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Videodisc play-back apparatus with variable width beam

US4125859A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 1, 1976
Grant dateNov 14, 1978
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Expiry dateNov 1, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B7/12
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Information play-back apparatus comprising a laser source, an information recorded medium, optical means for guiding a laser beam from the laser source to an information recorded track on the information recorded medium, and means for varying the size of the spot of the laser beam on the information recorded track in dependence on the position of the track on the information recorded medium.

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