JP2001176205A - Recording medium and reproducing device treating it - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the user operability of a recording medium by selecting a desired track in a picture. SOLUTION: The recording medium is provided with a recording area in which picture information for displaying a picture which is related to recorded contents and contains one or a plurality of track information areas respectively showing the contents of one or a plurality of tracks is stored and another recording area in which a conversion table showing the correlation between the position of the picture and track number in one or a plurality of track information areas of the picture displayed by the picture information is recorded in addition to a recording area in which one or a plurality of tracks are recorded as the recorded contents. Consequently, the picture containing one or a plurality of track information areas respectively showing the contents of one or a plurality of tracks can be displayed by utilizing the picture information. When the conversion table is utilized, in addition, a prescribed track can be selected by designating a prescribed track information area by moving a cursor on the picture. Accordingly, the user operability of the recording medium is improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a recording medium on which one or more tracks are recorded as recorded contents, and a reproducing apparatus for handling the recording medium. Specifically, in addition to having a recording area in which one or a plurality of tracks are recorded as recorded contents, an image related to the recorded contents and including one or a plurality of track information areas indicating the contents of the one or a plurality of tracks, respectively. And a recording area for recording a conversion table indicating a correspondence between an image position of one or a plurality of track information areas and a track number of an image displayed by the image information. The present invention relates to a recording medium or the like in which a desired track can be selected on an image based on image information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A CD changer device which accommodates a plurality of CDs (compact disks) and is capable of reproducing a desired disk is widely known. This CD changer device includes a flat type and a stacked type. The stacked type can store more CDs than the flat type.

[0003]

In the above-described CD changer device, when the number of stored CDs increases, it becomes difficult to know which CD is stored in which number shelf. Conventionally, as a solution to this problem, an album-type jacket storage book capable of storing a CD jacket has been attached to a CD changer.

Each time a user stores a CD in the CD changer device, the user stores the CD jacket at the storage position of the storage book corresponding to the shelf number of the stored rack. Thus, the user can know the shelf number in which the desired CD is stored by turning the pages of the jacket storage book. However, in this case, it is necessary to store the CD jacket in a predetermined storage position of the storage book as the CD is stored, and in addition, it is troublesome and time-consuming to search for a desired CD. .

[0005] In recent years, MDs (minidiscs) have come to be widely marketed as new recording media. The MD is smaller than the CD and the disc is stored in the case, so that the handling is very easy. Therefore,
Like the above-described CD changer device, there is a high possibility that a stacked type MD changer device will be generally used in the future.

However, like a CD changer device,
Each time the MD is stored, the MD jacket is stored in the predetermined storage position of the album type jacket storage book,
If a desired MD is searched for based on this jacket storage book, it has the same disadvantages as the CD changer device.

[0007] MDs are currently very often used for dubbing, and in order to display the titles of recorded music and the like, it is necessary to manually input text data one song at a time. Was troublesome. Further, if only a text such as an album title or a song name is displayed and a desired song (track) is searched, the operation is very tasteless for the user.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a recording medium capable of selecting a desired track on an image and a reproducing apparatus for handling the recording medium.

[0009]

According to the present invention, there is provided a recording medium comprising: a first recording area in which one or a plurality of tracks as recording contents are recorded; and a first recording area related to the recording contents and having one or more tracks. A second recording area in which image information for displaying an image including one or a plurality of track information areas each indicating content is recorded, and an image position of one or a plurality of track information areas of the image displayed in the image information And a third recording area in which a conversion table indicating the correspondence between the track numbers and the track numbers is recorded.

Further, a reproducing apparatus according to the present invention is a reproducing apparatus for handling the above-mentioned recording medium, comprising: image information reading means for reading image information from a second recording area of the recording medium; Using display means for displaying an image based on the image information read out in step S1 and a conversion table recorded in a third recording area of the recording medium,
A track selecting means for selecting a predetermined track from one or a plurality of tracks on the image displayed on the image display means.

