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 Class   369DYNAMIC INFORMATION STORAGE OR RETRIEVAL
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  1           COMBINED INDEPENDENT AUDIO SYSTEMS
  2           . (1 indent ) Changeover between audio systems
  3           .. (2 indent ) Fading between plural signals
  4           . (1 indent ) Combining signals to form composite (e.g., mixing)
  5           . (1 indent ) One of systems having plural concurrent signals (e.g., stereophonic)
  6           . (1 indent ) Radio
  7           .. (2 indent ) Including recording from radio
  8           .. (2 indent ) Oscillator modulated by retrieved information signal
  9           .. (2 indent ) Mechanical phonograph
  10           .. (2 indent ) With common cabinet for cartridge or cassette
  11           .. (2 indent ) Including separable assembly
  12           .. (2 indent ) Cabinet details
  13.01           STORAGE OR RETRIEVAL BY SIMULTANEOUS APPLICATION OF DIVERSE TYPES OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
  13.02           . (1 indent ) Magnetic field and light beam
  13.03           .. (2 indent ) Initializing
  13.04           .. (2 indent ) Erasing
  13.05           .. (2 indent ) Reading
  13.06           ... (3 indent ) By transferring magnetic domain between layers
  13.07           .... (4 indent ) Three or more magnetic layers
  13.08           .... (5 indent ) Changing size of magnetic domain
  13.09           .... (4 indent ) Changing size of magnetic domain
  13.1           .. (2 indent ) Three or more magnetic states
  13.11           .. (2 indent ) Positioning of transducer assembly for storage or retrieval
  13.12           .. (2 indent ) Relative positioning of transducer assemblies
  13.13           .. (2 indent ) Integral transducers
  13.14           .. (2 indent ) Magnetic field generation
  13.15           ... (3 indent ) Leakage magnetic field
  13.16           ... (3 indent ) Overwriting
  13.17           ... (3 indent ) Magnetic field transducer assembly
  13.18           .... (4 indent ) Permanent magnet
  13.19           .... (5 indent ) Rotating magnet
  13.2           .... (4 indent ) Operative location positioning of transducer assembly
  13.21           .... (5 indent ) During load and unload of storage medium
  13.22           ... (3 indent ) Magnetic field generating circuit
  13.23           .... (4 indent ) Conductor coil
  13.24           .. (2 indent ) Light beam generation
  13.25           ... (3 indent ) Overwriting
  13.26           ... (3 indent ) Setting light beam power level
  13.27           .... (4 indent ) Based on referenced test signal
  13.28           ... (3 indent ) Multiple light beams
  13.29           ... (3 indent ) Polarized light beam
  13.3           .... (4 indent ) Plural polarization
  13.31           .... (4 indent ) Linear polarization
  13.32           ... (3 indent ) Light beam transducer assembly
  13.33           .... (4 indent ) Near field optic
  13.34           .. (2 indent ) In compact size assembly
  13.35           .. (2 indent ) Specific detail of recording medium
  13.36           ... (3 indent ) In protective jacket
  13.37           ... (3 indent ) Tape or card
  13.38           ... (3 indent ) Specific detail of layer (e.g., bias or initializing layers, etc.)
  13.39           .... (4 indent ) Plural distinct storage layers
  13.4           .... (4 indent ) Plural layers having particular order
  13.41           .... (4 indent ) Plural magnetic layers (e.g., recording and reproducing layers)
  13.42           .... (5 indent ) Three or more magnetic layers (e.g., recording, intermediate, and reproducing layers, etc.)
  13.43           ..... (6 indent ) In-plane magnetization layer
  13.44           ..... (6 indent ) Exchange-coupling magnetization layer
  13.45           ..... (6 indent ) Rare earth or metal alloy
  13.46           ..... (6 indent ) Temperature or coercivity
  13.47           ..... (6 indent ) Magnetic domain wall
  13.48           .... (5 indent ) In-plane magnetization layer
  13.49           .... (5 indent ) Exchange-coupling magnetization layer
  13.5           .... (5 indent ) Rare earth or metal alloy
  13.51           .... (5 indent ) Temperature or coercivity
  13.52           .... (5 indent ) Magnetic domain wall
  13.53           .... (4 indent ) Thickness of layer
  13.54           ... (3 indent ) Recording mark dimension
  13.55           ... (3 indent ) Land or groove track
  13.56           STORAGE DIFFERENT FROM RETRIEVAL (E.G., OPTICAL RECORDING AND MAGNETIC REPRODUCTION)
  300           DETAIL OF OPTICAL SLIDER PER SE
  14           SIMULTANEOUS DIVERSE TYPES OF STORAGE OR RETRIEVAL
  15           ALTERNATIVE DIVERSE TYPES OF STORAGE OR RETRIEVAL
  16           MECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF OPTICAL STORAGE TRACK
  17           TRACK CONVERSION
  18           OPTICAL READING OF MECHANICAL RECORD
 Class 360 is an integral part of this Class (Class 369), as shown by the position of this box, and follows the schedule hierarchy of this Class, retaining all pertinent definitions and Class lines of this class.
 Class 720 is an integral part of this class (369), as shown by the position of this box, and follows the schedule hierarchy of this class, retaining all pertinent definitions and class lines of this class.
