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Speed and phase control system

US4086520A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 19, 1976
Grant dateApr 25, 1978
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Expiry dateFeb 19, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02P23/183
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In an apparatus having at least one rotary head for reproducing video signals recorded in successive parallel tracks extending obliquely across a tape which is advanced longitudinally and also has control signals recorded therein in predetermined positional relationship to the respective record tracks to be reproduced by a fixed transducer or head with a repetition rate that is dependent on the speed of advancement of the tape: a speed and phase control system for the rotary head or heads has a rotational speed detector for producing pulse signals representative of the rotational position of each rotary head and having a repetition rate that is a function of the rotational speed of the rotary head; a phase comparator for producing a phase responsive signal having a voltage level that is varied in response to changes in the relative timing of the reproduced control signals and the pulse signals; a digital device for producing a speed responsive signal having a voltage level that generally corresponds to the repetition rate of the pulse signals, but which is varied in response to changes in the repetition rate of the pulse signals only when such changes occur without corresponding ch…

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