IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,817,136
Granted Patent B2
US 11,817,136 · App. 17/892,917 · Granted Nov 14, 2023

Disk device

Inventor: Takeyori Hara (Kawasaki Kanagawa, JP)
Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba; Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
G11B5/5582G11B5/5547G11B5/5578
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Patent No.
US 11,817,136
App. No.
17/892,917
Granted
Nov 14, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to an embodiment, in a disk device, a first actuator moves a first head with respect to a first surface of a first disk. A controller controls positioning of the first head via the first actuator and controls a write operation to the first disk by the first head. The controller acquires information regarding a state of a vibration source, changes a value of a coefficient for estimating a predicted position of the first head according to the information regarding the state of the vibration source, estimates a predicted position of the first head with the value of the coefficient changed, performs a write operation by the first head in a case where the predicted position estimated is equal to or less than a threshold, and prohibits the write operation by the first head in a case where the predicted position estimated exceeds the threshold.

Claims (85)

1. A disk device comprising:

a first disk;

a first head;

a first actuator that moves the first head with respect to a first surface of the first disk; and

a controller that controls positioning of the first head via the first actuator and controls a write operation to the first disk by the first head, wherein

the controller acquires information regarding a state of a vibration source, changes a value of a coefficient for estimating a predicted position of the first head according to the information regarding the state of the vibration source, estimates a predicted position of the first head with the value of the coefficient changed, performs a write operation by the first head in a case where the predicted position estimated is equal to or less than a threshold, and prohibits the write operation by the first head in a case where the predicted position estimated exceeds the threshold.

2. The disk device according to claim 1 , further comprising

a sensor that detects vibration of the vibration source, wherein

the controller acquires a detection result of the sensor as information regarding a state of the vibration source.

3. The disk device according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller estimates a frequency of vibration of the vibration source according to the information regarding the state of the vibration source, and changes the value of the coefficient for estimating the predicted position of the first head according to an estimated frequency.

4. The disk device according to claim 3 , wherein

the controller has coefficient information in which a frequency of vibration of the vibration source and a value of a coefficient are associated with each other, and changes the value of the coefficient for estimating the predicted position of the first head according to the estimated frequency and the coefficient information.

5. The disk device according to claim 4 , wherein

the coefficient information includes

first information in which a frequency range and a frequency level are associated with each other for plural frequency ranges, and

second information in which a frequency level and a value of a coefficient are associated with each other for plural frequency levels, and

the controller specifies a frequency level corresponding to the estimated frequency with reference to the first information, specifies a value of a coefficient corresponding to the specified frequency level with reference to the second information, and changes the value of the coefficient for estimating the predicted position of the first head to the specified value of the coefficient.

6. The disk device according to claim 1 , further comprising

a second head, wherein

the first actuator moves the second head with respect to a second surface of the first disk, and

the controller acquires information regarding the state of the vibration source, and changes each of the value of the coefficient for estimating the predicted position of the first head and a value of a coefficient for estimating a predicted position of the second head according to the information regarding the state of the vibration source.

7. The disk device according to claim 6 , wherein

the controller estimates a frequency of vibration of the vibration source according to the information regarding the state of the vibration source, and changes each of the value of the coefficient for estimating the predicted position of the first head and the value of the coefficient for estimating the predicted position of the second head according to an estimated frequency.

8. The disk device according to claim 7 , wherein

the controller has coefficient information in which a frequency of vibration of the vibration source, an identifier of a head, and a value of a coefficient are associated with each other, and changes each of the value of the coefficient for estimating the predicted position of the first head and the value of the coefficient for estimating the predicted position of the second head according to the estimated frequency and the coefficient information.

9. The disk device according to claim 8 , wherein

the coefficient information includes

first information in which a frequency range and a frequency level are associated with each other for plural frequency ranges, and

second information in which an identifier of a head, a frequency level, and a value of a coefficient are associated for plural frequency levels, and

the controller specifies a frequency level corresponding to the estimated frequency with reference to the first information, specifies an identifier of the first head and a value of a first coefficient corresponding to the specified frequency level with reference to the second information, specifies an identifier of the second head and a value of a second coefficient corresponding to the specified frequency level with reference to the second information, changes the value of the coefficient for estimating the predicted position of the first head to the specified value of the first coefficient, and changes the value of the coefficient for estimating the predicted position of the second head to the specified value of the second coefficient.

10. The disk device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a second disk;

a third head;

a second actuator that moves the third head with respect to a first surface of the second disk; and

a second controller that controls positioning of the third head via the second actuator and controls a write operation to the second disk by the third head, wherein

the controller acquires information regarding a state of the second actuator from the second controller, and changes the value of the coefficient for estimating the predicted position of the first head according to the information regarding the state of the second actuator.

11. The disk device according to claim 10 , wherein

the second controller acquires information regarding a state of the first actuator from the controller, changes a value of a coefficient for estimating a predicted position of the third head according to the information regarding the state of the first actuator, estimates a predicted position of the third head with the value of the coefficient changed, performs a write operation by the third head in a case where the predicted position estimated is equal to or less than a threshold, and prohibits the write operation by the third head in a case where the predicted position estimated exceeds the threshold.

12. The disk device according to claim 10 , wherein

the controller has first coefficient information in which an operation state of another actuator and a value of a coefficient are associated with each other, and changes the value of the coefficient for estimating the predicted position of the first head according to the information regarding the state of the second actuator and the first coefficient information.

