Methods and apparatus for optimizing track seeking operations
US5153789A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 26, 1990 |
| Grant date | Oct 6, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 26, 2010 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B21/083
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
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.
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