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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7337452 | Tilt focus mechanism for an optical drive An apparatus for dynamically positioning a rotary actuator that positions an objective lens in three dimensions relative to the surface of an optical disk. A first voice coil motor positions the actuator generally in two dimensions parallel to the surface of the dis... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334245 | Optical disk apparatus An optical disk drive is provided with an optical pickup and an optical sensor. The optical pickup is used for reading main information from an optical disk. The optical sensor is located in the range of R17 to R23 and used for reading sub information ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7324425 | Optical disk device having mirror in micro electrical mechanical system An optical disk device in which the laser beam emitted from a laser light source and deflected by a movable mirror is focused on an optical recording medium by an optical head section. Tracking control is carried out by a drive control section based on the laser bea... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7233547 | Disc-shaped recording medium, manufacturing method thereof, and disc drive device A magneto-optical disk which reproduces information with an optical pickup head which uses an electromagnetic force as the driving force is provided. Other areas than at least the recording track are magnetized uniformly in a direction of canceling the influence of ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7221985 | On-screen calibration system and operating method thereof An on-screen calibration system for disc drives and the operating method thereof. The calibration system includes an autocollimator detecting the inclined angle of the stage of a disc drive. A control module is connected to the on-screen display module and a bar cod... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7215630 | Micro mirror unit, optical disc drive using same, and method for producing micro mirror unit The hinge (13) should preferably be formed to have a higher resistance than ever against the pivoting of the mirror body (12) to effectively prevent the hinge (13) from being damaged. By adopting a suitable one of a variety of production steps a... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7187481 | System and method for providing gain and thresholding to a holographic data parallel recording and replication system incorporating independent angular address assignment System and method for providing gain and thresholding to a holographic data parallel recording and replication system incorporating independent angular address assignment. A plurality of information bearing light beams in an information bearing light beam arm of a d... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7136214 | Active faceted mirror system for lithography An active faceted mirror system is disclosed. The active faceted mirror system includes a set of active facet mirror devices, a base plate and a set of pins for mounting the active facet mirror devices to the base plate. Each of the active facet mirror devices inclu... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7131128 | Optical actuator An optical pickup actuator for use with a recording medium includes a swing arm pivoting in a tracking direction with respect to the recording medium, a first driving unit pivoting the swing arm, an optical pickup facing the recording medium, an elastic member havin... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7123571 | Compound objective lens with fold mirror A compound objective lens includes a first lens element and a second lens element, the first element including a mirror surface for internally redirecting a radiation beam passing through the first element. The objective lens has a numerical aperture greater than 0.... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7123553 | Lens support mechanism, optical head device and optical information processor A lens support mechanism including a semiconductor laser 10 for emitting a laser beam, an optical head enclosure 3 to which the semiconductor Laser 10 is fixed and located, a collimator lens 21 disposed coaxially with the laser beam emitt... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7116017 | Device for reducing deterioration of image quality in display using laser Disclosed is a device for reducing deterioration of image quality which can get rid of speckle by equalizing a laser from a light source on a screen by vibrating a reflective mirror installed between the light source and the screen at a predetermined amplitude. The ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7035004 | Laser microdissection device The invention relates to a laser microdissection device comprised of a microscope table (1), which supports a specimen (3) to be dissected, of an incident lighting device (7), a laser light source (5) and of an objective (10) for f... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7012768 | Optical pick-up An optical pick-up allows a lens to be supported at high dimensional accuracy for a high-density recording medium, and suppresses resonance for a high-speed access. The optical pick-up includes a supporting shaft, and a lens holder which fits on a supporting shaft r... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6956796 | High-capacity optical read/write pick-up mechanism and associated methods High-capacity pick-up mechanisms operable for selectively reading data from and/or writing data to one or more surfaces of one or more optical storage media are disclosed. These mechanisms comprise a first pivotable structure, a second pivotable structure, a first r... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6912183 | High-speed optical read/write pick-up mechanisms and associated methods High-speed pick-up mechanisms operable for reading data from and/or writing data to an optical storage medium are disclosed. These mechanisms comprise a pivotable structure, a reflective element, a light source, a light receiving device, and an actuation device. The... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6785201 | Optical information recording and reading apparatus It is an optical information recording and reading apparatus for recording and/or reading information at a high density by using a near-field light-generating device as a near-field optical head. The end surface of the core of a flexible optical waveguide is formed ... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6744719 | Method and apparatus for optical tracking in an edge-guided tape recorder A method and apparatus for optical tracking in an edge-guided tape recorder is provided. In one embodiment, an optical tape guiding system for use in an optical tape drive which may write to optical tape is provided. The optical tape has a first edge and is disposed... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6522443 | High-resolution writing using beams and lenses rotating at equal or double speed A scan systems include at least one radiation source for directing at least one beam toward a spinning scan device. The scan device reflects these beams as rotating scan beams to track rotating scan lenses without translation between the scan beams and th... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6515947 | Optical disc drive An optical disc drive is provided with a light source unit that emits a collimated light beam, and a carriage mounting an objective lens for converging the collimated light beam on a recording surface of an optical disc. The carriage is movable in a direc... