METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING THE READING OF AN OPTICAL DISC

摘要

Provided is a method and an apparatus for setting a virtual disc status of an optical disc drive. While set to the virtual disc status, the optical disc drive does not detect if an optical disc is present in the optical disc drive in response to the optical disc drive being powered on. Accordingly, power may be consumed and noise may be reduced.

主权项

1. A method for setting a status of an optical disc drive to a virtual disc status in which a detection of an optical disc is prevented, the method comprising:
detecting whether an optical disc is present in the optical disc drive based on power that is supplied from a user terminal; informing the user terminal of whether the optical disc is present within the optical disc drive based on the detection process; receiving a setting request associated with a virtual disc status of the optical disc drive from the user terminal; and setting the optical disc drive to the virtual disc status in which the optical disc drive is prevented from subsequently detecting the presence of the optical disc.