Tracking system

A tracking system for video recorders/reproducers employing a record medium having tracks for recording video signals and for recording control signals which are representative of the record position of said video signals, said system comprising:

• a transducing means for reproducing video signals recorded along said track on said record medium;
• a positionable means having said transducing means mounted at a location thereon, said positionable means being movable at said location for displacing the position of said transducing means;
• a control signal reproducing means for reproducing said control signals recorded along at least one of said tracks on said record medium;
• a means for dividing the interval of said control signals, said dividing means generating sub-control signals which are representative of the transported length of said record medium;
• a rotating phase detector for detecting the rotating phase of said transducing means;
• an operational means for generating a displacement pattern signal which is representative of the location of said video track recorded on said record medium with respect to said transducing means by using the output of said control signal reproducing means, said sub-control signals, and the output of said rotating phase detector;
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• a means for supplying said displacement pattern signal to said positionable means, whereby said transducing means is capable of tracking properly on said recorded video track regardless of the transporting speed of said record medium.