发明名称 |
Methods and apparatus for detecting whether a removable cartridge disk drive is empty |
摘要 |
The presence of a disk cartridge in a disk drive is detected by obtaining a measure of the load on the spindle motor of the disk drive and comparing that measure to a threshold value. The measure of load on the spindle motor may comprise (i) the time the spindle motor takes to spin-up to its full operating speed, (ii) the time the spindle motor takes to coast down to its operating speed from a first speed in excess of the operating speed, (iii) the voltage applied across the coils of the spindle motor, or (iv) the current drawn by the spindle motor.
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申请公布号 |
US5854719(A) |
申请公布日期 |
1998.12.29 |
申请号 |
US19940337678 |
申请日期 |
1994.11.10 |
申请人 |
IOMEGA CORPORATION |
发明人 |
GINOSAR, DAVID M.;THAYNE, MARK S.;MA, YIPING;BRUDERER, CLARK C. |
分类号 |
G11B23/28;G11B15/18;G11B17/02;G11B17/03;G11B17/04;G11B19/04;G11B19/06;G11B19/10;G11B19/12;G11B19/20;G11B23/03;G11B25/04;G11B33/02;(IPC1-7):G11B15/18 |
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G11B23/28 |
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