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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7656423 | Imaging device and visual recognition support system employing imaging device An imaging device stores and photoelectric-converts incoming light from an object of which an image is to be captured with a CCD, and controls an output level of a picture signal obtained by signal processing an image signal output from the CCD. An output adjustment... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7628476 | Ink supplier for ink jet recorder An ink supplier for an ink jet recorder is provided. The ink supplier includes a recording head, a main ink reservoir, and a subsidiary ink reservoir connected to the main ink reservoir for replenishment with ink from the main ink reservoir. A position head of the i... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7551534 | Write-once read-many information recording medium, information recording method, information reproduction method, information recording apparatus, and information reproduction apparatus A write-once read-many information recording medium is provided, which is capable of easily searching for a latest DDS and a latest defect list. At least one disc management working area is sequentially allocated in a predetermined direction on the write-once read-m... | 06/23/2009 |
| 6961229 | Electronic circuit device An electronic circuit device having a power-supply structure capable of supporting fast signals in and above a GHz band is offered. A driver transistor is formed in a surface of a semiconductor substrate. Power-supply/ground pair transmission lines which provide the... | 11/01/2005 |
| 7448056 | Disc cartridge The disc cartridge of the present invention includes a cartridge body 11, 12, shutters 21, 22, disc holding portions and a stopper member 23. The cartridge body has a disc window 12w and a bottom 11u and stores a disc... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7443440 | Color separator and imager A color separator includes a polarization converting section for converting an incoming light ray into a linearly polarized light ray such that the polarization direction of the linearly polarized light ray is selectable from a number of predetermined directions, an... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7437390 | Information recording medium, information recording method, information recording apparatus, information reproducing method and information reproducing apparatus An information recording medium comprises a data recording area. A lead-in area and a volume space are allocated in the data recording area in advance. The volume space is constructed so as to allow a logical zone for recording at least a volume-file structure and a... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7428202 | Write-once read-many information recording medium, information recording method, information reproduction method, information recording apparatus, and information reproduction apparatus A write-once read-many information recording medium is provided, which is capable of easily searching for a latest DDS and a latest defect list. At least one disc management working area is sequentially allocated in a predetermined direction on the write-once read-m... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7423951 | Information recording medium, recording apparatus, reproduction apparatus, recording method, and reproduction method An information recording medium is provided, which comprises a plurality of recording layers and a first disc information area for storing parameters relating to access to the plurality of recording layers and formats relating to the plurality of recording layers. T... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7423941 | Multi-layered information recording medium, reproduction apparatus, and recording apparatus, with defect list storing areas A multi-layered information recording medium comprising a plurality of recording layers, a user data area for recording user data, provided in at least two of the plurality of recording layers, and a defect list storing area for storing a defect list. When at least ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7424648 | Nonvolatile memory system, nonvolatile memory device, data read method, and data read program A nonvolatile memory device has a controller and flash memory. The flash memory stores user data and an error correcting code for correcting an error in the user data. When there is a read command from the outside, the user data and error correcting code are read fr... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7420900 | Multi-layered information recording medium, reproduction apparatus, and recording apparatus, with defect list storing areas A multi-layered information recording medium comprising a plurality of recording layers, a user data area for recording user data, provided in at least two of the plurality of recording layers, and a defect list storing area for storing a defect list. When at least ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7420898 | Multi-layered information recording medium, reproduction apparatus, and recording apparatus with defect list storing areas A multi-layered information recording medium comprising a plurality of recording layers, a user data area for recording user data, provided in at least two of the plurality of recording layers, and a defect list storing area for storing a defect list. When at least ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7420899 | Multi-layered information recording medium, reproduction apparatus, and recording apparatus, with defect list storing areas A multi-layered information recording medium comprising a plurality of recording layers, a user data area for recording user data, provided in at least two of the plurality of recording layers, and a defect list storing area for storing a defect list. When at least ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7417931 | Information recording method, information recording apparatus and information recording medium An information recording method is provided, which comprises the steps of (a) determining a power level of a pulse sequence, (b) generating the pulse sequence based on the power level determined, and (c) irradiating an information recording medium with light corresp... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7417815 | Recording control apparatus, recording and reproduction apparatus, and recording control method A recording control apparatus includes a waveform rectification section for receiving a digital signal generated from an analog signal representing information reproduced from an information recording medium, and rectifying a waveform of the digital signal; a maximu... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7414946 | Recording medium, recording method, reproduction method, recording apparatus and reproduction apparatus A recording medium comprising a recording area, the recording area includes a first area and a second area, the first area includes a frame area, the frame area includes an area in which a second synchronization code sequence and at least a portion of data are to be... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7406007 | Optical disc apparatus and spherical aberration correction controlling apparatus An optical disc apparatus is provided, which comprises a lens tilting section for tilting an objective lens to correct coma aberration occurring in a light beam spot focused on an information surface of an optical disc, a spherical aberration correcting section for ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403462 | Recording medium, recording method, reproduction method, recording apparatus and reproduction apparatus A recording medium comprising a recording area, the recording area includes a first area and a second area, the first area includes a frame area, the frame area includes an area in which a second synchronization code sequence and at least a portion of data are to be... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400819 | Recording medium, recording apparatus and reproduction apparatus A recording medium is provided recorded with a plurality of digital data and a plurality of reproduction path information defining a reproduction order of the plurality of digital data. The plurality of reproduction path information includes first reproduction path ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7400571 | Information recording medium, recording apparatus, reproduction apparatus, recording method, and reproduction method An information recording medium is provided, which comprises a plurality of recording layers and a first disc information area for storing parameters relating to access to the plurality of recording layers and formats relating to the plurality of recording layers. T... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7398352 | Recording method and recording apparatus that limits number of rewrites to the same storage area A recording method is provided for recording data into an information recording medium, in which the number of data rewrites into the same area is limited. The recording method comprises the steps of (a) performing a search for unallocated areas in an information re... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7396697 | Semiconductor light-emitting device and method for manufacturing the same A method for fabricating a semiconductor light-emitting element according to the present invention includes the steps of (A) providing a striped masking layer on a first Group III-V compound semiconductor, (B) selectively growing a second Group III-V compound semico... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7386553 | Data processing device A data processor includes a stream assembling section which divides video and audio data into a plurality of packets, and makes a plurality of data units, in each of which a video packet representing a fraction of the video data and an audio packet representing a fr... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7385903 | Recording medium, recording method, reproduction method, recording apparatus and reproduction apparatus A recording medium comprising a recording area, the recording area includes a first area and a second area, the first area includes a frame area, the frame area includes an area in which a second synchronization code sequence and at least a portion of data are to be... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7382704 | Information recording medium, recording apparatus, reproduction apparatus, recording method and reproduction method A reproduction apparatus is provided for reproducing information recorded on an information recording medium. The information recording medium includes a data area for recording user data; and a defect management area for recording a defect list for managing N numbe... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7382705 | Recording method, reproduction method, recording apparatus, reproduction apparatus, and information recording medium A recording method for recording, on a write once type information recording medium, management information representing a recording state of the write once type information recording medium is provided. The information recording medium includes data including a fir... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7379658 | Optical disk, reproduction apparatus, and reproduction method An optical disk includes: a data region; and a management region. The data region stores: at least one video object containing video information and audio information; and at least one audio object containing audio information. The management region stores first pat... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7379398 | Optical disc apparatus, an optical disc method, and a semiconductor integrated circuit capable of adjusting a focus position of a light beam and a spherical aberration An optical disc apparatus includes a control section. The control section performs a first search while the tracking control is in the off state. The first search is for searching for a plurality of sets of the focus positions of the light beam and the spherical abe... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7376072 | Information recording medium, recording apparatus, reproduction apparatus, recording method, and reproduction method An information recording medium is provided, which includes a plurality of recording layers and a first disc information area for storing parameters relating to access to the plurality of recording layers and formats relating to the plurality of recording layers. Th... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7376058 | Optical information recording medium containing a plurality of recording layers provided with characteristics to achieve optimum recording conditions An optical information recording medium according to the present invention includes a first information recording layer on which information is to be recorded by laser light; and a second information recording layer on which information is to be recorded by the lase... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373209 | Sound features extracting apparatus, sound data registering apparatus, sound data retrieving apparatus, and methods and programs for implementing the same The present invention implements a method and an apparatus for retrieving a sound data desired by the user on the basis of its subjective impression over the sound data. The subjective impression on the desired sound data is entered by the user and converted to a nu... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369469 | Laser power control apparatus and method, an optical disk apparatus and a recording method A laser power control apparatus is for use in an optical disk apparatus for recording information on an optical disk having at least a first layer and a second layer. The laser power control apparatus includes a power control section for controlling a laser element ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369262 | Image reproduction device and image reproduction method In a case where a thumbnail image is displayed at the time of insertion of an image file storage medium including an automatic reproduction file, the thumbnail image is displayed only for the image file which contains description of automatic reproduction in an auto... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363642 | Optical disc and remote control device The objective of the present invention is to provide an optical disc which solves the problem that search for data recorded on an exchange-type medium such as an optical disc and the like and which allows search for data recorded in an optical disc to be performed w... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360012 | Semiconductor memory device including memory controller for transmitting writing rate information to memory access device A semiconductor memory card 1 includes a user data area 21 and a management information area 22, in a data storing unit 2. According to a writing test command from a memory access device 6, a memory controller 3 writes data ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358981 | Image formation device and image formation method In order to avoid a load change which occurs when seam O passes by the heads affect image information, a dyeing layer transfer head and recording heads are located in equal intervals having length P, which is obtained by equally dividing an entire circumference K of... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7345961 | Information medium apparatus and information medium starting method An information medium apparatus for performing at least one of a recording operation and a reproduction operation for the information medium, includes: a determination section for determining whether or not a cartridge for accommodating the information medium has be... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7342742 | Magnetic recording and reproduction apparatus A magnetic recording and reproduction apparatus includes a rotatable head cylinder for recording information to, and/or reproducing information from, a magnetic tape; a tape pull-out member for pulling out the magnetic tape; and a guide member for guiding the tape p... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338827 | Nitride semiconductor laser and method for fabricating the same A method for fabricating nitride semiconductor devices according to the present invention includes the steps of: (A) providing a nitride semiconductor substrate, which will be split into chip substrates, which includes device portions that will function as the respe... | 03/04/2008 |
