Patent ID: 7133336

Claim:
An optical disc reproducing apparatus comprising: a spindle motor which drives the rotation of an optical disc; a light pickup which emits laser light to said optical disc and in turn receives reflective light from said optical disc in order to scan and reproduce information recorded on said optical disc; a motor control unit which controls said spindle motor based on a sync signal contained in a reproducing signal output from said light pickup at the time of reproduction; a mirror detection unit which detects mirror information in relation to scanned mirror surfaces on said optical disc based on an RF signal corresponding to said reproducing signal when said optical disc runs away; and a rotation control unit which detects the direction of rotation of said optical disc based on said mirror information detected by said mirror detection unit, wherein the direction of rotation of said optical disc is detected by comparing an initial mirror count value obtained by counting a mirror pulse for a predetermined period of time every time said mirror surface which is detected based on said RF signal is scanned and a mirror count value during braking obtained by counting said mirror pulse for the predetermined period which is detected based on said RF signal when said spindle motor is applied with a brake signal.