JP2000243072A - Disk player - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To time-skip the position of sound or video being reproduced by simple key operation, and to quickly access a desired position by providing a time skip operation means for operating so that a position of sound or video of a disk being reproduced is time-skiped to a position before the prescribed time or after the prescribed time. SOLUTION: While a movie recorded in a video CD is reproducing, a command is inputted to a microcomputer whenever a time skip fast backward button 14 is pressed, and processed, an optical pickup of a CD drive is moved, after jumping is performed to a screen before the prescribed time by time- skipping before the prescribed time, reproduction is performed. While a movie video-recorded in a video CD is reproducing, a command is inputted to a microcomputer whenever a fast forward button 15 is pressed, and processed, an optical pickup of a CD drive is moved, after jumping is performed to a screen after the prescribed time by time-skipping after the prescribed time, reproduction is performed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a video CD (Comp
More particularly, the present invention relates to a disk player having a time skip function for time skipping a predetermined time after or before a playback position from a playback location.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the development of multimedia, C
Discs, which are random access media such as D and video CDs, are rapidly spreading. Such random access media disks have excellent features such as higher fidelity, higher density, improved operability, and more functions than tape media based on magnetic recording technology.

FIG. 7 is a schematic front view showing a player body of a video CD / CD player which is a conventional disk player. The player body 51 is a video CD and C
D, a player for loading a video CD and a CD at the upper center of the front panel 52, a display unit 55 for displaying a playback state below the disk tray 53, and a power supply at the left side of the front panel 52. Switch 56, disc tray button 5 for pulling disc tray 53 out and back to the right of front panel 52
7, a play button 58 for starting playback, a pause button 59 for temporarily stopping playback, a stop button 60 for stopping playback in the middle, a fast-return button 61 for skipping fast-forward by pressing during playback, A fast-forward button 62 for skipping fast-forward when pressed during playback is provided.

FIG. 8 is a front view of a remote controller of a conventional video CD / CD player. A power switch 65, a play button 67 for starting playback, a pause button 68 for temporarily stopping playback, and a pause button 68 for sequentially starting playback from the top of the remote controller (remote controller) 63 in the longitudinal direction.
Stop button 69 to stop playback in the middle, fast reverse / PREVIOUS to skip fast reverse by pressing during playback
A button 70, a fast forward / NEXT button 71 for skipping fast forward by pressing during playback, and a return key 76 for returning to a playback item to be returned by a key for playback control to be described later are provided. By pressing the fast forward / NEXT button 71, the screen displayed on the display device (not shown) can be switched to the next menu screen or the like, and the fast return / PREVIOUS button 7 can be switched.
By pressing 0, the screen can be switched to the previous menu screen or the like.

At the lower part of the remote controller 63, a numeric keypad 78 which is a numeric key from 0 to 9 is displayed.
+10 key 79 for increasing the 0 digit, and clear key 80 for canceling the input immediately before the ten key 78 or the +10 key 79
Is provided.

[0006]

In the above-mentioned video CD / CD player, when a video CD containing a movie or the like is reproduced, one track becomes longer, so that the player skips to view a desired screen. Sometimes you want to. Fast forward / NEXT button 71 on remote control 63 or player body 5
When the fast forward button 62 of 1 is pressed, fast forward playback is performed.
The data from the video CD is skipped about every 0 seconds and only the first image found is displayed, but this takes too much time and the operation is troublesome.

Therefore, the video CD Ver2.0 has a playback control function, and is specified by selecting an item shown on a menu screen displayed on a display device (not shown) by using the ten keys 78 or the like of the remote controller 63. Can be played according to a predetermined agreement, such as a direct jump to the location of the remote control, or the same data is played back repeatedly. Key operation was required.

