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Disc reproducing apparatus

CA 1191602 A · Owner: Sony Corporation · Inventors: Yoshida, Tadao; Higashihara, Teruaki; Kawachi, Hideo

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In an apparatus for reproducing digitized signals recorded in successive, substantially circular tracks on a rotated disc by means of a pickup of the optical type which, in a normal scanning state, scans the tracks in succession; a first or prepare-to-play command signal causes the pickup to reproduce the digitized signals for a predetermined interval corresponding to more than one of the tracks on the disc starting from a desired position on such one track and the digitized signals reproduced in that predetermined interval are stored desirably in a, random access memory (RAM) whereupon a standby state of, the pickup is established in which the pickup traces a closed loop on the rotated …

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  • Granted August 6, 1985. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended August 6, 2002.
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FiledAugust 12, 1982
GrantedAugust 6, 1985
Term endedAugust 6, 2002
Patent numberCA 1191602 A
Classification (IPC)G11B20/10 +2 more

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1983198519871989199119931995199719992001Application filedAug 12, 1982Patent grantedAug 6, 1985Term endedAug 6, 2002

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