Predictive failure analysis of thermal flying height control system and method

Information recording medium, recording device and recording method for information recording medium, reproduction device and reproduction method for information recording medium, computer program for recording or reproduction, and data structure containing control signal

Timing recovery apparatus and method with frequency protection

METHOD FOR BACKING UP DATA ON AN OPTICAL STORAGE MEDIUM

Reproduction apparatus and reproduction method of digital video signal or audio signal

Theater identification system utilizing identifiers projected through a screen

Optical disc reproducing apparatus

METHOD FOR RECOVERING DATA FROM OPTICAL DISC WITH DAMAGED TOC

Apparatus for receiving compressed digital information

Theater identification system utilizing identifiers projected onto a screen

Method and system for protecting digital media from illegal copying

Signal-to-noise ratio measurement apparatus and method for signal read out of optical disc

Information recording medium, information recording apparatus, and information reproducing apparatus

Disk controller architecture to allow on-the-fly error correction and write disruption detection

Method and apparatus for time correlating defects found on hard disks

Data recording device and data reproducing device

Data storage apparatus that either certifies a recording medium in the background or verifies data written in the recording medium

Method and apparatus for improving the error rate of track information on a magnetic storage device

Error correction method for high density disc

Error correction method for high density disc

Enhancements to data integrity verification mechanism

FREQUENCY DETECTION METHODS

Integrated circuit capable of error management

Information recording medium, information recording apparatus, and information reproducing apparatus

Method for controlling read velocity in a disk device

Method of configuring storage space in a data storage device

Method and device for protecting a preamplifier in reading signals on a defect disc

Optical disc recording/reproduction apparatus

Memory initialization device, memory initialization method, and error correction device

Optical information recording medium and data recording apparatus thereon

Data storage device, and method for rewriting data in nonvolatile memory

Method and device for protecting a PLL in reading signals on a defect disc

Method and device for protecting a slicer in reading signals on a defect disc

Method and device for protecting a servo in reading signals on a defect disc

Error management topologies

Magnetic recording device

Recording medium reproduction device

Recording medium for storing real time recording/reproduction information, method and apparatus for recording and reproducing in real time, and file operating method using the same

Method and apparatus for file management

Recorded information reproduction device

Disk reproducing apparatus and method

INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF MANAGING RECORDING COUNT

Device and method for recording data blocks

Magnetic disk drive with function assignment and manufacturing method therefor

Disk device and disk processing method

Optical disk, optical disk drive and method of playing back an optical disk

Apparatus for an method of recording digital information signals

Information recording and reproducing apparatus and method, and signal decoding circuit for performing timing recovery

Defect area management system and method for optical storage medium

Information recording medium, recording apparatus, reproduction apparatus, recording method and reproduction method

Information recording apparatus and information recording method

Method, medium, and apparatus for processing defects of an HDD

Data storage device, data storage control circuit, and control method for magnetic disk drive

File transmission system and file transmission method

Information recording device, information recording method, information transmission device, and information transmission metod

Record carrier with two ecc block sizes, and recording method and recorder for recording such record carrier

Magneto-optical disc device and method for writing data on magneto-optical disc

Data decoding method and circuit and information recording and reproducing apparatus using the same

Information recording medium, recording apparatus and method for an information recording medium, reproducing apparatus and method for an information recording medium computer program for controlling record or reproduction, and data structure including control signal

Information recording medium, recording apparatus and method for an information recording medium, reproducing apparatus and method for an information recording medium computer program for controlling record or reproduction, and data structure including control sign

Information recording medium, recording apparatus and method for an information recording medium, reproducing apparatus and method for an information recording medium computer program for controlling record or reproduction, and data structure including control signal

Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding a runout correction bit pattern of servo field

Method and apparatus for indicating the impaired sequences of an audiovisual document

System and method for in-line error correction for storage systems

Defect area management system and method for optical storage medium

Copy protection for optical discs

Data reproduction apparatus

Method for accessing a data sector and processing a bad sector in a hard disk drive of a mobile communication terminal

Method and system for recovering from multiple drive failures

Disk reproducing method, control program thereof, recording medium, disk reproducing apparatus, and optical disk-purpose signal processing circuit

