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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2007
Applicants:
Ara Patapoutian, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Zoran Coric, Framingham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Ara Patapoutian, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Zoran Coric, Framingham, MA (US);
Assignee:
Maxtor Corporation, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/596 (2006.01); G05B 11/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus and associated method for observing an analog position signal of a control object in relation to positional indicia, recalling a previously stored runout correction value associated with the positional indicia, and calculating a corrected position signal for the control object in relation to the position signal and the runout correction value.