Dynamic information storage or retrieval inventions 09/07

20070223325 - Optical disk apparatus: There is provided a compact optical disc apparatus having a small footprint actuator. A tracking coil of a swing arm-type actuator is disposed substantially perpendicular to an arm and on the opposite side to an optical disc loading slot with respect to the line connecting the center of rotation of... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070223326 - Medium, apparatus, and method of recording optical-information: An optical-information recording medium includes a substrate that includes a servo surface; an information recording layer laminated on the servo surface of the substrate capable of recording information as a hologram produced by interference between an information beam containing the information and a reference beam; a tracking servo area that... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070223327 - Optical disc drive and method of controlling actuator: The present invention comprises a tracking actuator which drives an objective of a pickup emitting the laser beam, in accordance with a drive signal, a detector which detects or estimates a temperature variation putting an influence on a sensitivity of the tracking actuator, and a corrector which corrects the drive... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070223334 - System and method for controlling optical pickup unit: A system for supplying a driving voltage to move an optical pickup unit to a predetermined position includes a storage unit, an output unit, and a drive module. The storage unit is used for storing instructions. The instructions include a move-outwards instruction, a move-inwards instruction, and a move discriminate-position instruction.... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070223335 - Method and apparatus for controlling an optical disk device: A method and apparatus of controlling an optical disk apparatus determines a reference recording power at each of a plurality of recording speeds for an inserted optical disk, performs a power control procedure for a prescribed recording speed to determine a recording power at the prescribed recording speed in response... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070223338 - Optical disk drive: An optical disk drive capable of detecting occurrence of tooth jump in a mechanism for transferring an optical pickup. The optical pickup is transferred in a radial direction of an optical disk by means of a stepping motor. A control section having received a seek operation command from a host... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070223341 - Optical information recording/reproducing apparatus: An optical information recording/reproducing apparatus is adapted to record and/or reproduce multilevel information on/or from an optical information recording medium. The multilevel information is recorded in the form of pits in cells virtually formed at regular intervals on a track. The respective levels are represented by varying the length or... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070223320 - Lens driving apparatus and optical pickup unit having the same: A lens driving apparatus comprising: a first lens-barrel having a lens built thereinto; a second lens-barrel; an electromechanical conversion element that applies a driving force f1 to the first lens-barrel and a driving force f2 to the second lens-barrel; and a housing that supports the lateral surfaces of the first... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070223322 - Method and system for generating a spherical aberration signal error: l

