Abstract: A hybrid infrared-ultrasound real time location system includes at least one emitter having an infrared transmitter and a plurality of ultrasound transmitters and at least one tag. The tag receives an infrared signal from the infrared transmitter and ultrasound signals from the ultrasound transmitters. The time between the time-of-arrival of the IR signal and the time-of-arrival of each ultrasound signal is calculated and used to measure the respective time-of-flight of each of the US transmissions from the US transmitters to the tag and compute location.

Abstract: The disc device that includes a disc tray which stores a plurality of stacked discs, a tray carrier which transports the disc tray, and a disc selector which supplies one disc of the plurality of discs stacked on the disc tray to a drive unit. The disc selector includes a disc selector spindle that supports the plurality of discs, a disc press on which an upper surface of an uppermost disc of the plurality of discs supported by the disc selector spindle abuts, a displacement amount detection mechanism that detects a displacement amount of the disc press displaced according to thicknesses of the plurality of supported discs, and a thickness detection unit that detects a thickness of each of the plurality of discs based on the detected displacement amount of the disc press.

Abstract: A tonearm unit includes: an arm member having a tip to which a cartridge is attached; and a raising and lowering mechanism which raises and lowers the arm member with respect to a phonograph record along an axis. The raising and lowering mechanism includes: a cam base supporting the arm member; a ring cam provided to be rotatable about the axis with respect to the cam base; a first guide portion on the cam base, extending at an angle along a rotation direction of the ring cam; and a second guide portion on the ring cam, extending at an angle along the rotation direction so as to face the first guide portion. When the ring cam rotates with respect to the cam base, the cam base is raised and lowered with respect to the ring cam as a result of the second guide portion sliding along the first guide portion.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method includes attaching a die to a beam, wherein the die comprises an array of transducers positioned in a transducer region of the die, a first region extending from the transducer region to a first end of the die and a second region extending from the transducer region to a second end of the die. The first region of the die is attached to the beam. The transducer region and the second region are not attached to the beam.

Abstract: In order to suppress the occurrence of adhesion between magnetic disks and spacers when the magnetic disks and the spacers are removed from a hard disk drive apparatus in which the magnetic disks and the spacers are installed, a surface roughness Ra of a main surface of a ring-shaped glass spacer to be arranged in contact with a magnetic disk is set to be not larger than 1.0 ?m, and an average inclination R?a of the main surface is set to be at least 0.02.

Abstract: A remote control system detects a directional signal at an alerting sensor package; activates an appliance to accept a control signal in response to the directional signal; accepts the control signal at the appliance from a muscle sensor package; and adjusts operation of the appliance in response to the control signal.

Abstract: An archival data storage service dispatches a first robotic device of a data storage library to perform a first task that involves moving a first data storage tape from a tape drive to a slot of the data storage library. The service select a second task to be performed by a second robotic device, which can be performed without the first robotic device causing delay of the second task. While the first robotic device is performing the first task, the archival data storage service dispatches the second robotic device to perform the second task.

Abstract: A method according to one embodiment includes attaching a die to a beam, where the die includes an array of transducers in a transducer region of the die, a first region extending from the transducer region to a first end of the die and a second region extending from the transducer region to a second end of the die. The transducer region of the die is attached to the beam, and the first region and the second region are not attached to the beam.

Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods include, for instance: obtaining an input including an image of a plant, identifying a species of the plant by use of visual recognition of the image. The image is analyzed for symptoms and candidate diagnoses are selected from a diagnostic repository according to the symptoms. With respective candidate diagnoses, a confidence score and a treatment regimen are associated. According to a treatment mode, the candidate diagnoses and treatment regimen are delivered.

Abstract: A PMR writer is disclosed wherein the trailing shield (TS) structure has a high moment trailing shield (HMTS) with a saturation (Bs) from 19 kiloGauss (kG) to 24 kG and a width (w) from 10 nm to 500 nm and is separated from the main pole (MP) trailing side at an air bearing surface (ABS) by a first write gap (WG) portion of thickness t1. A second WG portion of thickness t2 where t2>t1 adjoins the sides of the first WG portion, and has an outer side at a cross-track distance ½ w1 from a center plane that bisects the MP trailing side where w1>w. A first TS layer is formed on the HMTS and on the second WG portion, and has an outer side coplanar with the second WG portion outer side. Accordingly, there is improvement in tracks per inch capability and adjacent track interference.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a disk device includes a first actuator assembly and a second actuator assembly which are respectively supported by a first bearing unit and a second bearing unit to be rotatable about a support shaft. The first bearing unit includes a first sleeve and a ball bearing. The second bearing unit includes a second sleeve and a ball bearing. The first sleeve includes a first end surface opposed to the second sleeve and an annular first step projecting from the first end surface, and the second sleeve includes a second end surface opposed to the first step with a gap and an annular second step projecting from the second end surface. The second step is opposed to the first step and the first end surface with a gap.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to data storage devices, and more specifically, to a magnetic media drive employing a magnetic recording head. The head includes a trailing shield, a main pole, an STO disposed between the trailing shield and the main pole, and a non-magnetic conductive structure adjacent to the main pole and in contact with the STO. The STO includes an FGL and an SPL, and the FGL is disposed between the main pole and the SPL. The FGL includes a side extending over the main pole and at least a portion of the non-magnetic conductive structure. With the FGL disposed proximate to the main pole and over at least a portion of the non-magnetic conductive structure, current crowding and disturbance from the trailing shield are minimized.