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6473383 | Single source optical disc data storage system An optical data storage system that includes an optical source and an optical storage medium. The system includes a plurality of armatures positioned adjacent to the optical storage medium. Mounted on each armature are elements that perform functions such... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6455829 | Head unit of photo detector A head unit of a photo detector for irradiating a target area with detection light having a pencil of rays substantially shaped like a belt in transverse section and receiving light reflected in the target area. The head unit includes a belt-like-light ge... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6449225 | Method and apparatus for reading multiple tracks of an optical disk A multi-track optical disk reader is provided having an optical pickup including multiple reading beams arranged in a pattern, such that each beam is directed towards a track to be read. The optical pickup is at least partly mounted on a swing-arm mechani... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6418094 | Optical pick up device An optical pick-up device includes a driven portion including an optical system having an objective lens, driving member including a focus coil for driving the driven portion in a direction of an optical axis, a tracking coil for driving in a direction or... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6327066 | Rotation detecting system for galvano mirror A galvano mirror system includes (1) a galvano mirror, (2) a mirror holder having a front portion to which the galvano mirror is mounted and a rear portion opposing to the front portion, (3) a stator which rotatably supports the mirror holder, (4) first a... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6314064 | Optical pickup device and optical disc device An optical pickup device has a first optical system including a double lens type lens unit having a forward lens arranged facing an optical disc and a backward lens having an optical axis coincident with the forward lens. The optical pickup device also ha... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6285484 | Rotation detecting system for galvano mirror A galvano mirror system includes (1) a galvano mirror, (2) a mirror holder having a front portion to which the galvano mirror is mounted and a rear portion opposing to the front portion, (3) a stator which rotatably supports the mirror holder, (4) first a... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6240059 | Off-axis optical pickup mechanism for dual-sided optical storage discs An off-axis optical pickup mechanism for dual-sided optical storage discs comprises an optical pickup unit (OPU) connected to an optical pipe. A baffle is provided which surrounds the OPU and a cover is provided which is placed on top of the baffle. To be... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6172958 | Optical pick-up and disk player In order to provide an optical pick-up capable of carrying out write and read operations of information signals with respect to plural kinds of optical discs in which thicknesses of transparent bases are different from each other and simple in configurati... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6147954 | Optical characteristics switching mechanism optical head and optical apparatus The present invention relates to an optical characteristics switching mechanism for switching optical characteristics of an optical system by selectively locating an optical element in an optical path of the optical system. The optical characteristics swi... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6138048 | Methods and devices for controlling a disk drive The present invention provides a control system (200) having a digital controller (212) producing output signals at a plurality of update times. Control circuitry is responsive to the controller (212) and outputs at least one command signal to the plant (... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5986982 | Optical disk device with optical path length changing member An optical disk device for projecting laser light emitted from a laser light source on an optical disk to reproduce information has a support shaft which is disposed nearly parallel with an optical axis of the laser light. The support shaft is fixed on a ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5982494 | Non-contact position sensor A device for measuring the displacement of a movable object includes a stationary light source that produces an incident light beam. A target feature, attached to, or integral with, the object, reflects the incident light beam. A stationary photodetector,... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5949744 | Optical pickup apparatus An optical pickup apparatus for recording/reproducing an information onto/from an optical disc. The optical pickup apparatus comprises a base having a first shaft and a second shaft, an object lens holder rotatably coupled to the first shaft in such a man... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5835470 | System and method for steering focal plane data using cylindrical coordinates to access data locations in a holographic memory Systems and methods for steering a complex, spatially-modulated incident beam of coherent light to gain access to data locations in a holographic memory cell (HMC). One of the systems includes: (1) a reflective element, locatable proximate a first focal p... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5648945 | Optical information recording/reproducing apparatus An optical information recording/reproducing apparatus includes a light source unit for emitting plural light beams for information recording and/or reproduction toward an optical information recording medium, an optical head on which the light source uni... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5621576 | Optical head for optical memory disk recording device with elastic support in a direction parallel to a recording surface An optical head for a recording device in which data are recorded on a recording surface of an optical memory disk, comprises, a head body which is substantially prevented from moving perpendicularly to the recording surface and is movable to be positione... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5608696 | Optical pickup for use in an optical recording/reproducing apparatus An optical pickup includes a movable unit supported in such a manner that the movable unit can move in tracking directions as well as in focusing directions. The movable unit has a laser unit including an objective lens, a reflecting mechanism, a light so... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5563871 | Rotary actuator with a magnetic bias bearing configuration for rotating an optical element in an optical data storage system A rotary actuator utilizing a magnetically biased bearing. A magnetized rotor is held in close proximity to a ferromagnetic mount. The magnetic flux created by the magnetic rotor through the ferromagnetic mount creates a magnetic bias force on the rotor b... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5553054 | Coarse position sensor, and method for locating same, in an optical disk drive A coarse position sensor is provided for an optical recording device to generate a substantially linear coarse position signal, indicative of the position of a coarse carriage along the range of its travel, and which also is substantially immune to enviro... | 09/03/1996 |
