Library apparatus, cartridge type sensor, and method for positioning cartridge type sensor
AssigneeFujitsu Limited
InventorKoujiro Hashimoto
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Abstract
A library apparatus includes a cartridge type sensor and a robot. The cartridge type sensor includes a cartridge having the same shape as that of each recording medium stored in a cell, an optical reader for reading a medium identification code, and a medium detector for detecting the presence or absence of a recording medium in a target cell. The optical reader and the medium detector are disposed in the cartridge of the cartridge type sensor. The robot picks up the cartridge type sensor from a cell which stores the cartridge type sensor and positions the cartridge type sensor at a predetermined location in the library apparatus while holding the cartridge type sensor.
Claims5
A library apparatus for storage of recording media in cells, each recording medium housed in a first cartridge in the cell, the apparatus comprising:
- (a) a controller for robot control;
- (b) a cartridge type sensor stored in the cell, said cartridge type sensor including
- (1) an optical reader for reading a medium identification code,
- (2) a medium detector for detecting a presence/absence of the recording medium in the cell, and
- (3) a second cartridge having the same shape as the first cartridge of each recording medium to be stored in the cell, said second cartridge arranging both of the optical reader and the medium detector;
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- (c) a robot operating to pick up the cartridge type sensor from the cell and position the cartridge type sensor at a location indicated by the controller while holding the cartridge type sensor on the basis of an instruction from the controller.
A cartridge type sensor for a library apparatus for storage of recording media in cells, each recording medium housed in a first cartridge in the cell, the cartridge type sensor comprising:
- (a) an optical reader for reading a medium identification code;
- (b) a medium detector detecting a presence/absence of a recording medium in the cell;
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- (c) a second cartridge having the same shape as the first cartridge of each recording medium to be stored in the cell, said second cartridge arranging either or both of the optical reader and the medium detector.
A method for positioning a cartridge type sensor for a library apparatus having cells for the cartridge type sensor and storage of recording media, each recording medium housed in a first cartridge, said library apparatus including
- the cartridge type sensor, a robot, and a controller, the cartridge type sensor including
- an optical reader, a medium detector, and a second cartridge having the same shape as the first
- cartridge of each recording medium, the optical reader and the medium detector being arranged in the second cartridge, the method comprising:
- (a) picking up the cartridge type sensor from any of the cells through the robot on the basis of an instruction from the controller;
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- (b) positioning the sensor held by the robot to a at a location indicated by the controller in the library apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.