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)
04/1996
04/23/1996US5509198 Preloading method for preload-adjustable rolling bearing and manufacture of the same
04/18/1996WO1996011532A2 Multimedia system receptive for presentation of mass data comprising an application program inclusive of a multiplatform interpreter, and a platform subsystem arranged for interaction with said multiplatform interpreter, and mass memory for use with such system or subsystem
04/16/1996US5508988 Method and apparatus for reproducing information from a partially recorded recording medium
04/16/1996US5508987 Disk player having a system configuration for determining the diameter of loaded disks
04/16/1996US5508986 Information recording, reproducing apparatus having operation mode switching means
04/16/1996US5508874 Disconnect switch circuit to power head retract in hard disk drive memories
04/16/1996US5508856 Image signal recording and reproducing system with a detector circuit to determine the selection of heads for reproduction
04/16/1996US5508854 Apparatus for writing data on a magnetic card and preventing heat damage to a magnetic head coil
04/10/1996EP0706174A1 Method and apparatus for preventing illegal copying and illegal installation of information on optical recording medium
04/09/1996US5506831 Method for controlling a head during a starting operation of a disk storage device
04/09/1996US5506826 Life span detector for a laser diode and a compact disk player having the same
04/09/1996US5506821 Optical disk program repeater
04/09/1996US5506458 Low cost permanent magnet disk spindle motor
04/04/1996WO1996010250A1 Optical recording method, optical recording apparatus and optical recording medium
04/04/1996WO1996010249A1 New mode for power-down
04/04/1996EP0728357A4 1.8''pcmcia compatible drive having two or more disks
04/03/1996EP0704837A1 Hard disk head control
04/03/1996EP0704090A1 Passive non-contact magnetic latch
04/03/1996EP0440224B1 Data playback apparatus for realizing high transfer rate
04/03/1996CN1119896A Data recording medium and data reproduction apparatus
04/03/1996CN1119895A Optical recording medium, Reproduction apparatus of optical disk, reproduction method of optical disk, production method of original disk of optical disk, and illegal program operation stop method
04/03/1996CN1119767A Optical disc apparatus
04/02/1996US5504637 Disk rotating device having dynamic-pressure fluid bearings
04/02/1996US5504402 BEMF rectification voltage when power supply energy fails
03/1996
03/28/1996WO1996009626A1 Method and apparatus for storing data using spin-polarized electrons
03/28/1996DE19535112A1 Laser disc system for laser discs of different recording density
03/28/1996CA2234392A1 Method and apparatus for storing data using spin-polarized electrons
03/28/1996CA2200198A1 Method and apparatus for storing data using spin-polarized electrons
03/27/1996EP0703579A2 Auto disc changer
03/27/1996EP0703578A2 Auto disc changer
03/27/1996EP0702831A1 Ultra-slim disk storage unit
03/27/1996EP0462109B1 Shaft mounting for a disk file
03/27/1996CN1119329A Disc reproducing apparatus
03/27/1996CN1119326A Disk rotation control apparatus and method
03/26/1996US5502703 Optical disc reproducing apparatus
03/26/1996US5502701 Optical disc recording apparatus which controls re-recording after a disturbance as a function of the capacity of an input buffer memory
03/26/1996US5502700 Power saving method and apparatus for intermittently reading reproduction apparatus
03/26/1996US5502695 Reproducing apparatus having a single microprocessor to perform data retrieval and disc reproduction control
03/26/1996US5502605 Spindle motor of disk apparatus including an improved spindle hub
03/26/1996US5501760 Disc table for disc recording/reproducing apparatus and method for producing same
03/21/1996DE4431916A1 Disc recording and or reproduction apparatus
03/20/1996EP0702367A2 Flexible disk drive unit and frame therefor
03/20/1996EP0702366A2 Control device suitable for use in an apparatus for reproducing video, audio and accompanying characters
03/20/1996EP0702314A2 Read/write device for data cards with at least one optical and one chip memory field
03/20/1996EP0702305A1 Disk memory apparatus
03/20/1996EP0702163A2 Hydrodynamic bearing and seal
03/20/1996EP0701468A1 Talking video games
