| LITE-ON IT CORPORATION Patent applications |
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| 20120110605 | Optical Disc Drive - An optical disc drive is provided to comprise a main circuit board; an optical pickup head, electrically connected to the main circuit board for reading data from an optical disc and for writing a label side of the optical disc; an spindle motor module, electrically connected to the main circuit board through a first flexible flat cable for supporting and rotating the optical; and a spoke detecting module, electrically connected to the main circuit board through a second flexible flat cable for detecting a spoke pattern formed on inner radius of the label side of the optical disc. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120063283 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A control method of an optical disc drive includes steps of: detecting data transmission is being performed between the computer system and the optical disc drive or not; stopping supplying an operating voltage to the optical disc drive if data transmission not being performed; determining whether or not an eject switch is being pressed according to a variation in potential on a shared line when a first logic level is detected, and supplying the operating voltage to the optical disc drive if a press on the eject switch is detected and after a predetermined time ejecting a tray from the optical disc drive; and determining whether or not the tray is loaded into the optical disc drive according to a variation in potential on the shared line when a second logic level is detected, and supplying the operating voltage to the optical disc drive if the tray is loaded. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20110280113 | Optical Storage System and Method for Writing Data to an Optical Disc - The invention relates to an optical data system comprising an optical disc drive and a host. The optical disc drive is arranged to receive an optical disc and perform read and write actions with respect to the optical disc. The host is arranged to instruct the optical disc drive to perform a read or write action with respect to the optical disc. The optical disc drive may be arranged to
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| 20110156923 | INFORMATION FEEDBACK OR MESSAGE TO END-USER FOR LED LIGHT-CONTROL SYSTEMS - A lighting system comprising a lamp arranged to transform electricity into a light beam having properties such as intensity, colour, colour temperature, direction and beam cone angle; a light control means arranged to adjust said light beam properties; a processing means arranged to send control signals to said light control means; a user control interface arranged to transform user control input into electronic input signals and to send those electronic input signals to said processing means; wherein said processing means is arranged to send a user feedback signal to said light control means such that said lamp properties either alternate in time or are different in adjacent locations, such that a user can recognize said alternating or adjacent different light properties as a feed back signal. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110154637 | Assembling Method and Structure of Optical Disc Drive - An assembling structure of an optical disc drive is provided to comprise a chassis, for supporting a tray, wherein the tray is used for loading and unloading an optical disc, and the chassis has an assembling recess horizontally disposed at side of the chassis and positioned under the tray; a top cover, having an assembling element accommodated in the assembling recess of the chassis; and a bottom cover, positioned under the chassis and assembled to the top cover. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110141864 | TILT CONTROL METHOD OF NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL SYSTEM - A tilt control method for a near-field optical disc drive is provided. A gap between a lens and a disc is estimated. A tilt compensation for the lens is estimated according to a tilt signal when the lens is within a far-field region. A coarse tilt control is performed on the lens according to the tilt compensation when the lens is within the far-field region. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110134733 | TILT ADJUSTMENT CONTROL METHOD OF NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL SYSTEM - A tilt adjustment control method for a near-field optical system is provided. The method includes the following steps. A gap between a lens and a disc is detected. A gain corresponding to the gap is provided. A tilt signal is detected. A tilt compensation value according to the tilt signal and the gain is obtained. A tilt adjustment control is performed on the lens according to the tilt compensation value. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134725 | ULTRASONIC SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION METHOD THEREOF - An ultrasonic system including an ultrasonic transmitter and an ultrasonic receiver is provided. The ultrasonic transmitter emits a transmission signal, which includes a synchronous burst and multiple data bursts. The ultrasonic receiver receives a synchronous echo, and determines whether the amplitude of the synchronous echo is larger than a first threshold. If the amplitude of the synchronous echo is larger than the first threshold, then the ultrasonic receiver interprets the multiple data echoes corresponding to the data bursts to obtain a digital signal. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110133653 | ULTRASONIC LAMP AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An ultrasonic lamp control method is provided. The control method includes the following steps. The ultrasonic lamp emits a first burst, and detects whether a first echo is received within a fixed period of time after the emission of the first burst. If the first echo is received within the fixed period of time, then the ultrasonic lamp neglects the first echo and emits a second burst. The ultrasonic lamp detects whether a second echo is received within the fixed period of time after the emission of the second burst. If the second echo is received within the fixed period of time, then the ultrasonic lamp enters a control mode. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110122729 | Controlling Method for Ultra-sound Sensor - A controlling method for ultra-sound sensor is provided. The method includes the steps of measuring a distance of an obstacle, determining whether the distance is smaller than a distance threshold, and adjusting a driving voltage if the distance is smaller than the distance threshold. