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WATANABE TETSU

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SONY CORP

49 patents
US5610880AMar 11, 1997

Optical disc system and optical disk therefor

SONY CORP69 citations96
US5533001AJul 2, 1996

Magneto-optical disk system with specified thickness for protective layer relative to the numerical aperture of the objective lens

SONY CORP57 citations96
US5392263AFeb 21, 1995

Magneto-optical disk system with specified thickness for protective layer on the disk relative to the numerical aperture of the objective lens

SONY CORP31 citations96
US5838646ANov 17, 1998

Optical disk having a protective layer of specified thickness relative to the numerical aperture of the objective lens

SONY CORP38 citations93
US5757733AMay 26, 1998

Optical disc system having an objective lens with a numerical aperture related to the thickness of the protective layer

SONY CORP18 citations93
US5515346AMay 7, 1996

Magneto-optical disk system with specified thickness for protective layer relative to the numerical apperture of the objective lens

SONY CORP22 citations93
US5495455AFeb 27, 1996

Magneto-optical disk recording and reading apparatus and method wherein the recording head is controlled in the radial direction of the disk to a desired position

SONY CORP20 citations93
US5488590AJan 30, 1996

Magneto-optical overwrite recording and reproducing system

SONY CORP25 citations93
US5200935AApr 6, 1993

Recording apparatus using magneto-optical effect including control means for inhibiting energizing of the light beam generating means in responsive to coded data

SONY CORP30 citations93
US5170385ADec 8, 1992

Recording medium with unembossed area indicating sector divisions

SONY CORP34 citations93
US4559568ADec 17, 1985

Apparatus for re-recording a digital signal on a record medium and for reproducing the same therefrom

SONY CORP51 citations93
US6747943B2Jun 8, 2004

Optical recording medium and disc cartridge

SONY CORP17 citations92
US5414687AMay 9, 1995

Disc recording/reproducing apparatus

SONY CORP29 citations92
US5329503AJul 12, 1994

Magneto-optical disc recording/reproducing apparatus

SONY CORP25 citations92
US4348699ASep 7, 1982

Apparatus for recording and/or reproducing digital signal

SONY CORP39 citations92
US5287334AFeb 15, 1994

Magneto-optical pickup apparatus and magneto-optical recording/reproducing apparatus

SONY CORP32 citations91
US7547868B2Jun 16, 2009

Optical near-field generating apparatus and method and information recording and reproducing apparatus

SONY CORP10 citations84
US6717738B2Apr 6, 2004

Optical element, metal mold for producing optical element and production method for optical element

SONY CORP18 citations84
USRE37428EOct 30, 2001

Magneto-optical disk system with specified thickness for protective layer on the disk relative to the numerical aperture of the objective lens

SONY CORP13 citations82
US7305689B2Dec 4, 2007

Optical recording medium and disc cartridge

SONY CORP4 citations74
US6992842B2Jan 31, 2006

Optical device, optical system, method of production of same, and mold for production of same

SONY CORP6 citations74
US6985310B2Jan 10, 2006

Optical device, optical system, method of production of same, and mold for production of same

SONY CORP6 citations74
US6972912B2Dec 6, 2005

Optical device, optical system, method of production of same, and mold for production of same

SONY CORP4 citations74
US6898027B2May 24, 2005

Optical element and manufacturing method for same

SONY CORP9 citations74
US6825995B2Nov 30, 2004

Optical device, optical system, method of production of same, and mold for production of same

SONY CORP7 citations74
US6785222B2Aug 31, 2004

Read-only optical recording medium and disc cartridge

SONY CORP7 citations74
US6704275B2Mar 9, 2004

Optical recording medium and disc cartridge having 2 GB capacity

SONY CORP7 citations74
US6496450B2Dec 17, 2002

Optical recording/reproducing apparatus, optical rotating recording medium, and method of designing optical recording/reproducing apparatus

SONY CORP8 citations74
US6262948B1Jul 17, 2001

Optical disk having a protective layer specified thickness relative to the NA of an objective lens and the wavelength of light source

SONY CORP14 citations74
US6075762AJun 13, 2000

Disc drive apparatus

SONY CORP8 citations74
US6044043AMar 28, 2000

Magneto-optical head capable of operation under inclination of the disc

SONY CORP7 citations74
US5914915AJun 22, 1999

Magneto-optical disk system having an objective lens with a numerical aperture related to the thickness of the protective layer

SONY CORP13 citations74
US5910932AJun 8, 1999

Optical disk and optical disk system with numerical aperture of objective lens related to protective layer thickness of optical disk

SONY CORP12 citations74
US5838656ANov 17, 1998

Optical disk system having an objective lens with a numerical aperture related to the thickness of the protective layer

SONY CORP5 citations74
US5781518AJul 14, 1998

Disc recording method wherein a segment is recorded with reference data to control the phase of a data clock

SONY CORP13 citations74
US5648944AJul 15, 1997

Recording/reproducing apparatus that utilizes the servo clock signals to form read and write clock signals with different frequencies

SONY CORP7 citations74
US5627810AMay 6, 1997

Recording/reproducing apparatus that forms read and write clock signals with differing frequencies from the servo clock signals

SONY CORP7 citations74
US5617378AApr 1, 1997

Magneto-optical disc system having an objective lens with a numerical aperture related to the thickness of the protective layer

SONY CORP8 citations74
US5587990ADec 24, 1996

Optical disc system and optical disc therefor

SONY CORP10 citations74
US5508981AApr 16, 1996

Magneto-optical disk system with specified thickness for protective layer relative to the numerical aperture of the objective lens

SONY CORP5 citations74
US5428583AJun 27, 1995

Magneto-optical disc recording/reproducing apparatus

SONY CORP19 citations74
US5189650AFeb 23, 1993

Magneto-optical signal reproducing apparatus in which reproduced magneto-optical signal level is compared with reference signal level varied in accordance with in-phase signal

SONY CORP18 citations74
US5182734AJan 26, 1993

Magneto-optical recording apparatus with pulse driven light beam and variable delay of magnetic field reversals based on recording medium characteristics

SONY CORP12 citations74
US4998231AMar 5, 1991

Magneto-optical disk recording apparatus

SONY CORP17 citations74
US5559774ASep 24, 1996

Optical disc reproducing apparatus which employs a binary detector for the outer tracks and a ternary detector for the inner tracks

SONY CORP12 citations72
US7064906B2Jun 20, 2006

Optical pickup device with shielding to limit incident or emitted light

SONY CORP2 citations63
US6966707B2Nov 22, 2005

Optical pickup

SONY CORP4 citations63
US6896419B2May 24, 2005

Optical pickup

SONY CORP2 citations63
US6219308B1Apr 17, 2001

Optical disk system having objective lens with a numerical aperture related to thickness of protective layer

SONY CORP1 citations63

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