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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 18, 2020
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Shawn M. Nave, Tucson, AZ (US);

Ronald Faye Hill, Jr., Tucson, AZ (US);

Luis Roberto Macias, Tucson, AZ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 15/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 15/689 (2013.01); G11B 15/6895 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer-implemented method includes identifying a lower calibration target of a column of an automated tape library and identifying an upper calibration target of the column. The method includes calculating at least one slot position between the upper calibration target and the lower calibration target. For at least some of the calculated slot positions, the method includes performing a check including identifying an actual slot position corresponding to the calculated slot position. The actual slot position is located by a robotic accessor. The method includes comparing the calculated slot position to the corresponding identified actual slot position and determining whether the calculated slot position is within a predefined range of the corresponding identified actual slot position. The method includes outputting a result of the determination.


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