data on the original recording medium in a direction (hereinafter referred to as a “reverse direction”) opposite to the forward direction, i.e. from the end of recording medium to the head of recording medium and retrieves files on it.
  • the files (hereinafter referred to as “reverse direction files”) retrieved in the reverse direction are stored in the memory in an order opposite to the retrieved order together with their addresses.
  • To store and manage in a memory in a reverse order can be realized by a manner of, e.g. assigning the lowest number to the identification number of a file last retrieved from the original recording medium while assigning the highest number to the identification number of a first retrieved file. Therefore, to store in order does not always mean to store files retrieved later at areas whose physical or logical addresses of a memory are low.
  • the forwardly or reversely reading operation of files and the storing and managing operation of retrieved files may be performed by a forward direction file reading unit 1102 and a reverse direction file reading unit 1104 in parallel respectively.
  • the file comparing and identifying unit 112 compares the forward and reverse direction files that correspond to each other and judges whether the compared files are identical to each other or not. In addition, as the result of the judgment the file comparing and identifying unit 112 discriminates files judged to be identical from files judged not so.
  • the address processing unit 114 collects and stores the addresses of the files read by the file reading unit 110 from the original recording medium.
  • the address processing unit 114 records the files onto the duplicate recording medium, it assigns addresses at which the files are recorded on the duplicate recording medium in order that the duplicate recording medium can have the same address structure as that of the original recording medium.
  • the address processing unit 114 assigns addresses of the duplicate recording medium in order that the forward and reverse direction files judged by the file comparing and identifying unit 112 not to be identical to each other can have the same address respectively, and thus it makes the address structures of the duplicate recording medium and the original recording medium the same as shown in FIG. 2 b.
  • the file recording unit 116 records the forward and reverse direction files on the duplicate recording medium at the addresses assigned by the address processing unit 114 .
  • the file recording unit 116 records either the forward or reverse direction file judged to be identical to each other on the duplicate recording medium.
  • the file recording unit 116 records the forward direction file judged not to be identical on the duplicate recording medium in advance and then successively records the corresponding reverse direction file judged not to be identical.
  • Recording of files is performed in order that the duplicate recoding medium can surely have the same structure as that of the original recording medium.
  • the physical positions of the duplicate and original recording medium where a certain file is recorded do not need to be identical to each other.
  • the addresses of the duplicate and original recording medium assigned to a certain file are preferably the same value, they are not be limited to this case and it should be noted that it might be enough for overall address structures to be identical to each other.
  • FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an exemplary embodiment of the operation of the copying apparatus according to the present invention.
  • the files retrieved in the forward direction are stored in a memory (not shown) in a retrieved order.
  • the firstly retrieved forward direction file is represented by “F.file.1”
  • the secondly retrieved forward direction file is represented by “F.file.2”
  • the N-thly retrieved forward direction file is represented by “F.file.N”
  • these are stored in the memory in order to be identified in the retrieved order.
  • an example using a manner of assigning identification numbers consecutively increasing is shown (step S 4042 ). “1), 2) . . . n)” shown in the step S 4042 means the retrieved order.
  • the addresses (i.e. A 1 , A 2 . . . AN) on the original recording medium are preferably stored together with the files.
  • the reverse direction files retrieved in the reverse direction are stored in a memory (not shown) in an order opposite to the retrieved order.
  • the firstly retrieved reverse direction file is represented by “R.file.1”
  • the secondly retrieved reverse direction file is represented by “R.file.2”
  • the N-thly retrieved reverse direction file is represented by “R.file.N”
  • these are stored in the memory in order to be identified in the order opposite to the retrieved order.
  • a manner of assigning identification numbers consecutively decreasing as described above may be used.
  • an example using a manner of assigning identification numbers consecutively decreasing is shown (step S 4042 ). “1), 2) . . . n)” shown in the step S 4042 means the retrieved order.
  • the addresses (i.e. AN, A(N ⁇ 1) . . . A 1 ) on the original recording medium are preferably stored together with the files.
