Abstract:
A LIGHT DEFLECTOR COMPRISING TWO LIGHT TRANSPARENT MEMBERS HAVING ADJACENT SURFACES WHEREIN THE SECOND MEMBER IS MOVABLE INTO AND OUT OF OPTICAL CONTACT WITH THE FIRST. LIGHT BEING PASSED THROUGH THE FIRST MEMBER IS INTERCEPTED BY THE MEMBER''S SURFACE TO BE REFLECTED BY THE PRINCIPLE OF TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION WHEN THE SECOND MEMBER IS NOT IN CONTACT WITH THE FIRST. WITH THE SURFACES IN CONTACT, THE LIGHT WILL PASS ON INTO THE SECOND MEMBER AND BE REFLECTED ALONG A SEPARATE PATH FROM THE FIRST PATH. THIS INVENTION DEALS WITH MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE POSITION OF THE SECOND MEMBER FOR REGULATING THE PATH OF THE BEAM.
Abstract:
A read system for optically detecting data written on a memory element wherein a light beam is modulated by areas of the memory element and such modulation is detected for reading the data. The invention involves a parallel directed beam, not modulated by the data but utilized for subtracting background noise from the read beam.