Patents by Inventor Masaki Katoh
Masaki Katoh 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).
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Patent number: 7539098Abstract: A recordable optical information recording medium having an address t for each sector, comprises: an area A1 starting from an address t1 to which access is made only when a recording apparatus performs recording operation; an area A2 starting from an address t2 to which access is made either when the recording apparatus performs the recording operation or when the recording apparatus performs reproducing operation; and an area A3 starting from an address t3 to which access is made either when either the recording apparatus or a reproducing apparatus performs recording or when either the recording apparatus or the reproducing apparatus performs reproducing. The addresses t are set consecutively with respect to a physical arrangement of the sectors in each of the areas A2 and A3, and the area A1 has at least one inconsecutive part at which the addresses t are not consecutive with respect to the physical arrangement of the sectors.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2006Date of Patent: May 26, 2009Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Masaki Katoh, Yuki Nakamura, Katsuyuki Yamada
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Patent number: 7482109Abstract: A phase change optical recording medium includes at least a supporting substrate and a recording layer essentially consisting of AgInSbTe alloy compositions implementing recording and readout steps utilizing changes in reflectivity. The recording medium is characterized by the relation v0?0.7 vWH, where the critical relative velocity of phase change, v0, defined by the value of v, at which the differential coefficient, ?dR(v)/dv, reaches a maximum, when the recording medium moves against an optical unit during the recording steps at a relative velocity, v, ranging from minimum and maximum relative velocities warranted for the recording medium, vWL and vWH, respectively. When the reflectivity is measured with varying erase power PE at the linear relative scanning velocity v0, the reflectivity of the recording layer as a function of erase power, R(PE), preferably has a minimum. The recording layer has an activation energy of deterioration equal to or greater than 1.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2002Date of Patent: January 27, 2009Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Masaki Katoh, Yuki Nakamura, Katsuyuki Yamada
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Patent number: 7440380Abstract: A recordable optical information recording medium having an address t for each sector, comprises: an area A1 starting from an address t1 to which access is made only when a recording apparatus performs recording operation; an area A2 starting from an address t2 to which access is made either when the recording apparatus performs the recording operation or when the recording apparatus performs reproducing operation; and an area A3 starting from an address t3 to which access is made either when either the recording apparatus or a reproducing apparatus performs recording or when either the recording apparatus or the reproducing apparatus performs reproducing. The addresses t are set consecutively with respect to a physical arrangement of the sectors in each of the areas A2 and A3, and the area A1 has at least one inconsecutive part at which the addresses t are not consecutive with respect to the physical arrangement of the sectors.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2005Date of Patent: October 21, 2008Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Masaki Katoh, Yuki Nakamura, Katsuyuki Yamada
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Patent number: 7336583Abstract: A recordable optical information recording medium having an address t for each sector, comprises: an area A1 starting from an address t1 to which access is made only when a recording apparatus performs recording operation; an area A2 starting from an address t2 to which access is made either when the recording apparatus performs the recording operation or when the recording apparatus performs reproducing operation; and an area A3 starting from an address t3 to which access is made either the recording apparatus or a reproducing apparatus performs recording or when either recording apparatus or the reproducing apparatus performs reproducing. The addresses t are set consecutively with respect to a physical arrangement of the sectors in each of the areas A2 and A3, and the area A1 has at least on inconsecutive part at which the addresses t are not consecutive with respect to the physical arrangement of the sectors.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2006Date of Patent: February 26, 2008Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Masaki Katoh, Yuki Nakamura, Katsuyuki Yamada
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Publication number: 20070040531Abstract: An automotive alternator rectifier including a terminal connection portion configured by connecting a terminal leading out of first unidirectional conducting element bodies disposed on a surface of a first heat sink so as to be spaced apart or a terminal leading out of second unidirectional conducting element bodies disposed on a surface of a second heat sink so as to be spaced apart with a circuit board terminal is disposed between a rotor and a circuit board. For this reason, temperature increases in the first unidirectional conducting element bodies and the second unidirectional conducting element bodies can be suppressed and workability when connecting the terminal connection portion is improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2004Publication date: February 22, 2007Inventors: Atsushi Oohashi, Masaki Katoh