Signal processing method and apparatus, signal reproducing method and apparatus, and recording medium

Decoding device and method, program recording medium, and program using modulation code encoded in accordance with a variable length table

Structure and method for storing data on optical disks

Recording medium storing link information and apparatus and method for linking data

Optical disk, optical disk recording method and optical disk apparatus

Information recording/reproducing apparatus and method of controlling the same

Recording medium having spare area for defect management and information of defect management, and method of allocating spare area and method of managing defects

Information storage device

Multi-platter disk drive controller and methods for synchronous redundant data operations

White dot out detecting device

Defect detection circuit

Method and apparatus for recording real-time data into an optical disc

Digital recording and reproducing apparatus, recording medium used therefor, and error factor estimating method and error factor estimating system thereof

Enhanced methods for electronic storage device calibrations

Recording medium for storing real time recording/reproduction information, method and apparatus for recording and reproducing in real time, and file operating method using the same

Digital information recording/reproducing apparatus

Apparatus and method for receiving and recording digital information

Recording medium having spare area for defect management and information on defect management, and method of allocating spare area and method of managing defects

Method for reading an optical disc

Error recovery for input/output operations

Write-once medium recording method and recording apparatus, and playback apparatus

Error detection using codes targeted to prescribed error types

Recording medium, recording apparatus, and reading apparatus

Data reproducer

Disc playing method without interruption and system thereof

Storage device

Optical disc recording control method, drive, and recording system

Disk drive, medium and method of compensating for a write parameter

Method and apparatus for decoding multiword information

Error correction device

Signal processing apparatus and a data recording and reproducing apparatus including local memory processor

Recording medium for storing linking type information and method of processing defective area using the same

Writing and reading of data in probe-based data storage devices

Quantum key distribution method and communication device

Decoding apparatus and method of optical information reproducing system

Phase error detecting circuit and synchronization clock extraction circuit

Data decoding method and the system thereof

Method for detecting data defect in optical recording medium

Failure prediction method for magnetic disk devices, and a magnetic disk device using the same

FIFO sub-system with in-line correction

Method and apparatus for recording/reproducing image information on/from removable medium

Method and apparatus for recording data on and reproducing data from a recording medium and the recording medium

Decoding method and device for decoding linear code

Economically secure digital mass media systems

Method and apparatus for processing transmission error in DMB system

Power failure recovery method

Surface analysis test with mixed ECC symbol

Device for decoding disc read signal and method thereof

Media recorder system and method

Recording medium, recording method, and recording apparatus

Retrial and reread methods and apparatus for recording channels

Optical disk device for data defect detection and use

Method, apparatus and program storage device for dynamically adjusting the write current in each head to compensate for variation in disk drive and environmental parameters

Corrective adjustment of recording characteristics in digital renditions of analog recordings

Data reproducing apparatus avoiding selection of incorrect path

Retry reordering in hard disk drives

Methods for optical disc sector verification

Optical disk tracking servo circuit enabled to compensate for non-continuous track segments or prolonged defect

Method and apparatus for multiple step Viterbi detection with local feedback

Diskarray system for suppressing disk fault

Method for determining defective blocks of optical disc

Method and apparatus for reduced-state Viterbi detection in a read channel of a magnetic recording system

Method of detecting optical disc error information

Controller for data recorder

Device and method for recording information

Method for processing noise interference

False lock detection circuit and false lock detection method, PLL circuit and clock data recovery method, communication device and communication method, and optical disk reproducing device and optical disk reproducing method

Data detector system

Anti-burn method

Device and signal processing circuit for magnetic recording, magnetic recording apparatus

Data recording/reproduction device, data recording/reproduction method, and digital camera

Apparatus for accessing and transferring optical data

Method of detecting error location, and error detection circuit, error correction circuit, and reproducing apparatus using the method

Techniques for detecting and correcting errors using multiple interleave erasure pointers

Device and method for recording information with characteristic point information control

Recording apparatus, recording method, and recording medium using an index file

Recording medium, recording method, recording device, and reproduction method and reproducer

Defective sector determination device and optical disk drive

Data recording and reproducing apparatus, data recording and reproducing method and recording medium

