Alternative diverse types of storage or retrieval

Binary pulse train information signal

Binary signal detecting using a clock signal

Binary signal gain processing

Within a frequency band

Binary signal level detecting using a reference signal

Plural reference signals

Binary signal multiplexing or demultiplexing

Binary signal phase processing

Binary signal processing for controlling recording light characteristic

Pulse forming by adjusting binary signal phase or shifting binary signal pulse

Binary signal processing of sectioned information

Changing a system mode

Format arrangement processing for auxiliary information

Having specific code or form generation or regeneration processing

During storage

Including sampling or a/d converting

By interpolating or maximum likelihood detecting

Selecting from a plurality of binary processing types

Combined independent audio systems

Changeover between audio systems

Fading between plural signals

Combining signals to form composite (e.g., mixing)

One of systems having plural concurrent signals (e.g., stereophonic)

Radio

Cabinet details

Including recording from radio

Including separable assembly

Mechanical phonograph

Oscillator modulated by retrieved information signal

With common cabinet for cartridge or cassette

Condition indicating, monitoring, or testing

Having abnormality condition indicating

Including radiation storage or retrieval

Having abnormal condition indicating

Due to unwanted operational condition of record carrier

Defect

Including storage or retrieval of auxiliary signal

Defect location indicating

Eccentricity or warp

Relative transducer to medium misalignment (e.g., relative tilt)

System disturbance

Initialization or start-up mode or changing system mode:

Of record carrier

By detection of storage medium incident radiation

Derived focusing or tracking related signal

For protection

Having unrecorded location indicating

Of relative motion producing mechanism

Of storage or retrieval information signal

Dropout indicating

Signal error correcting or detecting

During storage

Time based parameter

Unwanted signal component indicating

Of transducer assembly mechanism

Energy producing device

By detection of storage medium incident radiation

Focusing or tracking servo

Transduced location indicating

Initialization or start-up mode or changing system mode

Of record carrier

Of relative motion producing mechanism

Of storage or retrieval information signal

Of transducer assembly mechanism

Positioning adjunct

Transducer location indicating

Control by timer or external extraneous condition

By diverse art device

Audible indicator

Talking clock

In vehicle or elevator

Control of storage or retrieval operation by a control signal to be recorded or reproduced

By medium defect indicative control signal

Control of information signal processing channel

For gain processing

Using a reproduced information of specified preformat, header, or reference area

Within a frequency band

For interpolating or drop-out correcting

For modulating or demodulating

For multiplexing or demultiplexing

Of sub-code information

Having location identification information

For phase, timing, or rate processing

During retrieval at dynamic retrieval rate different from storage rate

Including static memory accessing

Including static memory fill level monitoring or controlling

Including static memory write address controlling

Using program or address signal

While changing of system mode or dynamic retrieval rate

For removal of unwanted signal component

For sampling, digital to analog or analog to digital converting

For sequencing or switching

Between alternative processing channels

Of plural interrelated channels

Control of initiation of pause mode

For copying

For editing

Mechanism control by the control signal

Control of relative motion producing mechanism

By a selected relative motion error signal

By information signal characteristic

By program or address signal

By synchronous signal

During initialization or start-up

Having different storage and retrieval relative motion

Responsive to abnormal condition

Responsive to change in transduced information characteristic

Responsive to change in transduced location

Responsive to stand-by or pause mode operation

Control of spiral track spacing (e.g., signal variable pitch)

Control of transducer assembly mechanism

By program or address signal

Power control for energy producing device

For storage

During multiple system modes

Stored and retrieved testing signal

During initialization or start-up or changing system mode

Control structure on storage medium sensed by other than transducer support (e.g., conductive strip, notched edge sensor)

Detail of optical slider per se

Duplication or copying (e.g., rerecording)

To diverse type of storage medium

Dynamic mechanism subsystem (369/176)

Dynamic mechanism subsystem

Access of multiple storage elements (e.g., record changer)

Auxiliary structure (e.g., shut-off preventer, disc spacer)

Both sides of disc used

By inverting disc

Cam shaft transverse to turntable spindle axis of record changer

Cylindrical storage element

Discs sequentially fed to turntable

By center hold feeding of disc (e.g., spindle drop)

