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Optical disc recording and retrieval system
Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1981-04-15
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Granted: 1984-02-21
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Expires: 2001-04-15
Abstract
Abstract An optical signal recording and reproduction or retrieval system which records a primary signal on a recording track provided on a recording medium by projecting a laser beam which has been modulated by the primary signal onto the recording track, and further records a secondary signal, by superposition, on the recording track by projecting the laser beam which has been modulated by the secondary signal having a frequency band which is different from that of the primary signal onto the recording track for enabling the deleting of the previously recorded primary signal.
Inventors
- 👤 Sueki Baba
- 👤 Tomio Yoshida
- 👤 Nobuo Akahira
- 👤 Tadaoki Yamashita
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-27 09:21
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B7/00; G11B7/004; G11B20/00; G11B20/10; G11B27/00; G11B27/10; G11B27/19; G11B27/28; G11B27/30
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
170 words
A signal recording and retrieval system comprising: a means for recording a primary signal on a recording track provided on a recording medium by projecting thereonto a laser beam which has been modulated by said primary signal; a means for further recording a secondary signal, by superposition, onto a section of said recording track having a previously recorded primary signal which is to be deleted, by projecting said laser beam thereonto, said laser beam being modulated by said secondary signal and said secondary signal having a frequency band which is different from a frequency band of said primary signal; a means for retrieving a signal including said primary signal from said recording track; a means for extracting said secondary signal from said retrieved signal during the retrieval thereof; and a means for inhibiting an outputting of said retrieved primary signal by controlling a gate means provided in a transmission path of said retrieval signal during these periods of time when a separated secondary signal is present in said retrieved signal.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
170 words
A signal recording and retrieval system comprising: a means for recording a primary signal on a recording track provided on a recording medium by projecting thereonto a laser beam which has been modulated by said primary signal; a means for further recording a secondary signal, by superposition, onto a section of said recording track having a previously recorded primary signal which is to be deleted, by projecting said laser beam thereonto, said laser beam being modulated by said secondary signal and said secondary signal having a frequency band which is different from a frequency band of said primary signal; a means for retrieving a signal including said primary signal from said recording track; a means for extracting said secondary signal from said retrieved signal during the retrieval thereof; and a means for inhibiting an outputting of said retrieved primary signal by controlling a gate means provided in a transmission path of said retrieval signal during these periods of time when a separated secondary signal is present in said retrieved signal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
A signal recording and retireval system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said secondary signal has frequency which is higher than said frequency band of said primary signal.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
43 words
A signal recording and retrieval system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said secondary signal has frequency which is lower than said frequency band of said primary signal and wherein said secondary signal is recorded over an entire width of said recording track.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
189 words
A signal recording and retrieval system comprising: a means for recording a primary signal on a recording track provided on a recording medium by projecting theronto a laser beam which has been modulated by said primary signal; a means for further recording a secondary signal, by superposition, in a vicinity of a forward end and a terminal end of a section of said recording track having a previously recorded primary signal which is to be deleted, by projecting said laser beam thereonto, said laser beam being modulated by said secondary signal and said secondary signal having a frequency band which is different from a frequency band of said primary signal; a means for retrieving a signal including said primary signal from said recording track; a means for extracting said secondary signal from said retrieved signal during the retrieval thereof; and a means for effecting a fast feeding retrieval operation, whereby said primary signal is skipped at a high speed and thereby not outputted from the retrieval system, during a time period from an initial detection of said retrieved secondary signal to a subsequent detection of said retrieved secondary signal.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
189 words
A signal recording and retrieval system comprising: a means for recording a primary signal on a recording track provided on a recording medium by projecting theronto a laser beam which has been modulated by said primary signal; a means for further recording a secondary signal, by superposition, in a vicinity of a forward end and a terminal end of a section of said recording track having a previously recorded primary signal which is to be deleted, by projecting said laser beam thereonto, said laser beam being modulated by said secondary signal and said secondary signal having a frequency band which is different from a frequency band of said primary signal; a means for retrieving a signal including said primary signal from said recording track; a means for extracting said secondary signal from said retrieved signal during the retrieval thereof; and a means for effecting a fast feeding retrieval operation, whereby said primary signal is skipped at a high speed and thereby not outputted from the retrieval system, during a time period from an initial detection of said retrieved secondary signal to a subsequent detection of said retrieved secondary signal.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
19 words
A signal recording and retrieval system as claimed in claim 4, wherein said secondary signal comprises a D.C. signal.
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