  • reading files from the original recording medium is completed upon reaching the head or end of the original recording medium (step S 406 or S 412 ), and the retrieved files are copied to the duplicate recording medium in order to maintain the same address structure as that of the original recording medium.
  • step S 414 whether the retrieved forward and reverse direction files are identical or not is judged comparing these files each other.
  • B 12 files are recorded on the original recording medium altogether and three of them are recorded on the overlap zone in FIG. 5 .
  • FIG. 5 shows a file structure of the original recording medium and a result of judging whether the corresponding forward and reverse direction files retrieved from the medium are identical to each other or not.
  • 12 files are recorded on the original recording medium in total, and when reading them in the forward direction nine forward direction files, i.e. F.file. 1 to F.file.9 are retrieved, while in the reverse direction nine reverse direction files, i.e. R.file. 1 to R.file.9 are retrieved.
  • the reverse direction nine reverse direction files i.e. R.file. 1 to R.file.9 are retrieved.
  • step S 414 if the forward and reverse direction files whose identification numbers or whose addresses on the original recording medium are identical to each other are compared (step S 414 ), it is verified that there are six pairs of forward and reverse direction files that are identical to each other, i.e. four pairs that are F.file. 1 to F.file. 4 and R.file. 1 to R.file. 4 and two pairs that are F.file. 8 and F.file. 9 and R.file. 8 and R.file. 9 . In addition, it is verified that F.file. 5 to F.file. 7 amongst the forward direction files and R.file. 5 to R.file. 7 amongst the reverse direction files don't have any identical counterparts (step S 416 ).
  • the identified files are recorded on the duplicate recording medium in order to have the same address structure as that of the original recording medium (step S 418 ).
  • the forward direction files are first recorded (step S 418 ).
  • the address structure of the duplicate recording medium is also formed to copy the address structure of the original recording medium.
  • the reverse direction files not having any identical counterparts (R.file. 5 to R.file. 7 in this embodiment) are recorded on the duplicate recording medium.
  • the address structure of the reverse direction files not having any identical counterparts should be formed to be the same as that of the original recording medium (step S 420 ).
  • FIG. 6 shows a file structure of the original recording medium according to another exemplary embodiment and a result of judging whether the corresponding forward and reverse direction files retrieved from the medium are identical to each other or not.
  • B 1 files are recorded on the original recording medium in total, and when reading them in the forward direction nine forward direction files, i.e. F.file. 1 to F.file. 9 are retrieved, while in the reverse direction eight reverse direction files, i.e. R.file. 1 to R.file. 8 are retrieved.
  • FIG. 7 a shows a file structure of the original recording medium according to another embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 7 b shows a result of judging whether the corresponding forward and reverse direction files retrieved is from the medium are identical to each other or not.
  • 22 files are recorded on the original recording medium in total, and when reading them in the forward direction 18 forward direction files, i.e. F.file. 1 to F.file. 18 are retrieved, while in the reverse direction 16 reverse direction files, i.e. R.file. 1 to R.file. 16 are retrieved.
  • two overlap zones are formed in this present embodiment and four files, i.e. R.file. 5 , R.file. 6 , R.file. 13 and R.file. 14 are recorded in the overlap zones respectively.
  • two of the zones B corresponding to these overlap zones are also formed, and it is assumed that 6 files, i.e. F.file. 5 to F.file. 7 and F.file. 14 to F.file. 16 are recorded there.
  • any proper units e.g. blocks
  • files any proper units (e.g. blocks), though they are in the form of files, may also be retrieved, managed and processed depending upon embodiments. Accordingly, as used herein the term a “file” should be interpreted and understood that it means a “unit per which a process is performed” in the description above and even in claims below.
  • the copying method according to the present invention can be realized a computer program for copying a recording medium including modules programmed for performing the functions of the units 110 to 116 included in the copying apparatus 100 of the present invention as described above, i.e. a file reading module (not shown), a file comparing and identifying module (not shown), an address processing module (not shown) and a file recording module (not shown).
  • This computer program for copying a recording medium according to the present invention realizes technical ideas of the present invention by interacting with the hardware and/or software of a computer system for executing the program. Programming the above modules included the computer program for copying a recording medium of the present invention will not be described in detail because it is already widely known in the art of the present invention as well as being an optional matter in design for carrying out the present invention.

