Abstract: An address signal reproducing system is provided in a rotary recording medium reproducing apparatus which reproduces signals from a rotary recording medium by a reproducing element, where the rotary recording medium is recorded with an address signal in units of predetermined sections for a plurality of sections for each track turn of the rotary recording medium.

Abstract: A special reproducing system comprises a reproducing element for scanning a spiral track of a rotary recording medium on which an information signal is recorded and a kick control signal is recorded together therewith at a predetermined position, a detecting circuit for detecting the kick control signal from among signals reproduced by the reproducing element, a kick pulse generating circuit for generating a kick pulse in response to the kick control signal detected by the detecting circuit, and a shift mechanism for shifting the reproducing element from a track to another track adjacent thereto in an inner peripheral or outer peripheral direction in response to the kick pulse supplied from the kick pulse generating means, the reproducing stylus is shifted by the shift mechanism to effect a special reproduction.

Abstract: A signal pickup device in a rotary recording medium reproducing apparatus comprises a turntable placed thereon with a rotary recording medium recorded with an information signal as variations in geometrical configuration, for rotating the rotary recording medium, a reproducing stylus provided at a tip end of a cantilever, for making contact with and sliding against a recorded region of the rotary recording medium upon reproduction to reproduce the information signal, a resonator having a resonance frequency which varies in accordance with the above variations in geometrical configuration, and a conductive ribbon having one end connected to the reproducing stylus and the other end connected to the resonator to electrically connect an electrode of the reproducing stylus with the resonator, where the conductive ribbon is in a curved and bent state upon reproduction of the rotary recording medium.

Abstract: A pausing system pauses reproduction in a rotary recording medium reproducing apparatus which reproduces a rotary recording medium recorded with an information signal on a spiral track. The reproducing apparatus comprises a reproducing transducer having a reproducing element for reproducing a signal from a track on the rotary recording medium and a kicking mechanism for kicking the reproducing element to an adjacent track in response to a kick pulse applied thereto.

Abstract: A rotary recording medium reproducing apparatus has an inserting opening through which the case of the medium is inserted, a turntable for rotating the medium, a locking mechanism for the lid of the case, and a medium clamping mechanism. A jacket opening enlarging mechanism is provided in the vicinity of the inserting opening for moving over the turntable between the vicinity of the inserting opening and the innermost part of the reproducing apparatus, in response to an operation in which the case is inserted into and then pulled out from the recording apparatus. A medium supporting member provided at a center part of the turntable moves upwards and downwards independently of the turntable, for raising to support an inner peripheral part of the medium above the turntable. A supporting member elevator mechanism elevates the medium supporting member so that the latter is in a raised state when the case or an empty jacket is inserted into the reproducing apparatus.

Abstract: A rotary recording medium reproducing apparatus for reproducing a rotary recording medium in which a plurality of fields of video signals are recorded for each track turn on a spiral track comprises a reproducing transducer having a reproducing element for scanning over tracks on the rotary recording medium to reproduce recorded signals, and shifting device responsive to a signal applied thereto for shifting the reproducing element towards the outer side or the inner side on the rotary recording medium, and a circuit for producing shifting a signal in order to shift the reproducing element by one track pitch towards the outer side on the rotary recording medium every time the reproducing element reaches one predetermined position on the rotary recording medium, and capable of producing a shifting signal for shifting the reproducing element towards the outer side or the inner side on the rotary recording medium according to the slow-motion ratio and the direction of the slow-motion reproduction when the reprod

Abstract: A rotary recording medium is recorded with a program information signal and an address signal having a predetermined code in correspondence with the program information signal within a program information signal recorded section. This rotary recording medium is recorded with an address signal having a code different from the code of the address signal recorded within the program information signal recorded section, in a section or sections other than the above program information signal recorded section.

