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Disc reproducing system for compensating mechanical imperfections

US4918678A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 19, 1989
Grant dateApr 17, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 19, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B3/10
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Means for reducing the effects of vertical perturbations of a phonograph disc surface resulting from disc and/or playback system mechanical imperfections. Such imperfections are compensated by closed loop and/or open loop means wherein the deviations of the record path are detected and employed to minimize the effects of the mechanical imperfections.

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