Disk drive emulator and method of use thereof

Method and apparatus for inspecting a pattern shape

Increased format efficiency using disk synchronized write

Bulk feeding disk drives to disk drive testing systems

Transferring disk drives within disk drive testing systems

Vibration isolation within disk drive testing systems

Thermal control system for test slot of test rack for disk drive testing system with thermoelectric device and a cooling conduit

Enclosed operating area for disk drive testing systems

Data protection method for variable length records by utilizing high performance block storage metadata

Defect inspection method and disk drive using same

HARD DISK DRIVE AND METHOD OF SETTING A WRITE-VERIFY TEMPERATURE THEREOF

Data error recovery using voting on multiple retrials

METHOD OF RESTORING DATA

STORAGE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STORING INTERNAL INFORMATION

SENSOR DETACHMENT DETECTION CIRCUIT, SENSOR DETACHMENT DETECTION METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE

Hybrid recording device

PERPENDICULAR HEAD WITH WIDE TRACK WRITING CAPABILITY AND METHODS OF MEDIA TESTING

ADJACENT-TRACK-ERASURE (ATE) REFRESH WITH INCREASED TRACK RESOLUTION FOR OFTEN-WRITTEN AREAS

ELECTRONIC INFORMATION STORAGE APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

Magnetic storage control apparatus, magnetic storage control method, and magnetic storage apparatus

CORRECTION INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD, CORRECTION INFORMATION RECORDING CIRCUIT AND INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE

Hard disk drive preamplifier timers and methods to calibrate hard disk drive preamplifier timers

Vibration detection for data storage device and write processing method for data storage device

Track error measurement and recovery

MEMORY DEVICE

Low track-per-inch (TPI) zone with reduced need for adjacent-track-erasure (ATE) refresh

DATA STORAGE APPARATUS

DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVING/RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVING/RECORDING/REPRODUCING METHOD

Programmable soft-output Viterbi algorithm system and method

Magnetic disk device testing method and testing device

IMAGE RECORDING REPRODUCING DEVICE

Position control with compensation for thermal cycling of a workpiece support

Method and system for cache-based dropped write protection in data storage systems

Recording medium, recording device, and playback device for use in individual sales and method therefor

DIGEST GENERATION DEVICE, DIGEST GENERATION METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM STORING DIGEST GENERATION PROGRAM THEREON AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT USED FOR DIGEST GENERATION DEVICE

Parental control for HDD title recording

Playback apparatus, program, and playback method

Method and system for distinguishing spatial and thermal defects on perpendicular media

Techniques for providing DC-free detection of DC equalization target

Recording apparatus, server apparatus, recording method, program, and storage medium

Compensating the effects of static head-media spacing variations and nonlinear transition shift in heat assisted magnetic recording

“Flat analog” AFE coupled with an all digital architecture compensation read channel

Iterative repeatable run-out nulling for magnetic head tester

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program

Encoding device, decoding device, encoding/decoding device, and recording/reproducing device

Program processing device and program processing method

Method of detecting bad servo track in hard disk drive

Hard disc apparatus and head alignment method

MAGNETIC RECORDING DEVICE

Gain control for data-dependent detection in magnetic storage read channels

Method, system, and computer program product for estimating adjacent track erasure risk by determining erase band width growth rates

Passive test circuit used to determine a back EMF of a voice coil motor during application of a bias voltage

INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

Information apparatus

Recording method for a disk device having recording regions different in recording density

Method and apparatus for efficient storage and retrieval of multiple content streams

Overshoot duration range selection in a hard disk drive

Recording medium, reproducing device, recording method, and reproducing method

Method and system for servo track write

DURABLE DATA STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD

Application specific processor based disk formatter

ERROR CORRECTION CODING USING SOFT INFORMATION AND INTERLEAVING

Move processor and method

Wide-band multi-format audio/video production system with frame-rate conversion

Multimedia data reproducing apparatus

Finite field based short error propagation modulation codes

Repair of defective servo tracks

Test components fabricated with large area sensors used for determining the resistance of an MR sensor

Vibration-aware data reassignment

INFORMATION RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECORDING/REPRODUCING INFORMATION

Frequency domain approach for efficient computation of fixed-point equalization targets

