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Magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus capable of reducing a setting time in a head positioning control mode

Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 1990-04-02
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Granted: 1992-06-30
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Expires: 2010-04-02
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Abstract

Abstract In a servo type magnetic head drive control device, a moving velocity of a magnetic head is controlled on the basis of an error between an actual moving velocity value of the magnetic head generated using servo data and a target velocity value set in accordance with a moving distance to a target position. When the magnetic head is moved to a predetermined position, transient control is performing by using finite time settling control on the basis of position information and velocity information of the magnetic head, and normal tracking control or tracking control using the finite time settling control is performed to form positioning control of the magnetic head. Also a difference between the head position and the position of the head generated from a model is determined and used to control head movement.

Inventors

  • 👤 Tomihisa Ogawa
  • 👤 Osami Tsukamoto

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 22:27
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B5/00; G11B5/48; G11B5/54; G11B5/55; G11B5/5521; G11B5/5552; G11B5/5582

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim 240 words
A magnetic head drive control device for a magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus, which performs movement control and positioning control including transient control and tracking control for a magnetic head on the basis of servo data pre-recorded on a recording medium, comprising: position information generating means for generating position information of the magnetic head from the servo data; velocity information generating means for generating velocity information of the magnetic head from the position information; target velocity information generating means for calculating a moving distance from a difference between the position information and target position information and for generating target velocity information in accordance with the moving distance; velocity control means for generating velocity control information for controlling velocity of the magnetic head on the basis of a difference between the velocity information and the target velocity information; movement control means for moving the magnetic head to a predetermined target position on the basis of the velocity control information; positioning control means for performing positioning control using finite time settling control on the basis of the position information and the velocity information of the magnetic head after movement control of the magnetic head by the movement control means; and disturbance observer means having a computer, for returning to an input terminal of the magnetic head drive control device in a feed-forward manner, a difference between magnetic head position and a position of the magnetic head obtained by a model created in the computer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 240 words
A magnetic head drive control device for a magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus, which performs movement control and positioning control including transient control and tracking control for a magnetic head on the basis of servo data pre-recorded on a recording medium, comprising: position information generating means for generating position information of the magnetic head from the servo data; velocity information generating means for generating velocity information of the magnetic head from the position information; target velocity information generating means for calculating a moving distance from a difference between the position information and target position information and for generating target velocity information in accordance with the moving distance; velocity control means for generating velocity control information for controlling velocity of the magnetic head on the basis of a difference between the velocity information and the target velocity information; movement control means for moving the magnetic head to a predetermined target position on the basis of the velocity control information; positioning control means for performing positioning control using finite time settling control on the basis of the position information and the velocity information of the magnetic head after movement control of the magnetic head by the movement control means; and disturbance observer means having a computer, for returning to an input terminal of the magnetic head drive control device in a feed-forward manner, a difference between magnetic head position and a position of the magnetic head obtained by a model created in the computer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 25 words
the device according to claim 1, wherein said positioning control means includes means for performing the transient control by using the finite time settling control.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 30 words
The device according to claim 1, wherein said positioning control means includes means for performing both the transient control and the tracking control by using the finite time settling control.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 56 words
The device according to claim 1, further comprising: converting means for converting the position information and the velocity information into digital values and supplying the digital values to the target velocity information generating means; and converting means for converting the velocity control information into analog information and supplying the analog information to the movement control means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 188 words
A magnetic head drive control method for a magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus, which performs movement control and positioning control including transient control and tracking control for a magnetic head on the basis of servo data pre-recorded on a recording medium, comprising the steps of: generating position information of the magnetic head from the servo data; generating velocity information of the magnetic head; calculating a moving distance from a difference between the position information and target position information; generating target velocity information in accordance with the moving distance; controlling velocity of the magnetic head and moving the magnetic head to a predetermined position on the basis of a difference between the velocity information and the target velocity information; performing positioning control using finite time settling control on the basis of the position information and the velocity information of the magnetic head after the magnetic head is moved to the predetermined position and returning to an input terminal of the magnetic head drive control device, in a feed-forward manner, a difference between the magnetic head position and a position of the magnetic head obtained by a model created in a computer.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 188 words
A magnetic head drive control method for a magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus, which performs movement control and positioning control including transient control and tracking control for a magnetic head on the basis of servo data pre-recorded on a recording medium, comprising the steps of: generating position information of the magnetic head from the servo data; generating velocity information of the magnetic head; calculating a moving distance from a difference between the position information and target position information; generating target velocity information in accordance with the moving distance; controlling velocity of the magnetic head and moving the magnetic head to a predetermined position on the basis of a difference between the velocity information and the target velocity information; performing positioning control using finite time settling control on the basis of the position information and the velocity information of the magnetic head after the magnetic head is moved to the predetermined position and returning to an input terminal of the magnetic head drive control device, in a feed-forward manner, a difference between the magnetic head position and a position of the magnetic head obtained by a model created in a computer.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 22 words
The method according to claim 5, wherein said positioning control step performs the transient control by using the finite time settling control.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 27 words
The method according to claim 3, wherein said positioning control step performs both the transient control and the tracking control by using the finite time settling control.

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