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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8179748 | Limiting switch control method including an appended-function unit A limit switch controlling method and apparatus used in an optical drive are disclosed. When the optical drive is executing a tray-in/tray-out action or a move-sled home action, a detect-tray-in-switch pin, a detect-tray-out-switch pin, or a detect-sled-limit-switch... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8169862 | Turntable having multiple-point touch function for a digital sound-signal device A turntable having multiple-point touch function for a digital sound-signal device includes a base formed with a central insert hole having a lower side provided with a load sensor, with a photo-sensor installed at one inner end of the base. A multiple-point touch-i... | 05/01/2012 |
| 7990811 | Tray controlling method using firmware for detecting different inclined position A tray control method for a disk drive including a tray for carrying a disk, a detect switch movable to different inclined positions for detecting different positions of the tray during tray ejection operation, a firmware for receiving signals transmitted by the det... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7974159 | Tray controlling method using firmware for detecting different inclined position A tray control method for a disk drive including a tray for carrying a disk, a detect switch movable to different inclined positions for detecting different positions of the tray during tray ejection operation, a firmware for receiving signals transmitted by the det... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7969827 | Removable storage media drive feature enabling self test without presence of removable media A method, system and apparatus for testing a removable storage media drive device are disclosed. According to teachings of the present disclosure, a simulated storage media may be disposed within a removable storage media drive device. In the event removable storage... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7929383 | Notebook optical disc drive capable of generating a pseudo eject signal A optical disc drive is disclosed. The optical disc drive includes a housing and a tray configured to accommodate a disc therein. The optical disc drive also includes an automatic return-type eject switch, a drive controller, and an eject controller. Mounted in the ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7924662 | Tray controlling method for using firmware for detecting different inclined position A tray control method for a disk drive including a tray for carrying a disk, a detect switch movable to different inclined positions for detecting different positions of the tray during tray retraction operation, a firmware for receiving signals transmitted by the d... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7817503 | Tray controlling method using multiple different voltages A tray control method for a disk drive including a tray for carrying a disk, a detect switch movable to different inclined positions for detecting different positions of the tray during tray ejection and retraction operation, a firmware for receiving signals transmi... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7773466 | Disk tray mechanism for reproducing apparatus The invention relates to a tray mechanism consisting of sliding means comprising an electrical tray motor, for moving a tray—provided for containing a disc (for example an optical disc) on which information is recorded—from a projected position, for the placemen... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7755984 | Method of controller and data carrier drive apparatus for controlling loading means supporting a data carrier A data carrier drive apparatus (1) comprises data carrier loading means (3) for supporting a data carrier, which data carrier loading means (3) is movable between an open and a closed end position along a traveling path by means of a loading mea... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7609593 | Disc drive apparatus The present invention provides a disc drive apparatus capable of identifying a disc (12 cm) having a small data area (8 cm) in central as same as an ordinary 12 cm disc. The apparatus having a light receiving unit 105b and a push switch 106b | 10/27/2009 |
| 7522481 | Disc drive mechanism and method of operation therefor The invention relates to disc drive mechanism (100) which comprises an actuator (113) controlling a radial movement of a lens (109). An actuator controller (115) generates an actuator control signal which is fed to the actuator (113 | 04/21/2009 |
| 7505375 | Apparatus and method of ejecting an optical disc for an optical drive An apparatus and a method of ejecting an optical disc for an optical drive. First of all, a first voltage to a tray motor for moving a tray positioned at a first position inside the optical drive is provided. Next, a time required for moving the tray from a first po... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7502285 | Information recording apparatus and method, and computer program for recording control An information recording device is used for recording record information in an information recording medium at least including a first recording layer capable of forming a first recording area and a second recording layer capable of forming a second recording area. ... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7496006 | Optical disc controller and optical disc device An optical disc controller of the present invention servo-controls an optical disc device which comprises a disc motor rotating an optical disc and an optical head emitting a light beam for recording data on the optical disc and/or reproducing data from the optical ... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7489599 | Optical disc reproducing apparatus There is provided an optical disc reproducing apparatus which reads out data from an optical disc, stores the data, and reproduces the stored data. The apparatus includes: a casing; an operation disc unit for accepting an instruction as to a speed and a sequence for... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7489598 | Optical disc reproducing apparatus According to the invention, an optical disc reproducing apparatus includes a housing for: a reading section which reads data recorded on an optical disc, a data storing section and a reproducing section which reproduces the stored data. A reference discal unit outsi... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7447120 | Method of determining an optimal control profile for adjusting tray-in/out speeds of an optical disk drive “The present invention discloses an adjusting method applicable to tray-in and tray-out speeds in optical disk drives. Firstly, a number of control profiles are set up, a tray-out operation is executed by an initial control profile, and the tray speed measured by ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7430154 | Removable storage media drive feature enabling self test without presence of removable media A method, system and apparatus for testing a removable storage media drive device are disclosed. According to teachings of the present disclosure, a simulated storage media may be disposed within a removable storage media drive device. In the event removable storage... