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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2004
Applicants:
Vernon L. Knowles, Boise, ID (US);
Ralph F. Simmons, Jr., Boise, ID (US);
Inventors:
Vernon L. Knowles, Boise, ID (US);
Ralph F. Simmons, Jr., Boise, ID (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/584 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, a servo positioning method includes deriving a first servo signal Sfrom a first servo band, deriving a second servo signal Sfrom a second servo band, defining a head element reference between the servo bands, weighting each servo signal according to a ratio of distances between the head element reference and a location on each servo band, and computing a servo control signal based on the weighted servo signals.