Patent ID: 6480453
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A method of driving an optical disc, comprising:loading the optical disc, placed on a caddy, into a deck base, and moving a base plate on which a spindle motor and a pickup unit are mounted to an optical disc loading position at which a user loads the optical disc on the caddy and a chucking position at which the optical disc is chucked on the spindle motor by a physical force exerted on the caddy for insertion into the deck base; locking the base plate which is moved to the optical disc loading and chucking positions; recording and/or reproducing information on/from the optical disc using the spindle motor and the pickup unit; and unloading the optical disc, by moving the pickup unit in a radial direction of the optical disc so as to unlock the base plate, and then moving the base plate from the chucking position to the loading position.