Patent ID: 9741384
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: G11B

Claim:
1. A system configured for non-rotating optical storage of digital information, the system comprising: multiple storage elements including a first storage element that includes optical storage media arranged in a multi-dimensional grid having at least two dimensions such that adjacent bits of digital information line up in one or more straight lines; an access subsystem that includes multiple optical access components and one or more processors configured by machine-readable instructions, wherein the multiple optical access components include a first optical access component, wherein the access subsystem is configured to position the first storage element in relation to the first optical access component using non-rotational movement along a first and second dimension, wherein the first optical access component is configured to retrieve, using one or more lasers, a bit of digital information from a portion of the first storage element while the first storage element is non-rotating, and wherein the one or more processors are configured by machine-readable instructions to: a support structure configured to support the multiple storage elements, wherein one or both of the access subsystem and the support structure are further configured to selectively transfer the first storage element from the support structure to the access subsystem.