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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroshi Yokota, Tokorozawa, JP;
Ryuichi Naito, Tokorozawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Hirano, Tokorozawa, JP;
Katsumi Ishii, Tokorozawa, JP;
Shinichi Naohara, Tokorozawa, JP;
Yoshifumi Tsukada, Tokorozawa, JP;
Kanya Matsumoto, Tokyo-to, JP;
Assignee:
Pioneer Electronic Corporation, Tokyo-to, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/08 ; G11B 2/102 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/08 ; G11B 2/102 ;
Abstract
A disc player has a first array of pickup devices arranged in a line for reading information from a disc and a second array of pickup devices arranged in a parallel line. The pickup devices are each independently movable along their respective lines with the devices of the first line offset from the devices of the second line so as to form a zigzag pattern.