Claims
- 1. A disk device capable of loading and ejecting at different times on a turntable a case-stored recording medium disk stored in a disk case and a non case-stored recording medium disk not stored in a disk case and used as a single disk, said disk device being capable of playing and recording or capable of only playing either of said case stored recording medium disk or said non-case stored recording medium disk, said disk device comprising:
a disk inner peripheral position detection means for detecting an inner peripheral position of the case-stored recording medium disk and the non-case stored recording medium disk; a displacement detection means for detecting displacement of a carriage, on which an optical pickup is provided, outside an outer periphery of the case-stored recording medium disk or the non case-stored recording medium disk; and a linkage mechanism for operating each section of the disk device, which cooperates with said displacement of the carriage, based on a detection result of said displacement detection means.
- 2. A disk device according to claim 1, wherein said disk inner peripheral position detection means comprises a switch, an internal state of which is switched by the carriage when the carriage is displaced to the inner peripheral position of the non case-stored recording medium disk, and wherein said displacement detection means detects said displacement of the carriage based on a direction of current supplied to a motor for driving said carriage and the internal state of said switch.
- 3. A disk device according to claim 2, wherein said linkage mechanism operates a switching mechanism for a clutch in response to said displacement of the carriage.
- 4. A disk device according to claim 2, wherein said linkage mechanism operates a mechanism for opening and closing a shutter of a disk insertion mouth in response to said displacement of the carriage.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO THE RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This Application is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/JP99/02530, whose International filing date is May 14, 1999, the disclosures of which Application are incorporated by reference herein.
Continuations (1)
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Number |
Date |
Country |
Parent |
PCT/JP99/02530 |
May 1999 |
US |
Child |
09754346 |
Jan 2001 |
US |