Method and device for recording information in units

Method for choosing the defect detection mode of an optical storage device

Information recording method and an information recording apparatus

Optical disk device and method of control of an optical disk utilizing retry feature

Recording medium having spare area for defect management and information on defect management, and method of allocating spare area and method of managing defects

Data read retry with read timing adjustment for eccentrity of disc in data storage device

Data transfer device and method

Data processing apparatus, data processing method, reproducing apparatus, and reproducing method

Data accessing method

Method and system for sensing a shock in optical disk device

Recording medium, recording apparatus, and reading apparatus

Reproduced signal evaluation apparatus and method, reproduction apparatus and method, and recording apparatus and method

Audio signal processing method, audio signal processing apparatus, Hi-Fi video apparatus, digital video apparatus and 8 mm video apparatus

Audio signal processing method, audio signal processing apparatus, Hi-Fi video apparatus, digital video apparatus and 8 mm video apparatus

Audio signal processing method, audio signal processing apparatus, Hi-Fi video apparatus, digital video apparatus and 8 mm video apparatus

Audio signal processing method, audio signal processing apparatus, Hi-Fi video apparatus, digital video apparatus and 8 mm video apparatus

Method and apparatus for retry calculation in an optical disk device

Background media scan for recovery of data errors

Audio signal processing method, audio signal processing apparatus, HI-FI video apparatus, digital video apparatus and 8 MM video apparatus

Audio signal processing method, audio signal processing apparatus, Hi-Fi video apparatus, digital video apparatus and 8 mm video apparatus

Method for detecting defect signals on a disc

Information recording/reproducing method, with recorded sub-data

Apparatus and method for detecting defects of a recording and reproducing system

Information recording/reproducing apparatus, with recorded sub-data

Embedding auxiliary data in an information signal

Apparatus and method for compensating for defect of optical disc

Recording medium, recording apparatus, and reading apparatus

Digital device configuration and method

Disk reproducing apparatus and reproducing method thereof

Recording medium, recording apparatus, and reading apparatus

Recording medium, recording apparatus, and reading apparatus

Optical recording medium and recording method for the same

Optical recording medium and recording method for the same

Optical recording medium and recording method for the same

Optical recording medium and recording method for the same

Recording medium, recording apparatus, and reading apparatus

Digital device configuration and method

Disk array system and method for controlling disk array system

Digital device configuration and method

Data recording and reproducing device and method utilizing iterative decoding technique

Data recording and reproducing system, and data recording and reproducing method

Method of recording/reproducing digital data and apparatus for same

Method and apparatus for protecting data when a recording process has failed

Method for creating defect management information in an recording medium, and apparatus and medium based on said method

Error handling of storage device data in real time systems

Method and apparatus to perform improved retry in data storage system

Method of recording, and apparatus to record, address information on disc-type information storage medium, and disc-type information storage medium therefor

Maximum likelihood encoding apparatus, maximum likelihood encoding method, program and reproduction apparatus

Encoding/decoding device using a reed-solomon encoder/decoder

Optical disk, optical disk recording method and optical disk apparatus

Optically recorded data discrimination apparatus and associated methodology

Composite magnetic head arranged so the reproducing elements do not overlap a pole of a recording element

Information recording method and apparatus

Apparatus, medium, and method for adaptively controlling a retry process in a data storage apparatus

Disk array system and method for controlling disk array system

Disk array system

Apparatus for PID address protection and method thereof

Storage system for checking data coincidence between a cache memory and a disk drive

Disk array system and method for controlling disk array system

Variable modulation with LDPC (low density parity check) coding

Data reproduction apparatus and data reproduction method

Defect detection apparatus

Method of joint decoding of possibly mutilated code words

Digital video disk and player and associated methods with proprietary format

Recording and/or reproducing method for record medium, reproducing apparatus, record medium, record medium distinguishing method, and recording and/or reproducing method for apparatus using record medium

Method and device for generating a stable power control signal

stability of a write control signal

Optical disk drive for writing a re-writable optical disk and method thereof

Focusing controller and method thereof for an optical disk drive

Focusing controller apparatus and method for an optical disk drive

Method and device for adjusting a control parameter of a servo of an optical drive

Disk player for allocating pointers to frames of CD data and storing pointers in memory and method of processing reproduced data of disk player

