Patent ID: 8467277
Filing Date: 2013-06-18
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. An optical recording/reproducing device comprising: a pickup to record or reproduce information on or from a disc; a pickup movement motor to move the pickup along the disc; a main power supply controller to detect whether power is initially supplied to the optical recording/reproducing device so as to output a home-in control signal; and a drive control unit, only when a power is initially supplied according to the home-in control signal of the main power supply controller, to move the pickup to the innermost circumference or the outermost circumference of the disc and then to move the pickup to a predetermined home-in reference position of the disc, wherein the drive control unit directly moves the pickup to the predetermined home-in reference position of the disc without moving the pickup to the innermost circumference of the outermost circumference of the disc when the power is turned off.