Control Of Initiation Of Pause Mode Patents (Class 369/47.11)
  • Patent number: 11189315
    Abstract: An audio processing device includes: a drive circuit; a signal processing circuit; a power supply circuit; a power storage; a switch that selectively switches connection of the drive circuit between the power storage and the power supply circuit; and a controller that causes the switch to connect the drive circuit and the power supply circuit when the drive circuit is to be in a first state, and causes the switch to connect the drive circuit and the power storage when the drive circuit enters a second state. The first state is a state where current consumption of the drive circuit is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold. The second state is a state where the current consumption of the drive circuit is less than the predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naohiro Mizumata, Masami Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10911498
    Abstract: As part of a communication session, a wireless source device can transmit audio and video data to a wireless sink device, and the wireless sink device can transmit user input data received at the wireless sink device back to the wireless source device. In this manner, a user of the wireless sink device can control the wireless source device and control the content that is being transmitted from the wireless source device to the wireless sink device. The user input data transmitted by the wireless sink device can be input data obtained at a third party device and forwarded to the wireless source device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Xiaolong Huang, Vijayalakshmi R. Raveendran, Xiaodong Wang, Fawad Shaukat
  • Patent number: 10754779
    Abstract: A media drive is loaded with a ROM medium on which a plurality of files constituting an application are recorded. A readout block reads out data from the media drive. A memory temporarily stores the read-out data. A providing block provides the data stored in the memory to game software. A recording processing block records the data stored in the memory in an auxiliary storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Takeshi Hashimoto, Masaki Takahashi, Hideya Muraoka, Naoto Okino, Andrew R Thaler
  • Patent number: 10382494
    Abstract: As part of a communication session, a wireless source device can transmit audio and video data to a wireless sink device, and the wireless sink device can transmit user input data received at the wireless sink device back to the wireless source device. In this manner, a user of the wireless sink device can control the wireless source device and control the content that is being transmitted from the wireless source device to the wireless sink device. The user input data transmitted by the wireless sink device can be input data obtained at a third party device and forwarded to the wireless source device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Xiaolong Huang, Vijayalakshmi R Raveendran, Xiaodong Wang, Fawad Shaukat
  • Patent number: 10063422
    Abstract: Technologies for performing controlled bandwidth expansion are described. For example, a storage server can receive a request from a client to read compressed data. The storage server can obtain individual storage units of the compressed data. The storage server can also obtain a compressed size and an uncompressed size for each of the storage units. The storage server can generate network packet content comprising the storage units and associated padding such that the size of the padding for a given storage is based on the uncompressed and compressed sizes of the given storage unit. The storage server can send the network packet content to the client in one or more network packets. The client can receive the network packets, discard the padding, and decompress the compressed data from the storage units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ron Diamant, Leah Shalev, Nafea Bshara, Erez Izenberg
  • Patent number: 9787725
    Abstract: As part of a communication session, a wireless source device can transmit audio and video data to a wireless sink device, and the wireless sink device can transmit user input data received at the wireless sink device back to the wireless source device. In this manner, a user of the wireless sink device can control the wireless source device and control the content that is being transmitted from the wireless source device to the wireless sink device. The user input data transmitted by the wireless sink device can be input data obtained at a third party device and forwarded to the wireless source device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Xiaolong Huang, Vijayalakshmi R. Raveendran, Xiaodong Wang, Fawad Shaukat
  • Patent number: 9779776
    Abstract: The present invention suppresses audio skipping. A frame number acquisition unit 102 acquires a current frame number S11. An audio data acquisition unit 104 acquires an audio data S12 of a current frame. A signal processing unit 110 holds the audio data S12 of the current frame in the sub-buffer 114 when the current frame number S11 is discontinuous with a last normal frame number. The signal processing unit 110 stores the audio data stored in the sub-buffer 114 into the main buffer 112 and sets it as a reproduction object, if the current frame number S11 matches an expected value S14 before audio data of N frames is stored in the sub-buffer 114, where N is a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kondo
  • Patent number: 9726463
    Abstract: An aspect of the disclosure relates to a multichannel controller for controlling a target in a target system. In one embodiment, a multichannel controller is configured to control a target system and includes a user input interface that receives a user input for the multichannel controller, wherein the user input is a command to control one or more targets in the target system and a processor that generates the command to send to the one or more targets in the target system and a command translation unit that relays the command to the one or more targets, wherein the command comprises a motion sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Robtozone, LLC
    Inventors: Brian T. Pettey, Christopher L. Holt
  • Patent number: 9625968
    Abstract: A method for operating multiple standby states and a broadcast receiving apparatus using the same are provided. The method for operating multiple standby states includes releasing, by a framework, a full wake lock for an electronic device, and acquiring, by the framework, a partial wake lock for the electronic device and entering a first standby state. Accordingly, a broadcast receiving apparatus based on an Android framework can operate multiple standby states which are designated by an application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: KOREA ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jung Mee Yun, Sang Hak Lee
  • Patent number: 9423968
