Patents by Inventor Yukio Ide

Yukio Ide 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: 7777771
    Abstract: An information recording and erasing apparatus configured to record information on and erase other information from a thermo-sensitive recording medium which medium is capable of heat-reversible coloring and discoloring, the information recording and erasing apparatus includes an erasing unit configured to move the thermo-sensitive recording medium from one side to another side, heat the thermo-sensitive recording medium, and erase the other information recorded in the thermo-sensitive recording medium; and a recording unit provided in a direction perpendicular to a moving direction of the thermo-sensitive recording medium with the erasing unit, the recording unit being configured to record the information in the thermo-sensitive recording medium where the other information is erased by the erasing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd., Wedg Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Sakurai, Tadafumi Tatewaki, Yukio Ide, Naoki Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20080062236
    Abstract: An information recording and erasing apparatus configured to record information on and erase other information from a thermo-sensitive recording medium which medium is capable of heat-reversible coloring and discoloring, the information recording and erasing apparatus includes an erasing unit configured to move the thermo-sensitive recording medium from one side to another side, heat the thermo-sensitive recording medium, and erase the other information recorded in the thermo-sensitive recording medium; and a recording unit provided in a direction perpendicular to a moving direction of the thermo-sensitive recording medium with the erasing unit, the recording unit being configured to record the information in the thermo-sensitive recording medium where the other information is erased by the erasing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventors: Hideo Sakurai, Tadafumi Tatewaki, Yukio Ide, Naoki Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20070268319
    Abstract: To provide an image processing apparatus which preferably obtains information concerning a record condition or erasure condition varying by each reversible display recording medium. The image processing apparatus which forms an image on the reversible display recording medium containing the record condition or erasure condition varying by each manufacturer, model number, version, or lot number, in which the image processing apparatus containing a condition information obtaining unit configured to obtain condition information concerning the record condition or erasure condition of the reversible display recording medium from the reversible display recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Inventors: Tadafumi Tatewaki, Hideo Sakurai, Yukio Ide
  • Patent number: 7288224
    Abstract: A sputtering target contains a target material including as constituent elements Ag, In, Te and Sb with the respective atomic percents (atom. %) of ?, ?, ? and ? thereof being in the relationship of 0.5??<8, 5???23, 17???38, 32???73, ???, and ?+?+?+?=100, and a method of producing the above sputtering target is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Ide, Hiroko Iwasaki, Yoshiyuki Kageyama, Yujiro Kaneko, Katsuyuki Yamada, Michiaki Shinotsuka, Makoto Harigaya, Hiroshi Deguchi
  • Publication number: 20070236718
    Abstract: An apparatus for managing a printed document includes a storage medium capable of reversibly storing and erasing information, a printing/erasure device for executing printing to the storage medium and erasing a printed record, a document management server for managing information and security of the information, a write device for adding information onto the storage medium, and a monitor device for monitoring takeout of a printed document. A storage medium ID for identifying an individual medium is imparted to each medium. When printing, write, etc, are performed to the storage medium, the document management server manages the storage medium ID and a security level of a printed document file. The monitor device gives a warning not to take out the printed document in accordance with the security level of the document when the storage medium of printed documents is to be taken out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Inventors: Katsuya Yokomura, Ken Kobayashi, Toshiyuki Morita, Minoru Tokunaga, Junichi Matsuda, Yukio Ide, Tadafumi Tatewaki, Tatsuro Saitoh
