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Method of identifying data with same time stamps on different tracks in storage device

US6694404B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 31, 2001
Grant dateFeb 17, 2004
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Expiry dateJul 31, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B20/1803
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A data reader is arranged to read data comprising user data 30 and non-user data 32, 34 written across at least two channels of a data-holding medium 10, said data being arranged into a plurality of data items 26 each containing user data and non-user data, with said non-user data holding information relating to said user data, said data reader having a read head 12 for reading a respective said channel of said data-holding medium 10 to generate a data signal 14 comprising said data items, and processing circuitry 250 arranged to receive and process said data signals to identify a set CCPset1 of said data items written at the same time onto different said channels. Identifying a set of data items written at the same time gives rise to the possibility of correcting header information for the data items in a set.

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