    Abstract: Provided are a storage device, controller, and method for using host transfer rates to select a recording medium transfer rate for transferring data to a recording medium. A host transfer rate of data with respect to a buffer is measured. Provided are a plurality of recording medium transfer rates at which data is transferred between the buffer and the recording medium. A determination is made of an amount of decrease in the host transfer rate. The recording medium transfer rate is selected based on the amount of decrease in the host transfer rate. A transfer rate at which the storage device transfers data is set to the selected recording medium transfer rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yumiko Ohta, Yutaka Oishi
  • Publication number: 20150138940
    Abstract: When a playback unit 1 is playing back a pause area, a display controller 4 associates the track number of the track played back just before the pause area with the pause area, and causes a display device 40 to display them; and counts the playback elapsed time of the pause area up to the total playback time successively from the playback elapsed time at the end of the playback of the immediately preceding track, and causes the display device 40 to display the counted value as the playback elapsed time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuya Hamakami
  • Patent number: 8811133
    Abstract: A writing-system comprises a first and a second writing-device, and is connected to an information-processor-apparatus that obtains unwritten-data from the first and the second writing-devices when a notification is received, the notification indicating that the unwritten-data is generated while writing data on a recording-medium used by either of the writing-devices, wherein the first writing-device comprises a first writing-unit, when the unwritten-data is generated while writing data on a recording-medium, transmits to the information-processor-apparatus, dummy information for inhibiting the unwritten-data to be obtained by the information-processor-apparatus, and writes the unwritten-data to a memory-unit, the recording-medium and the memory-unit are included in a cartridge accommodated in the first writing-device, and the second writing-device comprises a second writing-unit that writes, on the recording-medium, the unwritten-data stored in the memory-unit when the cartridge is moved from the first writi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Ochi
  • Patent number: 8713193
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer-readable media are provided for pausing a multimedia data stream. Techniques are disclosed that include receiving a pause request message, wherein the pause request message includes a sequence number of a last processed media frame within a multimedia data stream when a pause command was issued from a user. Techniques disclosed further include pausing a transmission of the multimedia data stream to a client device. Moreover, the techniques disclosed include determining a time-out value based on one or more local resources of a server, wherein the time-out value corresponds to a length of time the media stream can be paused. Furthermore, the techniques disclosed include creating a timestamp of when the transmission of the media stream was paused. Additionally, the techniques disclosed include sending the time-out value and the timestamp to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Jeremy R. Breau, Frederick C. Rogers, Lyle T. Bertz, William Routt, Amirali Emami
  • Publication number: 20140003210
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a recording unit configured to perform recording of information on a recoding medium having a plurality of layers serving as recording layers where recording of information is performed, and a track serving as a continuous recording area is formed in the plurality of layers and recording of data is performed within a track; and a control unit configured to cause the recording unit to execute recording to the recording medium according to a request from a host apparatus, and also to enable the host apparatus to recognize, in the event of determining that a certain layer of the recording medium is in a recording disabled state, that all of tracks in this layer are in a recording disabled state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Tomotaka Kuraoka
  • Patent number: 8466644
    Abstract: First and second A/D converters perform analog/digital conversion of first and second signals of a Hall signal so as to generate third and fourth signals as digital signals. A differential conversion circuit generates a fifth signal as a single-ended signal that corresponds to the difference between the third and fourth signals. An offset correction circuit corrects offset of the fifth signal so as to generate a sixth signal. An amplitude control circuit stabilizes the amplitude of the sixth signal to a predetermined target value, and generates its absolute value, thus generating a seventh signal. A control signal generating unit generates a control signal based upon the seventh signal. A driver circuit drives a motor according to the control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuro Shimizu, Hiroyuki Ishii, Nobuo Komura, Toshiya Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8446801
    Abstract: A reading apparatus and method for reading data from a digital versatile disc includes a specification section configured to specify a predetermined position of content. A controller generates information indicating a predetermined portion from a position specified by the specification section. A storage section reads the predetermined portion from the digital versatile disc on the basis of the information generated by the generation section and stores the predetermined portion on a storage medium. A reading controller controls reading of data from the storage medium and the digital versatile disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Kasai, Satoshi Ikeda, Masaaki Isozaki
  • Patent number: 8254228
    Abstract: Provided is a technology in which a controller for controlling read/write performed to/from an optical disc includes a processor for controlling an interface, a temporary memory unit, a rotation control unit, and an optical control unit. The controller causes the processor to shift to a hibernate state when a predetermined condition is satisfied, and causes the processor to recover from the hibernate state into an active state when the interface receives a first command. The processor receives the first command from the interface, instructs the rotation control unit to drive the optical disc at a predetermined target rotational speed, instructs the optical control unit to perform a processing specified by the first command, transmits a completion notification of the first command to the interface with a delay, receives a second command after transmitting the completion notification of the first command, and executes the processing of the second command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Inc.
