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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2003
James Arthur Fisher, Tucson, AZ (US);
Nicholas James Pakidis, Matawan, NJ (US);
Kerri Renee Shotwell, Tucson, AZ (US);
James Arthur Fisher, Tucson, AZ (US);
Nicholas James Pakidis, Matawan, NJ (US);
Kerri Renee Shotwell, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A storage system or subsystem, method of locating components in the storage system and program product therefor. Storage system components have fiducial marks identifying component location. A sensor is located at an expected fiducial location and a first pass search for the fiducial is conducted along a search path. A second pass search, if needed, begins at a position located, horizontally, between the first pass start position and the system accessor home location.