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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7978427 | Device for embedding information into data An object of the present invention is to embed information while making effective use of a recording area at the time of recording data. To this end, a controller in a tape drive includes: a storage unit which stores information desired to be embedded; an acquisitio... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7421434 | Apparatus and method for musical tune playback control on digital audio media A musical tune playback control apparatus adapted to a music playback apparatus performs prescribed musical tune playback controls on a digital audio medium (or a digital storage medium, e.g., a CD and a MD) in association with a storage device such as a hard disk d... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7400981 | Systems, methods, and computer program product for analyzing microarray data The present invention relates to systems, methods, and computer program products for the analysis of gene expression data, especially data that have been acquired using microarray technologies. In particular, the present invention relates to methods for analyzing a ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7382973 | Data processing apparatus, information processing system and computer-readable recording medium recording selecting program The present invention provides a data processing apparatus comprising a first additional information acquisition unit for acquiring the first additional information with regard to a first processing target data; a second additional information acquisition unit acqui... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7319569 | Servo writer A servo writer is provided, which applies DC magnetization to a zone of a magnetic tape that is in advance subjected to AC erasing and writes a servo signal onto the DC magnetized zone. The servo writer has a DC erasing head and a servo signal writing head. The DC e... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7293189 | Method and device for reproducing additional data in synchronization with main data using time information A recording medium, method and apparatus for managing data are discussed. According to an embodiment, the present invention provides a method of reproducing main data and additional data. The method includes receiving the additional data associated with the main dat... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287090 | Method and system for identifying a computing device in response to a request packet According to a first embodiment, a first computing device receives a request packet originating from a client. In response to at least the request packet and a state of at least one of the first computing device and a second computing device, the first computing dev... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7206873 | Throughput optimization by activation of selected parallel channels in a multichannel tape drive The present invention describes a method and system for adjusting the rate of data transfer between a high-speed multi-channel tape drive and a slower-capability network interface. The present invention allows for selectively enabling/disabling active channels to ad... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7180694 | Recording and/or reproducing apparatus, recording and/or reproducing method, recording medium and program A recording apparatus of a tape-shaped magnetic recording medium includes a transfer unit, a recording head, a signal-processing unit and a control unit. The transfer unit transfers a tape-shaped magnetic recording medium having an anisotropic property oblique with ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181636 | Method of ensuring synchronous presentation of additional data with audio data recorded on a rewritable recording medium A recording medium and a method and apparatus for managing data are provided. The method includes recording additional data in a data file separate from a file containing main data and recording navigation information that links the main data and the additional data... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7103715 | Disk controller configured to perform out of order execution of write operations A buffer memory controller comprises a first memory configured to buffer write operation data between a write head and a second memory that stores write operation data corresponding to first and second write operations. A first memory location identifies a location ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7093145 | Method and apparatus for calibrating a multi-level current mode driver having a plurality of source calibration signals A current controller for a multi-level current mode driver. The current controller includes a multi-level voltage reference and at least one source calibration signal. A comparator is coupled by a coupling network to the multi-level voltage reference and the at leas... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7072415 | Method and apparatus for generating multi-level reference voltage in systems using equalization or crosstalk cancellation A system and method are shown for generation of at least one reference voltage level in a bus system. A reference voltage generator on a current driver includes at least one reference voltage level, at least one control signal, and an active device. The active devic... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7062154 | Magnetic-tape recording apparatus, magnetic-tape recording method, magnetic-tape format, and recording medium A magnetic-tape recording apparatus for recording digital data on a magnetic tape by a rotating head includes a first obtaining unit for obtaining first-group data, including video data, audio data, or search data. A second obtaining unit obtains second-group data, ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7057995 | Digital data reproducing apparatus An apparatus has a plurality of rotary heads for reproducing digital data from a recording medium, and delays a reference signal phase-locked with the rotary heads on the basis of the detection output of predetermined reference data in the reproduced digital data, t... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7043312 | CD playback augmentation for higher resolution and multi-channel sound The present invention presents a way to augment the playback of a compact disk by increasing the resolution, the number of channel, or both during reproduction, while still allowing the resultant CD to be playable on a standard CD player. From a high quality origina... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7031238 | Dubbing apparatus A dubbing apparatus to dub data managed per program like audio data such as a piece of music is provided. In the dubbing apparatus, for passing output data read from a CD through a CD drive for compression of the data and transferring the compressed data for recordi... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7010218 | Digital magnetic recording/reproducing device for recording/reproducing plural types of audio data, and recording/reproducing method therefore A digital magnetic recording/reproducing device for recording or reproducing plural sorts of audio data, and a recording/reproducing method therefor. The digital magnetic recording/reproducing device includes an analog-to-digital (A/D) and digital-to-analog (D/A) co... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6999279 | Perpendicular patterned magnetic media The invention is directed to patterned magnetic media for use in magnetic recording and data storage, and various conditioning techniques that can be used to magnetically condition the patterns. For example, a medium can be formed to exhibit a pattern of surface var... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6993567 | Recording/reproducing apparatus, data reproducing method, and data recording/reproducing method Although music program data has been recorded on a disc, imperfect index data or a signal has been recorded so that music program data is prohibited from being reproduced. To allow music program data to be reproduced, the index data is rewritten to perfect index dat... | 01/31/2006 |
