Patent ID: 7965588

Claim:
An optical disk apparatus comprising: a first input/output port that connects to a port of an optical drive apparatus for loading an optical disk; a storage unit that prestores manufacturing information relating to manufacture of the optical drive apparatus, a plurality of device drivers, and type information indicating a plurality of types of optical disks that the optical drive apparatus can handle, in such a manner as to correspond to each other, one of the device drivers controlling, from the optical disk apparatus, a reading operation or a recording operation of the optical drive apparatus for the optical disk; an on screen display (OSD) processing unit connected to a display device that displays an image based on an image signal; and a controller configured to detect whether the optical drive apparatus is connected to the first input/output port when reading or recording of data for the optical disk is instructed, wherein the controller: commands the optical drive apparatus to transmit manufacturing information via the first input/output port when detecting connection of the optical drive apparatus to the first input/output port; and extracts, when receiving the manufacturing information via the first input/output port from the optical drive apparatus, from the storage unit a device driver and a type of optical disk which corresponds to the receiving manufacturing information, wherein the OSD processing unit outputs to the display device an OSD image signal indicating the type of optical disk extracted by the controller, and wherein the controller controls the reading operation or the recording operation of the optical drive apparatus for the optical disk, based on the extracted device driver.