Abstract: A tracking control system is used for a magnetic recording and/or reproducing apparatus in which a magnetic head relatively scans a magnetic recording medium to record and/or reproduce an information signal thereon and/or therefrom. The tracking control system comprises a circuit for supplying a tracking reference signal to the magnetic head together with the information signal. The reference signal supplying circuit supplies the tracking reference signal to the magnetic head so that the magnetic head is positioned at a position where the recorded position of a tracking reference signal on both sides of the tracks adjacent to a certain track is positioned successively shifted respectively to the track longitudinal direction with respect to the tracking reference signal recorded position at the certain track.

Abstract: A reproducing stylus traces a track of a recording medium, in which track an information signal is recorded as variations of geometrical shape, and reproduces as variations in capacitance the information signal thus recorded. The reproducing stylus comprises a reproducing stylus main structure having a tip part with a flat sliding contact face for slidingly contacting at least one track of the recording medium at a time, and an electrode secured to the reproducing stylus main structure at the tip part thereof and adapted to trace one track and reproduce the information signal as the variations in capacitance in accordance with the variations in geometrical shape. The electrode has over a specific distance over the tip part of the stylus main structure from the extreme tip thereof, a width in the width direction of the track which is less than said width of the track. The extreme tip of the electrode having a flat or linear tip end contacting the track.

Abstract: A reproducing stylus traces a track of a recording medium, in which track an information signal is recorded as variations of geometrical shape, and reproduces as variations in capacitance the information signal thus recorded. The reproducing stylus comprises a reproducing stylus main structure having a tip portion with a sliding contact face for slidingly contacting at least one track of the recording medium, and an electrode disposed on the reproducing stylus main structure to trace one track and reproduce the information signal as the variations in capacitance in accordance with the variations in geometrical shape. The electrode has an end edge and side edges. The side edges are substantially parallel at least in the vicinity of the tip portion of the reproducing stylus main structure. The sliding contact face has a leading part and a trailing part respectively at the foremost end and the rearmost end in a relative sliding direction of the sliding contact face on the recording medium.

Abstract: A copy-proof interference signal or signals is/are added to the composite color video signal to be recorded on a recording medium in the vicinity of the horizontal synchronous signal. The interference signal comprises a pulse having a narrow width compared to the width of the horizontal synchronous signal pulse. A negative going pulse may also be added to the front porch of the horizontal synchronous signal so as to compensate for area-decrease of the horizontal synchronous signal due to the addition of an interference signal. The interference signal may be added to the videl signal region which is close to the leading edge of the horizontal synchronous signal so that the interference signal does not cause the occurrence of noises or distortion in a reproduced picture. When the interference signal-added composite color video signal is directly applied to a monitor TV, satisfactory color pictures can be obtained as usual.

Abstract: An optical apparatus reproduces an information signal recorded as pits along track turns of a rotating recording medium. At least one kind of reference signal is recorded along and overlapping the lateral edges of the adjacent track turns of the information signal. A light source projects a first light beam onto the surface of the recording medium to simultaneously reproduce the information and reference signals. A detector responds to reflections of the projected light which includes and reproduces the information signal and the reference signal. The optical system is controlled so that the center of the light beam coincides with the centerline of the track. A circuit separates the reference signal from the total reproduced signal and produces a tracking control signal in response thereto.The optical system also projects a second light beam onto the recording medium and its reflected component is used for focus control.

Abstract: Apparatus reproduces a normally recorded video signal in a special mode, such as slow motion and stop motion; for example, a plurality of successive TV fields are recorded in each complete revolution of a rotary medium having a spiral track. One field is selected from the revolution and is re-recorded or stored in a memory. That one field may then be played back repeatedly to give the special mode reproduction. A signal processing means processes the repeated playback.

Abstract: An information signal recording medium of rotary type has a flat surface with first succession of pits formed therein as respective concavities in response to a first signal and with second succession of pits formed therein as respective concavities in response to a second signal. The second succession of pits are formed at positions substantially intermediate between the centerlines of adjacent tracks formed by the first succession of pits. Each pit of the first succession of pits and each pit of the second succession of pits respectively have widths W1 and W2 and depths D1 and D2, wherein the relationships between the widths and said depths are so selected that the levels L1 and L2 of the first and second signals which are reproduced when the first and second succession of pits are traced and thereby reproduced by reproducing means will be such that the level L1 is greater than the level L2, and the difference between the levels L1 and L2 will be greater than a specific level difference.

Abstract: An information signal recording system records an information signal, a first and a second reference signals for tracking control, and a third reference signal for switching the first and second reference signals at the time of reproduction on a recording disc. The first and second reference signals of different frequencies are alternately recorded on intermediate parts of the recording disc, at positions between centerlines of adjacent information signal tracks. The third reference signal of a still different frequency is recorded at a predetermined position on every information signal track. A reproducing system reproduces the information signal together with the third reference, and the first and second reference signals by a single reproducing element. A tracking control signal is produced from the first and second reference signals switched by the third reference signal separated from the reproduced information signal.

Abstract: A recording system records a television video signal of 60 fields per second converted from a signal of the picture image content of a cinematographic film for projection at 24 film frames per second, in a manner such that the video signal has parts in each of which the picture image content of one and the same film frame continues during at least 4 fields thereof, along a spiral track on a rotating recording medium rotating at a rotational speed of 900 revolutions per second at a recording rate of 4 fields per revolution of the recording medium.

