Abstract: An infinitely variable transmission for use with an internal combustion engine is provided. Specifically, a prime mover is provided for driving a first hydraulic machine. The first hydraulic machine is arranged to drive a second hydraulic machine via a fluid line that connects the first and second hydraulic machines. The second hydraulic machine is operatively connected with an output element, such as a wheel to drive a vehicle. Each of the first and second hydraulic machines have electronically controllable valves for varying the speed and/or the torque of the first and second hydraulic machines thereby providing an infinitely variable transmission.

Abstract: Coupling of pickup arm housing to a slow moving belt for translational motion during record playback is controlled by a play solenoid, while coupling to a fast moving belt for fast forward and reverse motions is controlled by respective forward and reverse solenoids. Player includes manually actuated push button controls for play, forward search, reverse search, pause, reject and power on/off functions. Mechanism actuated switches include a land switch actuated when pickup location is over beginning of recorded information, a travel limit switch actuated when pickup location is beyond ending of recorded information, and a rest switch placed in one switching condition when housing returns to an off-record rest position.

Abstract: Video disc player is provided with a sync separator which is responsive to output of luminance comb filter after de-emphasis circuit processing. Input to comb filter circuitry is provided by amplitude modulator, responsive to carrier wave oscillations from a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) and to composite video signals provided by a defect compensation system. The compensation system normally supplies an output directly derived from the player's pickup circuits, but, under defect conditions, substitutes stored video signals. The VCO is a component of a phase locked loop (PLL) arrangement, also including a burst gate for selectively passing color synchronizing information contained in the modulator output.

Abstract: In a video disc player, color picture information recorded in FM carrier form is recovered from the output of player's signal pickup apparatus by an FM demodulator. The FM demodulator includes zero crossing detector circuitry providing a pulse in response to each zero crossing of its signal input, a monostable multivibrator developing a pulse of a substantially fixed width when triggered by an output pulse of the zero crossing detector, and means for low pass filtering the output of the monostable multivibrator to develop signals for application to the player's video signal processing circuits. An output pulse of the zero crossing detector, and an output pulse of the monostable multivibrator subject to a selected delay comprise the inputs to a gate circuit, which develops an output pulse upon any instance of overlapping presence of the respective input pulses to indicate the presence of input signal conditions tending to produce a "white" defect during picture display.

Abstract: In a video disc player, a first FM signal recovered from the disc is subject to frequency demodulation to obtain a composite color video signal, and a second FM signal recovered from the disc is also demodulated to obtain an accompanying sound signal. The player includes a defect detector, monitoring the first FM signal to identify carrier frequency departures from the intended deviation range, and switching apparatus for effecting a substitution of stored video signals, in replacement of the output of the video FM detector, when the defect detector identifies such departures. A squelch control signal generator is rendered responsive to an output of the defect detector, and develops a squelch signal when the defect indication persists beyond a predetermined minimum length of time. The squelch signal is employed to inhibit the passage of sound and video signals to player output terminals.

Abstract: Video disc player pickup circuit recovers picture information in the form of carrier waves, the instantaneous frequency of which varies over a given deviation range in accordance with the amplitude of composite color video signals, in the course of pickup tracking of successive convolutions of the disc record's groove. Succeeding the innermost groove convolution containing recorded picture information are a plurality of groove convolutions containing an end-of-recording signal comprising unmodulated carrier waves at a given instantaneous frequency within said deviation range. Signal processing circuitry of the video disc player includes a sync separator for separating a deflection synchronizing component from the composite color video signals recovered during playback of the groove convolutions containing picture information.