    Inventors: Atsushi Yamada, Atsushi Fuchiwaki, Norimoto Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 8190000
    Abstract: A recording apparatus capable of multiplexing video data and audio data and recording the video data and audio data in multiple record units as one file on a recording medium includes a data receiving unit, a recording instruction receiving unit, a packet generating unit, a recording unit, and a control unit. The control unit controls the packet generating unit and the recording unit so as to record data embedded with padding data in a section from the trailing end of valid data to the trailing end of the block including the trailing end of the valid data at stop of the recording and to record data embedded with the padding data in a section from the trailing end of the block to the trailing end of the packet including the trailing end of the block at restart of the recording after the recording is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Morimoto, Kenichiro Aridome, Yukio Isobe, Atsushi Mae
  • Patent number: 8125863
    Abstract: An information recording/reproducing apparatus including an optical pickup unit for generating an RF signal performs signal processing to acquire, at a restart of recording after a halt of recording, a data ID to be used as a reference for specifying a recording restart position in the recording medium based on the RF signal. The signal processing includes reproduced signal generation processing to generate a reproduced signal based on the RF signal, and data ID acquisition determination processing to determine, at the restart of recording after the halt of recording, whether or not the data ID has been properly acquired, based on the reproduced signal. If it is determined in the data ID acquisition determination step that the data ID has not been properly acquired, a reproduction parameter to be used for generating the reproduced signal in the reproduced signal generation step is adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Hirayama, Masaharu Imura, Masamitsu Mimura
  • Patent number: 8116476
    Abstract: An audio signal receiving apparatus includes a sound source information receiving portion to receive sound source information containing sound source type information indicating a sound source type of the audio signal being transmitted through channels and externally connected equipment playback sound source information indicating a sound source type of the audio signal being played back by the externally connected equipment from externally connected equipment, an audio signal receiving portion to receive the audio signal from the externally connected equipment, and a playbackable sound source setting portion to determine and set a sound source type of the audio signal that can played back to a playbackable sound source based on the sound source information. The playbackable sound source setting portion sets a sound source type of the audio signal being played back by the externally connected equipment to the playbackable sound source as an externally connected equipment playback sound source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yuichi Inohara
  • Patent number: 8103823
    Abstract: A method and a host processing device are provided for background formatting, or de-icing, an optical medium with no de-icing assistance from an optical drive upon which the optical medium is mounted. In a foreground mode, an optical medium may be initially formatted, volume structures may be recorded on the optical medium, file system information may be written thereto, and quick grow formatting may be performed to make the optical medium writable, at least sequentially. Under initiation and control of a file system, executing on a host processing device, the optical medium may be formatted, or de-iced, in a background mode with no assistance from an optical drive, upon which the optical medium is mounted. Under control of the file system, blocked input or output activity, may be allowed to access the optical medium upon pausing the formatting, or de-icing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ravinder Singh Thind, Martijn de Kort, Darren Glen Moss
  • Patent number: 7969839
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for accomplishing an OPC (optimal power calibration) at a test area secured in data recording area of a writable optical recording medium and detecting an optimal writing power appropriate to the test area. The method searches for a marginal area adjacent to a data section recorded on an optical recording medium, records test data on the marginal area discovered in the searching step while changing a writing power; and reproduces the test data recorded on the marginal area and determining an optimal writing power based upon the characteristics of the reproduction signal. The method and system can reduce delay time required to move an optical pickup inward and outward to accomplish the OPC operation and enhances writing characteristics since an optimal writing power is obtained from a test area which is very close to data area to record input data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Jeong Yeol Lee
  • Patent number: 7965601
    Abstract: To provide an optical disk recording/reproducing apparatus capable of immediately suspending recording if a recording inadequate state occurs after start of recording, confirming the recording state by using an error-correction-code word unit and restarting recording after identifying the write continuation position. A recording starting section (1) instructs a recording gate/recording data creating section (5) to create a recording gate corresponding to a desired volume of data and recording data and to perform recording. If an inadequate-recording-state determining section (2) detects a recording inadequate state, a recording suspending section (3) instructs the recording gate/recording data creating section (5) to suspend outputting the recording gate and the recording data. A SYNC detection section (9) detects a SYNC signal from reproduced data, and a PO-error-correction processing section (11) performs PI-error-correction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Masaru Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7965595
