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Track kick device in a disc recording and reproducing apparatus

US5640376A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 22, 1995
Grant dateJun 17, 1997
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Expiry dateDec 22, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B7/0946
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A track kick device for a disc recording and reproducing device includes a direction determination device 1 outputting a forward pulse FWD or a backward pulse BWD according to a relation in phase between a pit position signal HFD and a tracking error signal TER, a track counter 2 counting the pulse FWD to increase its count value, the pulse BWD to decrease it, and a phase comparator 4, and a reference pulse generator 3 outputting a reference pulse for determining a speed of movement for the pickup. In the case of a track count mode, the phase comparator 4 outputs an acceleration pulse KP+ or a deceleration pulse KP- so that the tracking error signal TER is synchronous with the reference pulse, and in the case where a brake mode is effected in which the count value represents the aimed track, the phase comparator 4 outputs a brake pulse so that those signals HFD and TER indicates the on-track state of the pickup.

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