Patent ID: 7809259

Claim:
An optical disk device in which an optical disk, having a first recording portion for recording information and a second recording portion allowing display of a visible image, is mounted and which is configured to perform at least either recording or reproduction of information at the first recording portion and to display a visible image at the second recording portion, the optical disk device comprising: a first light source; a second light source emitting light having a wavelength longer than that of the first light source; light-receiving portion; and an optical member, for guiding light emitted by the first light source and the second light source to the optical disk and for guiding at least a part of light reflected by the optical disk to the light-receiving portion, wherein a visible image is formed at the second recording portion with the first light source, and wherein at least either recording or reproduction of information is performed at the first recording portion of the optical disk with the first light source and wherein only either recording or reproduction of information is performed at the first recording portion with the second light source.