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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7916583 | Optical disk reproducing device having an intermittent reproducing unit An optical disk device includes an intermittent reproducing unit to perform an intermittent reproducing process to reproduce data recorded on an optical disk in a forward or reverse direction and at specific time intervals, each removing predetermined amount of data... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7512041 | Information recording/reproducing apparatus that automatically stores information data before ejecting a recording medium An information recording/reproducing apparatus includes a reproduction unit, an operation unit, a storage unit, and a control unit. The reproduction unit reads information recorded in a recording medium. The operation unit instructs the reproduction unit to eject th... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7406509 | Dynamic switching of a communication port in a storage system between target and initiator modes A storage system includes a communication port, the mode of operation of which can be dynamically switched by a user between a target mode and an initiator mode. The port may be a Fibre Channel port. The storage system may be a unified storage system operable to pro... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7391690 | Apparatus to record data on a write once disc A write once disc allowing management of a data area, includes a lead-in zone, a data area, and a lead-out zone. The write once disc includes a predetermined area storing area allocation information which indicates whether at least one section of the data area is al... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7366068 | Method for recording data to a write once disc A write once disc allowing management of a data area, a method of managing the data area of the write once disc, an apparatus recording data on the write once disc, an apparatus and method of reproducing data from a write once disc. The write once disc, includes a l... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362675 | Apparatus for recording data to and/or reproducing data from a write once disc A write once disc allowing management of a data area, includes a lead-in zone, a data area, and a lead-out zone. The write once disc includes a predetermined area storing area allocation information which indicates whether at least one section of the data area is al... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7330409 | Disc with temporary defect management area, and disc defect management method and apparatus therefor A write once disc with at least one record layer includes a temporary defect management area in which temporary defect information regarding only defect detected during a corresponding recording operation, and temporary defect management information for managing the... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327655 | Write once disc, disc drive therefor, and method of managing disc defect considering compatibility with rewritable disc drive A write once disc, a disc drive therefor, and a method of managing disc defects on the write once disc using the disc drive in consideration of the compatibility of the write once disc with a rewritable disc drive, the write once disc includes a single record layer ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7313066 | Write once disc allowing management of data area, method of managing the data area, and method for reproducing data from write once disc A write once disc allowing management of a data area, a method of managing the data area of the write once disc, an apparatus recording data on the write once disc, an apparatus and method of reproducing data from a write once disc. The write once disc, includes a l... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7307935 | Recording and playback apparatus, music-data recording and playback method, and music-data recording and playback program A recording and playback apparatus according to the present invention includes a duplicating section for duplicating music data from a music CD in a CD read-out section onto a hard disk and a preserving section which, if duplication by the duplicating section is int... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7301857 | Media player including a resume function A method and arrangement remembers a last-played position of a recorded medium by associating an identification number with the medium and storing therewith in memory a last-play position of the medium. The identification number of the recorded medium is analyzed af... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7277278 | Hinged panel and disc drive for a computer A panel hingedly connected to the body of a computer that includes an optical disc drive in electrical communication with the computer is provided. ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7215619 | Method of scanning a recording disc for defects, and recording device for recording information on a disc-shaped recording medium A method and a DVR video recorder for recording real time video signals on a DVR disc, include detecting large spot disc defects. The integrity of predetermined test tracks is assessed on the basis of a tracking signal. When a defective test track is found, the prox... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7170829 | Information reproducing apparatus and method An information reproducing apparatus (1) for reproducing contents information recorded by a group unit on a recording medium, is provided with: an input device (80) through which a user input command to resume the reproduction of the contents informati... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7164643 | Data extraction for an optical disc drive A method of increasing data extraction compatibility for an optical disc drive is disclosed. The method first provides extraction parameter sets, wherein the extraction parameter sets comprise a first extraction parameter set and a second extraction parameter set. T... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7106667 | Data recording device capable of restarting after an interruption When data recording is interrupted, a location at which data have been last recorded is accurately detected and a seamless restart of the recording is achieved even if reproducing errors occur due to scratches or the like on an optical disk. A pattern data that indi... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7099239 | Information record and playback apparatus and computer program having a resume function based on recorded playback stop position information An information record and playback apparatus has a user information acquisition unit for acquiring user information of the user using the apparatus at present; a record unit for recording the acquired user information and playback stop position information on a reco... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7068577 | Disk drive and method for reducing spin-up processing time In a spin-up process in a disk drive, the values of a PMA counter and a TOC counter are compared with each other with respect to a write-once disk. The PM counter is a adapted to count the number of disks in which information is written in a PMA region, among the di... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7046603 | Information storage apparatus There is disclosed an information storage apparatus in which even when a remaining power of a battery or a galvanic cell is low, an information recording medium can safely be removed. An MPU, a spindle motor driver, and a spindle motor constitute a decelerator for d... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7019928 | Multi-ported mass storage device The present disclosure relates to mass storage devices and, more particularly, to transferring data between mass storage devices. ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7016268 | Optical reproducing system having resume function based on recording time of each program on the medium A record medium playback apparatus includes a playback section and a playback control section. The playback control section is adapted to control a playback start position of the program information when the record medium playback apparatus is restarted after power ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6990048 | Track jump control apparatus and track jump method A disk apparatus includes a DSP (digital signal processor), and the DSP controls respective circuit components under instructions of a MCU. During a track jump, a DSP core detects a zero-cross cycle of a TE (Tracking Error) signal just before. If a detected zero-cro... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6965546 | Sound critical points retrieving apparatus and method, sound reproducing apparatus and sound signal editing apparatus using sound critical points retrieving method A sound features extracting unit receives a sound signal of a music piece to extract sound features. A peak detecting unit detects a peak time when a cost function calculated by a cost function calculating unit indicates a maximal value, and a peak value thereof. A ... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6963524 | System and method for controlling interrupts in a control system for an optical disc drive A control system for an optical disc for optical media with a premastered area that cannot be overwritten and a user-writeable area that can be overwritten, comprises a first processor operable to communicate with a second processor via a status register. The first ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6947364 | Detecting track jumps during reading or writing of data on an optical disk In use of an optical disk such as a Digital Versatile Disk (DVD) it is sometimes desirable to detect if a track jump occurs as quickly as possible after the occurrence. The optical disk format includes a pre-groove track structure which provides the frame work upon ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6928040 | Identifying copy protected optical compact discs A method and associated apparatus for identifying, to manufacturing test equipment, copy protection information contained on a compact disc (CD). The method includes adding data in standardized industry formats to unused sectors of a CD and providing the capability ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6741530 | Time critical and non-time critical tasks control system for an optical disk using first and second processors A system, method, and apparatus for coordinating tasks in a control system for an optical disc drive for optical media with a pitted premastered area that cannot be overwritten and a grooved user-writeable area that can be overwritten. The optical disc drive include... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6704253 | Disk drive apparatus capable of resuming the recording process during interruption During an operation to change the recording speed, an optical pickup (3) is retracted so as to play back a signal that has already been recording onto a disc D. A synchronization signal obtained from the signal that is played back by the optical pickup (3... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6639877 | Information recording and reproducing apparatus, and control method thereof An information recording and reproducing apparatus includes a record and reproduce section to record or reproduce information signal onto or from an information medium, a determination section to determine at least one of a kind and a state of the medium,... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6631101 | System, method, and software for recovering from interruption of DVD playback Battery-powered computer systems have evolved into multi-media systems which can playback two-hour movies stored on Digital Versatile Disks (DVDs). However, battery lives are generally too short to permit users to view an entire movie without interruption... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6618634 | Microcomputer system using repeated reset to enter different operating modes and method to do the same A microcomputer system and method of utilizing a repeated reset operation to enter the microcomputer system into different operating modes, particularly a microcomputer system without a keyboard, in which only a reset key is needed to set the required ope... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6590839 | Multitrack disk player and method of read error recovery An error recovery method and an apparatus achieve error recovery when reading errors occur at one or more addresses on a plurality of simultaneously readable tracks, in a multi-track disk reproducing apparatus. The reproducing apparatus with a plurality o... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6574170 | Recording medium reproduction apparatus When a disk reproduction apparatus 1 receives an input caused by the operation of "a fast-forwarding key" or "a rewinding key" during the reproduction operation, then the apparatus detects the number of successive operations of "the fast-forwarding key" o... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6574172 | Recording and reproducing system having resume function When the user enters a command to eject an optical disc from an optical-disc apparatus by operating an input unit, a CPU records information such as an operating mode and a location accessed immediately prior to ejection of the disc into a RAM unit as res... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6538962 | Method and apparatus for recording optical disk in the event of buffer-underrun in optical disk drive The present invention is directed to a method of recording source data on an optical disk in the event of a buffer-underrun in an optical disk drive which buffers the source data received from a host computer and writes the source data on the optical disk... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6430122 | Recording and reproducing system having resume function When the user enters a command to eject an optical disc from an optical-disc apparatus by operating an input unit, a CPU records information such as an operating mode and a location accessed immediately prior to ejection of the disc into a RAM unit as res... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6396777 | Compact disk player instant-on feature A disk drive resumes supplying audio information without the hesitation normally attributed to disk access time. Initially, an indication is received that the disk drive should be deactivated. Next, audio information is stored from a beginning position, w... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6388961 | Recording apparatus, playback apparatus, recording method, and playback method When a stopping instruction is given while a data file recorded in a recording medium is being played back, the position of the recording medium at which the stopping instruction was given is recorded so that a playback is started from the recorded positi... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6388960 | Disk player having automatic control based upon audio disk or memory disk determination An audio disk/memory disk player. At the time of playing a disk, TOC information in a lead-in area will be read out first after loading of the disk is complete. The player determines whether the disk to be played is an audio disk (CD) or a memory disk (CD... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6345017 | Reproducing apparatus capable of suppressing mechanical noise during access of sub data and main data A playback apparatus allowing one of a variety of playback modes to be selected when playing back main data and/or sub-data from a disc-shaped recording medium. The playback apparatus is capable of suppressing the mechanical noise generated during access ... | 02/05/2002 |
