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US4862291A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Scanning system in information reproducing apparatus

Assignee: Pioneer Corp
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Filing: 1987-11-16
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Granted: 1989-08-29
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Expires: 2007-11-16
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Abstract

Abstract A spindle servo circuit controlled according to a time base. Fine time base tuning is performed in a clock driven CCD. In a scan mode, tracks are alternately reproduced and jumped. The fine tuning is turned off at the start of jumping (which occurs after a full video field has been written into a video memory) and the center frequency of a VCO clock is decreased so as to slow the shifting of the CCD.

Inventors

  • 👤 Masahiro Nakajima
  • 👤 Tutomu Banno

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-05 22:00
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N9/00; H04N9/79; H04N9/80; H04N9/802; G; G11; G11B; G11B19/00; G11B19/20; G11B19/24; G11B19/247; G11B21/00; G11B21/02; G11B21/03; H04N5/00; H04N5/76; H04N5/91; H04N5/93; H04N5/9305; H04N5/937

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim 222 words
A time base control system for a rotating recording medium, comprising: means for rotating a recording medium and including time base means for controlling a rotational speed of said rotating means; accessing means for accessing recording tracks on said rotating recording medium and having a detection point on said recording medium; means for generating an error signal corresponding to a relative speed between said detection point and said rotating recording medium; means for jumping said detection point radially across a track of said rotating recording medium; tracking means for causing said accessing means to follow a selected one of said tracks of said rotating recording medium; a clock; first tuning means responsive to said error signal for correcting a time base of said time base means within a range of control and including a clock response delay having a signal delay time corresponding to a frequency of said clock; and control means, operative during a jumping mode of said accessing means, for changing said range of control, wherein said control means stops an operation of said first tuning means during a predetermined time from a start of said jumping mode and shifts a center frequency of said clock during said predetermined period, wherein said range of control of said time base means is enlarged during said jumping mode of said accessing means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 222 words
A time base control system for a rotating recording medium, comprising: means for rotating a recording medium and including time base means for controlling a rotational speed of said rotating means; accessing means for accessing recording tracks on said rotating recording medium and having a detection point on said recording medium; means for generating an error signal corresponding to a relative speed between said detection point and said rotating recording medium; means for jumping said detection point radially across a track of said rotating recording medium; tracking means for causing said accessing means to follow a selected one of said tracks of said rotating recording medium; a clock; first tuning means responsive to said error signal for correcting a time base of said time base means within a range of control and including a clock response delay having a signal delay time corresponding to a frequency of said clock; and control means, operative during a jumping mode of said accessing means, for changing said range of control, wherein said control means stops an operation of said first tuning means during a predetermined time from a start of said jumping mode and shifts a center frequency of said clock during said predetermined period, wherein said range of control of said time base means is enlarged during said jumping mode of said accessing means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 47 words
A time base control system as recited in claim 1, further comprising second tuning means for correcting said time base and having a coarser correction than said first tuning means and wherein said control means stops an operation of said second tuning means during said predetermined time.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 18 words
A time base control system as recited in claim 1, wherein said clock comprises a voltage controllable oscillator.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 49 words
A time base control system as recited in claim 1, wherein said control means further comprises means for outputting a command signal to which said time base means is responsive, for decreasing a rate of application of a negative-polarity error signal during said jumping mode of said accessing means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 202 words
A scanning system in an information reproducing apparatus, comprising: means for rotating a recording medium having a plurality of tracks; a pickup radially movable across said rotating medium for reproducing video information recorded in said tracks; means for receiving a scanning instruction by said scanning system for causing said pickup to scan across said tracks; a video memory; means for writing said video information into said video memory; and high-speed reproduction means, responsive to said scanning instruction, for alternately performing said reproducing by said pickup and causing a jump movement of said pickup across said tracks so as to effect a plurality of reproducing operations and a plurality of jump movements, wherein each of said jump movements is caused immediately following a completion by said writing means of a writing of at least one field of said video information which then is reproduced during a subsequent jump movement, so that said writing means writes said at least one field of said video information into said video memory from different locations in said recording medium during said jump movement, such that selected fields of said video information are written into and reproduced from said video memory during different ones of said jump movements.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 202 words
