Information recording/reproducing apparatus for writing on and reading from a rewritable optical disk have tracks divided into a plurality of sectors

摘要

An information recording/reproducing apparatus is suitable for writing on and reading from a rewritable optical disk signals having a time-based continuity attribute such as video signals and audio signals. The optical disk has a plurality of tracks each divided into sectors. The apparatus has a RAM for storing data externally supplied, and first and second address counters for generating addresses for writing into and reading from the RAM, respectively. The apparatus also has a track-jump detector circuit for detecting the occurrence of a track jump of an optical head while the head is writing on the disk. When a track jump is detected, a laser driving circuit stops actuating the head such that the writing operation is halted, and a track-jump address latch circuit stores an address of a track-jump occurring sector. Based on the address stored in the track-jump address latch circuit and a track address where the head is actually is, the head is returned to the sector where the track jump occurred. Then, under control of a CPU, the second address counter again generates addresses at which the RAM stores data which should have been written on the track-jump occurring sector from its leading position. Thus, even if a track jump occurs, information having a time-based continuity attribute is recorded without any data loss.