摘要:
A track-seeking apparatus of a disk recorder employs a track-crossing sensor to produce track-crossing signals. An oscillator is slaved to the sensor for supplying substitute track-crossing pulses in the absence of the sensor providing such pulses or when the radial velocity exceeds a threshold velocity. A velocity profile means alters the oscillator frequency so that the oscillator produces track-crossing pulses in accordance with the profile.
摘要:
A position servo system has a position loop and a velocity loop. The position loop controls the stop-lock condition and provides for movement control within a range about the stop-lock position. The velocity circuit is employed for movements outside of the range of the position servo circuit. When the velocity servo's loop is being used, a compare circuit compares the servo drive signal from the velocity circuit with a signal generated by the position servo loop which is tracking the velocity servo loop. When the compare circuit finds that the servo drive signals have equal amplitudes, then the velocity servo loop is disconnected from an actuator with the position servo loop then connected to the activation for completing the movement to a desired or target stop-lock position. The above-indicated servo system controls a topping or fine actuator carried on a carriage moved by a coarse actuator. The fine and coarse actuators move along the same axis and transverse to movement of any work element, such as a record storage disk. The coarse actuator is continuously slaved to the positioning of the topping or fine actuator. A relative position sensor disposed intermediate the fine and coarse actuators supplies a position error signal for enabling the coarse actuator to continuously follow the fine actuator. Feed forward signals are supplied from the fine actuator to the coarse actuator. A preferred embodiment is shown using an optical disk environment.
摘要:
In a disk recorder, unintended radial portions of a transducer or head, herein termed "skating", is rapidly controlled and stopped before the transducer or head can hit a crash stop. Even when a braking operation is effected in the wrong direction, the skating compensation reverses the braking operation for rapidly stopping the radial motion of a transducer. A pair of clamp circuits are electrically interposed between the servo actuator drive signal generation and a run-out compensation circuit such that the clamping operation does not alter the run-out compensation. The sequences of machine states for effecting the state accommodation are described.
摘要:
An optical disk recorder includes disk reflectance calibration means for measuring variations in disk reflectance over the recording area of the disk. Correction factors based on measured reflectance for adjusting sensed signal level and gain reduce the effects of varying reflectance on the sensed signal. In a preferred embodiment, the sensed signal is employed as a signal in quadrature to a tracking error signal for ensuring reliable track counting in a track seeking operation. In a grooved medium, reflectance is calibrated for both grooves and mesas between the grooves.
摘要:
A focus acquire circuit for use in optical systems, such as optical data recorders and players, uses up to three parameters signals to indicate an in-focus condition. The zero crossing of a focus error signal is combined with a signal indicating that the focus error signal has approached a peak value and with a signal indicating a change in laser drive signal amplitude to indicate an in-focus condition. Various circuit details are illustrated showing how the three parameters cna be combined together for indicating an in-focus condition.
摘要:
The focus acquisition system on optical disk recorder as well as other optical systems, uses repeated pulse position pulses with interlead coasting of an objective lens for providing a soft focus acquire. The pulse energization of the lens to move toward an in-focus condition overcomes stiction and friction. While the coasting allows the energy level applied to the lens movement to be minimal, i.e. soft, the purpose of the interdirectional pulse control actuation is to overcome friction without requiring large power to the lens which can cause an overshoot of the lens at the in-focus position. Compensation techniques and stopping the lens at the in-focus position are also shown.
摘要:
The present invention includes a method and apparatus to write and read copy protected data on a disc drive storage system by encoding and decoding data to be copy protected using servo wedge data as the encoding element. In one aspect, the drive is marked by a number generated from the servo wedge data.
摘要:
In a "piggy-back" head support system, a fine actuator which carries the head (lens or transducer) is controlled to move the head. A coarse actuator or headarm movably supports the fine actuator and is mounted on a frame for movement radially of the signal storage disk. The head scans tracks on the disk. A servo actuates the coarse actuator to follow the movements of the fine actuator. In a seek, the fine coarse actuator may not be able to follow the fine actuator resulting in the fine actuator hitting a safety stop. When this happens, seek errors occur. According to the invention, the relative displacement of the fine actuator with respect to the coarse actuator is limited during predetermined portions of a seek operation, i.e., the high speed accelerate and decelerate portions.
摘要:
Winding apparatus for continuously winding tape media upon reels contained within closed cartridges. The winding apparatus includes means for supplying cartridges alternatively to three separate in-line winding channels all of which perform a winding function and then collecting the wound cartridges off the individual lines and presenting an output station for a subsequent packing operation. Each channel includes vacuum extension means for reaching through an opening in each cartridge to apply an adhesive patch to the hub of the reel contained within the cartridge. Each line also includes means for continuously supplying tape media to a wind station for winding upon the reels passing through that line. At the wind station, additional vacuum means bring the leading edge of the media into the cartridge and press it against the adhesive patch, thereby attaching the media to the reel. Means are provided for winding the attached media upon the reel to one of the predetermined category of sizes, and then severing the media while maintaining control of the supply end for feeding it to the next cartridge. At a following station a leader block is applied to the trailing edge of the media associated with each completed reel to complete the winding operation. Cleaning and ID printing stations are also provided, if desired.
摘要:
An apparatus and method for controlling the phase of a tunable laser is provided. Stabilization of the mode of a laser beam is provided as the laser is tuned to a target frequency. For one embodiment, a laser generates a reference beam and an output beam. The power of each of beam is measured by optical detectors, and a ratio thereof is utilized to detect when a mode hop occurs as the laser is coarsely tuned. The average of the pre and post mode hop ratios is utilized as a control setpoint while finely tuning the laser to the target frequency. Wavelength lockers, optical power dividers and optical detectors are utilized to determine power levels of the reference and output beams while also monitoring frequency characteristics thereof. A control unit utilizes the outputs from the wavelength locker to control the operation of the extended cavity laser during and after tuning.