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Toru Aida
Also filed as: AIDA TORU
38 granted patents·7 pending applications·187 citations·filing 1996–2024
96Inventor score
Files withCANON KK9SONY CORP8HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH7SONY DISC & DIGITAL SOLUTIONS6FUJITSU GENERAL LTD5
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45 records- 0191US7428119B2Magnetic disk drive with head retraction controlHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 23, 2008·13 cites·17 claims
- 0288US7706097B2Magnetic disk drive with head retraction controlHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2008·Granted Apr 27, 2010·8 cites·16 claims
- 0388US7373477B2Fragmentation executing method and storage deviceHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2005·Granted May 13, 2008·11 cites·19 claims
- 0486US7030788B2Data recording medium, data recording method, and apparatusSONY DISC & DIGITAL SOLUTIONS·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 18, 2006·22 cites·18 claims
- 0578US7631117B2Method for communicating between host and storage device, storage device, host, and system comprising storage device and hostHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 8, 2009·9 cites·12 claims
- 0677US8089843B2Recording drive waveform adjusting method for manufacturing master disc, master disc manufacturing method, master disc manufacturing apparatus, and master discAIDA TORU·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 3, 2012·3 cites·12 claims
- 0771US6816415B2Additional information read/write system, additional information read/write method, additional information read/write program, computer-readable program storage medium storing additional information read/write program, and id/additional information distributing apparatus.SONY CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 9, 2004·9 cites·8 claims
- 0870US6301644B1Method for managing defect sectors of information storage medium, and apparatus for use with the methodIBM·Filed 1998·Granted Oct 9, 2001·23 cites·8 claims
- 0969US8588473B2Image processing apparatus, control method thereof, and programAIDA TORU·Filed 2010·Granted Nov 19, 2013·2 cites·11 claims
- 1069US2025029515A1Image processing apparatus that presents contents of input image in state recognizable through tactile sensation, method of controlling same, image information-presenting apparatus, image information-presenting system, and storage mediumCANON KK·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 1167US12493967B2Image processing apparatus and image processing methodCANON KK·Filed 2023·Granted Dec 9, 2025·0 cites·18 claims
- 1267US7321401B2Contour emphasizing circuitFUJITSU GENERAL LTD·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 22, 2008·2 cites·5 claims
- 1361US8429336B2Disk drive and method of changing a program thereforAIDA TORU·Filed 2009·Granted Apr 23, 2013·2 cites·8 claims
- 1460US6061040ADrive circuit for display deviceFUJITSU GENERAL LTD·Filed 1996·Granted May 9, 2000·25 cites·16 claims
- 1559US9142252B2Magnetic disk drive and data rewrite methodsAIDA TORU·Filed 2010·Granted Sep 22, 2015·1 cites·22 claims
- 1659US7746586B2Media drive, processing method for recording data onto a medium, processing method for data read from a medium, and method for controlling a process for reading data from a mediumHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2008·Granted Jun 29, 2010·0 cites·8 claims
- 1755US6650792B1Image processorFUJITSU GENERAL LTD·Filed 1999·Granted Nov 18, 2003·20 cites·5 claims
- 1854US12243265B2Image processing apparatus that tracks object and image processing methodCANON KK·Filed 2022·Granted Mar 4, 2025·0 cites·13 claims
- 1954US10312837B2Information processing apparatus, and recording medium storing computer programCANON KK·Filed 2017·Granted Jun 4, 2019·0 cites·12 claims
- 2054US7304932B2Data recording medium, and data recording method and deviceSONY CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Dec 4, 2007·2 cites·42 claims
- 2154US7098820B2Data recording methodSONY CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 29, 2006·2 cites·5 claims
- 2254US2024430547A1Image processing apparatus, image pickup apparatus, and image processing methodCANON KK·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 2354US2023360229A1Image processing apparatus, image capturing apparatus, control method, and storage mediumCANON KK·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 2453US7289046B2Data recording medium, data recording method and device, and encode method and deviceSONY DISC & DIGITAL SOLUTIONS·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 30, 2007·2 cites·44 claims
- 2552US2023116274A1Image processing apparatus and control method thereofCANON KK·Filed 2022·Application pending·0 cites
- 2651US12143711B2Image-capturing apparatusCANON KK·Filed 2022·Granted Nov 12, 2024·0 cites·22 claims
- 2749US7272098B2Data recording apparatus and associated methodology of affecting a digital sum varianceSONY DISC & DIGITAL SOLUTIONS·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 18, 2007·1 cites·17 claims
- 2849US7054244B2Modulation signal generator for producing original disc of optical discSONY DISC & DIGITAL SOLUTIONS·Filed 2002·Granted May 30, 2006·1 cites·3 claims
- 2948US7941729B2Data storage device and error processing method in its read processingHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGETECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B V·Filed 2007·Granted May 10, 2011·0 cites·13 claims
- 3046US12155924B2Image processing device, control method thereof, imaging apparatus, and program storage mediumCANON KK·Filed 2022·Granted Nov 26, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 3146US8446804B2Disc inspecting method and disc inspecting deviceKOBAYASHI HIROAKI·Filed 2011·Granted May 21, 2013·0 cites·12 claims
- 3245US7660062B2Media drive, processing method for recording data onto a medium, processing method for data read from a medium, and method for controlling a process for reading data from a mediumHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 9, 2010·0 cites·3 claims
- 3345US7203141B2Recording medium, recording method, recording device, and reproduction method and reproducerSONY DISC & DIGITAL SOLUTIONS·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 10, 2007·3 cites·25 claims
- 3445US2014317347A1System and method for logical removal of physical heads in a hard disk drive (hdd)HGST Netherlands BV·Filed 2014·Application pending·0 cites
- 3544US7233267B2Digital data recording medium, recording method, recording device, reproduction method, and reproduction deviceSONY DISC & DIGITAL SOLUTIONS·Filed 2003·Granted Jun 19, 2007·3 cites·22 claims
- 3643US6476876B1Contour emphasizing circuitFUJITSU GENERAL LTD·Filed 1998·Granted Nov 5, 2002·10 cites·3 claims
- 3742US6970204B1Image magnifying circuitFUJITSU GENERAL LTD·Filed 1999·Granted Nov 29, 2005·12 cites·6 claims
- 3841US7215260B2Data recording medium, data recording method, and deviceSONY CORP·Filed 2003·Granted May 8, 2007·0 cites·6 claims
- 3940US7437649B2Data recording method and deviceSONY CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 14, 2008·0 cites·10 claims
- 4040US2011207035A1Exposure apparatus and exposure methodSONY CORP·Filed 2011·Application pending·0 cites
- 4140US2004170099A1Digital data recording medium, recording method, recording device, reproduction method, and reproduction deviceFiled 2003·Application pending·0 cites
- 4239US7054238B2Signal shaping circuitSONY CORP·Filed 2002·Granted May 30, 2006·0 cites·6 claims
- 4338US7436212B2Interface circuit power reductionHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 14, 2008·1 cites·15 claims
- 4436US8582410B2Master strategy adjustment method and disc manufacturing methodSAITO AKIYA·Filed 2012·Granted Nov 12, 2013·0 cites·7 claims
- 4528US5757412AApparatus for producing optical disc and method of production thereofSONY CORP·Filed 1996·Granted May 26, 1998·0 cites·13 claims
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