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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1995
Hiroshi Nakane, Saitama-ken, JP;
Takayuki Uchida, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Abstract
A disc reproducing system having a pickup for reading data recorded on a disc that is rotated by a disc drive motor. The system, also has a clock signal generator for generating a clock signal that is phase-locked with the data read by a pickup, and a processor for processing the data read by the pickup based on the clock signal generated by the clock signal generating means. Further included in the system is a linear velocity signal generator for generating a linear velocity signal with a frequency that is related to the rotational speed of the disc, a servo controller for controlling the rotation speed of the disc drive motor so as to keep constant a relative speed between the pickup and the disc, and a pickup feed motor for moving the pickup in the radial direction of the disc. The apparatus is characterized by the fact that a capture range of the clock signal generator can be controlled to meet the clock signal with the data read by the pickup at a completion of the pickup feed operation.