Patent ID: 7864641

Claim:
An optical recording/reproducing apparatus comprising: an optical pickup unit configured to scan an optical disk with an optical signal to record and reproduce data, the optical disk including a data recording area, a power level area, and a scanning time area separately located from the power level area; a power tuning unit configured to scan a first track on the power level area with the optical signal to record a first test data that determines an optical signal power level to the first track, while changing a power level of the optical signal within a predetermined range in sequence; a scanning time tuning unit configured to scan a second track being different than the first track on the scanning area with an optical signal to record a second test data that determines an optical signal scanning time to the second track, while changing a scanning time within a predetermined range in sequence; a state detection unit configured to detect reproduction states of the first test data and second test data; and a controller configured to check the reproduction states of the first test data and the second test data and determine an optimal power level and optimal scanning time, wherein the scanned first track is located on a different area of the optical disk than the scanned second track.