公开(公告)号：US20200321033A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-08

申请号：US16886191

申请日：2020-05-28

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： Eiji NAKASHIO ,  Kazuo ANNO ,  Shinya TOCHIKUBO ,  Takanobu IWAMA

IPC: G11B27/30 ,  G11B23/03

Abstract: A cartridge includes a tape-shaped magnetic recording medium and a cartridge memory. The cartridge memory includes a communication unit that communicates with a recording/reproducing device in a state where the cartridge is loaded on the recording/reproducing device; a storage unit; and a control unit that stores information received from the recording/reproducing device through the communication unit in the storage unit, reads the information from the storage unit according to a request from the recording/reproducing device, and transmits the information to the recording/reproducing device through the communication unit. The information includes manufacturing information of the cartridge and adjustment information for adjusting a tension applied to the magnetic recording medium in a longitudinal direction thereof, and the tape-shaped magnetic recording medium has a plurality of servo bands.

公开(公告)号：US20230267966A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-24

申请号：US18141695

申请日：2023-05-01

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： Eiji NAKASHIO ,  Kazuo ANNO ,  Shinya TOCHIKUBO ,  Takanobu IWAMA

IPC: G11B27/30 ,  G11B23/03

CPC classification number: G11B27/3027 ,  G11B23/0316 ,  G11B23/0312 ,  G11B2220/90 ,  G11B23/0313 ,  G11B5/588

Abstract: A cartridge is provided and includes tape-shaped magnetic recording medium; and cartridge memory; wherein cartridge memory includes communication unit that communicates with recording/reproducing device in state where cartridge is loaded on recording/reproducing device; storage unit; and control unit that stores, reads, and transmits information, wherein information includes manufacturing information of cartridge and adjustment information for adjusting a tension applied to the tape-shaped magnetic recording medium in a longitudinal direction of tape-shaped magnetic recording medium thereof, tape-shaped magnetic recording medium has a plurality of servo bands, and wherein a temperature expansion coefficient α of the tape-shaped magnetic recording medium satisfies 6 ppm/° C.≤α≤8 ppm/° C.

公开(公告)号：US20210383836A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-09

申请号：US16957295

申请日：2019-10-21

Applicant: Sony Corporation

Inventor： Kazuo ANNO ,  Takanobu IWAMA ,  Shinya TOCHIKUBO ,  Eiji NAKASHIO ,  Naohiro ADACHI

IPC: G11B20/18 ,  G11B5/008 ,  G11B15/68 ,  H01Q1/24

Abstract: A cartridge memory is a cartridge memory used in a magnetic tape cartridge, including: an antenna unit; a storage unit that stores data; and a control unit that reads the data from the storage unit in response to a request from a recording/reproduction apparatus, adds an error correction code to the data, and transmits the obtained data via the antenna unit.

公开(公告)号：US20210366514A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-25

申请号：US16957290

申请日：2019-10-21

Applicant: Sony Corporation

Inventor： Shinya TOCHIKUBO ,  Takanobu IWAMA ,  Eiji NAKASHIO ,  Kazuo ANNO ,  Naohiro ADACHI

IPC: G11B5/78

Abstract: A cartridge memory is a cartridge memory used in a recording medium cartridge and includes an antenna section that induces an induced voltage by means of electromagnetic induction, a load modulation section including a load whose magnitude is variable, and a control section that measures the induced voltage and controls the load modulation section on the basis of the measured induced voltage.

公开(公告)号：US20210241793A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-05

申请号：US17053573

申请日：2019-03-08

Applicant: Sony Corporation

Inventor： Kazuo ANNO ,  Eiji NAKASHIO ,  Takanobu IWAMA ,  Naohiro ADACHI ,  Shinya TOCHIKUBO ,  Masayoshi ABE

IPC: G11B5/78 ,  G11B5/008

Abstract: A recording medium cartridge according to an embodiment of the present technology includes: an information recording medium; a first cartridge memory; and a second cartridge memory. The first cartridge memory is capable of storing first information relating to the information recording medium, and includes a non-contact communication medium capable of reading/writing the first information via a first communication device disposed in a drive device. The second cartridge memory is capable of storing second information relating to the information recording medium, and is configured to be capable of reading the second information via a second communication device.

