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8174950 Optical tape embossing drum and optical tape embossing drum shim  
Disclosed herein are aspects of optical tape technology, tape manufacturing, and tape usage. Methods and systems of tape technology disclose optical tape media including: configurations,...
8036088 Optical tape drive movable planarizer subsystem and method for minimizing damage to an optical pickup unit  
In an optical tape drive system, a movable planarizer subsystem includes a tape planarizer support structure for supporting an optical tape planarizer. The support structure is moveable between an...
7969832 Optical tape drive systems  
Disclosed herein are aspects of optical tape technology, tape manufacturing, and tape usage. Methods and systems of tape technology disclose optical tape media including: configurations,...
7920451 Recording apparatus, method for controlling the apparatus, and storage medium storing control program  
A recording apparatus to record data on a recording medium including a plurality of recording layers is provided. The recording apparatus includes a recording circuit adapted to record data on a...
7898925 Information recording medium and optical information recording/reproducing apparatus  
An information recording medium includes a substrate and a recording portion having recording layers on the substrate, wherein the recording portion is capable of three-dimensional recording by...
7646694 Methods and systems for providing data track identifying information on a recording medium  
A method and system for formatting of recording media.
7391701 Methods and systems for in-track optical positioning  
Methods and systems for formatting of optical media used for data or information storage.
7292518 Apparatus for recording information and apparatus for recording and reproducing information  
An apparatus for recording information, which comprises a one-dimensional diode array (21) constituted with a plurality of laser diodes arranged in a line, a modulation control signal generator...
7209425 Drive apparatus for tape-like optical recording medium  
An apparatus for driving a tape-shaped optical recording medium, which comprises a supply reel (41) for supplying an optical tape (40), a take-up reel (42) for taking-up the optical tape (40), a...
7185814 Layer structure and method of manufacture for optical memory strip (OMS)  
This invention discloses an optical memory strip and a data card that has at least an optical memory strip as a cutoff piece bonding and attaching to the data card for storing data accessible with...
6819459 Film scanning and filing  
A scanning device optically scans picture information and further information provided on an original film and makes the information available as digitized data, the scanned information not being...
6775051 Systems and methods for scanning a beam of light across a specimen  
Systems and methods for scanning a beam of light over a specimen are provided. A system may include a pre-scan acousto-optical deflector (AOD) configured to deflect a beam of light, a second AOD...
6744719 Method and apparatus for optical tracking in an edge-guided tape recorder  
A method and apparatus for optical tracking in an edge-guided tape recorder is provided. In one embodiment, an optical tape guiding system for use in an optical tape drive which may write to...
6690636 Preformatting optical recording medium  
A method for preformatting an optical recording medium with a plurality of parallel guide tracks, each guide track controlling the recording of a band of data tracks; said method includes providing...
6597397 Digital still camera with optical tape  
A digital still camera for receiving a optical tape cassette having optical tape including an image sensor for capturing an image; focusing an image of a subject onto the image sensor which in...
6141312 Optical tape drive that performs direct read after write operations  
An optical tape drive that performs direct read after write (DRAW) operations with a plurality of optical heads, each capable of reading data from and writing data to an optical tape. The optical...
6088319 Method for writing of data in an optical memory, apparatus for performing the method and optical memory formed thereby  
In writing of optical data in an optical memory, the optical memory is linearly transported along a path past two or more physically separated write units. The two write units are provided at a...
6075759 Optical information recording and reproducing apparatus  
An optical record medium has an information record surface on which a plurality of circular arc tracks are arranged such that centers of the circular arc tracks are arranged in a straight line...
6058092 Optical tape drive that includes redundant optical heads to perform failure recovery  
An optical tape drive including redundant optical heads to continue reading and writing data to an optical tape in the event of failure of one or more optical heads. The optical tape drive includes...
5963525 Process for reading information  
A process for reading binary information written on a carrier. The carrier has at least one track and the binary information is written onto the carrier at a frequency Fbit. The process includes...
5872758 Method of manufacturing tape-like information carriers and a web-like intermediate carrier  
A method of manufacturing a prerecorded tape (9), the master taking the form of a helical pattern (13) on a cylinder (10). This cylinder (10) is rolled over a web-like intermediate carrier (1), the...
5825740 Device for scanning information tracks on a record carrier  
A device for electromagnetically scanning information tracks on a record carrier, such as an optical tape, via a scanning beam is described. On this tape, information tracks are arranged...
5815481 Apparatus for transverse image registration of a photoreceptor belt  
A method and apparatus is provided for transverse registration of image exposures on photoreceptive belts subject to lateral deviation from linear travel in which targets, corresponding in location...
5802034 Multi-track optical read/write head  
A multi-track optical read/write head uses a light valve to split the beam from a single laser diode to a large number of channels, recorded on an optical disc or tape. Readout is achieved by line...
5802033 Optical apparatus for scanning a tape-shaped record carrier  
An optical apparatus for scanning a tape-shaped record carrier, which apparatus uses a mirror polygon for scanning tracks extending perpendicularly to the tape travel direction. Since at least one...
5732067 Optical disc having recorded thereon a simplified playback control script which is independent of the CPU of the information recording/reproducing apparatus used to record and/or reproduce the optical disk  
An information recording medium having recorded thereon picture information and/or speech information, a plurality of items consisting of the picture information and/or the speech information, and...