| RE38868 | Apparatus and method for controlling recording and reproduction in digital video cassette tape recorder An apparatus and method for controlling recording and reproduction in a video cassette tape recorder are disclosed. The apparatus is capable of, in a recording mode, separating specific data for speed-varied reproduction from compressed digital video signals, record... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6961510 | Reproducing device with automatic change-over between trick-play speeds In a reproducing device (1) for the reproduction of reproduction data (WD) recorded on a magnetic tape (2), having transport means (7) for the transport of the magnetic tape (2) with a normal-play speed (VNS, VNLS2, ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6937289 | Method and system for downloading and storing interactive device content using the horizontal overscan portion of a video signal A method and system for decoding and storing encoded control data delivered via the horizontal overscan area of a video signal. An interactive device such as an interactive toy performs behavior defined by control data that can be encoded into a video signal that ca... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6937815 | Method and apparatus for recording manufacturer information and for determining whether the manufacturer information is effective A recording medium and a recording apparatus for storing manufacturer information for supporting specific functions for each manufacturer and a method therefor. A reproducing apparatus for reproducing manufacturer information for supporting specific functions and a ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6888999 | Method of remixing digital information There is provided herein a method of defining and storing remixing of existing musical and video works. As a first step, various segments of a digital song or video work are identified, preferably in terms of their starting and ending times. Given the defined loops ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6842579 | Apparatus and method of transferring transmission stream in digital interface An apparatus and method of transferring a transmission stream in a digital interface which inserts the program number selected by a user into a predetermined region of the MPEG2-TS if a multi-program is included in a channel, and transmits the MPEG2-TS including the... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6704490 | Information recorder/reproducer Video signals are recorded according to the number of tracks corresponding to the broadcasting system for each basic unit. When control signals are recorded on a magnetic tape in the longitudinal direction, the duty ratio of the control signals for every ... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6639747 | Signal recording and reproducing method and signal recording and reproducing unit The present invention relates to a signal recording and reproducing method used for video tape recorder. An erasing position precedes a recording position and a reproducing position precedes the erasing position. By using a period when reproducing does no... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6591363 | System for writing incremental packet data to create bootable optical medium by writing boot catalog and boot image onto second track before writing volume descriptors onto first track The present invention provides a method and a computer readable medium for writing incremental packet data to create a bootable optical medium. In this method, a first track is reserved in an optical medium. Additionally, a first track gap after the first... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6473007 | Single clock reference for compressed domain processing systems with interspersed transport packets A system and method for generating a transport packet stream having an output formatted as an ASI group having a plurality of short and long ASI packets in a fixed sequence. The short and long ASI packet each have an associated transport packet and a fixe... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6424482 | System for recording and reproducing data having scheme for minimizing variation in record track width when recording at different data rates At least three heads are mounted on a rotary drum. Between the first and third heads which are located in close proximity to each other and have different azimuth angles, a minute height difference is formed in the rotation shaft direction of the rotary d... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6301065 | Method for recording and reproducing CRT various types of data so as to permit the use of the same mechanical and servo systems thereof An application ID is recorded in a timing sector at an entrance end of a track on a recording medium for stipulating a data structure for the respective track including a determined number of areas into which the remainder of the track is divided, the pos... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6289171 | Arrangement for recording or reproducing a digital video signal and a corresponding digital audio signal An arrangement for recording a digital video signal and a corresponding digital audio signal in slant tracks on a longitudinal magnetic record carrier, tracks having an audio signal recording sector and a video signal recording sector, for storing the dig... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6266204 | Tracking controller for a tape-like recording medium A tracking control apparatus for a tape-shaped recording medium according to this invention is operative, prior to carrying out actual reproduction, to measure times from the time point serving as reference phase position within one period of the rotary d... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6243220 | Apparatus for recording and reproducing an audio mode information signal corresponding to an audio mode of a multi-channel audio signal In a recording and reproducing apparatus, a plurality of audio signal areas and audio sub-code areas for recording audio mode information of the respective areas are provided on a recording medium in a record mode. The audio mode information corresponding... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6230043 | Method and apparatus for capturing and automatically transferring an x-ray image to a remote location A system and method for providing remote viewing and analysis of diagnostic images is provided by the present invention. Electronic diagnostic imaging equipment receives raw data from an operator, and means responsive to the raw data translates the data i... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6219487 | Record mode discriminating apparatus using non-pilot repetitive signals A record mode discriminating apparatus used in a magnetic recording/reproducing system records a record mode discriminating signal having a predetermined periodicity that is dependent upon the record mode being used to record an audio/video signal. The re... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6191900 | Digital signal recording and reproducing apparatus and recording medium A digital signal recording and reproducing apparatus includes a plurality of heads. A digital signal containing an information signal is recorded on a recording medium via heads among the heads while tracks are sequentially formed on the recording medium.... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6188834 | Device and method for recording and reproducing image information A signal recording apparatus is arranged to record main information in a first area provided in each of a multiplicity of parallel tracks formed on a tape-shaped recording medium, and an index signal in a second area of each of a predetermined number of c... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6185062 | Tracking controller for a tape-like recording medium A tracking control apparatus for a tape-shaped recording medium is operative, prior to carrying out actual reproduction, to measure times from the time point serving as the reference phase position within one period of the rotary drum to the time points w... | 02/06/2001 |