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Computer Security & Cryptography (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Signal Processing For Digital Recording And Reproducing (AREA)
  • Indexing, Searching, Synchronizing, And The Amount Of Synchronization Travel Of Record Carriers (AREA)
  • Management Or Editing Of Information On Record Carriers (AREA)
  • Information Retrieval, Db Structures And Fs Structures Therefor (AREA)
US10/484,510 2002-09-02 2003-09-02 Copying apparatus for copying a recoding medium, a method thereof and a computer program thereof Abandoned US20050047195A1 (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US11/965,707 US8949552B2 (en) 2002-09-02 2007-12-27 Copying apparatus for copying a recoding medium, a method thereof and a computer program thereof

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
PCT/KR2002/001661 WO2004021347A1 (en) 2002-09-02 2002-09-02 A copying apparatus for copying a recoding medium, a method thereof and a computer program thereof

Related Child Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US11/965,707 Continuation US8949552B2 (en) 2002-09-02 2007-12-27 Copying apparatus for copying a recoding medium, a method thereof and a computer program thereof

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
US20050047195A1 true US20050047195A1 (en) 2005-03-03

Family

ID=31973496

Family Applications (2)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US10/484,510 Abandoned US20050047195A1 (en) 2002-09-02 2003-09-02 Copying apparatus for copying a recoding medium, a method thereof and a computer program thereof
US11/965,707 Expired - Fee Related US8949552B2 (en) 2002-09-02 2007-12-27 Copying apparatus for copying a recoding medium, a method thereof and a computer program thereof

Family Applications After (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US11/965,707 Expired - Fee Related US8949552B2 (en) 2002-09-02 2007-12-27 Copying apparatus for copying a recoding medium, a method thereof and a computer program thereof

Country Status (4)

Country Link
US (2) US20050047195A1 (https=)
JP (1) JP4319984B2 (https=)
AU (1) AU2002328067A1 (https=)
WO (1) WO2004021347A1 (https=)

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20080159107A1 (en) * 2002-09-02 2008-07-03 Heung-Chan Seung Copying apparatus for copying a recoding medium, a method thereof and a computer program thereof
US20090207704A1 (en) * 2002-06-12 2009-08-20 Sony Corporation Recording apparatus, server apparatus, recording method, program, and storage medium
US20130073691A1 (en) * 2011-06-17 2013-03-21 Alibaba Group Holding Limited File Processing Method, System and Server-clustered System for Cloud Storage

Families Citing this family (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP1818924A1 (en) * 2006-02-08 2007-08-15 Sony DADC Austria AG Optical disc
JP4862887B2 (ja) 2008-12-25 2012-01-25 ソニー株式会社 地図データ表示制御装置、地図データ表示制御方法およびプログラム
EP2405431A1 (en) * 2010-07-05 2012-01-11 Thomson Licensing Optical medium enabling copy detection, copy detection device and method, and optical media manufacture method and system

Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5661800A (en) * 1994-03-18 1997-08-26 Fujitsu, Limited Method and manufacture for preventing unauthorized use by judging the corresponding relationship between logical and physical addresses
US5930209A (en) * 1996-07-24 1999-07-27 U.S. Philips Corporation Optical disc with sector address irregularities to prevent copying, and apparatus for recording and detecting such copy protection
US6490683B1 (en) * 1997-09-16 2002-12-03 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Optical disk having electronic watermark, reproducing apparatus thereof and copy protecting method using the same
US6618548B1 (en) * 1998-05-15 2003-09-09 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. Method for copying, recording, and editing data onto disk recording media, and disk recording apparatus

