US4329575A
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Video disc having a label for identifying material recorded thereon
Assignee: RCA Corp
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Filing: 1980-04-21
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Granted: 1982-05-11
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Expires: 2000-04-21
Abstract
Abstract A video disc record suitable for use with a video disc player apparatus is provided with a label for identifying the program material stored on the surface of the record. The label is formed in a machine readable format which comprises grooves in the surface of the record. In one format, whorls of a spiral groove on the surface of the record are spaced alternately with ungrooved areas on the surface. A readout apparatus comprises a light beam which is arranged to scan the grooved label and a detecetor which is arranged to sense the light beam reflected from the disc record surface. Light striking an ungrooved section is reflected in a substantially specular direction while light striking a grooved section is substantially scattered out of the specular direction. The detector is arranged to collect the light reflected into the specular direction.
Inventors
- 👤 William R. Roach
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 09:56
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B19/00; G11B19/02; G11B19/12; G11B19/122; G06; G06K; G06K19/00; G06K19/06; G06K19/06009; G11B23/00; G11B23/30; G11B23/36; G11B23/38; G11B23/40; G06K2019/06215; G06K2019/06253; G06K2019/06271
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
268 words
A disc record for storing information signals of a given program, said disc record comprising: a first annular area on a surface of said disc having an information track therein comprising elements corresponding to the information signals stored on said disc record; and a second annular area on said surface of said disc having a first plurality of surface regions and a second plurality of surface regions, said second annular area being concentric with said first annular area and positioned such that the outer diameter of said second annular area is less than the inner diameter of said first annular area; said first plurality of surface regions having a surface effect for deflecting light in a first direction; said second plurality of surface regions having a surface effect for deflecting light substantially away from said first direction; each of said first plurality of surface regions alternating with each of said second plurality of surface regions to form a pattern of concentric annular surface regions having regions of said first surface effect interleaved with regions of said second surface effect; each of said surface regions having a dimension representative of an element of a digital code, surface regions of a first dimension being representative of a first code state and surface regions of a second dimension being representative of a second code state; each of said surface regions of said pattern of concentric annular surface regions being dimensioned to identify a given state of said code such that said pattern of concentric annular surface regions provides a machine readable digital code representative of the identity of said given program.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
268 words
A disc record for storing information signals of a given program, said disc record comprising: a first annular area on a surface of said disc having an information track therein comprising elements corresponding to the information signals stored on said disc record; and a second annular area on said surface of said disc having a first plurality of surface regions and a second plurality of surface regions, said second annular area being concentric with said first annular area and positioned such that the outer diameter of said second annular area is less than the inner diameter of said first annular area; said first plurality of surface regions having a surface effect for deflecting light in a first direction; said second plurality of surface regions having a surface effect for deflecting light substantially away from said first direction; each of said first plurality of surface regions alternating with each of said second plurality of surface regions to form a pattern of concentric annular surface regions having regions of said first surface effect interleaved with regions of said second surface effect; each of said surface regions having a dimension representative of an element of a digital code, surface regions of a first dimension being representative of a first code state and surface regions of a second dimension being representative of a second code state; each of said surface regions of said pattern of concentric annular surface regions being dimensioned to identify a given state of said code such that said pattern of concentric annular surface regions provides a machine readable digital code representative of the identity of said given program.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
63 words
The disc record in accordance with claim 1 wherein the surface of said first plurality of surface regions is specular such that light deflected by said specular surface is reflected in a specular direction; and wherein the surface of said second plurality of regions has a texture such that light deflected by said textured surface is substantially reflected away from said specular direction.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
46 words
The disc record according to claim 1 wherein said second plurality of surface regions comprise a plurality of bands of whorls of groove convolutions; and wherein said first plurality of surface regions comprise specular areas interposed between said bands of whorls of said second surface regions.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
36 words
The disc record according to claim 1 wherein the surface of said first plurality of surface regions is specular; and wherein the surface of said second plurality of surface regions is provided with a spiral groove.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
334 words
In a video disc system for information recovery of video and sound signals, the combination comprising: a disc record for storing a given program which includes said video and sound signals, said disc record comprising: a first annular area on a surface of said disc having an information track therein comprising elements representative of said given program; and a second annular area on said surface of said disc having a first plurality of surface regions and a second plurality of surface regions, said second annular area being concentric with said first annular area and positioned such that the outer diameter of said second annular area is less than the inner diameter of said first annular area; said first plurality of surface regions having a surface effect for deflecting light in a first direction; said second plurality of surface regions having a surface effect for deflecting light substantially away from said first direction; each of said first plurality of surface regions alternating with each of said second plurality of surface regions to form a pattern of concentric annular surface regions having regions of said first surface effect interleaved with regions of said second surface effect; each of said surface regions having a dimension representative of an element of a digital code, surface regions of a first dimension being representative of a first code state and surface regions of a second dimension being representative of a second code state; each of said surface regions of said pattern of concentric annular surface regions being dimensioned to identify a given state of said code such that said pattern of concentric annular surface regions provides a machine readable digital code representative of the identity of said given program; and a caddy for providing a protective closure for said disc record, said caddy comprising: a jacket for receiving said disc record; and a label attached to said jacket for identifying said given program on the video disc record intended to be stored in said caddy, said label being machine readable.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
334 words
In a video disc system for information recovery of video and sound signals, the combination comprising: a disc record for storing a given program which includes said video and sound signals, said disc record comprising: a first annular area on a surface of said disc having an information track therein comprising elements representative of said given program; and a second annular area on said surface of said disc having a first plurality of surface regions and a second plurality of surface regions, said second annular area being concentric with said first annular area and positioned such that the outer diameter of said second annular area is less than the inner diameter of said first annular area; said first plurality of surface regions having a surface effect for deflecting light in a first direction; said second plurality of surface regions having a surface effect for deflecting light substantially away from said first direction; each of said first plurality of surface regions alternating with each of said second plurality of surface regions to form a pattern of concentric annular surface regions having regions of said first surface effect interleaved with regions of said second surface effect; each of said surface regions having a dimension representative of an element of a digital code, surface regions of a first dimension being representative of a first code state and surface regions of a second dimension being representative of a second code state; each of said surface regions of said pattern of concentric annular surface regions being dimensioned to identify a given state of said code such that said pattern of concentric annular surface regions provides a machine readable digital code representative of the identity of said given program; and a caddy for providing a protective closure for said disc record, said caddy comprising: a jacket for receiving said disc record; and a label attached to said jacket for identifying said given program on the video disc record intended to be stored in said caddy, said label being machine readable.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
45 words
The combination according to claim 5 wherein said second plurality of surface regions comprise a plurality of bands of whorls of groove convolutions; and wherein said first plurality of surface regions comprise specular areas interposed between said bands of whorls of said second surface regions.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
63 words
The combination in accordance with claim 5 wherein the surface of said first plurality of surface regions is specular such that light deflected by said specular surface is reflected in a specular direction; and wherein the surface of said second plurality of surface regions has a texture such that light deflected by said textured surface is substantially reflected away from said specular direction.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
35 words
The combination according to claim 5 wherein the surface of said first plurality of surface regions is specular; and wherein the surface of said second plurality of surface regions is provided with a spiral groove.
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