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| 20080317437 | INFORMATION RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS - When recording data are saved and then deleted from a local storage medium to secure recordable time in a video camera, scenes of the data cannot be reproduced if network environment or a recording medium does not exist, in addition, if saved recording data are not deleted from the local storage medium, a free space is not increased, consequently a recording opportunity is missed. During backup, a saving list is created in an incorporated magnetic disk drive, and a recordable time calculation section calculates, from the saving list, data capacity of data that have been backed up in data recorded in the magnetic disk drive, and reflects the data capacity to recordable time. During recording, when a non-recorded area is exhausted, a scene in the saving list is overwritten. During reproducing, data in the saving list are reproduced from the magnetic disk drive without being connected to a network. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090154896 | Video-Audio Recording Apparatus and Video-Audio Reproducing Apparatus - An apparatus capable of reproducing or recording sounds with high reality sensation, including, for example, an image pickup unit for picking up an image and outputting a video signal representing a video image picked up, a sound acquisition unit supplied with sounds as an input to output an audio signal representing the input sound, a recording unit for recording the video signal output from the image pickup unit and the audio signal output from the sound acquisition unit, an object detector for detecting a location of a specific subject from the video signal, a sound extractor for extracting a sound corresponding to the detected specific subject from the audio signal, and a sound signal processor for adjusting a signal of the sound extracted by the sound extractor, on the basis of the location of the specific subject detected by the object detector. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20110131575 | RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A recording/reproducing apparatus, for producing a virtual disc independent upon a host PC, and for managing virtual discs with an easy operation, comprises a CPU | 06-02-2011 |
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| 20080239583 | Thin film magnetic head, head gimbal assembly, head arm assembly, magnetic disk device and method of forming thin film magnetic head - The thin film magnetic head includes a main magnetic pole layer conducting a magnetic flux to the recording medium so that the recording medium an be magnetized in a direction orthogonal to a surface thereof; a return yoke layer disposed on a trailing side of the main magnetic pole layer; an intermediate protective layer partially disposed on a magnetic shield layer; and a thermal expansion suppressing layer having an edge located on the intermediate protective layer and being in contact with the return yoke layer in an area where the intermediate protective layer is not formed. If the thin film magnetic head is affected by ambient temperature environment, the thermal expansion suppressing layer suppresses the shift of the main magnetic pole layer and the return yoke layer toward the air bearing surface. This suppresses thermal protrusion from occurring on the thin film magnetic head due to ambient temperature environment. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080253032 | Thin film magnetic head, head gimbal assembly, head arm assembly, magnetic disk device and method of forming thin film magnetic head - A thin film magnetic head is provided, in which thermal protrusion can be suppressed. The thin film magnetic head includes a main magnetic pole layer which conducts a magnetic flux into the recording medium so that the recording medium is magnetized in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the recording medium, a first return yoke layer provided in a trailing side of the main magnetic pole layer, and has a recess in a top surface, a second return yoke layer provided so as to fill at least the recess of the first return yoke layer, and a thermal expansion suppression layer provided in a trailing side of the second return yoke layer. Thus, since the thermal expansion suppression layer can be provided on a surface having no recess, a possibility of a crack in the thermal expansion suppression layer can be eliminated. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080253034 | Perpendicular magnetic write head, method of manufacturing the same, and magnetic write system - The present invention is directed to providing a perpendicular magnetic write head which can suppress unintended erasure of information written on a write medium at a non-writing time by optimizing a magnetic domain structure of main component elements that are engaged in writing operation. In the perpendicular magnetic write head, an auxiliary magnetic pole layer is disposed on a trailing or leading side of a main magnetic pole layer, the auxiliary magnetic pole layer being recessed from the main magnetic pole layer. When the main magnetic pole layer has a tensile stress as its internal stress, a nonmagnetic layer disposed in a layer same as the auxiliary magnetic pole layer and in an area in front of the auxiliary magnetic pole layer, also has a tensile stress as its internal stress. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20110086182 | Magnetic device, perpendicular magnetic recording head, magnetic recording system, method of forming magnetic layer pattern, and method of manufacturing perpendicular magnetic recording head - Provided is a method of manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic recording head which can enhance accuracy and simplify the manufacturing process. The method includes: forming a photoresist pattern having an opening part (the inclination of an inner wall); forming a non-magnetic layer (the inclination of another inner wall) so as to narrow the opening part by a dry film forming method such as ALD method; stacking a seed layer and a plating layer so as to bury the opening part provided with the non-magnetic layer; and forming a main magnetic pole layer (a front end portion having a bevel angle) by polishing the non-magnetic layer, the seed layer, and the plating layer by CMP method until the photoresist pattern is exposed. The final opening width (the forming width of the front end portion) is unsusceptible to variations, thus reducing the number of the steps of forming the main magnetic layer. | 04-14-2011 |
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| 20090244107 | VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE AND COLOR TEMPERATURE CORRECTION METHOD FOR THE SAME - A video display device that allows the color temperature of the signals in white color attributes having high luminance and low chroma saturation to be corrected with high precision is provided with a color temperature correction method so as to visually obtain a desirable white color on display. In some embodiments, the signal processing circuit can include an A/D converter to convert video signals into digitalized signals, a matrix circuit to convert the digitalized signals into luminance signals and at least two color difference signals, a hue conversion circuit to obtain hue signals from the color difference signals, a hue correction circuit to correct hue signals, a chroma saturation conversion circuit to obtain chroma saturation signals from color difference signals, a chroma saturation correction circuit to correct chroma saturation signals and a color temperature correction circuit to perform the color temperature correction on the respective hue and chroma saturation signals. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090262245 | CONTRAST ADJUSTING CIRCUITRY AND VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS USING SAME - With the aim of offering a video display technique by which stable and high contrast video images are reproduced, contrast adjusting circuitry is constructed. The contrast adjusting circuitry detects a maximum picture level (MPL) and an average picture level (APL) of analog-to-digital converted luminance signals for a predetermined period, determines one of the predefined luminance regions within which the MPL falls and one of the predefined luminance regions within which the APL falls, and, based on the thus determined luminance regions of both MPL and APL, carries out a contrast adjustment of video images by changing the gain of luminance signals and color depth correction by changing the gain of color signals. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090262259 | CONTRAST ADJUSTING CIRCUITRY AND VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS USING SAME - With the aim of offering a video display technique by which stable and high contrast video images are reproduced, contrast adjusting circuitry is constructed. The contrast adjusting circuitry detects a maximum picture level (MPL) and an average picture level (APL) of analog-to-digital converted luminance signals for a predetermined period, determines one of the predefined luminance regions within which the MPL falls and one of the predefined luminance regions within which the APL falls, and, based on the thus determined luminance regions of both MPL and APL, carries out a contrast adjustment of video images by changing the gain of luminance signals and color depth correction by changing the gain of color signals. | 10-22-2009 |
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| 20080218628 | Decoder Device And Receiver Using The Same - A decoder apparatus which includes a de-multiplexer, which is configured to divide motion picture data from a transport stream, a video decoder, which is configured to decode the divided motion picture data, and a first re-formatter on-screen unit, which is configured to display motion picture data and at least one of first and second graphic data on a screen. The first re-formatter on-screen unit converts motion picture data of a first aspect ratio, which is decoded by the video decoder, and first graphics data, which is produced by applying information relating to a caption corresponding to the motion picture data, into a second aspect ratio, when outputting the motion picture data of the first aspect ratio after conversion into the second aspect ratio, without converting the aspect ratio of second graphic data, which is produced by applying information relating to a program guide. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20100110286 | Decoder Device And Receiver Using The Same - A display apparatus includes a receiving unit, which is configured to receive video data, caption data, and program information data, a first on-screen unit, which is configured to display a caption, upon a basis of a second on-screen unit, which is configured to display program information, a format converting unit, and a display unit. When a video on which a caption is displayed is displayed by the display unit, a picture format of a caption is converted by the format converting unit in accordance with conversion of a picture format of a video, and when a video on which program information is displayed by the display unit, a picture format of a program information is not converted. | 05-06-2010 |