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Controller for information recording and reproducing device and control method for the information recording and reproducing device

US6965487B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 18, 2002
Grant dateNov 15, 2005
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Expiry dateJun 7, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B19/04
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A control device for preventing abrasion inside bearings in an information recording and reproducing device mounted on an automobile and preventing degradation in rotational accuracy, the information recording and reproducing device including disk media holding information, heads for recording or reproducing information from the disk media, a carriage for turning to position the heads on surfaces of the disk, a bearing part permitting the carriage to turn, a spindle motor for rotatingly driving the disk media, and a bearing part of the spindle motor, the control device comprising a detecting unit for detecting a vehicle operating manner, which is carried out before vehicular vibrations are caused, and a control unit for starting rotation and/or starting swings the bearing part of the spindle motor and/or the bearing part of the carriage on the basis of a signal from the detecting unit.

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