  • Publication number: 20040058542
    Abstract: A sputtering target contains a target material including as constituent elements Ag, In, Te and Sb with the respective atomic percents (atom. %) of &agr;, &bgr;, &ggr; and &dgr; thereof being in the relationship of 0.5≦&agr;<8, 5 ≦&bgr;≦23, 17 ≦&ggr;≦38, 32≦&dgr;≦73, &agr;≦&bgr;, and &agr;+&bgr;+&ggr;+&dgr;=100, and a method of producing the above sputtering target is provided. An optical recording medium includes a recording layer containing a phase-change recording material which includes as constituent elements Ag, In, Te and Sb with the respective atomic percents of &agr;, &bgr;, &ggr; and &dgr; thereof being in the relationship of 1≦&agr;<6, 7≦&bgr;≦20, 20≦&ggr;≦35, 35≦&dgr;≦70, and &agr;+&bgr;+&ggr;+&dgr;=100, and is capable of recording and erasing information by utilizing the phase change of the recording material in the recording layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Inventors: Yukio Ide, Hiroko Iwasaki, Yoshiyuki Kageyama, Yujiro Kaneko, Katsuyuki Yamada, Michiaki Shinotsuka, Makoto Harigaya, Hiroshi Deguchi
  • Patent number: 6652806
    Abstract: A sputtering target contains a target material including as constituent elements Ag, In, Te and Sb with the respective atomic percents (atom. %) of &agr;, &bgr;, &ggr; and &dgr; thereof being in the relationship of 0.5≦&agr;<8, 5≦&bgr;≦23, 17≦&ggr;≦38, 32≦&dgr;≦73, &agr;≦&bgr;, and &agr;+&bgr;+&ggr;+&dgr;=100, and a method of producing the above sputtering target is provided. An optical recording medium includes a recording layer containing a phase-change recording material which includes as constituent elements Ag, In, Te and Sb with the respective atomic percents of &agr;, &bgr;, &ggr; and &dgr; thereof being in the relationship of 1≦&agr;<6, 7≦&bgr;≦20, 20≦&ggr;≦35, 35≦&dgr;≦70, and &agr;+&bgr;+&ggr;+&dgr;=100, and is capable of recording and erasing information by utilizing the phase change of the recording material in the recording layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Ide, Hiroko Iwasaki, Yoshiyuki Kageyama, Yujiro Kaneko, Katsuyuki Yamada, Michiaki Shinotsuka, Makoto Harigaya, Hiroshi Deguchi
  • Patent number: 6503592
    Abstract: A sputtering target for fabricating a recording layer of a phase-change type optical recording medium contains a compound or mixture including as constituent. elements Ag, In, Te and Ob with the respective atomic percent (atom. %) of &agr;, &bgr;, &ggr; and &dgr; thereof being in the relationship of 2≦&agr;≦30, 3≦&bgr;≦30, 10≦&ggr;≦50, 15≦&dgr;≦83 and &agr;+&bgr;+&ggr;+&dgr;=100, and a method of producing the above sputtering target is provided. A phase-change type optical recording medium includes a recording layer containing as constituent elements Ag, In, To and Sb with the respective atomic percent of &agr;, &bgr;, &ggr; and &dgr; thereof being in the relationship of 0<&agr;≦30, 0<&bgr;≦30, 10≦&ggr;≦50, 10≦&dgr;≦80, and &agr;+&bgr;+&ggr;+&dgr;=100, and is capable of recording and erasing information by utilizing the phase changes of a recording material in the recording layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Yamada, Hiroko Iwasaki, Yukio Ide, Makoto Harigaya, Yoshiyuki Kageyama, Hiroshi Deguchi, Masaetsu Takahashi, Yoshitaka Hayashi
  • Patent number: 6445669