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110122728 | OPERATING METHOD FOR AN ULTRA-SOUND SENSOR - An operating method adapted in an ultra-sound sensor is provided. The method includes the steps of emitting an ultra-sound wave, receiving a crosstalk signal within a crosstalk measuring window, determining whether the crosstalk signal is larger than a crosstalk threshold and triggering a crosstalk application if the crosstalk signal is smaller than the crosstalk threshold. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110099566 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE - An optical disc drive includes a main body, a cover, an extension, and an elastic element. The cover includes a pivoting portion and is pivotably connected to the main body via the pivoting portion. The extension is connected to the pivoting portion. The cover is adapted for pivoting relative to the main body to drive the extension to move along a movement path. The elastic element is disposed on the main body and includes two first limiting portions opposite to each other. The movement path extends through a gap between the two first limiting portions. A distance between the two first limiting portions is smaller than an outer diameter of the extension. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110061464 | Method and Device for Determining Ultrasonic Detecting Cycle - A method for determining an ultrasonic detecting cycle is provided. Firstly, an initial detecting cycle T is set. Then, a first sensing wave is generated. Then, a first time-of-flight value is calculated corresponding to the first sensing wave. After the first sensing wave has been generated for the initial detecting cycle T, a second sensing wave is generated. Then, a second time-of-flight value is calculated corresponding to the second sensing wave. Afterwards, the second time-of-flight value is compared with the first time-of-flight value. If a difference between the second time-of-flight value and the first time-of-flight value is smaller than a threshold value, the initial detecting cycle T is determined as the ultrasonic detecting cycle. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110035762 | Emergency Ejecting Apparatus for Optical Disc Drive - The present invention discloses an optical disc drive including a pickup head for reading data from a disc; a spindle motor for supporting and rotating the disc; a loading/ejecting apparatus for loading or ejecting the disc; and an emergency ejecting apparatus. The emergency ejecting apparatus includes a slider for connecting the loading/ejecting apparatus, a rack, an elastic component for connecting the slider and the rack and a rotator rotated with the movement of the slider. When a user drives the rotator and the elastic component is elastically deformed, the slider is moved in the optical disc drive to drive the loading/ejecting apparatus to eject the disc. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110004890 | Tray Control Method for a Disk Drive - A tray control method for a disk drive including a tray for carrying a disk, a detect switch movable to different inclined positions for detecting different positions of the tray during tray ejection and retraction operation, a firmware for receiving signals transmitted by the detect switch upon reaching the different inclined positions so as to adjust a voltage applied to a DC motor and the speed for moving the tray to the different positions such that the tray moves stably when retracting into and ejecting from the disk drive. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20100333121 | Tray Control Method for a Disk Drive - A tray control method for a disk drive including a tray for carrying a disk, a detect switch movable to different inclined positions for detecting different positions of the tray during tray ejection and retraction operation, a firmware for receiving signals transmitted by the detect switch upon reaching the different inclined positions so as to adjust a voltage applied to a DC motor and the speed for moving the tray to the different positions such that the tray moves stably when retracting into and ejecting from the disk drive. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100333120 | Tray of an Optical Disc Drive - A tray of an optical disc drive for loading an optical disc in and out of the optical disc drive includes a depression for disposing the optical disc, a hollow space for providing a space for an optical pickup to access data while the optical pickup moves along a radial direction of the optical disc, a depressed portion formed at the middle portion of a rear end of the tray, and a reinforcement means formed of rigid material and disposed at the depressed portion for enhancing rigidity of the tray. The depression and depressed portion are monolithically formed. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100333119 | Tray Control Method for a Disk Drive - A tray control method for a disk drive including a tray for carrying a disk, a detect switch movable to different inclined positions for detecting different positions of the tray during tray ejection and retraction operation, a firmware for receiving signals transmitted by the detect switch upon reaching the different inclined positions so as to adjust a voltage applied to a DC motor and the speed for moving the tray to the different positions such that the tray moves stably when retracting into and ejecting from the disk drive. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100306790 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE - An optical disc drive including a chassis, a circuit board and a traverse is provided. The traverse includes a carrier, a pick-up head module, a spindle motor module and a flexible flat cable. The carrier has an opening. The pick-up head module is movably disposed in the opening. The spindle motor module disposed on the carrier is located at one side of the pick-up head module. The flexible flat cable disposed in the opening has two connection ends respectively connected to the pick-up head module and the circuit board. The pick-up head module located at a first position enables the flexible flat cable to have a bending portion protruding towards a direction opposite to the position of the spindle motor module. The pick-up head module located at a second position extends the bending portion. The first position is closer to the spindle motor module than the second position is. