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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7564744 | Clock system for reproducing apparatus and method Reproduction signals which are simultaneously obtained from an Ach head 3 and a Bch head 4 are time division multiplexed by a signal layout converting circuit 9 and arranged. An HPF unit 12 and an LPF unit 14 of a waveform equalizi... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7352661 | Information-signal recording and reproducing apparatus A recording medium has first and second areas on which first and second information signals are recorded respectively. The first information signal has a size Ya. The second information signal has a size Yb. A head operates for reproducing the first and second infor... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7336569 | Optical disk tracking servo circuit enabled to compensate for non-continuous track segments or prolonged defect The invention pertains to an improvement for a tracking and focusing servo and defect management circuit that controls the tracking and focusing of an optical head on an optical media in an apparatus for reproducing a data, sound or image recorded on the optical med... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7315491 | Disk driving apparatus and information readout method with selective servo control for read-out destinations of lands and grooves A disc driving apparatus and an information readout method according to the present invention realize optimum servo control of a readout unit in reading out the information from a recording medium having lands and grooves. The disc driving apparatus includes a unit ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7266054 | Method and device for recording real-time information In a method of recording real-time information on an information carrier, e.g. audio on an optical disc, the real-time information is compressed to units comprising a variable amount of compressed data, and playback parameters are determined in dependence of the com... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7260050 | Apparatus for detecting physical marks from wobble signal and method thereof An apparatus for detecting physical marks from a wobble signal includes a matching value operation unit, a threshold value generator and a physical mark indicator. A wobble signal is converted into a matched signal by the matching value operation unit according to t... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257052 | Control apparatus and optical disk apparatus A tracking control apparatus comprises an signal processing section, a lens characteristic measuring section and an optimum lens position searching section. The lens characteristic measuring section acquires a first address and second address of an optical disk. The... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7251202 | Substrate for optical recording medium, optical recording medium, master disc, master disc recording apparatus, and signal generating apparatus A substrate for an optical recording medium includes recording tracks formed in guide grooves on a disc and an address section having an address pit sequence formed between the recording tracks in the guide grooves along an information reading direction of the recor... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7215615 | Minimum delay buffering method, minimum delay buffer device for dynamic write strategy, and CD-RW/DVD-RW system having the same A pattern buffer apparatus for a dynamic write strategy, which buffers non return to zero (NRZ) data patterns in order to generate a recording pulse in a compact disc system, includes a pattern detector which detects a pattern edge and a pattern from the NRZ data; a... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7177239 | Information-signal recording and reproducing apparatus A recording medium has first and second areas on which first and second information signals are recorded respectively. The first information signal has a size Ya. The second information signal has a size Yb. A head operates for reproducing the first and second infor... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7174511 | Method of reproducing a multi-session disk The present invention relates to a method of selectively reproducing a desired type of data from a multi-session disk in which various types of data have been recorded on sessions. The method of reproducing a recording medium containing same type of contents in each... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7164752 | Method and system providing control options for voice files A method and system thereof for recording information in an Internet-based architecture; specifically, a method and system for implementing rewind and fast forward commands with digital voice files while a recording session is in progress. Audio content is recorded ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7116609 | Optical storage system and control method A reference-position learning unit measures a current of one rotation of a medium in a state in which the focus of an objective lens is pulled-in by a focus pull-in control unit at a predetermined point in the radial direction of the medium upon insertion of the med... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7099240 | Information-signal recording and reproducing apparatus A recording medium has first and second areas on which first and second information signals are recorded respectively. The first information signal has a size Ya. The second information signal has a size Yb. A head operates for reproducing the first and second infor... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7095945 | System for digital time shifting and method thereof A multiplexed packetized data stream carrying real-time multimedia programs is received at a first hardware demultiplexer. Based on a user input, a video and timing portion of a program associated with the multiplexed packetized data stream can be stored for subsequ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7058163 | System and method for ex post facto preserving a recorded conversation For use with an automated call placement system (ACP) having a switching service unit (SSU), a call monitoring unit capable of monitoring a selected one of lines coupled to the switching service unit and a method of making a recording of a conversation occurring on ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7057980 | Device and method for recording information A method and device for recording information blocks on a record carrier is described. The device has control means 20 for recording and retrieving position data indicative of the position of the recorded information blocks. The control means include a mappin... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7046589 | Information-signal recording and reproducing apparatus A recording medium has first and second areas on which first and second information signals are recorded respectively. The first information signal has a size Ya. The second information signal has a size Yb. A head operates for reproducing the first and second infor... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7046588 | Method and apparatus for recording and reproducing audio highlight portion and recording medium for storing additional information for the same A method and apparatus for recording and/or reproducing an audio highlight portion of an audio selection, and a recording medium for storing additional information therefor. A particular portion is designated on an audio track as a representative portion of the audi... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7043620 | Recording medium having recording program recorded therein and recording apparatus and method The present invention provides an optical disk drive, optical disk recording method, optical disk recording program and a recording medium having the optical disk recording method recorded therein, applicable to a DVD drive, for example, to permit recording of also ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7035969 | Recording medium having recording program recorded therein The present invention provides an optical disk drive, optical disk recording method, optical disk recording program and a recording medium having the optical disk recording method recorded therein, applicable to a DVD drive, for example, to permit recording of also ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7023791 | Information recording medium, and recording method and reproducing method thereof An information recording medium in which bottoms of a guide groove and a pit array formed on a disc substrate are allocated on a same flat plane and shaped in flat. Further, in a transition area from a pit array to a guide groove or from a guide groove to a pit arra... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7020067 | Information recording medium, and recording method and reproducing method thereof An information recording medium in which bottoms of a guide groove and a pit array formed on a disc substrate are allocated on a same flat plane and shaped in flat. Further, in a transition area from a pit array to a guide groove or from a guide groove to a pit arra... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6972606 | Delay circuits and related apparatus for extending delay time by active feedback elements A delay circuit and related apparatus for providing a longer delay time, such that when a level of an input signal changes, a level of an output signal changes accordingly after the predetermined delay time. The delay circuit has a storage unit, a current generator,... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6965727 | Information record medium and apparatus for reproducing the same An information record medium (1) is provided with: an audio information recording area on which a plurality of audio information (210) which are different in recording method are recorded; and a control information recording area on which control infor... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6961892 | Address information detecting apparatus and address information detecting method An address information detecting apparatus in accordance with the present invention is arranged such that a first interpolation address generating section generates a first interpolation address according to a consistent signal supplied from an address comparison se... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6925035 | Information-signal recording and reproducing apparatus A recording medium has first and second areas on which first and second information signals are recorded respectively. The first information signal has a size Ya. The second information signal has a size Yb. A head operates for reproducing the first and second infor... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6876605 | Information-signal recording and reproducing apparatus A recording medium has first and second areas on which first and second information signals are recorded respectively. The first information signal has a size Ya. The second information signal has a size Yb. A head operates for reproducing the first and second infor... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6873579 | Information-signal recording and reproducing apparatus A recording medium has first and second areas on which first and second information signals are recorded respectively. The first information signal has a size Ya. The second information signal has a size Yb. A head operates for reproducing the first and second infor... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6870799 | Information-signal recording and reproducing apparatus A recording medium has first and second areas on which first and second information signals are recorded respectively. The first information signal has a size Ya. The second information signal has a size Yb. A head operates for reproducing the first and second infor... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6870798 | Information-signal recording and reproducing apparatus A recording medium has first and second areas on which first and second information signals are recorded respectively. The first information signal has a size Ya. The second information signal has a size Yb. A head operates for reproducing the first and second infor... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6807132 | Servo control method using information of a table of contents of a disk The present invention relates to a method for servo-controlling when a reproduction is requested to a multi-session disk for non-real-time data or real-time data of audio or video stream. This servo-control method using the information of table of contents reads inf... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6751170 | Information-signal recording and reproducing apparatus A recording medium has first and second areas on which first and second information signals are recorded respectively. The first information signal has a size Ya. The second information signal has a size Yb. A head operates for reproducing the first and second infor... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6741531 | Information-signal recording and reproducing apparatus A recording medium has first and second areas on which first and second information signals are recorded respectively. The first information signal has a size Ya. The second information signal has a size Yb. A head operates for reproducing the first and second infor... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6728170 | Information-signal recording and reproducing apparatus A recording medium has first and second areas on which first and second information signals are recorded respectively. The first information signal has a size Ya. The second information signal has a size Yb. A head operates for reproducing the first and second infor... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6665248 | Apparatus and method for playing back voice data file, and recording medium having a playback program for playing back a voice data file recorded therein A voice file consists of a plurality of data blocks. Each data block is composed of a plurality of sectors. Playback time information on voice data recorded in the sector is stored in the sector header. A control device creates a management file having th... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6658527 | Recording and/or reproduction apparatus and data communication system with display of main and auxiliary data recorded capacity information A data recording/reproduction apparatus being connected to a data communication system via a data bus conforming to a predetermined communication format enabling execution of data communication between them. In dealing with a mini-disc™ system capable o... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6643228 | Method and device for recording real-time information including playback parameters In a method of recording real-time information on an information carrier, e.g. audio on an optical disc, the real-time information is compressed to units comprising a variable amount of compressed data, and playback parameters are determined in dependence... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6597641 | Information-signal recording and reproducing apparatus A recording medium has first and second areas on which first and second information signals are recorded respectively. The first information signal has a size Ya. The second information signal has a size Yb. A head operates for reproducing the first and s... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6594203 | Information-signal recording and reproducing apparatus A recording medium has first and second areas on which first and second information signals are recorded respectively. The first information signal has a size Ya. The second information signal has a size Yb. A head operates for reproducing the first and s... | 07/15/2003 |