Abstract: An address indicator control device in a rotary recording medium reproducing apparatus having a reproducing transducer for reproducing a rotary recording medium recorded with at least two kinds of address signals together with an information signal, a circuit for transferring the reproducing transducer to a set address position on the rotary recording medium reproducing apparatus to carry out a search operation, and an indicator for indicating an address, comprises an indication mode setting circuit for setting the kind of address to be indicated on the indicator, a search address setting circuit for setting the kind of address to be searched and the address value, an address signal separation circuit for separating an address signal from a signal reproduced from the rotary recording medium by the reproducing transducer, and a control circuit for indicating an address of the kind and value set by the search address setting circuit on the indicator regardless of the setting by the indication mode setting circu

Abstract: A rotary recording medium reproducing apparatus comprises a transferring circuit for transferring a reproducing element for reproducing a rotary recording medium, along a radial direction of the rotary recording medium, where the transferring circuit transfers the reproducing element at a normal speed during a normal reproduction mode, and transfers the reproducing element at a speed higher than the normal speed during a search mode in which a search is performed with respect to a desired reproducing position on the rotary recording medium, a synchronizing signal generating circuit for generating a synchronizing signal consisting of a horizontal synchronizing signal and a vertical synchronizing signal synchronized with a synchronizing signal within a video signal reproduced by the reproducing element during the search mode, a switching circuit for selectively passing the video signal reproduced by the reproducing element and the synchronizing signal obtained from the synchronizing signal generating circuit, a

Abstract: A rotary recording medium reproducing apparatus for reproducing a rotary recording medium recorded with a program information signal and different kinds of address signals having mutually different predetermined codes in correspondence with the program information signal within a program information signal recorded section. The reproducing apparatus comprises a reproducing element for reproducing recorded signals from the rotary recording medium, a moving device for moving the reproducing element along a radial direction of the rotary recording medium, an address signal detecting circuit for detecting address signals from signals reproduced by the reproducing element, and a driving voltage generating circuit set with an address signal to be searched, for generating a driving voltage in accordance with the kind of set address signal, and supplying the driving voltage thus generated to the moving device.

Abstract: A rotary recording medium reproducing apparatus reproduces a rotary recording medium accommodated within a case, where the case comprises a jacket provided with a space for accommodating the rotary recording medium and an opening for allowing the rotary recording medium to go in and out of the jacket, and a lid member inserted through the opening of the jacket for closing the opening of the jacket.

Abstract: An apparatus reproduces signals which are recorded on a rotary medium having a main information signal recorded on a spiral main track, with first and second tracking control reference signals which are recorded on sub-tracks positioned between adjacent main tracks. A third tracking control reference signal is recorded on the main or sub-track, on each track turn, during an interval corresponding to the vertical synchronizing signal, within a vertical blanking period of the main information signal. The first and second reference signals are recorded within an interval excluding the interval corresponding to that of the vertical synchronizing signal. A kick pulse is generated for shifting the reproducing element to an adjacent track during a special reproduction mode so that the reproducing element is shifted at an interval other than the interval in which the reproducing element reproduces the vertical synchronizing signal.

Abstract: An apparatus for detecting position of a reproducing transducer in a rotary recording medium reproducing apparatus which reproduces an information signal recorded in a rotary recording medium by a reproducing transducer which is transferred towards the radial direction of the rotary recording medium, comprises a single photo-detector having a light-emitting element and a light-receiving element, provided in a manner so as to be transferred unitarily with the reproducing transducer, a light interrupting plate provided at a fixed part of the rotary recording medium reproducing apparatus, for operating together with the photo-detector, and a position detection signal producing circuit for producing a position detection output signal according to an output of said photo-detector, to indicate that the reproducing transducer has passed a position corresponding to the outermost peripheral position and the innermost peripheral position of the recorded region in the rotary recording medium.

Abstract: An apparatus for automatically reproducing recorded signals from a rotary recording medium, in accordance with the mode in which signals were recorded. The reproducing apparatus comprises a micro-computer which produces a two-bit mode control signal and a one-bit muting signal. The one-bit muting signal puts one of two processing circuits in a non-operational state, so that the other of the two processing circuits can perform the signal processing in accordance with the mode specified by the two-bit mode control signal. Four codes constituted by the two-bit mode control signal are commonly used to specify four reproducing modes of a video rotary recording medium and four reproducing modes of an audio rotary recording medium.