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Publication number: 20060280486Abstract: A recordable optical information recording medium having an address t for each sector, comprises: an area A1 starting from an address t1 to which access is made only when a recording apparatus performs recording operation; an area A2 starting from an address t2 to which access is made either when the recording apparatus performs the recording operation or when the recording apparatus performs reproducing operation; and an area A3 starting from an address t3 to which access is made either the recording apparatus or a reproducing apparatus performs recording or when either recording apparatus or the reproducing apparatus performs reproducing. The addresses t are set consecutively with respect to a physical arrangement of the sectors in each of the areas A2 and A3, and the area A1 has at least on inconsecutive part at which the addresses t are not consecutive with respect to the physical arrangement of the sectors.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2006Publication date: December 14, 2006Inventors: Masaki Katoh, Yuki Nakamura, Katsuyuki Yamada
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Publication number: 20060239145Abstract: A recordable optical information recording medium having an address t for each sector, comprises: an area A1 starting from an address t1 to which access is made only when a recording apparatus performs recording operation; an area A2 starting from an address t2 to which access is made either when the recording apparatus performs the recording operation or when the recording apparatus performs reproducing operation; and an area A3 starting from an address t3 to which access is made either when either the recording apparatus or a reproducing apparatus performs recording or when either the recording apparatus or the reproducing apparatus performs reproducing. The addresses t are set consecutively with respect to a physical arrangement of the sectors in each of the areas A2 and A3, and the area A1 has at least one inconsecutive part at which the addresses t are not consecutive with respect to the physical arrangement of the sectors.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2006Publication date: October 26, 2006Inventors: Masaki Katoh, Yuki Nakamura, Katsuyuki Yamada
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Patent number: 7072258Abstract: A recordable optical information recording medium having an address t for each sector, comprises: an area A1 starting from an address t1 to which access is made only when a recording apparatus performs recording operation; an area A2 starting from an address t2 to which access is made either when the recording apparatus performs the recording operation or when the recording apparatus performs reproducing operation; and an area A3 starting from an address t3 to which access is made either when either the recording apparatus or a reproducing apparatus performs recording or when either the recording apparatus or the reproducing apparatus performs reproducing. The addresses t are set consecutively with respect to a physical arrangement of the sectors in each of the areas A2 and A3, and the area A1 has at least one inconsecutive part at which the addresses t are not consecutive with respect to the physical arrangement of the sectors.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2003Date of Patent: July 4, 2006Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Masaki Katoh, Yuki Nakamura, Katsuyuki Yamada
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Patent number: 7068581Abstract: A recordable optical information recording medium having an address t for each sector, comprises: an area A1 starting from an address t1 to which access is made only when a recording apparatus performs recording operation; an area A2 starting from an address t2 to which access is made either when the recording apparatus performs the recording operation or when the recording apparatus performs reproducing operation; and an area A3 starting from an address t3 to which access is made either when either the recording apparatus or a reproducing apparatus performs recording or when either the recording apparatus or the reproducing apparatus performs reproducing. The addresses t are set consecutively with respect to a physical arrangement of the sectors in each of the areas A2 and A3, and the area A1 has at least one inconsecutive part at which the addresses t are not consecutive with respect to the physical arrangement of the sectors.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2001Date of Patent: June 27, 2006Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Masaki Katoh, Yuki Nakamura, Katsuyuki Yamada
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Publication number: 20050174903Abstract: A recordable optical information recording medium having an address t for each sector, comprises: an area A1 starting from an address t1 to which access is made only when a recording apparatus performs recording operation; an area A2 starting from an address t2 to which access is made either when the recording apparatus performs the recording operation or when the recording apparatus performs reproducing operation; and an area A3 starting from an address t3 to which access is made either when either the recording apparatus or a reproducing apparatus performs recording or when either the recording apparatus or the reproducing apparatus performs reproducing. The addresses t are set consecutively with respect to a physical arrangement of the sectors in each of the areas A2 and A3, and the area A1 has at least one inconsecutive part at which the addresses t are not consecutive with respect to the physical arrangement of the sectors.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2005Publication date: August 11, 2005Inventors: Masaki Katoh, Yuki Nakamura, Katsuyuki Yamada
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Patent number: 6886177Abstract: The phase-change type optical information recording medium includes a transparent substrate, a first protective layer on the substrate, a recording layer on the first protective layer, a second protective layer on the recording layer, and a reflective layer on the second protective layer. Assuming that minimum recording linear velocity is V1 and maximum recording linear velocity is V2, then a value of ratio I(V2)/I(V1) of a degree of modulation corresponding to the maximum and minimum linear velocities is between 1 and 1.2.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2001Date of Patent: April 26, 2005Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Masaki Katoh, Katsuyuki Yamada, Yuki Nakamura
