Information disk device and method for detecting direction of installed information disk device

The direction in which an information disk apparatus (for example, a DVD-ROM player) is installed is judged without employing a sensor. A controller measures a number of track crossings when a reading unit is moved by a driving unit in a direction corresponding to the radius of an optical disk for a...

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1. Verfasser: Takahashi, Yorio
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The direction in which an information disk apparatus (for example, a DVD-ROM player) is installed is judged without employing a sensor. A controller measures a number of track crossings when a reading unit is moved by a driving unit in a direction corresponding to the radius of an optical disk for a predetermined period of time, and judges a direction in which the DVD-ROM player is installed on the basis of the measured number of track crossings.