Patents by Inventor Jerry A. Moline

Jerry A. Moline 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).

  • Patent number: 6987628
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting a high flying condition of a transducer head in a computer disk drive is provided. The method and apparatus allow the detection of high fly write events that occur over one or a small number of data sectors. In addition, the present invention provides a method and apparatus for detecting high fly write events with a great deal of sensitivity. The method and apparatus of the present invention provide quick response and high sensitivity by monitoring the strength of a signal derived from data written to the disk, and signaling a high fly write event if the monitored signal strength in connection with a particular piece of data is less than a stored high fly write number corresponding to that piece of data by a predetermined amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: Maxtor Corporation
    Inventors: Jerry A. Moline, Bruce Liikanen, Julian Lewkowicz
  • Patent number: 4392156
    Abstract: Conventional border, drop shadow and/or matte outline generating signals are selectively gated through an offset amplifier of less than unity gain and then fed back into the existing delay lines, to selectively modify the horizontal and vertical trailing edge of the waveform generated by the loop, which, in turn, modifies accordingly the selectively switched composite video signal, i.e., provides for selectively increasing the size and/or varying the configuration of the luminance key signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1983
    Assignee: Ampex Corporation
    Inventors: James F. Duca, Jerry A. Moline