20070223321 - Rail friction calibration: An optical disc drive scans selected tracks on a record carrier via a beam of radiation (24) from a head (22). The head is positioned on the track by a tracking system. The tracking system includes a main servo loop, constituted by a motor (40) for moving the head along... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070223323 - Optical pickup device: An optical pickup device for irradiating a light from a light source onto an optical recording medium through an objective lens moved in a focal direction by an actuator, and for causing a signal detecting unit to receive a return light from the irradiated light, the optical pickup device including... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070223324 - Optical pickup device: A piezoelectric element of a driving device is arranged on the opposite side of the light source, when an optical pickup device is divided by a plane that includes an optical axis of an objective lens and perpendicularly intersects the axis line of a light flux entering a raising mirror,... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070223328 - Apparatus and method for stabilizing operation of disc driver in section for setting mode conversion: An apparatus which stabilizes an operation of a disc driver in a mode conversion setting section includes a pickup which reads information from a disc that is inserted into the disc driver, a filter which performs a low-pass filtering of a servo error signal that is generated during an operation... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070223329 - Apparatus and method for generating a scanning beam in an optical pickup head, miniature optical pickup head and optical storage system incorporating a miniature pickup head: A miniaturised optical pickup head for an optical storage system in which a well-collimated beam is generated. The optical pickup head comprises an optical system comprising a collimator leans and a reflective or diffractive elements, such as a 45 degree mirror. The optical system is attached to a cover plate... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070223331 - Information recording and reproducing apparatus, disc apparatus and defect area replacement method: An information recording and reproducing apparatus, a disc apparatus and a defect area replacement method are disclosed for accurately detecting a defect area for each small area of a recording area of an information recording medium and replacing the defect area per small area. The information recording and reproducing apparatus... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070223333 - Address information recording apparatus and method, and address information reproducing apparatus and method: A method for recording address information to an optical disc (5) by forming a wobbled groove is provided. The method includes steps S1 to S3. In step S1, there is generated address information composed of a sync signal, address data and an error correction code for the address data. In... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070223332 - Data processing device, data processing method, program, program recording medium, data recording medium, and data structure: The present invention relates to a data processing device and a data processing method, a program and a program recording medium, a data recording medium, and a data structure, all enabling data multiplexed into multiplexed data to be specified according to metadata irrespective of the number of pieces of data.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070223330 - Optical disk device recording data on a recordable or rewritable optical disk by setting a recording velocity and a recording power for each of zones on an optical disk: An optical disk device records data on a recordable or rewritable optical disk. The optical disk device comprises zone storing means for preliminarily storing locations of a plurality of zones set by dividing a recordable or rewritable area of the optical disk from an inner periphery thereof to an outer... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070223336 - Write-once read-many information recording medium, information recording method, information reproduction method, information recording apparatus, and information reproduction apparatus: A write-once read-many information recording medium is provided, which is capable of easily searching for a latest DDS and a latest defect list. At least one disc management working area is sequentially allocated in a predetermined direction on the write-once read-many information recording medium of the present invention. The latest... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (mei) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070223337 - Information recording apparatus, an information recording system, a program, and a recording medium: An information recording apparatus, an information recording system, a program, and a recording medium are disclosed, by which contents are legally recorded to another information recording medium. Copy-once contents stored in a first optical disk are written to the second optical disk. After this writing is completed, a laser light... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070223339 - Method and apparatus for adjusting buffering of data read from optical storage medium by comparing actual position information with expected position information: A method for buffering data read from an optical storage medium. The method includes: reading a second data segment from the optical storage medium; and setting a second expected position information corresponding to the second data segment for aligning the second expected position information to a second actual position information... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070223340 - Information recording apparatus and information recording method: The information recording apparatus irradiates a laser beam on a recording medium such as an optical disk and forms a recording mark corresponding to a recording signal to record information. A recording pulse signal includes a mark period irradiating the laser beam for forming the recording mark and a space... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070223342 - Substrate processing method and substrate processing apparatus: A substrate processing apparatus according to the present invention is provided with a spin chuck (3) that holds a substrate (W) and rotates the same. A process liquid supply system (11, . . . ) is disposed to supply a process liquid to the substrate rotated by the spin chuck.... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070223343 - Information recording medium, and information recording apparatus and method: An information recording medium includes at least a disc-shaped first recording layer having a first recording track formed for recording record information and a disc-shaped second recording layer having a second recording track formed for recording the record information in the same recording direction as the first recording track of... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070223344 - Information recording medium, recording apparatus, reproduction apparatus, recording method, and reproduction method: An information recording medium is provided, which comprises a plurality of recording layers and a first disc information area for storing parameters relating to access to the plurality of recording layers and formats relating to the plurality of recording layer. The first disc information area is provided in a first... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (mei) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070223345 - Recording medium, method of recording and/or reproducing speed information on a recording medium, and apparatus thereof: A method for recording/reproducing data on/from a recording medium. The method provides for reading/recording speed information from a specific area of the recording medium, where the recording speed information includes a first information indicating a maximum recording speed, a second information indicating a minimum recording speed, a third information indicating... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070223346 - Method for improving robustness of optical disk readout: The present invention relates to a method for improving the robustness of the readout from an optical disk in an optical disk drive, such as an optical disk of the following format: compact disk (CD), digital versatile/video disk (DVD) and Blu Ray disk (BD). The invention provides a way of... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070223347 - Optical information recording medium, an optical information recording apparatus, an information processing apparatus, program and information recording method: An optical information recording apparatus can maintain a stable recording quality when recording information on an optical information recording medium having a recording layer of a multilayer structure. An optical information recording medium of a rotating type has a plurality of recording layers each having an information recording area in... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070223348 - Optical recording method, optical recording apparatus and optical recording medium: To provide an optical recording method including: applying information and reference beams onto an optical recording medium to record information therein, the optical recording medium having a recording layer for recording the information by holography, wherein at least the information beam is passed through a spatial light modulator and is... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070223349 - Optical pickup and optical disc drive: An optical pickup for writing information to and/or for reading information from an optical disc having at least two recording layers (dual layer) provided with first and second recording layers can prevent layer crosstalk resulting from disturbing a signal reproduced from the first recording layer by a reflected light beam... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070223350 - Objective lens, optical pickup, and optical information processing apparatus using the same: wherein f represents a focal distance of the objective lens, NA1 represents the numerical aperture at the side of the image surface when the first optical source is turned on, NA2obj represents the numerical aperture at the front side when the second optical source is turned on, and L represents... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070223351 - Method for processing signal in a disk drive: A method for processing signals in a disk drive is provided. In the provided method, an RF signal is read at a predetermined highest reading speed, whose amplitude is adjusted with a gain. Then the level of the RF signal is adjusted by an equalizer with a predetermined parameter module.... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd.

