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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 26, 1998
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A tracking mechanism for an apparatus which records and/or reproduces data on and/or from a medium through a relative scan of the medium with probes, the medium being formed with a plurality of tracking bit trains disposed in parallel at a predetermined distance between trains, the tracking mechanism having: a plurality of probes disposed at a predetermined distance between probes; and a tracking controller for performing a tracking control in accordance with outputs from the plurality of probes, the outputs being obtained when the plurality of tracking bit trains are scanned with the plurality of probes. A tracking method for such an apparatus includes the steps of: scanning the plurality of tracking bit trains with a plurality of probes disposed at a predetermined distance between probes; and performing a tracking control in accordance with outputs from the plurality of probes, the outputs being obtained when the plurality of tracking bit trains are scanned with the plurality of probes.
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