Patent ID: 7242645

Claim:
An optical disc player for reproducing recording information recorded on an optical disc based on reflection light obtained when a laser beam condensed by an objective lens is projected onto a recording surface of said optical disc, comprising: a surface oscillation detecting component for detecting a change in distance between said objective lens and the surface of said optical disc as a surface oscillation of said optical disc; an objective lens moving component for gradually moving said objective lens forcedly, from a position which is away from the surface of said optical disc and outside a capture range of a focus servo, toward the surface of said optical disc; and an objective lens movement stop control component for stopping a moving operation which is executed by said objective lens moving component when said objective lens has reached the capture range of the focusing servo loop by the moving operation by said objective lens moving component and it is detected by said surface oscillation detecting component that a distance between said objective lens and said surface is at a minimum interval or is changing in a widening direction.