CONVEYOR-POSITIONER SYSTEM FOR OPTICAL DATA READER

REMOVABLE ROBOT FOR AUTOMATED DATA STORAGE LIBRARY

Magnetically repositionable cassettes within a data storage drive

Jukebox data storage system with inert environment

System and method for rapid replacement of robotic media mover in automated media library

Selectively routing signals to data storage devices within a data storage system that includes a movable carriage

System and method for rapid replacement of robotic media mover in automated media library

Data storage system including movable carriage

Passive retraction of a hub clamp in an optical disc drive

Disc storage device rack and disc archive device

Actuator tip calibration for robotic optical storage system

Apparatus for changing a record, a method of loading a record and a method of changing the side of a record to be played

Disc storage cassettes comprising index features

Disc storage apparatus and disc archive apparatus

Automated data storage library drone accessor

Disc library storage system

Disc storage cassettes comprising track connectors

Movable closed-chain linkage for robot arm of media element storage library

Optical disc apparatus

Method of mass transfer of plurality of data discs with disc drive slots

Disc storage cassettes comprising a movable bale

Magazine management device in which one or more antennas disposed in one antenna base communicate with two or more radio identifiers corresponding to two or more magazine regions

Automated just a bunch of disks management

Simultaneous pivoting and translation of robot arm of storage library

Conveyance robot apparatus

High performance robotic optical storage system

Disc gripper for storage disc

Magazine management device, disc device, and magazine management system

OPTICAL DISK LIBRARY DEVICE AND SCISSOR-TYPE CONVEYING DEVICE

Automated just a bunch of disks management

Media library including storage media retrieval assembly

Inter-rack gear track system

Mechanical pre-fetching of cold storage media

ID reading device

Movable closed-chain linkage for robot arm of media element storage library

System for simultaneous pivoting and translation of robot arm of storage library

Negative select access mechanism

Load balancing and space efficient big data tape management

Library apparatus with a locking and releasing shutter mechanism

Disc device

METHOD OF MANAGING DATA IN ARCHIVE SYSTEM BASED ON OPTICAL DISK

OPTICAL DISK INSPECTION METHOD AND OPTICAL DISK LIBRARY DEVICE

Library device, control method therefor, and library control device

Disc conveying device and disc conveying method

Robotic safety stop for automated storage library

Disc device

LIBRARY APPARATUS AND ARTICLE TRANSPORTING APPARATUS

System for determining the location of a data storage library robot and methods of determining the same

Disk

Disk conveying device

Optical disc library and storage apparatus including disc changer functionality

Cable processing apparatus and recording medium changer

Recording medium delivery mechanism and recording medium changer

Library device

Adjustable medium holding unit and medium processing apparatus

Ratcheting gripper for a storage library

Archive system for double sided optical disc

Library system

Optical disc device including a carrier for holding optical discs in a stacked state

Disc drive unit and apparatus having the same

Magazine box

Disc library device

Archive device

Disc device having a picker for conveying a pluralty of discs in a stacked state

Library device and accessor device

Disc device with carrier for retaining plurality of stacked discs

Disc device having a carrier for retaining a plurality of discs in a stacked state

Library apparatus

Staged storage magazine install in a storage library

SLACK SENSOR FOR A STORAGE LIBRARY

Library apparatus

Ratcheting gripper for a storage library

DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS

Library apparatus and method for controlling conveying of storage medium

Library device, control method and program

Bulk transfer of storage devices using manual loading

Method to handle portable cassettes removeably disposed in a data storage library comprising a pass-through accessor

Efficient moves via repository

Efficient moves via repository

Disk transportation device and disk storage system

LIBRARY APPARATUS

Recording/reproducing device

Library device

Library apparatus and control method thereof

Cell engagement and retention carriage

Robotic safety stop for automated storage library

System for determining the location of a data storage library robot and methods of determining the same

Storage Device Transport, Clamping And Testing

Optical disc library system and methods

Cell engagement and retention carriage

Disk library apparatus

Transferring Disk Drives Within Disk Drive Testing Systems

Bulk transfer of storage devices using manual loading

Tape cartridge auxiliary memory based library

Robot hand and library device

Storage media cartridge handling apparatus with up-down drive arrangement disengageable with accessor carriage

Disk laminate, disk cartridge, disk loading/unloading mechanism, disk conveying device, disk conveying mechanism, and thin disk driving system

LIBRARY APPARATUS AND LIBRARY APPARATUS CONTROLLING METHOD

Library device and inclination correction method of movable unit provided in library device

Management apparatus and management method

BULK TRANSFER OF STORAGE DEVICES USING MANUAL LOADING

Scalable integrated high density optical data/media storage delivery system

Library apparatus

Enclosed operating area for storage device testing systems

Robotic safety stop for automated storage library

Test slot cooling system for a storage device testing system

Entertainment media rental and return system and a removable storage bin therefor

