Patents by Inventor Jin-Hong Hsueh

Jin-Hong Hsueh 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).

  • Method of correcting a read error in a disk drive
    Patent number: 6332207
    Abstract: An apparatus for correcting read errors in a disk drive is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes circuitry for determining that an undesired distortion exists in a data signal read from a surface of a data storage disk; circuitry for finding an approximate starting location of said distortion within said data signal; and, circuitry for correcting errors in said data signal caused by said undesired distortion using said approximate starting location of said distortion. A method for correcting read errors in a disk drive is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2001
    Assignee: Maxtor Corporation
    Inventors: Bobby Ray Southerland, Jin-Hong Hsueh, Lace J. Herman, John C. Purkett
  • Method of correcting read errors in a data storage system using targeted ECC
    Patent number: 6147827
    Abstract: An apparatus for correcting read errors in a disk drive is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes circuitry for determining that an undesired distortion exists in a data signal read from a surface of a data storage disk; circuitry for finding an approximate starting location of said distortion within said data signal; and, circuitry for correcting errors in said data signal caused by said undesired distortion using said approximate starting location of said distortion. A method for correcting read errors in a disk drive is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Assignee: Maxtor Corporation
    Inventors: Bobby Ray Southerland, Jin-Hong Hsueh, Lace J. Herman, John C. Purkett
  • Data recovery using targeted ECC correction
    Patent number: 6084734
    Abstract: An apparatus for correcting read errors in a disk drive is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes circuitry for determining that an undesired distortion exists in a data signal read from a surface of a data storage disk; circuitry for finding an approximate starting location of said distortion within said data signal; and, circuitry for correcting errors in said data signal caused by said undesired distortion using said approximate starting location of said distortion. A method for correcting read errors in a disk drive is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: Maxtor Corporation
    Inventors: Bobby Ray Southerland, Jin-Hong Hsueh, Lace J. Herman, John C. Purkett