Optical disk apparatus and emission control method

1. An optical disk apparatus, comprising:

a rotation driving unit that rotates a recording medium on whose information recording surface a plurality of addresses is recorded;

an optical pickup that records an information signal onto and plays back the information signal from the information recording surface of the recording medium that is rotated by the rotation driving unit;

a light-emitting unit that irradiates a label surface of the recording medium with light;

a control unit that causes the light-emitting unit to emit light based on an address selected from the plurality of addresses as a reference address and a reference signal readable from the recording medium, wherein

the control unit includes

a detection unit that detects the reference signal by the optical pickup;

a deciding unit that decides a reference position state of the recording medium based on the reference address;

a timing calculation unit that calculates emission timing when the light-emitting unit is caused to emit light based on the reference signal and the reference address; and

an emission control unit that causes the light-emitting unit to emit light based on the emission timing,

the timing calculation unit calculates a showing clock count obtained by converting an angle of rotation of the recording medium from the reference position state to a light-emitting position where the light-emitting unit is caused to emit light into the clock count of the reference signal, and

the emission control unit starts to count the clock count of the reference signal from the reference position state and causes the light-emitting unit to emit light when the clock count reaches the showing clock count; and

an input unit that inputs a showing position of the label surface of the recording medium, wherein

the timing calculation unit converts the angle of rotation of the recording medium from the reference position state until the showing position is brought into show into the showing clock count, and

the emission control unit counts the clock count of the reference signal from the reference position state and causes the light-emitting unit to emit light when the clock count reaches the showing clock count.

2. The optical disk apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the emission control unit counts the clock count of the reference signal from the reference position state each time the recording medium makes as many turns as a predetermined number and causes the light-emitting unit to emit light when the clock count reaches the showing clock count.

3. The optical disk apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the predetermined number is 1 or a number equal to or greater than 2.

4. The optical disk apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the timing calculation unit changes the showing clock count by a predetermined clock count each time the recording medium makes as many turns as a predetermined number.

5. The optical disk apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the reference address is an address serving as a reference of rotation control of the recording medium when the label surface of the recording medium is printed.

6. An emission control method comprising:

rotating a recording medium on whose information recording surface a plurality of addresses is recorded;

recording an information signal onto and playing back the information signal from the information recording surface of the rotated recording medium;

irradiating a label surface of the recording medium with light;

causing a light-emitting unit to emit light based on an address selected from the plurality of addresses as a reference address and a reference signal readable from the recording medium;

detecting the reference signal;

deciding a reference position state of the recording medium based on the reference address;

calculating emission timing when the label surface is irradiated with light based on the reference signal and the reference address;

irradiating the label surface with light based on the emission timing;

calculating a showing clock count obtained by converting an angle of rotation of the recording medium from the reference position state to a light-emitting position where the label surface is irradiated with light into the clock count of the reference signal;

starting to count the clock count of the reference signal from the reference position state;

irradiating the label surface with light when the clock count reaches the showing clock count;

receiving an input a showing position of the label surface of the recording medium;

converting the angle of rotation of the recording medium from the reference position state until the showing position is brought into show into the showing clock count; and

counting the clock count of the reference signal from the reference position state and irradiating the label surface with light when the clock count reaches the showing clock count.