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Patent No.:

US 5793715 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 1998

Filed:

Nov. 15, 1995

Methods and apparatus for reducing the access time of an optical drive

Applicant:
Inventors:

Amir Alon, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Shlomo Shapira, Petach-Tikva, IL;

Michael Naor, Rehovot, IL;

Jacob Finkelstein, Kfar Saba, IL;

Itzhak Katz, Petach-Tikva, IL;

Assignee:

Zen Research N.V., Curacao, NL;

Attorneys:

Fish & Neave

Pisano; Nicola A.

DeHaemer; Michael J.

Primary Examiner:

Paul W Huber

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
369 32 ; 369 4428 ; 369120 ;
Abstract

Methods and apparatus are provided for improving optical drive access times using a detector having multiple sensing elements to sense and count disk tracks. The detector may be oriented either radially or tangentially with respect to the disk radius, and either capable of sensing more than one disk location simultaneously or have a length greater than the maximum distance between detectable features of the disk.

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Alon, Amir. (1998). Methods and apparatus for reducing the access time of an optical drive (U.S. Patent No. 5793715). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5793715

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