20070223352 - Optical disc assemblies for performing assays: A turbocharger for an engine is provided. The turbocharger has a turbine and a housing enclosing the turbine. The housing has a first annular passageway and a second annular passageway. Both of the first and second annular passageways extend to the turbine. The turbocharger also has a valve mechanism disposed... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070223353 - Recording medium having data structure for managing reproduction of data streams recorded thereon and recording and reproducing methods and apparatuses: The data structure includes a navigation area of a computer readable medium storing navigation data associated with a data stream representing a portion of at least one reproduction path. The navigation data includes indication information, and the indication information indicates whether the data stream represents multiple reproduction paths or the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070223355 - Optical information storage medium having write protection information: An optical information storage medium includes a lead-in area, a user data zone in which user data is recorded, and a lead-out area. Write protection information is recorded in at least one of the lead-in area and the lead-out area, together with defect management information. Information is recorded and/or reproduced... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070223354 - Optical recording medium, method of manufacturing optical recording medium, apparatus for manufacturing optical recording medium, program, and medium: There are some cases that an accuracy is low for reading unique information identifying an individual from an optical disk which comprises a plurality of information layers. The optical disk according to the present invention is an optical disk which comprises a first information layer and a second information layer... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070223356 - Optical disc and method of manufacturing same: An optical disc (10) includes a substrate (11), which is formed from either a resin-impregnated paper produced by impregnating a paper with a resin, or a resin-coated paper produced by coating a surface of a paper with a resin, and a recording layer (13), wherein the resin contains at least... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070223357 - Head range controlled jumping: A record carrier has pattern of substantially parallel tracks constituting a data area, and a first and second boundary mark on predefined transverse positions bordering the data area. An optical disc drive scans the record carrier via a beam of radiation (24) from a head (22). The device has a... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070217299 - Power control apparatus and method for an optical drive: A power control apparatus and method for an optical drive is disclosed. The power control apparatus estimates the temperature rising effect of a laser diode and performs a partial open-loop power control, achieving accurate write power control. Therefore, regarding to a high-speed, high-density optical disk recording medium combined with multi-pulse... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070217300 - Optical information recording/reproducing apparatus: There is provided an optical information recording/reproducing apparatus including a unit for detecting the focus error signal from the reflected light flux from a recording layer of an optical recording medium, and a unit for focusing the light flux on the recording layer of the optical disk on the basis... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070217302 - Optical recording apparatus: The present invention provides an optical recording apparatus having an information recording unit configured to record information in recording guide grooves formed on a surface of an optical recording medium by irradiating the optical recording medium while scanning the recording guide grooves with a light beam to change optical properties... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070217295 - Defect management for real-time information: A device for recording records blocks of information on logical addresses on a record carrier at corresponding physical addresses. The logical addresses are translated into the physical addresses in dependence on defect management information that includes defect information on a defective status of physical addresses and remapping information on translating... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070217294 - Tracking control apparatus and method, and signal processing apparatus: To improve a precision of tracking control. A tracking control apparatus includes a filter section (106) including a plurality of low-pass filters (LPFs). Each of the plurality of low-pass filters (LPFs) removes components having frequencies equal to or higher than a predetermined cutoff frequency from a corresponding received light quantity... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (mei) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070217296 - Information processing apparatus and method, recorded medium, and program: In DVR Volume( ), there is stated the information pertinent to the totality of the information recorded in a disc. The information recorded in the disc can be confirmed on the basis of this description. In TableOfPlayList( ), there is stated the information usable in reproducing the information recorded in... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070217297 - Information processing apparatus and method, recorded medium, and program: In DVRVolume( ), there is stated the information pertinent to the totality of the information recorded in a disc. The information recorded in the disc can be confirmed on the basis of this description. In TableOfPlayList( ), there is stated the information usable in reproducing the information recorded in the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070217298 - Information recording device and method, and computer program: An information recording apparatus comprising: a writing device capable of writing record information onto an information recording medium comprising first and second recording layers; a first controlling device for controlling said writing device to continuously write the record information into the first and second recording layers; a second controlling device... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070217301 - Optical disk recording/reproducing apparatus and seek control method thereof: For achieving pulling operation into tracking servo during seek operation at high-speed and with stability, in timing thereof, even on an optical disk forming lands and grooves on a recording surface thereof, in a seek control method, according to the present invention, for moving an optical spot onto an arbitrary... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070217303 - Seatbelt lens control during rough seek: An apparatus comprising a lens, a stepper motor and a tracking error controller. The lens may be positioned in a sled housing. The stepper motor may be configured to (i) move the sled housing in response to a first control signal and (ii) vibrate the lens in response to moving... Agent: Lsi Corporation

20070217305 - Method for configuring composite file structure for data reproduction, and method and apparatus for reproducing data using the composite file structure: A method and apparatus for reproducing data is disclosed. The method and apparatus configures a composite file structure to simultaneously reproduce data recorded in a recording medium and other data recorded in a local storage, and reproduces data using the configured composite file structure. A variety of methods for configuring... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070217304 - Record reproducing system, record reproducing method and record reproducing program: A recording and reproduction system includes a recording system and a reproduction system. The reproduction system reproduces (simultaneous reproduction) data of content while the data is being recorded by the recording system. The recording system records information on recording process to a management area as management data. The reproduction system... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070217306 - Optical disc apparatus and method of writing information to an optical disc: An optical disc apparatus may write information to an optical disc by forming a mark and a space on the optical disc. The optical disc apparatus may include a write stopping unit, a deviation calculating unit, and a write strategy correction unit. The write stopping unit may temporarily stop writing... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20070217307 - Method of distinguishing optical recording medium and apparatus of the same: One inventive aspect relates to a method which easily distinguishes copycat products that are difficult to distinguish by identifying only a media ID. A media ID and other attribute data are read out of a reference optical recording medium, and then a media ID and other attribute data are read... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070217308 - Header region protection apparatus and method of optical storage medium: A header region protection apparatus of an optical storage medium. The apparatus comprises an encoder, a header location generator, and a header protector. The encoder converts user data to an EFM signal and a write enable signal according to a write clock. The header location generator generates a header location... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070217309 - Recording or playback apparatus for optical recording media with a laser diode circuit: The invention relates to a recording or playback apparatus for optical recording media with a compatible laser diode circuit, which can be used both for controlling the light power of a multiple laser diode with a joint monitor diode and for a number of lasers each with a monitor diode... Agent: Joseph J. Laks, Vice President Thomson Licensing LLC