 
  19           CONTROL BY TIMER OR EXTERNAL EXTRANEOUS CONDITION
  20           . (1 indent ) By diverse art device
  21           .. (2 indent ) In vehicle or elevator
  22           .. (2 indent ) Audible indicator
  23           ... (3 indent ) Talking clock
  24.01           INFORMATION LOCATION OR REMOTE OPERATOR ACTUATED CONTROL
  25.01           . (1 indent ) Dictation or transcribing
  26.01           .. (2 indent ) Privacy
  27.01           .. (2 indent ) With access to or marking of specified location (e.g., indexing)
  28.01           ... (3 indent ) By stored additional signal (e.g., tone)
  29.01           .. (2 indent ) Remote station
  29.02           .. (2 indent ) Portable device
  30.01           . (1 indent ) Selective addressing of storage medium (e.g., programmed access)
  30.02           .. (2 indent ) Novelty device (e.g., talking doll)
  30.03           .. (2 indent ) Of optical storage medium
  30.04           ... (3 indent ) Using recorded information indicative of storage medium contents
  30.05           .... (4 indent ) Copying or editing
  30.06           .... (4 indent ) Plural storage medium elements (e.g., "juke box")
  30.07           .... (4 indent ) Specified contents information modification processing
  30.08           .... (4 indent ) Designating particular order of contents (e.g., sequential playing back by playlist)
  30.09           .... (5 indent ) Specified order of contents information modification processing
  30.1           ... (3 indent ) Transducer movement control using recorded information indicative of location of information (e.g., track address)
  30.11           .... (4 indent ) Location information correction
  30.12           .... (4 indent ) Particular track portion
  30.13           .... (4 indent ) Counting tracks traversed by transducer
  30.14           .... (5 indent ) Count correction
  30.15           .... (4 indent ) Multiple movement control modes
  30.16           .... (5 indent ) Specific detail of terminating
  30.17           .... (4 indent ) Transducer velocity control
  30.18           ... (3 indent ) Electrical information signal processing
  30.19           .... (4 indent ) Copying or editing
  30.2           .... (4 indent ) Plural storage medium elements
  30.21           .... (4 indent ) Monitoring signal error or verification
  30.22           .... (5 indent ) Correction of error
  30.23           .... (4 indent ) Buffering
  30.24           .... (4 indent ) Abnormal condition or changing mode of system
  30.25           .... (4 indent ) Auxiliary information
  30.26           ... (3 indent ) Remote operating mode control
  30.27           ... (3 indent ) Electrical control signal processing
  30.28           .... (4 indent ) Plural storage medium elements
  30.29           .... (5 indent ) Matching control signal
  30.3           .... (5 indent ) Of information indicative of contents or particular order of contents
  30.31           .... (5 indent ) For operation of storage medium gripper, accessor, or transfer member
  30.32           .... (5 indent ) For record medium loading or ejecting
  30.33           .... (5 indent ) For radial array positioning of unitary plural storage medium carrier
  30.34           .... (5 indent ) For linear array positioning of unitary plural storage medium carrier (e.g., horizontal or vertical positioning)
  30.35           .... (5 indent ) For relative positioning between storage medium elements
  30.36           .... (4 indent ) Abnormal condition or changing mode of system
  30.37           .... (4 indent ) Of particular order of contents
  30.38           ... (3 indent ) Plural optical storage media in library system
  30.39           .... (4 indent ) Modular library system
  30.4           .... (4 indent ) Plural media are discs stored in cartridges
  30.41           .... (5 indent ) Having specified disc rack
  30.42           .... (5 indent ) Having particular removable magazine
  30.43           .... (5 indent ) Having specified picker
  30.44           ..... (6 indent ) Of carousel library system
  30.45           .... (5 indent ) Picker support structure (i.e., mechanism for moving picker)
  30.46           .... (5 indent ) Having specified disc drive
  30.47           ..... (6 indent ) Drive moves into alignment with disc
  30.48           .... (5 indent ) Having particular mechanism or slot for transferring disc into library from outside
  30.49           .... (5 indent ) Linear vertical or horizontal array
  30.5           .... (5 indent ) Carousel array
  30.51           .... (4 indent ) Plural media are unprotected (i.e., discs that are not in cartridges)
  30.52           .... (5 indent ) Having specified disc rack
  30.53           .... (5 indent ) Having particular removable magazine
  30.54           .... (5 indent ) Mounting or locking magazine to library system
  30.55           .... (5 indent ) Having specified picker
  30.56           ..... (6 indent ) Of carousel library system
  30.57           .... (5 indent ) Picker support structure detail (i.e., mechanism for moving picker)
  30.58           .... (5 indent ) Having specified disc drive
  30.59           ..... (6 indent ) Drive moves into alignment with disc
  30.6           .... (5 indent ) Having particular mechanism or slot for transferring disc into library from outside
  30.61           .... (5 indent ) Linear vertical or horizontal array
  30.62           .... (5 indent ) Carousel array
  30.63           .... (4 indent ) Having particular cabinet
  30.64           ... (3 indent ) Plural optical storage media in disc changer
  30.65           .... (4 indent ) Plural media are discs stored in cartridges
  30.66           .... (5 indent ) Having specified stocker or internal magazine
  30.67           .... (5 indent ) Stocker or internal magazine is adjustable or movable
  30.68           .... (5 indent ) Having particular removable magazine
  30.69           .... (5 indent ) Mounting or locking magazine to disc changer
  30.7           .... (5 indent ) Having particular internal transfer mechanism for transferring disc while disc is inside of disc changer
  30.71           ..... (6 indent ) Of carousel changer
