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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7336434 | Predictive failure analysis of thermal flying height control system and method A method for predicting the failure of a data storage device having a slider heater is disclosed. For slider heaters exhibiting a decreasing resistance aging characteristic, a failure warning is produced when heater resistance suddenly increases 2 to 5%, or dR/dt ch... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7212360 | Information processing equipment and data transfer method Provided is information processing equipment capable of efficiently performing data transfer restarted after it is suspended because a possibility of being affected by an impact derived from dropping or the like is predicted or detected. During transfer of data from... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7209840 | Systems and methods for providing remote monitoring of electricity consumption for an electric meter A system for providing remote monitoring of electricity consumption is provided. In one embodiment the system may comprise electric meters, communication devices having a unique address and defining a wireless communication network, and a site controller. Each elect... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7124466 | Particle capture system A particle capture system includes a container sized to receive a structural disc drive component. A fixture is able to maintain the disc drive component within a spray zone in the container, and a first nozzle in the container is connected to a fluid source and is ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7126778 | Process of dynamically adjusting the operating parameters of a computer storage device according to environmental conditions It has been discovered by the inventors that the efficiency and data integrity of a storage device can be improved by dynamically adjusting certain operating parameters to optimal values during the operation of the storage device. In one embodiment, the physical pro... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7082543 | Selective power-down for high performance CPU/system A computer program product comprising a computer useable medium having computer program logic recorded thereon for enabling a microprocessor to compile a source code program. The computer program logic includes means for enabling the processor to receive a plurality... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7058288 | Recording apparatus and reproducing apparatus It is an object of the present invention to provide a recording apparatus and a reproducing apparatus which change a picture compression rate depending upon a picture quality of a source which a user desires to retain, thereby a tape storage space being secured. A v... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7053767 | System and method for monitoring and controlling remote devices The present invention is generally directed to a system for monitoring a variety of environmental and/or other conditions within a defined remotely located region. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, a system is configured to monitor utility meters in a ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7031091 | Magnetic recording apparatus and method of writing data at low temperature Deterioration in recording performance immediately after the start of recording in a magnetic recording apparatus due to the contraction of the magnetic head element in low atmospheric temperatures is prevented, thus ensuring a stable recording performance irrespect... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7027239 | Data acquisition system A data acquisition apparatus acquires an analog input signal from an analog sensor, and generates digital data based on the analog input signal for processing by a personal computing apparatus. The analog input signal generated by the analog sensor has a voltage com... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7027250 | Magnetic tape head with thinfilm thermosensors for head-media interface temperature monitoring A thinfilm magnetic head for tape drives that enables onsite, real time temperature monitoring of the head-media interface. The head includes a media interface contacting a data bearing surface of the tape. A thinfilm, read-write element and a thinfilm sensor of a t... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7009492 | Individual quantitative identification by means of human dynamic rhythmic electric activity spectra A system and method for individual quantitative identification by means of human dynamic rhythmic electric activity spectra is provided. The method for distinguishing an individual, comprising; contacting the individual with an electrical probe; measuring, with the ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6996740 | Method of optimizing design parameters of data storage system and method of applying optimized design parameters A method of optimizing design parameters of a data storage system in which a failure of products is caused by changes in the time required for using the products and characteristics of the products is pre-estimated. Design parameters used in a signal processing circ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6950747 | Methods of processing magnetotelluric signals A method for processing magnetotelluric signals to identify subterranean deposits is provided for. The methods comprise obtaining magnetotelluric data from an area of interest. The magnetotelluric data comprises the amplitude of magnetotelluric signals recorded over... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6937417 | Disk drive device A disk drive device in which emergency unloading at the start of the engine is prevented, a head may have a prolonged life and improved reliability as an HDD is achieved. A disk drive device is driven or the movement of a magnetic head is allowed after an engine sta... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6922383 | Recording apparatus with light power control for use with optical recording medium and method thereof An optical recording apparatus includes a light source driving unit for driving a light source; an emitted light power detecting unit for detecting an emitted light power; a temperature detecting unit for detecting a temperature of the light source; a light power co... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6549834 | Motion detection and recording method and apparatus The present invention provides a method and apparatus for recording motion of a vehicle or a fixed structure with a self-contained motion recorder apparatus. The self-contained motion recorder apparatus is a sealed unit that contains a power source togeth... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6297631 | Magnetic signal reproducing method and apparatus using magneto-resistive effect element with increased sense current A magnetic signal reproducing apparatus which can lessen fluctuation of reproduced outputs in reproducing magnetic signals recorded in a magnetic tape by a magneto-resistance effect type magnetic head even if a magnetic tape sliding face of the magneto-re... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6266588 | Vehicle motion detection and recording method and apparatus The present invention provides a method and apparatus for recording vehicle motion. The self-contained vehicle motion recorder apparatus is a sealed unit that contains at least a power source, and controller, sensor and recording devices. The controller d... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6046596 | Capacitance probe for magnetic recording head transducer to disc surface spacing measurement An apparatus for measuring magnetic recording head transducer to disc surface spacing and a method of fabricating the same are disclosed. A slider body of a read/write head has first and second rails forming portions of an air bearing surface of the slide... