Abstract:
The transport apparatus has a device for determining the transport speed of a tape-type medium. A linear array sensor is provided, which extends along the transport direction. Furthermore, means are provided in order to image a region of the medium onto the linear array sensor. A signal processing circuit connected to the linear array sensor determines the transport speed of the medium from the output signals of the linear array sensor.
Abstract:
A speed servo control for a tape drive comprising a take up reel having tape wound therearound, the tape extending to a supply reel and wound therearound. A flutter roller is arranged to press said tape that extends between the take up reel and the supply reel to rotate with circulation of the tape. A first tachometer is connected to said take up reel to rotate therewith. A second tachometer is connected to the flutter roller to rotate therewith, the first and second tachometers connected to a servo system for controlling the speed of the take up reel drive motor according to the select speed of the tape. The second tachometer from the flutter roller normally controls the servo for controlling the take up reel speed. A mechanism is provided for ignoring a tachometer signal from the second tachometer and controlling using the first tachometer, until the tape is tensioned against the flutter roller after start up. The mechanism for ignoring is advantageously a third tachometer connected to the supply reel and a pulse detector sensing pulses from the third tachometer and signal connected to the switch such that when a certain number of tachometer pulses are sensed from the third tachometer, or a certain stable frequency of pulses is sensed from the third tachometer, the switch is switched from the first tachometer (take up reel) as input, to the second tachometer (flutter roller) as input to the servo system.
Abstract:
A torque command supplied to a tape running unit for drawing out and driving a tape wound on a first reel is modulated by a torque modulator depending on a moment of inertia of the first reel, a winding radius of the tape wound on the first reel, a moment of inertia and a rotating radius of the tape running unit, which are detected by a parameter detector. The first motor is responsive to the modulated torque command for rotating the first reel, thereby keeping the tension of the tape constant.
Abstract:
A recording and/or reproducing apparatus which includes no pinch roller and no capstan and wherein the converging time to a rated speed upon starting of feeding of a tape can be reduced and the tape can be fed stably at the rated speed during recording and/or reproduction of the tape. A rotary encoder for detecting a period of rotation is disposed between a recording and/or reproducing head and a take-up side reel, and a deviation from a predetermined reference value or a feeding position of the tape is calculated from the period of rotation detected by the rotary
Abstract:
When a processor sets a current instruction value and a rotating direction of a motor, two analog instruction signals of a positive polarity and a negative polarity are obtained after completion of a D/A conversion, the analog instruction signal of the negative polarity is selected by an instruction in the CW direction, and the analog instruction signal of the positive polarity is selected by the instruction in the CCW direction. The analog instruction signal of the polarity selected is added to a motor current detection signal which was negatively fed back by an adding circuit, so that an analog deviation signal is derived. A pulse width modulating circuit section outputs a PWM pulse in the CW direction for the negative polarity of the analog deviation signal and outputs a PWM pulse in the CCW direction for the positive polarity. At the same time, a CW switching signal is outputted for the negative polarity of the analog deviation signal and a CCW direction switching signal is outputted for the positive polarity. By inverting a detection signal of current detecting resistors serially connected to the motor, a negative feedback is certainly performed.
Abstract:
A translatable capstan/tachometer assembly for use, for example, in transporting a magnetic media in a data record/reproduce apparatus, includes a capstan rotatably coupled to a tachometer unit. The assembly is supported for movement from an initial, unthreaded media position within a threading cavity of a data cassette, to a threaded or locked working position. The media path is arranged so that moving the capstan/tachometer assembly into the threaded position causes the media to wrap around the capstan with a substantial wrap angle. In play, record, jog or variable speed operational modes, movement is provided between a motor/disc assembly and the capstan/tachometer assembly to rotatably drive the capstan. In a high speed shuttle mode, the motor/disc assembly is disengaged but the capstan/tachometer assembly remains in contact with the media, thereby still providing tape speed information via the integral tachometer unit.
Abstract:
A digital servo control with improved control accuracy, in which the arithmetical mean of a sequential series of n data words is used as a basis for the nominal value for a NOMINAL/ACTUAL value comparison to derive a setting signal. Depending on the value of the arithmetical mean, also intermediate values of adjacent quantization stages may thus be included and taken into consideration for control purposes.
Abstract:
A servo motor control circuit for a video signal playback apparatus including a wave-shaping circuit, a speed error detector, a first filtering circuit for filtering torque ripple components of servo motor speed error signals characterized in that the gain in much higher in a low frequency band than in any other frequency band, a second filtering circuit for attenuating the low frequency gain of signals output from the first filtering circuit, a phase error detector, an adder, and a motor controller, resulting in a decrease in low frequency band phase distortion and a decrease in the time required for servo motor stabilization.
Abstract:
A torque command is applied to a tape running unit. The tape running unit for draws out and drives a tape wound on a first reel and taken up on a second reel. The torque command is modulated by a torque modulator in accordance with a moment of inertia of the first reel, a winding radius of the tape wound on the first reel, a moment of inertia of the second reel and a rotating radius of the second reel, which are detected by a parameter detector. The first motor is responsive to the modulated torque command for rotating the first reel, thereby keeping the tension of the tape constant.
Abstract:
A recording and/or reproducing apparatus which includes no pinch roller and no capstan and wherein the converging time to a rated speed upon starting of feeding of a tape can be reduced and the tape can be fed stably at the rated speed during recording and/or reproduction of the tape. A rotary encoder for detecting a period of rotation is disposed between a recording and/or reproducing head and a take-up side reel, and a deviation from a predetermined reference value or a feeding position of the tape is calculated from the period of rotation detected by the rotary encoder.