  30.72           .... (5 indent ) Having particular internal support structure for internal transfer mechanism
  30.73           .... (5 indent ) Having specified drive
  30.74           ..... (6 indent ) Movable drive
  30.75           .... (5 indent ) Having particular mechanism or slot for transferring disc into changer from outside
  30.76           .... (4 indent ) Plural media are unprotected (i.e., discs that are not in cartridges)
  30.77           .... (5 indent ) Having specified stocker or internal magazine
  30.78           .... (5 indent ) Stocker or internal magazine is adjustable or movable
  30.79           ..... (6 indent ) In carousel changer
  30.8           ...... (7 indent ) Positioning mechanism
  30.81           .... (5 indent ) Having disc reproduced while entirely in magazine
  30.82           .... (5 indent ) Having disc reproduced while partially in magazine
  30.83           .... (5 indent ) Having particular removable magazine
  30.84           .... (5 indent ) Mounting or locking magazine to disc changer
  30.85           .... (5 indent ) Having particular internal transfer mechanism for transferring disc while disc is inside of disc changer
  30.86           ..... (6 indent ) Of carousel changer
  30.87           .... (5 indent ) Having specified internal support structure for internal transfer mechanism
  30.88           .... (5 indent ) Having specified drive
  30.89           ..... (6 indent ) Movable drive
  30.9           .... (5 indent ) Having particular mechanism or slot for transferring disc into changer from outside
  30.91           ..... (6 indent ) Of carousel changer
  30.92           ..... (6 indent ) Plural trays
  30.93           ..... (6 indent ) One tray for multiple discs
  30.94           ...... (7 indent ) Loading mechanism
  30.95           ...... (7 indent ) Chucking mechanism
  30.96           ...... (7 indent ) Locking mechanism
  30.97           ...... (7 indent ) Positioning mechanism
  30.98           ...... (7 indent ) Having single motor that drives multiple mechanisms
  30.99           ..... (6 indent ) One tray for single disc
  31.01           .... (4 indent ) Having particular cabinet
  32.01           .. (2 indent ) Specified electrical information signal processing
  33.01           .. (2 indent ) Specified electrical control signal processing
  34.01           ... (3 indent ) Plural storage medium elements
  35.01           .. (2 indent ) Plural nontranslating storage elements (e.g., in situ)
  36.01           .. (2 indent ) Unitary plural record carrier
  37.01           ... (3 indent ) Radial array
  38.01           ... (3 indent ) Moving linear array
  39.01           ... (3 indent ) Scanning turntable
  40.01           .. (2 indent ) By manually actuated mechanism for movement of tone arm
  41.01           .. (2 indent ) Of track on single storage medium
  42.01           . (1 indent ) By mechanical linkage
  43           WITH SERVO POSITIONING OF TRANSDUCER ASSEMBLY OVER TRACK COMBINED WITH INFORMATION SIGNAL PROCESSING
  44.11           . (1 indent ) Optical servo system
  44.12           .. (2 indent ) Solid state optical element with plural dissimilar optical components (e.g., using I.C. block, etc.)
  44.13           .. (2 indent ) Dithering or wobbling the beam or track
  44.14           .. (2 indent ) Optical head servo system structure
  44.15           ... (3 indent ) Elastic, flexible, pliant or spring support of lens or mirror
  44.16           .... (4 indent ) Flat flexible support (e.g., parallel leaf spring, etc.)
  44.17           ... (3 indent ) Optical head element with rotary motion
  44.18           .... (4 indent ) Rotary head wheel or scanner (e.g., for use with arcuate, transverse or slant tracks, etc.)
  44.19           .... (4 indent ) Head element pivots on arm (e.g., optical head disc arm etc.)
  44.21           .... (4 indent ) Lens or mirror pivots off center (e.g., on a shaft, etc.)
  44.22           ... (3 indent ) Lens or mirror floats, (e.g., magnetic field support or lens/mirror can freely float and pivot about its own axis, etc.)
  44.23           ... (3 indent ) Structure for shaping beam or causing astigmatic condition
  44.24           .... (4 indent ) Means to mask or shield a portion of the beam
  44.25           .. (2 indent ) Servo signal compared to a reference signal
  44.26           .. (2 indent ) Servo system operation related to disc structure information format
  44.27           .. (2 indent ) Initialization/start-up or changing modes of system
  44.28           ... (3 indent ) While track jumping or crossing
  44.29           ... (3 indent ) Servo loop gain/switching control
  44.31           .... (4 indent ) Recording
  44.32           .. (2 indent ) Means to compensate for defect or abnormal condition
  44.33           ... (3 indent ) Recording (e.g., inhibit recording upon defect, etc.)
  44.34           .. (2 indent ) Sampling servo system
  44.35           .. (2 indent ) Servo loop gain/switching control
  44.36           ... (3 indent ) Variable gain
  44.37           .. (2 indent ) Plural incident beams
  44.38           ... (3 indent ) Recording
  44.39           .. (2 indent ) Recording
  44.41           .. (2 indent ) Arithmetic operation using plural photodetectors
  44.42           ... (3 indent ) Beam or detector is not rectangular or circular
  47.1           CONTROL OF STORAGE OR RETRIEVAL OPERATION BY A CONTROL SIGNAL TO BE RECORDED OR REPRODUCED
  47.11           . (1 indent ) Control of initiation of pause mode
  47.12           . (1 indent ) For copying
  47.13           . (1 indent ) For editing
  47.14           . (1 indent ) By medium defect indicative control signal
  47.15           . (1 indent ) Control of information signal processing channel
  47.16           .. (2 indent ) Of plural interrelated channels
  47.17           .. (2 indent ) For removal of unwanted signal component
  47.18           .. (2 indent ) For interpolating or drop-out correcting
  47.19           .. (2 indent ) For modulating or demodulating
  47.2           .. (2 indent ) For multiplexing or demultiplexing
  47.21           ... (3 indent ) Of sub-code information
  47.22           .... (4 indent ) Having location identification information
