Patents by Inventor Evangelos S. Elftheriou

Evangelos S. Elftheriou 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).

  • Storage device and method for scanning a storage medium
    Patent number: 7403467
    Abstract: A storage device and a method for scanning a storage medium. A storage medium for storing data in the form of marks is scanned by an array of probes for mark detecting purposes in a scanning mode. The storage medium has fields with each field to be scanned by an associated one of the probes. At least one of the fields has marks representing operational data for operating the scanning mode. Scanning parameters are computed from the operational data and the scanning mode is adjusted according to the computed parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Albrecht, Gerd K. Binnig, Evangelos S. Elftheriou, Charalampos Pozidis, Sri M. Sri-Jayantha, Peter Vettiger