Patent · US Expired

Optical disc

US6224959A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 14, 1999
Grant dateMay 1, 2001
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Expiry dateSep 14, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/21
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Prepits in a sector header area are arranged on center lines of groove tracks or land tracks, and header signals are played back in a drive by using sum signals of split sensors, thereby providing resistance to disc tilt or track offset and improving margins.

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