Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Akihiro Nishiyama

Tsutomu Egashira

Kouji Okada

Yuji Tanaka

Fuminobu Furukawa

Takehiko Ide

Takashi Takeda

Hiroki Kokubu

Hiroyuki Fukusako

Hidehito Nakamura

Norio Amamoto

Keisuke Shiba

Tetsuo Hayama

Takahisa Shiramizu

Syuji Narahara

An object of the present invention is to provide an optical disk reproducing method and apparatus which allows for influence on focus servo control and tracking servo control involved in outputting voice information. The optical disk reproducing apparatus includes an optical pickup, a tracking servo control for causing the optical pickup to trace a track on the optical disk, a focus servo control and a pair of speakers for outputting reproduced voice information to the outside. When an information determining unit determines that the reproduced information includes voice information, the tracking servo control and the focus servo control are operated so as to provide a servo characteristic suitable for reproduction of voice information by the speakers to thereby reproduce information in the optical disk.

Information reproducing method and apparatus with servo characteristic

A small-sized printer includes a printing section equipped with a shuttle head in which impact-type printing units are arranged in juxtaposition in a sub-scanning direction, a cylindrical cam for reciprocating the shuttle head in the sub-scanning direction, and paper feeding rollers for feeding a standard sheet in a main scanning direction; an input device for inputting information; a display device for displaying information; a RAM for storing information; and a CPU for controlling the printing section, the input section, the display device and the RAM and performing calculation on information. The printing section and the paper feeding rollers are provided in a body case in such a way as to be exposed where they are opposed to a case cover, which has a flat platen and spring members at positions opposed to the printing section, and ribs adapted to come into contact with the standard sheet and serving as a positioning device and as a sliding guide. The printing section provided in the body case has protrusions adapted to abut against the surface of the flat platen on the case cover. Spring members are provided to resiliently bias the flat platen against the protrusions, with a space being secured behind the flat platen.

Small-sized printer having multiple function motor

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Kurume, Japan

Akihiro Nishiyama