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Non Contact Phonographic Disks Digitisation Using Structured Colour Illumination

Authors: Chenot, Jean-Hugues; Laborelli, Louis; Perrier, Alain

AES Convention 122 · Paper 7009 · May 2007

Abstract

We propose an innovative contactless optical playing device for 78rpm and 33rpm lateral modulation phonographic disks, using structured colour illumination.
An area of the disk is illuminated by a beam of rays, with colour depending on the direction of incidence, that are reflected by the groove wall towards a camera image. In contrast with standard methods, that measure the velocity of the groove at a single location, direct access to the audio signal value is obtained here directly from pictures through colour decoding, and the whole height of the groove wall is exploited.
This colour coding allows for the detection of occluding dust, and automated interpolation of missing audio signal. Results on distortion, S/N ratio, and bandwidth are presented.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 122
AES Convention
122
Paper number
7009
Publication date
May 6, 2007
Session subject
Audio Archiving, Storage, Restoration, and Content Management
Affiliation
INA (Institut National de l'Audiovisuel) (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper