Video home system cassette or spool type magnetic tape reading device has photodiode array including reading segments that read portion of track along incidence segment of lower dimension and deliver corresponding reading signal

摘要

The device has a tape deck forming a longitudinal driving set and driving a magnetic tape (1) along a tape travel direction (51) parallel to a longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape. A photodiode array extends relative to and across a reading side of the tape and includes photodiodes forming several distinct reading segments. The segments read a portion (4) of a track (2) along an incidence segment (35) of lower dimension, in a width direction of the track and deliver a corresponding reading signal. An independent claim is also included for a method for reading a magnetic tape.