According to the present invention, the image information recorded in the second recording area of the recording medium is read, and an image including one or a plurality of track information areas respectively indicating the contents of one or a plurality of tracks is displayed. Is done. Then, on this image, a track is selected by designating a predetermined track information area by moving a cursor, for example. For example, the track thus selected is reproduced, or information on the track is displayed in text. Thus, a desired track can be selected on the image, and the operability of the user is improved.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a configuration of an MD changer device 10 as an embodiment. The MD changer device 10 is roughly divided into a drive unit 100 and a changer unit 200 constituting the device main body, and a remote control device 300 for remotely controlling the operation of the device main body by wireless. The changer unit 200 has a shelf (Ra) for storing the MD 101.
ck) A storage section 210 having a plurality of 210A, and a carriage 220 for transporting the MD 101 between the storage section 210 and the drive section 100.

The drive section 100 is a section for recording and reproducing data on the MD 101. This drive unit 1
Reference numeral 00 denotes a system controller (hereinafter, referred to as a system controller) that includes a microcomputer and controls the entire operation.
(Referred to as “syscon”) 102. The system controller 102 includes an operation unit 103 for a user to perform various operations, and a remote control device (hereinafter, referred to as a remote control device).
An infrared signal transmitting / receiving unit 104 for transmitting / receiving an infrared signal is connected to the “remote control device” 300. The operation of the changer unit 200 described above is also controlled by the system controller 102.

The drive unit 100 includes a spindle motor 105 for driving the MD 101 to rotate, a magnetic head 106 for generating an external magnetic field, and a magnetic head 106.
A head drive circuit 107 for controlling generation of a magnetic field, an optical pickup 108 including a semiconductor laser, an objective lens, a photodetector, and the like, and a feed motor 109 for moving the optical pickup 108 in a radial direction. ing. The magnetic head 106 and the optical pickup 108 are
Are arranged to face each other.

The drive unit 100 is supplied with output signals of a plurality of photodetectors (not shown) constituting the optical pickup 108 and generates a focus error signal SFE, a tracking error signal STE, and a reproduction RF signal SRF. Further, when the MD 101 is for recording / reproducing, the RF amplifier 111 for generating an FM signal SFM corresponding to the meandering of the guide groove (not shown), and the optical pickup 108 based on the error signals SFE and STE. And a servo circuit 112 for controlling the feed of the optical pickup 108 by the feed motor 109 and the rotation of the spindle motor 105 under the control of the system controller 102.

The drive section 100 has an address decoder 113 for demodulating the FM signal SFM generated by the RF amplifier section 111 and obtaining address data AD. The address data AD is stored in an EFM (Ei
ght to fourteen Modulation) and ACIRC (Advanced
The signal is supplied to the system controller 102 via an encoder / decoder of Cross Interleave Reed-Solomon Code). Thus, even when the MD 101 is used for recording / reproduction and is in an unrecorded state, address data can be obtained from the entire circumference, and stable high-speed random access can be performed.

This address data is also recorded in the main channel sector header and subcode Q. Therefore, when the MD 101 is for recording / reproducing and is in a recording state, or when the MD 101 is for reproduction only, address data can be obtained from the sector header or the subcode Q.

The drive unit 100 has an input terminal 121 for inputting a recording audio signal SAin, and an analog recording audio signal S input to the input terminal 121.
A / D converter 12 for converting Ain into a digital signal
2, a D / A converter 127 for converting a digital audio signal obtained by decompression and decoding by the audio compression encoder / decoder 123 into an analog signal at the time of reproduction to obtain a reproduced audio signal SAout, and an output from the D / A converter 127 And an output terminal 128 for outputting a reproduced audio signal SAout to be reproduced.

Further, the drive unit 100 controls the A /
ATRAC (Adaptive TRansform Acoustic Codin) is applied to the audio signal output from the D converter 122.
g) audio compression encoding, and DR
An audio compression encoder / decoder 123 that performs decompression decoding processing on compression-encoded data read from an AM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) 125 under the control of a vibration-proof memory controller 124 is provided. The compressed coded data output from the encoder / decoder 123 at the time of recording is sent to the DRAM via the memory controller 124.
125 is temporarily stored.