Having specified spindle structure

Having shoulder and ejector lever

With edge stabilizer

Umbrella type

Support mechanism adapter for large hole records on small hole spindles

By edge controlled feeding of disc

With feed cooperating structure on spindle

Tone arm set down adjustment

Discs sequentially removed from turntable

Flexible disc

Numerical count shut-off

Plural turntables

Plural tone arms

Separate motors operate turntable and disc change mechanism

Stack height adjustment for tone arm or turntable

Storage disc fed to and removed from turntable

Both sides of disc used

Coplanar storage

Grouped removal with sequential feed

Plural disc holder having unitary separating structure

Tone arm position control by sensing of disc (e.g., disc or hole size)

Disc size sensor at turntable position

Disc size sensor in feed path

Disc size sensor on or using tone arm

Stepped tone arm stop element

Turntable speed control

By sensing of disc (e.g., disc or hole size)

Additional motion of storage element support to effect tracking

Cylindrical storage element

Having power driven transducer assembly

Having groove engaging driving element

Having tone arm set-down control

By disc sensing (e.g., by sensed disc or hole size)

Power cueing (i.e., engage/disengage)

Restoring after passive tracking

Responsive to transducer support condition (e.g., movement or position)

Controllable position

Numerical count replay

Turntable mounted template

With drive transverse to storage track

By lead screw

Controlled by transducer assembly support

Having pivoted tone arm

With additional drive (e.g., scanning, restoring, or return)

With passive linear tracking

Having stationary storage medium

Mechanism condition or storage medium responsive control

Antiskating

Energizing circuit

Speed

Self-responsive (e.g., governor)

Variable radius compensation (e.g., constant interaction speed)

With turntable braking (e.g., tone arm position responsive)

Adjustable

End limit sensor coupled with tone arm

With electrical control of brake

With stopping of motor

Mechanism responsive to control structure on storage medium sensed by transducer assembly support (e.g., trip device)

With turntable braking (e.g., velocity or reverse responsive)

Specific detail of storage medium support or motion production

For cylinder

For endless web looped about plural rotatable mounts (e.g., belt)

For pliable (e.g., floppy) disc

Mounting structure for support or motion producing assembly (e.g., vibration damping)

Turntable

Bearing structure

Braking

Disc holding or locating (e.g., spindle structure)

With detail of storage medium contact structure on turntable surface

Driving mechanism

Speed changing

With auxiliary turntable

With storage medium removal adjunct

Specified detail of transducer assembly support structure

Having application of counterbalancing force

By resilient force element (e.g., spring)

Lateral (e.g., antiskating)

Specified weight mounting

Having linear guide

Having specified bearing structure

Mechanical details of cartridge mounting

Pivoted arm with tracking path compensation

Rest

Vibration or resonance suppression

By viscous damping

With manual tone arm displacement adjunct (e.g., cueing)

With viscous limiting of motion (e.g., rate damping)

Editing of stored information

Information location or remote operator actuated control

By mechanical linkage

Dictation or transcribing

Portable device

Privacy

Remote station

With access to or marking of specified location (e.g., indexing)

By stored additional signal (e.g., tone)

Selective addressing of storage medium (e.g., programmed access)

By manually actuated mechanism for movement of tone arm

Novelty device (e.g., talking doll)

Of optical storage medium

Electrical control signal processing

Abnormal condition or changing mode of system

Of particular order of contents

Plural storage medium elements

For linear array positioning of unitary plural storage medium carrier (e.g., horizontal or vertical positioning)

For operation of storage medium gripper, accessor, or transfer member

For radial array positioning of unitary plural storage medium carrier

For record medium loading or ejecting

For relative positioning between storage medium elements

Matching control signal

Of information indicative of contents or particular order of contents

Electrical information signal processing

Abnormal condition or changing mode of system

Auxiliary information

Buffering

Copying or editing

Monitoring signal error or verification

Correction of error

Plural storage medium elements

Plural optical storage media in disc changer

Having particular cabinet

Plural media are discs stored in cartridges

Having particular internal support structure for internal transfer mechanism

Having particular internal transfer mechanism for transferring disc while disc is inside of disc changer

