Patent ID: 8045839

Claim:
A method of controlling an operation of an optical disc recording apparatus operable for recording record information onto a recording face of an optical disc and forming an image corresponding to image information on the recording face, the method comprising: determining both an area of the optical disc at which the record information is to be recorded by the optical disc recording apparatus and an area of the optical disc at which the image corresponding to the image information is to be formed by the optical disc recording apparatus before recording the record information and forming the image; displaying, on a display, optical disc information reflecting the record information and the image, which are determined by the user, on the determined areas, respectively, wherein the optical disc information includes a preview display reflecting the determined record information and the determined image; and giving instructions for starting recording of the determined record information and instructions for starting formation of the determined image corresponding to the image information to the optical disc recording apparatus after the displaying step, wherein the determined record information is recorded on the recording face of the optical disc and automatically in succession thereafter the determined image is formed on the recording face of the optical disc by applying a laser beam.