Family Cites Families (28)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3766529A (en) * 1972-03-17 1973-10-16 Racal Thermionic Ltd Computer-compatible tape and reading system therefor
US4433211A (en) * 1981-11-04 1984-02-21 Technical Communications Corporation Privacy communication system employing time/frequency transformation
US4703465A (en) * 1985-12-04 1987-10-27 1K Entertainment Center Ltd. Method and apparatus for producing an audio magnetic tape recording from a preselected music library
JPS62150564A (ja) * 1985-12-24 1987-07-04 Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd 光情報記録再生装置
US4991036A (en) * 1988-06-08 1991-02-05 Storage Technology Corporation Moving data storage media mode/direction change optimization
JPH02198266A (ja) * 1989-01-27 1990-08-06 Toshiba Corp 画像形成装置
US5285433A (en) * 1990-08-06 1994-02-08 Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. Apparatus with position detecting means for recording and/or reproducing data on and/or from optical card
JP2888495B2 (ja) * 1991-01-29 1999-05-10 オリンパス光学工業株式会社 光カード装置
US5132522A (en) * 1991-01-30 1992-07-21 Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. Information-reading method
JPH04286726A (ja) * 1991-03-15 1992-10-12 Omron Corp 光カードの再生装置および再生方法
US6311259B1 (en) * 1994-10-14 2001-10-30 Storage Technology Corporation System and method for reading unidirectionally recorded data bidirectionally
JPH08161869A (ja) * 1994-11-30 1996-06-21 Sony Corp 再生装置
US5790264A (en) * 1995-06-23 1998-08-04 Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. Information reproduction apparatus
CN1162010C (zh) * 1996-08-29 2004-08-11 松下电器产业株式会社 图象译码设备和图象存储器
EP0916134A1 (en) * 1997-05-30 1999-05-19 C-Dilla Method for copy protecting a record carrier, copy protected record carrier and means for detecting access control information
JPH1166730A (ja) * 1997-08-18 1999-03-09 Fujitsu Ltd 磁気テープ装置の制御方法
TW389897B (en) * 1997-10-14 2000-05-11 Kenwood Corp Optical disc readout method and apparatus with focusing
ES2281190T3 (es) * 1998-10-05 2007-09-16 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Sistema de proteccion anticopia de informacion grabada.
US6487633B1 (en) * 1999-05-03 2002-11-26 3Ware, Inc. Methods and systems for accessing disks using forward and reverse seeks
JP2001110137A (ja) * 1999-10-13 2001-04-20 Opt Kk コピー防止処理が施されたディスクおよびディスクプレーヤ
US6856755B1 (en) * 1999-11-10 2005-02-15 Thomson Licensing S.A. Method and apparatus for editing in a forward or reverse direction on a rewriteable disc media
FR2805071B1 (fr) * 2000-02-11 2002-05-03 Moulage Plastique De L Ouest Disque optique protege contre la copie et procede de protection pour un tel disque
JP4045823B2 (ja) * 2002-03-19 2008-02-13 富士ゼロックス株式会社 画像処理装置および画像処理方法
US20040199780A1 (en) * 2002-03-22 2004-10-07 Heung-Chan Seung Copy-protected optical recording medium, a method for driving therefor and a method of manufacturing thereof
WO2003081590A1 (en) 2002-03-22 2003-10-02 Settec, Inc. A copy-protected optical recording medium, a method for driving thereof and a method for manufacturing thereof
US7212481B2 (en) * 2002-06-27 2007-05-01 Hitachi-Lg Data Storage Korea, Inc. Searching method and device for a recording medium having overlapped time address
JP4319984B2 (ja) * 2002-09-02 2009-08-26 セッテック インコーポレイテッド 記録媒体複製用の複製装置、その方法、及びそのコンピュータプログラム
US7333993B2 (en) * 2003-11-25 2008-02-19 Network Appliance, Inc. Adaptive file readahead technique for multiple read streams

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5661800A (en) * 1994-03-18 1997-08-26 Fujitsu, Limited Method and manufacture for preventing unauthorized use by judging the corresponding relationship between logical and physical addresses
US5930209A (en) * 1996-07-24 1999-07-27 U.S. Philips Corporation Optical disc with sector address irregularities to prevent copying, and apparatus for recording and detecting such copy protection
US6490683B1 (en) * 1997-09-16 2002-12-03 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Optical disk having electronic watermark, reproducing apparatus thereof and copy protecting method using the same
US6618548B1 (en) * 1998-05-15 2003-09-09 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. Method for copying, recording, and editing data onto disk recording media, and disk recording apparatus

