Patent ID: 11929093
Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G  H

Claim 10:
11. A method comprising:
receiving a read signal for a first data track of a plurality of data tracks on a storage medium, wherein the first data track includes a first plurality of data sectors and error correction data for the first plurality of data sectors;
receiving a read signal for a second data track of the plurality of data tracks, wherein:
the second data track includes a second plurality of data sectors and error correction data for the second plurality of data sectors;
the second data track is different than the first data track; and
the read signal for the second data track is received after the read signal for the first data track;

processing, during a first track read operation period and using error correction codes, the first plurality of data sectors and the error correction data for the first plurality of data sectors to attempt to decode the first plurality of data sectors; and
processing, during a second track read operation period following the first track read operation period and using the error correction codes:
the second plurality of data sectors and the error correction data for the second plurality of data sectors to attempt to decode the second plurality of data sectors; and
a portion of the first plurality of data sectors and the error correction data read during the first track read operation for the first plurality of data sectors to continue to attempt to decode the first plurality of data sectors.