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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2002
Applicant:
Frank T. Smith, Nederland, CO (US);
Inventor:
Frank T. Smith, Nederland, CO (US);
Assignee:
Storage Technology Corporation, Louisville, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06I019/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Track anomalies in an automated storage library are detected by transmitting a track health signal from one portion of the track. The presence of a track anomaly is determined based on any reception of the transmitted signal at another portion of the track.