公开(公告)号：US20220254370A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-11

申请号：US17052084

申请日：2020-01-06

Applicant: Sony Corporation

Inventor： Minoru YAMAGA ,  Eiji NAKASHIO ,  Kazuo ANNO ,  Takanobu IWAMA ,  Naohiro ADACHI ,  Shinya TOCHIKUBO

IPC: G11B5/008

Abstract: [Solving Means] A cartridge according to the present technology includes: a cartridge case; and a memory.
The cartridge case houses a magnetic tape. The memory is provided in the cartridge case, the memory storing information before data recording by the magnetic tape, the information being for adjusting, during data recording or during data reproduction by the magnetic tape, a width of the magnetic tape.

公开(公告)号：US20210034943A1

公开(公告)日：2021-02-04

申请号：US17046071

申请日：2019-03-28

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： Hiroaki NAKANO ,  Eiji NAKASHIO ,  Kazuo ANNO ,  Takanobu IWAMA ,  Shinya TOCHIKUBO ,  Naohiro ADACHI ,  Masayoshi ABE ,  Uichiro OMAE

IPC: G06K19/077 ,  G11B23/107

Abstract: A non-contact communication medium according to an embodiment of the present technology is a non-contact communication medium for a recording medium cartridge, including: a circuit component; a support substrate; and an antenna coil. The circuit component has a memory unit capable of storing management information relating to the recording medium cartridge therein. The support substrate supports the circuit component. The antenna coil includes a coil unit that is electrically connected to the circuit component and formed on the support substrate, an inductance value of the coil unit being 0.3 μH or more and 2.0 μH or less.

公开(公告)号：US20210027803A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-28

申请号：US16620756

申请日：2019-02-08

Applicant: Sony Corporation

Inventor： Naohiro ADACHI ,  Eiji NAKASHIO ,  Kazuo ANNO ,  Shinya TOCHIKUBO ,  Minoru YAMAGA ,  Takanobu IWAMA ,  Masayoshi ABE

IPC: G11B5/008 ,  G11B20/18 ,  G06F11/10

Abstract: A cartridge memory used for a tape cartridge includes: a communication unit that communicates with a recording and reproducing device using a wireless communication method defined by an ISO 14443-2 standard which is a wireless communication standard; a non-volatile memory with a storage capacity exceeding 16 KB; and a control unit that writes or reads data to or from the non-volatile memory on a word-by-word basis (2 bytes at a time) or on a block-by-block basis (32 bytes at a time). The non-volatile memory includes a plurality of memory banks each having a storage capacity of 128 KB or less. The control unit writes or reads data defined by a magnetic tape standard to or from one or two or more first memory banks among the plurality of the memory banks, and writes or reads additional data to or from one or two or more second memory banks other than the first memory bank.

公开(公告)号：US20220406340A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-22

申请号：US17889849

申请日：2022-08-17

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： Eiji NAKASHIO ,  Kazuo ANNO ,  Shinya TOCHIKUBO ,  Takanobu IWAMA

IPC: G11B27/30 ,  G11B23/03

Abstract: A cartridge is provided and includes tape-shaped magnetic recording medium; and cartridge memory; wherein cartridge memory includes communication unit that communicates with recording/reproducing device in state where cartridge is loaded on recording/reproducing device; storage unit; and control unit that stores, reads, and transmits information, wherein information includes manufacturing information of cartridge and adjustment information for adjusting a tension applied to the tape-shaped magnetic recording medium in a longitudinal direction of tape-shaped magnetic recording medium thereof, tape-shaped magnetic recording medium has a plurality of servo bands, and wherein a temperature expansion coefficient α of the tape-shaped magnetic recording medium satisfies 6 ppm/° C.

公开(公告)号：US20210249044A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-12

申请号：US16642720

申请日：2019-06-12

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： Eiji NAKASHIO ,  Kazuo ANNO ,  Takanobu IWAMA ,  Shinya TOCHIKUBO ,  Naohiro ADACHI

IPC: G11B5/78 ,  G11B15/43

Abstract: A cartridge according to the present technology includes: a cartridge case; and a memory. The cartridge case houses a magnetic tape. The memory is provided in the cartridge case, the memory storing information during data recording by the magnetic tape, the information being for adjusting a width of the magnetic tape during data reproduction by the magnetic tape.