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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8406095 | Media processing apparatus and controlling method of the same that prevents processing of the media from being stopped A processor is provided in a main body and performs at least one of writing data on a plate-shaped medium, reading data from the medium and printing on the medium. A drawer tray is provided in the main body, includes a stacker portion which is configured to accommod... | 03/26/2013 |
| 8102737 | Power saving method for optical disk drive of rugged electronic device A power saving method for an optical disk drive of a rugged electronic device is described. In the method, whether a watertight lid outside the optical disk drive is in open/closed state is detected by a sensor. When the watertight lid is in the closed state, whethe... | 01/24/2012 |
| 7965588 | Optical disk apparatus An optical disk apparatus includes an I/O port that connects to a port of a drive apparatus, and a storage unit that prestores manufacturing information in correspondence with device drivers. The optical disk apparatus further includes a controller that transmits a ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7869311 | Built-in type optical disc apparatus An optical disc apparatus includes a first electric power source portion to convert a first power source voltage into a predetermined voltage, to be supplied to a part of the optical disc apparatus. A second electric power source, to convert a second power source vo... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7808862 | Optical disc device and recording method An optical disc device includes a recording section which records recording information in an optical disk, a reproducing section to reproduce the information recorded in the optical disk, a storage section which stores information Po−n to Po+n or Pb−n to Pb+n o... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7800984 | Method for checking disk loading status in optical disk driver A method for checking a disk loading status in an optical disk driver including the steps of: discriminating a loading status of an optical disk during multiple loading stages of the disk; transmitting information to a host connected through an interface to the opti... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7768877 | Transfer control device, transfer control method, transfer unit and disc unit A disc transfer section for transferring an optical disc by guide members and a transfer roller is disposed adjacent to an opening of a casing 110. A detector 500 for detecting the optical disc is disposed adjacent to the opening. When unloading the op... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7697379 | Information processing apparatus and its control method, program, and storage medium When a disk unloading operation is made by mistake or when recording is suddenly required after the unloading operation in a conventional disk recording/playback apparatus which has no cancel function of the disk unloading operation, an important recording chance is... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7616530 | Method for changing access speed of an optical disk drive Method for changing access speed of an optical disk drive, which is used to switch the optical disk drive with different access speeds, to provide the optimal mode for data access. The method places an RC circuit between the electrical circuits and one of the button... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7564743 | Optical disc apparatus An optical disc apparatus is adapted to load an optical disc inserted in a slot into a main body and to read and reproduce data stored on the optical disc. The optical disc apparatus temporarily prevents a loading means from loading an optical disc into the main bod... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7492674 | Loading mechanism, drive unit, and information processing apparatus A loading mechanism includes a frame and a tray on which an information recording medium is placeable. The tray includes a groove part and is movable between a first position where the information recording medium is contained completely inside the frame and a secon... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7483343 | Optical recording apparatus and a controlling method thereof An optical recording controlling method and an optical recording apparatus utilizing the method implement operations of performing a recording operation to record the data in the recording medium, applying a pause request signal to stop, temporarily, the recording o... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7386866 | Disk drive with improved tray control A disk drive comprising a tray (TR) for receiving a disk, the tray (TR) being supported for movement between a first position within a casing (CS) of the disk drive and a second position projecting from the casing (CS), an electric motor for moving the tray (TR) bet... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7369354 | Device for storage of data on data carriers accommodated in cassettes For storage of data on data carriers accommodated in cassettes (28), a device is used with a magazine, having receptacles for cassettes (28) and with a robot unit (44) for changing the cassettes (28) between the receptacles and a drive ( | 05/06/2008 |
| 7356825 | Disk carrying apparatus The disk carrying apparatus includes a lifting portion which carries a disk onto a turntable, a chuck which holds the carried disk on the turntable, and a third switch which detects an intermediate position between a holding operation start position where the chuck ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350218 | Optical-disk drive and optical-disk ejection control method An optical disk drive comprises a drive body, a spindle motor, an optical pickup device, a sled motor, a tray, a loading motor, and a controller. When the loaded optical disk is ejected, the controller controls the sled motor and the loading motor so that the return... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7350220 | Disk drive unit A disk drive unit advantageously prevents dust from adhering to a pickup. The disk drive unit has a housing and a tray. The tray reciprocates between a retracted position and a projected position. A first pickup and a second pickup have a spindle motor located there... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7345960 | Method of tray ejecting force control A method of tray ejecting force control for a tray-type optical drive is disclosed. A preliminary input voltage is provided to a DC motor of the tray-type optical drive to perform a preliminary ejection of a tray-type optical drive tray during a preliminary time per... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7337449 | Disk drive for minimizing jamming during disk positioning A disk drive including a tray having a seating portion in which a disk or disk cartridge is seated, and an opening hole, and further having a disk cartridge holder installed on the tray to be capable of sliding, the disk cartridge holder fixing the disk cartridge to... