Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100232053 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING HEAD WITH SPIN-TORQUE OSCILLATOR IN A DISK DRIVE - According to one embodiment, a disk drive has a magnetic disk and a magnetic head having a spin-torque oscillator. The disk drive further has a head amplifier IC configured to supply a write signal and a drive signal to the magnetic head. The write signal corresponds to write data. The drive signal is supplied to generate a high-frequency magnetic field. The head amplifier IC continuously supplies a drive signal of normal level to the spin-torque oscillator, and supplies a drive signal of high level higher than the normal level, only for a prescribed time after the polarity inversion of the write signal. | 09-16-2010 |
20110222186 | MAGNETIC RECORDING DEVICE, MAGNETIC RECORDING METHOD, AND MAGNETIC STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording device based on shingled-write recording method comprises a magnetic storage medium, a recording head, and an actuator. The magnetic storage medium comprises dot rows wherein a phase shift is between adjacent rows. The recording head covers a predetermined number of dot rows of the magnetic storage medium and comprises an edge at one of the dot rows. The actuator configured to move a recording head by an amount equivalent to a dot row after recording is performed on one of the dot rows by the recording head. | 09-15-2011 |
20110255189 | METHOD OF DETECTING TOUCHDOWN OF MAGNETIC HEAD USING TIMESTAMPS, AND MAGNETIC DISK DRIVE TO WHICH THE METHOD IS APPLIED - According to one embodiment, a method of detecting contact of a magnetic head with a magnetic disk by changing the dynamic flying height of the magnetic head in a magnetic disk drive is disclosed. The method can detect a change in the rotational speed of the magnetic disk. The method can detect the contact of the magnetic head with the magnetic disk based on the detected change in the rotational speed. | 10-20-2011 |
20110317302 | DISK STORAGE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MEASURING FLYING HEIGHT OF A HEAD - According to one embodiment, a disk storage apparatus includes a read module, a measuring module, and a compensating module. The read module is configured to read first and second signals recorded on a disk, from which to measure the flying height of a head. The measuring module is configured to calculate the flying height of the head from the first and second measurement signals read by the read module. The compensating module is configured to use the data representing the flying height representing error resulting from superparamagnetic effect, thereby compensating for the flying height measured by the measuring module. | 12-29-2011 |
20110317306 | MAGNETIC RECORDING APPARATUS, MAGNETIC RECORDING METHOD, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, there is provided a magnetic recording medium which includes a plurality of magnetic dot rows in which there is a phase shift between adjacent dot rows, and dots are arranged in a zigzag manner in a predetermined number of dot rows which are simultaneously read. | 12-29-2011 |
20130124585 | FILE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND FILE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a file processing apparatus includes a file group generator, a divided file generator, and a recorder. The file group generator is configured to generate a file group formed by a plurality of first processing target files each having a size less than a threshold size of processing target files. The divided file generator is configured to generate first divided files by dividing the file group, and to generate second divided files by dividing a second processing target file having a size not less than the threshold size of the processing target files. The recorder is configured to record the first and second divided files. | 05-16-2013 |
20130125149 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a data processing apparatus has a magazine, an optical disc drive, a transport mechanism, and an inner shell. The magazine stores a plurality of optical discs. The optical disc drive has an insertion portion to be closed with a tray for holding an optical disc. The transport mechanism transports the optical disc between the magazine and the optical disc drive. The inner shell includes a mounting portion for holding the magazine and a seal mechanism for closing a path communicating exterior and interior. The inner shell isolates at least the loading slot, the insertion portion and the transport mechanism from the exterior while the magazine is inserted in the mounting portion. | 05-16-2013 |
20140043949 | INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PLAYBACK APPARATUS, AND FORMATTING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information recording apparatus includes a divider, a generator, and a recorder. The divider is configured to divide recording data into a plurality of recording data blocks for each predetermined recording unit. The generator is configured to set, as a first block set, n recording data blocks recorded in corresponding areas in file system management areas of n, first to nth (n: integer, n≧2) storages, and generate first parity data from the n recording data blocks forming the first block set. The recorder is configured to record the n recording data blocks forming the first block set and the first parity data. | 02-13-2014 |
20140068641 | CASSETTE AND CHANGER APPARATUS FOR OPTICAL DISK - According to one embodiment, the cassette is provided with an outer shell, a plurality of trays, a shutter, and a lock mechanism. The outer shell has an upper wall and a lower wall each including a square shape and a circular shape, a side wall between edges of the square shapes, and an opening portion between edges of the circular shapes. A tray is an annular shape having a concave portion in which an optical disk is placed. The shutter is a semicircular shape, includes a gear on an outer peripheral wall and a plurality of shelves to support each of the trays on an inner peripheral wall, and rotates from a first position for closing an opening portion to a second position for opening the opening portion. The lock mechanism locks the shutter in the first position. | 03-06-2014 |
20140075461 | MEDIUM PROCESSING METHOD AND CASSETTE - According to one embodiment, a medium processing method includes first reading, second reading, and determining. The first reading is configured to read first medium identification information and cassette identification information which are stored in a first medium contained in a cassette. The second reading is configured to read cassette information from the cassette. The determining is configured to determine a cassette contained medium formed of the cassette and the medium as authentic, when the cassette information includes the first medium identification information and the cassette identification information. | 03-13-2014 |