Patents by Inventor Antonius Jacobus Josephus Van Den Hoogen

Antonius Jacobus Josephus Van Den Hoogen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method for efficiently timing recalibration procedures in a disc drive apparatus
    Patent number: 7570549
    Abstract: A disc drive apparatus (1) is described, for writing/reading information into/from a storage medium (2), such as an optical disc. After start-up, multiple recalibration processes are executed, wherein the recalibration processes are executed more frequently during an early phase of the write/read operation than during a later phase of the write/read operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Tony Petrus Van Endert, Antonius Jacobus Josephus Van Den Hoogen, Bart Franco