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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7983136 | Recording medium for storing version information for maintaining recording and/or reproducing compatibility, and method and apparatus for managing the same A method of recording read/write compatibility information on an optical disc and a recording medium employing the method. Extended part version information, latest part version having recording capability, and latest part version having reproducing capability are s... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7755999 | Optical disc driving apparatus and land pre-pit detection method using the same An optical disc driving apparatus and a land pre-pit detection method are provided for defining determination factors which have an effect on land pre-pit signal detection efficiency. The optical disc driving apparatus comprises an RF processing unit for forming a p... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7512058 | Recording medium, method of configuring control information thereof, recording and/or reproducing method using the same, and apparatus thereof The present invention provides a method of configuring and recording control information on an optical disc, thereby enabling to facilitate to utilize the specified control information and to efficiently cope with the recording/reproducing of the optical discs. In c... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7441176 | Method and apparatus for efficiently detecting and/or correcting address information of optical recording/reproducing apparatus A method of detecting address information for an optical recording and/or reproducing apparatus, including: detecting and/or correcting by using the characteristic of a medium when additional data has a specific value with respect to an area of the medium among addr... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7414943 | Method and apparatus for extracting information from burst cutting area of recording medium A method and apparatus extract information from a burst cutting area (BCA) of a recording medium. The BCA extraction includes (a) receiving a signal from the recording medium, the signal including BCA data read from the BCA, the BCA data being represented by channel... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7403460 | Information recording and reproducing apparatus, evaluation method, and information recording and reproducing medium An evaluation method for calculating an identification signal by using PRML, comprises a table storing true patterns and ideal signals thereof, false patterns corresponding to the true patterns and ideal signals thereof, and Euclidean distance between the true patte... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403466 | Data slice generation method and apparatus for optical disk drive A data slice signal generation method of an optical disk drive, which uses a disk including header areas and data areas of different materials, includes the following steps. First, a data slice signal is generated according to the RF signal read by the optical picku... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7330412 | Method and apparatus for searching for recordable area, and method and apparatus for testing recorded area arrangement A method for searching for at least one recordable area in which real time data can be recorded from at least one empty area included in an information recording medium includes a first step of setting at least one of a starting end and a terminating end of the sect... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327660 | Optical disc and physical address format An optical disc medium comprises a track groove, along which main information is recorded. The track groove is divided into a plurality of blocks. The plurality of blocks each include a plurality of frames. The plurality of frames each include one shape of wobbles i... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7315500 | Recording medium storing link information and apparatus and method for linking data An optical recording medium storing information for regarding data in the current sector as data in a linking loss area, and an apparatus and method providing linking data. The data link method includes dividing an error correction code block having a predetermined ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7271077 | Deposition methods with time spaced and time abutting precursor pulses An atomic layer deposition method includes positioning a semiconductor substrate within an atomic layer deposition chamber. A first precursor gas is flowed to the substrate within the atomic layer deposition chamber effective to form a first monolayer on the substra... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7269116 | Optical disc and physical address format An optical disc medium comprises a track groove, along which main information is recorded. The track groove is divided into a plurality of blocks. The plurality of blocks each include a plurality of frames. The plurality of frames each include one shape of wobbles i... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269117 | Optical disc and physical address format An optical disc medium comprises a track groove, along which main information is recorded. The track groove is divided into a plurality of blocks. The plurality of blocks each include a plurality of frames. The plurality of frames each include one shape of wobbles i... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7245572 | Apparatus for PID address protection and method thereof A protecting device installed in an optical storage system for protecting a plurality of physical identification data synchronous signals includes a synchronous pattern detecting device, a data synchronous signal insertion device for adding the amount of data synchr... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7215622 | Method and apparatus of determining a recording location on a high-density recording medium The present invention relates to method and apparatus of determining a recording location of a high-density recording medium. The present method determines a targeted recording location on a high-density rewritable or read-only recording medium based on successively... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7154840 | Recording medium, information recording and reproducing method, and recording and reproducing apparatus Conventionally, as in the case of switching between a DVD-R and a DVD-RAM, when the method of record mark arrangement in a track is changed, the physical format of the disk is also changed. This makes it difficult to ensure compatibility between pieces of data recor... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7151721 | Optical recording method using land/groove recording An optical reproducing apparatus for reproducing information on a medium includes a light source, an optical system for irradiating a light beam generated by the light source on the medium, a detector for detecting a reflected light from the medium; and a reproducer... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7145852 | Method and apparatus for decoding encoded data around a linking area on an optical storage medium A method for decoding encoded data around a linking area on an optical storage medium includes: detecting at least one type of sync patterns within the encoded data; determining an offset value corresponding to the linking area according to the detected sync pattern... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7126887 | Information storage medium and information recording apparatus for storing video and audio signals distributed by digital broadcasting An information storage medium according to an embodiment of this invention includes a management area for recording management information, and a data area for recording content data. The content data recorded in the data area contains a plurality of object data, ea... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7123552 | Wobble signal detecting circuit for optical disc system A wobble signal detecting circuit for optical disc system includes at least a sample-and-hold circuit for carrying out sample-holding steps on each of first and second photoelectric signals, and a high range frequency limiting circuit for removing frequency componen... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7120849 | Data storage medium having link zone and apparatus and method for recording/reproducing data on/from the data storage medium A data storage medium which includes a link zone, an apparatus and a method of recording data, and an apparatus and a method of reproducing data. The data storage medium includes a plurality of ECC blocks in which user data are stored, and a plurality of link zones ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7120644 | Digital image storage and management system A digital image storage and management system for automatically generating distinct recorded media volumes by recording selected data thereon includes a combination of computer hardware and software components that are configured to operably receive and act upon use... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7116624 | Optical disc and physical address format An optical disc medium compares a track groove, along which main information is recorded. The track groove is divided into a plurality of blocks. The plurality of blocks each include a plurality of frames. The plurality of frames each include one shape of wobbles in... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7099248 | Method of changing a rotating mode between constant angular velocity and constant linear velocity The present invention relates to a method of changing a recording mode from CAV (Constant Angular Velocity) mode to CLV (Constant Linear Velocity) mode in the middle of recording data to a disk recording medium. A method according to the present invention reads ATIP... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7092336 | Recording medium for storing version information for maintaining recording and/or reproducing compatibility, and method and apparatus for managing the same A method of recording read/write compatibility information on an optical disc. Extended part version information, latest part version having recording capability, and latest part version having reproducing capability are stored in either n.xy or n.x. form on 6 bytes... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7088660 | Recording medium for storing version information for maintaining recording and/or reproducing compatibility, and method and apparatus for managing the same A method of recording read/write compatibility information on an optical disc. Extended part version information, latest part version having recording capability, and latest part version having reproducing capability are stored in either n.xy or n.x. form on 6 bytes... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7079475 | Pre-pit information-detecting apparatus, optical-information detecting apparatus, program, and computer-readable information-recording medium An apparatus for detecting pre-pit information is disclosed, including an optical pickup, an optical-detecting section, a difference-detecting circuit, a first peak-value detecting circuit, a filtering circuit, a second peak-value detecting circuit, a differential p... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7065022 | Recording medium for storing version information for maintaining recording and/or reproducing compatibility, and method and apparatus for managing the same A method of recording read/write compatibility information on an optical disc. Extended part version information, latest part version having recording capability, and latest part version having reproducing capability are stored in either n.xy or n.x. form on 6 bytes... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7046585 | Information storage medium and information recording apparatus for storing video and audio signals distributed by digital broadcasting An information storage medium according to an embodiment of this invention includes a management area for recording management information, and a data area for recording content data. The content data recorded in the data area contains a plurality of object data, ea... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7046605 | Recording medium for storing version information for maintaining recording and/or reproducing compatibility, and method and apparatus for managing the same A method of recording read/write compatibility information on an optical disc. Extended part version information, latest part version having recording capability, and latest part version having reproducing capability are stored in n.xy form on 6 bytes of a reserved ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7020057 | Apparatus and associated methodology of imparting content protection to optically recorded data for secure reproduction Described herewith is an optical disk manufacturing apparatus for reading recorded digital data from an optical disk, comprising an encryption unit (22, 23) for encrypting entered digital data according to a plurality of key information; an optical disk subst... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7014815 | Trackable optical discs with concurrently readable nonoperational features Design, manufacture and use of optical discs that permit the concurrent and discriminable acquisition of signals from both operational features and nonoperational features is presented. The disc geometries and tracking schemes permit such discs to be read in, and da... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7002888 | Optical recording apparatus and related method An optical recording apparatus for recording a plurality of information units on an optical storage medium. Each of the information units includes a long run-length sync pattern. The optical recording apparatus includes a recording means for recording the plurality ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6980499 | Data recording clock signal generator for generating a recording clock signal for recording data on a recordable medium When data recording is performed on an optical disk provided with a data recording track wobbled by a wobble signal having predetermined frequency components, a recording clock generator circuit extracts the wobble signal, generates a divided clock signal obtained b... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6977871 | Information storage medium and information recording apparatus for storing video and audio signals distributed by digital broadcasting An information storage medium according to an embodiment of this invention includes a management area for recording management information, and a data area for recording content data. The content data recorded in the data area contains a plurality of object data, ea... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6947354 | Disk device having real-time and reliability recording modes with buffer memory divided into predetermined data stream areas A disk recording/reproduction device ideal for processing audio-visual data streams requiring real-time characteristics. A disk device has an operating mode ideal for recording and reproduction of motion image and audio data requiring real-time continuity by limitin... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6909677 | Optical disk, optical reproduction device, and optical recording device An optical disk has a recording track constituted by sectors arranged in a concentric or spiral form. Each sector is divided into segments, and each segment includes a data field where data is recorded and a clock mark field having a different light reflectance from... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6904011 | Multilayer record carrier with shifted recording start and stop positions The present invention relates to a multilayer record carrier, to a recording apparatus and to a method of recording on such a multilayer record carrier, and to a manufacturing method, wherein start and stop positions of recording areas at header portions (H) are shi... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6901042 | Optical disc, having a certification pit for certifying that data recording thereon is original An optical disc includes a processed area that has been processed by the irradiation of a YAG laser. Concave pits and convex pits having a length 3T-14T (T=0.133 μm) are formed in an area of the optical disc other than the processed area. The processed area include... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6888783 | Wobble detection circuit corresponding to a plurality of media having different pre-formats and optical disk apparatus having reduced size A wobble detection circuit detects a signal by a common photodetector (light receiving) element from several kinds of media having different pre-formats. Further, the wobble detection circuit changes a gain for amplifying the signal in a wobble signal detection proc... | 05/03/2005 |
