Patent ID: 6680884
Filing Date: 2004-01-20
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A method comprising the steps of:providing a rotating information carrier having mutually substantially parallel tracks for recording information; generating a signal indicating a position of a scanningpoint of the information carrier; rotating the information carrier at an angular velocity; and reading or writing a continuous file in a scanning mode including moving the scanning point both from one track to another track in a first radial direction and from one track to another track in a second radial direction opposite to the first radial direction, wherein the motion of the scanning point in the first radial direction is a scquence of one or more motions over respective finite time intervals such that said motion of the scanning point in the first radial direction during each of said time intervals is at a speed that is linearly proportional to said angular velocity, and wherein the motion of the scanning point in the second radial direction is a sequence of one or more motions over respective finite time intervals such that said motion of the scanning point in the second radial direction during each of said time intervals is at a speed that is linearly proportional to said angular velocity.