Method and apparatus for inspecting defects of patterns formed on a hard disk medium

Monitoring Disk Drives To Predict Failure

Recording medium, reproducing device, recording method and reproducing method

CONTENT REPLAY APPARATUS, CONTENT PLAYBACK APPARATUS, CONTENT REPLAY METHOD, CONTENT PLAYBACK METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

Hard disk, control unit for a disk device, and method for controlling a disk device

Method operating hard disk drive on the basis of predicted defect using hierarchical clustering and curve fit

Temperature coefficient of resistance measurement of TMR head using flying height control heater and determine maximum bias voltage of TMR heads

Methods and apparatus to provide dynamically-biased write drivers for hard disk drive (HDD) application

Test apparatus for data storage device and test method for data storage device

Method and system for dynamically allocating read and write sequence randomizer

Head IC, read circuit, media storage device and amplifier gain adjustment method for head IC

Detecting head/disk contact using timing jitter

Read sensor testing using thermal magnetic fluctuation noise spectra

System and method for enabling efficient small writes to worm storage

Memory device for storing data and reading data

Inspection method for perpendicular magnetic recording medium and inspection device thereof

Digital video recorder system with an integrated DVD recording device

AV DATA TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND AV DATA RECEIVING APPARATUS

Data recovery through eliminating adjacent track interference

Hard disk drive tunneling magnetoresistive annealing heads with a fly on demand heater

Test method and manufaturing method of disk drive device in consideration of manufacturing efficiency

Data recording for a hard drive in response to commands

METHOD FOR EDITING DIGITAL MOVING PICTURE FILES IN SET-TOP BOX

Bit patterned magnetic media data format

Head IC that adjusts the amplitude level of a read signal of a head

Arithmetic logical unit, computation method and computer system

Logic operations on a hard disk drive

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MOTION PICTURE DATA PROCESSING METHOD

Apparatus, system for storing data, and method for accessing data directory

Storing data blocks to maximize the amount of storage space used in a storage device

RECORDING/REPRODUCTION APPARATUS

FILTER CIRCUIT

Time Shifting by Concurrently Recording and Playing a Data Stream

Apparatus and method for disk read checking

Recording medium, reproducing device, recording method, and reproducing method

Content data recording/reproducing device

Information processing device, content using system, information processing method, and computer program

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR PROTECTED DATA FILES AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF

FTIR and EDX spectrum library of contaminants found on a HDD and their potential sources

RECORDING AND PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND METHOD, PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM

Content Recording Medium, Content Recording Device and Content Playback Device

Formatting disk drive data using format field elements

Detecting and correcting insertion and deletion of bits for bit patterned media storage systems

DATA PROCESSOR

Disk drive device and method for determining data track format of the disk drive device

Data writing control device, data writing control method, and data writing control program for writing to an optical disc

Disk drive device manufacturing method thereof, and method for specifying data track pitch for the disk drive device

Method of detecting and protecting falling portable computer hard disk through software monitoring driver

Data storage device using two types of storage medium

Storage system that finds occurrence of power source failure

RECORDING APPARATUS, RECORDING METHOD, AND SERVER APPARATUS

Recording apparatus

Signal processing device, signal processing method, and program

Method for storing files on a storage medium, storage medium, and video recording apparatus using the method

Data integrity management responsive to an electrostatic event

Detection and correction of dropped write errors in a data storage system

DIRECT MASS STORAGE DEVICE FILE INDEXING

Data storage systems that implement sector sets

System and method of defect description of a data storage medium

Systems and methods for improved synchronization between an asynchronously detected signal and a synchronous operation

Method and Apparatus to Harden an Internal Non-Volatile Data Function for Sector Size Conversion

System, method, and apparatus for characterizing, tracking, and segregating known defective disk regions on patterned disks

Coding apparatus, decoding apparatus, amplitude adjustment apparatus, recorded information reader, signal processing apparatus and storage system

Musical piece matching judging device, musical piece recording device, musical piece matching judging method, musical piece recording method, musical piece matching judging program, and musical piece recording program

Combined DC restoration double detection and loops

Information recording/reproducing apparatus and information recording method

TRANSMITTING-SIDE RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS, AND RECEIVING-SIDE RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS

RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS

Method and apparatus for forbidding use of digital content against copy control information

System and method of storing reliability data

Windowed level detector for partial response channels

METHODS AND APPARATUS TO VARY INPUT IMPEDANCE OF A HARD DISK DRIVE READ PREAMPLIFIER

DISK DRIVE APPARATUS AND MEDIA DEFECT DETECTION METHOD

Method for early detection of magnetic head degradation due to carbon overcoat wear

INFORMATION RECORDING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR

Hard disk drive with divided data sectors and hard disk drive controller for controlling the same

METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR REPORTING FRU FAILURES IN STORAGE DEVICE ENCLOSURES

Adapter assembly for concurrent emulation of a native channel

Method and apparatus for generating synchronous clock for write operation in a disk drive

RECORDING APPARATUS, RECORDING/REPRODUCING SYSTEM, AND RECORDING METHOD

SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MONITORING DATA OPERATIONS AT A DATA STORAGE DEVICE

Magnetic head test method and magnetic head tester

INFORMATION STORAGE SYSTEM CAPABLE OF RECORDING AND PLAYING BACK A PLURALITY OF STILL PICTURES

Large data block written on overlapping tracks in a hard disk drive

Method for constructing RLL codes of arbitrary rate

Audiovisual recording apparatus

Recording/Reproducing Device and Recording/Reproducing Method

Information processing apparatus, information processing method and computer program

Magnetic recording disk drive with patterned media and system for clocking write data

Systems and methods for joint LDPC encoding and decoding

Method and apparatus for correcting data errors in a disk drive

Video/Audio Recording/Reproducing Device

Method for Storing Broadcast Contents, and a Broadcast Content Storage System

Reproduction apparatus, reproduction processing circuit, reproduction method, reproduction program, and computer-readable record medium with reproduction program

Transmitting signals to cause replays to be recorded at a plurality of receivers

Recording and reproducing apparatus and recording and reproducing method

Thermal asperity detector and methods for use therewith

Monitoring transducer potential to detect an operating condition

Apparatus, system, and method for efficiently verifying writes

Disk drive device and method for accessing disk thereof

Image data recording/playback device, system, and method

Method and apparatus for assisting with content key changes

INFORMATION RECORDING DEVICE, RECORDING DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND INFORMATION RECORDING DEVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD

Disk clock system with up-sampler to generate frequency offset

Base line control electronics architecture

MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE AND DATA WRITING METHOD THEREOF

Defect detector for hard disk drive and methods for use therewith

Video recording apparatus

Media drive, processing method for recording data onto a medium, processing method for data read from a medium, and method for controlling a process for reading data from a medium

Magnetic disk controller and method

Method and apparatus for media duplication

Method of Data Protection

Failure trend detection and correction in a data storage array

Information recording apparatus and control method thereof

STORAGE DEVICE USING NONVOLATILE CACHE MEMORY AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

Joint decoding of ISI (inter-symbol interference) channel and modulation codes

Recorder/reproducer and content data protection system for preventing unauthorized use of content

Apparatus, method and computer program for processing information

METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DURATION CONTROL OF HARD DRIVE WRITE SIGNALS

Multiple sector reassign on write error for disk drive

System and method to avoid disk lube pooling

Methods and apparatus for generating a hard drive write signal

DISK RECORDER MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND DISK RECORDER MANAGEMENT METHOD

Encryption methods for patterned media watermarking

Reverse concatenation for product codes

Recording/reproducing method suitable for recording/reproducing AV data on/from disc, recorder and reproducer for the method, information recording disc and information processing system

Apparatus and method of setting up bit error rate criterion and apparatus and method of performing burn-in test of hard disk drive

Advanced television system

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

Method of setting AC erase frequency and AC erase method based on data frequency

Storage device and control device

Storage device and control method of the storage device

RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING METHOD

Techniques for identifying servo sectors in storage devices

Test method of a magnetic disk and magnectic disk tester

Hard disk drive and associated method for optimizing write parameters

Method of setting write factor in hard disk drive and hard disk drive using the same

Read channel averaging

Information processing device, information processing method and information processing program

ADAPTIVE DATA-DEPENDENT NOISE PREDICTION (DDNP)

