公开(公告)号：JP2002150741A

公开(公告)日：2002-05-24

申请号：JP2000347284

申请日：2000-11-14

Applicant: SONY CORP

Inventor： KANO YASUAKI ,  MAEKAWA KATSUMI ,  MITANI TOKUJI ,  KUROKAWA TOSHIYA ,  FUJIMORI MOTOYOSHI ,  TAKI RYOJI

IPC: G11B23/107 ,  G11B23/30

Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable properly performing setting of parameters required for recording/reproducing a magnetic tape in accordance with the kind of the magnetic tape in a tape cartridge provided with a single reel and to enable surely detecting the end of the magnetic tape. SOLUTION: The magnetic tape 4 has reader tapes 9, 10 respectively on the end side which is rewound on the center of a tape reel 5 and the beginning side which is positioned on the outer peripheral side of the tape reel 5 and a stripe 17 for discriminating medium is formed on each one of the reader tapes 9, 10.

公开(公告)号：JP2002150740A

公开(公告)日：2002-05-24

申请号：JP2000340403

申请日：2000-11-02

Applicant: SONY CORP

Inventor： MITANI TOKUJI ,  KANO YASUAKI ,  MAEKAWA KATSUMI ,  KUROKAWA TOSHIYA ,  FUJIMORI MOTOYOSHI ,  TAKI RYOJI

IPC: G11B23/107 ,  G11B15/675

Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable to manually rewind a magnetic tape into a tape cartridge. SOLUTION: This tape cartridge is provided with an operation part 126 which is operable from the outside of the cartridge 2 by using a driver 140, an operation arm 134 which is operated by the operation part 126 and releases the lock of a reel lock mechanism 112 and a gear 124 for rotational operation of tape reel which is operated succeeding to the reel lock release operation by the operation arm 134 and rotationally operates the tape reel 6 in the tape rewind direction.

公开(公告)号：JPH10188538A

公开(公告)日：1998-07-21

申请号：JP35446896

申请日：1996-12-19

Applicant: SONY CORP

Inventor： KUROKAWA TOSHIYA ,  KODAMA MASAHIRO ,  KANO YASUAKI ,  ISOMURA KYOICHI ,  YAMAGISHI TAKETOSHI ,  TAKI RYOJI

IPC: G11B15/68 ,  G11B27/00 ,  G11B27/10 ,  G11B27/11 ,  G11B27/34 ,  G11B27/36

Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently read identification information of a recording medium cartridge. SOLUTION: The reader 5 of identification information of a recording medium cartridge 1 is provided with a judging means 5a to judge whether the recording medium cartridge 1 has an identifying information memory means 4 for storing the identifying information of a memory medium 3 or not and an information reading means 5b for reading identifying information of the identifying information memory means 4. In the course before the information reading means 5b reads the identifying information of the identifying information memory means 4, whether the recording medium cartridge 1 has the identifying information memory means 4 or not is judged by the judging means 5a, and only when the recording medium cartridge 1 has the identifying information memory means 4, the information reading means 5b reads the identifying information of the identification information memory means 4. This eliminates the wasting of time and labor required for the reading of the identification information while preventing problems (deterioration damage and the like) caused in the information reading means 5b attributed to an attempt to read the identification information with respect to the recording medium cartridge 1 having to identification information memory means 4.

公开(公告)号：JPH1055589A

公开(公告)日：1998-02-24

申请号：JP22737496

申请日：1996-08-12

Applicant: SONY CORP

Inventor： KANO YASUAKI ,  TAKI RYOJI ,  KUROKAWA TOSHIYA ,  YAMAGISHI TAKETOSHI ,  ISOMURA KYOICHI ,  KIMURA MAKOTO

IPC: G11B15/68

Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To record and/or reproduce a memory incorporated in the cassette without loading each recording medium cassette into drive. SOLUTION: This is the cassette delivery mechanism 9 for delivering the recording medium cassette 2 with a cassette housing part for housing the recording medium cassette 2, and is provided with a recording/reproducing device 20 for the memory incorporated in the cassette, having a connector 41 to be in contact with a memory terminal provided on the recording medium cassette 2 for the purpose of recording and/or reproducing the memory incorporated in the recording medium cassette 2.

公开(公告)号：JPH1049948A

公开(公告)日：1998-02-20

申请号：JP21805996

申请日：1996-07-31

Applicant: SONY CORP

Inventor： KUROKAWA TOSHIYA ,  TAKI RYOJI ,  YAMAGISHI TAKETOSHI ,  KANO YASUAKI ,  ISOMURA KYOICHI

IPC: G11B15/68

Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate the fall-off of a recording medium cassette in the process on a cassette incorporating mechanism for incorporating the recording medium cassette to the inside from the outside. SOLUTION: The cassette incorporating mechanism 14, which is provided in an external casing for incorporating the recording medium cassette 2 from the outside, is furnished with a cassette track 15 having a cassette housing room 16 opened facing outward in the state accepting the recording medium cassettes 2 from the outside and a rotation driving mechanism for rotating the cassette track 15. This rotation driving mechanism is provided with a rack member 17 and a spurgear 22 to feed it, thereby the recording medium cassette 2 housed in the cassette track 15 is inversely turned by means of rotating the cassette track 15 so that the opening of the cassette housing room 16 is passed through the upper side.