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7411871 | Optical disk drive An optical disk drive including a sliding portion, which moves a sub frame upward or downward against a main frame; a sensor, which includes tension members which are provided in both sides of the sliding portion so that the tension members are elastically deformed ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7408854 | Optical disc reproducing apparatus and method An optical disc reproducing apparatus including: a reading unit which reads audio data recorded in an optical disc; a storage unit which stores the audio data read by the reading unit; an operation disc unit disposed turnably; a first detection unit which detects th... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7394731 | Information playback apparatus An information playback apparatus is provided to obtain editing effects using an optical disc in the same sense as an analog record disc is manipulated. An audio editing apparatus for playing back an optical disc such as a CD is provided with a rotatable jog dial, d... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7385884 | Apparatus and method for recording reservation information into a removable storage medium A recording and reproducing apparatus for recording a program including video and/or audio information on a removable recording medium includes an interface, a recording unit, a reproducing unit, and a controller. The interface is configured to receive reservation i... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7370338 | Disc type recording/reproduction device A disk recording-reproducing apparatus ensures a large transport distance of a tray which moves a disk-shaped recording medium between an ejecting position and a recording-reproducing position while decreasing a dimension in the transport direction. A drive section ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366863 | Memory control apparatus, the program and method, and reproduction apparatus A reproduction apparatus capable of saving power consumption, wherein starting time data of a hard disk drive (HDD), is detected every time the HDD starts and, based on threshold value data generated by using a value obtained by adding standard deviation data to ave... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363518 | Information handling system with power fault protection circuit An information handling system (IHS) employs a power fault protection circuit to protect the IHS from overvoltages which may occur on an information line from a power adapter to the IHS. The system includes a processor coupled to the protection circuit. The circuit ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7345960 | Method of tray ejecting force control A method of tray ejecting force control for a tray-type optical drive is disclosed. A preliminary input voltage is provided to a DC motor of the tray-type optical drive to perform a preliminary ejection of a tray-type optical drive tray during a preliminary time per... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343501 | Power-saving device for notebook computer A power-saving device implemented as a circuit design for a notebook computer comprises a power supply providing power to notebook computer, a built-in device, a control circuit connecting between the power supply and the built-in device, and a switch connecting to ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7327648 | Player with rotational control for double-sided optical discs A double-sided optical disc, such as a DVD-18 disc, is formed with data tracks on each layer. The tracks on one side are oriented along one spiral while the tracks on the other side are oriented along a different spiral, the two spirals being oriented in opposite di... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7315493 | Apparatus and method for calibrating a laser imagible apparatus A laser imagible apparatus includes a lens, a media tray, and an adjustment mechanism. The adjustment mechanism is configured to determine a voice coil gain for substantially all locations on a media. ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7305527 | Recording apparatus A recording and/or playback apparatus for recording data read out from a first storage medium into a second storage medium, includes a recording device for recording data read out from the first storage medium into the second storage medium, an input unit for inputt... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301718 | Recording errors in tape drives Exemplary tape library architectures and methods for recording errors in a tape drive are described. One exemplar method may be implemented in a processor a tape drive controller. The method comprises receiving, in a tape drive controller, an external identifier ass... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7280742 | Method for recording audio data on a rewritable recording medium and for adjusting data grouping criterion The present invention relates to a method of writing audio data to a rewritable recording medium as grouping the written audio data into each Audio Object Unit (AOBU). This method changes AOBU grouping criterion such as time or size if a bit rate of input audio data... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275408 | Scanning beam suspension adjustment Apparatus and method for simultaneously adjusting the gram load and radius geometry height of a head suspension by scanning a spring region of the head suspension with a laser beam. The incremental height difference between left and right legs of a spring region of ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7278146 | Apparatus and method for locking tray of disc drive An apparatus and method for locking a tray to prevent a tray from being broken by an abnormal operation are provided. The tray-locking apparatus for a disc drive comprising a motor, a power supply unit, and a control unit. The motor is driven to move the tray into o... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7272081 | On-demand support for resources in an automated data storage library Methods, system and computer program product are provided for managing and tracking on-demand removable, serialized data resources, such as storage frames, storage drives and media, in an automated data storage library. Storage frames, data storage drives and media ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7269006 | Storage device, and storage part and dummy unit for storage device The present invention provides a dummy canister which can cool canisters with good efficiency. Canisters 2A and dummy canisters 2B are attached in a mixed configuration to the storage part 1C of a storage device 1. Each dummy canister ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269108 | Disc player automatically ejecting disc and method thereof A disc drive, and method of automatically ejecting a disc from a disc player. The method comprises selecting a main title from a plurality of titles recorded on the disc and storing a playback time of the main title in a memory, and determining whether the main titl... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7234150 | Method and apparatus for controlling a disk drive When an action for turning off the power of a host computer is performed, the host computer transmits control information to a disk drive to the effect that chucking should be canceled. Accordingly, the disk drive cancels chucking of a disk and transmits information... | 06/19/2007 |
