Inventor
GETREUER KURT W
US28 patents
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DISCOVISION ASS
14 patentsUS6741529B1May 25, 2004
Method and apparatus for moving carriage assembly from initial position to target position and optical disc system including same
DISCOVISION ASS125 citations99
US6122232ASep 19, 2000
Isolation apparatus for use in disc drive system to mitigate effects of undesired mechanical forces and disc drive system including same
DISCOVISION ASS88 citations98
US5729511AMar 17, 1998
Optical disc system having servo motor and servo error detection assembly operated relative to monitored quad sum signal
DISCOVISION ASS124 citations98
US6266306B1Jul 24, 2001
Analog to digital converter and assembly for use in optical drive system to normalize servo error signals and multiplex reference voltage inputs and digital outputs
DISCOVISION ASS24 citations95
US6418097B1Jul 9, 2002
Analog to digital converter assembly for normalizing servo error signals and multiplexing reference voltage inputs and digital outputs and improved optical drive system including same
DISCOVISION ASS26 citations94
US6243336B1Jun 5, 2001
Optical disc system having servo motor and servo error detection assembly operated relative to monitored quad sum signal and focus capture method for use in same
DISCOVISION ASS17 citations92
US5974007AOct 26, 1999
Apparatus for moving a carriage assembly from an initial position to a target position
DISCOVISION ASS17 citations92
US5677899AOct 14, 1997
Method for moving carriage assembly from initial position to target position relative to storage medium
DISCOVISION ASS31 citations92
US5532989AJul 2, 1996
Seek actuator for optical recording
DISCOVISION ASS29 citations92
US6532199B1Mar 11, 2003
Optical actuator assembly with lens position sensor for recording or playback
DISCOVISION ASS13 citations84
US6058081AMay 2, 2000
Optical drive system having servomotor operated relative to maximum quad sum signal
DISCOVISION ASS15 citations81
US6141300AOct 31, 2000
Optical actuator including lens assembly with optical axis having symmetric suspensory forces acting thereon and optical disc system including same
DISCOVISION ASS14 citations74
US5710745AJan 20, 1998
Assembly having flux-directing return yoke for magneto-optical drive
DISCOVISION ASS14 citations74
US5808980ASep 15, 1998
Seek actuator for optical recording
DISCOVISION ASS0 citations42
LASER MAGNETIC STORAGE INT
7 patentsUS4779253AOct 18, 1988
Sampled servo for an optical disk drive
LASER MAGNETIC STORAGE INT27 citations92
US5031166AJul 9, 1991
Optical disk tracking and seeking systems and specific track formats using discontinuities and circuitry therefor
LASER MAGNETIC STORAGE INT22 citations91
US4879707ANov 7, 1989
Optical disk tracking and seeking systems specific track formats using discontinuities
LASER MAGNETIC STORAGE INT38 citations91
US4855977AAug 8, 1989
Track seeking apparatus and method using sampled information
LASER MAGNETIC STORAGE INT20 citations82
US4864552ASep 5, 1989
Driving signal for coarse servo employing sampled offset signal
LASER MAGNETIC STORAGE INT12 citations74
US4914645AApr 3, 1990
Optical disk tracking and seeking systems and specific track formats using servo areas
LASER MAGNETIC STORAGE INT14 citations70
US4879708ANov 7, 1989
Optical disk tracking and seeking systems specific track formats using wobbled pits
LASER MAGNETIC STORAGE INT6 citations63