    Abstract: A controller for secure digital recording apparatus and apparatus adapted for secure digital recording. The controller including a receiver for receiving at least one input signal from at least one element of a recording apparatus, monitoring means for monitoring a signal representing a condition status of an element of a recording apparatus, whereby a recording operation is prevented unless the monitored signal indicates the condition status satisfies a predetermined requirement. In particular, requirements as to input signals and digital recording media must be satisfied before a recording operation is allowed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: AV Niche (Recording Systems) Limited
    Inventor: Neil Anthony Holmes
  • Patent number: 7911907
    Abstract: An optical disk apparatus according to the present invention is an optical disk apparatus for performing at least one of: recording data to a plurality of types of optical disks including a recordable optical disk and a read-only optical disk which are produced according to the BD specifications; and reproducing data from the optical disks. This apparatus includes: a means (506, 507) for irradiating a management area 502 of an optical disk 501 with a light beam while not performing tracking control, and generating a track position signal (push-pull TE or phase difference TE) from light which is reflected by the management area 502; and a disk determination means for determining, based on the track position signal obtained from the management area 502, whether the optical disk 501 mounted in the optical disk apparatus is a recordable optical disk or a read-only optical disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshige Ishibashi, Katsuya Watanabe, Takashi Kishimoto, Rie Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7859962
    Abstract: A device seamlessly records real-time information on a record carrier in a track on a recording layer via a beam of radiation. The device has a real-time information buffer and an interface for transfer of real-time information and commands between a source and the recording means. While recording the real-time information, the device detects (42) an inability to write information on the record carrier for a period exceeding (43) a local realtime information buffering capacity of the real-time information buffer. If so, a stop command is sent (44) to the source for temporarily interrupting the transfer of real-time information. After the device detects that said inability has ended (45), a resume command is sent (46) to the source for resuming the transfer of real-time information. Hence seamless recording is provided without a need for a large buffer, in particular in the event of a layer jump when recording on a multilayer optical disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Paulus Thomas Arnoldus Thijssen, Eric Frans Christiaan Josef Marie Tijssen
  • Patent number: 7859957
    Abstract: An optical disc apparatus includes a pause circuit for pausing data encoders upon receiving a pause signal so that a write operation may be paused without writing dummy data, thereby maintaining data succession. The optical disc apparatus also includes a circuit for accurately determining a write start location by referring to previously written data. A processor generates a pause signal when the amount of data in the optical drive apparatus data buffer is low, and removes the pause signal when additional data from a host is received. The processor may also automatically reduce the write speed of the optical disc apparatus upon a pause condition, thereby preventing the necessity for excessive pausing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazutaka Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7848191
    Abstract: An optical disk apparatus is provided with a recording/reading unit that records data and reads recorded data with respect to an optical disk. Further, the optical disk apparatus is provided with a control unit that judges whether an account name recorded on the optical disk matches an account name selected by the operation unit. The control unit permits the recording/reading unit to record data to the optical disk if the account names match. And the control unit prohibits the recording/reading unit from recording data to the optical disk if it is judged that the account names do not match.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoto Takada
  • Patent number: 7848612
    Abstract: A pause soon feature calls for providing media tags and pause points for pausing playback of media at appropriate intervals. The media tags and pause points may be resident in the media, the media player or in any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Eric L. Kobrin
  • Patent number: 7778131
    Abstract: An optical disk writing apparatus maintaining appropriate write power in real time with a simple configuration includes a buffer for recording data, a binarization circuit supplying data to the buffer, an LD writing data recorded in the buffer onto a DVD disk, a detector reading out from the DVD disk a signal representing data written by the LD at an arbitrary time during a period starting from when the amount of data recorded in the buffer and not yet written onto the DVD disk becomes zero until the amount of data reaches a predetermined number of ECC blocks, and a servo processor correcting an error in the data read out by the detector for every data amount susceptible to error correction at one time, evaluating the writing of the LD using the corrected signal, and controlling the energy density to be employed in writing data onto the DVD disk by the LD according to its own evaluation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seiji Tsukada