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5997171 | Method and system for digital data storage, abstraction and compression to preserve the most useful characteristics of the data Data is digitally sampled at intervals, and these samples are stored for a fixed period. During this period the samples are also processed to select certain characteristics, such as maximum, minimum, average, etc., and these abstract indicators are stored... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5802505 | Waveform signal equalizing method and apparatus and signal recording and reproducing apparatus A learning type signal recording and reproducing apparatus has a signal detector for detecting signals recorded on recording media, a teaching signal generator for generating reference teaching signals having predetermined waveform signal patterns, and a ... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5604479 | Voice recording and playback apparatus, and alarm system with voice recording and playback apparatus A voice recording and playback apparatus includes a memory unit having addressable memory regions, a voice input unit for converting a user voice input into an electrical signal, and a processor for storing the electrical signal from the voice input unit ... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5576491 | Acceleration recorder and playback module The present invention is directed to methods and apparatus relating to an accelerometer electrical signal recorder and playback module. The recorder module may be manufactured in lightweight configuration and includes analog memory components to store dat... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5455717 | Recording device with temperature-dependent write-current control A device for recording an information signal on a magnetic record carrier (2) includes a write amplifier (3), a magnetic head (4) of the magnetoresistive type, and a compensation circuit for controlling the amplitude of the write current in dependence upo... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5400149 | Magnetic recording apparatus having improved detail emphasis circuit A magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus, which includes: a reproduced level detector for detecting the level of a reproduced signal and a memory for storing the reproduced level detected by the detector; and when recording a video signal, the signal is... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5280517 | Storage apparatus which controls the usage of a storage medium A storage apparatus capable of storing information in accordance with the history of use of the storage medium employed therewith. Control is performed in accordance with the history of reproduction from the storage medium and with the number of times sto... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5243469 | System for the acquisition of seismic data A seismic recording system comprises a multichannel recorder connected to a cable formed from a plurality of signal conductors. Each of the signal conductors is connected to a different channel of the recorder. The cable has a plurality of takeouts locate... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5214516 | Image pickup system with an indication of the audio signal recording state In a camera device including a recording device which records an image signal and an audio signal, the recording device includes a display device which indicates that the recording device is in the audio signal recording period. When the display device is... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5189524 | Video camera having an indicator for warning of the occurrence of matters which interrupt recording An indicator provided on the surface of a video camera for warning of the occurrence of a matter which interrupts the recording; for example, dew on a recording head and the approach of a tape end. These occurrences during a recording operation must be in... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5185700 | Solid state event recorder A solid state event recorder having particular application to railroad locomotives has a plurality of interface modules to allow the collection of desired data over a period of time. Radio downloading of the data provided by a telemetry transmitter to way... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5111442 | Recordable optical disc storage device with limited storage capacity, and recording apparatus therefor The optical disc according to the present invention includes an unrewritable region in which the number of times of possible recording or the cumulative possible recording time duration is recorded in advance. The apparatus for recording signals on this o... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5103411 | Electronic odometer wherein medium order digit data addresses locations which store high and low order digit data An electronic odometer is disclosed, in which, in order to provide higher reliability, integrated traveled distance data to be stored in a nonvolatile memory is divided into three portions, i.e., high order digit data, medium order digit data, and low ord... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5065349 | Method for and apparatus of monitoring how an operator operates a machine Performance of a helicopter is evaluated with an apparatus including a recorder section and a reader section interconnected during a start-up period while the pilot is initially operating the helicopter. The recorder includes two analog to digital convert... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5065321 | Solid state event recorder A solid state event recorder having particular application to railroad locomotives has a plurality of interface modules to allow the collection of desired data over a period of time. Radio downloading of the data provided by a telemetry transmitter to way... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5008872 | Optical disc reproduction apparatus which detects maximum audio signal level recorded on an optical disk An optical disc reproduction apparatus is disclosed including a device for detecting a maximum audio signal level recorded on the optical disc. A first course-search is effected of the entire optical disc to detect a first location on the optical disc in ... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4951276 | Recording apparatus with switch actuated memory storage of recording medium removal or loading and backup power supply for memory A recording apparatus capable of exchanging the recording medium includes a switch arranged to operate when the recording medium is exchanged, an electronic memory for storing the output of the switch in the electrical form, and a backup battery for suppl... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4894728 | Data acquisition and recording system A portable, self-contained data acquisition and recording system is provided for monitoring ambulatory subjects. The system has micropower requirements and an extended recording capability between battery replacements. A prepolarized magnetic tape is empl... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4862394 | Drop height recorder A drop height recorder apparatus includes a housing suitable for packaging for shipment from an origin point to a destination point, a triaxial accelerometer provides three signals to corresponding high gain and low gain channels. The three high gain chan... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4860124 | Combined taximeter and cassette or disk player A vehicle information apparatus for recording, computation and display of data ascertainable from the driving performance of a motor vehicle. The apparatus includes a transmitter module for providing data concerning a trip, a central unit with internal pr... | 08/22/1989 |
