30results about "Drum carriers" patented technology

An image detecting apparatus has an edit function with good operability and compatibility. When a chapter mark key on a remote control is pressed while an image reproducing system including an MPEG video decoder, a video signal post-processing circuit, a combining circuit, and an NTSC encoder is reproducing image data recorded on a recording medium, a CPU obtains information for identifying the image being reproduced and displayed, and then records the information on the recording medium. With reference to the image provided with a chapter mark, a still image generating circuit displays reduced still images, for example, so that a target image can be specified. Reproduction and editing can be performed with reference to the specified image.

A method of recording read / write compatibility information on an optical disc. Extended part version information, latest part version having recording capability, and latest part version having reproducing capability are stored in either n.xy or n.x. form on 6 bytes of a reserved zone of a physical format information zone of the optical disc. A recording / reproducing apparatus to record extended part version information on a reserved zone of a physical format information zone of a recording medium. The recording / reproducing apparatus has a base part version and a comparing unit to determine recording / reproducing compatibility with a recording medium having a detailed extended part version stored in a reserved zone of a physical format information zone.

A magnetic storage system according to one embodiment includes a magnetic head adapted for at least one of reading from a magnetic medium and writing to the medium; a drive mechanism for directing the medium over the head; and a first element for selectively altering a voltage of the medium for altering a state of hydration of the medium.

A signal is reproduced from a recording medium. The reproduced signal is sampled in response to a clock signal to get a sampling-resultant signal. A transversal filter includes a delay line having taps and delaying the sampling-resultant signal, multipliers for multiplying only alternate ones among signals appearing at the taps by tap coefficients to get multiplication results, and an adder for adding the multiplication results into a filtering-resultant signal. A temporary decision device operates for calculating a temporary decision value of the filtering-resultant signal according to a temporary decision procedure, for calculating a difference between the temporary decision value of the filtering-resultant signal and an actual value thereof, and for generating an error signal in response to the calculated difference. The tap coefficients used in the transversal filter are controlled in response to the error signal and the reproduced signal to minimize the error signal.

Information storage devices and methods of manufacturing the same are provided. An information storage device includes a magnetic layer formed on an underlayer. The underlayer has at least one first region and at least one second region. The first and second regions have different crystallinity characteristics. The magnetic layer has at least one third region formed on the at least one first region and at least one fourth region formed on the at least one second region. The third and fourth regions have different magnetic anisotropic energy constants.

An information recording method using a recording medium having a first state by a first power level of an energy beam and a second state by a second power level of the energy beam higher than the first power level. When a period of a recording time generating clock in a recording mode is T, and a relative velocity of the energy beam and the recording medium is V, the method includes forming a sequence of the second state with length avT (first mark), the first state with length ivT (first space) following the first mark, the second state with length mvT (second mark) following the first space, the first state with length jvT (second space) following the second mark and the second state with length bvT (third mark) following the second space as a first small recording pattern.

The present invention provides a device and method for an optical disc such as a DVD which can keep proper edge position of a recording pulse to record data of high quality without depending on a fluctuation in a supply voltage and a fluctuation in a temperature. The optical disc device according to the present invention comprises a laser driver for driving a laser to record data on an optical disc, a recording pulse generator for generating a recording pulse signal by using a predetermined delay circuit, to control the switching of the laser power of the laser driver, a delay amount measuring section for measuring the delay amount of a delay circuit in the recording pulse generator, and a recording pulse position correction section for correcting the predetermined edge position of the recording pulse based on the result of the measurement.

Information storage devices and methods of manufacturing the same are provided. A magnetic track of the information storage device includes a magnetic layer in which at least one magnetic domain forming region and at least one magnetic domain wall forming region are alternately disposed in a lengthwise direction. The at least one magnetic domain forming regions has a different magnetic anisotropic energy relative to the at least one magnetic domain wall forming region. An intermediate layer is formed under the magnetic layer. The intermediate layer includes at least one first material region and at least one second material region. Each of the at least one first material regions and the at least one second material regions corresponds to one of the at least one magnetic domain forming regions and the at least one magnetic domain wall forming regions.