  47.23           .. (2 indent ) For sequencing or switching
  47.24           ... (3 indent ) Between alternative processing channels
  47.25           .. (2 indent ) For gain processing
  47.26           ... (3 indent ) Within a frequency band
  47.27           ... (3 indent ) Using a reproduced information of specified preformat, header, or reference area
  47.28           .. (2 indent ) For phase, timing, or rate processing
  47.29           ... (3 indent ) During retrieval at dynamic retrieval rate different from storage rate
  47.3           ... (3 indent ) While changing of system mode or dynamic retrieval rate
  47.31           ... (3 indent ) Using program or address signal
  47.32           ... (3 indent ) Including static memory accessing
  47.33           .... (4 indent ) Including static memory fill level monitoring or controlling
  47.34           .... (4 indent ) Including static memory write address controlling
  47.35           .. (2 indent ) For sampling, digital to analog or analog to digital converting
  47.36           . (1 indent ) Mechanism control by the control signal
  47.37           .. (2 indent ) Control of spiral track spacing (e.g., signal variable pitch)
  47.38           .. (2 indent ) Control of relative motion producing mechanism
  47.39           ... (3 indent ) During initialization or start-up
  47.4           ... (3 indent ) Responsive to change in transduced location
  47.41           ... (3 indent ) Responsive to change in transduced information characteristic
  47.42           ... (3 indent ) Responsive to stand-by or pause mode operation
  47.43           ... (3 indent ) Having different storage and retrieval relative motion
  47.44           ... (3 indent ) Responsive to abnormal condition
  47.45           ... (3 indent ) By a selected relative motion error signal
  47.46           ... (3 indent ) By information signal characteristic
  47.47           ... (3 indent ) By program or address signal
  47.48           ... (3 indent ) By synchronous signal
  47.49           .. (2 indent ) Control of transducer assembly mechanism
  47.5           ... (3 indent ) Power control for energy producing device
  47.51           .... (4 indent ) For storage
  47.52           .... (5 indent ) During multiple system modes
  47.53           .... (5 indent ) Stored and retrieved testing signal
  47.54           ... (3 indent ) By program or address signal
  47.55           .. (2 indent ) During initialization or start-up or changing system mode
  52.1           CONTROL STRUCTURE ON STORAGE MEDIUM SENSED BY OTHER THAN TRANSDUCER SUPPORT (E.G., CONDUCTIVE STRIP, NOTCHED EDGE SENSOR)
  53.1           CONDITION INDICATING, MONITORING, OR TESTING
  53.11           . (1 indent ) Including radiation storage or retrieval
  53.12           .. (2 indent ) Having abnormal condition indicating
  53.13           ... (3 indent ) Due to unwanted operational condition of record carrier
  53.14           .... (4 indent ) Eccentricity or warp
  53.15           .... (4 indent ) Defect
  53.16           .... (5 indent ) Including storage or retrieval of auxiliary signal
  53.17           ..... (6 indent ) Defect location indicating
  53.18           ... (3 indent ) System disturbance
  53.19           ... (3 indent ) Relative transducer to medium misalignment (e.g., relative tilt)
  53.2           .. (2 indent ) Of record carrier
  53.21           ... (3 indent ) For protection
  53.22           ... (3 indent ) By detection of storage medium incident radiation
  53.23           .... (4 indent ) Derived focusing or tracking related signal
  53.24           ... (3 indent ) Having unrecorded location indicating
  53.25           .. (2 indent ) Of transducer assembly mechanism
  53.26           ... (3 indent ) Energy producing device
  53.27           .... (4 indent ) By detection of storage medium incident radiation
  53.28           ... (3 indent ) Focusing or tracking servo
  53.29           ... (3 indent ) Transduced location indicating
  53.3           .. (2 indent ) Of relative motion producing mechanism
  53.31           .. (2 indent ) Of storage or retrieval information signal
  53.32           ... (3 indent ) Dropout indicating
  53.33           ... (3 indent ) Unwanted signal component indicating
  53.34           ... (3 indent ) Time based parameter
  53.35           ... (3 indent ) Signal error correcting or detecting
  53.36           .... (4 indent ) During storage
  53.37           .. (2 indent ) Initialization or start-up mode or changing system mode:
  53.38           . (1 indent ) Of transducer assembly mechanism
  53.39           .. (2 indent ) Transducer location indicating
  53.4           .. (2 indent ) Positioning adjunct
  53.41           . (1 indent ) Of record carrier
  53.42           . (1 indent ) Having abnormality condition indicating
  53.43           . (1 indent ) Of relative motion producing mechanism
  53.44           . (1 indent ) Of storage or retrieval information signal
  53.45           . (1 indent ) Initialization or start-up mode or changing system mode
  59.1           BINARY PULSE TRAIN INFORMATION SIGNAL
  59.11           . (1 indent ) Binary signal processing for controlling recording light characteristic
  59.12           .. (2 indent ) Pulse forming by adjusting binary signal phase or shifting binary signal pulse
  59.13           . (1 indent ) Selecting from a plurality of binary processing types
  59.14           . (1 indent ) Changing a system mode
  59.15           . (1 indent ) Binary signal gain processing
  59.16           .. (2 indent ) Within a frequency band
  59.17           . (1 indent ) Binary signal level detecting using a reference signal
  59.18           .. (2 indent ) Plural reference signals
  59.19           . (1 indent ) Binary signal detecting using a clock signal
  59.2           . (1 indent ) Binary signal phase processing
  59.21           . (1 indent ) Including sampling or A/D converting
  59.22           .. (2 indent ) By interpolating or maximum likelihood detecting
  59.23           . (1 indent ) Having specific code or form generation or regeneration processing
  59.24           .. (2 indent ) During storage
  59.25           . (1 indent ) Format arrangement processing for auxiliary information