Apparatus and method for controlling recording and reproduction of data

Method of determining suitability of a recording medium for being recorded to and/or reproduced from by an apparatus

Information recording medium which records information that pertains to integrity

Method and apparatus for write control in a disk drive

Information recording processing apparatus, information reproduction processing apparatus, information recording medium, information recording processing method, information reproduction processing method, and computer program

Disk recording medium, disk manufacturing method, and disk drive apparatus

Disc recording medium, recording method, disc drive device

Method and apparatus for error code correction

Recording method and reproduction method suitable for recording/reproduction of AV data, and recording drive and reproduction drive, information recording system and information reproduction system, and information recording medium for such methods

Defect handling for recording media

Error correction/detection code adjustment for known data pattern substitution

Data detection for local probe data storage devices

Reproduction device and method wherein detection of sub-data generated within a controlled time period controls appropriate decryption

Method and apparatus of converting a series of data words into a modulated signal

Error correction method and apparatus for interleaved data

Method of detecting land pre-pit signal and optical disk player

Information storage medium, information recording method, and information recording/reproduction apparatus

Optical encoding method

Method and apparatus for efficiently detecting and/or correcting address information of optical recording/reproducing apparatus

Non-volatile memory and non-volatile memory data rewriting method

Combination system capable of compensating for driving information of one chip and method thereof

Method of recording physical address information on optical disc and optical disc having the same

System and method for autonomous data scrubbing in a hard disk drive

Dynamic mask-ROM register patching

Data recording/reproducing apparatus, data recording/reproducing method, program, and recording medium

Servo control method and servo control circuit, and optical disk device having the same servo control circuit

Recording medium having data structure for managing at least a data area of the recording medium and recording and reproducing methods and apparatuses

Method of preventing TOC reading error in a multi-session disc

Process for manufacturing an optical disk with recorded sub-data

Simple decoding method and apparatus

Method and system for error correction in disk drive using plural retry tables

Multiple write storage device

Methods for evaluating quality of test sequences for delay faults and related technology

Magneto-optical storage medium capable of recording plural rows of marks on each track

System and method for detecting write errors in a storage device

Method for compensating recording end address in an optical disk drive

Magnetic disk device and method

Recalling data from tape

Data storage device controlling head fly height based on temperature

Preamble defect detection and mitigation

Read from a non-trimming portion of a data track written to magnetic tape

Backward compatibility tape read head

Detecting errors in sensor data

Activating a magnetic writer to recover from read errors due to reader instability

SSD compression aware

Data storage device generating extended redundancy to compensate for track squeeze

Methods and devices for power control of a light source of a memory system

Shingled magnetic recording storage system during vibration

Disk apparatus, controller, and control method

Implementing BER-list modulation code for hard disk drives

Data storage device using high and low frequencies AC heat produce position-error-signals for head contact detection

Preamble defect detection and mitigation

Recovering user data from a variably encroached data track

Adaptive field adjustment of transducer power levels

Compensating for loss of current through shorted tunneling magnetoresistance sensors

Servo gray code quality detector

Methods and devices for track seeking using microactuators

Writing redundant data on tape media

High-density pattern detector for hybrid servo patterns

Head-medium contact detection using high frequency heater oscillation

Historical disk error monitoring

Data storage device with adaptive data capacity

Tape volume overwrite protection during error recovery

Read channel optimization using multi-dimensional smoothing

Read failover method and apparatus for a data storage system

System and method for determination and reallocation of pending sectors caused by media fatigue

Data storage assembly for archive cold storage

Dynamic track misregistration dependent error scans

Method for marking data in time/frequency measurement

Adaptive mitigation of adjacent track interference (ATI) on a recording medium

NRZI processing methods and devices to correct for sync detection failures

Diagnostic method and apparatus for a tape storage system

Data storage device using branch metric from adjacent track to compensate for inter-track interference

Adjusting a defect threshold

System and method to correct errors in data read from a source supplying streaming data

Data storage device screening heads by verifying defects after defect scan

Data storage device comprising sequence detector compensating for inter-track interference

Method and apparatus for error correction

Systems and methods for fast measurement of channel performance metrics such as error margin and off-track recording capability in shingled magnetic recording