Library unit and magazine position detecting method in the library unit
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorTadashi Ishitsuka
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Abstract
A library unit of the present invention includes a magazine, a cartridge, at least one sensor and an accessor. The cartridge is loaded in the magazine and arranged in a direction in which the magazine is loaded to or unloaded from the library unit. The sensor is provided for the library unit and activated to make an output, when the magazine is pulled out to a predetermined position, whether or not the magazine is positioned facing the sensor. The accessor identifies a position of the magazine according to an output of the sensor and receives the cartridge.
Claims36
A library unit, comprising:
- a magazine loaded in said library unit;
- a cartridge which is loaded in said magazine and arranged in a direction in which said magazine is loaded or unloaded;
- at least one sensor provided for said library unit and activated to make an output, when said magazine is pulled out to a position other than a home position, whether or not said magazine is positioned facing said sensor;
- and
- an accessor which identifies a position of said magazine according to an output of said sensor and which receives said cartridge.
A magazine position detecting method in a library unit which includes a magazine loaded, a cartridge, which is loaded in said magazine and arranged in a direction in which said magazine is loaded/unloaded, at least one sensor, and an accessor for receiving said cartridge, said method comprising:
- making an output of whether or not said magazine is positioned to face said sensor by activating an output of said sensor when said magazine is pulled out to a position other than a home position;
- and
- identifying a position of said magazine according to said output of said sensor to access said cartridge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.