Pioneer Electronic Corporation

Takashi Sato

Fumihiko Yokogawa

Toshiyuki Kimura

Hiroyuki Hirano

Akira Haeno

Susumu Niinuma

Keiichi Matsumoto

Yoshihiko Watanabe

Minoru Yoshioka

Youichi Ogawa

Yoshiro Nishi

Yoshiro Aoyagi

Yoshio Aoyagi

A disc player comprising a signal pickup unit to read information from a disc on which program information including address information is recorded, the signal pickup unit being movable with respect to the disc, pickup drive means to drive the pickup unit for movement with respect to the disc, and a control circuit including an address memory for storing the newest one of the addresses read from the disc, a counter operative to count addresses at predetermined time intervals for producing a signal representative of an expected address indicative of the position to which the pickup unit is expected to move in the next, the expected address being updated at predetermined time intervals, a detector circuit to produce a signal each time a discrepancy is found to exist between the newest address and the expected address. In response to the signal from the detector circuit, the pickup drive means is actuated to drive the pickup unit for movement to the position dictated by the newest address or the expected address.

Automatic loading disc player

An automatic disc player including a housing, disc carrier means to convey a disc between predetermined playback position and a predetermined withdrawal position ready to be withdrawn out of the housing upon termination of plaback operation, signal generating means for producing control signals to be predominant over various steps of the playback operation, and an electric control circuit responsive to the control signals to control the various steps of the playback operation, the signal generating means comprising position detecting means responsive to movement of the disc to the withdrawal position and operative to produce a signal when the disc being moved away from the playback position reaches the withdrawal position, and playback re-start switch means which is operative to produce a signal in response to slight movement of the disc from the withdrawal position toward the playback position, the control signals to be produced by the signal generating means including signals to control the start of playback operation. The position detecting means and the playback re-start switch means are connected in series with between ground and the control circuit, and the signals to control the start of playback operation include the signal from the playback re-start switch means.

An automatic disc player including a housing, disc carrier means to convey a disc between predetermined playback position and a predetermined withdrawal position ready to be withdrawn out of the housing upon termination of playback operation, signal generating means for producing control signals to be predominant over various steps of the playback operation, and an electric control circuit responsive to the control signals to control the various steps of the playback operation, the signal generating means comprising position detecting means responsive to movement of the disc to the withdrawal position and operative to produce a signal when the disc being moved away from the playback position reaches the withdrawal position, and playback re-start switch means which is operative to produce a signal in response to slight movement of the disc from the withdrawal position toward the playback position, the control signals to be produced by the signal generating means including signals to control the start of playback operation. The position detecting means and the playback re-start switch means are connected in series with between ground and the control circuit, and the signals to control the start of playback operation include the signal from the playback re-start switch means.

A music reservation device which stores a music number of a first piece of music now being played back as well as a music number of a second piece of music which is reserved and to be played just after completion of playback of the first piece of music. Upon completion of the playback operation for the first piece of music, the music reservation device compares both the stored music number of the first and second pieces of music and indicate FF or REW mode operation until the stored music number of the first and second pieces of music coincide with each other. When the both music number coincides with each other the device indicates PLAY mode or STOP operation.

Music reservation device for use with magnetic tape playback apparatus

An automatic telephone answering system of the accumulating type is disclosed wherein only newly recorded messages on the message recording tape are remotely reproduced with accuracy. A pulse generator is driven by a reel shaft to generate pulses in proportion to the rotation of the reel shaft. A first counter counts the number of pulses from the pulse generator whenever a message is recorded or reproduced. A second counter counts the number of pulses from the pulse generator when the message tape is rewound in response to a remote control signal. A comparator compares the counts accumulated in the first and second counters to control the rewinding, reproducing and standby modes of the system after a remote control signal is received.

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Kawagoe, Japan

Takashi Sato