    Abstract: A method of initializing a phase-change optical information recording medium is provided, using an optical system incorporating a semiconductor laser device. The laser device is characterized by a specified spatial power distribution. In a spatial distribution of the laser power focused on the recording medium, in the direction perpendicular to guide tracks the laser device preferably has less average smaller in both end regions of the spatial distribution, which have each 10% of the width at half maximum of the distribution, than the average in the center region of the full width at half maximum of the distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyohji Hattori, Fumiya Ohmi, Kenichi Aihara, Katsuyuki Yamada, Yuki Nakamura, Eiji Noda, Michihisa Takahashi, Yujiro Kaneko, Yukio Ide
  • Publication number: 20020034663
    Abstract: A sputtering target contains a target material including as constituent elements Ag, In, Te and Sb with the respective atomic percents (atom. %) of &agr;, &bgr;, &ggr; and &dgr; thereof being in the relationship of 0.5≦&agr;<8, 5≦&bgr;≦23, 17≦&ggr;≦38, 32≦&dgr;≦73, &agr;≦&bgr;, and &agr;+&bgr;+&ggr;+&dgr;=100, and a method of producing the above sputtering target is provided. An optical recording medium includes a recording layer containing a phase-change recording material which includes as constituent elements Ag, In, Te and Sb with the respective atomic percents of &agr;, &bgr;, &ggr; and &dgr; thereof being in the relationship of 1≦&agr;<6, 7≦&bgr;≦20, 20≦&ggr;≦35, 35≦&dgr;≦70, and &agr;+&bgr;+&ggr;+&dgr;=100, and is capable of recording and erasing information by utilizing the phase change of the recording material in the recording layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2001
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Inventors: Yukio Ide, Hiroko Iwasaki, Yoshiyuki Kageyama, Yujiro Kaneko, Katsuyuki Yamada, Michiaki Shinotsuka, Makoto Harigaya, Hiroshi Deguchi
  • Patent number: 6319368
    Abstract: A sputtering target contains a target material including as constituent elements Ag, In, Te and Sb with the respective atomic percents (atom. %) of &agr;, &bgr;, &ggr; and &dgr; thereof being in the relationship of 0.5≦&agr;<8, 5≦&bgr;≦23, 17≦&ggr;≦38, 32≦&dgr;≦73, &agr;≦&bgr;, and &agr;+&bgr;+&ggr;+&dgr;=100, and a method of producing the above sputtering target is provided. An optical recording medium includes a recording layer containing a phase-change recording material which includes as constituent elements Ag, In, Te and Sb with the respective atomic percents of &agr;, &bgr;, &ggr; and &dgr; thereof being in the relationship of 1≦&agr;<6, 7≦&bgr;≦20, 20≦&ggr;≦35, 35≦&dgr;≦70, and &agr;+&bgr;+&ggr;+&dgr;=100, and is capable of recording and erasing information by utilizing the phase change of the recording material in the recording layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Ide, Hiroko Iwasaki, Yoshiyuki Kageyama, Yujiro Kaneko, Katsuyuki Yamada, Michiaki Shinotsuka, Makoto Harigaya, Hiroshi Deguchi
  • Patent number: 6280684
    Abstract: A sputtering target for fabricating a recording layer of a phase-change type optical recording medium contains a compound or mixture including as constituent elements Ag, In, Te and Sb with the respective atomic percent (atom. %) of &agr;, &bgr;, &ggr; and &dgr; thereof being in the relationship of 2≦&agr;≦30, 3≦&bgr;≦30, 10≦&ggr;≦50, 15≦&dgr;≦83 and &agr;+&bgr;+&ggr;+&dgr;=100, and a method of producing the above sputtering target is provided. A phase-change type optical recording medium includes a recording layer containing as constituent elements Ag, In, Te and Sb with the respective atomic percent of &agr;, &bgr;, &ggr; and &dgr; thereof being in the relationship of 0<&agr;≦30, 0<&bgr;≦30, 10≦&ggr;≦50, 10≦&dgr;≦80, and &agr;+&bgr;+&ggr;+&dgr;=100, and is capable of recording and erasing information by utilizing the phase changes of a recording material in the recording layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Yamada, Hiroko Iwasaki, Yukio Ide, Makoto Harigaya, Yoshiyuki Kageyama, Hiroshi Deguchi, Masaetsu Takahashi, Yoshitaka Hayashi
  • Patent number: 6127016
