US4884259A
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Optical memory disk and track access therefor
Assignee: Fujifilm Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1985-08-28
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Granted: 1989-11-28
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Expires: 2005-08-28
Abstract
Abstract An optical memory disk has a recording layer which is disposed on one surface of a plain circular support base and has a plurality of radially spaced data tracks for storing data items therein, the data tracks being grouped into a number of data track groups. Each of the tracks is divided into a plurality of angularly consecutive sectors bearing a plurality of angularly equally spaced sector marks, respectively, the sector marks on the tracks of each of the data track groups being located in angularly different positions, respectively. There are also disclosed a method of and a system for rapidly and reliably accessing a desired target track among the data tracks on the optical memory disk.
Inventors
- 👤 Hiroshi Horikawa
- 👤 Yoshio Kudo
- 👤 Daigo Ezuka
- 👤 Takashi Shoji
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 22:05
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B7/00; G11B7/24; G11B7/2407; G11B7/24085; G11B11/00; G11B11/10; G11B11/105; G11B11/1055; G11B11/10556; G11B11/10563; G11B11/10565; G11B11/10595; G11B27/00; G11B27/10; G11B27/102; G11B27/105; G11B27/19; G11B27/28; G11B27/30; G11B7/08; G11B7/085; G11B7/08505; G11B7/08517; G11B7/09; G11B7/095; G11B7/0953; G05; G05B; G05B2219/00; G05B2219/30; G05B2219/49; G05B2219/49177
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
109 words
A tracking servo method for accurately tracking with an optical head a desired data track on a rotating optical memory disk having no tracking guide grooves but having concentrically arranged data tracks provided with sector marks characterized by the steps of producing an optical head position signal corresponding to the position of the desired track, producing an eccentricity correction signal derived from an eccentricity detected in the rotating disk, producing a tracking error signal obtained when the sector mark is detected, summing said head position signal, said eccentricity correction signal and said tracking error signal, and adjusting the position of said head as a function of the summed signals.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
109 words
A tracking servo method for accurately tracking with an optical head a desired data track on a rotating optical memory disk having no tracking guide grooves but having concentrically arranged data tracks provided with sector marks characterized by the steps of producing an optical head position signal corresponding to the position of the desired track, producing an eccentricity correction signal derived from an eccentricity detected in the rotating disk, producing a tracking error signal obtained when the sector mark is detected, summing said head position signal, said eccentricity correction signal and said tracking error signal, and adjusting the position of said head as a function of the summed signals.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
42 words
A tracking servo method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of sampling said tracking error signal in response to the detection of each sector mark and holding the sampled tracking error signal until the tracking error signal is next sampled.
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