Appeal No. 1998-2517
Application 08/317,129
the application.
The disclosed invention pertains to a method and
apparatus for determining which of a plurality of recording
heads in a recording device writes the widest track.
Representative claim 24 is reproduced as follows:
24. A method for determining which of a plurality of
recording heads in a recording device having a plurality of
storage media writes the widest, each of said plurality of
storage media having at least one of said plurality of
recording heads associated therewith, said method comprising
the steps of:
writing a first transition with each of said plurality of
recording heads;
writing a second transition with one of said plurality of
recording heads, said second transition being written at a
predetermined distance from a first transition written with
said one of said plurality of recording heads;
positioning each of said plurality of recording heads
using said second transition; and
reading and comparing with said positioned recording
heads an amplitude signal associated with each of said first
transitions and determining therefrom which of said plurality
of recording heads writes the widest.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Oliver et al. (Oliver) 4,414,589 Nov. 08, 1983
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