Abstract: A magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus comprised a rotary swinging member provided integrally with a pair of arcuate yoke parts at positions opposed in a diametral direction of a rotating plane of the rotary swinging member about a rotation center thereof permanent magnets respectively fixed to the pair of yoke parts in a state where their opposite polarities are opposed a pair of rotary magnetic heads supported on the rotary swinging member at positions opposed in a diametral direction of a rotating plane of the rotary swinging member about a rotation center thereof in a state where tips of the heads projecting outwards from outer surface of the yoke parts a fulcrum member for supporting the rotary swinging member in a freely swinging manner and acting as a fulcrum for swinging in a direction perpendicular, at a rotation center, to a line connecting the pair of rotary magnetic heads and a control coil of cylindrical shape disposed at a position where the control coil exists in a magnetic field formed

Abstract: An information signal recording system records both an information one and at least one single kind of reference signal for providing a tracking control on a recording medium. The reference signal is recorded on an intermediate part of the recording medium. That part is located between the center lines of adjacent the tracks on which the information signal is recorded.

Abstract: An information signal recording medium of rotary type has a flat surface with successions of pits formed therein as respective concavities in response to an information signal. The successions of pits constitute respective circular tracks of a specific pitch. Each it is formed with a width, equal to the width of a track, which is substantially equal to or greater than said pitch of the track.

Abstract: An information signal recording system records both an information one and at least single kind of reference signal for providing a tracking control on a recording medium. The reference signal is recorded on an intermediate part of the recording medium. That part is located between the center lines of adjacent the tracks on which the information signal is recorded.

Abstract: An information signal recording system records both an information signal and at least one kind of reference signal for providing a tracking control on a recording medium. The reference signal is recorded on an intermediate part of the recording medium. That part is located between the center lines of adjacent tracks on which the information signal is recorded.

Abstract: An information signal recording system records an information signal, a first and a second reference signals for tracking control, and a third reference signal for switching the first and second reference signals at the time of reproduction on a recording disc. The first and second reference signals are alternately recorded at positions intermediate between centerlines of adjacent information signal tracks. The third reference signal is recorded at a predetermined position on every information signal track. A reproducing system reproduces the information signal together with the third reference, and the first and second reference signals by a single reproducing element. A tracking control signal is produced from the first and second reference signals switched by the third reference signal separated from the reproduced information signal.

Abstract: A reproducing stylus traces a track of a recording medium, in which track an information signal is recorded as variations of geometrical shape, and reproduces as variations in capacitance the information signal thus recorded. The reproducing stylus comprises a reproducing stylus main structure having a tip part with a flat sliding contact face for slidingly contacting a plurality of track of the recording medium at a time, and an electrode secured to the reproducing stylus main structre at the tip part thereof and adapted to trace one track and reproduce the information signal as the variations in capacitance in accordance with the variations in geometrical shape. The electrode has over a specific distance over the tip part of the stylus main structure from the extreme tip thereof, a constant width in the width direction of the track which is less than the width of the track. The extreme tip of the electrode has a flat or linear tip end contacting the track.

Abstract: An information signal recording system separates a color video signal into a luminance signal and a carrier chrominance signal. The frequency of the separated carrier chrominance signal is converted to a lower frequency band. A carrier is frequency modulated with at least one audio signal which is mixed with the separated luminance signal and the frequency converted carrier chrominance signal. A carrier is frequency modulated with the mixed signals, and recorded as a main information signal on a main information signal track of a recording medium. A system for reproducing the recording medium reproduces the recorded main information signal from the recording medium. The reproduced main information signal is frequency demodulated, and the resulting output signal is separated into the luminance signal and the frequency converted carrier chrominance signal.

Abstract: A reproducing stylus traces a track of a recording medium, in which track an information signal is recorded as variations of geometrical shape, and reproduces as variations in capacitance the information signal thus recorded. The reproducing stylus comprises a reproducing stylus main structure having a tip part with a flat sliding contact face for slidingly contacting at least one track of the recording medium at a time, and an electrode secured to the reproducing stylus main structure at the tip part thereof and adapted to trace one track and reproduce the information signal as the variations in capacitance in accordance with the variations in geometrical shape. The electrode has over a specific distance over the tip part of the stylus main structure from the extreme tip thereof, a width in the width direction of the track which is less than the width of the track. The extreme tip of the electrode has a flat or linear tip end contacting the track.

Abstract: A tracking control apparatus is employed in apparatus for reproducing video signals from a rotary recording medium. A reproducing transducer is used for reproducing recorded signals in which a main information signal has been recorded in a plurality of adjacent tracks and at least one reference signal has been recorded at an intermediate position between the longitudinal center lines of the adjacent tracks. The tracking control apparatus positions the reproducing transducer to follow a correct tracking along the main information signal track. The reference signal is separated from the signal reproduced by the reproducing transducer. A control signal is produced in response to the separated reference signal for application to the tracking control means. An automatic gain control operation fixes the level of the separated reference signal at a stage prior to the stage where the control signal is produced.

Abstract: A tracking control apparatus is employed in apparatus for reproducing video signals from a rotary recording medium. A reproducing transducer is used for reproducing recorded signals in which a main information signal has been recorded in a plurality of adjacent tracks and at least one reference signal has been recorded at an intermediate position between the longitudinal center lines of the adjacent tracks. The tracking control apparatus positions the reproducing transducer to follow a correct tracking along the main information signal track. The reference signal is separated from the signal reproduced by the reproducing transducer. A control signal is produced in response to the separated reference signal for application to the tracking control means. An automatic gain control operation fixes the level of the separated reference signal at a stage prior to the stage where the control signal is produced.