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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 13, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shinya Kobayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Shigenori Yanagi, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/00 ;
Abstract
A power save mode control method for a storage unit which is loadable with recording mediums, having different formats, includes the steps of detecting whether or not a format of a recording medium loaded into the storage unit is a first format which is preset, and setting a clock frequency of a clock within the storage unit to a first frequency with respect to the recording medium having the first format when changing a mode of the storage unit to a power save mode if the loaded recording medium has the first format.