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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7348531 | Photoelectric conversion device and image pickup device using electron emission devices Disclosed is an image pickup device capable of greatly reducing delay in drive signals supplied to field emission devices, and cross-talk and the like that originate in these drive signals. The image pickup device comprises a photoelectric conversion film for receiv... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7337449 | Disk drive for minimizing jamming during disk positioning A disk drive including a tray having a seating portion in which a disk or disk cartridge is seated, and an opening hole, and further having a disk cartridge holder installed on the tray to be capable of sliding, the disk cartridge holder fixing the disk cartridge to... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334237 | Disc drive apparatus A disc drive apparatus according to the present invention has a tray formed of an optically transparent material and has disc receiving portions. The tray is movable in an ejection and a retraction direction with respect to a casing. A light source is mounted inside... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7327640 | Recording and reproducing apparatus, recording and reproducing method, and storage medium When the user designates the reproduction of searching audio data, the designated searching audio data and audio volume data are read from a searching data recording portion. The searching audio data is reproduced corresponding to the audio volume data. When the use... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327566 | Cover mechanism for data storage device A cover mechanism for protecting a data storage device with a tray installed in an electronic device, includes a bezel defining an opening for the tray passing therethrough, a first cover movably connected to the bezel, an elastic member mounted between one of the f... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7290709 | Information card system A data distribution system (10) including an information card (12) to work with a reader (14, 72). The information card (12) includes visible indicia (20) on its front, stripe zones (34) and a ring zone (36) nominally... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7290268 | Disc drive apparatus with tray formed of optically transparent material A disc drive apparatus according to the present invention has a tray formed of an optically transparent material and has disc receiving portions. The tray is movable in an ejection and a retraction direction with respect to a casing. A light source is mounted inside... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7243357 | Disk device A disk device including a first disk holder movable with disk conveyance, a second disk holder opposed to a groove portion formed in the first disk holder and holding a disk grippingly in cooperation with the first disk holder when the first disk holder holds the di... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7233554 | Disk drive system employing effective disk surface stabilization mechanism A stabilization part stabilizes surface vibration of a flexible optical disk along a rotation axis direction of the optical disk by means of pressure difference of air flow created according to Bernoulli's law at a portion on which information writing/reading is per... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7201317 | Method and system for illustrating sound and text A system for illustrating sound and text including a book with pages having illustrations and/or text, at least some of the pages including a magnetic signature; a book holder adapted to accept the book, the book holder having a reading surface with a magnetic signa... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7168224 | Method of making a packaged radiation sensitive resist film-coated workpiece The present invention includes a packaged coated workpiece. The packaged coated workpiece has: (1) a workpiece coated with a resist film sensitive to optical radiation, particulates or chemical contaminants; (2) an inner barrier sealed to enclose the coated workpiec... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7145586 | Marking optical disc based on information related to data side thereof Marking an optical disc based on information related to the data side thereof is disclosed. Information related to the data side of the optical disc is first determined. A marking based on the data side of the optical disc as has been read is then written with a las... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7111774 | Method and system for illustrating sound and text A system for displaying audio content with text including a book holder and a book. The book holder identifies which book of a plurality is placed in the holder by detecting magnetic indicators in specific locations and arrangements which are unique to each book. Th... | 09/26/2006 |
| RE39297 | Mark forming apparatus, method of forming laser mark on optical disk, reproducing apparatus, optical disk and method of producing optical disk An object of the present invention is to provide a marking forming apparatus, a method of forming a laser marking on an optical disk, a reproduction apparatus, an optical disk, and a method of manufacturing an optical disk, capable of providing a greatly improved co... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7099113 | Disc braking device A disc braking device is utilized in an optical disc drive. The disc braking device is installed on a disc tray of an optical disc drive. Without being affected by an covering component or the location of the disc braking device, the disc braking device makes a disc... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7095429 | Formatting information to be written on optically writable label side of optical disc to minimize writing time A method of one embodiment of the invention is disclosed that receives information to be optically written on an optically writable label side of an optical disc. The method formats the information so that the information is optically written on a least number of tr... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7095040 | Electron-emitting device and method of manufacturing the same and display apparatus using the same An electron-emitting device includes an electron source layer made of a metal, a metal alloy or a semiconductor, an insulating layer formed on the electron source layer and a metal thin film electrode formed on the insulating layer. Electrons are emitted upon applic... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7088380 | Labeling apparatus and method for disk storage media A label printer system includes a disk storage medium including a thermally-sensitive layer formed on at least a portion of an upper surface. A rotational drive rotates the disk storage medium and a transverse drive moves a laser substantially transversely with resp... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7061756 | Drive bracket with locking devices A drive bracket (30) includes a first latch member (40) and a second latch member (50) to secure a number of data storage devices (10) therein. The first latch member is movably attached to a side panel (33) of bracket via a spring... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7024566 | Information terminal An information terminal incorporating a function of a mobile phone is provided in which a subscriber ID card used in a GSM system or the like is prevented from being stolen. When a key is inserted in the key hole of a cylinder lock and turned by 90 degrees, the cam ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7007288 | Recording and/or reproducing apparatus for optical recording media A protective cover for an objective of an optical head is proposed which can be moved between a position covering the objective and a position exposing the objective. In the position exposing the objective, the protective cover is positioned outside the plane betwee... