Patent ID: 6937426
Filing Date: 2005-08-30
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A device for reading and/or writing information from and on, respectively, track ( 24 ) on a medium ( 2 ), comprising a read and/or write bead ( 3 ) which is movable in transverse direction relative to said track ( 24 ) and comprising a carriage ( 2 ) which can be moved in transverse direction by positioning means ( 5 , 20 ) and means for maintaining the reading and/or writing operation at a scanning point on the track during a movement in transverse direction of the track relative to the carriage, means ( 10 ) for supplying to a control circuit ( 6 ), a signal representative of a desired change in the position of the read and/or write head ( 3 ) in transverse direction from an initial position to a final position, which control circuit ( 6 ) is arranged for processing information from said representative signal into control signals for said positioning means ( 5 , 20 ), and which control circuit ( 6 ) is furthermore arranged for generating a control signal at a first point of time and supplying said signal to the positioning means ( 5 , 20 ) so as to cause them to move the read and/or write head ( 3 ) from the initial position to the final position, characterized in that said first point of time occurs a moment when the maintaining means ( 22 ) of the read and/or write head ( 3 ) are still reading and/or writing the track ( 24 ) in the scanning point at the initial position.