An optical disk drive control apparatus, which enables the operation of the optical disk drive during the power-off state or a power-saving mode, is provided. The optical-fiber cable element is thermally spliced to the end of the optical fiber cable to be connected before the ferrule is fixed in the seat of the ferrule support. A halftone dot corrector corrects desired continuous tone image data based on the continuous tone correction data. The system also has an unsecured mode of operation in which the user performing the action enables performance of the vehicle function irrespective of whether or not one or more conditions are met. Each end of the sling is provided with a finger cut-out which, when placed in close proximity with each other, serve as carrying handles, thus allowing a product that has been placed within the pocket, to be carried in an up-right position. An inclined structure consisting of two bases equidistant to each other is linked to each other by four axial segments.