  59.26           . (1 indent ) Binary signal processing of sectioned information
  59.27           . (1 indent ) Binary signal multiplexing or demultiplexing
  60.01           SIGNAL PROCESSING BY STORAGE AND SUBSEQUENT RETRIEVAL (E.G., FREQUENCY SHIFT, DELAY, ETC.)
  61           STORAGE OF DIRECTLY RETRIEVABLE MODULATED R.F. OR SUPERAUDIBLE CARRIER SIGNAL
  62           STORAGE OF SIGNAL MODULATING COMPONENT
  63           SOUND REPRODUCTION FOR TOY OR NOVELTY DEVICE (E.G., TALKING DOLL)
  64           . (1 indent ) With electrical information signal processing
  65           . (1 indent ) Indexing to track (e.g., consecutive)
  66           .. (2 indent ) By chance
  67           . (1 indent ) With beginning or end of cycle stylus return
  68           . (1 indent ) Manual motion application (e.g., novelty card, hand-held stylus)
  69           SYSTEMS OR SUBSYSTEMS COMBINED WITH DIVERSE ART DEVICE
  70           . (1 indent ) For control of diverse art device
  71           WITH STYLUS CLEANING OR TREATMENT (E.G., GRINDING)
  72           WITH STORAGE MEDIUM CLEANING OR ELECTROSTATIC CHANRGE NEUTRALIZATION
  73           . (1 indent ) By charge leakage (e.g., ionized particles)
  74           . (1 indent ) By tone arm attachment
  75.11           WITH PARTICULAR CABINET STRUCTURE
  75.21           . (1 indent ) With mechanism to place disc on a turntable
  76           . (1 indent ) With electrical information signal processing
  77.11           . (1 indent ) Slotted for edgewise insertion of storage disc
  77.21           .. (2 indent ) Having disc stored in protective jacket
  78           . (1 indent ) With lid-mounted transducer assembly carrier
  79           . (1 indent ) With closure-operated interlock or braking actuator
  80           . (1 indent ) Particular acoustical structure (e.g., baffle)
  81           .. (2 indent ) Having collapsible or expandable acoustic path
  82           .. (2 indent ) Having parallel acoustic paths
  83           EDITING OF STORED INFORMATION
  84           DUPLICATION OR COPYING (E.G., RERECORDING)
  85           . (1 indent ) To diverse type of storage medium
  86           STORAGE OR RETRIEVAL OF SPATIALLY RELATED ACOUSTIC SIGNALS (E.G., STEREO)
  87           . (1 indent ) Simulated spatial effect (e.g., pseudo-stereo)
  88           . (1 indent ) With transformation or intentional distortion of information signal (e.g., preemphasis)
  89           . (1 indent ) Quadraphonic
  90           .. (2 indent ) Including modulated subchannel signal
  91           . (1 indent ) Having distinct electrical channels
  92           . (1 indent ) Including distinct storage tracks on record medium
  93           SYSTEMS HAVING PLURAL PHYSICALLY DISTINCT INDEPENDENT TRACKS ON A SINGLE STORAGE MEDIUM SURFACE
  94           . (1 indent ) Having layered storage medium
  95           . (1 indent ) Common time base (i.e., simultaneous)
  96           . (1 indent ) Continuous consecutive storage or retrieval of interrupted track for single signal (e.g., automatic reversal)
  97           .. (2 indent ) Tracks transverse to a motion component
  98           . (1 indent ) Indexing to discrete signal tracks (e.g., consecutive, by chance)
  99           SPECIFIC DETAIL OF INFORMATION HANDLING PORTION OF SYSTEM
  100           . (1 indent ) Radiation beam modification of or by storage medium
  101           .. (2 indent ) Invisible radiation (e.g., electron beam or X-ray)
  102           .. (2 indent ) Multiplex
  103           .. (2 indent ) Holographic
  104           .. (2 indent ) Ribbon light modulator
  105           .. (2 indent ) Penumbra or push-pull optical system
  106           .. (2 indent ) Optical feedback
  107           .. (2 indent ) Ground noise suppression, signal envelope, or plural optical modulation
  108           .. (2 indent ) Color
  109.01           .. (2 indent ) Diffractive storage medium information element
  109.02           ... (3 indent ) Plural elements with distinct diffractive characteristics
  110.01           .. (2 indent ) Polarization of or by storage medium information element
  110.02           ... (3 indent ) Separation into plural polarization component beams
  110.03           .... (4 indent ) By diffraction
  110.04           .... (4 indent ) Using plural polarized or polarizing optical elements
  111           .. (2 indent ) Spiral or helical track
  112.01           .. (2 indent ) Having particular optical element or particular placement thereof in radiation beam path to or from storage medium
  112.02           ... (3 indent ) Crystal (e.g., liquid, elasto-optic, photo-refractive, etc.)
  112.03           ... (3 indent ) Diffractive
  112.04           .... (4 indent ) Plural distinct diffractive optical elements
  112.05           .... (4 indent ) In radiation beam path to storage medium
  112.06           .... (5 indent ) Sectioned optical element
  112.07           ..... (6 indent ) Plural diffractive sections
  112.08           ..... (6 indent ) Lens section
  112.09           ..... (6 indent ) Prism, mirror, or waveguide section
  112.1           .... (5 indent ) Holographic
  112.11           .... (4 indent ) Sectioned optical element
  112.12           .... (5 indent ) Plural diffractive sections
  112.13           .... (5 indent ) Lens section
  112.14           .... (5 indent ) Prism, mirror, or waveguide section
  112.15           .... (4 indent ) Holographic
  112.16           ... (3 indent ) Polarized or polarizing
  112.17           .... (4 indent ) Plural distinct polarized optical elements
  112.18           .... (4 indent ) Sectioned optical element
  112.19           .... (5 indent ) Plural polarizing sections
  112.2           .... (5 indent ) Lens section
  112.21           .... (5 indent ) Prism, mirror, or waveguide section
  112.22           ... (3 indent ) Particular optical filter
  112.23           ... (3 indent ) Particular lens
  112.24           .... (4 indent ) Plural distinct lenses
  112.25           .... (4 indent ) Sectioned element
  112.26           .... (5 indent ) Plural lens sections
  112.27           ... (3 indent ) Waveguide
  112.28           ... (3 indent ) Prism
  112.29           ... (3 indent ) Mirror
  113           .. (2 indent ) With medium contacting drum or gate in optical system (e.g., sound head)
  114           ... (3 indent ) Movable roller support for optical path
  115           ... (3 indent ) With driving or stabilizing mechanism
  116           .. (2 indent ) Light intensity adjustment or maintenance
  117           .. (2 indent ) Having movable shutter or light gate
  118           .. (2 indent ) With detail, configuration, or adjunct of element having slit or aperture in radiation path
  119           ... (3 indent ) With movement of optical beam (e.g., galvanometer)
  120           .. (2 indent ) Having particular radiation sensor
  121           .. (2 indent ) With particular light source (e.g., laser, CRT with phosphor)
  122           ... (3 indent ) Solid state
  123           ... (3 indent ) Glow lamps
  124.01           .. (2 indent ) With details of electrical signal processing
  124.02           ... (3 indent ) With transducing multiple tracks
  124.03           ... (3 indent ) With transducing using plural beams
  124.04           ... (3 indent ) Modulating or demodulating
  124.05           ... (3 indent ) Integrating or sampling
  124.06           ... (3 indent ) Compressing or decompressing
  124.07           ... (3 indent ) Auxiliary information arrangement processing (e.g., block headers, subcode, or interpolated information, etc.)
