Patents
Patents for G11B 19 - Driving, starting, stopping record carriers not specifically of filamentary or web form, or of supports therefor; Control thereof; Control of operating function (26,229)
11/1998
11/03/1998US5831355 Method for manufacturing a spindle motor
10/1998
10/29/1998WO1998048422A1 Both ends open fluid dynamic bearing with multiple thrust plates
10/29/1998WO1998048420A1 Spindle motor with multiple thrust plate fluid dynamic bearing
10/29/1998WO1998048419A1 Spindle motor with fluid dynamic bearing having a journal in combination with a conical bearing (one side open)
10/29/1998WO1998048188A1 Both ends open fluid dynamic bearing having a journal in combination with a conical bearing
10/28/1998EP0874366A1 Data recording method and apparatus for optical memory cards
10/28/1998EP0874364A2 Disk storage unit
10/28/1998EP0874356A2 Optical disc discriminating system
10/28/1998EP0874300A2 Information transmission, reception and recording
10/28/1998EP0874299A2 Data transmission, reception, encryption, decryption and recording
10/28/1998CN1197573A Coding method and device giving multiple searching and reproducing route to a bit stream
10/28/1998CN1197272A DVD-audio disk, and apparatus and method for playing the same
10/28/1998CN1197271A Apparatus for processing control command sequence as well as method for generating control command sequence, and storage medium for storing control command sequence
10/27/1998US5828730 Method and apparatus for recording and managing communications for transcription
10/27/1998US5828642 Device and method for reducing power consumption in a disk drive
10/27/1998US5828641 Disc player
10/27/1998US5828639 Recording/playback device and method thereof, and disc
10/27/1998US5828638 Disc data reproducing apparatus and signal processing circuit
10/27/1998US5828632 Disk recording and reproducing apparatus
10/27/1998US5828512 Information processing apparatus having a floating-type head
10/27/1998US5828511 Writing and reading high density magnetic tapes
10/27/1998US5828150 Hard disc drive with a compound bearing assembly
10/27/1998US5828054 Focusing method and system for focus capture and focus control in optical disc system including detection of Quad Sum signal to close focus
10/27/1998US5826989 Compound ball bearing
10/22/1998WO1998047288A1 System for forming and processing an mpeg compatible datastream incorporating internet information
10/22/1998WO1998047287A1 System for automatically forming a program guide from information derived from multiple sources
10/22/1998WO1998047286A1 A system for processing and decoding mpeg compatible data and internet information
10/22/1998WO1998047285A1 System for acquiring information requested by a user via a program guide selection
10/22/1998WO1998047284A1 System for forming program guide information for user initiation of control and communication functions
10/22/1998WO1998047283A1 System for collating data from multiple sources to form a composite program guide for display
10/22/1998WO1998047080A2 Network delivery of interactive entertainment complementing audio recording
10/22/1998WO1998047065A1 Recording medium control device and method
10/22/1998WO1998047063A1 A hierarchical menu graphical user interface
10/22/1998WO1998046894A1 Rotary air bearing and process for manufacturing the same
10/22/1998WO1998014935A3 A magnetic recording head having a carbon overcoat array on slider air bearings surfaces
10/22/1998CA2553159A1 Network delivery of interactive entertainment complementing audio recording
10/21/1998EP0872839A2 A recording medium on which data relating to a scene seen from different angles is recorded and a recording medium with synchronizing information
10/21/1998EP0872838A2 Disk-rotation control apparatus
10/21/1998EP0872837A2 Disk unit and rotating motor control apparatus for recordable optical disk unit
10/21/1998EP0872836A1 Disk discriminating method
10/21/1998EP0872834A1 Recorder using information signal recording medium
10/21/1998EP0871954A2 Holographic security system for optical discs
10/21/1998CN1196816A Optical pickup and disk player
10/21/1998CN1196552A Optical disk discrimination method
10/20/1998US5825969 Information management apparatus for inhibiting reproduction in a video cassette recorder
10/20/1998US5825744 Configurable read detection channel and method for decoding data stored within a data storage medium
10/20/1998US5825736 Optical disk apparatus
10/20/1998US5825735 Reproducing apparatus with dampling rate convertor for recording medium having different respective sampling rates
10/20/1998US5825733 Optical disc recording apparatus for recording data at a disc rotational speed selected from a range of disc rotational speeds
10/20/1998US5825732 Rotation control circuit based on the mean value of run length code generation patterns reproducing apparatus equipped with the rotation control circuit