  • Patent number: 7738337
    Abstract: It is an object of certain inventive aspects to provide a recording condition closer to an optimum even for a medium unknown to a drive, and more particularly, to provide means for obtaining a preferable recording condition even for a high-speed recording in which conducting a test recording is difficult. In order to accomplish the object, a power and a phase of a recording pulse are simultaneously corrected at predetermined timing, depending on a recording speed or a recording position such as an inner or outer circumference. For instance, a phase shift ?Phase generated due to a continuing recording from an inner circumference to an outer circumference at ×2 speed is corrected simultaneously with a correction of a power shift at the timing when a recording speed is changed from ×2 to ×4. For the other recording speed, in the same manner as above, a power and a phase shift are simultaneously corrected at every time when a recording speed is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Sekiguchi, Hiroya Kakimoto, Isao Matsuda, Yoshikazu Sato
  • Patent number: 7733748
    Abstract: In a method for compensating recording power, being suitable for an optical disk apparatus, applying the WOPC therein, as a means for compensating recording power during recording operation, and also an optical disk apparatus applying the same therein, wherein the recording operation is interrupted, when a predetermined amount of data is recorded continuously, to determine the recording power for when recoding next, from the recoding condition onto the optical disk just before interruption thereof, and thereby starting the recording, with the recording power determined from that just after said interruption thereof, wherein an adjustment is made on a tilt angle of an optical pickup when the recording power, which is determined when interrupting the recording operation, exceeds a predetermined threshold value, and the recording is started just after said interruption, with the recording power onto the optical disk just before it is interrupted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroharu Sakai
  • Patent number: 7702993
    Abstract: A data recording method for an optical disk drive is implemented by the following steps. First, one or more data blocks are encoded and recorded sequentially, and it detects if a buffer under run occurs. If a buffer under run occurs, the recording does not stop immediately until at least the main data of the data block being currently recorded have been recorded completely. Afterwards, it restarts to encode and record from the data block next to the data block where the recording stops. Moreover, the recording also can stops if a servo error is detected, and the data restart to encode and record from the data block where the recording stops or at least one data block preceding the data block where the recording stops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Mediatek Inc.
    Inventors: Yih-Shin Weng, Hong-Ching Chen
  • Publication number: 20100092153
    Abstract: A reproducing apparatus includes a reproducing section picking up any signals compressed in a plurality of different compression methods from a recording medium. The recording medium records the signals compressed in a plurality of different compression methods and record management information denoting association of the signals compressed in a plurality of different compression methods with each other, respectively. A decoding section decodes the signal picked up from said recording medium, and a recording section records reproduction management information including reproduction-interruption information in the reproducing section associated with the record management information onto the recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Masanori Itoh
  • Patent number: 7660214
    Abstract: A reproducing apparatus includes a reproducing section picking up any signals compressed in a plurality of different compression methods from a recording medium. The recording medium records the signals compressed in a plurality of different compression methods and record management information denoting association of the signals compressed in a plurality of different compression methods with each other, respectively. A decoding section decodes the signal picked up from said recording medium, and a recording section records reproduction management information including reproduction-interruption information in the reproducing section associated with the record management information onto the recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Masanori Itoh
  • Patent number: 7656759
    Abstract: In a record operation mode, a nonvolatile memory stores a record end address. In a restoring operation mode, the record end address stored in the nonvolatile memory is read, and a record end address in an FDCB is read and is compared with the record end address read from the nonvolatile memory to determine whether these addresses match with each other or not. When the record end address in the FDCB is different from the record end address stored in the nonvolatile memory, the data in the FDCB is updated based on the record end address stored in the nonvolatile memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Kamitani
  • Patent number: 7639926
    Abstract: A combined digital versatile disc (DVD)/hard disk drive (HDD) system controls a HDD assembly and a DVD assembly comprises a DVD/HDD control module controls operation of the HDD assembly and the DVD assembly. Volatile memory communicates with the DVD/HDD control module and stores volatile data relating to the operation of the DVD assembly and the HDD assembly. Nonvolatile memory communicates with the DVD/HDD control module and stores nonvolatile data relating to the operation of the DVD assembly and the HDD assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Marvell World Trade Ltd.