A scanning system in an information reproducing apparatus, comprising: means for rotating a recording medium having a plurality of tracks; a pickup radially movable across said rotating medium for reproducing video information recorded in said tracks; means for receiving a scanning instruction by said scanning system for causing said pickup to scan across said tracks; a video memory; means for writing said video information into said video memory; and high-speed reproduction means, responsive to said scanning instruction, for alternately performing said reproducing by said pickup and causing a jump movement of said pickup across said tracks so as to effect a plurality of reproducing operations and a plurality of jump movements, wherein each of said jump movements is caused immediately following a completion by said writing means of a writing of at least one field of said video information which then is reproduced during a subsequent jump movement, so that said writing means writes said at least one field of said video information into said video memory from different locations in said recording medium during said jump movement, such that selected fields of said video information are written into and reproduced from said video memory during different ones of said jump movements.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 25 words
A scanning system as recited in claim 5, wherein said jump movement is caused upon detection of a vertical synchronizing signal of said video information.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 394 words
A time base control and scanning system for a rotating recording medium, comprising: means for rotating a recording medium and including time base means for controlling a rotational speed of said rotating means; accessing means for accessing recording tracks on said rotating recording medium and having a detection point on said recording medium; means for generating an error signal corresponding to a relative speed between said detection point and said rotating recording medium; means for jumping said detection point radially across a track of said rotating recording medium; tracking means for causing said accessing means to follow a selected one of said tracks of said rotating recording medium; a clock; first tuning means responsive to said error signal for correcting a time base of said time base means within a range of control and including a clock response delay having a signal delay time corresponding to a frequency of said clock; control means, operative during a jumping mode of said accessing means, for changing said range of control, wherein said control means stops an operation of said first tuning means during a predetermined time from a start of said jumping mode and shifts a center frequency of said clock during said predetermined period, wherein said range of control of said time base means is enlarged during said jumping mode of said accessing means; means for inputting a scanning instruction to said time base control and scanning system for causing said accessing system to scan across said tracks; a video memory; means for writing said video information into said video memory; and high-speed reproduction means, responsive to said scanning instruction, for alternately performing said reproducing by said pickup and causing a jump movement of said pickup across said tracks so as to effect a plurality of reproducing operatons and a plurality of jump movements, wherein each of said jump movements is caused immediately following a completion by said writing means of a writing of at least one field of said video information which then is reproduced during a subsequent jump movement, so that said writing means writes said at least one field of said video information into said video memory from different locations in said recording medium during said jump movement, such that selected fields of said video information are written into and reproduced from said video memory during different ones of said jump movements.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 394 words
A time base control and scanning system for a rotating recording medium, comprising: means for rotating a recording medium and including time base means for controlling a rotational speed of said rotating means; accessing means for accessing recording tracks on said rotating recording medium and having a detection point on said recording medium; means for generating an error signal corresponding to a relative speed between said detection point and said rotating recording medium; means for jumping said detection point radially across a track of said rotating recording medium; tracking means for causing said accessing means to follow a selected one of said tracks of said rotating recording medium; a clock; first tuning means responsive to said error signal for correcting a time base of said time base means within a range of control and including a clock response delay having a signal delay time corresponding to a frequency of said clock; control means, operative during a jumping mode of said accessing means, for changing said range of control, wherein said control means stops an operation of said first tuning means during a predetermined time from a start of said jumping mode and shifts a center frequency of said clock during said predetermined period, wherein said range of control of said time base means is enlarged during said jumping mode of said accessing means; means for inputting a scanning instruction to said time base control and scanning system for causing said accessing system to scan across said tracks; a video memory; means for writing said video information into said video memory; and high-speed reproduction means, responsive to said scanning instruction, for alternately performing said reproducing by said pickup and causing a jump movement of said pickup across said tracks so as to effect a plurality of reproducing operatons and a plurality of jump movements, wherein each of said jump movements is caused immediately following a completion by said writing means of a writing of at least one field of said video information which then is reproduced during a subsequent jump movement, so that said writing means writes said at least one field of said video information into said video memory from different locations in said recording medium during said jump movement, such that selected fields of said video information are written into and reproduced from said video memory during different ones of said jump movements.

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