Information recording medium, method of configuring version information thereof, recording and reproducing method using the same, and recording and reproducing apparatus thereof

Abstract

A recording medium, such as an optical disc, method of recording disc version information thereof, recording and/or reproducing method using the disc version information thereof, and recording and/or reproducing apparatus thereof are provided. The standardized disc information can be uniformly applied to efficiently cope with the recording and/or reproducing of the optical disc. In recording disc version information within a management area of a disc, the disc version information is separated into a first version information and a second version information and also can be recorded in at least two separate areas, respectively.

1 . A method of recording version information of recording medium, comprising steps of: 
 generating version information including a first version information and a second version information, at least one of the first version information and the second version information is to determine a backward compatibility with respect to reading or writing of the recording medium; and    recording the version information on a specific area of the recording medium.    
   
   
       2 . The method as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the first version information is to determine compatibility for writing or reading between the recording medium and drive.  
   
   
       3 . The method as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the second version information is to determine compatibility for writing or reading between the recording medium and drive.  
   
   
       4 . The method as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the first version information is to determine compatibility between same kinds of recording medium.  
   
   
       5 . The method as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the first and second version information are recorded in a management area within the recording medium.  
   
   
       6 . The method as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the first version information represents a compatible version, and the second version information represents an actual version.  
   
   
       7 . The method as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein the second version information comprises a first version part and a second version part.  
   
   
       8 . The method as claimed in  claim 7 , wherein the first version part represents a digit X and the second version part represents a digit Y for respectively representing version “X.Y” by binary notation.  
   
   
       9 . The method as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein the “X” indicates new specifications in the same information recording medium and has an incompatibility with a value lower than “X” in the first version part.  
   
   
       10 . The method as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein the “Y” indicates an addition to the specifications in the same information recording medium and may have an incompatibility with a value lower than “Y” in second version part with respect to writing or reading condition.  
   
   
       11 . The method as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein the first and second version parts are allocated by 4-bits respectively.  
   
   
       12 . The method as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein the second version information is represented by one information byte.  
   
   
       13 . The method as claimed in  claim 12 , wherein the first and second version parts are allocated by 4-bits respectively within the one information byte.  
   
   
       14 . The method as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein the first version information is included in one information byte.  
   
   
       15 . The method as claimed in  claim 14 , wherein the first version information is allocated by 4-bits or 6-bits within the one information byte.  
   
   
       16 . The method as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the first version information has a priority to determine the writing or reading of the recording medium than the second version information.  
   
   
       17 . The method as claimed in  claim 16 , wherein the first version information determines a compatibility with a drive to read or write data on or from the recording medium.  
   
   
       18 . The method as claimed in  claim 17 , wherein the recording medium is not accessed by the drive if the first version information is not familiar to the drive.  
   
   
       19 . The method as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein the second version information determines a compatibility with a drive to read or write data on or from the recording medium.  
   
   
       20 . The method as claimed in  claim 19 , wherein the recording medium is not read or write by the drive if the second version information is not familiar to the drive.  
   
   
       21 . The method as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the generating step further generates a size information to indicate a diameter of the recording medium, and the size information is recorded on the specific area of the recording medium with the version information.  
   
   
       22 . The method as claimed in  claim 21 , wherein the version information and the size information are allocated by one information byte.  
   
   
       23 . The method as claimed in  claim 22 , wherein the size information is allocated by 2-bits, the first version information is allocated by 2-bits, and the second information is allocated by 4-bits within the information byte.  
   
   
       24 . A method for recording a control information including a version information on a recording medium, the method comprising a step of: 
 allocating information byte for a version information including first information and second information within the control information, wherein at least one of the first and second information determines a compatibility of recording medium; and    recording the information byte on a specific area of the information recording medium.    
   
   
       25 . The method as claimed in  claim 24 , wherein the first information determines a compatibility with a drive for reading or writing data on the recording medium.  
   
   
       26 . The method as claimed in  claim 25 , wherein the first information represents an incompatible value if the optical recording medium is not accessed by the drive.  
   
   
       27 . A method of recording control information on an optical disc, comprising a step of 
 allocating one information byte for disc size information indicating a diameter of the disc and disc version information indicating a disc version within the control information, the disc version information is separated into a first version information and a second version information; and    recording the allocated information byte on a specific area of the optical disc.    
   
   
       28 . The method of  claim 27 , wherein the disc size information and the disc version information are recorded together in a specific information byte within the -control information.  
   
   
       29 . The method of  claim 28 , wherein 2-bits are allocated to the disc size information, 2-bits are allocated to the first version information, and 4-bits are allocated to the second version information.  
   
   
       30 . A method for recording a control information on an optical disc, the control information including version information, comprising the steps of: 
 generating the disc version information including first version information compatible with previous version and real version information; and    recording the compatible version information and the real version information in at least two separate areas, respectively.    
   
   
       31 . The method as claimed in  claim 30 , wherein the real version information comprises a first version part and a second version part.  
   
   
       32 . The method as claimed in  claim 31 , wherein the first version part represents a digit X and the second version part represents a digit Y for respectively representing version “X.Y” by binary notation.  
   
