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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7334241 | Disk drive unit having a loading mechanism A disk drive unit having a disk loading mechanism, for use in a mobile device. The loading mechanism is arranged for receiving a disk (A) through an opening in a housing of the device and bringing it into engagement with the disk drive, and vice versa. It comprises ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333403 | Carousel changer including a turntable having a plurality of trays A turntable provided in the carousel changer has a plurality of trays provided around its rotating shaft. The turntable is provided with an annular rib including a plurality of recessed portions and a plurality of raised portions. A sensor is provided to have the ri... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7310823 | Digital information recording apparatus and outputting apparatus A digital information recording apparatus includes multiple recording circuits for making multiple copies. The apparatus limits the number of copies, however, in accordance with copy information provided within the digital information itself. When the number of copi... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7272667 | Portable and dedicated compact disk read-write unit A portable CR-RW drive has a CD drive and spindle platform, a chargeable battery power source, at least one docking bay for docking a removable storage medium and a processor supporting firmware for enabling functions of the drive. In a preferred embodiment the driv... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7209156 | CD recorder and printer A disc copying or recording device and a disc label printer are mounted in a common assembly, and include a printhead moveable along a guide shaft on a frame. A disc transport carriage is mounted on the same guide shaft as the printhead, can be moved along this guid... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7184239 | Alignment system method and apparatus for multi-unit storage systems Disclosed is a method and apparatus system for aligning a multi-unit storage system. The alignment system for a storage apparatus includes a first and second storage unit which includes media support locations. The media support locations are capable of supporting a... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7174362 | Method and system for supplying products from pre-stored digital data in response to demands transmitted via computer network The present invention relates to a digital data duplication system that utilizes one or more computer networks to automate the process from order-taking to delivery, eliminating the need for human supervision. Customers enter requests for a given number of machine-r... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7151718 | Media storage system The system comprises one or more storage devices (34) for storing data media, particularly CDs, a read/writer (50), a picking and transfer device (42), a series of rotary platters (22) stacked one on top of the other and each associated w... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7134126 | Apparatus and method for reducing program selection time in multi-changer of optical disk player Provided are an apparatus and method of operating a multi-changer of an optical disc player which restricts an initial operation of the multi-changer of the optical disc by referring to a disc chucking and tray open/close states. According to the method, it is deter... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7092320 | Medium handler and organizer A compact disc processing system allows for more efficient processing of compact discs. The system included a transporter mechanism that can grip and transport more than one compact disc at a time. As such, a second disc can be gripped while a first disc is being pr... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7042815 | Apparatus and method for reducing program selection time in multi-changer of optical disk An apparatus and a method of reducing a program selection time in an optical disc multi-changer by determining whether a disc is mounted on a disc mounting unit before it is determined whether the disc is chucked and a type of the disc is discriminated. The method o... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7039924 | System and method of providing and relocating a portable storage canister in an automated data storage library A portable canister for upgrading, converting, or servicing an automated data storage library includes an assembly with cartridge cells. The portable canister is mounted within a data storage drive compartment, and/or another slot within the automated data storage l... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7039726 | Dual purpose media drive providing control path to shared robotic device in automated data storage library A dual purpose media drive exchanges data with removable media items. The drive includes at least one port to receive various control signals, including (1) data exchange commands directing the drive to read and/or write data to a media item mounted by the drive, an... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6957440 | Methods for translating and reading optical disks The present disclosure provides apparatus and methods for reading optical disks. Some implementations are particularly well suited for automatically playing both sides of a dual-sided optical disk. By coordinated delivery of disks between a disk reader, a disk trans... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6943976 | Rezeroing a robot accessor of an automated data storage library The positioning of a robot accessor in an automated data storage library is rezeroed with respect to a home position which potentially avoids moving the robot accessor to the home position in every rezero operation. The robot accessor is moved to the expected locati... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6791911 | Motion control system for a CD carousel loader using a braking circuit The invention relates to a motion control system for driving a motor-driven device precisely to a predetermined position in a short time. More particularly, this invention relates to a CD-carousel loader having a precise and short access to the next information medi... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6785198 | High-performance information processing apparatus having multitasking functions An information processing apparatus is preferably made to contain hardware components of plural turntables, plural head units, plural decoding units, at least one encoding unit, and a system control unit. These components are adapted in such a manner as to afford (1... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6771571 | Storage/retrieval device for optical disks A storage/retrieval device for optical disk comprises a casing and a disk shelf rotatably mounted in the casing, the disk shelf comprising plural storage grooves each for receiving an optical disk. An ejecting/placing mechanism is mounted in the casing for proceedin... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6621769 | Disc reproducing apparatus Both when disc reproducing means is performing a reproduction operation on a disc, and when the disc reproducing means is not performing a reproduction operation on a disc, a tray on which a rotary table is disposed can be moved by tray driving means to a... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6141298 | Programmable self-operating compact disk duplication system A system for the duplication of binary data onto CD-R disks, the system including a copy unit, a host computer and computer software, the software being installed in the host computer to provide a user interface and to direct the transfer of data from the... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6078278 | System including a presentation apparatus, in which different items are selectable, and a control device for controlling the presentation apparatus, and control device for such a system A system for holding a plurality of record carriers, which are each combined with an associated insert. The system includes an apparatus with a given number N of record-carrier holders to each of which a given code is assigned; and a control device having... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6061321 | Deck lock mechanism and library apparatus The present invention automatically limits the number of decks drawable from a large number of decks within one locker. For this purpose, the decks are classified into sets each comprising two decks adjacent to each other. A deck lock mechanism according ... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5959866 | Library apparatus with a plurality of cells for storing cartridges accommodating memory media therein A library apparatus capable of being manufactured at low cost, in which a cartridge can be moved accurately without high mechanical precision. The library apparatus comprises a plurality of cells each for containing a cartridge, a reference cell unit, an ... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5936918 | Library apparatus capable of rearranging of recording media A direct entry/exit (DEE) door exposes several cells in the cell drum when the door is open. The DEE door is provided so that several storage media can be placed in or removed from the cell drum at once, either manually or automatically. The library appar... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5898649 | Method and apparatus for disk roulette control for use in an optical disk changer Rotation of a tray roulette for use in a disk changer is controlled by using disk ID codes, a start code and an end code, each code being produced while a scanner electrode contacts ID electrodes, start electrodes and end electrodes as the tray roulette r... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5848035 | Disk playback device and method of controlling the device A magazine having a plurality of reset detecting portions arranged concentrically with the magazine and corresponding to disk accommodating spaces having respective predetermined identification numbers. A position index group is disposed between each two ... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5848033 | Method for searching identification of disk mounting section in optical disk changer system A method for searching an identification of a disk mounting section selectively reproduces a desired disk in an optical disk changer system. In the method, all data for searching the identification is initialized. Whether a present identification is equal... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5757738 | Library apparatus A library apparatus for storage media such as optical disks includes a rotatable cell drum having several columns of cells for storing the storage media, a load/unload device for inserting and removing cartridges one at a time, at least one drive for read... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5757739 | System including a presentation apparatus, in which different items are selectable, and a control device for controlling the presentation apparatus, and control device for such a system A system for holding a plurality of record carriers which are each combined with an associated insert and apparatus with a given number N of record-carrier holders to each of which a given code is assigned, and a control device including a unit for genera... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5726960 | Disc player having disc changing function A disc player adapted to selectively play a plurality of discs 8 accommodated in a disc holder 7 comprises a memory 1 for storing a category name for each of disc storage portions of the holder 7, an operation key group 24 to be manipulated for specifying... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5721715 | Control system for disc playing device A control system for a disc playing device which facilitates selection of playing of discs by assigning identification codes comprising consecutive numbers to all disc holding grooves of a magazine. A memory of a microcomputer has a first storage area for... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5703843 | Library apparatus with a plurality of cells for storing cartridges accommodating memory media therein and method for assembling library apparatus A library apparatus with a plurality of cells for storing cartridges accommodating memory media therein, used for data retrieval needing a large capacity, is provided, which is manufactured at a reduced cost and is capable of using a drive unit of a stand... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5671196 | Method for controlling a rotatable optical disk storing magazine A magazine controlling method is disclosed for smoothly stopping a disk storing magazine. According to the method of the invention, the rotational speed of the disk storing magazine in rotation is reduced upon the magazine reaching a position a small dist... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5631884 | Compact-disc changer using the same optical pickup device used for playing disc for sensing roulette position A roulette-type disc changer includes a tray, a roulette rotatably mounted on the tray, on the upper surface of which a plurality of discs are loaded, and a pickup portion installed below the tray and having a deck on which an optical pickup for emitting ... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5546369 | Optical disk system for recording and reproducing a mini disk and standard compact discs In an optical disk recording and reproducing apparatus, audio data compressed in MD format can be recorded on a CD-sized optical disk and can be reproduced from both mini disks and compact disks. A disk for reproducing, in which audio data compressed in M... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5504723 | Apparatus for controlling movement of a compact disk carousel and a compact disk insertion/extraction arm Apparatus for controlling movement of an object including a compact disk carousel and compact disk insertion/extraction arm; a slotted track connected to the object, the slotted track having a plurality of equidistant slots; optical sensor apparatus mount... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5502697 | Disc processing apparatus having rotatable stocker and moving drive unit A drive unit having an input/output port for loading and/or unloading a cartridge therethrough and for reading and/or writing information on a disc; a stocker arranged to be confronted with the input/output port of the drive port and having a plurality of... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5497057 | Mechanical brake hold circuit for an electric motor An automated tape library employing a motorized robotic picker wherein the electric motor driving the robotic picker is equipped with two brakes that act simultaneously. The first is a mechanical brake which uses a spring to push a brake pad against the r... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5319621 | Device for storing and reading flat data media A device for storing and reading data media such as disks read by laser beam comprises at least one column of storage platters mobile in their own planes, a transfer system mounted to move parallel to the column and at least one player provided with a dra... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5193079 | Compact disk changer Disclosed is a CD changer which comprises a rack formed on the bottom of a tray which has an outer end having a half-gear part by leaving a gear only on a half of the upper portion and a non-gear part flatted by removing the gear on the lower portion; a t... | 03/09/1993 |
