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7372783 Optical information storage apparatus and optical information storage system  
The present invention provides an optical information storage apparatus incorporates in a housing: a medium storing section in which optical storage media are stored; an information access section...
7345962 Disk drive device  
There are provided: an optical pickup feed mechanism ( 12 ) that detects a disk signal; a disk loading mechanism ( 11 ) that feeds a disk D by means of a loading roller ( 11 b ) that is driven by a...
7305682 Sensor mechanism for detecting tray in/out motion  
The present invention relates to a sensor mechanism of an optical disc device for detecting tray in/out motion, which comprises a swing bar having a actuating bar, a spinning center and a...
7184372 Apparatus and method for ejecting/loading tray of optical disk player  
An apparatus and method of ejecting/loading a tray of an optical disk player using a digitizer connected to a personal computer (PC) or a keyboard, even though an EJECT button is not installed on a...
7170743 Electronic apparatus and information processing apparatus  
There is provided an electronic apparatus that can solve the problem with the prior art that a removable electronic device is removed while the removable electronic device is in operation, leading...
7145841 Programmable self-operating compact disk duplication system  
A system for the duplication of binary data onto CD-R disks, the system including a copy unit, a host computer and computer software, the software being installed in the host computer to provide a...
7092320 Medium handler and organizer  
A compact disc processing system allows for more efficient processing of compact discs. The system included a transporter mechanism that can grip and transport more than one compact disc at a time....
7072570 Disk recording and/or reproducing apparatus and control method thereof  
Provided are: a turn table for storing a disk shaped recording medium Dn to be vertically placed; a disk drive unit disposed at the center part of the table, the disk drive unit mounting a...
6961290 Apparatus for loading an optical disk into a case  
An optical disk loading apparatus ( 1 ) for unloading a case ( 10 ) from a case stacking device ( 3 ) where a plurality of cases ( 10 ) are stacked with each case ( 10 ) closed and placed...
6693858 Data cartridge detector  
An apparatus and method for detecting a data cartridge in a cartridge engaging assembly. A signal emitter may be positioned adjacent the cartridge engaging assembly to emit a signal. A signal...
6643241 Optical disk reproducing apparatus  
In an optical disk reproducing apparatus 1 in which a mounting tray slides to a projected position and a contained position with respect to the apparatus main body, to slide the mounting tray at...
6621769 Disc reproducing apparatus  
Both when disc reproducing means is performing a reproduction operation on a disc, and when the disc reproducing means is not performing a reproduction operation on a disc, a tray on which a rotary...
6532197 Automatic data disc storage and selection system  
A disc storage system includes an automated disc storage unit capable of storing a large number of discs in respective individual slots. A disc player, which is incorporated in a personal computer...
6529453 Content providing system  
An information providing system includes a loading section in which a recording medium is removably loaded, a content identification information detecting portion for detecting content...
6526004 Content information vending system  
An information providing apparatus includes a housing section for housing recording media including a plural kinds of recording media, which have at least any one of plural kinds of contents...
6510110 Disk carrying apparatus and disk carrying method involving determining optimum stop position of disk carrier based on detected stopping state of disk carrier  
A disk-type recording medium is carried by a disk carrying section and accommodated into one of layered accommodation shelves of a disk accommodation section. A memory stores position information...
6446160 Multi-drive data storage system with analysis and selected demounting of idle data storage media  
In a data storage system that employs multiple storage drives to access removable data storage media, idle data storage media are analyzed and than selectively demounted by automated equipment to...
6295179 Library system communication and control arrangement  
A library system in which a recording and reproducing unit loads a recording medium after an accessor has retired from the recording and reproducing unit by exchanging data between the recording...
6252832 Initializing position for transporting a reproducing apparatus  
A system for reproducing recording mediums has a reproducing device, a storing device for storing a plurality of recording mediums, a moving device for relatively moving the reproducing device and...
6246655 Programmable self-operating caddy-loaded compact disk duplication system  
A system for the duplication of binary data onto caddy-loaded recordable disks, the system including a copy unit, a host computer and computer software, the computer software being installed in the...
5982719 Disc auto changer for recording or reproducing information on a desired disc of a plurality of discs in a magazine  
The speed of a disc handling operation by a disc apparatus having disc changer capability is significantly increased and, at the same time, the disc handling operation is performed with stability....
5956300 Compact audio disc changer with disc drive mounted on movable elevator  
A disc player is provided, in which an arbitrary disc is pulled out from a disc compartment in which a plurality of discs are stacked and then reproduced. An elevator chassis (4) having a disc...
RE36286 Preemptive demount in an automated storage library  
A method for selecting data storage media for demount in an automated storage library, and an automated storage library and program product therefor are disclosed. Preemptive demount of storage...
5914918 Compact disc transporter having a carriage for transporting compact discs between moveable adding bins, a printer and a recorder  
An apparatus for recording and verifying information recorded on compact disks and for printing label information on the disks, and a method of operating the apparatus, wherein the respective...
5905698 Storage media loading and unloading controlling system  
If a user operates a DIP switch on an operator panel of a library apparatus, and sets a mass loading mode, a carrying unit repeats operations for loading a storage medium from a loading/unloading...