Library apparatus and method for moving shelf of library apparatus

Method of removing a cartridge

BULK FEEDING STORAGE DEVICES TO STORAGE DEVICE TESTING SYSTEMS

Transferring storage devices within storage device testing systems

Library device

Library apparatus, library system and medium transportation method of library apparatus

Efficient moves through drive remapping

Method to handle portable cassettes removeably disposed in a data storage library comprising a pass-through accessor

TAPE CARTRIDGE AUXILIARY MEMEORY BASED LIBRARY

Test slot cooling system for a storage device testing system

Tape cartridge tray transmission device apparatus with rack and pinion gear arrangement

Stacking type tray and tray developing mechanism and stacking type tray developing system

Optical disc storage system

DISK DRIVE TRANSPORT, CLAMPING AND TESTING

DISK DRIVE TRANSPORT, CLAMPING AND TESTING

Library device including a tapered shape insertion release part, method of taking out data cartridge, and method of receiving the data cartridge

Transport apparatus and library apparatus

Storage cell and magazine

Alignment adjusting apparatus, library apparatus, and alignment adjusting method

Disk drive transport, clamping and testing

Disk drive transport, clamping and testing

Library apparatus with mechanism for moving flag on cell of medium storing shelf

AUTOMATED OPTICAL DISK LOADING RACK

Bulk feeding disk drives to disk drive testing systems

CALIBRATION OF AN AUTOMATED DATA STORAGE LIBRARY WITH A CARTRIDGE-LIKE ELEMENT

Transferring storage devices within storage device testing systems

Method of manipulating data storage elements

Transferring disk drives within disk drive testing systems

Dependent temperature control within disk drive testing systems

Robotic storage library with queued move instructions and method of queing such instructions

Media processing device, control method for a media processing device, and a control program therefor

System for duplication of data onto disks

High density variable access storage library

Scalable integrated high-density optical data/media storage delivery system

Media library system and method for monitoring changes in inventory of media cartridges

Recording apparatus

Data storage media accessibility in a media library

Error detection apparatus and method for a disc loading system

System and method for remotely dispensing media discs having an inventory management system

System and method for remotely dispensing media discs

Dependent temperature control within disk drive testing systems

Transferring storage devices within storage device testing systems

Disc transportation mechanism and disk processing device

Bulk feeding disk drives to disk drive testing systems

Transferring disk drives within disk drive testing systems

Enclosed operating area for disk drive testing systems

Recording medium changer

Magazine holding structure and library device having the same

System and method for judging presence/absence of loading spaces

Storage media library device

Computer program product for power system for a robot accessor of an automated data storage library

Disk drive transport, clamping and testing

Computer program product to provide bus bar burst communications for an automated data storage library

Management of data cartridges in multiple-cartridge cells in an automated data storage library

Vacuum Assisted Manipulation of Objects

Computer readable medium and method of improving ras characteristics relating to calibration algorithms in an automated robotic system

Media storage system

Variable spring-force mechanism for advancing tape media cartridges in a deep slot cell

Computer system and method capable of automatically duplicating data into discs

Cartridge carrying apparatus and cartridge carrying method using notch-engagement projection

Method for Con-trolling a Data Storage System

Power supply apparatus and method using same

CARTRIDGE ENGAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CARTRIDGE LIBRARY

ENTRY/EXIT PORT METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CARTRIDGE LIBRARY

Information storage disk handling apparatus

Disk device

Multi-dimensional transport method and drive subsystems in a cartridge library apparatus

Adjustable medium holding unit and medium processing apparatus

External load port magazine and storage system and method of using same

Image analysis for use with automated audio extraction

Retaining gate for deep storage slot retention of storage cartridges

METHOD FOR PICKING AND PLACING A DISC

DISC TRANSPORT WITH AN IMPROVED DISC ENGAGEMENT MECHANISM

Access control management

LIBRARY APPARATUS AND TRANSFER MECHANISM FOR THE SAME

Recording medium changer and reproducing apparatus

Storage apparatus, carriage shifting method and program thereof

STORAGE APPARATUR, CARRIAGE SHIFTING METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREOF

Storage medium housing device

Automatic devices, equipment and methods for handling objects

Locating media by characteristics in storage apparatus

Auto feed, copy and print apparatus for information storage disks and method of the same

Disk carrier device and disk drive

AUTOMATED DATA STORAGE LIBRARY ROBOT ACCESSORS WITH PIVOTING GRIPPERS FOR PASSING

TAPE CARTRIDGE AUXILIARY MEMEORY BASED LIBRARY

ONLINE, SAFE SERVICE TECHNIQUE FOR AUTOMATED LIBRARIES

Disk device

Stored information disc retrieval

Video game disc changer

Standalone intelligent autoloader with modularization architectures and self-adaptive motion control ability for mass optical disks duplication

Optically writing to and reading from housings of recordable data storage cartridges

Library unit and magazine position detecting method in the library unit

Disk holding device and disk recording/reproduction apparatus

Deep slot magazine storage library

Medium transport apparatus

Optical disc cartridge and recording and reproducing apparatus

Management of data cartridges in multiple-cartridge cells in an automated data storage library

