Patents by Inventor Shoichi Miyazawa

Shoichi Miyazawa 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: 7430085
    Abstract: A signal processing device having a feature of analog-to-digital converting a burst signal has a feature of selecting data bus to notify a disk control device 2 of a conversion result via an NRZ data bus. The disk control device 2 includes means for storing the result of the analog-to-digital conversion of said servo positional signal. The positional signal of a head of the disk device is digitalized in an R/W channel. Sampling for digital conversion is performed in only a window which is defined only in the vicinity of peaks of the positional signal. The values of peaks which are obtained by sampling are averaged by an averaging circuit. This enables the influence of noise occurred outside of the window to be eliminated. Although the noise in the window is sampled, its adverse influence is suppressed by the averaging processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Japan, Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoyasu Tsunoda, Yukie Miyazawa, legal representative, Hitoshi Ogawa, Ryutaro Horita, Takashi Nara, Masatoshi Nishina, Katsumi Yamamoto, Shoichi Miyazawa
  • Publication number: 20060285238
    Abstract: A signal processing device having a feature of analog-to-digital converting a burst signal has a feature of selecting data bus to notify a disk control device 2 of a conversion result via an NRZ data bus. The disk control device 2 includes means for storing the result of the analog-to-digital conversion of said servo positional signal. The positional signal of a head of the disk device is digitalized in an R/W channel. Sampling for digital conversion is performed in only a window which is defined only in the vicinity of peaks of the positional signal. The values of peaks which are obtained by sampling are averaged by an averaging circuit. This enables the influence of noise occurred outside of the window to be eliminated. Although the noise in the window is sampled, its adverse influence is suppressed by the averaging processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2006
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Inventors: Motoyasu Tsunoda, Shoichi Miyazawa, Yukie Miyazawa, Hitoshi Ogawa, Ryutaro Horita, Takashi Nara, Masatoshi Nishina, Katsumi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7139143
    Abstract: A signal processing device for analog-to-digital converting a burst signal has a feature of selecting a data bus to notify a disk control device of a conversion result via an NRZ data bus. The disk control device stores the result of the analog-to-digital conversion of the servo positional signal. The positional signal of a head of the disk device is digitized in a R/W channel. Sampling for digital conversion is performed in only a window which is defined only in the vicinity of peaks of the positional signal. The values of peaks which are obtained by sampling are averaged by an averaging circuit. This enables the influence of noise occurred outside of the window to be eliminated. Although the noise in the window is sampled, its adverse influence is suppressed by the averaging processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoyasu Tsunoda, Yukie Miyazawa, legal representative, Hitoshi Ogawa, Ryutaro Horita, Takashi Nara, Masatoshi Nishina, Katsumi Yamamoto, Shoichi Miyazawa, deceased
  • Patent number: 6700721
    Abstract: A magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus includes a R/W signal processor having a write data generator arranged to be of an interleave system and transmitting/receiving data to/from the R/W amplifier via a plurality of signal lines. In addition, the R/W amplifier has a compound circuit provided for the write data of the interleave system from the R/W signal processor and is formed as an integrated circuit, moreover, a ½ prescaler is provided at the output of the write data generator, making transmitting and receiving write data in NRZI CODE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eisaku Saiki, Shintaro Suzumura, Terumi Takashi, Kazutoshi Ashikawa, Tsuguyoshi Hirooka, Shoichi Miyazawa, Masashi Mori
  • Patent number: 6661594
    Abstract: A signal processing circuit for a magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus, including at least an AGC, a PLL, a LPF, an equalizer circuit and a detection circuit, wherein a coefficient compensation circuit is formed by defining a constitution of the equalizer circuit, an error detection circuit is provided which operates by receiving input from the detection circuit, and the LSI is formed by a plurality of analog and digital chips, and the analog and digital chips are connected by current-output type D/A converters connected to at least the AGC and the PLL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Satoh, Seiichi Mita, Shoichi Miyazawa, Terumi Takashi, Yosuke Hori, Yoshiju Watanabe, Akihiko Hirano, Satoshi Minoshima, Hideki Miyasaka, Toshihiro Nitta, Tomoaki Hirai, Ryushi Shimokawa, Koji Shida, Yasuhide Ouchi
