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Spindle control apparatus for disk player

Assignee: Pioneer Corp
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Filing: 1991-07-26
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Granted: 1993-06-15
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Expires: 2011-07-26
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Abstract

Abstract A spindle control apparatuses for a disk player allows a quick search of recorded data on a disk carrying a plurality of types of data that should be read out at different reading velocities. A spindle servo loop is rendered open in response to a command and a normal rotational velocity of the disk necessary to read out recorded data at a specific address is computed. Then the disk's rotational velocity is accelerated or decelerated in a single step until it coincides with the designated rotational velocity and the servo loop is closed when these velocities coincide with each other. This allows quick and stable locking of the spindle servo loop during the searching period, so that the searching velocity is raised considerably.

Inventors

  • 👤 Kiyoshi Tateishi
  • 👤 Tsutomu Takahashi

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 07:31
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B19/00; G11B19/20; G11B19/28; G11B7/00; G11B7/08; G11B7/085; G11B7/08505

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 291 words
A spindle control apparatus for a disk player for reading out recorded data at a designated address on a disk having address data indicating a recording position recorded thereon in addition to a coded data signal and a sync signal and reproducing the recorded data, comprising: memory means for storing in advance data representing a correlation between each address of the disk and a reading velocity necessary to read out contents of each address; reading means for reading out recorded data from the disk; sync detecting means for detecting a sync signal and producing a sync detection signal; first signal generating means for generating a first signal according to a frequency difference and a phase difference between the sync detection signal and a reference signal of a frequency according to a reading velocity corresponding to the designated address; drive means for driving the disk in response to a drive signal; rotational velocity detecting means for detecting a rotational velocity of the disk; second signal generating means for generating a second signal according to a difference between a value acquired by computing a rotational velocity of the disk necessary to read out recorded data at a reading velocity corresponding to the designated address in response to a command and a value of the rotational velocity detected by the rotational velocity detecting means, and outputting the second signal together with a switching command signal until the computed value and the detected value coincide with each other; and signal selecting means for selectively supplying the first signal as the drive signal to the drive means when the switching command signal is not present and selectively supplying the second signal as the drive signal to the drive means when the switching command signal is present.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 291 words
A spindle control apparatus for a disk player for reading out recorded data at a designated address on a disk having address data indicating a recording position recorded thereon in addition to a coded data signal and a sync signal and reproducing the recorded data, comprising: memory means for storing in advance data representing a correlation between each address of the disk and a reading velocity necessary to read out contents of each address; reading means for reading out recorded data from the disk; sync detecting means for detecting a sync signal and producing a sync detection signal; first signal generating means for generating a first signal according to a frequency difference and a phase difference between the sync detection signal and a reference signal of a frequency according to a reading velocity corresponding to the designated address; drive means for driving the disk in response to a drive signal; rotational velocity detecting means for detecting a rotational velocity of the disk; second signal generating means for generating a second signal according to a difference between a value acquired by computing a rotational velocity of the disk necessary to read out recorded data at a reading velocity corresponding to the designated address in response to a command and a value of the rotational velocity detected by the rotational velocity detecting means, and outputting the second signal together with a switching command signal until the computed value and the detected value coincide with each other; and signal selecting means for selectively supplying the first signal as the drive signal to the drive means when the switching command signal is not present and selectively supplying the second signal as the drive signal to the drive means when the switching command signal is present.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 293 words
A spindle control apparatus for a disk player for reading out recorded data at a designated address on a disk having address data indicating a recording position recorded thereon in addition to a coded data signal and a sync signal and reproducing the recorded data, comprising: memory means for storing in advance data representing a correlation between each address of the disk and a reading velocity necessary to read out contents of each address; reading means for reading out recorded data from the disk; sync detecting means for detecting a sync signal and producing a sync detection signal; first signal generating means for generating a first signal according to a frequency difference and a phase difference between the sync detection signal and a reference signal of a frequency according to a reading velocity corresponding to the designated address; drive means for driving the disk in response to a drive signal; address data detecting means for detecting address information; second signal generating means for generating a second signal according to a difference between a detected value of a rotational velocity of the disk acquired by the address information obtained by the address information detecting means and a value acquired by computing a rotational velocity of the disk necessary to read out recorded data at a reading velocity corresponding to the designated address in response to a command, and outputting the second signal together with a switching command signal for a period of time corresponding to the difference; and signal selecting means for selectively supplying the first signal as the drive signal to the drive means when the switching command signal is not present and selectively supplying the second signal as the drive signal to the drive means when the switching command signal is present.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 293 words
A spindle control apparatus for a disk player for reading out recorded data at a designated address on a disk having address data indicating a recording position recorded thereon in addition to a coded data signal and a sync signal and reproducing the recorded data, comprising: memory means for storing in advance data representing a correlation between each address of the disk and a reading velocity necessary to read out contents of each address; reading means for reading out recorded data from the disk; sync detecting means for detecting a sync signal and producing a sync detection signal; first signal generating means for generating a first signal according to a frequency difference and a phase difference between the sync detection signal and a reference signal of a frequency according to a reading velocity corresponding to the designated address; drive means for driving the disk in response to a drive signal; address data detecting means for detecting address information; second signal generating means for generating a second signal according to a difference between a detected value of a rotational velocity of the disk acquired by the address information obtained by the address information detecting means and a value acquired by computing a rotational velocity of the disk necessary to read out recorded data at a reading velocity corresponding to the designated address in response to a command, and outputting the second signal together with a switching command signal for a period of time corresponding to the difference; and signal selecting means for selectively supplying the first signal as the drive signal to the drive means when the switching command signal is not present and selectively supplying the second signal as the drive signal to the drive means when the switching command signal is present.

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