Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Ted A Brooks

Leslie G Christie, Jr

Vernon L Knowles

William P Proctor

In one embodiment, a load position sensor for a tape drive includes a tape cartridge loading mechanism, a head movable in response to movement in the loading mechanism, and a sensor operatively coupled to the head for sensing a position of the head.

Position sensor

A method for sensing position that comprises generating light, eclipsing the light according to position, sensing the amount of light not eclipsed, and inferring position according to the sensed amount of light.

Method and apparatus for sensing position of a tape head in a tape drive

A head-track alignment system and method. An embodiment of the system comprises: a head assembly capable of detecting arrival of servo frames in a first and second servo track of a tape; an alignment processor coupled to the head assembly generating a head-track alignment signal based on a comparison of the arrival times of the servo frames in the first and second servo tracks; and wherein the head-track alignment signal can be generated while accessing the tape. An embodiment of the method comprises: determining tape tilt with respect to a head assembly of a tape drive while accessing a tape, and compensating for the tape tilt.

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Emmett, ID, United States of America

Ted A Brooks