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Tape servo pattern with embedded servo track number identification

US6018429A · kind A · utility

3Cited by
15References
13Claims
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Filing dateDec 18, 1998
Grant dateJan 25, 2000
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Expiry dateDec 18, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B20/1204
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A magnetic tape servo pattern including track identification. Information from a track identification area intersecting one or more tracks on each frame in combination with information identifying the track as odd or even, is used to uniquely identify the track.

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