Patent ID: 7657150

Claim:
An optical disk apparatus comprising: a read-out unit that reads out video and audio data recorded in an optical disk; a signal generation unit that generates a video signal and an audio signal from the data read by the read-out unit; a video signal switching unit that selectively outputs, to a video output terminal, one of the video signal generated by the signal generation unit and an externally-input video signal input from a device connected to the optical disk apparatus; an audio signal switching unit that includes a selector switch that selectively outputs, to a sound output terminal, one of the audio signal generated by the signal generation unit and an externally-input audio signal input from a device connected to the optical disk apparatus, the contact points activating in association with a state switched by a mechanical manipulation; and a detector that detects the state of the selector switch, wherein the signal generation unit generates a video signal on which an On Screen Display (OSD) image is superimposed for a predetermined time period when the state of the selector switch detected by the detector is switched to a state where the externally-input audio signal is output to the sound output terminal from a state where the audio signal is output to the sound output terminal, wherein the video signal switching unit switches a video signal to be output to the video output terminal to the externally-input video signal from the video signal generated by the signal generation unit, after the time period has passed when the state of the selector switch detected by the detector is switched to the state where the externally-input audio signal is output to the sound output terminal from the state where the audio signal is output to the sound output terminal, and wherein the optical disk apparatus further comprising: a sound output limiting unit that limits an output of the externally-input audio signal to the sound output terminal until the time period passes, when the state of the selector switch detected by the detector is switched to the state where the externally-input audio signal is output to the sound output terminal from the state where the audio signal is output to the sound output terminal; a display that displays a video image according to the video signal output to the video output terminal; and an audio output unit that outputs audio according to the audio signal output to the sound output terminal, wherein the video signal switching unit switches a video signal to be output to the video output terminal to the video signal from the externally-input video signal, when the state of the selector switch detected by the detector is switched to the state where the audio signal is output to the sound output terminal from the state where the externally-input audio signal is output to the sound output terminal.