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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 1977
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1975
Peter Johannes Janssen, Emmasingel, NL;
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for reading a disc-shaped record carrier on which information is stored in a preferably spiral-shaped track. Said information is read optically with the aid of a radiation beam, which via a directing system transfers the information contained in the scanning point of the record carrier to a read detector. The radial position of the scanning point is controlled with the aid of a control system which via a first pattern of radiation spots which is projected onto the record carrier receives information about said radial position and by means thereof controls the directing system. In order to ensure that the system is stable under all conditions use is made of a second pattern of radiation spots which are projected onto the record carrier, which pattern is radially shifted relative to the first pattern, and from which a control signal is derived with which the transfer function of the control system is varied so as to stabilize the control system.