Optical record/playback apparatus and control method thereof

• US 8,090,236 B2
• Filed: 09/06/2007
• Issued: 01/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Choi, Kyung Suk
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Thai
• Assistant Examiner(s): DANG, HUNG Q
• Application Number:
  US11/850,890
• Publication Number:
  US 20080166108A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,580 Days
• Field of Search: 386/326, 386/332, 386/334, 386/361, 386/239, 386/248, 715/201, 715/700, 715/716, 715/718
• US Class Current: 386/239
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/025 'Virtual' control panels, e.g. Graphical User Interface [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/10 Digital recording or reproducing
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/1217 on discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2007/0006 adapted for scanning different types of carrier, e.g. CD & DVD
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2020/10879 the kind of record carrier being the selection criterion

Abstract

An optical record/playback apparatus and a control method thereof are disclosed. The optical record/playback apparatus has an easy mode to automatically initialize an optical disk loaded on the optical record/playback apparatus, regardless of a type of an optical disk, when the optical disk has not been initialized, and the easy mode set to display a same main menu when a menu button is manipulated.

Claims

1. An optical record/playback apparatus, comprising:

a loading unit configured to receive different types of optical disks;

a first mode button to receive a user command to set a first mode;

a main menu button to receive a user command to display a main menu; and

a controller to determine if the user command to set the first mode is received and when the user command to display the main menu is received, to generate the main menu as a common main menu regardless of the type of optical disc received in the loading unit if the user command to set the first mode is received and to generate the main menu as a main menu corresponding to the type of optical disk received if the user command to set the first mode is not received.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first mode button is disposed on one of a remote controller and a housing of the optical record/playback apparatus to set the first mode.

3. An optical record/playback apparatus, comprising:

a loading unit configured to receive different types of optical disks;

an first mode button to receive a user command to set a first mode; and

a controller to determine if the user command to set the first mode is received and when an optical disk is received in the loading unit, to automatically initialize the received optical disk if the user command to set the first mode is received and to generate a menu to inquire whether to initialize the optical disk if the user command to set the first mode is not received.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein initialization modes set respectively corresponding to types of optical disks are stored in the optical record/playback apparatus, and each of the optical discs is initialized in a corresponding one of the initialization modes.

5. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein an initialization status of the optical disk is displayed for a user while the optical disk is initialized.

6. An optical record/playback apparatus, comprising:

a loading unit configured to receive different types of optical disks;

a first mode button to receive a user command to set a first mode;

a main menu button to receive a user command to display a main menu; and

a controller to determine if the user command to set the first mode is received and when an optical disk is received in the loading unit, to automatically initialize the received optical disk if the user command to set the first mode is received and to venerate a menu to inquire whether to initialize the optical disk if the user command to set the first mode is not received, and when the user command to display the main menu is received, to generate the main menu as a common main menu regardless of the type of optical disk received in the loading unit if the user command to set the first mode is received and to generate the main menu as a main menu corresponding to the type of optical disk received if the user command to set the first mode is not received.

7. A control method of an optical record/playback apparatus, the method comprising:

determining whether the optical record/playback apparatus is in a first mode when an optical disk is loaded on the optical record/playback apparatus and a menu button is manipulated; and

when the menu button is manipulated, displaying a common main menu regardless of a type of an optical disk when the optical record/playback apparatus is in the first mode an displaying a main menu corresponding to the type of the optical disk when the optical record/playback apparatus is not in the first mode.

8. A control method of an optical record/playback apparatus, the method comprising:

checking a type of an optical disk and whether the optical disk has been initialized when the optical disk is loaded on the optical record/playback apparatus;

determining whether the optical record/playback apparatus is in a first mode; and

automatically initializing the optical disk when the optical disk has not been initialized and the optical record/playback apparatus is in the first mode and generating a menu to inquire whether to initialize the optical disk when the optical disk has not been initialized and the optical record/playback apparatus is not in the first mode.

9. A control method of an optical record/playback apparatus, the method comprising:

checking a type of an optical disk and whether the optical disk has been initialized when the optical disk is loaded on the optical record/playback apparatus;

determining whether the optical record/playback apparatus is in a first mode;

automatically initializing the optical disk when the optical disk has not been initialized and the optical record/playback apparatus is in the first mode and generating a menu to inquire whether to initialize the optical disk when the optical disk has not been initialized and the optical record/playback apparatus is not in the first mode;

determining whether a menu button has been manipulated;

determining again whether the optical record/playback apparatus is in the first mode when the menu button has been manipulated; and

displaying a common main menu regardless of a type of an optical disk when the optical record/playback apparatus is in the first mode and displaying a main menu corresponding to the type of the optical disk when the optical record/playback apparatus is not in the first mode.

10. A record/playback apparatus, comprising:

a loading unit to load a disk;

a first mode button to receive a user command to set a first mode;

a main menu button to receive a user command to display a main menu; and

a controller to determine if the user command to set the first mode is received and when the user command to display the main menu is received, to generate the main menu independent of a type of the disk loaded by the loading unit if the user command to set the first mode is received and to generate the main menu according to the type of disk loaded by the loading unit if the user command to set the first mode is not received.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the main menu is displayed in response to a menu button being manipulated.

12. A record/playback apparatus, comprising:

a loading unit to load a disk;

a first mode button to receive a user command to set a first mode; and

a controller to determine if the user command to set the first mode is received and when the disk loaded has not been initialized, to automatically initialize the disk loaded by the loading unit independent of a type of the disk if the user command to set the first mode is received and to generate a menu to inquire whether to initialize the disk if the user command to set the first mode is not received.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, further comprising:

a storing unit to store initialization modes corresponding to various types of disks such that each of the types of disks is initialized in a corresponding one of the initialization modes.

14. A record/playback apparatus usable with a display unit, the apparatus comprising:

a loading unit to load a disk;

a first mode button to receive a user command to set a first mode;

a main menu button to receive a user command to display a main menu; and

a controller to determine if the user command to set the first mode is received and to place the record/playback apparatus in the first mode if the user command to set the first mode is received and to place the record/playback apparatus in a custom mode if the user command to set the first mode is not received, and when the user command to display the main menu is received to generate the main menu as a common main menu independent of a type of the disk loaded by the loading unit if the record/playback apparatus is in the first mode and to generate the main menu according to the type of disk loaded by the loading unit if the record/playback apparatus is in the custom mode.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the custom mode displays a menu corresponding to the type of disk loaded by the loading unit.

16. A method of operating a record/playback apparatus, the method comprising:

loading a disk;

determining if a user command to set a first mode of the record/playback apparatus is received;

placing the record/playback apparatus in the first mode if the user command to set the first mode of the record/playback apparatus is received and placing the record/playback apparatus in a custom mode if the user command to set the first mode is not received;

determining if a user command to display a main menu is received; and

when the user command to display the main menu is received, generating the main menu as a common main menu independent of a type of disk loaded if the record/playback apparatus is in the first mode and generating the main menu according to the type of disk loaded if the record/playback apparatus is not in the first mode.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having embodied thereon a computer program to execute a method, wherein the method comprises:

loading a disk;

determining if a user command to set a first mode of a record/playback apparatus is received;

placing the record/playback apparatus in the first mode if the user command to set the first mode of the record/playback apparatus is received and placing the record/playback apparatus in custom mode if the user command to set the first mode is not received;

determining if a user command to display a main menu is received; and

when the user command to display the main menu is received, generating the main menu as a common main menu independent of a type of disk loaded if the record/playback apparatus is in the first mode and generating the main menu according to the type of disk loaded if the record/playback apparatus is not in the first mode.