Inventor
BIRUKAWA MASAHIRO
JP56 patents
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MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD
39 patentsUS6188649B1Feb 13, 2001
Method for reading magnetic super resolution type magneto-optical recording medium
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD76 citations96
US5724338AMar 3, 1998
Rewritable disk-shaped optical recording medium
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD48 citations95
US5422874AJun 6, 1995
Optical recording disk, and recording/reading apparatus using same
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD67 citations95
US6982932B2Jan 3, 2006
Recording/reproducing head and recording/reproducing apparatus incorporating the same
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD28 citations93
US6146740ANov 14, 2000
Magnetic recording medium and method of fabricating the same
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD18 citations92
US5821004AOct 13, 1998
Magneto-optical recording medium and recording and reading out process using the same
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD23 citations92
US5656370AAug 12, 1997
Optical recording medium
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD42 citations92
US5582891ADec 10, 1996
Optical disk substrate with land planes of uniform height
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD19 citations92
US5341359AAug 23, 1994
Abnormality detection of a recording medium in a magneto-optical recording system
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD26 citations92
US6018511AJan 25, 2000
Magneto-optical recording medium and readout method of the same
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD17 citations84
US6504796B1Jan 7, 2003
Magneto-optical head having thickness of the core same as a track width
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD6 citations74
US6178151B1Jan 23, 2001
Optical head having a reproducing optical system and filter formed by light passing therethrough
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD9 citations74
US6018505AJan 25, 2000
Magneto-optical disc apparatus
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD10 citations74
US5986977ANov 16, 1999
Method for reading magnetic super resolution type magneto-optical recording medium
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD10 citations74
US5247495ASep 21, 1993
Optical magnetic disk with separate regions provided on it
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD12 citations74
US6690626B2Feb 10, 2004
Optical disk with magnetic layer separated magnetically between tracks and method of magnetically separating tracks of the optical disk
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD9 citations73
US5993937ANov 30, 1999
Magneto-optic recording medium and method of fabricating the same
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD14 citations73
US5679386AOct 21, 1997
Optical disk formation member for making an optical disk substrate
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD7 citations73
US5706259AJan 6, 1998
Magneto-optical recording medium for magnetically induced super resolution
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD15 citations69
US7180831B2Feb 20, 2007
Magneto-optical recording medium having a recording layer of columnar structure
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD6 citations63
US6650598B2Nov 18, 2003
Magnetic head having magnetoresistance device and recording/reproducing apparatus incorporating the same
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD2 citations63
US6307819B1Oct 23, 2001
Method of reading magneto-optical recording medium
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD3 citations63
US6269056B1Jul 31, 2001
Recording method for a magneto-optical recording medium for position adjustment of a magnetic head
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD2 citations63
US5814418ASep 29, 1998
Magneto-optical recording medium and method for reading out information from the same
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD6 citations63
US5748592AMay 5, 1998
Disk drive apparatus and disk storage medium for high density recording
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD5 citations63
US5472758ADec 5, 1995
Optical recording medium for short-wavelength of laser beam and read/write/erase method using the medium
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD5 citations63
US7180842B2Feb 20, 2007
Optical disc cutting apparatus and method for manufacturing optical disc
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD2 citations62
US6765847B2Jul 20, 2004
Optical disk and method of magnetically separating tracks of the optical disk
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD4 citations62
US6399227B1Jun 4, 2002
Magneto-optical recording medium
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD2 citations62
US5565278AOct 15, 1996
Magneto-optical recording medium
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD3 citations62
US5391431AFeb 21, 1995
Magneto-optical recording medium
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD5 citations62
US4497870AFeb 5, 1985
Magneto-optical recording medium
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD6 citations62
US6747919B2Jun 8, 2004
Magneto-optical recording medium, and method and apparatus for producing the same
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD5 citations61
US5864520AJan 26, 1999
Magneto-optical recording medium for magnetically induced super resolution
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD4 citations58
US7420889B2Sep 2, 2008
Optical disc tracking control device, tracking control method, and tracking control program
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD1 citations52
US7235313B2Jun 26, 2007
Magneto-optical recording medium, method of manufacturing magneto-optical recording medium, method of recording on magneto-optical recording medium, and method of reproduction from magneto-optical recording medium
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD1 citations52
US6222797B1Apr 24, 2001
Position adjustment method of a magnetic head using magneto-optical recording medium, and optical recording medium
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD0 citations52
US6811889B2Nov 2, 2004
Magneto-optical recording medium having a GDFECO readout magnetic film
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD0 citations51
US6521357B1Feb 18, 2003
Magneto-optical recording medium
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD0 citations51
PANASONIC CORP
5 patentsUS8050150B2Nov 1, 2011
Near-field light detection element and information reproducing medium reproducing method
PANASONIC CORP2 citations63
US7944799B2May 17, 2011
Optical information apparatus with gap control system
PANASONIC CORP4 citations61
US7773343B2Aug 10, 2010
Magnetic recording medium, and manufacturing method, manufacturing apparatus, recording and reproduction method, and recording and reproduction apparatus for the same
PANASONIC CORP0 citations52
US7948835B2May 24, 2011
Optical disc device, method for activating optical disc device, and control circuit
PANASONIC CORP1 citations50
US8385161B2Feb 26, 2013
Optical information reproducing device, optical information reproducing method and integrated circuit
PANASONIC CORP0 citations42
TANAKA YASUHIRO
2 patentsUS8179768B2May 15, 2012
Optical system for compensating for spherical aberration and/or coma aberration in an optical pickup device and optical pickup device having the same
TANAKA YASUHIRO3 citations63
US8233372B2Jul 31, 2012
Optical system for compensating for coma aberration and/or spherical aberration in an optical pickup device and optical pickup device having the same
TANAKA YASUHIRO1 citations52
NARUMI KENJI
2 patentsUS8422341B2Apr 16, 2013
Device and method for recording and/or reproducing data onto/from information recording medium by using near-field light and information recording medium
NARUMI KENJI0 citations51
US8130623B2Mar 6, 2012
Optical information recording and/or reproducing apparatus, optical information recording and/or reproducing method, optical information recording medium, and solid immersion lens
NARUMI KENJI1 citations51
AIKOH HIDEKI
1 patentCANON KK
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