Storage apparatus and control method for detecting vibration produced during seeking

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Storage apparatus and control method for detecting vibration produced during seeking
Patent Number: 7,515,377
تاريخ النشر: April 07, 2009
Appl. No: 11/982976
Application Filed: November 05, 2007
مستخلص: An actuator supports a head at one end of a rotatably supported shaft unit and supports a coil of a voice coil motor at the other end, and moves the head to an arbitrary track position of a recording medium. A sensor, attached to a coil support unit of the actuator, detects the coil vibration and outputs a vibration detected signal. A control unit controls the actuator to reduce a head position error signal based on the vibration detected signal of the sensor in time of seek and in time of settling of moving the head to a target track position on the medium through drive of the actuator and drawing the same. The vibration detected signal of the sensor includes bending vibration component of the coil and the twisting vibration component of the coil when the actuator is driven.
Inventors: Funabashi, Kei (Kawasaki, JP); Yamada, Tomoyoshi (Kawasaki, JP); Hara, Takeyori (Kawasaki, JP)
Assignees: Fujitsu Limited (Kawasaki, JP)
Claim: 1. A storage apparatus including: an actuator for supporting at least one head at one end of a rotatably supported shaft unit and supporting a coil of a voice coil motor on the other end, and moving the head to an arbitrary track position of at least one recording medium; a plurality of sensors, attached to the actuator, for detecting coil vibration in time of actuator drive and outputting a vibration detected signal; and a control unit for drive controlling the actuator to reduce a head position error signal based on the vibration detected signal of the sensor in time of seek or in time of settling of moving the head to a target track position on the recording medium through drive of the actuator and drawing.
Claim: 2. The storage apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor is attached to a coil support unit of the actuator.
Claim: 3. The storage apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the vibration detected signal of the sensor includes bending vibration component of the coil and twisting vibration component of the coil of when the actuator is driven.
Claim: 4. The storage apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor is attached to at least two locations of a coil support unit of the actuator, and vibration detected signals of the two sensors are additive synthesized and output to the control unit.
Claim: 5. The storage apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the two sensors are attached on a same surface of the coil support unit.
Claim: 6. The storage apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the two sensors are attached on opposite surfaces of the coil support unit.
Claim: 7. The storage apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the vibration detected signals of the two sensors include in phase bending vibration component and reversed phase twisting vibration component, and the vibration detected signals of the two sensors are additive synthesized in phase to output a vibration detected signal in which the twisting vibration component is reduced and the bending vibration component is emphasized.
Claim: 8. The storage apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the vibration detected signals from the two sensors are input to an addition circuit to output an additive synthesized vibration detected signal.
Claim: 9. The storage apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein output terminals of the two sensors are connected in parallel to output an additive synthesized vibration detected signal.
Claim: 10. The storage apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the vibration detected signals of the two sensors include in phase bending vibration component and reversed phase twisting vibration component, and the vibration detected signals of the two sensors are additive synthesized at reversed phase to output a vibration detected signal in which the bending vibration component is reduced and the twisting vibration component is emphasized.
Claim: 11. The storage apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor is a piezoelectric film sensor including polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF).
Claim: 12. A control method of a storage apparatus including an actuator for supporting at least one head at one end of a rotatably supported shaft unit and supporting a coil of a voice coil motor on the other end, and moving the head to an arbitrary track position of at least one recording medium; the method including the steps of: detecting coil vibration in time of actuator drive by a plurality of sensors attached to the actuator and outputting a vibration detected signal in time of seek or in time of settling of moving the head to a target track position on the recording medium through drive of the actuator and drawing; and driving the actuator to reduce a head position error signal based on the vibration detected signal of the sensor.
Claim: 13. The control method of the storage apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the sensor is attached to a coil support unit of the actuator.
Claim: 14. The control method of the storage apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the vibration detected signal of the sensor includes bending vibration component of the coil and twisting vibration component of the coil of when the actuator is driven.
Claim: 15. The control method of the storage apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the sensor is attached to at least two locations of a coil support unit of the actuator, and vibration detected signals of the two sensors are additive synthesized and output to the control unit.
Claim: 16. The control method of the storage apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the vibration detected signals of the two sensors include in phase bending vibration component and reversed phase twisting vibration component, and the vibration detected signals of the two sensors are additive synthesized in phase to output a vibration detected signal in which the twisting vibration component is reduced and the bending vibration component is emphasized.
Claim: 17. The control method of the storage apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the vibration detected signals from the two sensors are input to an addition circuit to output an additive synthesized vibration detected signal.
Claim: 18. The control method of the storage apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein output terminals of the two sensors are connected in parallel to output an additive synthesized vibration detected signal.
Claim: 19. The control method of the storage apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the vibration detected signals of the two sensors include in phase bending vibration component and reversed phase twisting vibration component, and the vibration detected signals of the two sensors are additive synthesized at reversed phase to output a vibration detected signal in which the bending vibration component is reduced and the twisting vibration component is emphasized.
Claim: 20. The control method of the storage apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the sensor is a piezoelectric film sensor including polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF).
Current U.S. Class: 360/7/811
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Assistant Examiner: Habermehl, James L
Primary Examiner: Nguyen, Hoa T
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.
رقم الانضمام: edspgr.07515377
قاعدة البيانات: USPTO Patent Grants