Fujitsu Corporation

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Hitoshi Komoriya

Yutaka Nakamura

Takao Hirahara

Hiroyuki Suzuki

Tetsuo Koezuka

Akihiko Yabuki

Kazuo Asakawa

Takayuki Kawabe

Koichi Tezuka

Toru Yokohata

Hiroto Takeshita

Eiji Kitagawa

Nobuhiko Onda

Isamu Watanabe

Arata Ejiri

Yoshiro Goto

Tadashi Akita

Fumio Tabata

Koichi Oikawa

Yasuhiro Kitade

Toru Kamada

Mitsuru Shiraishi

Kouichi Oikawa

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process includes acquiring first sound data collected by a first microphone and second sound data collected by a second microphone during traveling of a vehicle in which the first microphone is provided in vicinity of a front wheel and the second microphone is provided in vicinity of a rear wheel; and detecting a cavity under a road surface where the vehicle has traveled based on a difference between the acquired first sound data and the acquired second sound data.

Storage medium, road surface condition estimation method, and information processing apparatus

A recording method for a disk device includes the following steps. Sequential data is written into the medium along the track in a predetermined radial direction. Information indicating an end position along the track where the end of the sequential data is written into is stored. The information is read when additional sequential data is to be written into the medium. The additional data is written from a position along the track next to the end position indicated by the information in the predetermined radial direction. The information is updated so as to indicate an end position along the track where the end of the additional sequential data is written into.

Recording method for a disk device having recording regions different in recording density

A magnetic pattern transfer method is disclosed. A magnetic pattern transfer master having a plurality of magnetic portions preformed with predetermined magnetic patterns is brought in proximity to a magnetic recording medium having a magnetic film to record the magnetic information, and a magnetic field is applied from an external source thereby to transfer the magnetic patterns to the magnetic recording medium. In order to improve the closeness between the magnetic film of the magnetic recording medium and the magnetic portions of the magnetic pattern transfer master, the magnetic patterns are transferred to the magnetic film of the magnetic recording medium during the process of fabricating the magnetic recording medium. Also, using a magnetic pattern transfer master with the width of each pattern groove of the magnetic patterns smaller than the width of a corresponding pattern protrusion, the relative position of the magnetic pattern transfer master is displaced, while at the same time transferring the magnetic patterns to the magnetic film of the magnetic recording medium a plurality of times.

Magnetic pattern transfer method

A process for fabricating a patterned medium including a dot-forming step for forming a dot array constituted by sample magnetic dots having a predetermined size such as a single domain particle size determined theoretically from the magnetic metal thin for a sample medium having a magnetic metal film formed with the initial conditions; a demagnetization step for AC-demagnetizing the dot array; a ratio measurement step for measuring the ratio of single magnetic domains by observing the magnetic pattern of each of the sample dots after the AC-demagnetization; and an adjustment step for determining conditions of the sputtering apparatus for forming a solid state magnetic metal thin film by adjusting the film-forming conditions such that the ratio of the single magnetic domains equals to or exceeds a predetermined value.

Patterned medium, method for fabricating same and method for evaluating same

The present invention provides a master disk that can easily be brought into contact with and separated from a magnetic recording medium, and can accommodate foreign matters. This master disk transfers a predetermined magnetic pattern onto a magnetic recording medium that can record magnetic information. In the master disk, there are a magnetic pattern formation region in which the magnetic pattern is formed, and a blank region in which the magnetic pattern is not formed. A concave portion for accommodating foreign matters is formed in at least one part of the blank region.

Master disk for transferring magnetic pattern and magnetic recording medium

A master medium is utilized in a magnetic transfer apparatus. The master medium is superposed on a blank magnetic medium. A predetermined magnetic field is then applied to the master medium. The magnetic flux leaks from the master medium between adjacent magnetic pieces on the master medium. The leaked magnetic flux acts on the magnetic medium. The magnetization is accordingly established on the surface of the magnetic medium. Here, spaces can be reduced between the adjacent magnetic pieces on the master medium. Magnetization of a sufficient intensity can reliably be established on the magnetic medium.

Master medium for magnetic transfer and magnetic disk and magnetic disk drive

A method for manufacturing a master used for a magnetic transfer, the method including the following steps: A first-master manufacturing step of manufacturing a first master including a predetermined magnetic pattern based on magnetic information; a magnetic-pattern transferring step of transferring the magnetic pattern to a magnetic recording medium by using the first master; an error confirming step of confirming an amount of a transfer error between the magnetic pattern transferred to the magnetic recording medium and the predetermined magnetic pattern; and a second-master manufacturing step of manufacturing a second master as an authentic master based on a correction magnetic pattern so formed as to offset the amount of the transfer error.

