摘要:
For recording or reproduction of information, the optical beam is moved relative to the recording medium along the longitudinal direction of a certain track. When accessing another track, the relative movement of the light beam along the longitudinal direction of the track is decelerated, and during this deceleration, the light beam is started to move in the direction transverse to the tracks toward the desired track. Thus, it is not necessary to wait for such time when the relative movement of the light beam along the longitudinal direction of the track has been completely stopped, and hence the necessary accessing time can substantially be reduced. If control is made to cause a decelerating rate of the relative movement to decrease continuously gradually or stepwise from a relatively high decelerating rate to a relatively low rate and the light beam is caused to start relatively moving toward the desired track while the relative movement is at the relatively low decelerating rate, it is allowed to effectively suppress occurrence of unwanted mechanical vibration due to abrupt deceleration of the relative movement.
摘要:
In a tracking or focusing servo control loop, there are provided a switch element for switch-controlling a tracking or focusing error signal, and a smoothing circuit for switching passage the error signal. An amount of detected reflection from an optical recording medium is monitored by a controller section, and the switching action of the switch element is ON/OFF-controlled by the controller section so as to maintain a servo loop gain at a predetermined standard. Thus, it is possible to maintain a constant servo loop gain without being influenced by variation in the laser light amount or difference in reflectivity characteristics of the recording layers of individual optical recording media, and constantly stable tracking servo control and/or focusing servo control can be performed.
摘要:
An information storage and retrieval device comprising a card conveyor mount for supporting and conveying a card-type information storage medium; a drive means having a linear motor, for reciprocatingly driving the card conveyor mount; an electrical power control circuit having switching elements, for providing power to the linear motor; speed detection means and for detecting the speed at which the card conveyor mount is moving. A speed command for calculating an indicated speed corresponding to an output from the speed detection means, shaping a speed command therefrom, and sending the command to the electrical power control circuit; and an optical head for irradiating a laser beam onto the information storage medium; whereby information is written to the information storage medium by the optical head irradiating the laser beam onto the information storage medium, and information is read therefrom by detecting laser light reflected from the information storage medium; the information storage and retrieval device further comprising a comparison means having a pair of comparators and having identical threshold values of different polarities.
摘要:
An optical information recording and reproduction apparatus that correctly performs tracking control even when there is a step in the information recording surface in an apparatus that records and reproduces information to and from an information recording medium such as an optical card or the like. An optical information recording and reproduction apparatus which focusses a light spot from a laser onto an optical information recording medium which has a tracking track and performs the recording and reproduction of information to required positions using the tracking track as a reference. The apparatus reduces the optical output of the laser when track jumping and seeking when there is an information reproduction operation.
摘要:
An apparatus for optically recording and reproducing information in and from an optical information recording medium having a guide track. The apparatus uses an optical head having a diffraction grating, for recording and reproducing information. In recording information, a zero-order diffraction light beam from the diffraction grating is used for the information recording, and plus/minus first-order diffraction light beams from the diffraction grating are used for the tracking. In reproducing information, the zero-order diffraction light beam is used for the tracking, and higher- and odd-order diffraction light beams including at least plus/minus first-order diffraction light beams are used for information reproduction.
摘要:
A control circuit for a DC motor which drives a radio controlled toy. The control circuit receives a signal whose pulse width contains information relating to the desired speed and direction in which the motor is to turn. If the pulse width is greater than a predetermined value, the control signal will be generated which causes the motor to turn in a forward direction, and if the pulse width is less than the predetermined value a control signal will be generated which causes the motor to turn in a reverse direction. The pulse width is also converted to a voltage level which is compared to a ramp wave with a frequency which is higher than the frequency of the received signal. The output of the comparator is a signal with a frequency which is higher than that of the received signal, allowing precise control of the motor in overcoming inertial forces applied against it.