Of carousel changer

Having particular mechanism or slot for transferring disc into changer from outside

Having particular removable magazine

Having specified drive

Movable drive

Having specified stocker or internal magazine

Mounting or locking magazine to disc changer

Stocker or internal magazine is adjustable or movable

Plural media are unprotected (i.e., discs that are not in cartridges)

Having disc reproduced while entirely in magazine

Having disc reproduced while partially in magazine

Having particular internal transfer mechanism for transferring disc while disc is inside of disc changer

Of carousel changer

Having particular mechanism or slot for transferring disc into changer from outside

Of carousel changer

One tray for multiple discs

Chucking mechanism

Having single motor that drives multiple mechanisms

Loading mechanism

Locking mechanism

Positioning mechanism

One tray for single disc

Plural trays

Having particular removable magazine

Having specified drive

Movable drive

Having specified internal support structure for internal transfer mechanism

Having specified stocker or internal magazine

Mounting or locking magazine to disc changer

Stocker or internal magazine is adjustable or movable

In carousel changer

Positioning mechanism

Plural optical storage media in library system

Having particular cabinet

Modular library system

Plural media are discs stored in cartridges

Carousel array

Having particular mechanism or slot for transferring disc into library from outside

Having particular removable magazine

Having specified disc drive

Drive moves into alignment with disc

Having specified disc rack

Having specified picker

Of carousel library system

Linear vertical or horizontal array

Picker support structure (i.e., mechanism for moving picker)

Plural media are unprotected (i.e., discs that are not in cartridges)

Carousel array

Having particular mechanism or slot for transferring disc into library from outside

Having particular removable magazine

Having specified disc drive

Drive moves into alignment with disc

Having specified disc rack

Having specified picker

Of carousel library system

Linear vertical or horizontal array

Mounting or locking magazine to library system

Picker support structure detail (i.e., mechanism for moving picker)

Remote operating mode control

Transducer movement control using recorded information indicative of location of information (e.g., track address)

Counting tracks traversed by transducer

Count correction

Location information correction

Multiple movement control modes

Specific detail of terminating

Particular track portion

Transducer velocity control

Using recorded information indicative of storage medium contents

Copying or editing

Designating particular order of contents (e.g., sequential playing back by playlist)

Specified order of contents information modification processing

Plural storage medium elements (e.g., "juke box")

Specified contents information modification processing

Of track on single storage medium

Plural nontranslating storage elements (e.g., in situ)

Specified electrical control signal processing

Plural storage medium elements

Specified electrical information signal processing

Unitary plural record carrier

Moving linear array

Radial array

Scanning turntable

Mechanical production of optical storage track

Miscellaneous

Optical reading of mechanical record

Signal processing by storage and subsequent retrieval (e.g., frequency shift, delay, etc.)

Simultaneous diverse types of storage or retrieval

Sound reproduction for toy or novelty device (e.g., talking doll)

Indexing to track (e.g., consecutive)

By chance

Manual motion application (e.g., novelty card, hand-held stylus)

With beginning or end of cycle stylus return

With electrical information signal processing

Specific detail of information handling portion of system (369/99)

Specific detail of information handling portion of system (369/99)

Radiation beam modification of or by storage (369/100)

Radiation beam modification of or by storage medium (369/100)

Specific detail of information handling portion of system

Electrical modification or sensing of storage medium (e.g., capacitive, resistive, electrostatic charge)

Including signal modification

Frequency dependent (e.g., separation)

Mechanical modification or sensing of storage medium

Including treatment to facilitate storage (e.g., storage medium softening)

Heating (e.g., heated stylus)

Mechanical conversion to or from sound

Acoustical tone arm

Having plural acoustical paths

Including fluid coupling in force linkage

Sound box with mounting structure

Sound box

Convertible between lateral and perpendicular modulation modes

Including stylus pivoted from fixed casing

Lateral mechanical modulation

Perpendicular mechanical modulation

Floating weight

Recording

With mechanical amplification (e.g., frictional coupling)

