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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 1990
Filed:
Oct. 26, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Naoki Masaki, Saitama, JP;
Masayuki Yoshida, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Pioneer Electronic Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
369 32 ; 369 33 ; 369 34 ;
Abstract
A disk player providing random disk or piece selection upon turning on of the power supply. According to one aspect of the invention, a piece on an available disk is randomly selected as soon as the disk player is turned on. According to another aspect of the invention, particularly applicable to multi-disk players, the random number is formed by a counter running at a fast rate. When the power is turned on, the counter is started and a mechanical component begins movement toward another position. Only when the component is detected to have arrived, is the counter read to provide the random number for disk or piece selection.