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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8116179 | Simultaneous viewing of multiple tool execution results Facilitating analysis is disclosed. A master track comprising one or more previously recorded inputs to one or more computer system components is played. Two or more sets of instrument output are received, each set generated during at least a corresponding portion o... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8045429 | Control apparatus and method for content reproducing In a content reproducing system (1), which includes: a program judging unit (31) that judges whether or not a BD-J program being executed is a continuing program when an eject operation for a BD is detected during reproduction control in which reproduc... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8024621 | Method and device for writing a multi-layer optical disc A method is described for writing an optical disc (2) having a multi-layered storage space (30) comprising at least a first storage layer (31) and a second storage layer (32) below the first layer (31). The method comprises the ste... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7986867 | Video downloading and scrubbing system and method A video downloading and scrubbing system for use with a web-based video editing system is provided. The downloading and scrubbing system includes: a scrubbing subsystem configured to: receive a user request for a portion of a video at a particular time index; create... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7974519 | Optical disc recording/reproducing apparatus When information is recorded on an optical disc of DVD+R type, a latest RSAT is recorded upon completion of recording of one title. When recording of the latest RSAT fails, previous RSAT address information that indicates an address in which a previous RSAT is recor... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7961568 | Disklike recording media, a method for detecting forged disks, an anti-forgery system for performing a true-false judgement based on information collected from the recording media, and a manufacturing apparatus for recording information in the disks A recording medium includes first information selected from a plurality of information patterns and second information selected from another plurality of information patterns for the true-false judgement. A true-false judging device performs a statistic analysis whe... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7912357 | Method of and apparatus for storing a program A method and apparatus for creating a program table that has information associated with playing a TV program and storing the program table with program data. Program packets related to the TV program are extracted from an encoded MPEG-2 transport stream (TS) and st... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7885153 | Disklike recording media, a method for detecting forged disks, an anti-forgery system for performing a true-false judgement based on information collected from the recording media, and a manufacturing apparatus for recording information in the disks A recording medium includes first information selected from a plurality of information patterns and second information selected from another plurality of information patterns for the true-false judgement. A true-false judging device performs a statistic analysis whe... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7859956 | Image processing device and image processing method, information processing device and information processing method, information recording device and information recording method, information reproducing device and information reproducing method, storage medium, and program The present invention allows usable information to be selected by comparing information regarding encoding with conditions regarding encoding processing. When delay modes, picture structures, and pulldown modes do not match each other between previous encoding time ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7843779 | Recording method, information recording medium, reproducing method, information recording device, and information reproducing device A recording method for recording information into an information recording medium having a plurality of recording layers includes a step of recording information, for specifying a non-recording layer where user data are not recorded, onto at least one of the recordi... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7817510 | Record apparatus, record and playback system A record apparatus includes a media writing unit to record on a disc media information to be recorded stored in a predetermined storage location; a control circuit to record storage-location information of the media information to be recorded on the disc with the me... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7796481 | Information recording apparatus, information recording method and information recording program An information recording apparatus which irradiates a laser light onto a recording medium such as a DVD+R to record information records an adjustment RF signal in a PCA used for calibration of the laser light (OPC process). Thereby, on the recording medium having no... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7791990 | Data buffering method used when performing read operation on optical storage medium A data buffering method used when performing a read operation on an optical storage medium is disclosed. After a first data unit having an unidentifiable and temporarily undeducible ID address is reproduced through the read operation, the method starts storing the f... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7791991 | Information reproducing apparatus, information reproducing method, information reproducing program, and information recording medium The present invention provides an information reproducing apparatus capable of preventing occurrence of erroneous detection as if a recording pit longer than the longest pit in the standard exists on an optical disk even in the case where the difference between freq... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7746737 | Information recording medium, apparatus for recording and/or reproducing data on and/or from information recording medium, method of recording and/or reproducing data on and/or from information recording medium, and computer-readable recording medium storing program for executing the method A method of recording and/or reproducing data on and/or from an information recording medium including a compatibility information area in which compatibility information, which specifies whether each area on the information recording medium is recordable and/or rep... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7729216 | Methods and apparatus for marking media with collimated electromagnetic radiation beam A method is provided for recording visible marks on a recording medium using an input beam generated by an electromagnetic radiation source. The method comprises (a) substantially collimating the input beam to provide a substantially collimated beam, and (b) applyin... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7710839 | Information processing apparatus and control method therefor An information processing apparatus and method for controlling the information processing apparatus where the information processing apparatus stores a plurality of start programs in a first or second storage area, and if a selected start program is not already stor... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7701816 | Information reproducing apparatus and method A pit data generation circuit generates a first clock signal synchronized with pit data and a pit synchronization signal from a sum read signal obtained by reading the length of a pit. A division circuit generates a second clock signal by frequency-dividing the firs... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7701817 | Recording medium, method of configuring control information thereof, recording and reproducing method using the same, and apparatus thereof An apparatus, and related method, for recording data that includes a controller to generate control information required to record a main data. The control information including at least one information unit for a specific writing speed and recording layer. The info... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7701815 | Additionally recordable information recording medium, information recording method, information reproducing method, information recording apparatus and information reproducing apparatus An additionally recordable information recording medium has a complicated management structure for managing an unrecorded area. Therefore, there are problems that it takes a long time for a disk to startup and it is difficult to build a recording/reproducing system.... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7684292 | Recording medium, method of configuring control information thereof, recording and reproducing method using the same, and apparatus thereof A method of recording data and an apparatus for recording data having a writing/reading unit to read control information and record a main data to a recording medium. The control information including at least one information unit for a specific writing speed and re... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7646683 | Adjustment of regional code information The adjustment of regional code information in which a first region code and a first nation code associated with the first region code are received from an optical disc. At least one of a broadcasting signal or an IP address are received at an electronic device, suc... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7633843 | Optical disc recorder Before erasure of data, an optical head (6) reads file management data which manages user data from a file management data area “A” of an optical disk (2). A control unit (3) writes the information to a hard disc drive apparatus (10) ... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7630280 | Recording medium, method of configuring control information thereof, recording and reproducing method using the same, and apparatus thereof In a recordable optical disc including at least one recording layer, write strategy information is recorded within disc control information, so that standardized disc control information can be uniformly applied to data recording and reproduction. At least one disc ... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7623420 | Focus servo control method in optical disc device A focus servo control method for an optical disc device is provided which compensates for variations present on the disc while printing a label on a label surface of the disc. The label surface of the disc is radially divided into a plurality of areas arranged about... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7623422 | Disklike recording media, a method for detecting forged disks, and anti-forgery system for performing a true-false judgement based on information collected from the recording media, and a manufacturing apparatus for recording information in the disks A recording medium includes first information selected from a plurality of information patterns and second information selected from another plurality of information patterns for the true-false judgement. A true-false judging device performs a statistic analysis whe... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7623421 | Data search system for searching a data sync pattern in optical disc and method thereof Disclosed is a data search system for searching the data sync pattern by using a physical address or by detecting the falling edge of the blank area end. The data search system comprises a first data start indicator, a second data start indicator, a decision circuit... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7609594 | Optical disc having uniform structure An optical disc is manufactured under a uniform condition by forming grooves and lands on the entire surface of the disc. The optical disc is configured to obtain a reliable reproduction signal, and the grooves and lands are formed on a lead-in area, a user data are... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7606124 | Image processing device and image processing method, information processing device and information processing method, information recording device and information recording method, information reproducing device and information reproducing method, storage medium, and program The present invention allows usable information to be selected by comparing information regarding encoding with conditions regarding encoding processing. When delay modes, picture structures, and pulldown modes do not match each other between previous encoding time ... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7599260 | Optical disk recording/reproducing apparatus and method for determining optimal reproducing speed thereof An optical recording/reproducing apparatus and a method for determining an optimal reproducing speed, the method comprising the steps of reading data from an optical disk to detect information on a bit rate of the data recorded on the optical disk, comparing the det... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7599259 | Recording and reproducing method of information regarding medium and information recording and reproducing apparatus Information recording is conducted in the form of the simple format. When the simple format is indicated, the recording control data is not recorded in a lead-in area LIA, and after the information to be recorded is recorded in a data recording area DRA, the recordi... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7599258 | Information recording medium, and information recording apparatus and method An information recording medium is provided with: a recording area divided into a plurality of partial areas; and an information area for recording therein (i) management information for managing recording conditions of the plurality of partial areas at least for ea... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7590036 | Optical disc having uniform structure An optical disc is manufactured under a uniform condition by forming grooves and lands on the entire surface of the disc. The optical disc is configured to obtain a reliable reproduction signal, and the grooves and lands are formed on a lead-in area, a user data are... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7590035 | System and method for generating and using table of content (TOC) prints Table of contents (TOC) information contained in an audio CD is used to generate a TOC print which may be used for identifying the CD. The TOC print is generated based on the lengths of the tracks contained in the CD. A track vector is generated based on each track ... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7577064 | Microplate reader with intelligent filter slide Microplate reader (21) with a computer for controlling the components of said microplate reader (21), comprising a light source (15) for emitting light for irradiating samples (22) or transmitting light through samples (22), and a ... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7570554 | Optical disc having uniform structure An optical disc is manufactured under a uniform condition by forming grooves and lands on the entire surface of the disc. The optical disc is configured to obtain a reliable reproduction signal, and the grooves and lands are formed on a lead-in area, a user data are... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7570553 | Optical disc having uniform structure An optical disc is manufactured under a uniform condition by forming grooves and lands on the entire surface of the disc. The optical disc is configured to obtain a reliable reproduction signal, and the grooves and lands are formed on a lead-in area, a user data are... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7561502 | Rewritable optical recording medium, recording method on the same, and optical disc recording/retrieving apparatus In a rewritable compact disc having a wobble groove on a substrate, crystal and amorphous states of a phase-change recording layer are an unrecorded/erased state and a recorded state, respectively. When the recording layer is exposed to recording light, amorphous ma... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7551530 | Optical disc recording system An optical disc recording system includes a host apparatus configured to issue commands; and an optical disc recording apparatus configured to carry out a process corresponding to each of the commands, and to reply a response data to the command to the host apparatu... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7551531 | Optical recording medium having recording capacity information and method for indicating recording capacity An optical recording medium and a method for recording information are provided. The optical recording medium having a user area and a spare area, includes a control information stored on a particular area of the optical recording medium, wherein the control informa... | 06/23/2009 |
