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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2002
Applicants:
Raffi Codilian, Irvine, CA (US);
Gregory B. Thelin, Garden Grove, CA (US);
Inventors:
Raffi Codilian, Irvine, CA (US);
Gregory B. Thelin, Garden Grove, CA (US);
Assignee:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Lake Forest, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 15/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A rotating media storage device (RMSD) to adaptively estimate a read access time to a second track based on the radial position of the second track is disclosed. The RMSD includes a disk having at least a first track and a second track and a microprocessor for controlling operations in the RMSD including seek operations. During a seek operation, the microprocessor bins a radial position of the second track and estimates a read access time to the second track based on the binned radial position of the second track.