Patent ID: 7280454

Claim:
A method for identifying the size of an optical disc, comprising the steps of: (A) driving a motor at a specified rotary torque for rotating the optical disc; (B) measuring angular acceleration of the optical disc; and (C) comparing the angular acceleration measured in step (B) with a set of reference angular accelerations to identify the size of the optical disc, wherein step (B) includes: (a) measuring a first angular velocity of the optical disc at a first time instant; (b) measuring a second angular velocity of the optical disc at a second time instant; and (c) calculating the angular acceleration of the optical disc based on the first and second angular velocities measured in sub-steps (a) and (b), and duration of a time period between the first and second time instants, wherein the set of reference angular accelerations includes a first reference angular acceleration, a second reference angular acceleration larger than the first reference angular acceleration, a third reference angular acceleration larger than the second reference angular acceleration, and a fourth reference angular acceleration larger than the third reference angular acceleration.