Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for determining the type of an optical disk so as to implement an optimal servo operation according to the type of a loaded optical disk. In the method, the level of a wobble extraction signal is detected while a focusing servo is turned on, and the type of the loaded optical disk is determined based on the detected signal level, and then a tracking servo adjustment operation is performed according to the determined optical disk type. Accordingly, optical disk reproduction and/or recording characteristics are improved by performing an optimal tracking servo adjustment operation according to the determined optical disk type. Further, if the type of the loaded optical disk is read-only, there is no time loss, thus allowing a swift reproduction operation, since unnecessary operations such as recording mode adjustment and gain adjustment of a digital recording signal processor are omitted.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for determining the type of an optical disk so as to implement an optimal servo operation according to the type of a loaded optical disk. In the method, the level of a wobble extraction signal is detected while a focusing servo is turned on, and the type of the loaded optical disk is determined based on the detected signal level, and then a tracking servo adjustment operation is performed according to the determined optical disk type. Accordingly, optical disk reproduction and/or recording characteristics are improved by performing an optimal tracking servo adjustment operation according to the determined optical disk type. Further, if the type of the loaded optical disk is read-only, there is no time loss, thus allowing a swift reproduction operation, since unnecessary operations such as recording mode adjustment and gain adjustment of a digital recording signal processor are omitted.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a layer jump control apparatus of a multilayer disk and a method thereof, when a layer jump request between record layers of the multilayer disk is inputted from outside, a sled, a tracking, and a focusing servo are converted into inactive state, a microcomputer sets an operation voltage of an inner focus lens of an optical pickup to allotted ports in order to transfer the focus lens vertically to the layer jump request direction. The present invention is capable of jumping accurately and rapidly on a request layer of the multilayer disk by jumping on a target layer of the multilayer disk accurately by converting the focusing servo into active state at the jump position of the focus lens on the basis of a FOK signal and a FZC signal detected in accordance with transferring operation, and adjusting vertical transferring speed of an optical pickup by considering minus offset of the optical pickup.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a layer jump control apparatus of a multilayer disk and a method thereof, when a layer jump request between record layers of the multilayer disk is inputted from outside, a sled, a tracking, and a focusing servo are converted into inactive state, a microcomputer sets an operation voltage of an inner focus lens of an optical pickup to allotted ports in order to transfer the focus lens vertically to the layer jump request direction. The present invention is capable of jumping accurately and rapidly on a request layer of the multilayer disk by jumping on a target layer of the multilayer disk accurately by converting the focusing servo into active state at the jump position of the focus lens on the basis of a FOK signal and a FZC signal detected in accordance with transferring operation, and adjusting vertical transferring speed of an optical pickup by considering minus offset of the optical pickup.