20070217310 - Recording pulse generating apparatus and information recording apparatus: A recording controller 10 for generating recording pulse signals having lengths corresponding to ten kinds of lengths of pits formed at the time of recording information has a recording controller 10 for generating the recording pulse signals so that the amplitude of a recording pulse signal corresponding to a pit... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20070217311 - Recording pulse generating apparatus and information recording apparatus: A recording controller 10 for generating recording pulse signals having lengths corresponding to ten kinds of lengths of pits formed at the time of recording information has a recording controller 10 for generating the recording pulse signals so that the amplitude of a recording pulse signal corresponding to a pit... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070217312 - Binary data encoding/decoding for parallel bus: Embodiments for binary encoding and/or decoding of data for transmission and/or reception over a parallel bus are disclosed.... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP

20070217313 - Information recording medium, information recording device and method, and record controlling computer program: An information recording device is provided with a writing device for writing recording information in a first recording layer and a second recording layer of an information recording medium; an acquiring element for acquiring information relating to an offset quantity; and a calculating member for calculating a start position where... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070217314 - Information recording medium, recording apparatus, reproduction apparatus, recording method, and reproduction method: An information recording medium is provided, which comprises a plurality of recording layers and a first disc information area for storing parameters relating to access to the plurality of recording layers and formats relating to the plurality of recording layer. The first disc information area is provided in a first... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (mei) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070217315 - Objective lens for an optical pickup apparatus: An objective lens for use in an optical pickup apparatus, comprises an objective lens satisfying the following expression: 0.01≦|δSA3obj/δλ|<0.1 (λrms/nm), where δSA3obj/δλ represents the wavelength dependency of the 3rd order spherical aberration of the objective lens when the oscillation wavelength is fluctuated between ±2 nm.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070217316 - Manufacturing method of an objective lens for an optical pickup apparatus and the optical pickup apparatus: A method of manufacturing an optical pickup apparatus, comprising steps of selecting one type objective lens from plural types of objective lenses different in specification of respective optical path difference providing structures in accordance with an oscillation wavelength of a laser light source; and assembling the selected type objective lens... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070217317 - Optical disk device, playback method of the optical disk device, and reproduction signal generating circuit: An optical disk device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an irradiating unit irradiating an optical disk with laser light; a photodetector split into at least two along a track direction of the optical disk and converting return light from the optical disk into an electric signal... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070217318 - High density memory array for low power application: A phase change memory cell includes a MOS select transistor having a gate coupled to a word line, and a source and drain region coupled between first and second bit lines, respectively. A first phase change element is coupled between the first bit line and the source region of the... Agent: Eschweiler & Associates, LLC National City Bank Building

20070217319 - Optical disk and optical disk device: An optical disk including first information layer having first guide grooves consisting of first protrusive flat portion having first width and first recessed flat portion having a second width having first height difference from the first protrusive flat portion, the first information layer being formed on the transparent substrate layer,... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070217320 - Record carrier with improve modulation and asymmetry: The invention relates to a record carrier comprising a train of marks and lands (14, 15, 23), which has a plurality of marks comprising shortest marks (1) and other marks (2) and a plurality of lands between said marks in a direction of said train of marks and lands comprising... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070217321 - Optical disk and optical disk apparatus: An optical disk has transparent substrate layer provided at light incidence side, first information layer which has first groove of first depth, adhesive layer provided on the first information layer, and second information layer which has second groove of second depth that is deeper than the first depth, and irreversibly... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070217322 - Process for producing stamper of multi-valued rom disc, apparatus for producing the same, and resulting disc: The present invention provides a process for producing inexpensively and effectively a stamper utilized for producing multi-valued ROM discs, which comprises: (i) irradiating a light onto a laminate, thereby producing reacted portions within a thermo reactive layer, (ii) maintaining the reacted portions, which are produced by irradiating the light, within... Agent: Mark J Thronson Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky

20070211579 - System and method for outputting data: A data output system includes an information processing apparatus, a first terminal, a second terminal, and a mounting base device that is electrically connected to one of the first terminal and the second terminal when the one of the first terminal and the second terminal is mounted on the mounting... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070211580 - Driving apparatus for optical pickup unit and optical disc drive using the same: An apparatus for driving an optical pickup unit to a discrimination position at which a type of an optical disc can be discriminated includes an actuator, a motor, and a voltage generator. The voltage generator is electrically coupled to the motor for supplying a driving voltage to the motor. The... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070211582 - Optical pickup: An optical pickup includes: a frame, having a first face formed with a groove, a second face opposite to the first face, a first hole in which a diffraction grating is disposed, and a second hole communicated with the groove and the second face; a spring plate, attached to the... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070211583 - Apparatus for accessing moving storage media and method of manufacturing the apparatus: The invention refers to a pickup for moving storage media having a movable part movable in a 2D plane of motion where smaller airgaps between magnets and coils on a flat carrier are achieved by the movable part having a holder opening equipped to hold a part of the coil... Agent: Joseph J. Laks, Vice President Thomson Licensing LLC

20070211584 - Optical disk drive: An optical disk drive includes a pickup head, a recording/reproducing circuit, a servo circuit, a driver, a thread motor, a spindle motor, and a controller. An optical disk has a first area and a second area for which different tracking methods are to be used. The controller may causes the... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070211587 - Optical disk apparatus and disk discrimination method: A controller of an optical disk apparatus moves a pickup head to a data area of an optical disk, and radiates a first DVD laser beam to the optical disk. The controller measures, as a first eccentricity amount, a number of beams, which have crossed a track on the optical... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070211585 - System and method of adjusting channel properties for optical storage systems: A method of adjusting channel properties of an optical storage system is disclosed to include the steps: Step 1) give a modify step, a trial step and a threshold, Step 2) give an initial point, Step 3) add an initial focus point to the trial step and measure the sum... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC One Skyline Place

