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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 18, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stuart D Perry, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
369 4434 ; 369 54 ; 318632 ;
Abstract
A digital compensator controls a servomechanism, such as the focus servo of an optical disk drive. The compensator waits one full sample period before applying the correction that was calculated for the proceeding sample. The compensator does not use the present input sample in its calculation of the present output sample. The method for operating the digital compensator comprises the steps of receiving a first input sample at time t.sub.1, receiving a second input sample at time t.sub.2, and computing a first output in response to the first input sample at time t.sub.2. The method does not require a present input sample to calculate a present output.