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MDCP: Patent Abstact US05592449: Disc apparatus using character-based control codes in a table of contents

US05592449Disc apparatus using character-based control codes in a table of contents AssigneeCorporation Kenwood…

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MDCP: Patent Abstact US05602811: Musical information recording and reproducing technique for use with a recording medium having a UTOC area

US05602811Musical information recording and reproducing technique for use with a recording medium having a UTOC area…

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MDCP: Patent Abstact US05615187: Power saving method and apparatus for intermittently reading reproduction apparatus

US05615187Power saving method and apparatus for intermittently reading reproduction apparatus AssigneeSony Corporation…

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MDCP: Patent Abstact US05644563: Optical pickup system

US05644563Optical pickup system AssigneeLG Electronics Inc. Assign./FiledJuly 1, 1997/ June 7, 1995 InventorsYang; Keun Young…

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MDCP: Patent Abstact US05673247: Optical pickup having two objective lenses

US05673247Optical pickup having two objective lenses AssigneeSharp Corporation Assign./FiledSept. 30, 1997/ Nov. 27, 1996…

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MDCP: Patent Abstact US05680379: Information reproduction apparatus having means to control maximum delay of information being read from memory

US05680379Information reproduction apparatus having means to control maximum delay of information being read from memory…

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MDCP: Patent Abstact US05689704: Recording medium, recording/playback device which uses commands in character string form for audio system control

US05689704Recording medium, recording/playback device which uses commands in character string form for audio system control…

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MDCP: Patent Abstact US05699336: Reproducing apparatus having buffer memory and capable of rapidly restarting reproduction and method of controlling the apparatus

US05699336Reproducing apparatus having buffer memory and capable of rapidly restarting reproduction and method of controlling…

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MDCP: Patent Abstact US05706262: Recording and reproducing apparatus that allows user reordering of the sequence that data is reproduced from the disc and that automatically reorders the remaining data after data defined by the user has been erased

US05706262Recording and reproducing apparatus that allows user reordering of the sequence that data is reproduced from the disc…

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MDCP: Patent Abstact US05734792: Enhancement method for a coarse quantizer in the ATRAC

US05734792Enhancement method for a coarse quantizer in the ATRAC AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.…

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MDCP: Patent Abstact US05737297: Optical head

US05737297Optical head AssigneeSharp Corporation Assign./FiledApril 7, 1998/ Feb. 11, 1997 InventorsMashiyama; Tomio, Katayama;…

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MDCP: Patent Abstact US05784349: Musical information recording and reproducing technique for use with a recording medium

US05784349Musical information recording and reproducing technique for use with a recording medium AssigneeYamaha Corporation…

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MDCP: Patent Abstact US05819211: Adaptive transform acoustic coding circuit formed in a single application specific integrated circuit of a mini disk system

US05819211Adaptive transform acoustic coding circuit formed in a single application specific integrated circuit of a mini disk…

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MDCP: Patent Abstact US05825320: Gain control method for audio encoding device

US05825320Gain control method for audio encoding device AssigneeSony Corporation Assign./FiledOct. 20, 1998/ March 13, 1997…

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MDCP: Patent Abstact US05844882: Recording medium, address recording method and apparatus, and recording/reproducing method and apparatus for reducing crosstalk of addressing signals

US05844882Recording medium, address recording method and apparatus, and recording/reproducing method and apparatus for reducing…

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MDCP: Patent Abstact US05856930: Disc-shaped recording medium, disc recording apparatus and disc reproducing apparatus

US05856930Disc-shaped recording medium, disc recording apparatus and disc reproducing apparatus AssigneeSony Corporation…

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MDCP: Patent Abstact US05889745: Method for calculating a play time of a disc reproducing apparatus

US05889745Method for calculating a play time of a disc reproducing apparatus AssigneeSony Corporation Assign./FiledMarch 30,…

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MDCP: Patent Abstact US05901119: Recording apparatus, playback apparatus and recording medium having a management area with program position and playback information

US05901119Recording apparatus, playback apparatus and recording medium having a management area with program position and…

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MDCP: Patent Abstact US05940352: Record medium device for recording and reproducing time codes synchronized with input/reproduction signals into and from record medium having UTOC area, and record medium having UTOC area

US05940352Record medium device for recording and reproducing time codes synchronized with input/reproduction signals into and…

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MDCP: Patent Abstact US05960390: Coding method for using multi channel audio signals

US05960390Coding method for using multi channel audio signals AssigneeSony Corporation Assign./FiledSept. 28, 1999/ Oct. 2, 1996…

