Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval – Automatic control of a recorder mechanism – Controlling the head
Reexamination Certificate
2006-01-17
2006-01-17
Hudspeth, David (Department: 2651)
Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval
Automatic control of a recorder mechanism
Controlling the head
C360S078090, C710S039000, C711S112000, C711S167000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06987639
ABSTRACT:
A disk drive is disclosed comprising a disk, a head, and a voice coil motor (VCM) for actuating the head over the disk. The disk drive executes a rotational position optimization (RPO) algorithm to select a next command to execute relative to an estimated seek time computed for each command in a command queue. A motor capability of the VCM is estimated and used to modify the estimated seek time for each command in the command queue to thereby optimize the RPO algorithm.
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Habermehl James L
Hudspeth David
Sheerin, Esq. Howard H.
Western Digital Technologies Inc.
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