Patent ID: 8887183

Claim:
An optical disc device, comprising: a spindle motor that rotates a turntable to which an optical disc is to be attached; an optical head which emits light from an objective lens to the optical disc to perform recording or reproduction of information; an insertion detection optical sensor which detects that the optical disc is inserted into a disc insert slit based on light emitted from a first light emitting element to a first light receiving element being blocked; an ejection detection optical sensor provided on a downstream side in a disc carry-in direction to the insertion detection optical sensor, the ejection detection optical sensor detecting that the optical disc is ejected to the disc insert slit based on light emitted from a second light emitting element to a second light receiving element being blocked; a lens cleaner to be attached to the turntable, the lens cleaner including a light blocking portion and a light transmitting portion, the light blocking portion being configured to block the light emitted from the first light emitting element to the first light receiving element when the lens cleaner is attached to the turntable, the light transmitting portion being configured to transmit the light emitted from the second light emitting element to the second light receiving element when the lens cleaner is attached to the turntable; and a control circuit configured such that, in a state in which the optical disc is attached to the turntable, when the light emitted from the first light emitting element to the first light receiving element is blocked and the light emitted from the second light emitting element to the second light receiving element is not blocked, the control circuit recognizes that the lens cleaner is attached to the turntable as the optical disc, and the optical disc device performs a cleaning operation.