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Optically readable record carrier and playback system

CA 1070011 A · Owner: N.V. Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken · Inventors: Braat, Josephus J.M.

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A record carrier is described in which a television signal is stored in an optically readable information structure of trackwise arranged areas alternating with intermediate areas. The tracks exhibit an undulation. The luminance information is contained in the spatial frequency of the areas and the other information for example chrominance and sound information in the, variation of the undulation. The luminance information and the other information can be read independently by means of a suitable detector arrangement. - 33 -

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  • Granted January 15, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 15, 1997.
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GrantedJanuary 15, 1980
Term endedJanuary 15, 1997
Patent numberCA 1070011 A
Classification (IPC)G11B7/00 +2 more

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198119831985198719891991199319951997Patent grantedJan 15, 1980Term endedJan 15, 1997

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