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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Toru Ikeda, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Tani, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 2/108 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 2/108 ;
Abstract
A storage apparatus has a function of jumping to an arbitrary track on a recording medium in response to a track jump request when making access to the recording medium, where the recording medium is divided into a plurality of zones in a radial direction thereof and employing a ZCAV system. The storage apparatus includes a zone recognizing part recognizing a zone to which a present position on the recording medium belongs, and a jumping part jumping to a first zone to which the arbitrary track belongs or to a second zone which is adjacent to the first zone, based on the zone recognized by the zone recognizing part.