20070211593 - Optical disk drive: In an optical disk drive, running OPC (ROPC) is performed without fail, to thus enhance recording quality. ROPC is performed by use of a remaining portion of an area for APC operation within an APC area of a recording unit (RUB) in a next-generation optical disk such as a blu-ray... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070211595 - Write splice for optical recording channels: An enhanced write splice for optical recording channels is disclosed. Optical control circuitry locks to previously-written data and determines the estimated write splice location. A training sequence is written to the optical medium at a location based on the estimated write splice location. The phase offset is then estimated by... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070211581 - Optical disc cartridge and recording and reproducing apparatus: An object of the invention is to provide a cartridge storing a plurality of sheet-shaped optical discs in a laminated manner in a state of being accommodated in trays, and a recording and reproducing apparatus of the optical disc. A cartridge stores a lot of trays in a laminated manner.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070211586 - Information recording medium, integrated circuit, recording/playback apparatus, computer program, and information recording/playback method: To suppress the time required for a startup of a recording/playback apparatus from unduly increasing even when there are both one type of disk in such that information is recorded on a groove track and other type of disk in such that information is recorded on a land track An... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070211588 - Optical disc apparatus, tracking control method, and integrated circuit: An optical disc apparatus has: an optical head 400 for emitting a light beam onto a predetermined track of an optical disc 300 before tracking control in order to detect reflected light with a photodetector; an arithmetic circuit 130 for generating measurement signals each indicative of a time-varying change of... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070211589 - Recording medium with segment information thereon and apparatus and methods for forming, recording, and reproducing the recording medium: A recording medium, such as a high-density and/or optical recording medium including segment information recorded thereon, and apparatus and methods for recording to and reproducing from the recording medium, in order to improve data protection, data management and/or reproduction compatibility.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070211590 - Recording medium with segment information thereon and apparatus and methods for forming, recording, and reproducing the recording medium: A recording medium, such as a high-density and/or optical recording medium including segment information recorded thereon, and apparatus and methods for recording to and reproducing from the recording medium, in order to improve data protection, data management and/or reproduction compatibility.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070211591 - Write-once optical disc, and method and apparatus for recording management information on write-once optical disc: A recording medium, and a method and apparatus for recording management information on the recording medium are discussed. According to an embodiment, the invention provides a method of recording management information on a recording medium, the recording medium including a temporary defect management area (TDMA) and a final defect management... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070211592 - Imprint stamper, method for manufacturing the same, recording medium, method for manufacturing the same, information recording/reproducing method, and information recording/reproducing apparatus: An imprint stamper for manufacturing a recording medium includes a first transfer region which corresponds to a servo region of a recording medium using a sector servo system and has a pattern with a plurality of quadrilateral recess or protrusion portions formed in a surface thereof, and a second transfer... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070211594 - Method of compensating for write power of a light source in an optical disk apparatus and optical disk apparatus using the method: A method of compensating for a write power of a laser beam in an optical disk apparatus may include determining whether a predetermined write condition is satisfied, stopping a write operation if the predetermined write condition is not satisfied, measuring a write characteristic of a recording area right before stopping... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20070211596 - Optical scanner with synchronous sampling: The present invention relates to a scanner for optical storage media with an improved signal-to-noise ratio. In the case of an optical scanner according to the invention having a light source for generating a light beam for reading out data stored on an optical storage medium, the light source being... Agent: Joseph J. Laks, Vice President Thomson Licensing LLC

