Transducer for reading information stored on an optical record carrier, single photon detector based storage system and method for reading data from an optical record carrier
US7501628B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 14, 2006 |
| Grant date | Mar 10, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 6, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B2007/0009
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Transducer (24, 240, 241) for reading information stored 1n an optical record carrier (1), comprising at least one solid-state single photon detector, for example a single photon avalanche diode (24) for acquisition of a 2D or 3D image of at least a portion of the optical record carrier.
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