TEST METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TUNNELING MAGNETORESISTIVE ELEMENT

Magnetic disc controller and method

Preservation of hard drive data via dynamic band boundary definition

Magnetic disk controller and method

Hard disk drive

Data recording device and control method of same

Method of testing a magnetic head

Digital media drive failure prediction system and method

Extension of Media Player Environments

Data scrambling circuit

Baseline popping noise detection circuit

Portable Video Hard-Disk Drive (pVHDD) System

Delta-sigma PLL using fractional divider from a multiphase ring oscillator

Write head tester

Method for constructing RLL codes of arbitrary rate

Apparatus and method to generate, store, and read, a plurality of error correction coded data sets

Error correction method and apparatus for data storage device

Method for data storage protection and encryption

Recording and reproducing apparatus

Readback apparatus and readback method

Storage apparatus, method of detecting failure in head of storage apparatus, and storage medium storing failure detection program

Storage apparatus, method of controlling amount of write current overshoot in storage apparatus and storage medium storing its program

Storage device with opportunistic address space

Storing AD sampled data of read/write channel into ECC SRAM

Error correction method and apparatus for data storage device

Data transfer apparatus, imaging apparatus, and data transfer system

RECORDING AND REPRODUCING DEVICE

Bonding Contents On Separate Storage Media

Playback apparatus, program, playback method

Playback apparatus, program, playback method

Solid state device pattern for non-solid state storage media

ITERATIVE CODE SYSTEM FOR STREAMING HDDs

Multi-register read channel optimization

Iterative read channel architectures with coded modulation

Recording device

Preference extracting apparatus, preference extracting method and preference extracting program

REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND DATA TRANSFER SYSTEM

Method for improving sequence detection performance by removing excess paths

Method for processing noise interference

Medium defect detector and information reproducing device

Apparatus and method for internal calibration of normalized playback transfer curve in a hard disk drive

Method and system for distinguishing spatial and thermal defects on perpendicular media

Data reading method and storage device

Servo patterns for patterned media

Stored data processing apparatus, storage apparatus, and stored data processing program

SEGREGATION OF REDUNDANT CONTROL BITS IN AN ECC PERMUTED, SYSTEMATIC MODULATION CODE

Communication channel with undersampled interpolative timing recovery

INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND WRITE CONTROL METHOD

Storage apparatus, storage apparatus control method, and control apparatus

DVD replay device with incorporated hard disk

Storage device, and writing unit diagnosing method

Stored data processing apparatus, storage apparatus, and stored data processing program

Systems and methods for improving disk drive synchronization

Apparatus and method for storing audio files

Clock extraction method for patterned medium, clock extraction circuit for patterned medium and patterned medium

Magnetic recording and reproducing device

Apparatus, method and computer program for processing information

Picture control device and method of the same

Systems and methods for code dependency reduction

Data Processor

Video signal recording and reproducing apparatus

Video signal recording and reproducing apparatus

Automatic music management methods and systems

Disk Device

Control apparatus, storage apparatus, and computer product

Control apparatus, storage apparatus, and computer product

Validating stored copies of data images to load into memory

Systems and methods for tri-column code based error reduction

Information recording apparatus and control method thereof

Method of writing data using coercivity distribution of data storage medium

Gain control device, storage device and, gain control method

Read error recovery using soft information

Media map for capture of content from random access devices

Digital video recorder having hierarchical memories and method for implementing hierarchical memories

Media map for capture of content from random access devices

Playback apparatus that reads data replacing data recorded on recording medium from another recording medium and plays back read data, playback method, and non-transitory recording medium

Stream Recording/Reproducing Apparatus

Digital recording/reproducing device, computer program, and server

Encoding and decoding method to control a direct current (DC) component, and data processing apparatus performing the same

Read circuit of a disk drive system and method of signal processing thereof

Method for processing noise interference

Detection and mitigation of disk failures

Data recording apparatus, recording medium and error detection method

Magnetic recording and reproducing device

Use of ECC with iterative decoding for iterative and non-iterative decoding in a read channel for a disk drive

Virtual disk drive architecture

Image processing device and image processing method

Information recording/reproducing apparatus

Magnetic disk read/write device and method of evaluation of thermal relaxation degradation in magnetic disk read/write device