Magnetic pattern transferring method for performing a magnetic pattern transfer

An optical disk apparatus includes an objective lens system for producing a beam spot on an optical disk, a slider movable relative to the optical disk, and a fine tracking mechanism for shifting the beam spot in a radial direction of the optical disk. The objective lens system is composed of a first lens and a second lens. The second lens is held by the slider and disposed closer to the optical disk than the first lens is. The tracking mechanism shifts the second lens in the radial direction of the optical disk for tracking control.

Optical disk apparatus with fine tracking mechanism

A writer for head positioning information, or a so-called servo track writer allows the read gap to follow a track which has been established on a recording medium or disk. As long as the read gap keeps following the existing track, the write gap is allowed to move along a path extending in parallel with the existing track. The write gap is utilized to write head positioning or servo information into the recording medium along the path. Even when the recording medium suffers from vibration or the like, the read gap can follow the track. The head positioning information can thus be written into the recording medium so as to establish a head positioning pattern at a higher positional accuracy.

Writer for head positioning information over recording medium

A magnetic-pattern transferring method is a method for transferring a magnetic pattern to a magnetic recording medium. The method comprises steps as follows. In a master transferring step, a magnetic field is applied to a master placed close to the magnetic recording medium. The magnetic field excites a magnetic layer having a pattern patterned on the master according to the magnetic pattern. Thereby, the pattern of the magnetic layer is transferred to the magnetic recording medium. In a pattern-difference measuring step, a magnetic condition of the magnetic recording medium is measured so as to measure a magnetically different part between the pattern transferred to the magnetic recording medium and the magnetic pattern. In a magnetic transferring step, a pattern transfer is performed to the magnetic recording medium by using the master while applying the magnetic field so as to correct a magnetic condition of the magnetically different part.

Magnetic pattern transferring method for performing a magnetic pattern transfer while correcting a magnetically different part

A magnetic transfer apparatus is utilized to establish magnetization on the surface of a magnetic disk. A support mechanism supports the magnetic disk in the magnetic transfer apparatus. A magnetizing mechanism is designed to get opposed to the magnetic disk held by the support mechanism. The magnetizing mechanism applies a magnetic field of variable intensity in response to a change of position in the radial direction of the magnetic disk. The magnetic transfer apparatus enables establishment of a magnetic field of an appropriate intensity at any positions in the radial direction of the magnetic disk. Magnetization of a constant intensity can be established over the surface of the magnetic disk irrespective of a position in the radial direction of the magnetic disk. The magnetic transfer apparatus alone serves to establish a servo pattern of a clear magnetization on the magnetic disk.

Magnetic transfer apparatus for establishing magnetic pattern on magnetic disk

A non-magnetic substrate for a magnetic recording medium is formed or molded within a die. The die is designed to define embedment depressions on the surface of the resulting non-magnetic substrate. Any bumps or lugs formed on the inner surface of the die can be employed to form the embedment depressions on the non-magnetic substrate. A magnetic material fills the individual embedment depression so as to establish a magnetic block embedded into the surface of the non-magnetic substrate. The magnetic block can be utilized as a positional mark in a tracking servo control for a corresponding read/write head in a magnetic storage system.

Method of making magnetic recording medium utilizing die

A centering apparatus for centering a disk about a center member such as a shaft or hub includes a plurality of pairs of actuator units. The actuator units of each of the pairs faces each other through the disk. Each of the actuator units has a member which moves linearly and can come into contact with the disk.

Centering apparatus and method

There is provided a micro actuator displacing a micro portion by use of an electrostatic force, the micro actuator comprising a first stationary part; a displacement part spaced apart from the first stationary part by a predetermined distance in a confronting manner, the displacememt part being displaceable relative to the first stationary part; a second stationary part; the lock parts being displaceable relative to the second stationary part; wherein the displacement part is displaced by application of a voltage between the first stationary part and the displacement part, the lock parts being displaced by application of a voltage between the second stationary part and the lock parts, and wherein the lock parts clamp the displacement part with no voltage applied, the lock parts releasing the displacement part with a voltage applied.

Micro actuator having clamping parts

An apparatus for assembling a semiconductor device including a stage having a substrate support surface for supporting a substrate, and a support member for carrying a semiconductor element to a position on or near the substrate supported by the stage. A microscope unit having a coaxial illuminating unit is arranged inclined to the substrate support surface of the stage, and a counter illuminating unit is arranged inclined on the opposite side from the microscope unit with respect to a normal to the substrate support surface of the stage. A camera is arranged at an image forming position of the microscope unit,and an image processing unit is connected to the camera. The substrate has a positioning mark, and the camera acquires an image of the positioning mark and an image of a reflection of the positioning mark reflected by the side surface of the semiconductor element.

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Kawasaki, Japan

Hitoshi Komoriya