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6973011 | Magnetic head cleaning disk for use in magneto-optical recording and reproducing device The present invention provides a cleaning disk and a magneto-optical disk drive apparatus being simple in structure, adaptable to cleaning disks having various specifications, low in power consumption, low in electromagnetic noise, and preventing damage to the magne... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6917573 | Disk apparatus for driving different kinds of optical disks and a method for identifying performance characteristics for a particular optical disk installed in the disk apparatus Multi-drive optical disk apparatus and a method and a label for easily confirming the respective performance characteristics for the different kinds of optical disks are provided. The respective performances, such as a data transfer rate are indicated by multiple-fo... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6604178 | Hard disk drive employing neural network for performing expected access time calculations A method and apparatus for calculating an expected access time associated with one of a plurality of disk drive commands employs one or more neural networks. A plurality of disk drive commands received from an external source are stored in a memory, typic... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6549715 | Method for estimating available record time and a recording medium processing apparatus The record position information of broadcasts is used to evaluate the blank length from the tape head up to the record start position of the first broadcast. The blank length from the record end position of the broadcast up to the record start position of... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6108163 | Sensitive sensor internally mounted shock for a disk drive A disk drive has at least one disk for storing data. The disk drive includes at least one transducer for reading or writing data to or from the disk. The transducer is attached to an actuator which positions the transducer with respect to the disk. The ac... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6044058 | Adaptor cartridge for mounting a second disk in a device designed to mount a first-disk cartridge A tray is supported movably relative to a case to enable a second disk to be loaded into and unloaded from a second-disk holding recess. Positioning is performed by using second positioning holes formed through the case and tray. A turntable and a head ar... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5986992 | Disk cartridge with programmable LCD capacity display indicator A data storage cartridge having a display for displaying the storage capacity remaining on the cartridge. The display is driven by a controller and a power cell housed within the cartridge. Electrodes along an edge of the cartridge connect with electrodes... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5966360 | Cleaning disc cartridge A cleaning disc cartridge capable of concurrently cleaning both a magnetic head of a magneto-optical disc apparatus and an optical lens thereof without causing any error in reading of a signal. A rotating disc is provided on one surface thereof opposite t... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5953301 | Lens-cleaning disc with angled brush with adhesive A lens-cleaning disc capable of efficiently removing dirt or dust on pickup lenses, equipped with a brush body comprising bristles fastened into the brush base, at a position facing the pickup lens when the disc is used, wherein the surface of the brush b... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5946291 | Shutter and bi-stable actuating member protection device for head of playback/recording unit A movable shutter is provided for protecting the head of an information playback and/or recording unit when de-activated, the shutter having head-covering and head-uncovering positions which are stable positions provided by a bi-stable actuating member fo... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5910933 | Stand alone optical disc player module An optical disc player for a computer is disclosed. The player is operable in a CD-ROM mode in which the player is inserted into a computer, as well as a stand-alone mode in which the player plays audio compact discs while removed from the computer. The p... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5719731 | Locking device for preventing unauthorized access to floppy disk drives of personal computers A locking device (10) is inserted within the disk drive (11) of a personal computer (12) to prevent unauthorized use thereof. The locking device (10) includes a part of pivoted plates (15, 16) retained in their expanded locking position by a key-operated ... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5617396 | Disk tray having a system for retaining a disk at a position therein A disk tray comprises a disk receiving recess formed in the disk tray and larger than a disk to be accommodated therein. Two retainers are disposed at respective one of two side walls of the disk receiving recess adjoining with each other. Each retainer i... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5587993 | Optical tape cartridge having improved tape movement mechanism An optical tape cartridge is disclosed that is suitable for playing by an optical tape player. The tape player provides the cartridge with a voltage supply capable of supplying the optical tape with a relatively high voltage. The tape cartridge includes a... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5557590 | Auto changer capable of recording/reproducing information signals on a selective disc-shaped recording medium An apparatus for recording and/or reproducing a disc-shaped recording medium records and/or reproduces information signals on or from the recording medium having an information recording region for recording information signals and a table-of-contents reg... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5553039 | Multiple-disc player control and display device using empty disc cases The unit works in conjunction with a multiple-disc player by storing the empty disc-cases, indicating disc status, and providing a system of selection for the discs inside of the multi-player. The unit stores empty disc-cases in relative positions to disc... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5513169 | CD-ROM with machine-readable i.d. code A machine-readable serial number is formed on a CD-ROM by using a laser to selectively remove a reflective layer from the CD-ROM, Removal of the reflective layer creates defects in addressable information storage locations on the CD-ROM, The serial number... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5499228 | Lens cleaner for a disk player A lens cleaner capable of being adapted compatibly to all optical type disk players like CD player or CD-Rom drive. The disk of the lens cleaner has an introductory recording area for recording some computer program data on the inner part of a program are... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5469426 | High write speed erasable optical recording disk using active semiconductor devices at each pixel An optical recording disk system, which has a light-activated silicon controlled rectifier (LASCR), a resistor, and a recording film in each pixel, is used to record the optical information form the write beam. The write beam triggers the LASCR, which beh... | 11/21/1995 |
