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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 1988
Filed:
Feb. 11, 1986
Masuo Kasai, Hachioji, JP;
Koji Muraoka, Hachioji, JP;
Hitachi Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A method of accessing a rotary recording medium for positioning a head at a desired track on the rotary recording medium by using a coarse actuator and a fine actuator, comprising the steps of comparing an output signal produced from a detector for detecting movement of the fine actuator occurring immediately before initiation of an access operation of the coarse actuator with an output signal subsequently produced from the detector during the access operation of the coarse actuator to produce a comparison output signal, and locking the fine actuator at a state occurring immediately before the initiation of the access operation by driving the fine actuator on the basis of the comparison output signal to thereby suppress vibrations of the fine actuator due to translocations of the coarse actuator. An information memory apparatus utilizing the access method is also disclosed.