  • Publication number: 20030179479
    Abstract: A signal processing device having a feature of analog-to-digital converting a burst signal has a feature of selecting data bus to notify a disk control device 2 of a conversion result via an NRZ data bus. The disk control device 2 includes means for storing the result of the analog-to-digital conversion of said servo positional signal. The positional signal of a head of the disk device is digitalized in an R/W channel. Sampling for digital conversion is performed in only a window which is defined only in the vicinity of peaks of the positional signal. The values of peaks which are obtained by sampling are averaged by an averaging circuit. This enables the influence of noise occurred outside of the window to be eliminated. Although the noise in the window is sampled, its adverse influence is suppressed by the averaging processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoyasu Tsunoda, Shoichi Miyazawa, Hitoshi Ogawa, Ryutaro Horita, Takashi Nara, Masatoshi Nishina, Katsumi Yamamoto, Yukie Miyazawa
  • Patent number: 6563656
    Abstract: A signal processing device for analog-to-digital converting a burst signal has a feature of selecting a data bus to notify a disk control device of a conversion result via an NRZ data bus. The disk control device stores the result of the analog-to-digital conversion of the servo positional signal. The positional signal of a head of the disk device is digitized in a R/W channel. Sampling for digital conversion is performed in only a window which is defined only in the vicinity of peaks of the positional signal. The values of peaks which are obtained by sampling are averaged by an averaging circuit. This enables the influence of noise occurred outside of the window to be eliminated. Although the noise in the window is sampled, its adverse influence is suppressed by the averaging processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoyasu Tsunoda, Shoichi Miyazawa, Hitoshi Ogawa, Ryutaro Horita, Takashi Nara, Masatoshi Nishina, Katsumi Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20030035236
    Abstract: A signal processing circuit for a magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus, including at least an AGC, a PLL, a LPF, an equalizer circuit and a detection circuit, wherein a coefficient compensation circuit is formed by defining a constitution of the equalizer circuit, an error detection circuit is provided which operates by receiving input from the detection circuit, and the LSI is formed by a plurality of analog and digital chips, and the analog and digital chips are connected by current-output type D/A converters connected to at least the AGC and the PLL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Satoh, Seiichi Mita, Shoichi Miyazawa, Terumi Takashi, Yosuke Hori, Yoshiju Watanabe, Akihiko Hirano, Satoshi Minoshima, Hideki Miyasaka, Toshihiro Nitta, Tomoaki Hirai, Ryushi Shimokawa, Koji Shida, Yasuhide Ouchi
  • Publication number: 20020196570
    Abstract: A signal processing device having a feature of analog-to-digital converting a burst signal has a feature of selecting data bus to notify a disk control device 2 of a conversion result via an NRZ data bus. The disk control device 2 includes means for storing the result of the analog-to-digital conversion of said servo positional signal. The positional signal of a head of the disk device is digitalized in an R/W channel. Sampling for digital conversion is performed in only a window which is defined only in the vicinity of peaks of the positional signal. The values of peaks which are obtained by sampling are averaged by an averaging circuit. This enables the influence of noise occurred outside of the window to be eliminated. Although the noise in the window is sampled, its adverse influence is suppressed by the averaging processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoyasu Tsunoda, Shoichi Miyazawa, Hitoshi Ogawa, Ryutaro Horita, Takashi Nara, Masatoshi Nishina, Katsumi Yamamoto, Yukie Miyazawa
  • Publication number: 20020171960
    Abstract: A magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus includes a R/W signal processor having a write data generator arranged to be of an interleave system and transmitting/receiving data to/from the R/W amplifier via a plurality of signal lines. In addition, the R/W amplifier has a compound circuit provided for the write data of the interleave system from the R/W signal processor and is formed as an integrated circuit, moreover, a ½ prescaler is provided at the output of the write data generator, making transmitting and receiving write data in NRZI CODE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2002
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventors: Eisaku Saiki, Shintaro Suzumura, Terumi Takashi, Kazutoshi Ashikawa, Tsuguyoshi Hirooka, Shoichi Miyazawa, Masashi Mori
