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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8169875 | Optical pickup device and method of manufacture therefor An optical pickup device includes a holder which holds an LD and a light-receiving element and an optical pickup case on which the holder is adhesively fixed via an ultraviolet cure adhesive, and is provided with a through hole on a bonding surface of the holder in ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8059513 | Data storage device container A method of storing a data storage device includes but is not limited to emplacing a data storage device in a container, the container having surfaces; and writing storable data to the data storage device by transmitting energy through a surface of the container. In... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8014254 | Optical disc and optical disc device In a multilayer optical disc having information layers conforming to a plurality of different optical disc standards, because the type of each information layer is not recorded in the other information layers, in read and write operations by a compatible optical dis... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7978583 | Apparatus and method for forming reflective layer of optical disc Improved techniques for forming a reflective layer of an optical disc are provided. One improvement includes forming the reflective layer over an information layer of the disc by utilizing a metallizer and a masking device having an angled lip configured to align to... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7978584 | Pattern recognition type optical memory and optical read/write device and method for reading and writing data from or to the memory There is provided a method and device for reading, writing, or both, data from or to a pattern recognition type optical memory having a light transmittable substrate. Patterns can be formed in the pattern recognition type optical memory from light images representin... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7933186 | Method for manufacturing optical disk master, method for manufacturing optical disk, and apparatus for manufacturing optical disk master A method and apparatus for manufacturing an optical disk master and an optical disk, including measuring the reflectance of laser light at each of a plurality of radius positions by applying the laser light to an optical disk master-forming substrate provided with a... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7911916 | Beam applying method, beam applying apparatus, and optical recording medium A beam applying method includes the steps of: rotationally driving an optical recording medium, in which a signal is recorded and reproduced by applying a beam thereto and which has a recording layer on which the signal is recorded, a polarization element formed bel... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7911915 | Optical pickup and optical information recording apparatus using the same An optical pickup includes a diffraction grating partitioned into three areas, in which the phase of periodic grating groove structure in an area is successively shifted from that in the adjacent area by 90°. In the generation of a differential push-pull signal, an... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7907493 | Optical disc and optical disc device In a multilayer optical disc having information layers conforming to a plurality of different optical disc standards, because the type of each information layer is not recorded in the other information layers, in read and write operations by a compatible optical dis... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7898922 | Optical pickup apparatus An optical pickup apparatus includes a first objective lens having a low numerical aperture (NA) suitable for a low-density recording medium, a second objective lens having a high NA suitable for a high-density recording medium, a first light source to generate a sh... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7898923 | Optical pickup device with heat radiation part, and optical disc apparatus including the optical pickup device An optical pickup device which can improve heat radiation efficiency and an optical disk apparatus including the optical pickup device are provided. The optical pickup device having a base (110), a laser unit (141), an optical system (140) which... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7889614 | Optical disc and optical disc device In a multilayer optical disc having information layers conforming to a plurality of different optical disc standards, because the type of each information layer is not recorded in the other information layers, in read and write operations by a compatible optical dis... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7889615 | Optical discs for measuring analytes This invention directs to an optical disc assembly configured to receive an analyte which can be detected by a standard optical disc reader or an optical disc reader modified therefrom. The optical disc assembly may preferably be designed so that the optical disc re... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7889613 | Optical disc and optical disc device In a multilayer optical disc having information layers conforming to a plurality of different optical disc standards, because the type of each information layer is not recorded in the other information layers, in read and write operations by a compatible optical dis... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7885163 | Optical pickup, recording/reproducing apparatus and recording/reproducing method A recording medium, a recording/reproducing apparatus, and a recording/reproducing method are disclosed. The apparatus uses the number of record layers contained in a recording medium and a multi-wavelength light source including a plurality of optical signals havin... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7835248 | Optical disk apparatus In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, after test write is performed with a predetermined test power to a first track on an optical disk, test write is performed with the same test power as the first track to a second track adjacent to the first track.... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7773485 | Optical disc and optical disc device In a multilayer optical disc having information layers conforming to a plurality of different optical disc standards, because the type of each information layer is not recorded in the other information layers, in read and write operations by a compatible optical dis... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7751296 | Recording medium, recording apparatus and method, and reproducing apparatus and method A recording medium (100) is provided with: an element layer including a semiconductor element (110) and an emission element (130), which emits light on the basis of an instruction from the semiconductor element; and a recording layer (120... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7742377 | Image forming method, apparatus and computer-readable recording medium having image forming program An image forming apparatus at least includes a photoreceptor, a light emitter, a detector and a controller. The light emitter irradiates the photoreceptor with a laser beam so as to form an electrostatic latent image thereon. The detector detects an incident amount ... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7664000 | Data erase method for rewritable phase change type recording medium For an optical recording medium having a phase change type recording layer on its a substrate and having as read only area and a writable area in a recording area, a data recording method is provided which records data in the writable area. This data recording metho... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7599275 | Optical discs for measuring analytes This invention directs to an optical disc assembly configured to receive an analyte which can be detected by a standard optical disc reader or an optical disc reader modified therefrom. The optical disc assembly may preferably be designed so that the optical disc re... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7551537 | Method and apparatus for making master optical disk An optical recording medium master disc exposure apparatus comprises a modulating means 3 for modulating intensity of light from an exposure light source 1 in response to recording information and a focusing optical system 9 for focusing the lig... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7545722 | Method and apparatus for optically reading information attached to a target In an apparatus for optically reading out through an imaging optics a first image of information by a photodetector. The information is attached to a target. In the apparatus, a marker beam irradiating unit irradiates on a target a marker beam for indicating a field... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7539115 | Creating a permanent structure with high spatial resolution In a method of creating a permanent structure with high spatial resolution, a substance which may be modified by an optical signal is provided in a writing area. The optical signal is applied to the writing area in such a way that a spatially limited partial area of... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7515520 | Recording apparatus and liquid ejecting apparatus A recording apparatus including a recording unit that performs recording on a recording medium; a transporting unit capable of transporting the recording medium; a first guide member and a second guide member disposed facing the first guide member having an section ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7480226 | Optical disc recording/reproducing apparatus and optimum bias power decision method therefor An optical disc recording/reproducing apparatus and optimum bias power decision method thereof, having an optical pickup, a driving unit which drives a laser diode provided in the optical pickup to emit light corresponding to a certain bias power, a bias power varia... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7474602 | Data storage device comprising write head with carbon element A data storage device is introduced. The data storage device comprises a write head. The write head comprises a heating element and a tip. The write head scans a data storage medium, wherein in an operation mode of the data storage device the tip is in contact with ... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7444047 | Multiplexing optical system A multiplexing optical system includes collimator lenses, a first condensing lens, a second condensing lens and an optical fiber. The collimator lenses collimate divergent laser beams that have been emitted from semiconductor lasers. The first condensing lens conden... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7441163 | Method of recording/reproducing digital data and apparatus for same A digital data recording/reproducing method includes the steps of: interleaving data on a PI code for each PI code of a 208-row ECC block; and converting a short burst error into random errors by dispersing errors on the PI codes. Moreover, the digital data recordin... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7438547 | Optical recording medium and master disc for manufacturing optical recording medium An optical recording medium allowing high-density recording, where a groove having a shallow U-shaped cross section wider than certain width, a master for manufacturing optical recording medium, a manufacturing apparatus thereof, and a manufacturing method thereof a... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7421627 | Method of recording/reproducing digital data and apparatus for same A digital data recording/reproducing method includes the steps of: interleaving data on a PI code for each PI code of a 208-row ECC block; and converting a short burst error into random errors by dispersing errors on the PI codes. Moreover, the digital data recordin... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7411890 | Systems and methods for recording optical information A system controlling recording on an optical disc is provided. A first counter performs a bit count according to provided channel bit clock signals. A second counter performs a sector count responsive to the bit count obtained by the first counter. The Land/Groove s... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7406018 | Signal generating circuit and optical pickup device provided therewith A signal generating circuit of the invention includes a current polarity switch circuit that receives an output current of a light-sensitive element and outputs a current of which the direction the polarity switch circuit keeps constant regardless of the direction o... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403463 | Method and apparatus for filtering read signal to three or more cutoff frequencies with two or more bits control line throughout three or more consecutive periods An optical disk drive apparatus is provided has a reading section which reads the reflection of a laser beam from a disk to produce a read signal, a filter section which filters the read signal with the use of three or more different cutoff frequencies upon receivin... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7391708 | Optical disc and method for reproducing the same The present invention provides a technique for improving reliability of reading header information. The optical disk is composed of a recording track. The recording track includes a data recording region in which recording pits are formed for recording data, and a h... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7388825 | Optical data storage and retrieval systems utilizing dual energy sources An optical data storage and retrieval system that includes a phase change storage medium and dual energy sources. The phase change material may store information by undergoing a transformation from one structural state to another structural state through application... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7376067 | Allocation of real time files When recording data on a medium where a certain data rate is required, an allocation manager in the player must allocate sections of the logical space in such a way that the recording medium is efficiently filled and that an adequate data rate can be guaranteed even... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372787 | Optical disc recording and reproducing apparatus permitting recording tests using external buffer memory and method of driving the apparatus An optical disc recording and reproducing apparatus permitting a recording test using an external memory, and a method of driving the apparatus is provided. The optical disc recording and reproducing apparatus reads and bypasses test data to be recorded, which is st... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370808 | Method and system for manufacturing radio frequency identification tag antennas A method and system for manufacturing radio frequency identification (RFID) tag antennas is described. A casting surface is provided having at least one raised antenna pattern extending therefrom. The casting surface is coated at least in an area other than the at l... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368222 | Optical data storage media with enhanced contrast Disclosed is an optical data storage medium with enhanced contrast. The optical data storage medium includes a substrate having oppositely facing first and second surfaces. A first metal/alloy layer is formed overlaying the first surface of the substrate. The first ... | 05/06/2008 |
