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Class 369/30.26 - Remote operating mode control


Subclass of Class 369 - Dynamic information storage or retrieval
Definition: Subject matter including remote actuated control of change
No. of patents: 26
Last issue date: 09/15/2009


NumberTitleIssue Date
7590033Optical disc reproducing apparatus
In an optical disc reproducing apparatus, when a stop key is pressed during reproduction of an optical disc, a resume function is activated, and a resume-on indication appears on a display device. When the resume-on indication goes out a predetermined time thereafte...
09/15/2009
7406509Dynamic 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
7394731Information playback apparatus
An information playback apparatus is provided to obtain editing effects using an optical disc in the same sense as an analog record disc is manipulated. An audio editing apparatus for playing back an optical disc such as a CD is provided with a rotatable jog dial, d...
07/01/2008
7356244Method and system for replaying video images
The present invention relates to method of replaying video images by placing a bookmark on the particular thumbnail image of the broadcast content using thumbnail method and replaying it from the position a user wants. The method of the present invention extracts a ...
04/08/2008
7349749Audio signal mixer for long mix editing
An audio signal mixer capable of performing a long mix editing with simple manipulations. A second audio signal producing means is prevented from producing a second audio signal when an operating member is positioned at a first end, while a first audio signal produc...
03/25/2008
7301857Media 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
7158781System management
A method may be provided for establishing a service communication channel to a multi-server computer system comprising a plurality of modular units. At least selected modular units can have a wireless communication port. The method may comprise transmitting an exist...
01/02/2007
7130656Automotive information system and method of controlling the same, recording medium storing control program, disk playback apparatus, and semiconductor integrated circuit
An automotive information system has a main unit including a CPU and component units connected to the main unit through a universal serial BUS (USB), such as a car audio system including a CD-ROM auto-changer, a security control system, and a telephone system. At le...
10/31/2006
7115807Information processing unit, display method for the information processing unit, program for the same, recording medium for recording the program therein and reproducing unit
A reading section (10) reads information recorded in an optical disk and outputs a read signal. A DSP (20) detects the read signal, and make it reproducible. An operational instruction recognizing section (51) recognizes an instruction for a spe...
10/03/2006
7072257Data recording controller
A controller for recording data on a CD with a DVD recorder. The controller includes an LPP decoder, an ATIP decoder for decoding address information of a CD, and an address converter for converting an ATIP address into an LPP address. When recording DVD format data...
07/04/2006
7042814Information playback apparatus
An information playback apparatus is provided to obtain editing effects using an optical disc in the same sense as an analog record disc is manipulated. An audio editing apparatus for playing back an optical disc such as a CD is provided with a rotatable jog dial, d...
05/09/2006
6930515Level shifting and level shifting amplifier circuits
Level shifting and amplified level shifting circuit topologies are provided that include two or more level shifting or amplified level shifting circuits. The level shifting circuits receive a variable and fixed input and generate a variable and fixed output that are...
08/16/2005
6928039Method and apparatus for the reduction of power consumption in a compact disc player
A method and apparatus for playing compressed audio compact discs in a CD player is provided in which compressed audio data is cached in the local memory of the CD player. If a sufficient amount of compressed audio data is cached in the local memory of the CD player...
08/09/2005
6914863Disc player and method of preventing lock of its resume play
A disc player includes a reproducing parameter setting/extracting unit, a reproducing state monitor, a reproducing parameter storage unit for storing a reproducing position, a number-of-loadings counter, and a controller for controlling them. The controller, during ...
07/05/2005
6904005Power supply apparatus and method using same
A power supply module removably disposed within an automated data storage and retrieval system. An automated data storage and retrieval system which includes one or more power supply modules removably disposed therein. An accessor movably disposed with an automated ...
06/07/2005
6751167Information playback apparatus
An information playback apparatus is provided to obtain sound effects by using an optical disc in much the same way an analog record is manipulated. A pressing pressure applied onto a rotatable jog dial is detected by providing a pressure sensing layer to the jog di...
06/15/2004
6574170Recording 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
6388958Method of building a play list for a recorded media changer
A method and apparatus for updating a memory in a Compact Disc changer. Information identifying discs stored in a CD changer is stored in a memory. The memory is updated when a CD is loaded which does not have identifying features which are recognized by ...
05/14/2002
5889920Receiver/recorder of television transmissions
A receiver/recorder for television transmissions whereby continuous recording of television transmission occurs from at least one channel onto a random-access rewritable recording medium. At each of a plurality of predetermined locations a binary code is ...
03/30/1999
5870355CD-ROM device capable of reproducing both audio data and computer data
A CD-ROM device has an audio data buffer and a computer data buffer. The audio data is read into the audio data buffer at a speed higher than required for audio playback. The audio data may then be accessed at the normal audio playback speed. The audio da...
02/09/1999
5463601CD-ROM disc reproducing apparatus with means for storing progression data of a control means
A CD-ROM disc reproducing apparatus of the present invention includes a memory for storing progression data of a program that plays and controls a CD-ROM disc, a power supply switch and a book marker switch. The memory sequentially stores therein progress...
10/31/1995
5446714Disc changer and player that reads and stores program data of all discs prior to reproduction and method of reproducing music on the same
The disc player accommodates a plurality of CD-I discs, to each of which program data required to reproduce information on the disc is recorded at a predetermined area thereof. The disc player has a disc changer to selectively supply each CD-I disc to a r...
08/29/1995
5359580Method of using a single microprocessor to perform data retrieval and disc reproduction control in a disc reproducing apparatus
A reproducing apparatus for a disc in which data read out from a disc are retrieved, in which, with the use of sole CPU, a data retrieval related processing is executed as a main routine and a reproduction control processing for the disc is executed as a ...
10/25/1994
5331613Data reproducing method and apparatus capable of shortening the total time of data reproduction for a plurality of reproduction requests
A data reproducing method includes the steps of causing an optical information recording and reproducing apparatus to read first data from an optical information recording and reproducing medium when a first reproduction request is received, and storing t...
07/19/1994
5257254Apparatus for controlling CD audio player to playback CD-ROM
A data reproducing apparatus includes a reproducing section for reproducing digital data and whose reproducing state is controlled by a signal transmitted in a wireless fashion to thereby output reproduced data as digital data, and a control section for t...
10/26/1993
4852073Remote control transmission apparatus
a remote control transmission apparatus for remote control of the operation of a recorded data playback apparatus such as a video or audio disc player is provided with a memory and a display. Data which are inputted by actuations of key switches, e.g. to ...
07/25/1989
 
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