[특허]Simplified storage media library subsystem

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국가/구분	United States(US) Patent 등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)	G06F-013/00
출원번호	US-0206537 (1994-03-04)
발명자 / 주소	Kleinschnitz Donald J. (Louisville CO)
출원인 / 주소	Storage Technology Corporation (Louisville CO 02)
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The present invention discloses a storage library subsystem which utilizes robotic arm mechanisms to move storage media cartridges between inventory storage locations and read/write devices. This library subsystem simplifies the motion required of the robotic arms to reduce the complexity of the robotic mechanisms and thereby reduce the complexity, size and cost of the library subsystem. One factor in simplifying the robotic motion is the use of higher density storage media cartridges. Higher density cartridges enables a corresponding reduction in the total number of media cartridges inventoried and the total range of motion required of the robotic arm. Another factor in simplifying the robotic motion is the placement of media cartridges in vertically aligned columns around the circumference of a rotating cylindrical carousel. The carousel may be rotated to vertically align a column of storage media cartridges with a read/write device below in the same vertical plane. This configuration permits the robotic arm to access both the storage media cartridges and the read/write devices without the need for rotational movement. Another simplification of the subsystem is realized by limiting human access to the internal inventory of the library. The inventory may be accessed by a human operator during normal operation only by library controlled access through a Cartridge Access Port (CAP). Only certain reserved positions on the rotating carousel will be available at the CAP when the library unlocks the door covering the CAP. By limiting human operator access to the library inventory the present invention eliminates the need for complex components such as vision systems to update library inventory following human intervention. Alternative exemplary embodiments restore some limited rotational movement to the robotic arm to enable a single arm to service multiple carousels or read/write/drives.

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A simplified storage library subsystem comprising: magazine means having a plurality of slots for storing storage media cartridges, each of said slots being adapted to receive one of said storage media cartridges; carousel means for rotatably holding a plurality of said magazine means wherein said magazine means includes a plurality of active magazine means and at least one reserve magazine means, each of said plurality of said magazine means being positioned parallel to a first plane, said carousel means having a storage media selection position aligned with said first plane; non-rotatable robotic gripper means for seeking said storage media cartridges along said first plane, and gripping and releasing said storage media cartridges along an intersect line of a second plane and said first plane, said first plane being substantially perpendicular to said second plane; at least one read/write device means for recording and retrieving information on said storage media cartridges, each of said at least one read/write device means being aligned in said first plane; carousel control means for controllably rotating said carousel means to align one of said plurality of said magazine means at a time with said storage media selection position; robot control means for controllably moving said robotic gripper means along said first plane; gripper control means for controllably moving said robotic gripper means along said second plane and causing said robotic gripper means to grip one of said storage media cartridges and release one of said storage media cartridges; access means to permit controlled access by an operator to one of said at least one reserve magazine means at a time for adding or removing said storage media cartridges therefrom by way of an access port; and processing means cooperatively engaged with said carousel control means, with said robot control means, with said access means, and with said gripper control means for controllably gripping, releasing, and moving said storage media cartridges from a first position within said storage library subsystem to a second position within said storage library subsystem.

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