[0008] In addition, when playing back a CD having a long playing time per song, for example, a classical music or the like recorded on one song or the last track, there are times when it is desired to skip the playback to a desired location. Fast forward / NEXT button 71 of remote controller 63
Or, pressing the fast forward button 62 of the player body 51 once,
The process proceeds to the beginning of the next song, that is, the beginning of the first song of the classical music recorded here, and cannot be skipped halfway. On the other hand, while the CD is being played, the player body 51
The playback can be skipped by pressing and holding the fast forward button 62 or the fast reverse button 61, but skipping can be performed in units of one second. In such a case, it is necessary to keep pressing the fast forward button 62 or the fast reverse button 61 during that time, and it is not easy to reach a desired location.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a method of reproducing a sound or a sound and an image being reproduced by a simple key operation before or after a predetermined time in reproducing a disk which is a random access medium such as a video CD or a CD. It is an object of the present invention to provide a disk player configured to enable time skipping.

[0010]

According to the present invention, there is provided a disc player for reproducing a disc on which a sound or a sound and a picture are recorded, wherein the position of the sound or the sound and the picture being reproduced on the disc is shifted by a predetermined time. Alternatively, a time skip operation means for operating to skip to a position after a predetermined time is provided.

In the disc player according to the present invention, the time of the sound or sound and video being reproduced is skipped to a position before or after a predetermined time by operating the time skip operation means during reproduction of the disc. Playback can continue.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a disc player according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a video CD which is a disc player according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic front view showing a player main body of a / CD player. Video CD / CD player body 1
Reference numeral denotes a video CD and CD dual-purpose player, a disc tray 3 for mounting a video CD and a CD, a display unit 5 for displaying a reproduction state below the disc tray 3, and a front panel 2 at the upper center of the front panel 2. A power switch 6 is provided on the left side of.

On the right side of the front panel 2, a disc tray button 7 for pulling out and returning the disc tray 3, a play button 8 for starting playback, a pause button 9 for temporarily stopping playback, and stopping playback in the middle. Stop button 10, a fast-return button 12 for skipping fast-forward by pressing during playback, a fast-forward button 13 for skipping fast-forward by pressing during playback, and 5 buttons each time the button is pressed once during playback.
A time skip fast-return button 14, which is a time skip operation means for performing a time skip before a minute,
A time skip fast forward button 15 is provided as time skip operation means for performing an operation to skip the time after, for example, 5 minutes each time the button is pressed once during reproduction.

The present invention is constructed such that, during the reproduction of a video CD or a CD, every time the time skip fast-return button 14 or the time skip fast-forward button 15 is pressed once, the time can be skipped before or after 5 minutes, for example. .

FIG. 2 is a front view of a remote controller of the video CD / CD player. A power switch 22, a play button 23 for starting playback, a pause button 24 for temporarily stopping playback, and a stop for stopping playback in the middle of the remote controller (remote controller) 21 in the longitudinal direction from the top. Button 25, fast reverse / PREVIOUS button 2 for skipping fast reverse by pressing during playback
6. A fast-forward / NEXT button 27 for skipping fast forward by pressing during playback, a time-skip fast-return button 28 which is a time-skip operation means for skipping time, for example, five minutes before each push during playback, A time skip fast forward button 29, which is a time skip operation means for skipping the time after 5 minutes each time the button is pressed once, is provided.

A joystick 31 is provided at the center of the remote controller 21. The joystick 31 has a cursor direction key 32 for moving a cursor displayed on a screen of a television 48 to be described later in a desired direction,
A selection key 33 is used to select a menu with a cursor moved by the cursor direction key 32 or to determine a key input. Further, a return key 35 for returning to a playback item to be returned is provided at the center of the remote controller 21. By pressing the fast forward / NEXT button 27, the screen can be switched to the next menu screen or the like, and by pressing the fast reverse / PREVIOUS button 26, the screen can be switched to the previous menu screen or the like.

At the lower part of the remote controller 21, a numeric keypad 36, which is a numeric key from 0 to 9, is displayed.
A +10 key 37 for increasing the 0 digit and a clear key 38 for canceling the input of the ten keys 36 and the +10 key 37 are provided. For example, in order to specify a desired song on a CD, the user presses the play button 23 and immediately presses the song number of the desired song with the numeric keypad 36 to reproduce the desired song. The fifth song is 5 on the numeric keypad 36
By pressing the key and pressing the +10 key 37 twice, the tune 20 can be directly selected.

FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of a video CD / CD player according to the present invention. Commands transmitted from the remote controller 21 by infrared rays, wireless communication, etc.
And is input to and controlled by a microcomputer (hereinafter abbreviated as “microcomputer”) 41. The operation unit 40 includes a power switch 6, a disc tray button 7, a play button 8, a pause button 9, a stop button 10, a fast return button 12, a fast forward button 13, a time skip fast return button 14, a time skip fast forward button 15, and the like. ing. Microcomputer 41
Is output to the display unit 5 and an on-screen display (OS
D) Output to the unit 42. The microcomputer 41 communicates with the CD drive 43 to move an optical pickup (not shown) to a target position (sector or track) of the CD for reproduction.

The CD drive 43 is provided with last track detecting means 47 for detecting that the video or audio being reproduced is the last track, and a detection signal from the last track detecting means 47 is inputted to the microcomputer 41 and processed. You. A signal from the CD drive 43 is input to the video / audio processing circuit 45 and processed, and a screen display signal from the on-screen display unit 42 is input to the video / audio processing circuit 45 and processed. Video / audio processing circuit 45
Are output to the television 48 or the like. In this embodiment, the last track detecting means 47 does not always need to be provided, and can be omitted.

Next, the operation of reproducing a video CD will be described. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a playback operation of a video CD of Ver2.0. First, the power is turned on by pressing the power switch 6 of the player body 1, the disc tray button 7 is pulled out, the disc tray 3 is pulled out, a video CD recording a movie, for example, is placed on the disc tray 3, and the disc tray button 7 is pressed again to disc the disc. Return the tray 3 and set the video CD on the player body 1. Next, when the play button 8 of the player body 1 or the play button 23 of the remote control 21 is pressed, a menu-type screen (display screen 0) is displayed on the television 48 after the still image.

Then, by pressing the ten key 36 of the remote controller 21 on the display screen 0 and inputting it to the player body 1, or by pressing the cursor direction key 32 of the joystick 31
To move the cursor to the number (1),
By pressing 3, the display screen 1-1 is displayed. When the fast forward / NEXT button 27 is pressed, the display screen 1-2 is displayed. Then, when the fast forward / NEXT button 27 is pressed, the display screen 1-3 is displayed. Is done. At this time, when the fast reverse / PREVIOUS button 26 is pressed, it is possible to return to the immediately preceding display screen. In addition, display screen 1-1
At this time, when the return key 35 of the remote controller 21 is pressed, the display returns to the display screen 0 which is the top menu screen.

On the display screen 0, pressing the 2 key of the ten keys 36 of the remote controller 21 and inputting to the player body 1 or the cursor direction key 32 of the joystick 31
To move the cursor to the number (2),
Press 3 to select and display screen 2 is displayed, (1)
05 minutes 00 seconds, (2) 21:00 seconds, (3) 65 minutes 30
The specified time in seconds is displayed. Here, the numeric keypad 36
When the 1 key is pressed, the display screen becomes 2-1 and is reproduced from 05:00 to the end. When the 2 key of the numeric keypad 36 is pressed, the display screen 2-2 is displayed and reproduced from 21:00 to the end. When the 3 key of the numeric keypad 36 is pressed, the display screen 2-3 is displayed, and is reproduced from 65 minutes 30 seconds to the end.
When the fast forward / NEXT button 27 is pressed in the display screens 2-1, 2-2, and 2-3, the next display screen, display screens 2-2, 2-3, and 2, is displayed. Rewind / PREVIOUS button 26 when 2, 2-3
By pressing, it is possible to return to the previous display screens 2-1 and 2-2. Further, when the return key 35 of the remote controller 21 is pressed in the display screens 2-1, 2-2, and 2-3, the display returns to the display screen 2, and when the return key 35 is pressed in the display screen 2,
It returns to the display screen 0 which is the top menu screen.