03/20/1996CA2158394A1 Apparatus for reading from and/or writing onto data carrier cards having at least one optical memory area and one chip memory area
03/19/1996US5500841 Information storage and retrieval device
03/19/1996US5500780 Disk drive spindle motor having split windings for each phase
03/19/1996US5500776 Self-calibration for computer disk read/write offsets
03/14/1996DE4042576C2 Control system for money operated compact disc phonograph
03/13/1996EP0701246A2 Apparatus and method for providing multimedia data
03/13/1996CN1118501A Apparatus for recording on recording medium and method for controlling the recording
03/13/1996CN1118499A Turntable of a disc player for both a compact disc and a mini disc
03/13/1996CN1118462A Servo apparatus
03/12/1996US5499225 Optical recording method
03/12/1996US5499221 CD-ROM retrieval apparatus
03/06/1996EP0700041A1 Cartridge-loading apparatus and method
03/06/1996EP0700039A1 Optical recording/reproducing device
03/06/1996EP0699895A1 Vehicle navigation apparatus with variable speed disc drive
03/06/1996EP0699321A1 Compact disk data transfer system using cache memory
03/05/1996US5497365 Laser disc player capable of playing different types of discs
03/05/1996US5497364 Optical recording/reproducing apparatus in which data will not become unable to be read out in case an SDL fails to be renewed
03/05/1996US5497362 Drive interface for performing write/read of information
03/05/1996US5497277 Spindle synchronization controller using advance calculation and offset values
03/05/1996US5497276 Disk drive array system having internal synchronization and external synchronization monitoring
03/05/1996US5497241 System and method for controlling display of motion picture subtitles in a selected language during play of a software carrier
03/05/1996US5497238 Controlling erasing of tracks of a recording medium used with a still video apparatus
03/05/1996CA2050133C Magnetic disk device
02/1996
02/29/1996WO1996006433A1 Optical disk and optical disk drive device
02/28/1996EP0594665B1 System for programming the playback of recorded items stored on a recording substrate
02/28/1996CN1117637A Sector architecture for fixed block disk drive
02/28/1996CN1117607A Power saving method and apparatus for computer disk drives
02/27/1996US5495465 Spindle control circuit of optical disk drive
02/27/1996US5495455 Magneto-optical disk recording and reading apparatus and method wherein the recording head is controlled in the radial direction of the disk to a desired position
02/27/1996US5495372 Motor drive circuit with emergency auxiliary power supply energized by motor
02/26/1996CA2156793A1 Cartridge-loading apparatus and method
02/21/1996EP0697699A2 Recording medium capable of recording a first data-type and a second data-type, playback method and playback device for playing back from the recording medium, and recording device for recording first-type data and second-type data on the recording medium
02/21/1996EP0697114A1 Data recording system incorporating flaw detection circuitry
02/21/1996CN1117183A Servo control system for disk player
02/21/1996CN1117168A System and method for user definition of data storage device physical format
02/20/1996US5493670 Adaptive disk spin-down method for managing the power distributed to a disk drive in a laptop computer
02/20/1996US5493548 Optical recording/reproduction apparatus
02/20/1996US5493157 Brushless motor having coreless coil assembly
02/20/1996CA2067564C Information recording and reproducing apparatus
02/15/1996DE19529320A1 Device for reproducing software and image and sound data and calculating charges
02/15/1996DE19528720A1 Playback device for optical storage discs, e.g. compact discs or CD ROMs
02/14/1996EP0696797A2 Disc drive unit
02/13/1996US5491704 Interactive laser disc system
02/13/1996US5491684 Optical disk unit
02/13/1996US5491593 Disk drive spindle synchronization apparatus and method
02/13/1996US5491592 Method of and apparatus for reproducing a recording medium
02/13/1996US5491591 Series of images reproduced from addressable storage
02/13/1996US5491395 TUT servo IC architecture
02/13/1996US5491338 High resolution imaging and measuring dynamic surface effects of substrate surfaces
02/08/1996WO1996003744A1 Diagnosis of machine or apparatus, and apparatus therefor
02/07/1996EP0696029A2 Complex motor
02/07/1996CN1116391A Disk regenerative apparatus
02/07/1996CN1116355A Information storage and retrieval device