  • Patent number: 6452736
    Abstract: A magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus includes a read/write signal processor having a write data generator arranged to be of an interleave system and transmitting/receiving data to/from the read/write amplifier via a plurality of signal lines. In addition, the read/write amplifier has a compound circuit provided for the write data of the interleave system from the read/write signal processor and is formed as an integrated circuit, moreover, a 1/2 prescaler is provided at the output of the write data generator, transmitting and receiving write data in Non-Return-To-Zero-Interleave CODE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eisaku Saiki, Shintaro Suzumura, Terumi Takashi, Kazutoshi Ashikawa, Tsuguyoshi Hirooka, Shoichi Miyazawa, Masashi Mori
  • Patent number: 6445522
    Abstract: A signal processing device for analog-to-digital converting a burst signal has a feature of selecting a data bus to notify a disk control device of a conversion result via an NRZ data bus. The disk control device stores the result of the analog-to-digital conversion of the servo positional signal. The positional signal of a head of the disk device is digitalized in a R/W channel. Sampling for digital conversion is performed in only a window which is defined only in the vicinity of peaks of the positional signal. The values of peaks which are obtained by sampling are averaged by an averaging circuit. This enables the influence of noise occurred outside of the window to be eliminated. Although the noise in the window is sampled, its adverse influence is suppressed by the averaging processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoyasu Tsunoda, Shoichi Miyazawa, Hitoshi Ogawa, Ryutaro Horita, Takashi Nara, Masatoshi Nishina, Katsumi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 6400523
    Abstract: A magnetic disk recording and reproducing apparatus comprising a unit for inserting an error correcting code related to control information into said control information on data; a recording control unit for recording in a plurality of sectors formed by dividing the recording area of a magnetic disk, each sector having an ID area for recording said control information and a data area, provided adjacent to and behind said ID area, for recording said data; and a error correcting unit for correcting said control information of said ID area by said error correcting code before data is read from said data area corresponding to said ID area or data is recorded in said data area corresponding to said ID area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukari Katayama, Hitoshi Ogawa, Motoyasu Tsunoda, Tsuneo Hirose, Akira Kojima, Eisaku Saiki, Yasunori Kaneda, Katsuhiro Tsuneta, Shoichi Miyazawa, Terumi Takashi
  • Publication number: 20020021517
    Abstract: A magnetic disk recording and reproducing apparatus comprising a unit for inserting an error correcting code related to control information into said control information on data; a recording control unit for recording in a plurality of sectors formed by dividing the recording area of a magnetic disk, each sector having an ID area for recording said control information and a data area, provided adjacent to and behind said ID area, for recording said data; and a error correcting unit for correcting said control information of said ID area by said error correcting code before data is read from said data area corresponding to said ID area or data is recorded in said data area corresponding to said ID area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2001
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Inventors: Yukari Katayama, Hitoshi Ogawa, Motoyasu Tsunoda, Tsuneo Hirose, Akira Kojima, Eisaku Saiki, Yasunori Kaneda, Katsuhiro Tsuneta, Shoichi Miyazawa, Terumi Takashi
  • Publication number: 20010009483
    Abstract: A signal processing circuit for a magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus, including at least an AGC, a PLL, a LPF, an equalizer circuit and a detection circuit, wherein a coefficient compensation circuit is formed by defining a constitution of the equalizer circuit, an error detection circuit is provided which operates by receiving input from the detection circuit, and the LSI is formed by a plurality of analog and digital chips, and the analog and digital chips are connected by current-output type D/A converters connected to at least the AGC and the PLL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2001
    Publication date: July 26, 2001
    Inventors: Naoki Satoh, Seiichi Mita, Shoichi Miyazawa, Terumi Takashi, Yosuke Hori, Yoshiju Watanabe, Akihiko Hirano, Satoshi Minoshima, Hideki Miyasaka, Toshihiro Nitta, Tomoaki Hirai, Ryushi Shimokawa, Koji Shida, Yasuhide Ouchi
  • Patent number: 6236528
