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Reproducing apparatus for an optical recording medium

US5008521A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 29, 1989
Grant dateApr 16, 1991
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Expiry dateMar 29, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B7/013
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A reproducing apparatus reproduces an information signal from a card type optical recording medium from which an information signal can be optically read out and on which an information signal is discretely recorded as a plurality of blocks each consisting of a plurality of track trains. The apparatus comprises a detector formed with a plurality of detecting elements arranged two-dimensionally. A light beam from a reproducing light source irradiates the entire area of the block as a recording unit. The detector detects light reflected from the optical card, and a extractor extracts a detection output of one of the track trains in the block on the basis of a detection output from the detector.

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