20070211597 - Data reproducing apparatus including subsignal generated from id information: Described herewith is an optical disk manufacturing apparatus for reading recorded digital data from an optical disk, comprising an encryption unit for encrypting entered digital data according to a plurality of key information; an optical disk substrate manufacturing unit for manufacturing an optical disk substrate on which the encrypted digital... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070211598 - Optical disc apparatus: A liquid crystal element control portion of an optical disc apparatus includes a memory for storing first information concerning a relationship between a drive voltage to be applied to a liquid crystal element when an optimal reproduced signal is obtained and ambient temperature of the liquid crystal element and second... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070211599 - Optical element, optical pickup, and optical information recording/reproducing apparatus: The hologram (20) for spherical aberration correction is formed in optical element (10). With respect to the first laser light which requires the largest effective diameter, the hologram does not have effect on wavefront. With respect to the second laser light which requires the second largest effective diameter, the spherical... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070211600 - Optical pickup apparatus: The present invention provides an optical pickup apparatus for recording and/or reproducing information for different kinds of optical information recording media. The optical pickup apparatus includes: a first light source for emitting a first light flux; a second light source for emitting a second light flux; a third light source... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070211601 - Optical pickup apparatus: The present invention provides an optical pickup apparatus including a first light source, a second light source, a third light source, and a light-converging optical system including an objective lens. The objective lens includes at least one optical surface with a diffractive structure. The diffractive structure includes a plurality of... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070211602 - Optical pickup apparatus: The present invention provides an optical pickup apparatus including a first light source, a second light source, a third light source, and a light-converging optical system including an objective lens. The diffractive structure includes a plurality of ring shaped zones. Each of the ring shaped zones is concentrically arranged around... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070211603 - Optical pickup apparatus: The present invention provides an optical pickup apparatus including a first light source, a second light source, a third light source, and a light-converging optical system including an objective lens. The objective lens includes at least one optical surface with a diffractive structure. The diffractive structure includes a plurality of... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070211604 - Optical pickup apparatus: An optical pickup apparatus for recording and/or reproducing information for an optical information recording medium, comprising a light converging optical system including a coupling lens and an objective lens, wherein a first diffraction structure is installed on the objective lens, and a second diffraction structure is arranged on the coupling... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070211605 - Objective lens, optical head, and optical pickup apparatus: An objective lens for at least one of recording and reproducing for an optical information recording medium includes in the order from a light source side: a first lens group having negative refracting power, which is in a meniscus shape having a concave surface facing the light source side; a... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070211606 - Optical pickup apparatus, objective optical element and optical information recording reproducing apparatus: An optical pickup apparatus according to the present invention includes: a first light source for emitting a first light flux; a second light source for emitting a second light flux; a third light source for emitting a third light flux; and an objective optical element. The objective optical element has... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070211607 - Optical pickup apparatus, objective optical element and optical information recording reproducing apparatus: An optical pickup apparatus according to the present invention includes: a first light source for emitting a first light flux; a second light source for emitting a second light flux; a third light source for emitting a third light flux; and an objective optical element. The objective optical element has... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070211608 - Optical pickup apparatus, objective optical element and optical information recording reproducing apparatus: An optical pickup apparatus according to the present invention includes: a first light source for emitting a first light flux; a second light source for emitting a second light flux; a third light source for emitting a third light flux; and an objective optical element. The objective optical element has... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070211609 - Optical pickup apparatus, objective optical element and optical information recording reproducing apparatus: An optical pickup apparatus according to the present invention includes: a first light source for emitting a first light flux; a second light source for emitting a second light flux; a third light source for emitting a third light flux; and an objective optical element. The objective optical element has... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070211610 - Optical disk apparatus and control method thereof: An optical disc apparatus having a construction that lowers a peak value of a laser beam applied to an optical disc and controls a current supplied to the laser. Provisions are made to prevent recorded marks on the optical disc from degrading by utilizing the laser beam radiated onto the... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070211611 - System and method for generating an output signal indicating a specific area on an optical disc utilizing an adjustable specific time: Disclosed is a system for generating an output signal indicating a specific area on an optical disc. The system includes an optical pick-up head signal generator, a detecting apparatus, and an output signal generating apparatus. The optical pick-up head signal generator is used for generating an optical pick-up head signal.... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070211612 - Flexible membrane comprising notches: The flexible membrane comprises at least one thin layer with a plurality of indentations formed therein, wherein bearing points for actuating elements are disposed between said indentations in order to locally deform the membrane. The thus open-worked membrane is more flexible in a cross direction. The open-worked membrane can act... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070211613 - Conveyance apparatus having a compact conveying mechanism: A conveyance apparatus includes an extendable and retractable mechanism, which includes a plurality of linked member pairs rotatably coupled across each other horizontally in a predetermined direction in pantograph form, a multiple-layer slider, which includes a carrier slider to hold a work product and fixed at one end of the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070211614 - Device and method for manufacturing a master disc using a pulsed write strategy: The present invention relates to a device for manufacturing a master disc for mastering data on an optical record carrier. To achieve reduced jitter levels resulting from pit widths that are too large, which might result in cross talk effects during read out or even cross write effects during mastering,... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070211615 - Information storage medium: An information storage medium 100 according to the present invention includes a track 10 that wobbles in a predetermined period and a plurality of pre-pits 21 and 22, which are arranged adjacent to the track. The track has a plurality of frame units 11 and 12. At least one of... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (mei) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070206450 - Optical pickup: An optical pickup for disc device has elastic wires 15 reliably connected with a dumping gel box 6. Guide members 18 are provided integrally with the dumping gel box 6 along bottom edges of side surface 6 as of the dumping gel box 6 while portions of the guide members... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070206455 - Optical device and method for manufacturing the same: An optical device includes a substrate, an optical element, a translucent component, a plurality of first terminals and a sealant. The sealant is located lower than the top surface of the translucent component. The top surface of the translucent component is exposed out of the sealant, while the side surface... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070206459 - Optical disc apparatus: An optical disc apparatus includes a spherical aberration correction element for correcting spherical aberration and a preadjustment unit for obtaining setting of a spherical aberration correction element for correcting spherical aberration appropriately in a case where a focus position of a light beam emitted from a light source is adjusted... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070206457 - Optical disk apparatus: An optical disk apparatus includes: a servo controller, operable to carry out a servo control of tracking of an optical pickup based on a tracking error signal; a TE balance regulator, operable to detect a TE balance correction value for equalizing, with a reference voltage, a central voltage of the... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070206458 - Optical disk apparatus: An optical disk apparatus includes: a servo control unit, operable to execute a servo control of focusing based on a focus error signal and to execute a servo control of tracking based on a tracking error signal; a detrack regulating unit, operable to execute a detrack regulation for setting an... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070206461 - Objective lens actuator and optical pickup device having the same: An objective lens actuator is provided with an objective lens holder and a tilting coil that drives the objective lens holder in a tilting direction. The tilting coil is inclined with respect to the horizontal direction, so that a rotation center when the objective lens holder is driven in the... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070206460 - Optical element feeding device driving method and optical disk apparatus: An optical element feeding device driving method and an optical disk apparatus capable of detecting biting in a stepping motor and conducting restoration. The optical disk apparatus includes an optical element feeding device including a movable frame for supporting a spherical aberration correcting lens to move the lens in optical... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070206467 - Method for discriminating discs: A method for discriminating a disc includes the steps of: detecting that the disc is inserted into an optical drive; starting a roller motor to load the disc; counting the number of operating sensors; counting time of a disk loading procedure; judging whether all of the sensors operate to determine... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070206476 - Optical disc reproducing apparatus: An optical disc reproducing apparatus includes an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter which converts an analog signal obtained from an optical disc to a digital signal; an asymmetry compensator which detects and corrects an offset of the digital signal; a phase locked loop (PLL) which estimates a clock of the digital signal... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070206448 - Holographic recording medium, method for recording and reproducing the same, and reproducing apparatus: A holographic recording medium 10 is configured to have a recording layer 12 on which information can be recorded as holograms; and first and second heat generating layers 14A and 14B provided in a pair so as to sandwich the recording layer 12. Then, the first and second heat generating... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070206449 - Optical storage medium, manufacturing method for optical storage medium, and optical storage device: Recording density is improved by performing anneal processing on an optical storage medium (4). Anneal management information (40) is recorded in the optical storage medium (4) without performing anneal processing, and is provided to a user. Anneal processing is performed and high density recording and reproducing is enabled by the... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070206451 - Optical pickup and optical disc apparatus: An optical pickup for recording or reproducing an information signal in an optical disc includes a light source for emitting a light beam toward the optical disc, an objective lens for focusing the light beam emitted from the light source onto a recording surface of the optical disc, and a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070206452 - Method and apparatus of reading and/or writing data using an optical disk device: A method and apparatus of compensating for misalignment in an optical disk device includes detecting a plurality of focus error signals, comparing the focus error signals, and shifting a position of an optical lens based on the comparison. Alternatively, a one or more of the focus error signals may be... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070206453 - Multilevel nano-structure optical media with oriented tracking marks: An optical data/information storage medium comprises a disk-shaped substrate with a data/information encoded surface having a plurality of concentric, radially spaced-apart data tracks formed therein, each of said data tracks comprising a plurality of spaced-apart, nano-dimensioned data pits or marks with different angular orientations with respect to a down-track direction... Agent: Seagate Technology LLC C/o Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070206454 - Optical disc recording/reproduction device: There is provided an optical disc recording/reproduction device in which a tracking drive offset amount (21) is given to a tracking drive signal (19), a beam spot position irradiated on a photo-detector (7) is shifted by a servo controller (18), and by using an optical disc on which pits are... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070206456 - Trajectory mapping for improved motion-system jitter while minimizing tracking error: Methods and apparatus to compensate for low-frequency tracking errors in motion control of a movable stage are provided. By recording tracking errors during earlier traversal of a trajectory, filtering, and applying those recorded tracking errors to subsequent traversals of the same or a similar trajectory, tracking errors of the subsequent... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20070206462 - Beam spot position control device and beam spot position control method, and optical disk recording and reproducing device: A beam spot position control device, for controlling multiple beam spot positions irradiated onto an optical recording medium so as to be disposed linearly, includes a light detecting unit for detecting the amount of return light for each of a plurality of beam spots disposed linearly, a tracking control unit... Agent: William S. Frommer, Esq. Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20070206463 - Information recording medium: An information recoding medium having a substrate (32) and a recoding layer (30) whose optical property is changed by being irradiated by a laser beam to display or erase a visible display pattern.... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070206465 - Information recording medium, method for simultaneous recording and reproduction, and information recording and reproduction apparatus: In order to perform simultaneous recording and reproduction, a large capacity of buffer memories were required. In addition, it was difficult to record data while reproducing data which was recorded by a different apparatus. The present invention has an objective of providing an information recording medium, a simultaneous recording and... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (mei) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070206464 - Apparatus and method for choosing target write strategy in optical storage system: An apparatus for selecting a target write strategy from a plurality of write strategies is disclosed. The apparatus includes a clock module, for monitoring time taken to write data to an optical disc and outputting a clock parameter; a first look-up table module comprising a plurality of write strategy control... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070206466 - Optimum power control for optical storage media: An optimal power calibration process in which an OPC process is performed on the outer OPC area (12) of an optical disc (10) at a plurality of write speeds a, b and c, and an OPC process is also performed on the inner OPC area (14) at the write speed... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070206469 - Optical record carrier scanning device:

