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Adjacent track position detectable information storage apparatus

US6327112A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 5, 1999
Grant dateDec 4, 2001
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Expiry dateJan 5, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B5/596
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An information storage apparatus has a disk medium setting data recording areas along a plurality of tracks concentrically arranged, a head for recording and reproducing data on tracks of the disk medium, an actuator for moving the head to a desired track among the plurality of tracks. Also included is an electric circuit for controlling recording and reproducing in response to detecting the distance from a recorded magnetization pattern on an adjacent track in the radial direction by detecting previously recorded signals on adjacent tracks while data recording. Even if the track density is increased, the upper limit of a threshold value of a function for preventing off-track recording of the information storage apparatus can be increased and a high track density of the information storage apparatus can be easily realized.

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