G11B 15/02
Control of operating function
Official title: Control of operating function, e.g. switching from recording to reproducing
G11B15/02 (Control of operating function) appears on 2,793 US grants and 448 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G11B- Granted patents
- 2,793
- Published applications
- 448
- Assignees
- 413
- Inventors
- 3,490
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 2002 | 77 | 44 |
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| 2024 | 7 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 |
| 2026 | 4 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G11B 15/05By sensing features present on or derived from record carrier or container1,178
- G11B 15/12Masking of heads636
- G11B 15/026By using processor466
- G11B 15/10Manually-operated control397
- G11B 15/023Remotely controlled187
- G11B 15/16By sensing presence, absence or position of record carrier or container137
- G11B 15/04Preventing, inhibiting, or warning against accidental erasing or double recording123
- G11B 15/03By using counters40
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- Method for transporting and storing batteries for diagnosing and dismantling batteries, a computing device on which the method is implemented, and a system comprising the computing device which implements such method6 Feb 2025US 2025/0042661 A1THOTH, Inc.
- Computer program, method, and system for managing multiple data recording devices16 Jan 2025US 2025/0022483 A1Digital Ally, Inc.
- Tape reader2 Jan 2025US 2025/0006224 A1Tape Ark
- Tape drive error recovery procedure selection based on humidity25 Jul 2024US 2024/0249750 A1International Business Machines Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Television schedule system1,133US 5,353,121 AStarsight Telecast, Inc. · 1994
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- TV recording and viewing control system876US 5,253,066 A1993
- System and method for automatic, unattended recording of cable television programs797US 5,151,789 AInsight Telecast, Inc. · 1992