20070206470 - Method of and drive for recording medium defect management, and defect managed recording medium: A method of and drive for recording medium defect management, and a defect managed recording medium. The defect management method includes: writing first state information that specifies that an update cycle of a temporary defect management structure (TDMS) is open when updating of the TDMS begins, the TDMS containing information... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070206471 - Method of and drive for recording medium defect management, and defect managed recording medium: A method of and drive for recording medium defect management, and a defect managed recording medium. The defect management method includes: writing first state information that specifies that an update cycle of a temporary defect management structure (TDMS) is open when updating of the TDMS begins, the TDMS containing information... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070206468 - Optical disk recording/reproducing device and disk determination method for optical disk recording/reproduction device: An optical disk recording/reproduction device and a disk determination method for an optical disk recording/reproduction device. The disk determination method compares with a threshold value a drive value when the arrival of a focus point at a recording surface is detected during a focus search relative to an optical disk... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070206472 - Link writing method for a recordable or rewritable compact disk and drive for using the method: A link writing method for a recordable or rewritable compact disk includes recording a writing interruption address and enabling a succeeding writing process after the writing interruption. Enabling a succeeding writing process includes searching the linking area and enabling a start writing signal and activating a laser power. The method... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070206473 - Data recording method for optical disk drive: A data recording method for an optical disk drive is implemented by the following steps. First, one or more data blocks are encoded and recorded sequentially, and it detects if a buffer under run occurs. If a buffer under run occurs, the recording does not stop immediately until at least... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070206474 - Information recording and reproducing apparatus, and information recording method: Interlayer crosstalk from a layer (non-readout layer) other than a readout layer, which poses a problem for a next-generation multi-layer optical disk, is reduced. A plurality (t) of tables showing a correspondence between user data and combinations of length, position, and total area of one or a plurality of marks... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070206475 - Optical recording and reproducing apparatus and optical recording and reproducing method: An optical recording and reproducing apparatus includes a recording-pulse-shift setting unit that shifts a front edge and a rear edge of a recording pulse and sets a write strategy of the recording pulse, an mark-edge-position evaluating unit that detects a front edge and a rear edge of a mark formed... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070206477 - Optical tape media, marking, systems, and apparatus and process for producing thereof: Disclosed herein are aspects of optical tape technology, tape manufacturing, and tape usage. Methods and systems of tape technology disclose optical tape media including: configurations, formulations, markings, and structure; optical tape manufacturing methods, systems, and apparatus methods and systems including: curing processes, coating methods, embossing, drums, testing, tracking alignment stamper... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20070206478 - Hologram recording and reproducing apparatus: A hologram recorder/player includes recording beam modulation controller which causes a spatial light modulator to modulate the recording beam in such a way that a hologram is recorded in a plurality of blocks in a unit recording region and that each of the blocks includes recording information (DATA) and error... Agent: Patrick G. Burns, Esq. Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20070206479 - Diffraction grating and optical pickup device: Disclosed are a module to detect a tracking error signal that is easy to be assembled and robust against variation in a track angle, a diffraction grating, an optical pickup, and an optical disc apparatus that enable the module to be realized, wherein a diffraction grating divided into at least... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070206480 - Polarization state detector systems and methods for read-out of multilevel oriented nano-structure optical media: A polarization detection system structured for optical read-out of disc-shaped optical data/information storage and retrieval media with surfaces comprised of pits or marks configured as multilevel oriented nano-structures (ONS) with varying pit or mark orientations and widths. The polarization detection system comprises: an optical beam source; a stage for mounting... Agent: Seagate Technology LLC C/o Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070206481 - Optical scanning apparatus and method: An optical scanning device which is compatible with both multi-layer and single layer disc formats, and which alleviates lens design requirements by providing a dual lens system and by making, say, lens OL0 compatible with DVD (as well as layer L0 of the dual layer format) and lens OL1 compatible... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070206482 - Method and apparatus for reproducing optical recording medium: When the recording capacity of an optical recording medium is increased, both reproduction characteristics and a tilt margin are improved. Specifically, when a laser beam is projected onto an information recording layer of the optical recording medium to reproduce information, a laser beam having a wavelength of 400 to 410... Agent: Mathews, Shepherd, Mckay, & Bruneau, P.A.

