The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shlomo Shapira, Petach Tikva, IL;
Assignee:
Zen Research N.V., , AN;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
369 99 ; 369 32 ; 369 4441 ; 369112 ;
Abstract
An optical disk reader system comprises (1) a wide area illumination source for illuminating at least a part of one track of an optical disk; (2) a detector for detecting light reflected from the optical disk illuminated by the wide area illumination source; and (3) a detector for summing the light in the along-track direction detected by the detector.