Video disc head tracking apparatus
US4809247A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 22, 1987 |
| Grant date | Feb 28, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 22, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B7/0953
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A video signal play back device derives video signals from successive tracks formed as a continuous spiral on a video disc using a light source and a lens system, which is carried by a rotatable element at a predetermined spacing from the surface of the disc and which defines a folded optical path. The rotatable element translates the lens system in the radial direction relative to the disc for "coarse" steering of the light beam along the information tracks as the disc is rotated by a turntable. The optical path includes a mirror which is articulated for rotational motion about an axis which shifts the point of impingement of the transmitted light beam upon the disc in the radial direction. The returned beam is directed to a photosensitive pick-up which provides input signals to a circuit which generates a "fine" servo control signal to drive the articulated mirror.
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