   
       33 . The method as claimed in  claim 32 , wherein the “X” indicates new specifications in the same optical disc and has an incompatibility with a value lower than “x” in the first version part.  
   
   
       34 . The method as claimed in  claim 33 , wherein the “Y” indicates an addition to the specifications in the same optical disc and may have an incompatibility with a value lower than “Y” in second version part with respect to writing or reading condition.  
   
   
       35 . The method as claimed in  claim 32 , wherein the first and second version parts are allocated by 4-bits respectively.  
   
   
       36 . A data structure for version information of a recording medium, characterized in that, the version information comprises a first version information and a second version information, the one of first and second version information is used to determine to a backward compatibility with respect to reading or writing of the recording medium. .  
   
   
       37 . The structure of  claim 36 , wherein the first version information is used to determine compatibility for writing or reading between the recording medium and drive.  
   
   
       38 . The structure of  claim 36 , wherein the second version information is to determine compatibility for writing or reading between the recording medium and drive.  
   
   
       39 . The structure of  claim 37 , wherein the first version information compatibility between a same kinds of recording medium.  
   
   
       40 . The structure of  claim 36 , wherein the first and second version information are recorded in a management area within the recording medium.  
   
   
       41 . The structure of  claim 36 , wherein the first version information represents a compatible version, and the second version information represents an actual version.  
   
   
       42 . The structure of  claim 41 , wherein the second version information comprises a first version part and a second version part.  
   
   
       43 . The structure of  claim 42 , wherein the first version part represents a digit X and the second version part represents a digit Y for respectively representing version “X.Y” by binary notation.  
   
   
       44 . The structure of  claim 43 , wherein the “X” indicates new specifications in the same information recording medium and has an incompatibility with a value lower than “X” in the first version part.  
   
   
       45 . The structure of  claim 44 , wherein the “Y” indicates an addition to the specifications in the same information recording medium and may have an incompatibility with a value lower than “Y” in second version part with respect to writing or reading condition.  
   
   
       46 . The structure of  claim 43 , wherein the first and second version parts are allocated by 4-bits respectively.  
   
   
       47 . The structure of  claim 41 , wherein the second version information is represented by one information byte.  
   
   
       48 . The structure of  claim 47 , wherein the first and second version parts are allocated by 4-bits respectively within the one information byte.  
   
   
       49 . The structure of  claim 41 , wherein the first version information is included in one information byte.  
   
   
       50 . The structure of  claim 49 , wherein the first version information is allocated by 4-bits or 6-bits within the one information byte.  
   
   
       51 . The structure of  claim 37 , wherein the first version information has a priority to determine the writing or reading of the recording medium than the second version information.  
   
   
       52 . The structure of  claim 51 , wherein the first version information is used to determine a compatibility with a drive to read or write data on or from the recording medium.  
   
   
       53 . The structure of  claim 52 , wherein the data structure is recorded in a recording medium, the recording medium is not accessed by a drive if the first version information is not familiar to the drive.  
   
   
       54 . The structure of  claim 38 , wherein the second version information is used to determine a compatibility with a drive to read or write data on or from the recording medium.  
   
   
       55 . The structure of  claim 54 , wherein the data structure is recorded in a recording medium, the recording medium is not read or written by a drive if the second version information is not familiar to the drive.  
   
   
       56 . The structure of  claim 36 , wherein the structure further characterized in that a size information is included to indicate a diameter of the recording medium.  
   
   
       57 . The structure of  claim 56 , wherein the version information and the size information are allocated by one information byte.  
   
   
       58 . The structure of  claim 57 , wherein the size information is allocated by 2-bits, the first version information is allocated by 2-bits, and the second information is allocated by 4-bits within the information byte.  
   
   
       59 . A data structure for indicating a version information, 
 wherein the version information including first version information and second version information, the second version information for indicating a higher version, which is not indicated by the first version information,    wherein the second version information including first digit and second digit, the first digit for indicating “X”, and the second digit for indicating “Y” to respectively represent the version “X.Y” by binary notation.    
   
   
       60 . The structure of  claim 59 , wherein the first version information indicates a version lower than the second version information.  
   
   
       61 . The structure of  claim 59 , wherein the first version information indicates a compatible version information.  
   
   
       62 . The structure of  claim 61 , wherein the second version information indicates an actual version information.  
   
   
       63 . A method for recording data on an optical recording medium, comprising the steps of : 
 recording a version information on a specific area of the optical recording medium, wherein the version information including first version information and second version information, the second version information for indicating a higher version, which is not indicated by the first version information,    wherein the second version information including first digit and second digit, the first digit for indicating “X”, and the second digit for indicating “Y” to represent “X” and “Y” respectively for the version “X.Y” by binary notation.    
   
   
       64 . A method of recording or reproducing data on or from a recording medium, comprising steps of : 
 reading a control information including version information from a specific area of the recording medium, the version information including a first version information and a second version information, at least one of the first version information and the second version information being used to determine a backward compatibility with respect to reading or writing of the recording medium; and    controlling a recording or reproducing of data on or from the recording medium based on the version information.    
   
