Dynamic information storage or retrieval – Information location or remote operator actuated control – Selective addressing of storage medium
Patent
1994-01-12
1996-01-09
Psitos, Aristotelis
Dynamic information storage or retrieval
Information location or remote operator actuated control
Selective addressing of storage medium
369 4478, 360 7814, G11B 700
Patent
active
054835070
ABSTRACT:
In an information recording/reproducing apparatus, a recording/reproducing head is moved across tracks on a recording medium by a linear motor which is controlled to effect a seek operation of the head to a target track. A CPU for controlling the apparatus judges the seek direction of the head and whether the seek distance of the head is equal to or greater than a predetermined distance, in conformity with a recording or reproduction command from a host controller on the basis of a logical address designated by the host controller and a logical address at which the head is positioned. When the seek distance is equal to or greater than the predetermined distance, the linear motor is activated in the seek direction. Then, the logical address designated by the host controller is converted into a physical address and a control is effected such that the head reaches the target track.
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Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Psitos Aristotelis
Tran Thang V.
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