13. The disk device according to claim 10 , wherein

the controller has first coefficient information in which an operation state of another actuator and a value of a coefficient are associated with each other, and changes the value of the coefficient for estimating the predicted position of the first head according to the information regarding the state of the second actuator and the first coefficient information, and

the second controller has second coefficient information in which an operation state of another actuator and a value of a coefficient are associated with each other, and changes a value of a coefficient for estimating a predicted position of the second head according to the information regarding the state of the first actuator and the second coefficient information.

14. The disk device according to claim 12 , wherein

the first coefficient information includes

first information in which an operation state of another actuator and an identifier of the operation state are associated with each other for plural operation states, and

second information in which an identifier of an operation state and a value of a coefficient are associated with each other for identifiers of plural operation states, and

the controller specifies an identifier of an operation state corresponding to the information regarding the state of the second actuator with reference to the first information, specifies a value of a coefficient corresponding to the specified identifier of the operation state with reference to the second information, and changes the value of the coefficient for estimating the predicted position of the first head to a value of the specified coefficient.

15. The disk device according to claim 13 , wherein

the first coefficient information includes

first information in which an operation state of another actuator and an identifier of the operation state are associated with each other for plural operation states, and

second information in which an identifier of an operation state and a value of a coefficient are associated with each other for identifiers of plural operation states,

the second coefficient information includes

third information in which an operation state of another actuator and an identifier of the operation state are associated with each other for plural operation states, and

fourth information in which an identifier of an operation state and a value of a coefficient are associated with each other for identifiers of plural operation states,

the controller specifies an identifier of an operation state corresponding to the information regarding the state of the second actuator with reference to the first information, specifies a value of a first coefficient corresponding to an identifier of the first head and the specified identifier of the operation state with reference to the second information, specifies a value of a second coefficient corresponding to an identifier of the second head and the specified identifier of the operation state with reference to the second information, changes the value of the coefficient for estimating the predicted position of the first head to the specified value of the first coefficient, and changes the value of the coefficient for estimating the predicted position of the second head to the specified value of the second coefficient, and

the second controller specifies an identifier of an operation state corresponding to the information regarding the state of the first actuator with reference to the third information, specifies a value of a third coefficient corresponding to an identifier of the third head and the specified identifier of the operation state with reference to the fourth information, specifies a value of a fourth coefficient corresponding to an identifier of the fourth head and the specified identifier of the operation state with reference to the fourth information, changes a value of a coefficient for estimating a predicted position of the third head to the specified value of the third coefficient, and changes a value of a coefficient for estimating a predicted position of the fourth head to the specified value of the fourth coefficient.

16. The disk device according to claim 10 , further comprising:

a second head; and

a fourth head, wherein

the first actuator moves the second head with respect to a second surface of the first disk,

the second actuator moves the fourth head with respect to a second surface of the second disk,

the controller acquires information regarding the state of the second actuator from the second controller, and changes each of the value of the coefficient for estimating the predicted position of the first head and a value of a coefficient for estimating a predicted position of the second head according to the information regarding the state of the second actuator, and

the second controller acquires information regarding the state of the first actuator from the controller, and changes each of a value of a coefficient for estimating a predicted position of the third head and a value of a coefficient for estimating a predicted position of the fourth head according to the information regarding the state of the first actuator.

17. The disk device according to claim 16 , wherein

the controller has first coefficient information in which an operation state of another actuator, an identifier of a head, and a value of a coefficient are associated with each other, and changes the value of the coefficient for estimating the predicted position of the first head and a value of a coefficient for estimating a predicted position of the second head according to the information regarding the state of the second actuator and the first coefficient information, and

the second controller has second coefficient information in which an operation state of another actuator, an identifier of a head, and a value of a coefficient are associated with each other, and changes a value of a coefficient for estimating a predicted position of the third head and a value of a coefficient for estimating a predicted position of the fourth head according to the information regarding the state of the first actuator and the second coefficient information.

18. The disk device according to claim 17 , wherein

the first coefficient information includes

first information in which an operation state of another actuator and an identifier of the operation state are associated with each other for plural operation states, and

second information in which the identifier of the head, the identifier of the operation state, and the value of the coefficient are associated with each other for plural operation states,

the second coefficient information includes

third information in which an operation state of another actuator and an identifier of the operation state are associated with each other for plural operation states, and

fourth information in which the identifier of the head, the identifier of the operation state, and the value of the coefficient are associated with each other for plural operation states,

the controller specifies an identifier of an operation state corresponding to the information regarding the state of the second actuator with reference to the first information, specifies a value of a coefficient corresponding to the specified identifier of the operation state with reference to the second information, and changes the value of the coefficient for estimating the predicted position of the first head to the specified value of the coefficient, and

the second controller specifies an identifier of an operation state corresponding to the information regarding the state of the first actuator with reference to the third information, specifies a value of a coefficient corresponding to the specified identifier of the operation state with reference to the fourth information, and changes the value of the coefficient for estimating the predicted position of the third head to a value of the identified coefficient.

19. The disk device according to claim 10 , wherein

the state of the second actuator includes

at least one of a seek control method of the second actuator, a change state of a seek current of the second actuator, or a first-order differential value of the seek current of the second actuator.

20. The disk device according to claim 11 , wherein

the state of the second actuator includes

at least one of a seek control method of the second actuator, a change state of a seek current of the second actuator, or a first-order differential value of the seek current of the second actuator,

the state of the first actuator includes

at least one of a seek control method of the first actuator, a change state of a seek current of the first actuator, or a first-order differential value of the seek current of the first actuator.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2022
From: HARA, TAKEYORI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060891/0626 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-181249 · Nov 5, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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