  124.08           ... (3 indent ) Sectioned information processing (e.g., lengths, frames, or blocks, etc.)
  124.09           ... (3 indent ) Multiplexing or demultiplexing
  124.1           ... (3 indent ) Gain processing
  124.11           .... (4 indent ) Of retrieved signal
  124.12           .... (5 indent ) Of signals obtained from photo-detector components
  124.13           .... (5 indent ) With specific frequency or frequency range
  124.14           ... (3 indent ) Rate, phase, or transient processing
  124.15           ... (3 indent ) Level detecting using reference signal
  125           .. (2 indent ) Having photographic storage medium (e.g., variable density or area)
  126           . (1 indent ) Electrical modification or sensing of storage medium (e.g., capacitive, resistive, electrostatic charge)
  127           . (1 indent ) Mechanical modification or sensing of storage medium
  128           .. (2 indent ) With electrical information signal processing
  129           ... (3 indent ) From information modulated oscillator
  130           ... (3 indent ) Sensing of elastic deformation or relaxation of storage medium (e.g., skid type)
  131           ... (3 indent ) Bidirectional information flow (e.g., record/replay switching)
  132           ... (3 indent ) Recording
  133           .... (4 indent ) With transformation or intentional distortion of information signal (e.g., compensation for velocity variation with diameter)
  134           ... (3 indent ) With particular amplification characteristic or signal control circuitry (e.g., muting)
  135           .. (2 indent ) Specified structure of electrical transducing assembly
  136           ... (3 indent ) Multichannel (stereo cartridge)
  137           .... (4 indent ) By stress application to solid transducing element (e.g., piezoelectric)
  138           .... (5 indent ) With adjustable or replaceable stylus coupling structure
  139           .... (4 indent ) With details of damping or compliance
  140           ... (3 indent ) Plural styli
  141           ... (3 indent ) Plural alternative or with signal handling adjunct
  142           ... (3 indent ) Stylus controlled optical element
  143           ... (3 indent ) Electron tube
  144           ... (3 indent ) Electret or piezoelectric
  145           ... (3 indent ) Semiconductive
  146           ... (3 indent ) Magnetic field variation (e.g., magnetostrictive)
  147           .... (4 indent ) Moving signal coil
  148           .... (4 indent ) Variable reluctance
  149           .... (5 indent ) Fixed coil surrounding fixed part of magnetic path
  150           ... (3 indent ) Capacitive or electrolytic liquid
  151           ... (3 indent ) Electrostatic or capacitive
  152           ... (3 indent ) Variable resistance
  153           .. (2 indent ) Including treatment to facilitate storage (e.g., storage medium softening)
  154           ... (3 indent ) Heating (e.g., heated stylus)
  155           .. (2 indent ) Mechanical conversion to or from sound
  156           ... (3 indent ) Including fluid coupling in force linkage
  157           ... (3 indent ) Sound box with mounting structure
  158           ... (3 indent ) Acoustical tone arm
  159           .... (4 indent ) Having plural acoustical paths
  160           ... (3 indent ) Sound box
  161           .... (4 indent ) With interchangeable styli
  162           .... (4 indent ) Including stylus pivoted from fixed casing
  163           .... (4 indent ) With sound modification
  164           .... (4 indent ) Convertible between lateral and perpendicular modulation modes
  165           .... (4 indent ) Perpendicular mechanical modulation
  166           .... (5 indent ) Recording
  167           .... (5 indent ) With mechanical amplification (e.g., frictional coupling)
  168           .... (5 indent ) Floating weight
  169           .... (4 indent ) Lateral mechanical modulation
  170           .. (2 indent ) Stylus holder or shield
  171           ... (3 indent ) With structure to interchange styli
  172           .... (4 indent ) By replacement
  173           .. (2 indent ) Stylus
  174           . (1 indent ) Including signal modification
  175           .. (2 indent ) Frequency dependent (e.g., separation)
  176           DYNAMIC MECHANISM SUBSYSTEM
  177           . (1 indent ) Having stationary storage medium
  178.01           . (1 indent ) Access of multiple storage elements (e.g., record changer)
  179           .. (2 indent ) Cylindrical storage element
  180           .. (2 indent ) Flexible disc
  181           .. (2 indent ) Stack height adjustment for tone arm or turntable
  182           .. (2 indent ) Numerical count shut-off
  183           .. (2 indent ) Cam shaft transverse to turntable spindle axis of record changer
  184           .. (2 indent ) Tone arm position control by sensing of disc (e.g., disc or hole size)
  185           ... (3 indent ) Disc size sensor on or using tone arm
  186           ... (3 indent ) Stepped tone arm stop element
  187           ... (3 indent ) Disc size sensor in feed path
  188           ... (3 indent ) Disc size sensor at turntable position
  189           .. (2 indent ) Turntable speed control
  190           ... (3 indent ) By sensing of disc (e.g., disc or hole size)
  191.1           .. (2 indent ) Storage disc fed to and removed from turntable
  192.1           ... (3 indent ) Plural disc holder having unitary separating structure
  193           ... (3 indent ) Grouped removal with sequential feed
  194           ... (3 indent ) Coplanar storage
  195           ... (3 indent ) Both sides of disc used
  196           .. (2 indent ) Separate motors operate turntable and disc change mechanism
  197           .. (2 indent ) Plural turntables
  198           ... (3 indent ) Plural tone arms
  199           .. (2 indent ) Both sides of disc used
  200           ... (3 indent ) By inverting disc
  201           .. (2 indent ) Discs sequentially removed from turntable
  202           .. (2 indent ) Discs sequentially fed to turntable
  203           ... (3 indent ) Tone arm set down adjustment
  204           ... (3 indent ) By edge controlled feeding of disc
  205           .... (4 indent ) With feed cooperating structure on spindle
  206           ... (3 indent ) By center hold feeding of disc (e.g., spindle drop)
  207           .... (4 indent ) Support mechanism adapter for large hole records on small hole spindles