Cited By (13)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US8681447B2 (en) 2002-06-12 2014-03-25 Sony Corporation Recording apparatus, server apparatus, recording method, program and storage medium
US20090207704A1 (en) * 2002-06-12 2009-08-20 Sony Corporation Recording apparatus, server apparatus, recording method, program, and storage medium
US7903362B2 (en) * 2002-06-12 2011-03-08 Sony Corporation Recording apparatus, server apparatus, recording method, program, and storage medium
US20110109985A1 (en) * 2002-06-12 2011-05-12 Sony Corporation Recording apparatus, server apparatus, recording method, program, and storage medium
US8315004B2 (en) 2002-06-12 2012-11-20 Sony Corporation Recording apparatus, server apparatus, recording method, program, and storage medium
US9330707B2 (en) 2002-06-12 2016-05-03 Sony Corporation Recording apparatus, server apparatus, recording method, program and storage medium
US9715893B2 (en) 2002-06-12 2017-07-25 Data Scape Ltd. Recording apparatus, server apparatus, recording method, program and storage medium
US10032473B2 (en) 2002-06-12 2018-07-24 Data Scape Ltd. Recording apparatus, server apparatus, recording method, program and storage medium
US10515662B2 (en) 2002-06-12 2019-12-24 Data Scape Ltd. Recording apparatus, server apparatus, recording method, program and storage medium
US20080159107A1 (en) * 2002-09-02 2008-07-03 Heung-Chan Seung Copying apparatus for copying a recoding medium, a method thereof and a computer program thereof
US8949552B2 (en) * 2002-09-02 2015-02-03 Settec, Inc. Copying apparatus for copying a recoding medium, a method thereof and a computer program thereof
US20130073691A1 (en) * 2011-06-17 2013-03-21 Alibaba Group Holding Limited File Processing Method, System and Server-clustered System for Cloud Storage
US9774564B2 (en) * 2011-06-17 2017-09-26 Alibaba Group Holding Limited File processing method, system and server-clustered system for cloud storage

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
JP4319984B2 (ja) 2009-08-26
AU2002328067A1 (en) 2004-03-19
WO2004021347A1 (en) 2004-03-11
US20080159107A1 (en) 2008-07-03
US8949552B2 (en) 2015-02-03
JP2005537607A (ja) 2005-12-08

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
RU2385510C2 (ru) Система, способ и устройство управления дефектной зоной неперезаписываемого оптического носителя записи
US6901041B2 (en) Method for managing defective area of optical recording medium
JP4262611B2 (ja) データ記録方法、及びデータ記録装置
US8949552B2 (en) Copying apparatus for copying a recoding medium, a method thereof and a computer program thereof
US20030151991A1 (en) Recording method, recording apparatus, reproducing method and reproducing apparatus
RU2007103336A (ru) Носитель информации, устройство записи/воспроизведения и способ записи/воспроизведения
RU2373585C2 (ru) Способ управления дефектной зоной на неперезаписываемом оптическом носителе записи и оптический носитель записи с его использованием
TW200402627A (en) Program, computer-readable recording medium, information processing system, and method for protecting from illegally copying program
JP2009517795A (ja) 記録媒体並びに欠陥管理情報を記録媒体に記録する方法および装置
US7283454B2 (en) Information storage medium and method of recording information thereon
TW200402045A (en) Optical information storage medium and method of recording data thereon
US8773961B2 (en) Copy-protected optical recording medium, method for driving thereof and method for manufacturing thereof
US20070168838A1 (en) Reproduction apparatus and method for reproducing a unique medium identifier
KR100691760B1 (ko) 기록 매체 복제용 복제 장치, 그 방법 및 그 컴퓨터프로그램
CN1954385A (zh) 记录方法、信息记录装置、信息再现装置、程序、记录介质及计算机程序产品
JP4052805B2 (ja) 光情報記録媒体のコピープロテクト方法及び光情報記録媒体
KR100932505B1 (ko) 고밀도 광디스크와 그에 따른 재생방법
KR100896058B1 (ko) 고밀도 재생 전용 광디스크와, 그 광디스크의 암호화 기록 및 재생 장치와 방법
JP4145853B2 (ja) 記録媒体がオリジナル媒体か複製媒体かを判定する方法、プログラム、コンピュータ読み取り可能な記録媒体
KR100775149B1 (ko) 재생 전용 기록 매체 및 데이터 재생방법
WO2003081590A1 (en) A copy-protected optical recording medium, a method for driving thereof and a method for manufacturing thereof
JPH02240869A (ja) 情報記録再生装置
HK1083265A1 (zh) 在光学信息存储介质上记录信息的方法
HK1083265B (en) Method of recording information on optical information storage medium
JP2004273007A (ja) 光ディスク情報記録／再生装置及びそのディスク管理情報の取得方法

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
AS Assignment

Owner name: SETTEC, INC., KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:SEUNG, HEUNG-CHAN;REEL/FRAME:015762/0290

Effective date: 20040901

STCB Information on status: application discontinuation

Free format text: ABANDONED -- FAILURE TO RESPOND TO AN OFFICE ACTION