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Optical information recording apparatus including error checking circuit

US4308612A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 20, 1979
Grant dateDec 29, 1981
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Expiry dateDec 20, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B7/0052
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In apparatus wherein a predetermined information signal is recorded on an optical disk by the use of a light beam; an information recording apparatus characterized by provision of a light detector for detecting reflected light caused by the reflection of the light beam by the optical disk, and a checking circuit for detecting the duration for which a maximum peak value of the output from the light detector exists, the recorded state of information on the optical disk being detected on the basis of the output from the detector by the checking circuit.

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