  208           .... (4 indent ) Having specified spindle structure
  209           .... (5 indent ) Umbrella type
  210           .... (5 indent ) Having shoulder and ejector lever
  211           ..... (6 indent ) With edge stabilizer
  212           .. (2 indent ) Auxiliary structure (e.g., shut-off preventer, disc spacer)
  213           . (1 indent ) Additional motion of storage element support to effect tracking
  214           .. (2 indent ) Cylindrical storage element
  215.1           . (1 indent ) Having power driven transducer assembly
  216           .. (2 indent ) Having tone arm set-down control
  217           ... (3 indent ) By disc sensing (e.g., by sensed disc or hole size)
  218           .. (2 indent ) Having groove engaging driving element
  219.1           .. (2 indent ) With drive transverse to storage track
  220           ... (3 indent ) Controlled by transducer assembly support
  221           ... (3 indent ) With additional drive (e.g., scanning, restoring, or return)
  222           ... (3 indent ) Having pivoted tone arm
  223           ... (3 indent ) By lead screw
  224           .. (2 indent ) With passive linear tracking
  225           .. (2 indent ) Restoring after passive tracking
  226           ... (3 indent ) Responsive to transducer support condition (e.g., movement or position)
  227           .... (4 indent ) Numerical count replay
  228           .... (4 indent ) Controllable position
  229           ... (3 indent ) Turntable mounted template
  230           .. (2 indent ) Power cueing (i.e., engage/disengage)
  231           . (1 indent ) Mechanism responsive to control structure on storage medium sensed by transducer assembly support (e.g., trip device)
  232           .. (2 indent ) With turntable braking (e.g., velocity or reverse responsive)
  233           . (1 indent ) Mechanism condition or storage medium responsive control
  234           .. (2 indent ) With turntable braking (e.g., tone arm position responsive)
  235           ... (3 indent ) With stopping of motor
  236           ... (3 indent ) Adjustable
  237           ... (3 indent ) With electrical control of brake
  238           ... (3 indent ) End limit sensor coupled with tone arm
  239           .. (2 indent ) Speed
  240           ... (3 indent ) Variable radius compensation (e.g., constant interaction speed)
  241           ... (3 indent ) Self-responsive (e.g., governor)
  242           .. (2 indent ) Antiskating
  243           .. (2 indent ) Energizing circuit
  244.1           . (1 indent ) Specified detail of transducer assembly support structure
  245           .. (2 indent ) With manual tone arm displacement adjunct (e.g., cueing)
  246           ... (3 indent ) With viscous limiting of motion (e.g., rate damping)
  247.1           .. (2 indent ) Vibration or resonance suppression
  248           ... (3 indent ) By viscous damping
  249.1           .. (2 indent ) Having linear guide
  250           .. (2 indent ) Pivoted arm with tracking path compensation
  251           .. (2 indent ) Having application of counterbalancing force
  252           ... (3 indent ) Lateral (e.g., antiskating)
  253           ... (3 indent ) By resilient force element (e.g., spring)
  254           ... (3 indent ) Specified weight mounting
  255           .. (2 indent ) Having specified bearing structure
  256           .. (2 indent ) Mechanical details of cartridge mounting
  257           .. (2 indent ) Rest
  258.1           . (1 indent ) Specific detail of storage medium support or motion production
  259           .. (2 indent ) For endless web looped about plural rotatable mounts (e.g., belt)
  260           .. (2 indent ) For cylinder
  261           .. (2 indent ) For pliable (e.g., floppy) disc
  262           .. (2 indent ) With storage medium removal adjunct
  263.1           .. (2 indent ) Mounting structure for support or motion producing assembly (e.g., vibration damping)
  264           .. (2 indent ) Turntable
  265           ... (3 indent ) With auxiliary turntable
  266           ... (3 indent ) Driving mechanism
  267           .... (4 indent ) Speed changing
  268           ... (3 indent ) Braking
  269           ... (3 indent ) Bearing structure
  270.1           ... (3 indent ) Disc holding or locating (e.g., spindle structure)
  271.1           .... (4 indent ) With detail of storage medium contact structure on turntable surface
  272.1           STORAGE MEDIUM STRUCTURE
  273           . (1 indent ) Combined with diverse art structure
  274           . (1 indent ) Composite (e.g., package with preview record)
  275.1           . (1 indent ) Optical track structure (e.g., phase or diffracting structure, etc.)
  275.2           .. (2 indent ) Erasable, reversible or re-recordable
  275.3           .. (2 indent ) Track data format/layout
  275.4           .. (2 indent ) Pit/bubble/groove structure specifies
  275.5           .. (2 indent ) Protection (e.g., preventing damage to medium, etc.)
  276           . (1 indent ) Electrical track structure
  277           . (1 indent ) Special groove (e.g., particular groove shape)
  278           .. (2 indent ) Groove acts as control system signal
  279           .. (2 indent ) Guide during storage or retrieval
  280           . (1 indent ) Specific disc profile
  281           .. (2 indent ) With interdisc coupling
  282           . (1 indent ) Specified center hole or locating structure
  283           . (1 indent ) Layered (e.g., permanent protective layer)
  284           .. (2 indent ) Radiation beam modified or controlling (e.g., photosensitve, optical track)
  285           ... (3 indent ) With mask
  286           .. (2 indent ) Laminated or unified discrete layers
  287           . (1 indent ) Flexible
  288           . (1 indent ) Specified material
  289.1           . (1 indent ) Adjuncts or adapters
  290.1           .. (2 indent ) For central area of disc (e.g., hole size or drive sticker)
  291.1           .. (2 indent ) Protectors
  292           MISCELLANEOUS
 
 FOREIGN ART COLLECTIONS
 
  FOR000           CLASS-RELATED FOREIGN DOCUMENTS
 Any foreign patents or non-patent literature from subclasses that have been reclassified have been transferred directly to FOR Collections listed below. These Collections contain ONLY foreign patents or non-patent literature. The parenthetical references in the Collection titles refer to the abolished subclasses from which these Collections were derived.
