Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval – Automatic control of a recorder mechanism – Controlling the head
Patent
1997-03-26
2000-10-17
Loomis, Paul
Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval
Automatic control of a recorder mechanism
Controlling the head
G11B 5584
Patent
active
061340723
ABSTRACT:
A tracking method enables a first read head (R1) and a second read head (R2) of a helical scan tape drive (30) to read non-native helical stripes, the non-native helical stripes being wider than native stripes. Read signals from the first read head (R1) and the second read (R2) head which are acquired from the non-native tracks are used to determine a correction value. The correction value is in turn used to control a relative position of the first read head (R1) and the second read head (R2) over the non-native helical stripes.
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Exabyte Corporation
Loomis Paul
Wong Kin
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