5715225 Multilayer optical data storage device  
A multilayer optical data storage device is disclosed which has at least two spaced apart storage layers, each of such layers being adapted to store information; a spacer layer positioned between...
5710752 Apparatus using one optical sensor to recover audio information from analog and digital soundtrack carried on motion picture film  
An apparatus recovers audio information from analog and digital motion picture film soundtracks using a single optical sensor that senses across the widths of both soundtracks. Symbols representing...
5710751 Polygon facet error effects elimination in multi-pass color systems  
An imaging system for forming multiple superimposed image exposure frames on a photoconductive member moving in a process direction including a rotating polygon having a plurality of facets. A...
5673245 Rotary optical system for guiding and converging divided light beams to a tape recording medium  
An optical pickup device includes: a stationary optical system for emitting a light beam and for producing a tracking error signal; and a rotary optical system rotatable around a rotary axis. The...
5661710 Record carrier, recording device and reading device  
A tape-like record carrier (109) is disclosed which comprises paths (A, B). Each path (A, B) contains substantially parallel tracks (1) the path width (1s) in length and the direction of the tracks...
5654951 Dynamic switching speed control  
An imaging system for forming multiple image exposure frames on a photoconductive member moving in a process direction including a raster output scanner forming a plurality of scanlines in a...
5633851 A scanning device producing a first and a second scanning spot which move in different directions and an apparatus containing that device which uses the first spot for reading and/or recording and the second spot to monitor such reading and/or recording  
A scanning device for repeatedly scanning a scanning surface of a record carrier (e.g., a tape) by means of a first and a second scanning spot produced by respective scanning beams. The scanning...
5633747 Variable spot-size scanning apparatus  
An apparatus for both deflecting a beam of light illuminating a spot on a surface and varying the size of the spot, electronically, without changing any system components. The apparatus includes an...
5617391 Optical recording and reproducing system  
An optical recording and reproducing system has an optical recording and reproducing head driving arrangement including an optical pick-up and has an optical recording medium provided between the...
5615198 Optical head and image recording apparatus including the same  
A first optical head comprising: a laser diode (LD) array, including N LDs having N emitting portions respectively arranged in a line at a predetermined interval, for emitting N laser beams of...
5604838 Method and apparatus for recording and reading a multiplexed video signal  
The present invention relates to video recording and playback techniques and devices which create relative movement between a laser and an optical medium such as a flexible optical tape to permit...
5600617 Data recording device for motion picture film  
A data recording device for a motion picture film is provided in which one ends of plural optical fibers are connected to light emitting devices and the other ends of the optical fibers are arrayed...
5561654 Compact write system for optical tape recording  
A write module for an optical tape recorder for optically writing a data signal on light sensitive recording media. The write module comprises a rotated linear edge emitter diode array or vertical...
5559766 Rotary drum tape recording apparatus with controlling optical recording tracks using stored results of scanning of reference tracks  
An optical recording method and an optical recording apparatus enable recording information on recording tracks substantially corresponding to ideal reference tracks, on an optical recording medium...
5548114 Optical scanning device for scanning a record carrier with a scanning spot which deviates in a direction transverse to the scanning direction by an amount less than a trace pitch because of vibration  
An optical scanning device for scanning a tape-like record carrier. The device includes an optical system for focusing a radiation beam at the record carrier, which radiation beam causes a scanning...
5524105 Helical optical tape read/write system using at least one laser array  
An optical tape is helically passed over a cylindrical outer surface of a drum at a first speed to effect a substantial circumferential wrap thereof. A first write/read head with a writing laser...
5513163 Optical tape recording/reproducing apparatus  
An optical tape reading/recording apparatus comprises a transparent hollow drum and a pinch roller for guiding a running optical tape, the optical tape retained between the drum and the pinch...
5471456 Optical medium recording apparatus with a rotatable optical beam deflector  
An optical recording and reproducing apparatus is provided with a light source that emits a beam of light, a rotatable head including a deflector that deflects the beam in a predetermined direction...
5465241 Optical tape recording and reproducing apparatus  
An optical tape recording and reproducing apparatus wherein dynamic tracking can be started at a position at or near the center of a track to reduce the settling time upon leading-in of tracking...
5452458 Method of controlling a flexible disk controller  
The invention provides a novel method of controlling a flexible disk controller for executing a format operation and a write operation of data into a flexible disk having a plurality of tracks,...
5422872 Telecentric rotary actuator in an optical recording system  
A telecentric rotary actuary in an optical storage system. A laser generates a laser beam which is focused by an objective lens onto an optical disk in order to write data to and read data from the...
5363200 Buffering method and system for resonant scanner used to read and write data with respect to a storage medium  
A buffering system and method for data recorded by a laser on a moving optical medium, such as a flexible optical tape wherein data (e.g., analog video information) can be buffered to permit...
5343458 Method of storing digital video, audio and control information on an an optical storage medium  
The present invention relates to video recording and playback techniques and devices which create relative movement between a laser and an optical medium such as a flexible optical tape to permit...
5308961 Optical-card reader  
Data read off an optical card are stored in a read buffer. If there are data in the read buffer when a read command is received, decoding is begun. If read commands are being issued for consecutive...
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