    Abstract: A disk type recording and reproducing apparatus includes a disk type recording medium having a plurality of tracks and having stored on each of the plurality of tracks a position signal indicating positions on the tracks; a drive section for rotating the disk type recording medium; a dual head separately incorporating a reading head for reading from the disk type recording medium and a writing head for writing into the disk type recording medium; a head drive section for moving the dual head; means for controlling the head drive section by a controlled variable in compliance with a position signal read from the disk type recording medium using an object track and the reading head; and memory means for storing quantity information used to correct the controlled variable of the means for controlling the head drive section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukari Katayama, Hitoshi Ogawa, Motoyasu Tsunoda, Tsuneo Hirose, Akira Kojima, Eisaku Saiki, Yasunori Kaneda, Katsuhiro Tsuneta, Shoichi Miyazawa, Terumi Takashi
  • Patent number: 6172828
    Abstract: A signal processing device having a feature of analog-to-digital converting a burst signal has a feature of selecting a data bus to notify a disk control device of a conversion result via an NRZ data bus. The disk control device stores the result of the analog-to-digital conversion of the servo positional signal. The positional signal of a head of the disk device is digitalizes in a R/W channel. Sampling for digital conversion is performed in only a window which is defined only in the vicinity of peaks of the positional signal. The values of peaks which are obtained by sampling are averaged by an averaging circuit. This enables the influence of noise occurred outside of the window to be eliminated. Although the noise in the window is sampled, its adverse influence is suppressed by the averaging processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoyasu Tsunoda, Shoichi Miyazawa, Hitoshi Ogawa, Ryutaro Horita, Takashi Nara, Masatoshi Nishina, Katsumi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 6108158
    Abstract: A disk type recording and reproducing apparatus includes a disk type recording medium, and a dual head including a reading head and a writing head. A center of the core of the reading head is shifted in the radial direction of the disk type recording medium relative to a center of the core of the writing head. The disk type recording medium has a plurality of recording tracks each having a plurality of sectors. Each of the sectors has an ID division provided ahead of a data division disposed in the circumferential direction of the disk type recording medium. The ID division has recorded therein identification information identifying the sector. A center line of the ID division is shifted in the radial direction of the disk type recording medium relative to a center line of the data division by a distance equal to a distance by which the center of the core of the reading head is shifted in the radial direction of the disk type recording medium relative to the center of the core of the writing head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukari Katayama, Hitoshi Ogawa, Motoyasu Tsunoda, Tsuneo Hirose, Akira Kojima, Eisaku Saiki, Yasunori Kaneda, Katsuhiro Tsuneta, Shoichi Miyazawa, Terumi Takashi
  • Patent number: 5953513
    Abstract: The recording and reproducing apparatus comprises an Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) controller, an optical disc device, a magnetic disc device, a disc controller which controls the optical disc device and the magnetic disc device, connectors which connects directly the optical disc device and the magnetic disc device, and a selector which selects one of the optical disc device and the magnetic disc device. A Copy or Verify command is carried out within the apparatus without an SCSI bus, and data are transferred through the connector. Therefore occupation of the SCSI bus and overhead of the SCSI protocol are eliminated, and the apparatus is miniaturized by common use of the SCSI controller and the disc controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eisaku Saiki, Takashi Oeda, Shoichi Miyazawa, Kazuo Shigematsu, Yasunori Kaneda
  • Patent number: RE39253
    Abstract: Apparatus for recording and/or reproducing user data recorded on a record medium. The apparatus includes record encoder for converting original user data into encoded user data of a predetermined record code and as error correcting code generator for generating original error correcting code data for correcting an error with respect to the encoded user data. A write unit records the encoded user data and the error correcting code on the record medium. A read unit reads the recorded data and the reproduced data is error corrected so as to provide the original user data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukari Katayama, Yukie Miyazawa, Hitoshi Ogawa, Masatoshi Nishina, Shoichi Miyazawa