10/20/1998US5825729 Information recording and/or reproducing method and apparatus in which a servo process of a light beam is interrupted between input/output control of data at predetermined periods
10/20/1998US5825727 Apparatus and method for selecting multi-angle of digital video disc
10/20/1998US5825726 Multi-session disc and a high-speed access method thereto
10/20/1998US5825586 Disk drive motor having a drive pin assembly which facilitates stabilized chucking of a disk
10/20/1998US5825577 Magnetic disk device for detecting a floating state of a magnetic head
10/20/1998US5825572 Apparatus and method for recording data according to a measured transfer speed
10/20/1998US5825571 Input switching network
10/20/1998US5825569 Constant-density magnetic disc apparatus and magnetic disc used therefor
10/20/1998US5825180 Magnetic disk test apparatus having heads moveable along substantially parallel axes
10/20/1998US5822846 Method of manufacturing a disk drive spindle motor
10/15/1998WO1998045844A1 Device and method for recording an information signal in a recording carrier
10/15/1998WO1998045839A1 A disk hub for a removable cartridge and spindle motor for using same
10/15/1998WO1998012703A3 Holographic security system for optical discs
10/14/1998EP0871169A1 Pre-pit detecting device and information recording apparatus employing the same
10/14/1998EP0871161A2 Recording medium driver
10/14/1998EP0818042A4 Adaptive compensation for hard disc drive spindle motor manufacturing tolerances
10/14/1998EP0803119B1 Disk drive stiction release system
10/14/1998CN1195857A Method for discriminating type of disc and digital versatile disc system adopting the same
10/14/1998CN1195853A System decoder for high-speed data transmission and method for controlling track buffering
10/13/1998US5822289 For use in processing data read from a rotating disc
10/13/1998US5822288 Power saving method and apparatus for intermittently reading reproduction apparatus
10/13/1998US5822287 Optical recording method, optical recording apparatus and optical recording medium
10/13/1998US5822153 Hard disk drive having contact write and recessed magnetorestive read head
10/13/1998US5822152 Ultra-slim disk storage unit with an enclosed circuit board and a hydrodynamic bearing assembly which forms a stable meniscus
10/13/1998US5822150 Disk drive including a substantially monolithic stator assembly fabricated from low loss magnetic material
10/13/1998US5821717 Method and circuit for driving a hard disk drive spindle motor
10/13/1998US5820770 Thin film magnetic head including vias formed in alumina layer and process for making the same
10/13/1998US5820273 Hard disc drive with a compound bearing assembly
10/08/1998WO1998044509A1 Audio reproducing device
10/08/1998WO1998044504A1 Thin retroreflective marker for data storage cartridge
10/08/1998WO1998044501A1 Disk storage device with improved spindle torque and acceleration
10/08/1998WO1998044500A1 Disk storage device with improved spindle torque and acceleration
10/08/1998DE19713528A1 Disc storage apparatus with direct drive
10/07/1998EP0869497A2 Large-capacity recording medium and method and apparatus for recording data on a large-capacity recording medium
10/07/1998EP0869495A1 Disk storage device with improved spindle torque and acceleration
10/07/1998EP0869494A1 Disk storage device with improved spindle torque and acceleration
10/07/1998EP0868716A1 Method for recovering data from disk with magneto-resistive head in presence of thermal asperities
10/07/1998EP0727074A4 Data block format for software carrier and player therefor
10/07/1998EP0672288B1 An arrangement pertaining to cd-players
10/06/1998US5819100 Operating system independent method and system for preserving hard disk drive life span in power managed computers
10/06/1998US5819003 Multi-scene recording medium having data units of program information items recorded alternatingly and continuously thereon, and apparatus for reproducing data therefrom
10/06/1998US5818812 Optical recording medium and reproducing method for the same
10/06/1998US5818801 Shockproof optical reproduction device
10/06/1998US5818799 Apparatus for recording and/or reproducing a recording medium having data control function
10/06/1998US5818684 Shield type magnetoresistive head arranged for weakening of a galvano-current magnetic field
10/06/1998US5818184 Sled motor sliding prevention circuit
10/01/1998WO1998028742A3 Optical recording method and apparatus using this method
10/01/1998DE19723998A1 Magneto-resistive effect magnetic disc head
09/1998
09/30/1998EP0867907A2 Electron emission device for generating and emitting spin-polarized electrons
09/30/1998EP0867877A2 DVD-audio disk, and apparatus and method for playing the same