5892738 Disk recording-playback device and disk loading or unloading method  
A disk playback device comprises a magazine having a plurality of disk spaces for accommodating disks in an upright position, and an inlet-outlet portion provided externally of the magazine for...
5886961 Optical disk device capable of accessing a plural different types of optical disks  
A plurality of trays (T) are set in a disk package loaded into a disk device, and different types of disks are rested on the trays (T). Identification means (30) giving information about the type...
5852597 Recording medium reproducing apparatus accommodating a plurality of recording media and having a reduced height  
A recording medium reproducing apparatus which has a reduced height as compared to the conventional recording medium reproducing apparatus of the same type. The recording medium reproducing...
5850376 Cartridge auto-changer having a push lever and a feed roller  
A cartridge auto-changer is provided containing a plurality of cartridges therein and adapted to take out any one of the cartridges to thereby effect the recording and/or reproduction of...
5802021 Disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus and disc recording media exchange apparatus  
A disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus adapted for selectively taking out discs accommodated within an accommodating unit to carry out recording and/or reproduction of information signals...
5793717 Information recording and reproducing apparatus and method of loading/unloading discs  
A plurality of disc players are arranged in a vertical direction, a plurality of frames each holding a tray are mounted in a magazine pack. A magazine pack loading means is provided for moving the...
5761167 Method for controlling a reproduction function of a multidisc player  
A method for controlling a reproduction operation of a multidisc player is provided. The multidisc player contains a disc changer having a first disc tray adapted to store a first type optical disc...
5757738 Library apparatus  
A library apparatus for storage media such as optical disks includes a rotatable cell drum having several columns of cells for storing the storage media, a load/unload device for inserting and...
5737285 Disk loading and unloading apparatus for a disk player-changer  
Briefly, a compact disk player/changer for compact disks has an insertion aperture through which disks are inserted. Inserted disks are supported, at opposite contact points on their edges, between...
5721715 Control system for disc playing device  
A control system for a disc playing device which facilitates selection of playing of discs by assigning identification codes comprising consecutive numbers to all disc holding grooves of a...
5671198 Disk system capable of arbitrary insertion and ejection of disks during reproduction and recording operations  
A disk-selective disk system is capable of holding a plurality of disks such as compact disks (CDs), mini-disks (MDs), CD-ROM disks, floppy disks, or other types of disks for reproducing and...
5631882 Disk changer device for use with a personal computer and control method for same  
A CD changer system has a CD changer which operates in conjunction with a driver program and a personal computer. The CD changer has a magazine for storing disks at a plurality of disk storage...
5608707 Recording system for signalong disc player  
A storing portion is provided for storing a plurality of recordable discs, and a recording device is for recording an accompaniment reproduced by a singalong disc player and a vocal part sang at...
5604721 Device for playing back disks including the detection of a magazine carriage which is simultaneously carrying two disks  
A disk player has a magazine for storing disks and a disk transport mechanism transporting a selected disk between a playback position outside the magazine and a store position located entirely...
5590047 Information processing apparatus  
A data processing device which is improved in operational performance and is capable of storing a plurality of disk-shaped recording media. The above device includes a detection function of...
5559982 Method and apparatus for controlling storage utilization  
The present invention provides a storage system having a programmable controller which recognizes the amount of storage capacity paid for by a customer, even if more physical capacity is actually...
5539713 Recording-playback device with time dependent eject sequence  
The object of the invention is to provide, as an auto-changer device, a medium recording-playback device which makes it possible to improve the ease of operations for ejecting plural recording...
5532985 Disk player with magazine  
A disk player has a magazine for storing disks and a disk transport mechanism transporting a selected disk between four positions including an ejection position, a load position, a playback...
5513157 Loading apparatus for recording medium and method for controlling the same  
A loading apparatus for a recording medium such as a disc-like recording medium includes a transfer member, a drive unit, a detector and a controller. The transfer member moves between a recording...
5504873 Mass data storage and retrieval system  
A plurality of data storage modules form a library, with a directory archive maintaining a directory of the information contained on each data storage module (file server application) or on the...
5493556 Multi-disk player/recorder with biased locking means for disk cassettes  
In a multi-disk player having a loading and unloading equipment for selecting an arbitrary disk cassette from a containing portion for containing a plurality of trays each supporting one disk...
5377174 Disk changer having a disk tray moved by a pair of slidable, parallel racks  
The disk changer comprises a first rack member supporting on its one end side a latch pawl adapted to latch a pin, and a second rack member supporting on its other end side a latch pawl adapted to...
5377121 Automated storage library having inventory at picker level  
An optical disk having its disk inventory at the picker level is disclosed. The library includes two library controllers and four pickers. Each library controller maintains a list of the storage...
5357495 Stacker/autoloader system with intelligent media storage magazine control  
A stacker system or an autoloader system includes a tape drive and one or more magazines which each include a plurality of tape cassettes or cartridges. A positioning system moves the magazine to a...
5353422 Method and system for storing and managing a plurality of information media used by recording/reproducing units  
An information medium storage and management system includes storage compartments for storing a plurality of information media; a plurality of recording/reproducing apparatus each capable of...
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