    Abstract: A sputtering target for fabricating a recording layer of a phase-change type optical recording medium contains a compound or mixture including as constituent elemets Ag, In, Te and Sb with the respective atomic percent (atom. %) of .alpha., .beta., .gamma. and .delta. thereof being in the relationship of 2.ltoreq..alpha..ltoreq.30, 3.ltoreq..beta..ltoreq.30, 10.ltoreq..gamma..ltoreq.50, 15.ltoreq..delta..ltoreq.83 and .alpha.+.beta.+.gamma.+.delta.=100, and a method of producing the above sputtering target is provided. A phase-change type optical recording medium includes a recording layer containing as constituent elements Ag, In, Te and Sb with the respective atomic percent of .alpha., .beta., .gamma. and .delta. thereof being in the relationship of 0<.alpha..ltoreq.30, 0<.beta..ltoreq.30, 10.ltoreq..gamma..ltoreq.50, 10.ltoreq..delta..ltoreq.80, and .alpha.+.beta.+.gamma.+.delta.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Yamada, Hiroko Iwasaki, Yukio Ide, Makoto Harigaya, Yoshiyuki Kageyama, Hiroshi Deguchi, Masaetsu Takahashi, Yoshitaka Hayashi
  • Patent number: 5916730
    Abstract: An optical information recording medium capable of recording information, reproducing recorded information, erasing recorded information, and rewriting recorded information, is composed of a substrate, a recording layer formed on the substrate, the recording layer including as the main component a four-component phase-change recording material comprising Ag, In, Te and Sb, and containing a crystalline phase composed of the microcrystallites of AgSbTe.sub.2 at the erasure of recorded information, an upper heat resistant protective layer formed on the recording layer, the upper heat resistant protective layer including a heat resistant material with a thermal conductivity of 1.0 W/cm.deg or more, and an optical reflecting layer formed on the upper heat resistant protective layer. Optical information can be recorded in this recording medium by applying a laser beam to the recording layer through the substrate at a linear velocity of disc rotation of 1.2 to 5.6 m/sec.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1999
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Ide, Makoto Harigaya, Yoshiyuki Kageyama, Hiroko Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 5882493
    Abstract: A sputtering target, for forming a recording layer of an optical recording medium in which information is written and erased through a transition between two phases by utilizing electromagnetic wave energy, consists of a heat-treated and sintered composition represented by the formula:Ag.sub..alpha. In.sub..beta. Te.sub..gamma. Sb.sub..delta.wherein2.ltoreq..alpha..ltoreq.303.ltoreq..beta..ltoreq.3010.ltoreq..gamma..ltoreq.5015.ltoreq..delta..ltoreq.83.alpha.+.beta.+.gamma.+.delta.=100A method of producing the sputtering target, an optical recording medium having a recording layer formed through sputtering by use of the sputtering target, and a method of forming the recording layer are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroko Iwasaki, Yoshiyuki Kageyama, Makoto Harigaya, Masaetsu Takahashi, Hiroshi Deguchi, Katsuyuki Yamada, Yoshitaka Hayashi, Yukio Ide
  • Patent number: 5785828
    Abstract: A sputtering target for fabricating a recording layer of a phase-change type optical recording medium contains a compound or mixture including as constituent elements Ag, In, Te and Sb with the respective atomic percent (atom.%) of .alpha., .beta., .gamma.and .delta.thereof being in the relationship of 2.ltoreq..alpha..ltoreq.30, 3.ltoreq..beta..ltoreq.30, 10.ltoreq..gamma..ltoreq.50, 15.ltoreq..delta..ltoreq.83 and .alpha.+.beta.+.gamma.+.delta.=100, and a method of producing the above sputtering target is provided. A phase-change type optical recording medium includes a recording layer containing as constituent elements Ag, In, Te and Sb with the respective atomic percent of .alpha., .beta., .gamma.and .delta.thereof being in the relationship of 0<.alpha..ltoreq.30, 0<.beta..ltoreq.30, 10.ltoreq..gamma..ltoreq.50, 10.ltoreq..delta..ltoreq.80, and .alpha.+.beta.+.gamma.+.delta.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Yamada, Hiroko Iwasaki, Yukio Ide, Makoto Harigaya, Yoshiyuki Kageyama, Hiroshi Deguchi, Masaetsu Takahashi, Yoshitaka Hayashi
  • Patent number: 5761179