The present invention provides a device and method for an optical disc such as a DVD which can keep proper edge position of a recording pulse to record data of high quality without depending on a fluctuation in a supply voltage and a fluctuation in a temperature. The optical disc device according to the present invention comprises a laser driver for driving a laser to record data on an optical disc, a recording pulse generator for generating a recording pulse signal by using a predetermined delay circuit, to control the switching of the laser power of the laser driver, a delay amount measuring section for measuring the delay amount of a delay circuit in the recording pulse generator, and a recording pulse position correction section for correcting the predetermined edge position of the recording pulse based on the result of the measurement.

The present invention provides a device and method for an optical disc such as a DVD which can keep proper edge position of a recording pulse to record data of high quality without depending on a fluctuation in a supply voltage and a fluctuation in a temperature. The optical disc device according to the present invention comprises a laser driver for driving a laser to record data on an optical disc, a recording pulse generator for generating a recording pulse signal by using a predetermined delay circuit, to control the switching of the laser power of the laser driver, a delay amount measuring section for measuring the delay amount of a delay circuit in the recording pulse generator, and a recording pulse position correction section for correcting the predetermined edge position of the recording pulse based on the result of the measurement.

The present invention provides a device and method for an optical disc such as a DVD which can keep proper edge position of a recording pulse to record data of high quality without depending on a fluctuation in a supply voltage and a fluctuation in a temperature. The optical disc device according to the present invention comprises a laser driver for driving a laser to record data on an optical disc, a recording pulse generator for generating a recording pulse signal by using a predetermined delay circuit, to control the switching of the laser power of the laser driver, a delay amount measuring section for measuring the delay amount of a delay circuit in the recording pulse generator, and a recording pulse position correction section for correcting the predetermined edge position of the recording pulse based on the result of the measurement.

The present invention has been made to increase the number of times of imaging operation in the case where a DVD+RW is used as a recording medium. The present invention provides an optical disc recording apparatus that records data onto an optical disc that adopts a format in which title and chapter are specified as data management units, the title being a playback unit of contents recorded in contiguous physical areas and the chapter being a unit obtained by dividing the title into a plurality of pieces, which includes a record unit that receives contents data as an input, encodes the contents data into a data stream compatible with the format, and records the encoded data stream onto the optical disc, and a control unit that controls recording processing for the optical disc, wherein the control unit records new contents data onto the optical disc in the physical area continuing from the last title of all recorded titles as a chapter continuing from the last chapter included in the last title.

A method of recording read / write compatibility information on an optical disc and a recording medium employing the method. Extended part version information, latest part version having recording capability, and latest part version having reproducing capability are stored in n.xy form on 6 bytes of a reserved zone of a physical format information zone of the optical disc. A recording / reproducing apparatus to record extended part version information on a reserved zone of a physical format information zone of a recording medium. The recording / reproducing apparatus has a base part version and a comparing unit to determine recording / reproducing compatibility with a recording medium having a detailed extended part version stored in a reserved zone of a physical format information zone.

A recording medium which is replaceable with a conventional CD player and from which a host reproducing device can reproduce high-quality sounds. The recording medium is provided with a first recording area (3) in which digital audio signals which are sampled at a prescribed sampling frequency and quantized with a prescribed number of bits are recorded, a first management area (2) in which the information required to manage the digital audio signals recorded in the area (3) is recorded, a second recording area (6) in which the digital audio signals corresponding to the digital audio signals recorded in the first recording area (3) are recorded, and a second management area (5) in which the information required to manage the digital audio signals recorded in the area (6) is recorded. Identification data representing the presence of the plurality of recording areas are recorded in the first management area (2).

A recording medium which is replaceable with a conventional CD player and from which a host reproducing device can reproduce high-quality sounds. The recording medium is provided with a first recording area (3) in which digital audio signals which are sampled at a prescribed sampling frequency and quantized with a prescribed number of bits are recorded, a first management area (2) in which the information required to manage the digital audio signals recorded in the area (3) is recorded, a second recording area (6) in which the digital audio signals corresponding to the digital audio signals recorded in the first recording area (3) are recorded, and a second management area (5) in which the information required to manage the digital audio signals recorded in the area (6) is recorded. Identification data representing the presence of the plurality of recording areas are recorded in the first management area (2).