公开(公告)号：US06722564B2

公开(公告)日：2004-04-20

申请号：US10003351

申请日：2001-12-06

申请人： Robert S. Creager ,  James Ries ,  Terry Lane

发明人： Robert S. Creager ,  James Ries ,  Terry Lane

IPC分类号： G06K1500

CPC分类号： G11B15/6835 ,  G11B15/689

摘要： An automated media library gathers information about each readable cartridge label using a camera. From the label information, the orientation of the cartridge may be determined. For each cartridge with an unreadable label or no label, the media library attempts a get/put operation. If the get/put operation fails, the cartridge is marked as incorrectly oriented. Alternatively, the tape library may attempt a get/put operation on all removable media cartridges. A similar process is performed when a cartridge access port is closed and the cartridge access port is marked inaccessible to the host when an incorrectly oriented cartridge is detected.

摘要翻译： 自动媒体库使用相机收集有关每个可读取的墨盒标签的信息。 从标签信息可以确定盒的方位。 对于具有不可读标签或无标签的每个墨盒，媒体库尝试获取/放置操作。 如果获取/放置操作失败，则墨盒被标记为不正确的方向。 或者，磁带库可以尝试对所有可移动介质盒进行获取/放置操作。 当检测到错误定向的盒时，当盒式存取端口关闭并且盒式存取器端口被标记为不可访问时，进行类似的处理。

公开(公告)号：US07046586B1

公开(公告)日：2006-05-16

申请号：US09638368

申请日：2000-08-15

申请人： Robert S. Creager ,  James Ries

发明人： Robert S. Creager ,  James Ries

IPC分类号： G11B21/08 ,  G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G11B27/002 ,  G11B15/689 ,  G11B17/225 ,  G11B17/228 ,  G11B27/13 ,  G11B2220/2512 ,  G11B2220/2545 ,  G11B2220/41 ,  Y10S707/99931

摘要： A method and apparatus for automatically configuring a robotic storage media library is disclosed. The disclosed invention utilizes software to interpret signals from specially designed hardware to determine the hardware characteristics of the library at startup. The software then uses these characteristics to automatically configure the library without user intervention.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于自动配置机器人存储媒体库的方法和装置。 所公开的发明利用软件来解读来自专门设计的硬件的信号，以确定启动时库的硬件特性。 软件然后使用这些特性来自动配置库而无需用户干预。

公开(公告)号：US5814171A

公开(公告)日：1998-09-29

申请号：US751134

申请日：1996-11-15

申请人： Joseph P. Manes ,  Donald B. Wait ,  Robert S. Creager ,  Adam Mehlberg ,  John S. Todor ,  Joseph P. Falace ,  Scott D. Wilson

发明人： Joseph P. Manes ,  Donald B. Wait ,  Robert S. Creager ,  Adam Mehlberg ,  John S. Todor ,  Joseph P. Falace ,  Scott D. Wilson

IPC分类号： B65G1/137 ,  G06K7/00 ,  G11B15/68 ,  G11B17/22 ,  B32B31/00

CPC分类号： G11B17/225 ,  G11B15/6825

摘要： A method and apparatus is provided for auditing cartridges and empty cells in a storage library system including a plurality of cells for storing cartridges and further including a robotically actuated hand assembly. A line-scan camera is secured to the hand assembly, and a visible pattern is positioned within each cell such that the visible pattern is readable by the line-scan camera when the line-scan camera is moved to a position adjacent the particular cell if the cell is empty. The visible pattern is positioned such that the presence of a cartridge within the particular cell would prevent viewing of the visible pattern within the cell by the line-scan camera. The line-scan camera is operated in a manner to search for the visible pattern within each cell for auditing numbers of cartridges and empty cells in the storage library system.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于审核存储库系统中的盒和空单元的方法和装置，包括用于存储盒的多个单元，并且还包括机器人致动的手组件。 线扫描照相机被固定到手组件上，并且可视图案位于每个单元内，使得当线扫描相机移动到与特定单元相邻的位置时，可视图案可被线扫描相机读取，如果 单元格是空的。 可见图案被定位成使得特定单元内的墨盒的存在将阻止通过线扫描相机观察单元内的可见图案。 行扫描照相机以搜索每个单元内的可见图案的方式进行操作，以便对存储库系统中的墨盒数量和空单元进行审核。

公开(公告)号：US5774301A

公开(公告)日：1998-06-30

申请号：US746729

申请日：1996-11-15

申请人： Joseph P. Manes ,  Donald B. Wait ,  Joseph P. Falace ,  Randal Fird ,  David Black ,  Daniel Plutt ,  Robert S. Creager ,  Adam Mehlberg ,  Scott Wilson

发明人： Joseph P. Manes ,  Donald B. Wait ,  Joseph P. Falace ,  Randal Fird ,  David Black ,  Daniel Plutt ,  Robert S. Creager ,  Adam Mehlberg ,  Scott Wilson

IPC分类号： G11B15/68 ,  G11B15/38

CPC分类号： G11B15/6835

摘要： An apparatus for latching and ejecting cartridges from a cartridge tape drive in a storage library system includes a robotically actuated hand assembly. The apparatus comprises a pin extending from the hand assembly and a rotatable lever extending from the cartridge tape drive. The rotatable lever is pivotable between a first position in which the cartridge is locked in the tape drive and a second position in which the cartridge is ejected from the tape drive. The pin is operative to engage the rotatable lever for pivoting the lever between the first and second positions when the hand assembly is robotically actuated. A visible pattern is applied to the rotatable rod and offset from the axis of rotation of the rod such that the pattern appears to move into and out of alignment with the camera target as viewed by a line-scan camera when the rod rotates between the first and second positions. Accordingly, the status of the tape drive may be easily attained.

摘要翻译： 用于从存储库系统中的盒式磁带驱动器锁定和弹出盒的装置包括机器人致动的手组件。 该装置包括从手组件延伸的销和从盒式磁带驱动器延伸的可旋转杆。 可旋转的杆可以在其中盒被锁定在带驱动器中的第一位置和其中盒从带驱动器弹出的第二位置之间枢转。 当手组件被机器人致动时，销可操作地接合可旋转杆，用于在第一和第二位置之间枢转杠杆。 可视图案被施加到可旋转的杆并且偏离杆的旋转轴线，使得当杆在第一和第二杆之间旋转时，该图案看起来像由行扫描照相机观察时移动进入和离开与摄像机对准的对准 和第二职位。 因此，可以容易地实现磁带驱动器的状态。