摘要:
According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a disk having a first sector including first servo data, first user data, and first correction information used to correct a data error, a head that writes data to the disk and that reads data from the disk, and a controller that changes, according to a first defect length of a defect generated in the first sector in a circumferential direction of the disk, a first sector length of the first sector in the circumferential direction.
摘要:
A method for compensating for a position error in an optical disc drive (ODD) is provided. The method compensates for a position error generated by a step error associated with a motor which moves an optical pickup unit across a surface of an optical disc. Error data associated with each step of the motor is stored in a memory unit of the ODD, and compensation for the related position error is accomplished by compensating for a track-direction movement of an actuator. The method is particularly useful when conducting a label-printing operation, in that it allows the label printing operation to be performed without generating position errors, gaps, or overwrites on a label surface of the disc, thus enhancing the quality of a label-printing operation and the resulting label.
摘要:
The magnetic disk drive system has a read head and a write head, writes data on the track of the disk, and reads data on the track of the disk. In the present invention, the distance between the heads in the circumferential direction of the disk is computed. The distance between the heads is computed based on the distance between the position of the write head where said data is written and the position of the read head where said data is read. The timing when data is written by the write head is determined by adding said distance to the position where the data is written. Thus, the efficiency of the format of the disk is improved.
摘要:
An optical disk apparatus for controlling two optical pickups in an optimized way in response to operation modes for rotating the optical disk. When receiving a request for seeking one optical pickup from a HOST, a CPU judges whether to move the other optical pickup synchronously to satisfy positional restriction of the two optical pickups. Furthermore, when operating one optical pickup upon, for example, a read request. from the HOST, the CPU judges whether to move the other pickup to follow.
摘要:
Three kinds of stop patterns are recorded at the same cylinder position of at least three recording surfaces of disk media. Each pattern is a division pattern in which one circumference is divided into two portions and which are recorded therein. Phases of the division patterns are sequentially deviated in the circumferential direction every 120.degree.. When a motor is activated, the motor stop position is detected on the basis of the stop patterns of the disk media and activating conditions to rotate the motor in a predetermined direction, thereby activating the brushless DC motor having no Hall sensor.
摘要:
A servo control system and method for accurately controlling the actuator in a rotatable storage device by adjusting a corrective control signal according to the mode of operation of the actuator and the direction of actuator movement. During track following the corrective control signal is adjusted by a first factor determined by the ratio of a nominal force or torque factor to the actual force or torque factor at the current radial actuator position. When the actuator is seeking in a first direction, the corrective control signal is adjusted by a second factor determined by adjusting the first factor by a first amount, K.sub.fwd. When seeking in the reverse direction, the corrective control signal is adjusted by a third factor determined by adjusting the first factor by a second amount, K.sub.rev. K.sub.fwd incorporates measured variations in force or torque factor when the actuator is moving in the forward direction. Similarly, K.sub.rev incorporates measured variations in the force or torque factor when the actuator is moving in the reverse direction.
摘要:
In an optical disc drive, a rapid access to a target track within a program area is enabled in case of accidental reentry of an optical pick-up into a lead-in area during an access operation. Upon mounting a compact disc, a maximum relative address TLm within the lead-in area is detected and stored in a memory. If it is found during an accessing operation that a current position lies within the lead-in area, a total number of tracks interposed between the current position and the target position within the program area can be obtained based on a current address, the maximum relative address and a target address of the target position, thereby achieving a high speed accessing operation.
摘要:
This invention relates to a method for determining reproduction position of a reproduction device.The method for determining a reproduction position of a disc player in a reproduction device which reproduces information recorded on a recording medium through movement of a reproduction unit, includes a first step for identifying a piece number of music which was being reproduced at the time of power off and a position of a reproduction unit at the time of power off when power is being turned on after turned off during reproduction of the piece of music recorded on a recording medium, and a second step for moving the reproduction unit to a beginning position of the piece of music which was being reproduced at the time of power off and performing normal reproduction, and the method for determining reproduction position of a record player In a reproduction device having a reproduction unit fixed and a recording medium moving for reproducing information recorded thereon, includes a first step for, when during the reproduction of a music recorded on a recording medium power is turned off and then turned on, detecting existence of information of music from a part the reproduction unit is happened to match with at the time of turn on of pieces of music recorded on a recording medium, and a second step for finding non-existence of signal of music from the pad the reproduction unit is happened to match with the recording medium at the time of turn-on and performing reproduction from the beginning of the piece of music having been reproduced at the time of turn-off.
摘要:
A method for controlling assertion of a write inhibit signal in a disk drive is described. The disk drive comprises at least one rotating disk having data recording surfaces, and a head for each recording surface. Each head is mounted by an actuator for selective positioning of the head over the respective disk surface. Each disk surface includes data tracks. The method comprises the steps of calculating and storing a write inhibit threshold value for each head in the disk drive, performing a track following operation to determine position of a preselected head relative to a preselected data track, retrieving the write inhibit threshold value for the preselected head, comparing the determined head position to the retrieved write inhibit threshold value and asserting a write inhibit signal upon a certain relationship between the determined head position and the retrieved write inhibit threshold value.
摘要:
An optical disc player for playing optical discs includes a disc compartment for accomodating an optical disc, a disc holding mechanism for holding an optical disc accomodated in the disc compartment, a disc rotation drive mechanism for rotating the optical disc held by the disc holding mechanism, an optical pickup device which is radially movable in respect to the optical disc rotated by the disc rotation drive mechanism for optically tracing the optical disc and a pickup locking mechanism which is responsive to the disc holding mechanism for locking the optical pickup device during a non-operation of the tracing operation.