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Head control means for optical videodisc player

US4124868A · kind A · utility

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11Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 21, 1976
Grant dateNov 7, 1978
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 21, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2220/2587
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to methods for controlling the starting and stopping of the reading of recording supports read in appropriate readers. The method according to the invention comprises providing a zone free from information at least at the beginning of the track of such a support. The reading head of the reader advances rapidly to that zone and, after having detected the presence thereof, continues its advance at a normal speed.

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