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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014

Filed:

Jan. 07, 2013
Applicant:

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Seiji Toda, Kawasaki, JP;

Michio Yamamoto, Inagi, JP;

Masakazu Kitahara, Kunitachi, JP;

Masataka Shitara, Machida, JP;

Takumi Kakuya, Ebina, JP;

Kiyotaka Sasaki, Kawasaki, JP;

Isao Fujita, Yokohama, JP;

Satoru Adachi, Kawasaki, JP;

Kenji Inoue, Kamakura, JP;

Nobuhiro Sugawara, Yokohama, JP;

Hironori Kanno, Fussa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 27/36 (2006.01); G11B 19/04 (2006.01); G11B 5/012 (2006.01); G11B 20/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/012 (2013.01); G11B 27/36 (2013.01); G11B 19/045 (2013.01); G11B 20/1879 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a read/write apparatus includes a receiver and a refresh module. The receiver receives a write command requesting a write to a magnetic disk. The refresh module refreshes, when a first area of the magnetic disk includes a second area corresponding to the write command, data written in a third area, the third area being an area obtained by excluding the second area from the first area.


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