Patents Represented by Attorney E. M. Rasmussen P. J. Whitacre
  • Patent number: 4406002
    Abstract: A servo system for a VideoDisc player stylus carrying carriage assembly is described which precludes the servo system entering a hunt mode due to the signal pickup stylus tracking an eccentric signal track. The player comprises a carriage for housing a track following signal pickup stylus compliantly mounted therein. A position detector generates an analog signal proportional to the stylus position relative to a relaxed or centered position. The position signal is converted to a bilevel signal (i.e. relatively positive and relatively negative levels), the two levels corresponding to the stylus being to the right or left of the centered position respectively. The bilevel signal is sampled at regular intervals, e.g. eight, per disc revolution. Counter circuitry counts the number of samples per disc revolution which are at the relatively positive level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1983
    Assignee: RCA Corporation
    Inventor: Charles M. Wine