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Publication number: 20040085879Abstract: A recordable optical information recording medium having an address t for each sector, comprises: an area A1 starting from an address t1 to which access is made only when a recording apparatus performs recording operation; an area A2 starting from an address t2 to which access is made either when the recording apparatus performs the recording operation or when the recording apparatus performs reproducing operation; and an area A3 starting from an address t3 to which access is made either when either the recording apparatus or a reproducing apparatus performs recording or when either the recording apparatus or the reproducing apparatus performs reproducing. The addresses t are set consecutively with respect to a physical arrangement of the sectors in each of the areas A2 and A3, and the area A1 has at least one inconsecutive part at which the addresses t are not consecutive with respect to the physical arrangement of the sectors.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2003Publication date: May 6, 2004Inventors: Masaki Katoh, Yuki Nakamura, Katsuyuki Yamada
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Publication number: 20040085880Abstract: A recordable optical information recording medium having an address t for each sector, comprises: an area A1 starting from an address t1 to which access is made only when a recording apparatus performs recording operation; an area A2 starting from an address t2 to which access is made either when the recording apparatus performs the recording operation or when the recording apparatus performs reproducing operation; and an area A3 starting from an address t3 to which access is made either when either the recording apparatus or a reproducing apparatus performs recording or when either the recording apparatus or the reproducing apparatus performs reproducing. The addresses t are set consecutively with respect to a physical arrangement of the sectors in each of the areas A2 and A3, and the area A1 has at least one inconsecutive part at which the addresses t are not consecutive with respect to the physical arrangement of the sectors.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2003Publication date: May 6, 2004Inventors: Masaki Katoh, Yuki Nakamura, Katsuyuki Yamada
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Publication number: 20030043712Abstract: A phase change optical recording medium together with methods for optimally initializing and recording feasible for carrying out read/write/erase operations at multiple recording velocities ranging from 4.8 m/sec to 30 m/sec. Preferably, a recording layer included in the recording medium essentially consists of Ag, In, Sb and Te, with the proportion in atom % of a(Ag): b(In): c(Sb): d(Te), with 0.1≦a≦7, 2≦b ≦10, 64≦c≦92 and 5≦d≦26, provided that a+b+c−d≧97. Initializing the recording medium uses a scanning beam spot from a high power semiconductor laser having energy density input equal to, or less than, 1000 J/m20, scanning speed of the beam spot in the range of 3.5 m/sec to 6.5 m/sec0, and intensity of laser emission equal to, or greater than 330 mW.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2002Publication date: March 6, 2003Inventors: Yuki Nakamura, Masaki Katoh
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Publication number: 20030044719Abstract: A phase change optical recording medium includes at least a supporting substrate and a recording layer essentially consisting of AgInSbTe alloy compositions implementing recording and readout steps utilizing changes in reflectivity. The recording medium is characterized by the relation v0≧0.7 vWH, where the critical relative velocity of phase change, v0, defined by the value of v, at which the differential coefficient, −dR(v)/dv, reaches a maximum, when the recording medium moves against an optical unit during the recording steps at a relative velocity, v, ranging from minimum and maximum relative velocities warranted for the recording medium, vWL and vWH, respectively. When the reflectivity is measured with varying erase power PE at the linear relative scanning velocity v0, the reflectivity of the recording layer as a function of erase power, R(PE), preferably has a minimum. The recording layer has an activation energy of deterioration equal to or greater than 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2002Publication date: March 6, 2003Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Masaki Katoh, Yuki Nakamura, Katsuyuki Yamada
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Publication number: 20020075789Abstract: The phase-change type optical information recording medium includes a transparent substrate, a first protective layer on the substrate, a recording layer on the first protective layer, a second protective layer on the recording layer, and a reflective layer on the second protective layer. Assuming that minimum recording linear velocity is V1 and maximum recording linear velocity is V2, then a value of ratio I(V2)/I(V1) of a degree of modulation corresponding to the maximum and minimum linear velocities is between 1 and 1.2.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2001Publication date: June 20, 2002Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Masaki Katoh, Katsuyuki Yamada, Yuki Nakamura
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Publication number: 20010021154Abstract: A recordable optical information recording medium having an address t for each sector, comprises: an area A1 starting from an address t1 to which access is made only when a recording apparatus performs recording operation; an area A2 starting from an address t2 to which access is made either when the recording apparatus performs the recording operation or when the recording apparatus performs reproducing operation; and an area A3 starting from an address t3 to which access is made either when either the recording apparatus or a reproducing apparatus performs recording or when either the recording apparatus or the reproducing apparatus performs reproducing. The addresses t are set consecutively with respect to a physical arrangement of the sectors in each of the areas A2 and A3, and the area A1 has at least one inconsecutive part at which the addresses t are not consecutive with respect to the physical arrangement of the sectors.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2001Publication date: September 13, 2001Inventors: Masaki Katoh, Yuki Nakamura, Katsuyuki Yamada