20070206483 - Method of shifting rotational speed of disc and disc drive using the same: A method is provided for shifting a rotational speed of a disc. The method includes steps of: detecting a state of a button to determine whether the button is pressed down; counting activating duration if the button is pressed down; determining whether the activating duration is up to a predetermined... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070206484 - Optical recording medium: There is disclosed an optical recording medium having at least a recording layer provided on a light-transmissive substrate having grooves and lands with prepits, wherein said lands are generally rectangular or trapezoidal in cross section having a top surface and sidewalls, as well as a specified land height (h1), and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070206485 - Optical information detecting method, optical information detector, data sampling method: There is provided an optical information detecting method. The method includes: detecting an image of a source data page coded with balanced codewords by the use of 1:N (where N is greater than 1) excessive detection pixels; determining a distribution pattern of valid detection pixels and invalid detection pixels to... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20070206486 - Information recording carrier and information reproducing apparatus for the same: Plural grooves or lands formed in an information recording carrier include at least a wobbling region and data is recorded wobblingly in this wobbling region by phase shift modulation while recorded digitally with a single or multiple waves as a channel bit.... Agent: Nath & Associates

20070206487 - Optical disc and method of producing the same: An optical disc has a first transparent substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate has a first surface and an opposing second surface. The first surface is a beam incidence surface for a laser beam in recording or reproduction of data. The second surface has first concave sections and... Agent: Renner, Kenner, Greive, Bobak, Taylor & Weber

20070206488 - Data storage nanostructures: The present invention relates to a device for data storage. In particular the invention relates to a single electron memory device utilizing multiple tunnel junctions, and arrays or matrixes of such devices. The data storage device according to the invention comprises at least one nanowhisker adapted to store a charge.... Agent: Young & Thompson