Methods and apparatus for optimizing track seeking operations

Details Methods and apparatus for optimizing track seeking operations Methods and apparatus for optimizing track seeking operations

1990-06-26

1992-10-06

Psitos, Aristotelis

Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval

Automatic control of a recorder mechanism

Controlling the head

360 7702, 369 32, 369 43, G11B 2108

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051537893

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for providing a dynamic fine track seeking operation that adaptively fine tunes the entrance criteria used to determine when the head is on track for the specific disc drive under actual operating conditions. The method and apparatus includes adaptively modifying entrance criteria individually for each head in a disc drive according to actual operating conditions with the use of stored entrance criteria for each head, an extra track proximity threshold and a successful entrance counter.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4730290 (1988-03-01), Takasago et al.
patent: 4839751 (1989-06-01), Revels

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