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).
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Patent number: 7777771Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 2, 2007Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd., Wedg Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideo Sakurai, Tadafumi Tatewaki, Yukio Ide, Naoki Yoshida
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Publication number: 20080062236Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2007Publication date: March 13, 2008Inventors: Hideo Sakurai, Tadafumi Tatewaki, Yukio Ide, Naoki Yoshida
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Publication number: 20070268319Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2007Publication date: November 22, 2007Inventors: Tadafumi Tatewaki, Hideo Sakurai, Yukio Ide
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Patent number: 7288224Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 25, 2003Date of Patent: October 30, 2007Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Yukio Ide, Hiroko Iwasaki, Yoshiyuki Kageyama, Yujiro Kaneko, Katsuyuki Yamada, Michiaki Shinotsuka, Makoto Harigaya, Hiroshi Deguchi
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Publication number: 20070236718Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2007Publication date: October 11, 2007Inventors: Katsuya Yokomura, Ken Kobayashi, Toshiyuki Morita, Minoru Tokunaga, Junichi Matsuda, Yukio Ide, Tadafumi Tatewaki, Tatsuro Saitoh
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Publication number: 20040058542Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2003Publication date: March 25, 2004Inventors: Yukio Ide, Hiroko Iwasaki, Yoshiyuki Kageyama, Yujiro Kaneko, Katsuyuki Yamada, Michiaki Shinotsuka, Makoto Harigaya, Hiroshi Deguchi
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Patent number: 6652806Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 19, 2001Date of Patent: November 25, 2003Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Yukio Ide, Hiroko Iwasaki, Yoshiyuki Kageyama, Yujiro Kaneko, Katsuyuki Yamada, Michiaki Shinotsuka, Makoto Harigaya, Hiroshi Deguchi
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Patent number: 6503592Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 28, 2001Date of Patent: January 7, 2003Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Katsuyuki Yamada, Hiroko Iwasaki, Yukio Ide, Makoto Harigaya, Yoshiyuki Kageyama, Hiroshi Deguchi, Masaetsu Takahashi, Yoshitaka Hayashi
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Patent number: 6445669Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 23, 1999Date of Patent: September 3, 2002Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Kyohji Hattori, Fumiya Ohmi, Kenichi Aihara, Katsuyuki Yamada, Yuki Nakamura, Eiji Noda, Michihisa Takahashi, Yujiro Kaneko, Yukio Ide
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Publication number: 20020034663Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2001Publication date: March 21, 2002Inventors: Yukio Ide, Hiroko Iwasaki, Yoshiyuki Kageyama, Yujiro Kaneko, Katsuyuki Yamada, Michiaki Shinotsuka, Makoto Harigaya, Hiroshi Deguchi
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Patent number: 6319368Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 26, 1997Date of Patent: November 20, 2001Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Yukio Ide, Hiroko Iwasaki, Yoshiyuki Kageyama, Yujiro Kaneko, Katsuyuki Yamada, Michiaki Shinotsuka, Makoto Harigaya, Hiroshi Deguchi
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Patent number: 6280684Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 19, 2000Date of Patent: August 28, 2001Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Katsuyuki Yamada, Hiroko Iwasaki, Yukio Ide, Makoto Harigaya, Yoshiyuki Kageyama, Hiroshi Deguchi, Masaetsu Takahashi, Yoshitaka Hayashi
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Patent number: 6127016Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 3, 1997Date of Patent: October 3, 2000Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Katsuyuki Yamada, Hiroko Iwasaki, Yukio Ide, Makoto Harigaya, Yoshiyuki Kageyama, Hiroshi Deguchi, Masaetsu Takahashi, Yoshitaka Hayashi
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Patent number: 5916730Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 14, 1997Date of Patent: June 29, 1999Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Yukio Ide, Makoto Harigaya, Yoshiyuki Kageyama, Hiroko Iwasaki
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Patent number: 5882493Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 8, 1997Date of Patent: March 16, 1999Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroko Iwasaki, Yoshiyuki Kageyama, Makoto Harigaya, Masaetsu Takahashi, Hiroshi Deguchi, Katsuyuki Yamada, Yoshitaka Hayashi, Yukio Ide
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Patent number: 5785828Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 12, 1995Date of Patent: July 28, 1998Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Katsuyuki Yamada, Hiroko Iwasaki, Yukio Ide, Makoto Harigaya, Yoshiyuki Kageyama, Hiroshi Deguchi, Masaetsu Takahashi, Yoshitaka Hayashi
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Patent number: 5761179Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 12, 1996Date of Patent: June 2, 1998Assignee: Ricoh Company, LimitedInventors: Hiroko Iwasaki, Yukio Ide, Yoshiyuki Kageyama, Makoto Harigaya, Michiharu Abe
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Patent number: 5740149Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 29, 1997Date of Patent: April 14, 1998Assignee: Ricoh Company, LimitedInventors: Hiroko Iwasaki, Yukio Ide, Yoshiyuki Kageyama, Makoto Harigaya, Michiharu Abe
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Patent number: 5736657Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 26, 1996Date of Patent: April 7, 1998Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Yukio Ide, Hiroko Iwasaki, Yoshiyuki Kageyama, Yujiro Kaneko, Katsuyuki Yamada, Michiaki Shinotsuka, Makoto Harigaya, Hiroshi Deguchi
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Patent number: RE39901Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 14, 2004Date of Patent: October 30, 2007Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Kyohji Hattori, Fumiya Ohmi, Kenichi Aihara, Katsuyuki Yamada, Yuki Nakamura, Eiji Noda, Michihisa Takahashi, Yujiro Kaneko, Yukio Ide