Optical disc drive apparatus, optical pickup control method and program

An optical disc drive apparatus comprising:

• a first optical pickup and a second optical pickup which record data on an optical disc and reproduce data recorded on the optical disc;
• a slide mechanism which has the first and second optical pickups mounted thereon to slide the first and second optical pickups in a radial direction of the optical disc;
• a seek command receiver which receives a seek command;
• a first optical pickup controller which causes the first optical pickup to perform a search on the basis of the seek command;
• a slide mechanism controller which controls the slide mechanism on the basis of the seek command;
• a search request receiver which receives a search request;
• and
• a second optical pickup controller which causes the second optical pickup to perform a search by turning on a tracking servo of the second optical pickup on the basis of the search request.

An optical pickup control method comprising the steps of:

• receiving a seek command;
• controlling a first optical pickup for recording data on an optical disc or reproducing data recorded on the optical disc to perform a search on the basis of the seek command;
• controlling a slide mechanism which has the first optical pickup and a second optical pickup mounted thereon to slide the first and second optical pickups in a radial direction of the optical disc on the basis of the seek command;
• and
• controlling a tracking servo of the second optical pickup which is turned off when the first and second optical pickups are slid by the slide mechanism.

An optical pickup control method comprising the steps of:

• receiving a seek command;
• controlling a first optical pickup for recording data on an optical disc or reproducing data recorded on the optical disc to perform a search on the basis of the seek command;
• controlling a slide mechanism which has the first optical pickup and a second optical pickup mounted thereon to slide the first and second optical pickups in a radial direction of the optical disc on the basis of the seek command;
• receiving a search request;
• and
• controlling the second optical pickup to perform a search by turning on a tracking servo of the second optical pickup on the basis of the search request.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program code which, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to function as:

• a seek command receiver which receives a seek command;
• a first optical pickup controller which controls a first optical pickup for recording data on an optical disc or reproducing data recorded on the optical disc to perform a search on the basis of the seek command;
• a slide mechanism controller which controls a slide mechanism that has the first optical pickup and a second optical pickup mounted thereon to slide the first and second optical pickups in a radial direction of the optical disc on the basis of the seek command;
• and
• a second optical pickup controller which controls a tracking servo of the second optical pickup which is turned off when the first and second optical pickups are slid by the slide mechanism.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program code which, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to function as:

• a seek command receiver which receives a seek command;
• a first optical pickup controller which controls a first optical pickup for recording data on an optical disc or reproducing data recorded on the optical disc to perform a search on the basis of the seek command;
• a slide mechanism controller which controls a slide mechanism that has the first optical pickup and a second optical pickup mounted thereon to slide the first and second optical pickups in a radial direction of the optical disc on the basis of the seek command;
• a search request receiver which receives a search request;
• and
• a second optical pickup controller which controls the second optical pickup to perform a search by turning on a tracking servo of the second optical pickup on the basis of the search request.