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100251274 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE - An optical disc drive including an outer casing, a supporting base, a main shaft motor and a position-limiting element is provided. The outer casing has an optical disc entry. The supporting base is disposed in the outer casing. The main shaft motor is disposed on the supporting base. The position-limiting element has a first pivot portion, a position-limiting part and a second pivot portion located between the first pivot portion and the position-limiting part. The first pivot portion is connected to the supporting base, and the position-limiting element is able to be swung about the second pivot serving as a fulcrum. When the supporting base is located at an upper position, the position-limiting part is located at a first position, and when the supporting base is located at a lower position, the position-limiting part is located at a second position, wherein the first position is under the second position. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100244751 | Menu Control for 1D Gesture Light Control System - A lighting system comprising a lamp arranged to transform electricity into a light beam having properties such as intensity, colour, colour temperature, direction and beam cone angle; a light control means arranged to adjust said light beam properties; an ultrasonic transmitter arranged to transmit ultrasonic signals; an ultrasonic receiver arranged to receive reflected ultrasonic signals; and a processing means arranged to derive a time-of-flight signal representing the time differences between said transmitted and received ultrasonic signals and to send control signals to said light control means in dependence of said time-of-flight signal, wherein said processing means and said light control means are further arranged to change from adjustment of one of said light beam properties to adjustment of another one of said light beam properties, if a predetermined behaviour in said time-of-flight signal is determined. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100244742 | VARIABLE COLOR DISCHARGE LAMP - A variable color discharge lamp including a first lamp tube, a second lamp tube and a variable voltage system is provided. The first lamp tube having a first diameter has a first fluorescent powder disposed therein. The second lamp tube connected to the first lamp tube has a second diameter not equal to the first diameter. The second lamp tube has a second fluorescent powder disposed therein, wherein the second color temperature of the second fluorescent powder is not equal to the first color temperature of the first fluorescent powder. The variable voltage system provides and adjusts a common voltage of the first lamp tube and the second lamp tube. When the common voltage is adjusted, respective luminescence efficiencies of the first fluorescent powder and the second fluorescent powder vary with the common voltage, so as to adjust the mixed light color of the first and the second lamp tubes. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100225224 | FLUORESCENT MATERIAL AND FLUORESCENT LAMP USING THE SAME - A fluorescent material is provided. The fluorescent material is expressed as: A | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100219376 | RED PHOSPHOR MATERIAL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A red phosphor material and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The red phosphor material is represented by formula A | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100157763 | Optical Disk Drive and Method for Determining Disk Type - An optical disk drive for determining a disk type associated with a substrate thickness of an optical disk comprising a substrate is provided to comprise a source to generate a beam, an optical arrangement arranged to direct the beam to the optical disk for forming an incident beam, a sensor arranged to sense a reflected beam and to produce a sensor output signal, a focus system comprising an objective lens system and a focus controller, wherein the objective lens system is arranged to focus the incident beam into a spot, and the focus controller is arranged to generate a focus control signal to drive and position the objective lens system; and a controller arranged to cooperate with the focus controller for moving the objective lens system, to receive the central aperture signal during the movement of the objective lens system, to analyze the central aperture signal for determining the focus actuator position, and to determine the disk type associated with the substrate thickness. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100157761 | Optical Disk Drive and Method for Use with an Optical Disk Drive for Determining the Disk Characteristic - An optical disk drive for determining a disk characteristic of an optical disk comprising an information layer comprising a substantially circular track is described. The optical disk drive has an optical pickup unit arranged to generate a beam, direct the beam to the optical disk for forming an incident beam, sense a reflected beam produced by the optical disk with a sensor upon receiving the incident beam with the sensor, produce a sensor output signal from sensing the reflected beam; a disk receiving device arranged to receive the optical disk; a motor arranged to provide a transition of the disk receiving device from a first mode to a second mode in at least one transition phase; and a controller arranged to receive the sensor output signal during at least one part of the at least one transition phase and perform at least part of determining the disk characteristic from at least the sensor output signal received during the at least one part of the at least one transition phase. The transition phase can be associated with moving the optical disk into the optical disk drive with a disk load motor. The transition phase can be associated with changing a rotational speed of the optical disk with a spindle motor. Determining the disk characteristic can include a disk recognition preparation. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100067349 | Optical Record Carrier as well as an Apparatus and Method for Reading/Writing Image Data from/at a Visually Detectable Pattern at an Optical Record Carrier - A method is disclosed of reading an image data from an optical record carrier with a visually detectable pattern comprising a visually detectable pattern of pixels comprising at least one pattern element comprising an area of size s | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100067348 | Record Carrier as well as an Apparatus and Method for Applying Image Data as a Visually Detectable Pattern at an Optical Record Carrer - A method of applying image data as a visually detectable pattern with at least one embedded data element at an optical record carrier is disclosed, comprising the step of physically mapping at least one channel symbol onto the record carrier, the channel symbol being selected from a set of mutually different channel symbols, the channel symbols each comprising an area of size s | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100067338 | Method of Determining the Quality of Data on an Optical Disc - The invention relates to a method of determining the quality of data on an optical disc. The method comprises performing a quality scan resulting in quality information about at least part of the data on the optical disc; organizing the quality information in groups, each group comprising quality information corresponding to a predetermined zone on the optical disc; and computing a zone quality information parameter for each group based on the quality information corresponding to that group. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100067334 | Record Carrier as well as an Apparatus and Method for Applying Image Data as a Visually Detectable Pattern at an Optical Record Carrer - A record carrier is described comprising a zone with a visually detectable pattern composed of pattern elements arranged along at least one track. The pattern elements comprise a marked zone having an optical property deviating from a background, the marked zones having a width Wm transverse to the track direction and a length Lm along the track direction, wherein at least two or more pattern elements have a marked zone with a mutually different width Wm. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100060198 | LED Lamp and Method for Producing a LED Lamp - A lamp provided with at least two LEDs of substantially the same colour and at least one driver for feeding each of said LEDs, wherein said at least one driver is adapted to feed said at least two LEDs during operation of the lamp at a different power level such that the largest difference in colour temperature of any pair of said LEDs during operation is less than the largest difference in colour temperature of any pair of said LEDs if being fed at an equal operational power level. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100053975 | Apparatus for Producing a Ring Illumination Pattern - A lighting apparatus for producing a ring illumination pattern, it comprises: a light emitting diode for producing a light beam; and an optical reflective surface for reflecting the light beam to form the ring illumination pattern, wherein the reflective surface can be a hyperboloid, an ellipsoid or a paraboloid. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100014125 | Image Display Device with Scanning Function - An image display device includes a main body, a display screen, a scanning module, and an object displacement unit. The main body has a first surface and a second surface. The display screen is arranged on the first surface of the main body for displaying an image of an object. The scanning module is disposed within the main body and disposed in the vicinity of the bottom of the main body, thereby obtaining an image data. The object displacement unit is disposed within the main body and includes an object inlet and an object outlet. The object inlet and the object outlet are formed in the first and second surfaces of the main body, respectively. The cross-section area of the object inlet is greater than that of the object outlet. The object is transported from the object inlet to the object outlet when the object is scanned by the scanning module. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20090316549 | OPTICAL DISK DRIVE FOR SCANNING AN OPTICAL DISK WITH A SCANNING VELOCITY AND METHOD FOR SCANNING AN OPTICAL DISK WITH A SCANNING VELOCITY - An optical disk drive and a method for scanning an optical disk that includes a substantially circular track with a scanning velocity is provided. A servo control signal (SCS) is determined based on a servo error signal (SES). A first performance indicator (IND | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090313421 | Data Update Method and Electronic Device Using Such Data Update Method - A data update method is provided for updating the data stored in a memory unit of an electronic device. The data update method includes the following steps. In response to a data update request, a data content indexing table is read from the memory unit. According to the data content indexing table, position information associated with the portion of the data to be updated is computed. According to the position information, the portion of the data to be updated is updated. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090303852 | Optical Scanning Device and Method for Determining Focus Position - The optical scanning device [ | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090293076 | Tray Control Method for a Disk Drive - A tray control method for a disk drive including a tray for carrying a disk, a detect switch movable to different inclined positions for detecting different positions of the tray during tray ejection and retraction operation, a firmware for receiving signals transmitted by the detect switch upon reaching the different inclined positions so as to adjust a voltage applied to a DC motor and the speed for moving the tray to the different positions such that the tray moves stably when retracting into and ejecting from the disk drive. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090285072 | METHOD FOR MONITORING AN OPTICAL DISK DRIVE PERFORMANCE QUALITY, OPTICAL DISK DRIVE, OPTICAL DISK DUPLICATOR SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - The invention relates to a method for monitoring an optical disk drive performance quality by determining a laser diode quality indicator for a laser diode arranged in an optical disk drive for scanning an optical disk. The determining includes measuring ( | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090278908 | LIGHTSCRIBE OPTICAL DISC DRIVE - An optical disc drive for marking a label side of a lightscribe disc is provided. The optical disc drive includes a spoke detecting device, a traverse assembly frame, a spindle motor PCB and an insulating base. The spoke detecting device is used for detecting spoke patterns on the lightscribe disc. The spindle motor PCB is communicated with the spoke detecting device through a flexible cable. The insulating base is coupled with the frame for supporting the spoke detecting device such that the spoke detecting device is separated from the lightscribe disc by a specified gap. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090276799 | Pickup Head Transmitting Mechanism of Disc Drive - A pickup head transmitting mechanism of a disc drive is provided. The pickup head transmitting mechanism has at least a guide rod, a thread rod, and a transmitting unit. The guide rod is utilized for supporting the pickup head of the disc drive. The thread rod is utilized for driving the pickup head along the guide rod. The transmitting unit is assembled between the pickup head and the thread rod and has a seat and a movable element. Wherein, the seat is fixed on the pickup head and has at least a sliding way extending toward the thread rod, and the movable element is slidably assembled in the sliding way and has a rack located on a surface thereof facing the thread rod. The rack is engaged with the thread rod. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090269953 | Mounting Structure of Interface Jack - A mounting structure of an interface jack includes an insulating housing, multiple electrical wires, a first metallic piece, a second metallic piece, and at least one third metallic piece. The insulating housing has an upper surface, a lower surface, a backside surface, a first lateral wall, a second lateral wall and an entrance. The entrance is communicated with a receptacle disposed within the insulating housing. The backside surface is connected with the upper surface, the lower surface, the first lateral wall and the second lateral wall. The electrical wires are arranged inside the insulating housing and extended out of the backside surface of the insulating housing. The first metallic piece is attached on the bottom surface of the first lateral wall. The second metallic piece is attached on the bottom surface of the second lateral wall. The third metallic piece is attached on the lower surface. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090252010 | OPTICAL DISK DRIVE WITH DISK TYPE DETERMINATION AND METHOD OF DETERMINING A DISK TYPE OF AN OPTICAL DISK WITH AN OPTICAL DISK DRIVE - An optical disk drive and a method for determining a disk type are described. The optical disk drive may be arranged to receive a radial error signal while an incident beam is focused onto the optical disk and before tracking the track, to analyze the radial error signal for detecting whether a wobble signal is present, indicating whether the track is wobbled, and to derive a disk type from the wobble signal, if present. The optical disk drive may additionally or alternatively be arranged to receive a central aperture signal while the incident beam is focused onto the optical disk and before tracking a track including a sequence of embossed pits, to analyze the signal amplitude of the central aperture signal, and to determine the disk type from at least a first variation of the signal amplitude of the central aperture signal as a function of time. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090231970 | Method, device and record carrier for providing media-related parameters - The method is used for determining the value of a recording parameter for writing user information on an information layer of an optical record carrier using a recording device. The method comprises the steps of:
| 09-17-2009 |
| 20090231965 | Method for setting spherical aberration correction and device using the method - A method for setting the spherical aberration correction of a scanning beam in a device for scanning an information layer of an optical record carrier. The method comprises the following steps: converging the scanning beam ( | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090196582 | Optical Disc Writer and Method of Writing Label onto Optical Disc - An optical disc writer includes an optical pickup head and a supporting portion for supporting an optical disc having a central hole, an annular label zone and an annular control feature zone located therebetween. The optical pickup head includes a red light source, a blue light source, a red lens and a blue lens. The red light source emits a red laser beam penetrating through the red lens to write a label onto the annular label zone. The blue light source emits a blue laser beam penetrating through the blue lens, which is disposed between the central hole and the red lens, and travelling to the annular control feature zone. Thus, the optical pickup head reads information of the annular control feature zone and the red lens is moved to the annular label zone according to the information in order to write the label onto the corresponding annular label zone. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090196132 | Method for Improving Focus Accuracy of an Optical Pickup Head - The present invention discloses a method used in an optical disk drive for improving focus accuracy of an optical pickup head. Firstly, during each one revolution of the optical disk, RF | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090195166 | Light Output Control Method and Lighting System Using the Same - A light output control method for a lighting system is provided. The lighting system includes a plurality of sensors and a light-emitting unit. The light output control method includes steps of: sensing a motion of an object within the sensing ranges of the sensors at different time spots, thereby generating multiple sensing values; obtaining a sensing sequence data according to the sensing values indicating the motion of the object sensed by the sensors; controlling the light-emitting unit to perform a light output control operation if the sensing sequence data complies with a predetermined condition. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090190452 | Device and Method for Controlling Zero-Return of Opto-Mechanical System - A device for controlling zero-return of an opto-mechanical system of an optical disc drive is provided. The opto-mechanical system has an optical pickup head for reading data from an optical disc. The zero-return controlling device includes a servo system, a stepper motor driver chip and a signal detecting unit. The servo system issues a triggering signal when the optical disc is loaded. The stepper motor driver chip issues a stepper motor driving signal to the stepper motor in response to the triggering signal. The stepper motor is driven to rotate in response to the stepper motor driving signal. The signal detecting unit is used for detecting the magnitude of the stepper motor driving signal. A suspending signal is issued from the signal detecting unit to the stepper motor driver chip to stop the stepper motor if the magnitude of the stepper motor driving signal exceeds a threshold value. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090133046 | Disc Guiding Apparatus having a Logic Apparatus - The present invention discloses a disc guiding apparatus including a logic apparatus and a first and a second disc guiding elements. The logic apparatus has a rod, a first and a second guiding elements, and a first and a second moving parts. The first and the second disc guiding elements are connected to the first moving part and the second moving part, respectively. The first and the second moving parts move along the extended direction of the rod by the first and the second guiding elements. The rod has a central portion and two ends, wherein the width of the central portion is narrower than each of the two ends. The first and the second moving parts are disposed at the different ends of the rod. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090125923 | Slot-In Disk Drive - A disk drive includes an insert-and-eject device and a disk guide unit. The insert-and-eject device is used for inserting an optical disk into and ejecting the disk from the disk drive. The disk guide unit includes a rack and a slide member connected operably to the insert-and-eject device in such a manner that reciprocal movement of the disk guide unit along a first direction permits the slide member to drive the insert-and-eject device to insert and eject the optical disk from the disk drive. An emergency release device is mounted on the slide member, and includes a horizontal element movable along a second direction. The rack is formed with a retention groove such that the movement of the horizontal element along the second direction permits a part of the horizontal element extend within or exit the retention groove so as to couple the slide member with the rack or to disengage the slide member from the rack. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090122549 | Lighting Device and Operating Method Thereof - A lighting device includes a first platform, a light-emitting unit, a second platform and a connecting member. The light-emitting unit is disposed on the first platform for emitting light beams. The second platform is made of transparent material and has a chamber therein. The chamber contains immiscible first and second fluids with different refractive indices. The connecting member is used for interconnecting the first platform and the second platform and transmitting inclination of the second platform. The light beams are refracted by the first and second fluids when the second platform is inclined at a specified inclining angle. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090122547 | Lighting System with an Adjustable Illuminated Area - The present invention discloses a lighting system with an adjustable illuminated area. The lighting system comprises a light source for outputting a light, a first refractive optical element and a second refractive optical element. The first and second refractive optical elements have continuous curvature. The first refractive optical element is movable along a first direction, while the second refractive optical element is movable along a second direction. The light passes through the first refractive optical element and the second refractive optical element to form an illuminated area. The shape and the size of the illuminated area are adjusted when the relative position of the first refractive optical element and the second refractive optical element is adjusted. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090122546 | Movable Lighting System Providing Adjustable Illumination Zone - A movable lighting system includes at least one lighting unit. The lighting unit includes a light source and a reflector. The reflector encloses the light source and includes a main body and an exit facet. The exit facet of the reflector is beveled with respect to the horizon and adjustable to provide a desired illumination zone and a desired illumination-covering area. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090122472 | Multimedia Device - The present invention discloses a multimedia device, which comprises: a body, a sliding member, which is movably disposed on the body, and a screen, which is rotatable for being disposed on the sliding member, wherein while the sliding member is moved correspondingly to the body, the screen is rotated relatively to the sliding member so as to generate an angle between the screen and the sliding member, thus it is convenient to a user for seeing the screen. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090122417 | Tunable-Shape Prism - A tunable-shape prism comprises: a fluid chamber including a first fluid and a second fluid. The first fluid is electrically conducted and the second fluid is electrically insulated. The first fluid and the second fluid have different refractive indexes and the first fluid and the second fluid are non-miscible to each other. A meniscus is formed between the first fluid and the second fluid. A plurality of first electrodes are contacted with the first fluid and a plurality of second electrodes are even-annularly arranged around the first and the second fluids. The plurality of the second electrodes are coated by an insulator; and the plurality of the second electrodes and the corresponding first electrode together constitute a plurality of electrode pairs. The surface tension of the second fluid can be controlled by a plurality of voltages correspondingly applied to the plurality of electrode pairs, which results in that the shape of the meniscus can be controlled by the plurality of voltages correspondingly applied to the plurality of electrode pairs. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090116356 | METHOD FOR RECORDING A VISUALLY DETECTABLE PATTERN ON AN OPTICAL RECORD CARRIER, APPARATUS FOR RECORDING A VISUALLY DETECTABLE PATTERN ON A RECORD CARRIER AND INSTRUCTION TO BE EXECUTED BY THE APPARATUS - An apparatus is described for recording a visually detectable pattern on a record carrier ( | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090116218 | Lighting Device Producing Light with Adjustable Color and Color Temperature - A lighting device includes a light source, at least one seal block, at least one wavelength conversion material and a concentration adjusting unit. The light source emits light of a first wavelength. The wavelength conversion material is filled in the seal block. The concentration adjusting unit is disposed on the seal block for controlling concentration distribution of the wavelength conversion material in the seal block. The light emitted by the light source is absorbed by the wavelength conversion material and converted into light of second wavelength different from the first wavelength. