Appeal No. 97-1198 Application No. 08/245,954 The disclosed invention relates to a disk player that reproduces audio and image information on a disk. The disk player includes a reset means that initializes a signal processing means in response to disk ejection. Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads as follows: 1. A disc player for reproducing a disc on which image information and audio information are recorded, the disc player comprising: disc ejecting means for ejecting the disc from the disc player: drive means for rotating the disc; disc drive control means for stopping the drive means of the disc in response to the disc ejecting means; signal processing means for processing the audio information and the image information reproduced from the disc; and reset means for initializing the signal processing means in response to the disc ejecting means ejecting the disc. The references relied on by the examiner are: Shimada et al. (Shimada) 4,979,048 Dec. 18, 1990 Otsubo et al. (Otsubo) 5,177,728 Jan. 5, 1993 (filed Feb. 20, 1990) 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007