With interchangeable styli

With sound modification

Specified structure of electrical transducing assembly

Capacitive or electrolytic liquid

Electret or piezoelectric

Electron tube

Electrostatic or capacitive

Magnetic field variation (e.g., magnetostrictive)

Moving signal coil

Variable reluctance

Fixed coil surrounding fixed part of magnetic path

Multichannel (stereo cartridge)

By stress application to solid transducing element (e.g., piezoelectric)

With adjustable or replaceable stylus coupling structure

With details of damping or compliance

Plural alternative or with signal handling adjunct

Plural styli

Semiconductive

Stylus controlled optical element

Variable resistance

Stylus holder or shield

With structure to interchange styli

By replacement

Stylus

With electrical information signal processing

Bidirectional information flow (e.g., record/replay switching)

From information modulated oscillator

Recording

With transformation or intentional distortion of information signal (e.g., compensation for velocity variation with diameter)

Sensing of elastic deformation or relaxation of storage medium (e.g., skid type)

With particular amplification characteristic or signal control circuitry (e.g., muting)

Radiation beam modification of or by storage medium

Color

Diffractive storage medium information element

Plural elements with distinct diffractive characteristics

Ground noise suppression, signal envelope, or plural optical modulation

Having movable shutter or light gate

Having particular optical element or particular placement thereof in radiation beam path to or from storage medium

Crystal (e.g., liquid, elasto-optic, photo-refractive, etc.)

Diffractive

Holographic

In radiation beam path to storage medium

Holographic

Sectioned optical element

Lens section

Plural diffractive sections

Prism, mirror, or waveguide section

Plural distinct diffractive optical elements

Sectioned optical element

Lens section

Plural diffractive sections

Prism, mirror, or waveguide section

Mirror

Particular lens

Plural distinct lenses

Sectioned element

Plural lens sections

Particular optical filter

Polarized or polarizing

Plural distinct polarized optical elements

Sectioned optical element

Lens section

Plural polarizing sections

Prism, mirror, or waveguide section

Prism

Waveguide

Having particular radiation sensor

Having photographic storage medium (e.g., variable density or area)

Holographic

Invisible radiation (e.g., electron beam or x-ray)

Light intensity adjustment or maintenance

Multiplex

Optical feedback

Penumbra or push-pull optical system

Polarization of or by storage medium information element

Separation into plural polarization component beams

By diffraction

Using plural polarized or polarizing optical elements

Ribbon light modulator

Spiral or helical track

With detail, configuration, or adjunct of element having slit or aperture in radiation path

With movement of optical beam (e.g., galvanometer)

With details of electrical signal processing

Auxiliary information arrangement processing (e.g., block headers, subcode, or interpolated information, etc.)

Compressing or decompressing

Gain processing

Of retrieved signal

Of signals obtained from photo-detector components

With specific frequency or frequency range

Integrating or sampling

Level detecting using reference signal

Modulating or demodulating

Multiplexing or demultiplexing

Rate, phase, or transient processing

Sectioned information processing (e.g., lengths, frames, or blocks, etc.)

With transducing multiple tracks

With transducing using plural beams

With medium contacting drum or gate in optical system (e.g., sound head)

Movable roller support for optical path

With driving or stabilizing mechanism

With particular light source (e.g., laser, crt with phosphor)

Glow lamps

Solid state

Storage different from retrieval (e.g., optical recording and magnetic reproduction)

Storage medium structure

Adjuncts or adapters

For central area of disc (e.g., hole size or drive sticker)

Protectors

Combined with diverse art structure

Composite (e.g., package with preview record)

Electrical track structure

Flexible

Layered (e.g., permanent protective layer)

Laminated or unified discrete layers

Radiation beam modified or controlling (e.g., photosensitve, optical track)

With mask

Optical track structure (e.g., phase or diffracting structure, etc.)

Erasable, reversible or re-recordable

Pit/bubble/groove structure specifies

Protection (e.g., preventing damage to medium, etc.)

