Patent ID: 6128152
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A method for controlling the speed of a tape for recording and/or reproducing items of information, wherein, from a first tape speed and from a first time point,said tape is caused to stop at a predetermined position corresponding to a last time point, defining a braking period, said method comprising the steps of:providing a reference speed waveform having reference values as a function of time associated with the speed of said tape between said first time point and said last time point corresponding to the stop position of said tape;measuring the actual speed of the tape at said first time point;determining a target waveform based on the measured value of the actual speed, wherein said target waveform has an integral value of the area under said target waveform substantially corresponding to the integral value of the area under the reference waveform; andregulating the actual speed of said tape during the time period defined between said first and last time points to correspond to said target waveform speed.