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090113463 | Optical Disk Reproducing Device - The present invention is directed to an optical disk reproducing device including an external optical disk drive and a detachable module. The external optical disk drive reproduces data from the optical disk. The detachable module has an audio output or video output connector. Besides, the external optical disk drive has a first connector and the detachable module has a corresponding second connector. The detachable module is connected with an audio output device or a video output device via the audio output connector or the video output connector respectively. After data is processed in the external disk drive, the data is sent to the control chip for further processing. The data processed by the control chip is sent to the audio output device or the video output device. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090109353 | Lighting Device with Indicator - A lighting device includes a light-emitting element, an ultrasonic member, a signal processing unit, a light control unit, an indicator and an indicator control unit. The light-emitting element emits a light. The ultrasonic member emits an ultrasonic signal and receives the ultrasonic signal reflected from an object. The signal processing unit is communicated with the ultrasonic member for converting the reflected ultrasonic signal into a control signal. The light control unit is interconnected between the signal processing unit and the light-emitting element for controlling the light-emitting element to emit light in a selected operating mode in response to the control signal. The indicator control unit is interconnected between the signal processing unit and the indicator for controlling the indicator to assert a notification signal indicative of the operating mode in response to the control signal. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090108762 | Lighting System - A lighting system is provided. Users can independently switch an ultrasonic detecting device in the lighting system between a disable mode and an enable mode. The lighting system, comprises: a light source for emitting a light; a detecting device for executing a detecting action to an object within a detectable zone of the detecting device; a control circuit, connected between the light source and the detecting device, for controlling the light source to emit the light according to the detecting action; and a trigger device, connected to the control circuit, for stopping the detecting device executing the detecting action in response to a trigger action when the detecting device is operating in an enable mode; or starting the detecting device to execute the detecting action in response to the trigger action when the detecting device is operating in a disable mode. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090044213 | Slot-In Type Disk Drive - A disk drive includes a chassis having a spindle motor for rotating a disk and a read/write head for reading or writing data on the disk, a slide block disposed at one side of the chassis and slidable reciprocally along an entrance-and-exit route defined by the disk, and a support member mounted on the slide member so as to be movable together therewith. The support member supports the disk from below during inserting the disk into the disk drive. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090028013 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A SPHERICAL ABERRATION COMPENSATION LEVEL IN AN OPTICAL DRIVE - A method for calibrating an SA compensation level of an optical drive is provided. The method includes steps of providing a plurality of SA compensation levels; obtaining a peak-to-peak value of an S curve corresponding to each of the SA compensation levels; selecting a maximum of the peak-to-peak values of the S curves and the SA compensation level corresponding to the maximum; and setting the selected SA compensation level to be an optimal SA compensation level. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090027244 | ENCODING METHOD AND ENCODER FOR GENERATING BALANCED CODE OR CONSTANT WEIGHTED CODE - A method of designing a look-up table of a finite-state encoder, applied to a finite-state encoder, comprises steps of: determining a bit length of a legal output codeword derived from the finite-state encoder and a restrict condition; collecting a plurality of legal output codeword satisfied the restrict condition; determining a bit length of an input codeword derived to the finite-state encoder according to the amount of the plurality of the legal output codeword; determining the amount of states in the finite-state encoder according to the bit length of the input codeword and the bit length of the legal output codeword; dividing the plurality of legal output codeword to a plurality of subset according to the amount of the states in the finite-state encoder and a specific mathematic equation; determining the amount of the legal output codewords in the plurality of subset; and, completing the look-up table through determining a relationship among a present state, a previous state, and a corresponding subset, wherein the amount of the subsets used in the look-up table is greater than the amount of the states in the finite-state encoder and smaller than two times of the amount of the states in the finite-state encoder. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090019465 | OPTICAL DISK DRIVE - An optical disk drive is adapted for reading data from an optical disk. The optical disk drive includes a housing, a tray, and a read module. The tray is disposed in the housing and is adapted for ejecting from the housing. The read module is adapted for reading data from an optical disk. The read module includes a turntable and an optical read head. The turntable includes a number of engaging springs, in which at least one of the engaging springs include added material for superposing the center of the optical disk and the center of the turntable. Furthermore, the optical read head is adapted to move along a tracking path for reading data from the optical disk. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090003647 | Method for Acquiring Reserved Block in Holographic Storage System - A method is provided for acquiring a reserved block in a holographic storage system. A symmetrical reference table is defined according to the characteristics of a known reference reserved block. Then, the differences between respective unit blocks and the reference reserved block are calculated according to the symmetrical reference table so as to determine total match scores for respective unit blocks. Consequently, the unit block having the highest match score is deemed as the reserved block. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20080316895 | Data Processing Method for a Holographic Data Storage System - A data processing method for a holographic data storage system includes in a writing operation, receiving a plurality of digital data groups; modulating the digital data groups to a plurality of corresponding digital matrixes, wherein each of the digital matrix comprises a digital data group and a plurality of digital redundancies; arraying the digital matrixes on a data plane to form an image information, wherein the image information has more opaque pixels than transparent pixels; and storing the image information in a storage medium; and in a reading operation, receiving the image information; transforming the image information into a plurality of analog matrixes, wherein each of the analog matrixes comprises an analog data portion and an analog redundancy portion; demodulating the analog matrixes to a plurality of corresponding analog data groups; and transforming the analog data groups into a plurality of digital data groups by using a soft decision apparatus. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080310282 | Method for Acquiring Optimum Position of Reserved Block in Holographic Storage System - A method for acquiring an optimum position of a reserved block in a holographic storage system is provided. Firstly, an initial offset error between an initial reserved block and its two nearest neighbors is computed. Then, according to a dynamically adjustable modified centroid function β′, a second reserved block is obtained by interpolating the covariance values associated with the initial reserved block and the respective two nearest neighbors. Afterwards, the optimum position of the reserved block is acquired according to the second reserved block and the initial offset error. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080304392 | Hologram Storage System - A hologram storage system having a plurality of data bits groups (each data bits group is related to each other, and all these data bits groups together constituted to a codeword) stored on different pages of a storage medium, so that the correcting ability of the ECC (error-correction coding) unit is enhanced. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080298216 | Method for Destroying Data of an Optical Disk - The present invention discloses a method used in an optical disk drive for destroying data of an optical disk. The optical disk is rotated clockwise and the optical head moves one track per revolution. Then, the optical head is controlled so that the spot size of the emitted laser beam projected on the optical disk is about one track pitch wide and the laser beam has a destroy power. Thereafter, the laser beam with the destroy power is adopted to write the optical disk from the inner diameter to the outer diameter. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080279076 | Method and system for playing audio DVD, and method of recording same - A method of recording a pulse code modulation (PCM) audio on a digital versatile disc (DVD), comprising: inserting the DVD into the optical disc drive; utilizing the laser beam to write a PCM audio data to an audio contents area on the DVD; and writing a PCM audio data to an audio contents area on the DVD utilizing the laser beam, wherein the audio contents area is a fragment or a zone on the DVD, and wherein the DVD is either a DVD−R/−RW or a DVD+R/+RW corresponding to the audio contents area being the fragment or the zone, respectively The invention allows existing PCM audio data stored on a CD to be recorded on a DVD, and provides the playback of the recorded PCM audio data on the DVD. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080279068 | Method of inspecting disc information - A method of inspecting disc information stored on an optical disc, for applying in an optical drive of a computer system. The method of inspecting disc information comprises a. outputting a standard command, for reading the disc structure of the disc; b. determining whether the reading was successful, if not, step c is performed; if yes, step d is performed; c. outputting a force read command, for reading the disc structure; d. receiving the disc structure; and e. outputting the corresponding disc information according to the disc structure. The invention can inspect various disc information of the optical disc, and the user database can be manually updated and expanded according to a user's will, thereby increasing the convenience of inspecting optical discs. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080247294 | Data reading method - A data reading method used in a reading device for reading a holographic storage medium is provided. The holographic storage medium has several data areas. Each data area has several data pages, and each data page forms a data image that has at least one reserved block pattern on the reading device. The reserved block pattern of the data image corresponding to a first data page is searched within a first searching region to obtain a first pattern position. The reserved block pattern of the data image corresponding to a second data page is searched within a second searching region to obtain a second pattern position. A third searching position is then determined according to the first and second pattern positions. The reserved block pattern of the data image corresponding to a third data page is searched within a third searching region whose center is at the third searching position. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080239908 | Method of detecting optical disk error information - A method of detecting optical disc error information on an optical disc, for applying in an optical disc drive, the method comprising: first, detecting whether the optical disc is blank, if not, perform the following: checking whether a seek error occurred, if yes, recording a seek error mark; while reading a data region, recording data error information, the data error information comprises an error count, and a corresponding data error location; finally, outputting the optical disk error information according to the data error information and the seek error mark. | 10-02-2008 |
