Calibration of a cartridge handling device using mechanical sense of
touch
    3.
    发明授权
    Calibration of a cartridge handling device using mechanical sense of touch 失效
    使用机械触觉来校准墨盒处理装置

    公开(公告)号:US5231616A

    公开(公告)日:1993-07-27

    申请号:US878793

    申请日:1992-05-05

    IPC分类号: G11B17/22

    CPC分类号: G11B17/228

    摘要: Disclosed is an optical disk handling system having two control systems to provide the motions necessary to move optical disk cartridges form storage holding cells to an optical drive. During initialization, the cartridge handling system uses shaft encoders, along with current or voltage feedback from the motors, to calibrate the home locations of the mechanisms. The system determines the home position for vertical movement of the transport as well as the top and bottom positions used for the translate operation. The system then calibrates the plunge movement, the flip movement, and the translate movement. Finally, the system determines whether the path for all the movements is free of obstructions.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种具有两个控制系统的光盘处理系统,以提供将从存储保持单元移动到光盘驱动器的光盘盒所需的运动。 在初始化期间,盒式处理系统使用轴编码器以及电动机的电流或电压反馈来校准机构的原始位置。 系统确定运输的垂直运动的起始位置以及用于翻译操作的顶部和底部位置。 然后系统校准插入运动,翻转运动和平移运动。 最后,系统确定所有运动的路径是否没有障碍物。

    Error recovery in a cartridge handling system
    4.
    发明授权
    Error recovery in a cartridge handling system 失效
    卡盒处理系统中的错误恢复

    公开(公告)号:US5164928A

    公开(公告)日:1992-11-17

    申请号:US838377

    申请日:1992-02-19

    CPC分类号: G05B19/4067

    摘要: Disclosed is an optical disk handling system, called an autochanger, having two control systems to provide the six motions necessary to move optical disk cartridges from storage holding cells to an optical drive. Whenever the mechanisms are being moved, the control systems monitor the progress of the movement, and should the control system detect an error conditon, a state update flag is changed to prevent further updates of the state of the system. With state updates disabled, the control system will stop all mechanisms and prevent further movement of the mechanisms. When the operation appears complete, an error recovery software function is called. When the error recovery software detects that the state update flag is in an error condition, error recovery is initiated. After the mechanism's state has been established, error recovery movement is started, based on the operation that was being performed at the time of the error, and the state of the machine at the time of the error. The type operation being performed is saved in non-volatile memory, so that the type of operation will be saved should electrical power fail during the operation. Therefore, after power is restored, power fail error recovery can perform error recovery based on the type of operation being attempted at the time power was lost.

    Input/output communication between autochanger and drive
    5.
    发明授权
    Input/output communication between autochanger and drive 失效
    自动转换器与驱动器之间的输入/输出通讯

    公开(公告)号:US5428587A

    公开(公告)日:1995-06-27

    申请号:US252146

    申请日:1994-06-01

    摘要: Disclosed is an optical disk handling system, called an autochanger, having two control systems to provide the six motions necessary to move optical disk cartridges from storage holding cells to an optical drive. The system uses shaft encoders on two motors of the two control systems, and current or voltage feedback from the motors, for all positioning, and for detecting the location of the mechanisms during, and at the end of, moves. An optical drive interface connects the electronics of the autochanger and the optical drive, and includes electrical signals to emulate an eject pushbutton on the optical drive and an indicator lamp on the optical drive. The autochanger monitors the on and off state of the lamp signal as well as the duration of the on and off cycles to determine which operation is being performed by the optical drive. The autochanger uses the lamp signal and the eject signal to control all operations with the optical drive.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种称为自动转换器的光盘处理系统,具有两个控制系统,以提供将光盘盒从存储保持单元移动到光驱动所需的六个运动。 该系统在两个控制系统的两个电动机上使用轴编码器,以及来自电动机的电流或电压反馈,用于所有定位,并用于在移动期间和结束时检测机构的位置。 光驱接口连接自动转换器的电子部件和光驱,并包括电信号,以模拟光驱上的弹出按钮和光驱上的指示灯。 自动转换器监视灯信号的开和关状态以及开和关周期的持续时间,以确定光驱正在执行哪个操作。 自动转换器使用灯信号和弹出信号来控制光驱的所有操作。

    Blank sector detection for optical disk drive
    6.
    发明授权
    Blank sector detection for optical disk drive 失效
    光盘驱动器的空白扇区检测

    公开(公告)号:US5694382A

    公开(公告)日:1997-12-02

    申请号:US692323

    申请日:1996-08-05

    摘要: Detecting blank sectors in an optical disk is disclosed. Such detection operates by sampling a target data field of a sector on the optical disk and generating a read peak signal based upon the sampling. The read peak signal is then compared to a predetermined amplitude threshold. A counter is incremented if the read peak signal is less than the predetermined amplitude threshold. After the above steps are performed a predetermined number of times, the counter is compared to a predetermined sample threshold value. Then, the sector is interpreted as being blank if the counter is greater than the predetermined sample threshold value. If, instead, the counter is less than the predetermined sample threshold value, then the sector is interpreted as being non-blank.

    摘要翻译: 公开了检测光盘中的空白扇区。 这种检测通过对光盘上的扇区的目标数据字段进行采样来进行操作,并且基于该采样生成读取峰值信号。 然后将读取的峰值信号与预定的幅度阈值进行比较。 如果读取峰值信号小于预定振幅阈值,则计数器递增。 在执行上述步骤预定次数之后,将计数器与预定的采样阈值进行比较。 然后,如果计数器大于预定采样阈值,则扇区被解释为空白。 如果相反,计数器小于预定采样阈值,则扇区被解释为非空白。

    Tape drive system with tape position capture circuitry
    7.
    发明授权
    Tape drive system with tape position capture circuitry 失效
    带磁带位置捕获电路的磁带驱动系统

    公开(公告)号:US4752846A

    公开(公告)日:1988-06-21

    申请号:US916982

    申请日:1986-10-09

    申请人: Kraig A. Proehl

    发明人: Kraig A. Proehl

    摘要: A tape drive system employs position capture circuitry to facilitate accurate positioning of the tape media. The position capture circuitry includes an input polling state machine (101) to ensure each detection results in exactly one position value transfer. A timing section (103) synchronizes the polling of inputs with data transfers. A bus multiplexing section (105) provides for 12-bit resolution over 8-bit busses. The position types can be data block boundaries or reel-encoder marks or position requests by the servo controller. The input lines (41-44) are polled routinely, ensuring that the stored values precisely reflect the referenced positions.

    摘要翻译: 磁带驱动器系统采用位置捕获电路来促进磁带介质的精确定位。 位置捕获电路包括输入轮询状态机(101),以确保每个检测精确地产生一个位置值传送。 定时部分(103)使输入的轮询与数据传送同步。 总线复用部分(105)提供8位总线上的12位分辨率。 位置类型可以是伺服控制器的数据块边界或卷轴编码器标记或位置请求。 输入线(41-44)经常轮询,确保存储的值精确地反映参考位置。