Positioning apparatus
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorsDaniel Peinovich, Samuel Lewis Tanaka, Thomas Larson Greenberg
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Abstract
A method includes moving a sensor and an article at a first speed to position the sensor into a reference position relative to an article fixture. The sensor and the article are moved at a second speed as the sensor approaches the reference position. It is determined when the sensor is in the reference position, wherein the sensor is configured to be in the reference position when a contact is established between the sensor and a surface of the article fixture. The article is moved by a predetermined increment relative to the reference position to position the article in a target position in response to determining that the sensor is in the reference position.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- moving a loading arm, a sensor mounted on the loading arm, and an article held by the loading arm at a first speed to position the sensor into a reference position relative to an article fixture;
- moving the sensor and the article at a second speed as the sensor approaches the reference position;
- determining when the sensor is in the reference position, wherein
- the sensor is configured to be in the reference position when a contact is established between the sensor and a surface of the article fixture, and
- the contact is a direct contact between the sensor and the surface of the article fixture;
- and
- after the contact is established between the sensor and the surface of the article fixture, further moving the article by a predetermined increment relative to the reference position to position the article in a target position in response to determining that the sensor is in the reference position.
A method comprising:
- moving a loading arm, a sensor mounted on the loading arm, and an article held by the loading arm at a first speed to position the sensor into a reference position relative to an article fixture;
- moving the sensor and the article at a second speed as the sensor approaches the reference position;
- determining when the sensor is in the reference position;
- and
- after contact is established between the sensor the article fixture, further moving the article by a predetermined increment relative to the reference position to position the article in a target position in response to determining that the sensor is in the reference position, wherein the contact is a direct contact between the sensor and the article fixture.
A method comprising:
- moving a loading arm, a sensor mounted on the loading arm, and an article held by the loading arm to position the sensor into a reference position relative to an article fixture;
- determining when the sensor is in the reference position, wherein
- the sensor is configured to be in the reference position when a contact is established between the sensor and a surface of the article fixture, and
- the contact is a direct contact between the sensor and the surface of the article fixture;
- and
- after the contact is established between the sensor and the surface of the article fixture, further moving the article by a predetermined increment relative to the reference position to position the article in a target position in response to determining that the sensor is in the reference position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.