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WATANABE TETSU
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SONY CORP
49 patentsUS5610880AMar 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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