On the display screen 0, the user presses the 3 key of the ten keys 36 of the remote controller 21 to input the data to the player body 1, or the cursor direction key 32 of the joystick 31.
To move the cursor to the number (3),
When the user presses 3 to select, the display screen 3 is displayed, and the full-length moving image is reproduced from the top. At this time, when the return key 35 or the fast forward / NEXT button 27 of the remote controller 21 is pressed, the display returns to the display screen 0 which is the top menu screen.

Therefore, by selecting (1) to (3) on the display screen 2, the specified time is reproduced from the position searched for from the time recorded on the video CD. "Direct jump reproduction by time specification" Is possible. As described above, in the Ver2.0 video CD, the playback control function allows the user to directly jump to a specific location by repeatedly selecting the items shown on the menu screen using various keys of the remote control 21 or to repeat the same data. It can be played according to a predetermined promise, such as playing.

Next, the functions of the time skip fast return button 14 and the time skip fast forward button 15 of the player body 1 or the time skip fast reverse button 28 and the time skip fast forward button 29 of the remote control 21 will be described. The time skip fast forward button 14 and the time skip fast forward button 15 of the player body 1 are
8 and the same function as the time skip fast forward button 29,
Only the time skip fast forward button 14 and the time skip fast forward button 15 of the player main body 1 will be described.

During playback of a movie recorded on a video CD, every time the time skip fast-return button 14 is pressed once, the command is input to the microcomputer 41 and processed, and the optical pickup of the CD drive 43 is output by the microcomputer 41. Is moved, for example, the time is skipped five minutes ago, the screen jumps to the screen five minutes ago, and then the reproduction is performed. On the other hand, during playback of a movie recorded on a video CD, every time the time skip fast forward button 15 is pressed once, the command is
And is processed by an output from the microcomputer 41.
By moving the optical pickup of the D drive 43, for example, the time is skipped after 5 minutes, the screen is jumped to the screen after 5 minutes, and then the reproduction is performed.

During playback of a CD recording a song having a long playing time, each time the time skip fast-return button 14 is pressed once,
For example, the time is skipped 5 minutes ago and the playback is performed after jumping to the position 5 minutes ago. Every time the fast skip button 15 is pressed once, the time skips 5 minutes later and jumps to the position 5 minutes later. After that, playback is performed.

Accordingly, the operator can watch the playback screen or listen to the playback sound, and
By pressing the time skip fast forward button 15 an arbitrary number of times, a desired position of, for example, a movie or a song can be easily and quickly accessed.

Next, the video CD / C of the second embodiment will be described.
The D player will be described. FIG. 5 is a schematic front view of the player main body of the video CD / CD player according to the second embodiment. Video CD / CD of the second embodiment
The player body 1 'of the player does not have the time skip fast-forward button 14 and the time skip fast-forward button 15, but has the fast return button 12' and the fast forward button 13 'share the same function. 47, and the other configuration is the same as that of the player main body 1 of the above-described first embodiment.

FIG. 6 shows a video CD / C according to the second embodiment.
It is a front view of the remote control of D player. The remote control 21 'of the video CD / CD player according to the second embodiment also does not have the time skip fast return button 28 and the time skip fast forward button 29, and the fast return / PREVIOUS button 26' and the fast forward / NEXT button 27 '. The function is also used in
Other configurations are the same as those of the remote controller 21 of the above-described first embodiment.

When the last track detecting means 47 detects that the last track is being reproduced during reproduction on the player main body 1 ', the fast rewind button 1 on the player main body 1' is used.
The 2 'or fast-forward button 13' functions as a time skip operation means. For example, when the fast-return button 12 'or the fast-forward button 13' is pressed for a predetermined time (or a plurality of times, for example, twice), for example, 5 minutes. It is configured to skip time. Similarly, if the last track detecting means 47 detects that the last track is being reproduced during reproduction on the player main body 1 ', the remote control 21' is moved backward / forward.
The PREVIOUS button 26 'or the fast forward / NEXT button 27' functions as time skip operation means, and the fast reverse / PREVIOUS button 2
By pressing the 6 'or the fast forward / NEXT button 27' for a predetermined time (or continuously, for example, twice), for example, 5
It is configured to skip minutes of time. As a result, even if a key is not newly provided, the same effect as in the above-described first embodiment can be obtained, and the cost can be reduced.

