Patent ID: 11948603
Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 24:
25. A method of operating a data storage device, comprising:
actuating, by one or more processing devices, a first voice coil motor (VCM);
causing the first VCM to seek towards a target track in a first mode using a first setting for a first duration;
controlling transition of the first VCM from under the first mode using the first setting to a second setting, the first setting being different from the second setting, and wherein the first setting corresponds to a first transition current offset and the second setting corresponds to a second transition current offset;
causing the first VCM to seek towards the target track in the first mode using the second setting for a second duration; and
controlling transition of the first VCM from under the first mode to a second mode, wherein controlling the transition comprises seeking the first VCM toward the target track in the second mode for a third duration.