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Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012

Filed:

Sep. 23, 2010
Applicants:

Hideo Abe, Tokorozawa, JP;

Keiichi Nomura, Uenohara, JP;

Inventors:

Hideo Abe, Tokorozawa, JP;

Keiichi Nomura, Uenohara, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G04C 11/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A time information-acquiring apparatus comprises an input waveform generator which generates an input waveform, a predicted waveform generator which generates plural phase-shifted predicted waveforms, a correlation calculator which calculates a positive correlation based on a first value of the input waveform and a first value of the predicted waveform or a second value of the input waveform and a second value of the predicted waveform, and calculates a negative correlation based on the first value of the input waveform and the second value of the predicted waveform or the second value of the input waveform and the first value of the predicted waveform, a comparator which compares the correlation values to detect an optimal value, and a controller which detects a head position of a second based on a predicted waveform related to the optimal value.


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