Sony Corporation

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Tatsuto Suetomi

Kazuhito Kurita

Kunio Shimizu

Kensaku Ishizuka

Masayoshi Mizuno

Hiroyuki Kawahara

Katsuyoshi Onishi

Kazuo Miura

Naoyuki Miyada

Kiyoto Shibuya

Issei Chigusa

There are provided a main beam direction determining device, a main beam direction determining method, and a program each of which is capable of shortening a time required for determination of a main beam direction of a head-mounted display. A secondary candidate sector selecting portion selects a part of a plurality of primary candidates as secondary candidates in response to a posture of an HMD. A sector level sweep processing executing portion determines a main beam direction of the HMD based on communication qualities when communications by the respective secondary candidates are performed from the secondary candidates.

Main beam direction determining device, head-mounted display, main beam direction determining method, and program

In a storage system, client devices and storage devices are connected to a network. An application for controlling the recording function of the storage device is installed on the client device. The client device, which accesses the storage device, is provided with a user interface with which a user operates the storage device. The storage device has a network attached storage (NAS) function and a recording function, and the storage device has no interface of its own with which to operate. A plurality of the storage devices are connectable to the network. When the client device registers the plurality of storage devices connected to the network, the client device accesses the plurality of storage devices registered and provides the user with a single user interface.

Storage system

An apparatus for recording and/or reproducing a disk-shaped optical recording medium such as a magneto-optical disk includes recording and/or reproducing unit, a moving unit and a controller. The recording and/or reproducing unit records input information on the disk-shaped optical recording medium loaded on the apparatus and reads out information recorded on the optical recording medium. The moving unit moves the recording and/or reproducing unit in the radius direction of the disk-shaped optical recording medium. The controller controls a recording and/or reproducing operation of the recording and/or reproducing unit and an operation of the moving unit. The controller controls the moving unit such that a moving speed for moving the recording and/or reproducing unit by the moving unit when the recording and/or reproducing unit records input information on the disk-shaped optical recording medium is lowered as compared with a moving speed for moving the recording and/or reproducing unit by the moving unit when the recording and/or reproducing unit reproduces the disk-shaped optical recording medium.

Optical recording/reproducing device having a controller for reducing

A reproducing apparatus for a disc-shaped recording medium having digital audio signals recorded in a compressed form includes an optical head, a spindle motor, a servo control unit, a decoder, a memory and a controller. The optical head radiates a light beam on the disc-shaped recording medium for reading out data recorded on the disc-shaped recording medium. The spindle motor rotationally drives the disc-shaped recording medium at a constant linear velocity. The servo control unit servo-controls the optical head and the spindle motor based upon error signals generated on the basis of output signal of the optical head. The decoder decodes output signals of the optical head. The memory transiently stores output data of the decoder and the data stored in the memory is read out at a readout rate slower than the write rate of the data outputted from the decoder. The controller controls the optical head and the memory so that, by alternately setting a first period during which data recorded on the disc-shaped recording medium is read out by the optical head and written in the memory and a second period during which readout of data recorded on the disc-shaped recording medium by the optical head is discontinued and only readout of the data stored in the memory is made, the data recorded on the disc-shaped recording medium is read out intermittently. The controller discontinues the operation of the servo control unit during the second period.

Disc reproducing apparatus

An apparatus for recording and/or reproducing a disk-shaped optical recording medium such as a magneto-optical disk includes a recording and/or reproducing unit, a moving unit and a controller. The recording and/or reproducing unit records input information on the disk-shaped optical recording medium loaded on the apparatus and reads out information recorded on the optical recording medium. The moving unit moves the recording and/or reproducing unit in the radius direction of the disk-shaped optical recording medium. The controller controls a recording and/or reproducing operation of the recording and/or reproducing unit and an operation of the moving unit. The controller controls the moving unit such that a moving speed for moving the recording and/or reproducing unit by the moving unit when the recording and/or reproducing unit records input information on the disk-shaped optical recording medium is lowered as compared with a moving speed for moving the recording and/or reproducing unit by the moving unit when the recording and/or reproducing unit reproduces the disk-shaped optical recording medium.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Tatsuto Suetomi