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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8116191 | Device for reducing power consumption of optical drive and method for the same A device and method for reducing power consumption of an optical drive are proposed. The present invention samples a carrier control signal and then compares the samples of the signals with predetermined threshold signals. According to the comparison result, the pre... | 02/14/2012 |
| 7257062 | Method for detecting eccentricity of an optical disc, and optical disc drive that performs the method An optical disc drive includes a spindle motor and a computer program. The spindle motor is adapted for rotating an optical disc. The computer program configures the optical disc drive to perform consecutive steps of a method for detecting eccentricity of the optica... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7184379 | Optical disk recording/reproducing method and apparatus in which recording properties of the disk are detected when recording speed is changed An operation for recording a recording signal onto a disk (1) is interrupted, when an amount of signal data stored in a buffer RAM (11) for temporarily storing the recording signal is less than an interruption setting value during performing of the rec... | 02/27/2007 |
| 6967905 | Information playback apparatus An information playback apparatus is provided, which can provide a sound which sounds natural by controlling an abrupt change in a tempo in the case of random access playback. When a cue point is registered, audio data which makes seamless playback possible is store... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6226221 | Method and apparatus for reducing bleed currents within a DRAM array having row-to-column shorts A DRAM memory array is disclosed that uses a current limiting circuit employing current feedback to clamp the current flow to reduced levels than were previously possible. The current limiting circuit comprises a long length, depletion mode transistor tha... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6084831 | Apparatus and method of averaging disk transfer rate including division of disks into disks accessible in a radially inward direction and disks accessible in a radially outward direction A disc control apparatus handles an even number of disc-shaped recording mediums run in rotation at a constant angular velocity and to which addresses are accorded for incrementing from an inner disc rim side or from an outer disc rim side. The disc contr... | 07/04/2000 |
| 5469425 | Method of manufacturing an index apparatus A method of manufacturing an index apparatus includes thermally transferring a hot stamped section having a low light reflectance onto an outer peripheral surface of a magnet of a frequency generator for speed detection provided on an outer periphery of t... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5373495 | Disk playback apparatus A disk playback apparatus designed such that the linear velocity of the disk is stabilized during a short period corresponding to one to several revolutions of the disk and occurrence therein of vibration and noise is suppressed is disclosed. The apparatu... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5353275 | Beat finder A beat finder is provided for accurately and repeatably setting a speed control on a turntable, for use by a disk jockey in quickly matching the beat of successive music selections using two turntables and a technique for matching the start of each beat, ... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5303215 | Self-timing optic lathe A self-timing optic lathe, comprising a turntable for rotating an object disc, an offset code track carried by the turntable and embodying an encoded control signal, a read laser for optically reading the encoded control signal from the code track, a writ... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5249254 | Hard disc drive for use in a multiple drive data storage system and method of operation A data storage system comprised of a plurality of disc drives which each comprise a plurality of data storage discs rotated by a polyphase motor. Each disc drive has a servo system for radially positioning transducer heads proximate the disc surfaces and ... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5197055 | Idle demount in an automated storage library A method for selecting additional data storage media for demount in an idle automated storage library, and an automated storage library and program product therefor are disclosed. The method permits the advanced demount of storage media when one or more o... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5093820 | Optical disk recording/reproducing device An optical disk recording/reproducing device in accordance with the present invention has a controller that, during recording, performs the rotation control of the optical disk in Constant Linear Velocity according to reproduced signals of pre-recorded in... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5056076 | Method for controlling the rotational velocity of an information recording disk A method of controlling the rotational velocity of an information recording disk having one or more tracks in which patterns and marks are formed, the marks including at least one specific pattern having a predetermined length, which method comprises: mea... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5050145 | Optical disk recording and reproducing apparatus having faster reproducing speed than recording speed An optomagnetic disk recording and reproducing apparatus includes an optomagnetic disk having a vertical magnetic film capable of recording and reproducing an information signal, a recording and reproducing head unit for recording an information signal in... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4611319 | Disc drive control system A disc drive control system for controlling the drive of a disc carrying a binary digital signal including clock information of a predetermined frequency wherein the digital signal includes an information signal portion to be recorded and an synchronizing... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4423498 | Control apparatus for a recording medium drive motor in a digital information reproducing apparatus A digital audio disc (DAD) reproducing apparatus comprises pulse width detection and pulse width-to-voltage conversion means for detecting a signal having a predetermined pulse width such as a maximum or minimum pulse width of code modulated digital data ... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4388713 | Rotation control system in a rotary recording medium reproducing apparatus A rotation control system is used in an apparatus for reproducing information signals from a rotary recording medium by use of a reproducing stylus, wherein the rotary recording medium having the information signals recorded thereon so that the relative v... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4338683 | Videodisc player with constant turntable velocity In a disc record reproducing apparatus for reproducing a disc on which a PCM (pulse code modulation) signal in the form of an RLLC (run length limited code) is recorded, a reproduced PCM signal therefrom is frequency-divided at a constant frequency dividi... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4049278 | Automatic record changer An automatic record changer is provided in which either 7-inch records or 12-inch records are supported at the edge thereof by an adjustable platform and at the center by a flat blade spindle having no moving parts, the platform being moved bodily toward ... | 09/20/1977 |
