Disk apparatus having improved performance in reaching target po

Details Disk apparatus having improved performance in reaching target po Disk apparatus having improved performance in reaching target po

1995-10-19

1999-03-09

Huber, Paul W.

Dynamic information storage or retrieval

Information location or remote operator actuated control

Selective addressing of storage medium

369 47, G11B 1722, G11B 509

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058810315

ABSTRACT:
It is determined, according to a radial position of a pickup along a radius of a disk, whether or not to cause the pickup to jump to a different track so as to reduce a time required for reaching a target position on the disk. A reference value is used for the above-mentioned determination. The determination causes the pickup to jump to the different track when the target position on the disk is located behind the pickup, and also causes the pickup to jump to the different track when the target position on the disk is in front of the pickup and a distance to the target position is larger than the reference value. The reference value is determined to correspond to approximately one turn of the track at which the pickup is currently present. A buffer memory temporarily stores data which has been read out through said reading means. In response to an externally given first data transfer request, first requested data is read out from the buffer memory if it is present therein. The first requested data is read out from the disk if it is not present in the buffer memory. Data is further read, subsequent to the first requested data, from the disk continuously after the reading of the first requested data from the disk. The data thus further read is then stored in the buffer memory. When a second data transfer request is given during said reading the data subsequent to the first requested data, it is determined whether to further continue reading or to cause the pickup to jump to a different track so as to reach second requested data.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5222054 (1993-06-01), Muraska et al.
patent: 5491677 (1996-02-01), Sasaki

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