IP Library Granted Patent US 7,876,651
Granted Patent B2
US 7,876,651 · App. 11/845,951 · Granted Jan 25, 2011

Method of writing data to a disc, disc drive

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Patent No.
US 7,876,651
App. No.
11/845,951
Granted
Jan 25, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a method of writing data to a disc (OD). The method comprising a) performing a writing action in which a first data portion is written to the disc; a2) deciding to perform b) or not and b) verifying at least part of the first data portion that is written to the disc and deciding to replace the first data portion that is written to the disc or not. Finally the method comprises c) performing a further writing action in which a second data portion is written to the disc.

Claims (10)

1. Method of writing data to a disc, the method comprising:

a) performing a writing action in which a first data is written to the disc,

a2) deciding to perform b) or not, if b) was already performed for previously written data for a same zone as the first data within a predetermined time interval from performing a) for the first data, b) is not performed,

b) verifying at least part of the first data that is written to the disc and deciding to replace the first data that is written to the disc or not, and

c) performing a further writing action in which a second data is written to the disc.

2. Disc drive arranged to receive a disc, the disc drive comprising an optical pick-up unit (OPU), arranged to generate a beam to be scanned over the surface of the disc (OD) to read data from or write data to the disc (OD), the disc drive arranged to

a) perform a writing action in which a first data is written to the disc,

a2) decide to perform b) or not, if b) was already performed for previously written data for a same zone as the first data within a predetermined time interval from performing a) for the first data, b) is not performed,

b) verify at least part of the first data that is written to the disc and decide to replace the first data that is written to the disc or not, and

c) perform a further writing action in which a second data is written to the disc.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 14, 2014
From: LITE-ON IT CORP.
To: LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032892/0554 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 29, 2009
From: PHILIPS & LITE-ON DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORP.
To: LITE-ON IT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 022752/0670 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 20, 2007
From: CAS, MARC ANGELINE JOZEF; CLAAS, JOHANNES FRANCISCUS PETRUS; GEUSENS, STEFAN
To: PHILIPS & LITE-ON DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORP.
Reel/Frame 019853/0532 →