Abstract: Techniques are described for user authentication based on a signal that is transmitted through an individual's body, and detected using device(s) in physical contact with the individual. A signal, such as an electrical signal or a vibrational signal, may be transmitted from a first device and received by a second device that is in physical contact with the individual. The received signal may be employed to determine a body signature for the individual. The body signature may identify the individual among a population of individuals, given the particular alterations to the propagating signal caused by the individual's physiology. Accordingly, the body signature may be employed as a form of biometric data that is useable to authenticate the individual to access a secure area, log in to a device or an application, or for other purposes.

Abstract: A magnetic head includes a main pole, a trailing shield, a spin torque oscillator, and a buffer layer. The buffer layer is interposed between the main pole and the spin torque oscillator. The spin torque oscillator has first and second side surfaces. The first and second side surfaces respectively form first and second angles with respect to a direction perpendicular to a top surface of a substrate. The first and second angles each fall within a range of 0° to 10°. The buffer layer has third and fourth side surfaces. The third side surface includes a first inclined portion forming a third angle greater than the first angle. The fourth side surface includes a second inclined portion forming a fourth angle greater than the second angle.

Abstract: A tape-shaped magnetic recording medium includes a substrate; and a magnetic layer that is provided on the substrate and contains a magnetic powder. An average thickness of the magnetic layer is not more than 90 nm, an average aspect ratio of the magnetic powder is not less than 1.0 and not more than 3.0, the coercive force Hc1 in a vertical direction is not more than 3000 Oe, the coercive force Hc1 in the vertical direction and a coercive force Hc2 in a longitudinal direction satisfy a relationship of Hc2/Hc1?0.8, and a value of ?1.5??0.5 is not more than 0.6 N in a tensile test of the magnetic recording medium in the longitudinal direction, where ?0.5 is a load at an elongation rate of 0.5% in the magnetic recording medium and ?1.5 is a load at an elongation rate of 1.5% in the magnetic recording medium.

Abstract: A magnetic recording disk drive head carrier or slider has a contact pad that protects the disk drive's write pole during touchdown of the slider with the disk. The contact pad is located in a window region of the slider's disk-facing surface that includes the write pole end. The contact pad includes a layer of silicon that surrounds the write pole end but does not cover it. The silicon does not cover the write pole end because it has diffused into the ferromagnetic material of the write pole end. This removes the silicon over the write pole end. The contact pad includes a protective overcoat on the silicon-containing write pole end and surrounding silicon layer. The protective overcoat thus has a recess over the write pole due to the absence of silicon, so that the protective overcoat surrounding the recess provides protection to the recessed write pole end during touchdown.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing an output device, which can reduce the impact on an object to which power is supplied even when an output unit continuously fails to supply a voltage. To solve the problem a brake mechanism includes a contact member and a variable unit. The contact member may be brought into contact with a read head that reads information recorded as an information stream stored in a medium that moves relative to the read head. The variable unit changes a contact state between the contact member and the read head when the information representing the displacement between the position on the medium read by the read head and the position in the recorded information stream exceeds a prescribed range.

Abstract: The magnetic recording medium includes a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer including a ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic support, in which a center line average surface roughness Ra measured regarding a surface of the magnetic layer is 1.0 nm to 1.6 nm, and a difference (Safter?Sbefore) between a spacing Safter measured by optical interferometry regarding the surface of the magnetic layer after ethanol cleaning and a spacing Sbefore measured by optical interferometry regarding the surface of the magnetic layer before ethanol cleaning is greater than 0 nm and equal to or smaller than 6.0 nm.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a disk device includes two magnetic disks opposing each other at intervals of 1.2 to 1.5 mm, and at least two suspension assemblies movable respectively between the two magnetic disks. Each of the suspension assemblies includes a base plate, a load beam extending from the base plate, a tab extending from a distal end of the load beam, a wiring member on the load beam and the base plate, including a gimbal portion, and a magnetic head on the gimbal portion, abutting on a dimple of the load beam via the gimbal portion. The ratio of a distance from a bendable location of the load beam to a center of the dimple with respect to a distance from the center of the dimple to a tip of the tab is 2.8 to 3.8.

Abstract: An apparatus for changing a record comprising a record changing fork comprising first and second spaced apart tines arranged in a record plane and extending from a fork base to a fork mouth, each tine comprising a groove extending from the fork mouth at least part way to the fork base, the grooves being arranged to hold a record therebetween in the record plane; at least one tine comprising a resiliently deformable record gate, the record gate being adapted to prevent sliding of a record in the grooves past the record gate unless the record is slid with a force exceeding a threshold force; at least one shelf adapted to support a record, the width of the shelf being less than the separation between the tines; and, a control mechanism connected to the record changing fork.