Patent ID: 7974714

Claim:
A data storage device, comprising: (a) an acoustic emission source, comprising a data storage device having an actuator, configured to produce an acoustic emission having varying intensity during head seek operations performed by the data storage device; (b) a controllable audio output transducer, separate from said acoustic emission source, configured to reproduce at least a portion of an intended output signature of an audio program; and (c) a control system, configured to control said acoustic emission source and said transducer, to reduce a perceived acoustic disturbance emanating from said data storage device during the operations, said control system configured to cooperate with a subsystem that renders sounds in response to media to define an intended output signature, to model events generating noise during head transitions of the data storage device, and to modify the audio program based on the model, said control system further configured to control the acoustic emission source and the transducer to each generate at least a portion of the sounds in dependence on the media, (d) the acoustic emission source being controlled by the control system to synchronize a generation of impulses in the acoustic emission of the acoustic emission source with the intended output signature.