Patent 6965548 was granted and assigned to AOpen on November, 2005 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A method of unbalanced disc detection in a slim type optical drive. In the method of the present invention, the slim type optical drive obtains a first tracking count per round of the disc at a first rotation speed to obtain a first runout. Then, the optical drive obtains a second tracking count per round of the disc at a second rotation speed to obtain a second runout. Finally, deviation of the disc is assessed according to the first runout and the second runout, so that the disc can be determined to be a gravitationally eccentric disc or not.