Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8059520 | Device and method for automatically turning over a disc A device and a method for automatically turning over a disc relate to a guide rod provided with a movable member. The movable member is assembled to a rotating member via a pivot member in such a manner that the movable member can axially move along and radially rot... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7440360 | Apparatus and method for retrieving data related to a data cartridge in a media storage system An apparatus and method for retrieving data related to a data cartridge contained in a multi-plane media storage system. One or more data retrieval devices are attached to the cartridge access device. A transponder is attached to the data cartridge for storing the r... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7408634 | Automated imaging with phosphorescent imaging targets The present invention discloses a system and method for providing an automated imaging system comprising an illumination source, a phosphorescent imaging target, and an optical imaging sensor for receiving luminance information emitted from the phosphorescent imagin... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7369354 | Device for storage of data on data carriers accommodated in cassettes For storage of data on data carriers accommodated in cassettes (28), a device is used with a magazine, having receptacles for cassettes (28) and with a robot unit (44) for changing the cassettes (28) between the receptacles and a drive ( | 05/06/2008 |
| 7340749 | Method and apparatus to detect presence of or a size of a data cartridge A media-detection system for a cartridge-receiving device may comprise, according to one embodiment, a cartridge-referencing member mounted to the cartridge-receiving device. The cartridge-referencing member is resiliently displaceable by a data cartridge received i... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7328285 | Apparatus and method for writing information to a designated information storage medium with an allocated data storage device using a specified information recording format A method to write information to a designated information storage medium using an allocated data storage device using a specified information recording format, whereby a previously-determined media bit for the designated information storage medium is examined, and a... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7290068 | Apparatus and method for writing information to a designated information storage medium with an allocated data storage device using a specified information recording A method to write information to a designated information storage medium using an allocated data storage device using a specified information recording format, whereby a previously-determined media bit for the designated information storage medium is examined, and a... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7283431 | Charger for optical recording media The present invention relates to an elevator type changer for optical recording media including a moveable drawer supporting a number of trays arranged one above the other, each tray capable of holding an optical recording medium, which allows access to all trays at... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7272839 | Storage medium library and storage medium magazine A storage medium library retains polygonal data storage plates. The library includes a box for accommodating the plates, a drive unit for recording or retrieving data with respect to each storage plate, and a plate changer for transferring the storage plates between... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7254818 | Self aligning disc tray drive A tray is mounted in a framework for sliding between extended and retracted positions, and has a separate drive adjacent each of the opposite sides of the tray. The drives on the opposite sides of the tray are effected through friction clutches so that one of the dr... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7237185 | System and method for distributing internet content in the form of an album The present invention is a system and method for gathering disparate content from various sources including the Internet and broadcasting such content for display on a television receiver. The content is captured, rendered, and placed into predetermined templates to... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7230887 | Multiple disc player having disc guides for relocating dislocated discs The present invention was developed in order to provide a disc player, whereby even when an inserted disc is not normally set on a stocker, or a normally set disc is dislocated from a stocker, the disc can be reset in the normal position on the stocker during a stoc... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7230792 | Media selection systems and methods having a coupler for slidably engaging a storage medium in a storage system Media selection systems and methods. A media selection system may comprise a coupler mounted on a plunge assembly of a cartridge retrieving device. The coupler slidably engages a storage medium as the cartridge retrieving device moves relative to the storage medium.... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7158781 | System management A method may be provided for establishing a service communication channel to a multi-server computer system comprising a plurality of modular units. At least selected modular units can have a wireless communication port. The method may comprise transmitting an exist... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7136988 | Mass data storage library frame spanning for mixed media Disclosed are a system, a method, and an article of manufacture to provide for configuring an automated data storage library having one or more storage frames that operate with different types of data storage media. The automated data storage library is configured t... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7088644 | Methods for regulating the position of a plunge mechanism of a cartridge engaging assembly Methods for controlling the position of a plunge mechanism which is mounted to a cartridge engaging assembly are disclosed herein. In one method, the position of a plunge mechanism associated with a cartridge engaging assembly is regulated by 1) providing a referenc... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7076790 | Disk player A disc player 10 is equipped with a positioning unit 14 that has step plate 54 and positions a disc 1, a clamper unit 15 that has a clamp plate 66 and carries out a clamp operation on the disc positioned by the positioning u... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7042790 | Semiconductor device, sales method for semiconductor device, sales system for semiconductor device and program product storing sales program for semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a plurality of cell arrays, a selection control circuit to generate and to output a selection control signal. An array selection circuit generates internal address signals on the basis of an external address signal and the selection c... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7028314 | Media storage system and method for identifying a storage location therein Media storage system and method for identifying storage locations therein. One embodiment of the media storage system may comprise at least one storage library having a storage area therein. At least one access panel operatively associated with the at least one stor... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7010213 | Media playing system and process A system and method of playing recorded content on a DVD player employs software instructions on a DVD storage medium to control a DVD-Video player to make pseudo-random selections of content items from the DVD storage medium. Each content item may include an indivi... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7000188 | System and method for intelligently selecting media through a simplified user interface The present invention is a media player and media player interface. The media player includes a storage unit for various types of media, media related data, and media selection logic. The media player interface is either built into the media player or a separate com... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6977872 | Disk changer The invention provides a disk changer wherein a disk can be replaced between different accommodation portions of a rotatable tray. The disk changer includes a rotatable tray having a plurality of annularly arranged accommodation portions, a tray rotating mechanism, ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6959444 | Apparatus for changing optical disks An apparatus for changing optical disks including a plurality of driving shafts, supported on the bottom plate of an optical disk drive, and a plurality of elastic devices. The driving shafts rotate synchronously around their vertical axes to raise and lower the tra... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6958970 | Disk player A disk player which can insert and extract a disk, while a disk is being played, into and out of a compact body. During a movement in which one of disk trays is being moved from a disk standby position to a disk playing position, the disk comes into engagement with ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6944870 | Disc detection apparatus for slot-in optical disc drive A disc detection apparatus for a slot-in optical disc drive. The apparatus includes a body, a light emitting device, a rolling unit, and a light receiving device. The light emitting device is disposed on the body, as is the rolling unit. The light receiving device i... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6944392 | Electronic device The invention relates to an electronic device with an optical unit for reading information stored on an information plate and for writing information on an information plate, characterized in that the electronic device comprises a transport mechanism for the transpo... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6940787 | Disk changer The invention provides a disk changer which is improved in convenience in use and functionality. The disk changer includes a rotatable tray having a plurality of annularly arranged accommodation portions, a tray rotating mechanism, first and second recording and/or ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6934959 | Disk recording and/or reproducing device A disk recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes a mechanical deck having a disk receiver with a disk carrying unit for carrying a disk, a disk recording and/or reproducing section for recording and/or reproducing the disk received in the disk receiver, and an... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6925034 | Apparatus for regulating the position of a plunge mechanism of a cartridge engaging assembly Apparatus for controlling the position of a plunge mechanism which is mounted to a cartridge engaging assembly is disclosed herein. The apparatus may be embodied in a cartridge engaging assembly having a plunge mechanism that is moveable between a retracted position... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6920638 | Disk drive A disk drive is described, having a draw-in device for disk-shaped storage media, which prevents damage to the playoff area of such storage media. The draw-in device includes a threaded rod having an axis of rotation in the push-in direction of the storage medium. T... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6910629 | Information reproduction apparatus The information reproduction apparatus for reproducing information recorded on a card-type recording medium is configured so as to include an attachment/reproduction device which the card-type recording medium is inserted in and attached to for reproducing the infor... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6834215 | Mass load method and apparatus for a data storage library A data storage library is disclosed that provides a variable sized load/unload area within the library. The data storage library includes a housing defining an exterior and an interior region, storage slots disposed in the interior region for storing data cartridges... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6804078 | Apparatus and method to expedite data access from a portable data storage cartridge An apparatus and method are disclosed to read from a portable data storage cartridge data position information, and to communicate that data position information to a data drive unit during transport of the cartridge to that data drive unit. ... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6772272 | Apparatus and method for writing information to a designated information storage medium with an allocated data storage device using a specified information recording format A method to write information to a designated information storage medium using an allocated data storage device using a specified information recording format, whereby a previously-determined media bit for the designated information storage medium is examined, and a... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6754164 | Disc recording/reproducing apparatus and disc container casing used therein A disc reproducing apparatus having a disc exchange function includes a housing section, a reproducing unit, a movement unit and a pull-out unit. The housing section holds plural optical discs and is detachably mounted on a main body portion of the apparatus. The ho... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6674711 | Stocker and changer for information recording media A stocker for information recording media is capable of stocking the information recording media and is to be loaded in a changer or unloaded from it. The stocker comprises a trace record device for providing a trace of lodging or dislodging operation of ... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6650601 | Hard disk drive picking device and method Disclosed is a hard disk drive picking device and method for transferring a disk drive from one of a plurality of storage bins in a library to a destination wherein the disk drive may be electrically interconnected to a computer. The picking device includ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6643225 | System and method for retaining a first part against a second part A system and method are disclosed which utilize a retaining mechanism to retain a first part against a second part in a manner that supplements or supplants use of adhesive. A retaining mechanism retains a first part against the surface of a second part, ... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6636778 | Allocation of data storage drives of an automated data storage library Data storage drives of an automated data storage library are allocated to received requests. A drive resource provider, upon receiving a request for a drive when all of the drives of the pool are allocated, holds any mount of a portable data storage cartr... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6628600 | Disc changer A disc changer comprises a receiving unit for receiving a plurality of discs, a base unit, a playback unit and a transfer unit for transferring one of the plurality of discs to the playback unit. The transfer unit is movable in the perpendicular direction... | 09/30/2003 |
