US 7,350,218 B2
Optical-disk drive and optical-disk ejection control method
Young-ki Byun, Yongin-si (Korea, Republic of)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Suwon-Si (Korea, Republic of)
Filed on Oct. 19, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/967,191.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2003-0097543 (KR), filed on Dec. 26, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2005/0144626 A1, Jun. 30, 2005
Int. Cl. G11B 17/03 (2006.01); G11B 17/04 (2006.01); G11B 33/02 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 720—608  [369/30.29; 369/30.85; 369/30.96] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An optical disk drive comprising:
a drive body on which an optical pickup device is movably disposed;
a sled motor to move said optical pickup device;
a tray moving in and out of said drive body to load and unload an optical disk;
a loading motor to advance and retreat said tray;
a spindle motor to rotate said loaded optical disk; and
a controller controlling the operations of said sled motor, said loading motor, and said spindle motor,
wherein the controller controls said sled motor and said loading motor so that the movement of said optical pickup device and the opening of said tray are performed in non-chronological order when ejecting the loaded optical disk.