Track data format/layout

Special groove (e.g., particular groove shape)

Groove acts as control system signal

Guide during storage or retrieval

Specific disc profile

With interdisc coupling

Specified center hole or locating structure

Specified material

Storage of directly retrievable modulated r.f. or superaudible carrier signal

Storage of signal modulating component

Storage or retrieval by simultaneous application of diverse types of electromagnetic radiation

Magnetic field and light beam

Erasing

In compact size assembly

Initializing

Integral transducers

Light beam generation

Light beam transducer assembly

Near field optic

Multiple light beams

Overwriting

Polarized light beam

Linear polarization

Plural polarization

Setting light beam power level

Based on referenced test signal

Magnetic field generation

Leakage magnetic field

Magnetic field generating circuit

Conductor coil

Magnetic field transducer assembly

Operative location positioning of transducer assembly

During load and unload of storage medium

Permanent magnet

Rotating magnet

Overwriting

Positioning of transducer assembly for storage or retrieval

Reading

By transferring magnetic domain between layers

Changing size of magnetic domain

Three or more magnetic layers

Changing size of magnetic domain

Relative positioning of transducer assemblies

Specific detail of recording medium

In protective jacket

Land or groove track

Recording mark dimension

Specific detail of layer (e.g., bias or initializing layers, etc.)

Plural distinct storage layers

Plural layers having particular order

Plural magnetic layers (e.g., recording and reproducing layers)

Exchange-coupling magnetization layer

In-plane magnetization layer

Magnetic domain wall

Rare earth or metal alloy

Temperature or coercivity

Three or more magnetic layers (e.g., recording, intermediate, and reproducing layers, etc.)

Exchange-coupling magnetization layer

In-plane magnetization layer

Magnetic domain wall

Rare earth or metal alloy

Temperature or coercivity

Thickness of layer

Tape or card

Three or more magnetic states

Storage or retrieval of spatially related acoustic signals (e.g., stereo)

Having distinct electrical channels

Including distinct storage tracks on record medium

Quadraphonic

Including modulated subchannel signal

Simulated spatial effect (e.g., pseudo-stereo)

With transformation or intentional distortion of information signal (e.g., preemphasis)

Systems having plural physically distinct independent tracks on a single storage medium surface

Common time base (i.e., simultaneous)

Continuous consecutive storage or retrieval of interrupted track for single signal (e.g., automatic reversal)

Tracks transverse to a motion component

Having layered storage medium

Indexing to discrete signal tracks (e.g., consecutive, by chance)

Systems or subsystems combined with diverse art device

For control of diverse art device

Track conversion

With particular cabinet structure

Particular acoustical structure (e.g., baffle)

Having collapsible or expandable acoustic path

Having parallel acoustic paths

Slotted for edgewise insertion of storage disc

Having disc stored in protective jacket

With closure-operated interlock or braking actuator

With electrical information signal processing

With lid-mounted transducer assembly carrier

With mechanism to place disc on a turntable

With servo positioning of transducer assembly over track combined with information signal processing

Optical servo system

Arithmetic operation using plural photodetectors

Beam or detector is not rectangular or circular

Dithering or wobbling the beam or track

Initialization/start-up or changing modes of system

Servo loop gain/switching control

Recording

While track jumping or crossing

Means to compensate for defect or abnormal condition

Recording (e.g., inhibit recording upon defect, etc.)

Optical head servo system structure

Elastic, flexible, pliant or spring support of lens or mirror

Flat flexible support (e.g., parallel leaf spring, etc.)

Lens or mirror floats, (e.g., magnetic field support or lens/mirror can freely float and pivot about its own axis, etc.)

Optical head element with rotary motion

Head element pivots on arm (e.g., optical head disc arm etc.)

Lens or mirror pivots off center (e.g., on a shaft, etc.)

Rotary head wheel or scanner (e.g., for use with arcuate, transverse or slant tracks, etc.)

Structure for shaping beam or causing astigmatic condition

Means to mask or shield a portion of the beam

Plural incident beams

Recording

Recording

Sampling servo system

Servo loop gain/switching control

Variable gain

Servo signal compared to a reference signal

Servo system operation related to disc structure information format

Solid state optical element with plural dissimilar optical components (e.g., using i.c. block, etc.)

With storage medium cleaning or electrostatic chanrge neutralization

By charge leakage (e.g., ionized particles)

By tone arm attachment

With stylus cleaning or treatment (e.g., grinding)