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7327640 | Recording and reproducing apparatus, recording and reproducing method, and storage medium When the user designates the reproduction of searching audio data, the designated searching audio data and audio volume data are read from a searching data recording portion. The searching audio data is reproduced corresponding to the audio volume data. When the use... | 02/05/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7325242 | Disk apparatus It is an object of the present invention to provide a disk apparatus having a function of externally the forcible unloading manipulation of an optical disk, and for enabling the forcible unloading manipulation only on the basis of clear recognition that a user inten... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7315927 | Machine readable medium and method for controlling access to a data storage device A data storage device is secured by extracting timing information encoded within a password-related symbol stream received by the storage device and denying access if the timing information is incorrect or the symbol stream is not identical to a valid authentication... | 01/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7313664 | Apparatus and system for controlling access to a data storage device A data storage device is secured by extracting timing information encoded within a password-related symbol stream received by the storage device and denying access if the timing information is incorrect or the symbol stream is not identical to a valid authentication... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7305683 | Disk rotation device and disk drive device In a disk rotation device, a box-type housing has an opening at one end, and a tray is attached to the housing and movable between a first position, located outside the housing, where the disk is placed on the tray and a second position, located inside the housing, ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302694 | Disc loading apparatus A disc conveying apparatus includes a first conveyor unit having a plurality of rollers which are arranged along a conveying path of a disc-shaped recording medium with gaps therebetween, which move in a direction away from the conveying path and rotate individually... | 11/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7290269 | Disk recording and/or reproducing apparatus A plurality of switches are pressed by a single switch operating member. A disk recording and/or reproducing apparatus has a switch mechanism operable when a pair of turn arms is turned so as to be spread away from each other by a disk inserted from a disk slot. The... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7283430 | Systems and methods for overriding an ejection lock In one embodiment, a system and method for overriding an ejection lock pertain to detecting manipulation of an ejection control element signaling an intent to override the ejection lock, and overriding the ejection lock to enable storage medium ejection. ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7282884 | Procedure for driving a moveable part of an item of furniture A method of driving a moveable part and, in particular, a drawer by a drive unit and, in particular, an electric drive unit. At least over a partial length of track (S2), forming part of the total track traversed by the moveable part, the force exerted on... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7284248 | Optical disc driving apparatus Herein disclosed is an optical disk driving apparatus for selectively driving a plurality of optical disks, comprising: a housing; and an optical disk driving unit accommodated in the housing, the optical disk driving unit including: a turntable for selectively reta... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7284247 | Optical disc driving apparatus Herein disclosed is an optical disk driving apparatus for selectively driving a plurality of optical disks, comprising: a housing; and an optical disk driving unit accommodated in the housing, the optical disk driving unit including: a turntable for selectively reta... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281255 | Disc guiding mechanism The present invention relates to a disc guiding mechanism, having: a main body which provided with a teeth array at one side; a first sliding bar and a second sliding bar both of which are provided on the main body; a transmission element provided on the main body a... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7269103 | Switch device, data-processing apparatus and playback apparatus A tape-shaped switch (500) is provided on a base part (410). Coil springs (460) support a ring-shaped rotational drive section (450) on the position opposed to the switch (500), biasing the same away from the base part (410)... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7267553 | Optical transceiver using optical sub-assembly having multiple lead pins connected to the substrate by a flexible printed circuit The present invention provides a coupling mechanism between the optical subassembly and the circuit board using the FPC board. The mechanism according to the present invention may release the mechanical stress induced in the root portion of the lead pin of the optic... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7266053 | Tray-out control method for moving out a loading tray of an optical drive The present invention discloses a tray-out control method for moving out a loading tray of an optical drive. A first forcing function is applied to the loading tray to overcome a lesser magnetic attraction when an optical disk is placed on the loading tray. A second... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7266724 | Apparatus and method for interruption of read and write operation and program storage medium for storing read and write procedure program A method and an apparatus for performing high-quality read and write operations through a simple operation without being affected by an interruption even when the interruption has occurred in the course of a read/write operation between information storage media. Wh... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7266052 | Method for operation optical disc changer using virtual memory A data processing method of a virtual optical disk applied in an optical disk system is provided. The method includes steps as follows: Firstly a sound source determining procedure is executed. If the sound source is not from a virtual optical disk, a pre-processing... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7249360 | Optical disc driver An optical disc driver includes a tray (20) and a driver housing (30). A locating cylinder (328) is formed at a rear of the driver housing. A through slot (329) is defined vertically in the middle of the locating cylinder, and divides the... | 07/24/2007 |
