Abstract:
Optical data storage media containing a "dark" layer structure are disclosed. Layered metals and metal oxides provide a dark background that enhances detection of changes in the data layer of the storage media. Combinations such as chromium metal and chromium oxide, and molybdenum metal and molybdenum oxide are offered as examples of suitable materials.
Abstract:
Optical information media containing a magnesium metal layer and a reactive material layer are disclosed. The magnesium metal can react directly with the reactive material layer, or with a chemical evolved from the reactive material layer after application of energy from a source such as a laser.
Abstract:
An optical article comprising a plurality of optically detectable marks disposed on a surface of the optical article; a removable electrical device disposed on the surface of the optical article; wherein the electrical device is operatively coupled to the optical article; and wherein the electrical device is configured to interact with an activation signal when brought in direct contact with a communication device that applies the activation signal to the electrical device. A removable electrical device is also provided. A system and a method for activation are also provided.
Abstract:
Embodiments of the present invention provide a coding system that codes data according to a pair of coding chains. A first coding chain generates coded video data that can be decoded by itself to represent a source video sequence of a small size, such as a size sufficient to support the real time playback and display features of a video editing application. The second coding chain generates coded video data representing supplementary data, which when decoded in conjunction with the coded video data of the first coding chain, yields the source video sequence for full-size display. The output of the first coding chain may be stored in memory in a file structure that can be accessed independently of the second chain's output and, therefore, it facilitates real time decoding and playback.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a system for recording a marking in the readout area of an optical media, wherein the marking does not interfere, or substantially interfere, with the readout of data from the optical media. The system disclosed herein is supportive of commercial production requirements. Markings may contain content as desired by the user of the system, including text, graphics, or other items. The marking is formed in a photosensitive coating that is applied to the optical media, and then cured with a first light. A second light, having a substantially separate band of wavelengths from the first light, is used to image a marking into the coating. The coating is robust to many external influences, such as ambient environmental conditions, and physical wear.
Abstract:
An optically readable media and packaging therefor, where the media includes a material that over time undergoes at least one of a chemical change or a physical change to render unreadable the optically readable media. The media is sealed within the packaging with a source of a chemical compound that inhibits the change, and the media is also sealed within the packaging with a getter of the chemical compound that over time absorbs said chemical compound, or which a substance that over time renders unreactive a reactive chemical compound. In a further embodiment the media is sealed within the packaging with a getter of a chemical compound that promotes the change. In this case the getter absorbs the chemical compound until saturated with the chemical compound, after which the concentration of the chemical compound until saturated with the chemical compound, after which the concentration of the chemical compound increases until the media is rendered unreadable. As non-limiting examples, the chemical compound may be NMP, DMF, acetone, or HCl. In another embodiment the media further includes a diffusion barrier that inhibits but does not prevent the chemical compound from reaching a layer of the media that over time undergoes at least one of a chemical change or a physical change to render unreadable the optically readable media, while in another embodiment the source of the chemical compound includes the diffusion barrier. In a further embodiment the media includes a first layer that over time undergoes the at least one of a chemical change or a physical change, a second layer that contains the source of a chemical compound that promotes the change, and the diffusion barrier is interposed between the first layer and the second layer.
Abstract:
The invention refers to an optical storage medium from which information can be read out and/or into which information can be recorded with a light beam (6), said optical storage medium comprising one or more base members (1) bearing on the side of the base members (1) on which the light beam (6) is incident, one or more information storage layers (3), at least one light-transmissive cover film (5) and one or more light-transmissive adhesive layers (4) bonding said cover films (5) to each other, to the surface (2) of the base members (1) on which the light beam (6) is incident and/or to one or more information storage layers (3), at least one of said adhesive layers being obtained by applying a curable liquid precursor of said adhesive with subsequent curing, said cover films (5) exhibiting a vertical birefringence of less than 0.001 at 20 DEG C at least at the wavelength or wavelength spectrum, respectively, of said light beam (6).
Abstract:
An optical media such as an optical tape includes a substrate, a pre-format layer on one side of the substrate, and a back side coating. The back side coating is optically transparent and is electrically conductive. One of the substrate and the pre-format layer is between the back side coating and the other one of the substrate and the pre-format layer.
Abstract:
A method for forming an optical tape for data storage from a substrate film includes a step of patterning a curable liquid composition onto a side of the substrate film. Characteristically, the curable liquid composition includes a free radical photoinitiator and a polymerizable component that includes at least one acrylate. The curable liquid composition is illuminated with actinic radiation to form a patterned imprint layer disposed over the substrate film. A multilayer data recording assembly is placed over the imprint layer. An optical tape made by the method is also provided.
Abstract:
An optical data recording medium (100) includes a substrate (220), and a coating (230) established on the substrate (220). The coating (230) is made up of a plurality of nanoparticles (240) having a light absorption maxima within a first waveband; and i) an absorber (238) having a light absorption maxima within the first waveband, or ii) a contrast agent (232) having a light absorption maxima within the first waveband or within a second waveband that is different from the first waveband, or iii) a combination of i and ii.