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Method and apparatus for controlling tape transport apparatus in search sequence

US4411008A · kind A · utility

23Cited by

14References

10Claims

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Assignee

Staar S.A. · BE

Inventors

Stephane M. d'Alayer de Costemore d'Arc · Genappe, BE
David J. Lockey · Brussels, BE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 6, 1981
Grant date	Oct 18, 1983
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 6, 2001

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11B27/107
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Method and apparatus for controlling tape movement to a given position by utilizing the combination of periodic determinations of tape position by calculation based on reel speed ratios, and monitoring positions represented by counts in a pulse count memory.

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