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Tape cartridge identification

US9824720B1 · kind B1 · utility

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5References

20Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Marcus Breuer · Oppenheim, DE
Bernd Freitag · Partenheim, DE
Frank Krick · Ockenheim, DE
Tim Oswald · Gimbsheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 16, 2016
Grant date	Nov 21, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 16, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11B23/32
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus includes a tape cartridge housing, an RFID chip attached to the tape cartridge housing. The RFID chip includes a tape cartridge ID and tape cartridge information, a time relay operably connected to the RFID chip, and external contact points configured to contact another RFID chip of another tape cartridge within the same tier. A method includes receiving a tape cartridge label read request including a position indicator corresponding to a location of a tape cartridge of interest, moving a tape cartridge gripper to the location indicated by the position indicator, activating a field coil on the tape cartridge gripper to provide power to an RFID chip on a selected tape cartridge, detecting information transmitted by the RFID chip on the selected tape cartridge, determining if the selected tape cartridge is the tape cartridge of interest, and activating a next RFID chip on an adjacent tape cartridge.

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