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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 1986
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1983
Yoshio Miura, Yokohama, JP;
Tooru Fujishima, Yokohama, JP;
Masuo Oku, Kamakura, JP;
Yoshimichi Kudo, Yokohama, JP;
Chiharu Takayama, Kamakura, JP;
Tooru Kawashima, Kamakura, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical disc player for optically recording the video information or audio information onto a recording medium or optically reproducing the recorded information. The disc player includes a search unit for searching an information track having no signals recorded thereon prior to additionally recording an information signal on the unrecorded track. The search unit has a level detection circuit for detecting the energy value of the light reflected by the recording medium or an RF signal detection circuit for detecting the RF signal component. When the reflected light energy exceeds a predetermined value or the RF signal component is not detected, the search unit regards the track as a track having no signals recorded thereon, the search operation for a track having no signals being terminated and information can be recorded of the track having no signals recorded thereon.