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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 1984
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1982
Robert S Bradford, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Marshall R Brookhart, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Bennett G Dy, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
An automatic track following feature for use with a helical video recorder is disclosed which enables reproduction of video fields at normal speeds, fast and slow forward and reverse speeds, and at stop motion, wherein a mechanism for moving a playback head transverse to the helical tracks on a magnetic tape is provided in order to enable the head to remain centered on the track regardless of tape speeds and directions of movement. A head position control signal is generated for driving the head positioning mechanism based on a comparison of a signal based on the instantaneous tape speed with a reference speed indicating signal.