    Inventor: Sehat Sutardja
  • Patent number: 7590033
    Abstract: In an optical disc reproducing apparatus, when a stop key is pressed during reproduction of an optical disc, a resume function is activated, and a resume-on indication appears on a display device. When the resume-on indication goes out a predetermined time thereafter, a resume-indicating light-emitting device is lit. Thereafter, when a play key is pressed, resume reproduction is started. If, by mistake, a key other than the play key is pressed, a warning indication appears on the display device to indicate that a resume-on state is currently established, and also, if the pressing of the key is a first-time pressing, the pressing of the key is neglected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiro Hirayama
  • Patent number: 7505380
    Abstract: An apparatus for preventing a writing error from occurring on an optical disc. The apparatus includes an interpolation ATIP sync signal detector, a number determiner, and a writing speed adjuster. The interpolation ATIP sync signal detector receives a wobble signal from the wobble signal generator of an optical disc drive to detect an interpolation ATIP sync signal from the wobble signal. The number determiner determines a number of interpolation ATIP sync signals and generates a writing speed transformation control signal based on the determination result. The writing speed adjuster receives the writing speed transformation control signal from the number determiner to adjust a writing speed of the optical disc drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-hee Moon, Seung-beom Lee
  • Patent number: 7483343
    Abstract: An optical recording controlling method and an optical recording apparatus utilizing the method implement operations of performing a recording operation to record the data in the recording medium, applying a pause request signal to stop, temporarily, the recording operation, determining whether to set a record resume time, and if the record resume time is set while the recording operation is in pause, temporarily stopping the recording operation and then resuming the recording operation at the record resume preset time. Therefore, the recording operation may be resumed at a user's desired time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Eun-mi Kim
  • Publication number: 20090003156
    Abstract: The present invention provides an information recording apparatus, an information recording control method, and an information recording control program, which can secure the continuity of recording information on a disc-shaped recording medium by a simple method, without carrying out a process of synchronizing the timing of re-start of recording operation with the detection of recording stop position or the like. A system control unit 113 monitors whether a data amount of image-forming data temporarily stored in a buffer memory 109 is lacking, and determines whether the recording of image on a label surface of the optical disc 10 should be temporarily stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20080285403
    Abstract: A recording and reproducing method of a WORM type recording disc. When a recording stop occurs, a recording stop position is stored, an access is performed again so as to continue thereto, and the recording is restarted. At this time, a recording restarting position is changed according to a factor of the recording stop, thereby enabling the proper recording to be performed. When accessing again, a parameter is changed according to the recording stop factor, thereby avoiding the recording stop from occurring again.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventor: Osamu Kawamae
  • Patent number: 7397749
    Abstract: A method of controlling an optical writing apparatus and an optical writing apparatus utilizing the method to control its write execution time include a pickup to write write data onto a writing medium, a servo driving portion to control the drive of the pickup, a counter to count a predetermined write execution time to notify an ending time of the write execution time, and a controller to control the servo driving portion until the controller is notified of the ending time of the counter to allow the write data to be written onto the writing medium when a write request signal is applied from the key input portion, to stop the write operation, and to control the count of the counter to change the ending time of the write execution time when the request signal for pausing the write operation is applied from the key input portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Eun-mi Kim
  • Patent number: 7362669
    Abstract: An optical disc apparatus includes a pause circuit for pausing data encoders upon receiving a pause signal so that a write operation may be paused without writing dummy data, thereby maintaining data succession. The optical disc apparatus also includes a circuit for accurately determining a write start location by referring to previously written data. A processor generates a pause signal when the amount of data in the optical drive apparatus data buffer is low, and removes the pause signal when additional data from a host is received. The processor may also automatically reduce the write speed of the optical disc apparatus upon a pause condition, thereby preventing the necessity for excessive pausing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazutaka Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20080080341
    Abstract: (A portable device (1) for processing data (D) is equipped with first memory means (2) for storing said data (D), wherein the first memory means (2) are arranged to be stopped providing said data (D) to be processed, and comprises second memory means (3) for storing a portion of said data (D) in order to provide the stored data for processing while the first memory means (2) are stopped providing said data and comprises interface means (7) for receiving a first command provided by a user for stopping said first memory means (2) providing data (D) and for producing a stop signal (S) in response to the received first user command and comprises processing means (4) for receiving the stop signal (S) and for stopping said first memory means (2) providing data (D) in response to the received stop signal (S) and for processing data (D) provided by the second memory means (3) while the first memory means (2) are stopped providing data (D).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2005
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.
