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Focus control through detection of the rate of error in discs with a control signal inversely dependent on the error rate

US4809253A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 22, 1986
Grant dateFeb 28, 1989
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Expiry dateSep 22, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B7/0908
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A focus controller for a player for rotating optically scanned information-based disks has an optical scanner with a focus actuator driven by a transformer. The loop amplification of the control circuit is controlled in accordance with a control signal that varies inversely as a function of the type and frequency of the disk errors.

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