Incremental encoder and serializer
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorsMichael William Pfeiffer, Eric Douglas Johnson, Richard Gordon Goodrich
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Abstract
An apparatus and associated method directed to encoding data from an object in order to simultaneously identify a serialization value of the object from the data while incrementally tracking the object's position from the data.
Claims20
A method of serializing a plurality of objects comprising:
- storing first indicia to a first media on a first object of the plurality of objects;
- storing second indicia that are characteristically different than the first indicia to a second media on a second object of the plurality of objects;
- moving at least one of an incremental encoder and a selected one of the first and second objects with respect to each other;
- and
- during the moving step, retrieving data with the incremental encoder from the selected object's stored indicia for simultaneously identifying a serialization value indicating which object of the plurality of objects is involved in the moving step while incrementally tracking a position of the selected object.
An incremental encoder apparatus comprising a decoder circuit that executes programming instructions stored in memory to retrieve stored data from a media to simultaneously identify a selected object from a group of objects while incrementally tracking a position of the selected object.
An incremental encoder comprising:
- a decoder circuit in a data transfer relationship with data storage media affixed to an object;
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- means for serializing the object within a plurality of objects while simultaneously position-controlling the object by processing data stored to the media.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.