Abstract: A reproducing apparatus is capable of performing special reproduction of information signals recorded on a rotary recording medium. The information signals are recorded in either spiral track turns or concentric tracks. The reproducing apparatus comprises a detector for generating a rotation detection signal having a frequency which varies proportionally to the rotational speed of the rotary recording medium. A special signal generator generates a special reproduction synchronizing signal and a generator generates an external control signal based on a signal which is obtained by variably controlling the frequency of the special reproduction synchronizing signal. A manual switch varies the frequency of the special reproduction synchronizing signal by controlling the control signal generator responsive to an output code signal corresponding to a position of the manual switch.

Abstract: A periodical signal detection circuit is designed for use in an apparatus which reproduces an information signal and a periodical signal from a recording medium. A separation circuit separates the periodical signal from the reproduced signal. A reference pulse is generated at a repetition frequency which is the same as the frequency of the periodical signal. A first gate circuit responds to the periodical signal obtained from the separation circuit and to the reference pulse signal. A first counter produces an output by counting N of the reference pulses (N is an integer greater than or equal to 2). A second gate circuit passes the signal from the separation circuit according to the output of the first counter. An output circuit detects the signals in responsive to the reference pulse, and the output of either the first or the second gate circuit.

Abstract: A high-speed search system in a rotary recording medium reproducing apparatus having a reproducing transducer including a reproducing element for reproducing recorded signals from a rotary recording medium in which an information signal and a chapter address signal including a program number of the information signal are recorded, and transferring mechanism for transferring the reproducing transducer along the radial direction of the rotary recording medium, comprises a designating circuit for designating a program number of a desired program which is to be reproduced, a reproducing circuit for reproducing a chapter address signal from a signal reproduced by the reproducing transducer; and a control circuit for comparing the designated program number with a program number of the reproduced chapter address signal and transferring the reproducing transducer at a high speed by the transferring mechanism towards a direction where the two program numbers coincide when the two program numbers differ, and controllin

Abstract: A rotary recording medium reproducing apparatus for reproducing a rotary recording medium in which an information signal is recorded on a spiral track comprises a reproducing transducer having a reproducing element for reproducing signals from tracks on the rotary recording medium and a kicking mechanism for kicking the reproducing element to an adjacent track when applied with a kick pulse, and a kick pulse producing circuit for producing and supplying a kick pulse to the reproducing transducer according to a reproduction mode which is set.

Abstract: A case for a disc-shaped recording medium is used in a disc-shaped recording medium reproducing apparatus. The reproducing apparatus is provided with a turntable for rotating the disc-shaped recording medium, closing member locking mechanism provided at the innermost part of the disc-shaped recording medium reproducing apparatus, and N detection switches provided at the innermost part of the reproducing apparatus and disposed asymmetrically on the left and right sides with respect to a line which passes through the center of the turntable in the disc insertion direction. The case comprises a jacket for accommodating the disc-shaped recording medium, and a closing member for closing an opening of the jacket and being locked by the locking mechanism and confront the detection switches upon the disc-shaped recording medium being loaded into the reproducing apparatus.

Abstract: A state indicating device in a reproducing apparatus for reproducing a rotary recording medium recorded with signals which has been accommodated within a case, where the case has a space for accommodating the rotary recording medium, a jacket having an opening through which the rotary recording medium can enter or leave, and a lid plate inserted through the opening of the jacket to close the opening, and the reproducing apparatus has an inserting opening through which the case is inserted, a turntable for rotating the rotary recording medium, a lid plate locking mechanism and a rotary recording medium clamping mechanism respectively provided at the innermost part of the reproducing apparatus opposite to the inserting opening with respect to the turntable, a lowering and raising mechanism for lowering and raising the rotary recording medium between a position clamped by the clamping mechanism and a position on the turntable, reproducing device for reproducing recorded signals from the rotary recording medium,