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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 1988
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1985
Richard C Painton, Webster, NY (US);
Jay D Marchetti, Rochester, NY (US);
John J Acello, East Rochester, NY (US);
John J Bradley, Rochester, NY (US);
Richard H Bolton, East Rochester, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A video player includes a playback head that repeatedly passes in contact with a circular track on a flexible magnetic disk in order to reproduce a still picture on a video display. By cycling the player into a special quiescent state after a certain interval elapses without user instructions, excessive disk wear is avoided. While in the quiescent state, the disk drive motor is stopped--immobilizing the disk-to-head interface--and the video display is blanked. If user instructions are received while in this state, the disk drive motor is reenergized and the video display is resumed, showing the still picture displayed prior to interruption. If no user instructions are received during a further interval, the player is shut off.