EP1075691A4 - Tape servo pattern with track identification - Google Patents

Tape servo pattern with track identification

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Publication number
EP1075691A4
EP1075691A4 EP98914352A EP98914352A EP1075691A4 EP 1075691 A4 EP1075691 A4 EP 1075691A4 EP 98914352 A EP98914352 A EP 98914352A EP 98914352 A EP98914352 A EP 98914352A EP 1075691 A4 EP1075691 A4 EP 1075691A4
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Prior art keywords
servo pattern
track identification
tape servo
tape
track
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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Application number
EP98914352A
Other languages
German (de)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP1075691A1 (en
Inventor
John Paul Mantey
Steven Gregory Trabert
Ronald Dean Gillingham
Richard Lewis O'day
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
GlassBridge Enterprises Inc
Original Assignee
Imation Corp
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Priority claimed from PCT/US1998/006262 external-priority patent/WO1999050837A1/en
Publication of EP1075691A1 publication Critical patent/EP1075691A1/en
Publication of EP1075691A4 publication Critical patent/EP1075691A4/en
Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B5/00—Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier; Reproducing by magnetic means; Record carriers therefor
    • G11B5/48—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed
    • G11B5/58—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed with provision for moving the head for the purpose of maintaining alignment of the head relative to the record carrier during transducing operation, e.g. to compensate for surface irregularities of the latter or for track following
    • G11B5/584—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed with provision for moving the head for the purpose of maintaining alignment of the head relative to the record carrier during transducing operation, e.g. to compensate for surface irregularities of the latter or for track following for track following on tapes
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B5/00—Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier; Reproducing by magnetic means; Record carriers therefor
    • G11B5/48—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed
    • G11B5/54—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed with provision for moving the head into or out of its operative position or across tracks
    • G11B5/55—Track change, selection or acquisition by displacement of the head
    • G11B5/5504—Track change, selection or acquisition by displacement of the head across tape tracks
EP98914352A 1998-03-30 1998-03-30 Tape servo pattern with track identification Withdrawn EP1075691A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
PCT/US1998/006262 WO1999050837A1 (en) 1997-02-21 1998-03-30 Tape servo pattern with track identification

Publications (2)

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EP1075691A1 EP1075691A1 (en) 2001-02-14
EP1075691A4 true EP1075691A4 (en) 2006-06-14

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JP (1) JP2002510111A (en)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JP2009110621A (en) * 2007-10-31 2009-05-21 Hitachi Maxell Ltd Magnetic tape

Citations (5)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3179924A (en) * 1962-12-24 1965-04-20 Ibm Photographic data storage system
US3919697A (en) * 1974-06-26 1975-11-11 Battelle Development Corp Data record tracking using track identifying information in the gaps between recorded data groups
US4296491A (en) * 1979-07-30 1981-10-20 Atlantic Richfield Company Information carrier having inter-track identification code information
US4586094A (en) * 1984-03-13 1986-04-29 Irwin Magnetic Systems, Inc. Method and apparatus for pre-recording tracking information on magnetic media
US5568327A (en) * 1992-05-13 1996-10-22 Tandberg Data As Method for determining the tape position using dedicated servo format

Patent Citations (5)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3179924A (en) * 1962-12-24 1965-04-20 Ibm Photographic data storage system
US3919697A (en) * 1974-06-26 1975-11-11 Battelle Development Corp Data record tracking using track identifying information in the gaps between recorded data groups
US4296491A (en) * 1979-07-30 1981-10-20 Atlantic Richfield Company Information carrier having inter-track identification code information
US4586094A (en) * 1984-03-13 1986-04-29 Irwin Magnetic Systems, Inc. Method and apparatus for pre-recording tracking information on magnetic media
US5568327A (en) * 1992-05-13 1996-10-22 Tandberg Data As Method for determining the tape position using dedicated servo format

Non-Patent Citations (1)

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Title
See also references of WO9950837A1 *

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JP2002510111A (en) 2002-04-02

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