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

Claim 17:
18. The method of claim 14, further comprising:
positioning, during the first track read operation period, a read head over first data track to receive the read signal for the first data track;
positioning, during the second track read operation period, the read head over the second data track to receive the read signal for the second data track;
storing, in a read channel memory, an in-process plurality of data sectors, wherein the in-process plurality of data sectors includes data sectors from the first plurality of data sectors and the second plurality of data sectors;
determining available memory in the read channel memory; and
selectively maintaining, responsive to determining insufficient memory is available, the read head on the second data track for a next revolution of the storage medium.