Patents by Inventor Boyd Norvell Shelton

Boyd Norvell Shelton has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7903367
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for the cancellation of repeatable runout signals. A signal processing module receives a position error signal and outputs a position compensated signal. A feed forward module receives the position error signal and outputs one or more cancellation signals to cancel one or more repeatable runout components from the position error signal when combined with the position compensated signal. A combining module combines the position compensated signal and the cancellation signals into a position command signal. A feedback module receives the position command signal and outputs the position error signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Boyd Norvell Shelton
  • Patent number: 7688541
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for the cancellation of repeatable runout signals. A signal processing module receives a position error signal and outputs a position compensated signal. A feed forward module receives the position error signal and outputs one or more cancellation signals to cancel one or more repeatable runout components from the position error signal when combined with the position compensated signal. A combining module combines the position compensated signal and the cancellation signals into a position command signal. A feedback module receives the position command signal and outputs the position error signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Inventor: Boyd Norvell Shelton
  • Publication number: 20090296266
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for the cancellation of repeatable runout signals. A signal processing module receives a position error signal and outputs a position compensated signal. A feed forward module receives the position error signal and outputs one or more cancellation signals to cancel one or more repeatable runout components from the position error signal when combined with the position compensated signal. A combining module combines the position compensated signal and the cancellation signals into a position command signal. A feedback module receives the position command signal and outputs the position error signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventor: Boyd Norvell Shelton
  • Patent number: 7564642
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed to cancel repeatable runout signals. A linear causal system having an impulse response receives a cancellation signal and outputs a position error signal. An inverse matrix module multiplies the position error signal by an inverse matrix and outputs an intermediate cancellation signal. One or more impulse integration modules each integrate at least one sample of the intermediate cancellation signal in one or more predefined periods and output the cancellation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Boyd Norvell Shelton
  • Publication number: 20080278843
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed to cancel repeatable runout signals. A linear causal system having an impulse response receives a cancellation signal and outputs a position error signal. An inverse matrix module multiplies the position error signal by an inverse matrix and outputs an intermediate cancellation signal. One or more impulse integration modules each integrate at least one sample of the intermediate cancellation signal in one or more predefined periods and output the cancellation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2007
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventor: Boyd Norvell Shelton
  • Publication number: 20080112073
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for the cancellation of repeatable runout signals. A signal processing module receives a position error signal and outputs a position compensated signal. A feed forward module receives the position error signal and outputs one or more cancellation signals to cancel one or more repeatable runout components from the position error signal when combined with the position compensated signal. A combining module combines the position compensated signal and the cancellation signals into a position command signal. A feedback module receives the position command signal and outputs the position error signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventor: Boyd Norvell Shelton
  • Patent number: 6980384
    Abstract: A system and method of extending the position error signal for a disk drive storage system using two digital-to-analog converters in a summing junction, including a typical A-B signal and a track error signal scaled to match a gain of the A-B signal. A track error is calculated. The track error is output to a second digital-to-analog converter. The A-B signal is inverted according to the least significant bit of the grey code of a disk track being read. The inverted A-B signal is output to a first digital-to-analog converter. The inverted A-B signal and the track error are combined using a summer to generate a combined signal. The combined signal is used to generate an extended position error signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Iomega Corporation
    Inventor: Boyd Norvell Shelton