Dynamic information storage or retrieval – Condition indicating – monitoring – or testing – Including radiation storage or retrieval
Patent
1998-02-06
2000-08-01
Edun, Muhammad
Dynamic information storage or retrieval
Condition indicating, monitoring, or testing
Including radiation storage or retrieval
369 58, 369 54, G11B 700
Patent
active
060976799
ABSTRACT:
A method is provided for controlling a disk-type storage device that performs reading and writing operations according to a process command from a data processing unit while rotating a disk-type recording medium at a specified rotation speed. The method according to an embodiment of the invention includes the step of setting an intermediate standby mode that rotates the recording medium at a slower rotation speed than the specified rotation speed when a time duration within which no process command has been issued exceeds a first reference time period. The method also includes the step of setting a standby mode for stopping the rotation of the recording medium when a connect time of the intermediate standby mode exceeds a second reference time period.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5442608 (1995-08-01), Umeda et al.
patent: 5544138 (1996-08-01), Bajorek et al.
Edun Muhammad
Samsung Electronics Co,. Ltd.
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