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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2014
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Richard P Michel, Mineapolis, MN (US);
Joshua W Christensen, Savage, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for using track misregistration values, representing an amount of off-track deviation of a write element, to dynamically increment error scan counters for proximate storage areas. In certain embodiments, an apparatus may comprise a processor configured to perform a write operation to record data to a target track of a data storage medium using a write element, determine an amount of deviation of the write element from a center line of the target track, and increment an error scan counter for an area of the data storage medium proximate to the target track based on the amount of deviation.