In the second embodiment, when the last track detecting means detects that the last track is being reproduced, the fast-return button 1 of the player main unit 1 'is used.
2 ', fast forward button 13', and remote control 21 '
The PREVIOUS button 26 'and the fast forward / NEXT button 27' function as time skip operation means, but are not limited to this.
There is no last track detecting means, and a fast-return button 12 ', a fast-forward button 13', and a remote control 21 '
The fast-rewind / PREVIOUS button 26 'and the fast-forward / NEXT button 27' may always function as time skip operation means, and the fast-return button 12 'or the fast-forward button 13'
, The time may be skipped by pressing another button, for example, the pause button 9 simultaneously.

In the first and second embodiments, the player is used as both a video CD and a CD. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Of course, it may be a player.

The time skip button is provided on the player body and the remote control, or the time skip function is provided on the existing key. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the time skip button is provided on one of the player body and the remote control.
Alternatively, one of the existing keys of the player body and the remote controller may be provided with a time skip function.

Each time the time skip button is pressed once, the time is skipped to the position 5 minutes before or 5 minutes after the predetermined time. However, the present invention is not limited to this.
Of course, another time such as 10 minutes may be used.

Although the joystick 31 is provided on the remote controllers 21 and 21 ', the present invention is not limited to this, and the joystick 31 may be omitted.

[0037]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The operator can time-skip the position of the video or sound being reproduced to a position before or after a predetermined time by operating the time skip operation unit while watching the reproduction screen or listening to the reproduction sound, For example, a desired location of a movie or song can be easily and quickly accessed.

In the case where the existing fast-forward button and fast-return button are also used as the time skip operation means, it is not necessary to newly provide a button dedicated to time skip, thereby preventing an increase in cost and reducing cost. Can be achieved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of a player main body of a video CD / CD player according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a remote controller of the video CD / CD player according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of a video CD / CD player according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a playback operation of a video CD.

FIG. 5 is a schematic front view of a player main body of a video CD / CD player according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a remote controller of the video CD / CD player according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a schematic front view of a player main body of a conventional video CD / CD player.

FIG. 8 is a front view of a remote controller of a conventional video CD / CD player.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 1 'Player body 2 Front panel 3 Disc tray 7 Disc tray button 8 Play button 9 Pause button 10 Stop button 12 Fast return button 12' Fast reverse button 13 Fast forward button 13 'Fast forward button 14 Time skip fast reverse button (time skip Operation means) 15 Time skip fast forward button (Time skip operation means) 21, 21 'Remote control 26 Fast return / PREVIOUS button 26' Fast return / PREVIOUS button (Time skip operation means) 27 Fast forward / NEXT button 27 'Fast forward / NEXT button ( Time skip operation means) 40 operation unit 41 microcomputer 43 CD drive 47 last track detection means

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A disc player for reproducing a disc on which sound or sound and video are recorded, wherein the operation of skipping the position of the sound, sound and video during reproduction of the disc to a position before or after a predetermined time is performed. A disc player comprising a time skip operation means for performing a time skip operation. 2. The disc player according to claim 1, wherein said time skip operation means comprises a dedicated button. 3. A fast-forward button for fast-forwarding a sound or a sound and a video being played on the disc and a fast-reverse button for fast rewinding,
2. The disc player according to claim 1, wherein said fast skip button and fast reverse button also serve as said time skip operation means. 4. A last track detecting means for detecting that a sound or a sound and a video being played on the disc is a last track, and when the last track detecting means detects the last track, the fast forward button is provided. 4. The disc player according to claim 3, wherein said fast-return button can perform a time skip operation as said time skip operation means.