Carrier apparatus and carrier method of thin disc tray

Storage System

Media library assembly having first data transfer assembly that receives first command signal and transmits second command signal to second data transfer assembly to decrease time-to-data

DATA STORAGE DEVICE WITH HARD DRIVE AND INTERCHANGEABLE DATA STORAGE DISKS

Robot hand having swaying mechanism in library apparatus

Removable disk media including holographic optical disk stacked in a tape cartridge shell

Pivoting vertical mast of an accessor in an automated data storage library

System for duplication of data onto disks

Library apparatus with cartridge type sensor

Device for handling data media in a storage device

Network attached mountable optical disc storage library

Scalable composite rectangular/cylindrical automated data storage library system

System for improving RAS characteristics relating to calibration algorithms in an automated robotic system

Power system for a robot accessor of an automated data storage library

Burst communications via a bus bar and bus bar relay for an automated data storage library

Universal cassette

Optical disk recording and reproducing device capable of high-speed start processing

Apparatus system and method for using multiple detectors to conduct an inventory of a data storage library

Apparatus and Method to Write Information to and/or Read Information from an Information Storage Medium

Library apparatus, control method and control program thereof, and information processing apparatus

Library apparatus and cartridge therefor

Hand mechanism in a cartridge library apparatus being associated with a buffer mechanism to allow the hand mechanism to hold a cartridge even when the hand mechanism is not positioned at an optimal, normal position

Alignment system method and apparatus for multi-unit storage systems

Data storage libraries

Flexible mounts for parallel shafts on an extension mechanism

Compact picker systems and methods for automated storage libraries

Linear optical disk changer with side switching capabilities

Scalable integrated high density optical data/media storage delivery system

Memory storage handling system

Appliance with a data carrier disk drive and method of inserting a data carrier in such an appliance

Disc changer and tray locking apparatus thereof

Electronic device comprising recording and reproducing unit

Extendable virtual autoloader systems and methods

Library system, data storage medium transportation mechanism, method of initializing a data storage medium transportation mechanism, method of transporting a data storage medium, signal-bearing medium embodying a program of initializing, and signal-bearing medium embodying a program of transporting

Reconfigurable data cartridge import/export drawer

Systems and methods for cartridge identification

Optical disc drive and method for manually ejecting a cassette

Optical disc drive

Scalable, space efficient, high density automated library

Optical information storage apparatus and optical information storage system

Optical disc drive and optical disc cassette

Removable cartridge storage devices and methods

Two-way disc clamping mechanisms and multiple disc read and write systems

Disk changer devices

Non-tape data storage cartridge with handling feature and associated cartridge drive

Storage system having a reader with a light sensing portion inclined with respect to an axis of a label of a storage medium

Contactless power and/or data transmission in an automated data storage library employing segmented coils

Continued execution of accessor commands on a restricted multiple accessor path of an automated data storage library

Disk apparatus

Disk conveying means for a disc drive using retractable rollers and guide plates

Robotics for a data storage system

Storage media transferring method and apparatus within a multi-unit storage apparatus

Automatic device, equipment and methods for handling objects

Driving method of flexible recording disc

Power supply apparatus and method using same

Accessor movably disposed within an automated data storage and retrieval system

Method and apparatus for supplying power in an automated data storage and retrieval system

Data storage library and accessor control method

High input/output capacity storage system and subsystem

Power supply apparatus and method using same

Optical information storage apparatus and optical information storage system

Method and device for ejecting disc

Storage medium library and storage medium magazine

Data cartridge holder operable with a data cartridge library system

Data systems, apparatuses and/or methods

Method and apparatus to move an accessor within a data storage and retrieval system

Method and system for providing field scalability across a storage product family

Optical information storage device and optical information storage system

Library device

Configurable storage system with swappable tape magazines and hard-disk magazines

Stack type disk changer

Stack type optical disk changer

Global positioning system location information for an automated data storage library

Storage library having free-hanging robot assembly

Continued execution of accessor commands on a restricted multiple accessor path of an automated data storage library

Media selection systems and methods having a coupler for slidably engaging a storage medium in a storage system

Apparatus for detecting media

Mass data storage library frame spanning for mixed media

Cartridge transport assembly

Cartridge-handling apparatus

Data storage system

Apparatus and method to write information to and/or read information from an information storage medium

Autonomic fiducial search pattern in an automated tape library

Method and apparatus for managing inventory and door status during firmware update of an automated data storage library

Mapping apparatus and method of controlling the same

Semi-autonomous operation of a robotic device

Releasable, repeatable electrical connection employing compression

Automated storage library cartridge gripper with cartridge detector

Media storage system

Large capacity high speed read/write optical disk system

Multiple compact disk storage, recording and playback system

Storage system

Method and system for selecting and moving a single disc in an optical disc library

Method and system for selecting and moving a single disc in an optical disc library

Disc gripper for storage discs

Actuator tip calibration for robotic optical storage system