Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
720606000 | Sensing tray position or media loading | 14 |
20090313647 | DISC APPARATUS - A shutter member is provided so as to be capable of moving in association with a roller bracket. The shutter member rotates by a predetermined range in association with the rotation of the roller bracket, and then a projection of the shutter member is pressed in a Y1 direction by a shutter pressing portion provided on the right side slider. Accordingly, the shutter member is rotated clockwise, and an opening and closing panel portion of the shutter member closes an insertion port from the inside thereof. Therefore, the insertion port is closed reliably by the shutter member, so that insertion of another disc from the insertion port into the interior of the apparatus while the disc is rotating is prevented. | 12-17-2009 |
20100175077 | DISK REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A disk reproducing apparatus includes a disk detecting lever that has a switch abutting section and a light intercepting section and rotates according to the loading operation and the ejecting operation of a disk caused by abutment of the outer edge of the disk against a detecting pin; a single switch that is switched by the switch abutting section and thereby detects the loading start position, and also the inserting position of the disk; and a single photosensor that detects the inserting position of the disk with keeping the light intercepting condition thereof by either the light intercepting section or the disk and also detects the ejection end position when the light intercepting condition brought about by the disk has been released and then the light intercepting condition brought about by the light intercepting section is released. | 07-08-2010 |
20100180286 | OPTICAL DISK DRIVE WITH A CONNECTING DEVICE - The invention provides an optical disk drive with a connecting device. The optical disk drive includes two guiding tracks disposed on two sides of a casing for holding a tray to slide in/out the casing, a circuit board disposed on the tray and electrically connected to a spindle motor and a pick-up head, a main board disposed inside the casing, a detecting switch disposed on the main board, and the connecting device. The connecting device includes a first part disposed on the main board, and a second part disposed on the circuit board for connecting with the first part. The first part is connected with the second part and the optical disk drive is powered on so as to transmit the electricity and the signals between the main board and the circuit board via the connecting device when the detecting switch detects the tray is positioned inside the casing. | 07-15-2010 |
20100251273 | Slot-In Disc Drive having Adjustable Disc Ejection Distance - A slot-in disc drive is provided to comprise an ejecting lever rotated about a rotating axis; a first sensor and a second sensor, disposed on the rotating path of the ejecting lever; and a firmware, built in the disc drive for selecting a first setting or a second setting according to the size of a loaded disc, wherein the first and the second settings are respectively related to the first and the second sensors, and the firmware controls the ejecting lever to stop rotating based on the selected setting. | 09-30-2010 |
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 |
20110296445 | DISC CHANGER - A disc changer includes: a disc cartridge having a case body in which a plurality of disc-shaped recording media are storable by being arrayed in the axial direction of the center axis, and an information input medium to which at least information relating to pitch between disc-shaped recording media and the number of stored disc-shaped recording media is input; a disc holder configured to hold the disc cartridge, a portion of which is moveable in the center axial direction of the disc-shaped recording media; and a movement mechanism including an encoder, configured to determine a stop position in the center axial direction of the disc holder based on information input to the information input medium. | 12-01-2011 |
20120066700 | Information Processing Apparatus and Drive Control Method - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a main body, an optical disc drive provided in the main body, an acceleration sensor provided in the main body, and a drive management module provided in the main body. The optical disc drive is configured to output an eject signal to an outside in response to an operation of an eject button. The drive management module is configured to determine whether the main body is shaking or not by using the acceleration sensor when the eject signal is received from the optical disc drive which is in a power-off state, and to supply power to the optical disc drive and send to the optical disc drive a signal instructing opening of a tray of the optical disc drive, when the main body is not shaking. | 03-15-2012 |
20120096480 | DETECTING METHOD FOR LIMIT SWITCH OF OPTICAL DISC DRIVE BY SAMPLING VOLTAGE OF LIMIT SWITCH PREDETERMINED TIMES - A method is disclosed to detect the voltage of a limit switch in an optical disc drive. The method includes following steps: loading an optical disc when the voltage of the limit switch is at a high level, completing the disc loading process when the voltage is changed to a low level, sampling the voltage of the limit switch predetermined times when the voltage is changed to the high level again, detecting the sampling voltages, completing the disc ejecting process when the sampling voltages are all at the high level, and determining a voltage bouncing to maintain the disc loaded status to avoid disc ejection misjudgment of the optical disc drive when the sampling voltages are not all at the high level. | 04-19-2012 |