    Inventor: Jasper Emile Joost Vervoort
  • Patent number: 7333406
    Abstract: When halting reproduction of an optical disc, the work memory stores identification information of the optical disc and halt position information thereof, and a contents data memory section stores information of reproduction contents. When resuming reproduction, a disc ID recognition section recognizes the identification information of the optical disc, and reads out the halt position information from the work memory, and reproduction operation is carried out from a halt position with the use of the reproduction content stored in the contents data memory section. During this, an initial process of the disc recording/reproducing section is carried out. Thereafter, reproduction from the optical disc starts uninterruptedly. This allows next reproduction of the information storage medium to start from the halt position at which the reproduction is halted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Miyake, Masanori Ushioda
  • Patent number: 7295499
    Abstract: The present invention has an object to stably reproduce wobble signals of all disks of CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW and DVD-RAM by one wobble signal reproducing circuit. In the wobble signal reproducing circuit, an AGC (AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL) circuit for equating a push-pull circuit output of a wide range and an RF amplitude of an optical detector output of two systems obtained by push-pull, and an AGC (AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL) circuit for making a wobble amplitude uniform are provided with a function to hold a gain or to change over a response time constant, and at the time of reproduction of the DVD-R/RW, a land pre-pit region is detected by the push-pull output to hold AGC (AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL) or change over a response time constant. Besides, in an address information recording region (PID region) at the time of reproduction of the DVD-RAM, the AGC (AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL) is held or the response time constant is changed over.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichirou Nishimura, Kouichi Hirose, Manabu Katsuki, Toshifumi Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 7283444
    Abstract: A method and device for determining the presence or absence of a disk and/or a disk size without using FG signals, are provided. The method includes placing a pickup at a first zone on the optical recording medium, the first zone located between an outer radius of a first recording medium type and an outer radius of a second recording medium type, where the outer radius of the second recording medium type is larger than the outer radius of the first recording medium type; detecting a reflected signal based on a returned beam from the first zone of the optical recording medium; and determining at least one of a size and an absence of the optical recording medium based on the detected reflected signal. Therefore, an FG sensor that is provided in a general disk device can be eliminated, thereby reducing the size and cost of a disk device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Dong Sik Kim, Tae Ki Shin, Myeong Su Jeong, Beom Jim Kim
  • Patent number: 7230891
    Abstract: An optical disk device record data on a recordable or rewritable optical disk. After a pause and a restart in the constant angular velocity (CAV) method occurs predetermined times due to a cause of a recording error such as a buffer underrun, the data-recording by the CAV method is, for the first time, switched to the data-recording by the constant linear velocity (CLV) method at a recording velocity equal to or less than a recording velocity just before the last pause so as to provide a recording density equal to said constant recording density when said pausing is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kei Hagiwara
  • Patent number: 7227820
    Abstract: A method of taking messages for a DVD player is provided. The DVD player includes input device, memory, a DVD play module, and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) module. Firstly, recording the message in the memory of the DVD layer. Thereafter, waiting for a predetermined event. Finally, outputting and displaying the message. The DVD player records and outputs messages according to the DVD player in order to take messages in the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Sunplus Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ying-Chih Yang, Pien-Cheng Chiu, Yuan-Ning Chen