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MDCP: Patent Abstact US05963521: Recording and/or reproducing method and apparatus with dubbing mode

US05963521Recording and/or reproducing method and apparatus with dubbing mode AssigneeSony Corporation Assign./FiledOct. 5,…

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MDCP: Patent Abstact US05974379: Methods and apparatus for gain controlling waveform elements ahead of an attack portion and waveform elements of a release portion

US05974379Methods and apparatus for gain controlling waveform elements ahead of an attack portion and waveform elements of a…

Explanation · MiniDisc.org · Historical

MDCP: Patent Abstact US06005659: Mini-disc laser power meter and method of making the same

US06005659Mini-disc laser power meter and method of making the same AssigneeSony Corporation Assign./FiledDec. 21, 1999/ Dec.…

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MDCP: Patent Abstact US06009062: Disc player for minidisc and compact disc playback

US06009062Disc player for minidisc and compact disc playback AssigneeVictor Company of Japan, Ltd. Assign./FiledDec. 28, 1999/…

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MDCP: Patent Abstact US06035367: Computer file system providing looped file structure for post-occurrence data collection of asynchronous events

US06035367Computer file system providing looped file structure for post-occurrence data collection of asynchronous events…

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MDCP: Patent Abstact US06097557: Method and apparatus for recording compressed audio data on recording medium and method for transferring compressed audio data

US06097557Method and apparatus for recording compressed audio data on recording medium and method for transferring compressed…

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MDCP: Patent Abstact US06138101: Method of encoding digital data

US06138101Method of encoding digital data AssigneeSharp Corporation Assign./FiledOct. 24, 2000/ Dec. 4, 1997 InventorsFujii;…

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MDCP: Patent Abstact US06157434: Movie film having two digital audio data recording areas along its longitudinal direction

US06157434Movie film having two digital audio data recording areas along its longitudinal direction AssigneeSony Corporation…

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MDCP: Patent Abstact US06205104: Recording/reproducing apparatus for compressed data

US06205104Recording/reproducing apparatus for compressed data AssigneeSony Corporation Assign./FiledMarch 20, 2001/ Sept. 29,…

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MDCP: Patent Abstact USD0364884: Video camera combined with optical magnetic disc recorder

USD0364884Video camera combined with optical magnetic disc recorder AssigneeSony Corporation Assign./FiledDec. 5, 1995/ March…

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MDCP: Patent Abstact USD0368908: Optical and magnetic disc recorder

USD0368908Optical and magnetic disc recorder AssigneeSony Corporation Assign./FiledApril 16, 1996/ Dec. 27, 1994…

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MDCP: Patent Abstact USRE034710: Magneto-optical recording apparatus

USRE034710Magneto-optical recording apparatus AssigneeSony Corporation Assign./FiledAug. 30, 1994/ July 16, 1993…

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MJ Audio Technology Magazine MDS-JA3ES Technical Report

MJ (Musen & Jikken -- "Wireless and Experiment") Audio Technology Magazine Technical Report The Signal Compression Technology…

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Multiplex Filter vs ATRAC

Jacques Bouliane ([email protected]) This concerns the effect of any residual FM-stereo subcarrier on ATRAC compression. I have…

Explanation · MiniDisc Wiki · Needs review

NetMD & USB connectivity

What is NetMD? NetMD is the USB interface that was used for tranferring audio to a MiniDisc via a computer. How did it work? Most NetMD recorders used USB Mini-B to connect to a PC. Some used full size USB Type-B, and ot

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pickup

1998/9/29 Panasonic Press release of new 1 beam pickup design 1998/9/29 Panasonic Press release of new 1 beam pickup design (MiniDisc Wiki mirror) Page 2 (details) Page 2 (details) (MiniDisc Wiki mirror) [Patent] Domesti

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prototype

Below is a list of unreleased prototype MD units and info on where they were mentioned: Stereo Review Stereo Buyers Guide 1993 pg.6 There were 1-2 other MD prototype units from the early days. MZ DR10 prototype which see

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Serial Copy Management System (SCMS)

Due to music industry (and political) pressure, Sony added a copy protection system, SCMS, to the MiniDisc format. This system sent a signal via SPDIF (digital optical and coaxial audio) to ask the receiving equipment no

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Signals that Trip-up ATRAC

SQAM Signals A set of EBU SQAM recordings ("Sound Quality Assessment Material") represent particularly difficult audio signals…

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SONY ATRAC

Based on the machine translation of this Japanese page (last updated November 21, 2000) https://web.archive.org/web/19991113205042/http://www.sanyo.co.jp/koho/hypertext4/9711news-j/1112lc8.html All ATRAC1 will playback o