   
       65 . The method as claimed in  claim 64 , wherein the first version information is used to determine compatibility for writing or reading between the recording medium and drive, thereby determining the reading or writing of data.  
   
   
       66 . The method as claimed in  claim 64 , wherein the second version information is used to determine compatibility for writing or reading between the recording medium and drive, thereby determining the reading or writing of data.  
   
   
       67 . The method as claimed in  claim 64 , wherein the reading step reads the first and second version information recorded in a management area of the recording medium.  
   
   
       68 . The method as claimed in  claim 64 , wherein the first version information represents a compatible version, and the second version information represents an actual version.  
   
   
       69 . The method as claimed in  claim 68 , wherein the second version information comprises a first version part and a second version part.  
   
   
       70 . The method as claimed in  claim 69 , wherein the first version part represents a digit X and the second version part represents a digit Y for respectively representing version “X.Y” by binary notation.  
   
   
       71 . The method as claimed in  claim 70 , wherein the “X” indicates new specifications in the same information recording medium and has an incompatibility with a value lower than “X” in the first version part.  
   
   
       72 . The method as claimed in  claim 71 , wherein the “Y” indicates an addition to the specifications in the same information recording medium and may have an incompatibility with a value lower than “Y” in second version part with respect to writing or reading condition.  
   
   
       73 . The method as claimed in  claim 71 , wherein the first and second version parts are allocated by 4-bits respectively.  
   
   
       74 . The method as claimed in  claim 68 , wherein the second version information is represented by one information byte.  
   
   
       75 . The method as claimed in  claim 74 , wherein the first and second version parts are allocated by 4-bits respectively within the one information byte.  
   
   
       76 . The method as claimed in  claim 68 , wherein the first version information is included in one information byte.  
   
   
       77 . The method as claimed in  claim 76 , wherein the first version information is allocated by 4-bits or 6-bits within the one information byte.  
   
   
       78 . The method as claimed in  claim 65 , wherein the first version information has a priority to determine the writing or reading of the recording medium than the second version information, thereby controlling the writing or reading data on or from the recording medium based on the first version information.  
   
   
       79 . The method as claimed in  claim 78 , wherein the controlling step controls such that the recording medium is not accessed by the drive if the read first version information is not familiar to the drive.  
   
   
       80 . The method as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein the second version information determines a compatibility with a drive to read or write data on or from the recording medium, thereby controlling the writing or reading data on or from the recording medium based on the second version information.  
   
   
       81 . The method as claimed in  claim 80 , wherein the controlling step controls such that the recording medium is not read or write by the drive if the second version information is not familiar to the drive.  
   
   
       82 . The method as claimed in  claim 64 , wherein the reading step further reads a size information to indicate a diameter of the recording medium, the size information recorded on the specific area of the recording medium with the version information, thereby determining the size of the recording medium.  
   
   
       83 . The method as claimed in  claim 82 , wherein the version information and the size information are allocated by one information byte within the control information.  
   
   
       84 . The method as claimed in  claim 83 , wherein the size information is allocated by 2-bits, the first version information is allocated by 2-bits, and the second information is allocated by 4-bits within the information byte.  
   
   
       85 . A method for recording or reproducing data on or from an optical recording medium, comprising the steps of: 
 reading a version information from a specific area of the optical recording medium, wherein the version information including first version information and second version information, the second version information for indicating a higher version, which is not indicated by the first version information,    wherein the second version information including first digit and second digit, the first digit for indicating “X”, and the second digit for indicating “Y” to represent “X” and “Y” respectively for the version “X.Y” by binary notation; and    recording or reproducing data on or from a main data area of the optical recording medium based on the read version information.    
   
   
       86 . A recording medium having a version information, 
 wherein the version information including first version information and second version information, the second version information for indicating a higher version, which is not indicated by the first version information,    wherein the second version information including first digit and second digit, the first digit for indicating “X”, and the second digit for indicating “Y” to represent “X” and “Y” respectively for the version “X.Y” by binary notation.    
   
   
       87 . A method for recording data on an optical disc, comprising the steps of: 
 reading a control information recorded on a specific area of the optical disc, the control information including disc version information, the disc version information including first version information compatible with previous version and real version information; and    controlling the recording of data based on the compatible version information and the real version information.    
   
   
       88 . The method as claimed in  claim 87 , wherein the real version information comprises a first version part and a second version part.  
   
   
       89 . The method as claimed in  claim 88 , wherein the first version part represents a digit X and the second version part represents a digit Y for respectively representing version “X.Y” by binary notation.  
   
   
       90 . The method as claimed in  claim 89 , wherein the “X” indicates new specifications in the same optical disc and has an incompatibility with a value lower than “X” in the first version part.  
   
   
       91 . The method as claimed in  claim 90 , wherein the “Y” indicates an addition to the specifications in the same optical disc and may have an incompatibility with a value lower than “Y” in second version part with respect to writing or reading condition.  
   
   
       92 . The method as claimed in  claim 89 , wherein the first and second version parts are allocated by 4-bits respectively.