 
  FOR100           SIGNAL PROCESSING BY STORAGE AND SUBSEQUENT RETRIEVAL (E.G., FREQUENCY SHIFT, DELAY, ETC.) (369/60)
             SPECIFIC DETAIL OF INFORMATION HANDLING PORTION OF SYSTEM (369/99)
             . (1 indent ) Radiation beam modification of or by storage medium (369/100)
  FOR101           .. (2 indent ) With details of electrical signal processing (369/124)
  FOR102           CONTROL OF STORAGE OR RETRIEVAL BY A SIGNAL TO BE RECORDED OR REPRODUCED (369/47)
  FOR103           . (1 indent ) Control of information signal channel (369/48)
  FOR104           .. (2 indent ) Of plural interrelated channels (369/49)
  FOR105           . (1 indent ) Mechanism control by information signal (e.g., voice responsive) (369/50)
  FOR106           .. (2 indent ) Control of spiral track spacing (e.g., signal variable pitch) (369/51)
  FOR107           CONTROL STRUCTURE ON STORAGE MEDIUM SENSED BY OTHER THAN TRANSDUCER SUPPORT (E.G., CONDUCTIVE STRIP, NOTCHED EDGE SENSOR) (369/52)
  FOR108           WITH CONDITION INDICATING (E.G., MONITORING) OR TESTING (369/53)
  FOR109           . (1 indent ) With radiation storage or retrieval (369/54)
  FOR110           . (1 indent ) Of transducer (369/55)
  FOR111           .. (2 indent ) Location on storage medium (369/56)
  FOR112           .. (2 indent ) Positioning adjunct (e.g., indexing) (369/57)
  FOR113           . (1 indent ) Of record carrier (369/58)
  FOR114           WITH BINARY PULSE TRAIN INFORMATION SIGNAL (369/59)
             SPECIFIC DETAIL OF INFORMATION HANDLING PORTION OF SYSTEM (369/99)
             . (1 indent ) Radiation beam modification of or by storage (369/100)
  FOR115           .. (2 indent ) With diffraction (e.g., pits, grating (369/109)
  FOR116           .. (2 indent ) By polarization (369/110)
  FOR117           .. (2 indent ) With particular imaging element (369/112)
  FOR118           STORAGE DIFFERENT FROM RETRIEVAL (E.G., OPTICAL RECORDING AND MAGNETIC REPRODUCTION) (369/13)
  FOR119           OPERATOR-ACTUATED REMOTE CONTROL OR INFORMATION LOCATION (369/24)
  FOR120           . (1 indent ) Dictation or transcribing (369/25)
  FOR121           .. (2 indent ) Privacy (369/26)
  FOR122           .. (2 indent ) With access to or marking of specified location (e.g., indexing) (369/27)
  FOR123           ... (3 indent ) By stored additional signal (e.g., tone) (369/28)
  FOR124           .. (2 indent ) Remote station (e.g., multiple stations or recording devices) (369/29)
  FOR125           . (1 indent ) Selective addressing of storage medium (e.g., programmed access, "juke box") (369/30)
  FOR126           .. (2 indent ) Novelty device (e.g., talking doll) (369/31)
  FOR127           .. (2 indent ) With specified electrical information signal processing (369/32)
  FOR128           .. (2 indent ) With specified electrical control signal processing (369/33)
  FOR129           ... (3 indent ) Plural storage medium elements (369/34)
  FOR130           .. (2 indent ) Plural nontranslating storage elements (e.g., in situ) (369/35)
  FOR131           .. (2 indent ) With unitary plural disc carrier (369/36)
  FOR132           ... (3 indent ) Radial array (369/37)
  FOR133           ... (3 indent ) Moving linear array (369/38)
  FOR134           ... (3 indent ) Scanning turntable (369/39)
  FOR135           .. (2 indent ) By manually actuated mechanism for movement of tone arm (369/40)
  FOR136           .. (2 indent ) Of track on single storage medium (369/41)
  FOR137           . (1 indent ) By mechanical linkage (369/42)
             DYNAMIC MECHANISM SUBSYSTEM (369/176)
  FOR138           . (1 indent ) Access of multiple storage elements (e.g., record changer) (369/178)
  FOR139           WITH PARTICULAR CABINET STRUCTURE (369/75.1)
  FOR140           . (1 indent ) With mechanism to place disc on a turntable (369/75.2)
  FOR141           . (1 indent ) Slotted for edgewise insertion of storage disc (369/77.1)
  FOR142           .. (2 indent ) Having disc stored in protective jacket (369/77.2)
  FOR143           .. (2 indent ) Storage disc fed to and removed from turntable (369/191)
  FOR144           ... (3 indent ) Plural disc holder having unitary separating structure (369/192)
  FOR145           . (1 indent ) Having power driven transducer assembly (369/215)
  FOR146           .. (2 indent ) With drive transverse to storage track during storage or retrieval (369/219)
  FOR147           . (1 indent ) Specific detail of transducer assembly support structure (e.g., tone arm) (369/244)
  FOR148           .. (2 indent ) Vibration or resonance suppression (e.g., damping) (369/247)
  FOR149           .. (2 indent ) Having linear guide (369/249)
  FOR150           . (1 indent ) Specific detail of storage medium support or motion production (369/258)
  FOR151           .. (2 indent ) Mounting structure for support or motion producing assembly (e.g., vibration damping (369/263)
  FOR152           ... (3 indent ) Disc holding or locating (e.g., spindle structure) (369/270)
  FOR153           .... (4 indent ) With detail of storage medium contact structure on turntable surface (369/271)
  FOR154           STORAGE MEDIUM STRUCTURE (369/272)
  FOR155           . (1 indent ) Adjuncts or adapters (369/289)
  FOR156           .. (2 indent ) For central area of disc (e.g., hole size or drive sticker) (369/290)
  FOR157           .. (2 indent ) Protectors (369/291)


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