Patent ID: 8341654

Claim:
An optical disc apparatus for performing at least either reading or writing of data from or to an optical disc, the optical disc apparatus comprising: a housing; a slot control mechanism for executing an insertion operation to place the optical disc from an outside to an inside of the housing and an ejection operation to eject the optical disc, which is placed in the housing, to the outside of the housing; a detecting unit for detecting a state of the insertion operation and the ejection operation of the slot control mechanism; and a control unit for controlling the insertion operation and the ejection operation of the slot control mechanism based on a detection result of the detecting unit; wherein if it is found, based on the detection result of the detecting unit, that there is an error in the insertion operation or the ejection operation of the slot control mechanism, the control unit makes the slot control mechanism execute an failure recovery operation to repeat the insertion operation and the ejection operation alternately for a predetermined amount at a first point of time when the above fact is found; and if it is then found, based on the detection result of the detecting unit, that the insertion operation or the ejection operation of the slot control mechanism has returned to normal, the control unit makes the slot control mechanism execute restoration operation for the predetermined amount after a second point of time when the above fact is found, thereby making the slot control mechanism return to the state at the first point of time; and the control unit then makes the slot control mechanism execute the insertion operation or the ejection operation again.