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D. Mitchel Hanks
Also filed as: HANKS D M · HANKS D MITCHEL
22 granted patents·9 pending applications·218 citations·filing 1992–2017
94Inventor score
Files withHEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO18HANKS D M4HEWLETT PACKARD CO3TAUGHER LAWRENCE N2HANKS D MITCHEL1
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31 records- 0191US5299075AApparatus and method for shock attenuation in a disk recording and/or reproduction system using variable gain acceleration sensorHEWLETT PACKARD CO·Filed 1992·Granted Mar 29, 1994·62 cites·16 claims
- 0290US5447051AMethod and apparatus for testing a piezoelectric force sensorHEWLETT PACKARD CO·Filed 1993·Granted Sep 5, 1995·70 cites·11 claims
- 0385US7551524B2Methods and apparatus to compensate for power output variations over timeHEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 23, 2009·9 cites·55 claims
- 0484US7596067B2Method of laser spot location and adjustment thereofHEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 29, 2009·6 cites·32 claims
- 0583US7324129B2Optical print head positioning using mechanically coupled optical pickup unitHEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 29, 2008·6 cites·26 claims
- 0682US7333126B2Optical disc having layers corresponding to different colors and sensitive to optical beam wavelengthsTAUGHER LAWRENCE N·Filed 2005·Granted Feb 19, 2008·7 cites·20 claims
- 0775US7268795B2Labeling methods and apparatus using electromagnetic radiationHEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 11, 2007·10 cites·58 claims
- 0873US7576765B2Methods and apparatus for detecting and optimizing laser mark quality on recording mediaHEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 18, 2009·2 cites·44 claims
- 0971US6744712B2Optical disc drive with satellite beams for generation of quadrature error signals for radial position detectionHEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 1, 2004·8 cites·4 claims
- 1068US7514661B2Focus calibration in an optical driveHEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 7, 2009·1 cites·56 claims
- 1166US10198948B2Low power sensor systemTRAIL RIDGE TECH LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Feb 5, 2019·2 cites·20 claims
- 1261US2008291799A1Laser Power Calibration in an Optical Disc DriveHEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 1360US7420580B2Laser power calibration in an optical disc driveHEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 2, 2008·3 cites·20 claims
- 1457US7451281B2System and method for using swappable storage for storing program dataHEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 11, 2008·6 cites·10 claims
- 1555US6798724B1Low cost detection of wobble inversions using a tuned circuitHEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO·Filed 2000·Granted Sep 28, 2004·2 cites·3 claims
- 1654US7701479B2System and method for laser write power calibrationHEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO·Filed 2004·Granted Apr 20, 2010·2 cites·22 claims
- 1752US7636280B2Calibration of lens position in an optical disc driveHEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 22, 2009·0 cites·31 claims
- 1852US5548192AAdaptive feedback system for controlling head/arm position in a disk driveHEWLETT PACKARD CO·Filed 1995·Granted Aug 20, 1996·21 cites·7 claims
- 1951US7515165B2Laser power calibration in an optical disc driveHEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO·Filed 2004·Granted Apr 7, 2009·1 cites·26 claims
- 2050US7646685B2Tracing discrete spiral path relative to optical discHEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 12, 2010·0 cites·27 claims
- 2148US7639272B2Device and method for optical scanningHEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 29, 2009·0 cites·24 claims
- 2248US7577063B2Calibration of a focus offset in an optical driveHEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 18, 2009·0 cites·38 claims
- 2346US7916164B2Labeling methods and apparatus using energy of two wavelengthsHEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 29, 2011·0 cites·54 claims
- 2445US2007097819A1Laser positioning in an optical disc driveHANKS D MITCHEL·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 2545US2007070169A1Laser positioning in an optical disc driveHANKS D M·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 2644US2006262673A1Calibration of fine actuator of optical driveHANKS D M·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 2743US2007053276A1Optics for double-sided mediaHANKS D M·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 2843US2006181989A1System and/or method for adjusting a laser beamHANKS D M·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 2941US2007002694A1Guiding optical beam to optically writable surfaceTAUGHER LAWRENCE N·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 3039US2007002126A1Preheating optical disc prior to optically writing to label area of optical discLIPINSKI GREG J·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 3138US2004250039A1System and method for using swappable storage for high data content multi-source data storageFiled 2003·Application pending·0 cites
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