20120180077 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE DEVICE - An optical disk drive device includes: a tray provided with an outer disk tray on which an optical disk is mounted; an electrode provided on the outer disk tray; an electrostatic capacitance sensor unit configured to sense electrostatic capacitance between the electrode and an optical disk mounted in proximity to the electrode; a storage unit configured to store a table that identifies electrostatic capacitance between each of different types of optical disks and the electrode occurring when the optical disk is mounted in proximity to the electrode; and a determination unit configured to determine the type of the optical disk mounted on the tray, based on a sensor result obtained by the electrostatic capacitance sensor unit and the table. | 07-12-2012 |
20130081068 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MEDIUM PROCESSING APPARATUS - A medium processing apparatus that performs predetermined processing on a medium introduced from an outside; a power supply that can supply a first power supply voltage to the medium processing apparatus while the information processing apparatus is operating, whereas being able to supply a second power supply voltage to the medium processing apparatus when the information processing apparatus is shut down; and a power supply controller that supplies the second power supply voltage from the power supply to the medium processing apparatus when the information processing apparatus is shut down while the medium is in the medium processing apparatus, whereas stopping the supply of the second power supply voltage to the medium processing apparatus once the medium is removed from the medium processing apparatus which has been supplied with the second power supply voltage, are provided. | 03-28-2013 |
20130104153 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A PROCESSING DEVICE FOR AUTOMATICALLY AND CONTINUOUSLY PROCESSING DISCS - A system and a method of controlling a processing device for automatically and continuously processing discs are disclosed. The method comprises: determining if a tray in a processing system is opened by adapting a first sensor; determining if any one of the discs is loaded in the tray by adapting the second sensor; in the event of the tray being opened and one disc being loaded, unloading the loaded disc by adapting a transporting device; in the event of the tray being opened and no disc being loaded, loading one disc by adapting the transporting device; and closing the tray for processing the one disc being loaded in the tray transported by the transporting device and controlled by the computer. | 04-25-2013 |
20130104154 | MEDIA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD OF THE SAME - A medium is transferred and loaded to a media tray provided with a media processing unit which is operable to perform information processing on the medium, by using a transfer arm of a media transfer mechanism. A distance from a surface of the medium loaded on the media tray to a reference position of the transfer arm is acquired. A difference between the acquired distance and a predetermined distance from a reference surface of the media tray to the reference position of the transfer arm is calculated. It is determined that a double transfer of the medium to the media tray occurs when the calculated difference is larger than a predetermined threshold value. | 04-25-2013 |
20130179908 | MEDIA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD OF THE SAME THAT PREVENTS PROCESSING OF THE MEDIA FROM BEING STOPPED - A processor is provided in a main body and performs at least one of writing data on a plate-shaped medium, reading data from the medium and printing on the medium. A drawer tray is provided in the main body, includes a stacker portion which is configured to accommodate a plurality of plate-shaped media processed by the processor and is movable between an accommodated position where the stacker portion is capable of receiving the media and a drawn position where the drawer tray is pulled out from the main body to take out the media accommodated in the stacker portion. | 07-11-2013 |
20140130066 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOVEMENT OPERATION OF TRAY IN OPTICAL DISC DRIVE WITHOUT PHYSICAL SWITCH - A method for controlling a tray in an optical disc drive comprises: setting first and second flags for indicating a current state of the tray, the state of the tray including an open state, a closed state and a state in which the tray moves; and controlling a movement operation of the tray, base on values of the two flags and a time when a counter electromotive force is generated in a motor for moving the tray. If a request of performing a tray closing operation in the state in which the tray is opened is received, the tray closing operation is performed, and the value of the second flag is changed. If the counter e.m.f is detected after a first time from the time when the tray closing operation is started, the driving of the motor is stopped, and the value of the first flag is changed. | 05-08-2014 |