公开(公告)号：JPH1049947A

公开(公告)日：1998-02-20

申请号：JP21806196

申请日：1996-07-31

Applicant: SONY CORP

Inventor： KUROKAWA TOSHIYA ,  KODAMA MASAHIRO ,  RIKUKAWA HITOSHI ,  TAKI RYOJI ,  YAMAGISHI TAKETOSHI ,  SAITO AKIRA ,  KANO YASUAKI ,  ISOMURA KYOICHI

IPC: G11B15/68 ,  G11B15/675

Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To forcedly eject a recording medium cassette when the recording medium cassette is not ejected to a prescribed position, in the cassette drive provided with a cassette loading mechanism for making the recording medium cassette land on a driving mechanism by making it move in the almost right angle direction against the pull-in direction after the recording medium cassette inserted to a cassette port is pulled in the inserting direction. SOLUTION: This cassette drive is provided with a position sensor 30 for detecting that the recording medium cassette 2 exists in the position ejectable by only the almost linear movement in the ejecting direction and the mechanism 15 forcedly ejecting the cassette for making the recording medium cassette 2 move to the ejecting direction, and it is constituted in such a manner that the recording medium cassette 2 is forcedly ejected by operating the cassette forcedly ejecting mechanism 15 when the recording medium cassette 2 is not ejected in spite of issuing the ejecting instruction to the cassette drive and also when the position sensor 30 detects that the ejection is allowed only by making the recording medium cassette 2 linearly move to the ejecting direction.

公开(公告)号：JPH09167414A

公开(公告)日：1997-06-24

申请号：JP34883495

申请日：1995-12-19

Applicant: SONY CORP

Inventor： KUROKAWA TOSHIYA ,  DAIBA JIYOUICHI ,  KANO YASUAKI ,  MAEKAWA KATSUMI ,  KUBOTA YOSHIYASU

IPC: G11B15/68

Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance management capability and to reduce cost by performing various kinds of management in using information of a nonvolatile memory in each tape cassette in a state of housing plural tape cassettes in a rack. SOLUTION: In this tape library system, connectors 65a, 65b,... are provided on individual shelves 62a, 62b,... of the rack 30. Thus, in the state of housing the plural cassettes 1 in the rack 30, information of the nonvolatile memories 4 incorporated in the tape cassettes 1 respectively can be read out. By using this information, various kinds of management, such as rearrangement of the tape cassettes in prescribed order, management of information recorded on the tape cassettes and discrimination of vacant capacities in the tape cassettes, etc., can be carried out.

公开(公告)号：JPH09161450A

公开(公告)日：1997-06-20

申请号：JP33995795

申请日：1995-12-04

Applicant: SONY CORP

Inventor： MAEKAWA KATSUMI ,  DAIBA JIYOUICHI ,  KUROKAWA TOSHIYA ,  KANO YASUAKI ,  KUBOTA YOSHIYASU

IPC: G11B23/30 ,  G11B27/00

Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To add the data of a cassette tape itself to the cassette tape. SOLUTION: A cassette 1 incorporates a non-volatile memory 4. The memory 4 stores such information as the volume, partition, and vendor of a tape 3 and a user region stores tape information consisting of the electric characteristic information of the tape 3, damage information, usage history information for a drive, and data delivery information. By adjusting the characteristics of the drive according to the electrical characteristic information being read, the difference in the characteristics for every tape can be absorbed. By reading the damage information before loading a tape, the access speed can be increased. Also, since the housing destination information is stored, the search time can be reduced. Further, when using the cassette tape with a tape changer having a plurality of drives, the usage history information can be analyzed and the device can be maintained and managed.

公开(公告)号：JPH09134561A

公开(公告)日：1997-05-20

申请号：JP31466995

申请日：1995-11-08

Applicant: SONY CORP

Inventor： KUROKAWA TOSHIYA ,  DAIBA JIYOUICHI ,  OTA SATOSHI ,  SAKAMA MITSUNORI ,  MAEKAWA KATSUMI

IPC: G11B15/10

Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a detection angle width from deviating due to mounting errors. SOLUTION: A reflecting photosensor 6 and reflecting photosensors 7A, 7B are set. Reflecting patterns 4A-4C are detected by the reflecting photosensor 6. Then, a reflecting pattern 5 is detected by the reflecting photosensors 7A, 7B. A position is detected by the reflecting photosensor 6. Finally, a position code at the time is output from the reflecting photosensors 7A, 7B. Accordingly, a deviation of a position detection width generated because of mounting errors is suppressed.

公开(公告)号：JPH09106596A

公开(公告)日：1997-04-22

申请号：JP26594795

申请日：1995-10-13

Applicant: SONY CORP

Inventor： SAKAMA MITSUNORI ,  DAIBA JIYOUICHI ,  OTA SATOSHI ,  KUROKAWA TOSHIYA ,  MAEKAWA KATSUMI

IPC: G11B15/665

Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To miniaturize a device main body and also to secure the sure pressurized contact between a magnetic tape and the sliding surface of a drum type magnetic head by providing 1st -3rd transmission mechanisms having transmission gears respectively and drawing out the magnetic tape to each magnetic tape operating mechanism through each transmission gear. SOLUTION: The 1st transmission mechanism 22 is driven by a driving mechanism 21, and the magnetic tape 4 at the side of a tape feeding reel 8 is drawn out by the 1st magnetic tape operating mechanism 25 while being moved by the 1st transmission mechanism 22. The 2nd transmission mechanism 23 is driven by the 1st transmission mechanism 22, and the magnetic tape 4 is drawn out onto the sliding surface of the drum type magnetic head 18 and abutted thereon by the 2nd magnetic tape operating mechanisms 26, 27 while being moved by the 2nd transmission mechanism 23. The 3rd transmission mechanism 24 is operated for driving by the 2nd transmission mechanism 23, and the magnetic tape 4 at the side of a tape winding reel 9 is wound by the 3rd magnetic tape operating mechanisms 28, 29 while being moved by the 3rd transmission mechanism 24.