    Abstract: When recording data according to the PWM recording system by modulating signals, pulse modulation for pulse modulation for recording for recording a 0 signal or the like having a signal width of nT (T: Clock time) after modulation is a continuous electro-magnetic wave at a power level e, a record signal pulse array for recording a 1 signal or the like having a signal width of nT after modulation comprises a pulse section fp having a time width x and a power level a, a multi-pulse section mp in which a low level pulse at a power level b and a high power pulse at a power level c having a time width T in total alternately appear (n-n') times in all with a duty ratio y, and a pulse section op having a time width z and a power level d, and x, y, z are integers satisfying the conditions of 0.5 T.ltoreq.x.ltoreq.2 T, 0.4.ltoreq.y.ltoreq.0.6 and 0.5 T.ltoreq.z.ltoreq.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hiroko Iwasaki, Yukio Ide, Yoshiyuki Kageyama, Makoto Harigaya, Michiharu Abe
  • Patent number: 5740149
    Abstract: When recording data according to the PWM recording system by modulating signals, pulse modulation for pulse modulation for recording for recording a 0 signal or the like having a signal width of nT (T: Clock time) after modulation is a continuous electro-magnetic wave at a power level e, a record signal pulse array for recording a 1 signal or the like having a signal width of nT after modulation comprises a pulse section fp having a time width x and a power level a, a multi-pulse section mp in which a low level pulse at a power level b and a high power pulse at a power level c having a time width T in total alternately appear (n-n') times in all with a duty ratio y, and a pulse section op having a time width z and a power level d, and x, y, z are integers satisfying the conditions of 0.5T .ltoreq.x.ltoreq.2T, 0.4.ltoreq.y.ltoreq.0.6 and 0.5T.ltoreq.z.ltoreq.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hiroko Iwasaki, Yukio Ide, Yoshiyuki Kageyama, Makoto Harigaya, Michiharu Abe
  • Patent number: 5736657
    Abstract: A sputtering target contains a target material including as constituent elements Ag, In, Te and Sb with the respective atomic percents (atom. %) of .alpha., .beta., .gamma. and .delta. thereof being in the relationship of 0.5.ltoreq..alpha.<8, 5.ltoreq..beta..ltoreq.23, 17.ltoreq..gamma..ltoreq.38, 32.ltoreq..delta..ltoreq.73, .alpha..ltoreq..beta., and .alpha.+.beta.+.gamma.+.delta.=100, and a method of producing the above sputtering target is provided. An optical recording medium includes a recording layer containing a phase-change recording material which includes as constituent elements Ag, In, Te and Sb with the respective atomic percents of .alpha., .beta., .gamma. and .delta. thereof being in the relationship of 1.ltoreq..alpha.<6, 7.ltoreq..beta..ltoreq.20, 20.ltoreq..gamma..ltoreq.35, 35.ltoreq..delta..ltoreq.70, and .alpha.+.beta.+.gamma.+.delta.=100, and is capable of recording and erasing information by utilizing the phase change of the recording material in the recording layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Ide, Hiroko Iwasaki, Yoshiyuki Kageyama, Yujiro Kaneko, Katsuyuki Yamada, Michiaki Shinotsuka, Makoto Harigaya, Hiroshi Deguchi
  • Patent number: RE39901
    Abstract: A method of initializing a phase-change optical information recording medium is provided, using an optical system incorporating a semiconductor laser device. The laser device is characterized by a specified spatial power distribution. In a spatial distribution of the laser power focused on the recording medium, in the direction perpendicular to guide tracks the laser device preferably has less average smaller in both end regions of the spatial distribution, which have each 10% of the width at half maximum of the distribution, than the average in the center region of the full width at half maximum of the distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyohji Hattori, Fumiya Ohmi, Kenichi Aihara, Katsuyuki Yamada, Yuki Nakamura, Eiji Noda, Michihisa Takahashi, Yujiro Kaneko, Yukio Ide