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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 26, 1997
Kou Ishizuka, Omiya, JP;
Hidejiro Kadowaki, Yokohama, JP;
Naoki Kawamata, Utsunomiya, JP;
Hiroyuki Hagiwara, Utsunomiya, JP;
Jun Ashiwa, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus records information on a hard disk with a magnetic head arm provided in a hard disk drive. The apparatus comprises an interference measuring system, containing an outgoing portion for a measuring light beam to the arm and a reference light forming portion, for obtaining relative displacement information with respect to the arm by interfering the reference light with reflected light of the measuring light from the arm or a slider belonging to the arm, the interference measuring system having a light beam deflecting member for deflecting the measuring light and thus guiding the measuring light to a lateral surface of the arm or of the slider, a control system for generating a signal for positioning the arm with respect to the hard disk on the basis of the relative displacement information obtained by the interference measuring system, and a signal system for transmitting a signal for recording information on the hard disk to the magnetic head.