Patent ID: 6522832
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
A digital versatile disk (DVD) device comprising:a disc controller for controlling a DVD drive to read information from a digital versatile disk, the disc controller being coupled to a bus through which the disc controller receives driving instructions; a decoder for reproducing sounds and images based on said information read by the DVD drive; a bridge for coupling the bus to a computer so that the disc controller directly receives instructions from the computer; a detection means for detecting whether the DVD device is connected to a computer; and a device control means coupled to the bus that is operative to provide instructions to the disc controller and the decoder when the detection means detects that the DVD device is not connected to the computer, and that is not operative to provide instructions to the disc controller and the decoder when the detection means detects that the DVD device is connected to the computer.