Capstan motor control circuit

Claim 2

A capstan motor control circuit comprising: comparing means for comparing an instruction voltage dependent on an instructed low-speed search mode and a rotational speed voltage dependent on a present rotational speed of a capstan motor; rotating direction instruction generating means for detecting a rotating direction of said capstan motor and for generating a rotating direction instruction which instructs rotation in a direction opposite to a detected present rotating direction of said capstan motor; braking voltage generating means for generating a braking voltage; and control means responsive to an output of said comparing means for supplying to said capstan motor said rotating direction instruction from said rotating direction instruction generating means and said braking voltage from said braking voltage generating means during a time period in which said rotational speed voltage is greater than said instruction voltage, and for supplying to said capstan motor said instruction voltage and a rotating direction instruction which instructs rotation in a direction identical to the present rotating direction of said capstan motor when said rotational speed voltage becomes approximately equal to said instruction voltage.

Claim 3

A capstan motor control circuit as claimed in claim 1 in which said rotating direction instruction generating means comprises magnetoresistance effect elements provided in a vicinity of said capstan motor for producing two rotational phase signals dependent on a rotational phase of said capstan motor and having a +90° or -90° phase difference depending on the rotating direction of said capstan motor, and circuit means supplied with said rotational phase signals for generating as said rotating direction instruction a signal which has high and low levels dependent on said +90° or -90° phase difference.

Claim 4

A capstan motor control circuit as claimed in claim 1 in which said braking voltage generating means comprises means for generating a fixed voltage.

Claim 5

A capstan motor control circuit as claimed in claim 1 in which said braking voltage generating means comprises means for generating a voltage dependent on a difference between said rotational speed voltage and said instruction voltage.

Claim 6

A capstan motor control circuit comprising: comparing means for comparing an instruction voltage dependent on an instructed low-speed search mode and a rotational speed voltage dependent on a present rotational speed of a capstan motor; rotating direction instruction generating means for detecting a rotating direction of said capstan motor and for generating a rotating direction instruction which instructs rotation in a direction opposite to a detected present rotating direction of said capstan motor; braking voltage generating means for generating a braking voltage; speed detecting means for detecting whether or not the rotational speed of said capstan motor has become under a predetermined value; and control means responsive to outputs of said comparing means and said speed detecting means for supplying to said capstan motor said rotating direction instruction from said rotating direction instruction generating means and said braking voltage from said braking voltage generating means during a time period in which said rotational speed voltage is greater than said instruction voltage, for cutting off a supply of said braking voltage to said capstan motor and supplying to said capstan motor a rotating direction instruction which instructs rotation in a direction identical to the present rotating direction when said speed detecting means detects that the rotational speed of said capstan motor has become under said predetermined value, and for supplying to said capstan motor said instruction voltage when said rotational speed voltage becomes approximately equal to said instruction voltage.

Claim 7

A capstan motor control circuit comprising: comparing means for comparing an instruction voltage dependent on an instructed low-speed search mode and a rotational speed voltage dependent on a present rotational speed of a capstan motor; rotating direction instruction generating means for detecting a rotating direction of said capstan motor and for generating a rotating direction instruction which instructs rotation in a direction opposite to a detected present rotating direction of said capstan motor; braking voltage generating means for generating a braking voltage; speed detecting means for detecting whether or not the rotational speed of said capstan motor has become under a predetermined value; and control means responsive to outputs of said comparing means and said speed detecting means for supplying to said capstan motor said rotating direction instruction from said rotating direction instruction generating means and said braking voltage from said braking voltage generating means during a time period in which said rotational speed voltage is greater than said instruction voltage, for cutting off a supply of said braking voltage to said capstan motor and supplying to said capstan motor a rotating direction instruction which instructs rotation in a direction identical to the present rotating direction when said speed detecting means detects that the rotational speed of said capstan motor has become under said predetermined value, and for supplying to said capstan motor said instruction voltage when said rotational speed voltage becomes approximately equal to said instruction voltage.

Claim 8

A capstan motor control circuit as claimed in claim 5 in which said rotating direction instruction generating means comprises magnetoresistance effect elements provided in a vicinity of said capstan motor for producing two rotational phase signals dependent on a rotational phase of said capstan motor and having a +90° or -90° phase difference depending on the rotating direction of said capstan motor, and circuit means supplied with said rotational phase signals for generating as said rotating direction instruction a signal which has high and low levels dependent on said +90° or -90° phase difference.

Claim 9

A capstan motor control circuit as claimed in claim 5 in which said braking voltage generating means comprises means for generating a fixed voltage.

Claim 10

A capstan motor control circuit as claimed in claim 5 in which said braking voltage generating means comprises means for generating a voltage dependent on a difference between said rotational speed voltage and said instruction voltage.

Claim 11

A capstan motor control circuit as claimed in claim 5 in which said speed detecting means comprises means for comparing said rotational speed voltage and a predetermined reference voltage.

Claim 12

A capstan motor control circuit as claimed in claim 5 in which said speed detecting means comprises a monostable multivibrator supplied with a predetermined signal having a frequency dependent on the present rotational speed of said capstan motor, and a flip-flip supplied with said predetermined signal and an output of said monostable multivibrator for producing a signal having different levels in correspondence with the frequency of said predetermined signal.