Fujifilm Corporation

Atsushi Musha

Norihito Kasada

Eiki Ozawa

Toru Nakao

Tetsuya Kaneko

Yusuke Kaneko

So Matsuyama

Nagisa Yamasaki

Kento Takishima

Osamu Shimizu

Yoshihiro Okamoto

Megumi Nakano

Yasuaki Nakamura

Shota Kamimura

Madoka Nishikawa

Provided is a magnetic tape cartridge including: a case in which a magnetic tape on which a plurality of servo bands are formed is accommodated; and a storage medium provided in the case, in which the plurality of servo bands are formed at positions spaced apart from each other in a width direction of the magnetic tape along an entire length direction of the magnetic tape, and the storage medium stores pitch information capable of specifying a pitch in the width direction between the plurality of servo bands and distance information capable of specifying a distance between a plurality of servo reading elements that have read the plurality of servo bands.

Magnetic tape cartridge, magnetic tape drive, magnetic tape system, and method of operating magnetic tape drive

A magnetic tape cartridge includes a case in which a magnetic tape is accommodated and a storage medium provided in the case. At least one of reading or writing of data is performed by a plurality of magnetic elements, which are linearly disposed, with respect to the magnetic tape pulled out from the case. A disposition direction of the plurality of magnetic elements is tilted toward an entire length direction side of the magnetic tape with respect to a width direction of the magnetic tape. The storage medium stores tilt feature information indicating a feature of tilt of the disposition direction with respect to the width direction.

A magnetic tape cartridge includes a magnetic tape, and a storage medium in which information on the magnetic tape is stored. The magnetic tape has a recording surface. Data is recorded in the recording surface by a magnetic head in a state in which the magnetic tape is made to travel. The magnetic head is disposed at an inclined posture with respect to a width direction of the magnetic tape along the recording surface. Angle adjustment information obtained before the data is recorded in the recording surface is stored in the storage medium. The angle adjustment information is information for adjusting an angle at which the magnetic head is inclined with respect to the width direction along the recording surface.

Magnetic tape cartridge, magnetic tape drive, memory, magnetic tape, magnetic tape system, and operation method of magnetic tape drive

A magnetic tape cartridge includes a magnetic tape, and a storage medium in which information on the magnetic tape is stored. The magnetic tape has a recording surface. Data is recorded in the recording surface by a magnetic head in a state in which the magnetic tape is made to travel. The magnetic head is disposed at an inclined posture with respect to a width direction of the magnetic tape along the recording surface. Angle adjustment information obtained at a data recording timing which is a timing at which the data is recorded in the recording surface is stored in the storage medium. The angle adjustment information is information for adjusting an angle at which the magnetic head is inclined with respect to the width direction along the recording surface.

A magnetic tape cartridge includes a case in which a magnetic tape is housed, and an NVM of a cartridge memory provided in the case. The NVM stores cartridge information including an identification ID regarding an allowable range of temperature/humidity in using the magnetic tape, an upper limit of a preservation period of the magnetic tape, and an upper limit of a use frequency of the magnetic tape.

A magnetic tape cartridge includes a magnetic tape in which a plurality of servo patterns are recorded along a longitudinal direction, and a storage medium that is configured to store servo format information including servo pattern inclination information which is information on an inclination of the servo pattern with respect to a first imaginary straight line.

Magnetic tape cartridge, magnetic tape drive, detection method of servo pattern, and program

A magnetic tape device. The angle &#x3b8; formed by the axis of the element array of the magnetic head with respect to a width direction of the magnetic tape is changed during running of the magnetic tape in the magnetic tape device. The magnetic tape satisfies Equation 1: TDSage+TDSenv&#x2212;TC&#x2264;0.10 &#x3bc;m. In Equation 1, the TDSage is a maximum value of an absolute value of a difference between a servo band spacing obtained before storage for 24 hours in a predetermined environment and a servo band spacing obtained after the storage. TDSenv is a value calculated by multiplying a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of servo band spacings obtained in each of five predetermined environments by &#xbd;, and TC is a value calculated by TC=L{cos (&#x3b8;&#x2212;&#x394;&#x3b8;)&#x2212;cos (&#x3b8;+&#x394;&#x3b8;)}.

Magnetic tape device

In the magnetic recording and reproducing device, a distal end width of the first magnetic pole in the recording element is substantially the same as a distal end width of the second magnetic pole; the reproducing element width of the reproducing element is equal to or less than 0.8 &#x3bc;m; and in the magnetic recording medium, a number distribution A of equivalent circle diameters of a plurality of bright areas in a binarized image of a secondary electron image obtained by imaging a surface of the magnetic layer with a scanning electron microscope at an acceleration voltage of 5 kV, and a number distribution B of equivalent circle diameters of a plurality of dark areas in a binarized image of a secondary electron image obtained by imaging the surface of the magnetic layer with a scanning electron microscope at an acceleration voltage of 2 kV satisfy predetermined number distribution, respectively.

Magnetic recording and reproducing device

A signal processing device includes a receiver that receives a plurality of playback signal sequence obtained by digitizing a plurality of reading results by a plurality of A/D converter, the plurality of reading results being obtained by reading data by a plurality of reading elements from a magnetic tape and a plurality of equalizers that perform waveform equalization of the plurality of playback signal sequence. The plurality of equalizers perform the waveform equalization by using a plurality of non-linear filters that have been learned to reduce distortion that occurs non-linearly in the plurality of playback signal sequence according to a condition under an environment in which the data is read from the magnetic tape. The plurality of non-linear filters being optimized to a suitable characteristic for the plurality of reading elements by optimization based on the plurality of reading results.

Signal processing device, magnetic tape cartridge, magnetic tape reading apparatus, processing method of signal processing device, operation method of magnetic tape reading apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium

The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer, in which the magnetic layer has a timing-based servo pattern, an edge shape of the timing-based servo pattern, specified by magnetic force microscopy is a shape in which a difference L&#x2212;Lbetween a value Lof a cumulative distribution function of 99.9% and a value Lof a cumulative distribution function of 0.1% in a position deviation width from an ideal shape of the magnetic tape in a longitudinal direction is 180 nm or less, and an absolute value &#x394;N of a difference between a refractive index Nxy of the magnetic layer, measured in an in-plane direction and a refractive index Nz of the magnetic layer, measured in a thickness direction is 0.25 or more and 0.40 or less.

Magnetic tape, magnetic tape cartridge, and magnetic tape apparatus

The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent, in which the magnetic layer has a timing-based servo pattern, an edge shape of the timing-based servo pattern, specified by magnetic force microscopy is a shape in which a difference (L&#x2212;L) between a value Lof a cumulative distribution function of 99.9% and a value Lof a cumulative distribution function of 0.1% in a position deviation width from an ideal shape of the magnetic tape in a longitudinal direction is 180 nm or less, and an isoelectric point of a surface zeta potential of the magnetic layer is 3.8 or less.

The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer in which the magnetic layer has a timing-based servo pattern, an edge shape of the timing-based servo pattern, specified by magnetic force microscopy is a shape in which a difference between a value Lof a cumulative distribution function of 99.9% and a value Lof a cumulative distribution function of 0.1% in a position deviation width from an ideal shape of the magnetic tape in a longitudinal direction is 180 nm or less, and a difference between a spacing Smeasured on a surface of the magnetic layer by an optical interferometry after methyl-ethyl-ketone cleaning and a spacing Smeasured on the surface of the magnetic layer by an optical interferometry before methyl-ethyl-ketone cleaning is greater than 0 nm and 15.0 nm or less.

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Atsushi Musha