Cam Type Patents (Class 360/251.3)
  • Audio apparatus
    Patent number: 8892229
    Abstract: An audio apparatus according to an embodiment includes an audio signal receiving unit, a music gap signal receiving unit, a playback unit, and a determining unit. The audio signal receiving unit receives an audio signal in which successive multiple music data are contained in a single block of data. The determining unit determines a boundary of the music data on the basis of the time at which the music gap signal that indicates the boundary of the music data by the music gap signal receiving unit and the duration of a silent period in the audio signal that is played back by the playback unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited
    Inventors: Osamu Yasutake, Fumitake Nakamura, Nobutaka Miyauchi, Masanobu Maeda, Masahiko Kubo, Nahoko Kawamura, Machiko Matsui, Hideto Saitoh, Hiroyuki Kubota, Masayuki Takaoka, Masanobu Washio, Yutaka Nishioka
  • Tape media guiding assembly for protecting a tape head
    Patent number: 6714381
    Abstract: A guiding assembly in a tape drive employing a single reel for preventing damage to a tape head during the loading and unloading of magnetic tape media from a tape cartridge also employing a single reel. The guiding assembly having a cam that controls the rotational acceleration of a tape guide to obtain a mechanical advantage as the tape guide is pivoted between a retracted position defining a first tape path for reading and writing data and an engaged position defining a second tape path for loading and unloading the tape media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Quantum Corporation
    Inventor: John D. Willems, Jr.