Further, the drive unit 100 outputs the DR
The compressed coded data read from the AM 125 under the control of the memory controller 124 is subjected to encoding processing and modulation processing for error correction to obtain recorded audio data, and the reproduction RF signal supplied from the RF amplifier unit 111 during reproduction. EFM and ACIRC encoder / decoder 1 for performing demodulation processing and error correction processing on signal SRF
26. The compressed and coded data output from the encoder / decoder 126 during reproduction is temporarily stored in the DRAM 125 via the memory controller 124.

The drive unit 100 has a hard disk drive (HDD) 131 for recording and reproducing data on a hard disk (HD). The hard disk drive 131 is connected to the system controller 10 via a hard disk controller (HD controller) 132.
2 are connected.

FIGS. 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, and 4 show the appearance of the MD changer device 10 described above.
2A is a front view, FIG. 2B is a plan view, FIG. 3A is a rear view, FIG. 3B is a left side view, and FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged view. The right side view appears symmetrically with respect to the left side view shown in FIG. 3B.

The MD changer device 10 includes a vertically elongated rectangular parallelepiped main body 20 and a main body 2.
0, and speaker placement portions 40L and 40 provided on the left and right sides of the main body portion 20 and provided with speakers for reproducing the midrange and low range, respectively.
R and a spherical speaker arrangement part 50 provided on the main body part 20 and provided with left and right high-range sound reproduction speakers.
It consists of

The main body portion 20 is provided with drive units 100 and 100A at an upper part thereof, and a changer part 200 at a middle part and a lower part thereof. A transparent window 21 is provided at the front corresponding to the arrangement position of the changer unit 200, so that the MD stored in the shelf 210A of the storage unit 210 and the movement of the carriage 220 can be externally observed. I have.

An operation section 103 and an MD insertion slot 22 are formed at the front corresponding to the position where the drive section 100 is provided. The MD insertion slot 22 is
It is an insertion port for inserting 101. As shown in FIG. 4, the operation unit 103 performs a power on / off operation, “po”.
A "wer" key, a "pause" key for performing a pause operation, a "stop" key for performing a stop operation, a "play" key for performing a play operation, and an "eject" key for performing an eject operation are provided.

Returning to FIG. 1, remote control device 300 includes infrared signal transmitting / receiving section 30 for transmitting / receiving infrared signals to / from infrared signal transmitting / receiving section 104 of drive section 100.
1 and a liquid crystal display (LCD)
The display unit 302 includes a display unit such as y) and an operation unit 303 for the user to perform various operations.

FIGS. 5A, 5B and 5C show the appearance of the remote controller 300 described above. FIG. 5A is a front view, and FIG. 5B is a right side view. Remote control device 300 has main body portion 31 in which infrared signal transmitting / receiving section 301 and operation section 303 are disposed.
0 and a display unit 302. The main body portion 310 is configured to have first and second portions 310a and 310b (see FIG. 5B), and these first and second portions 310 are provided.
a, 310b can be freely opened and closed by a hinge structure. FIG. 5A shows a state where the first and second parts 310a and 310b are closed, and FIG. 5C shows a state where the first and second parts 310a and 310b are closed.
310b shows an open state.

When the first and second parts 310a and 310b are open, various keys constituting the operation unit 303 are exposed. The second portion 310b includes a “power” key for power on / off operation, a “pause” key for pause operation, a “stop” key for stop operation, a “play” key for playback operation, and a recording operation. A “rec” key, a “skip / search” key for performing a skip operation, and a “dubbing” key for performing a dubbing operation are provided.

The second part 310b includes "so" for switching sound modes such as a graphic equalizer (rock, pop, classical, and jazz).
undmode "key, a" play mod "for performing a switching operation of a play mode such as one-track repeat, all-track repeat, and random.
"e" key, "display" key to operate TOC display, remaining time display, total time display, "s" as search execution key
An “earch” key, a “store” key for performing an operation of storing the MD 101, and an “eject” key for performing an eject operation of the MD 101 are provided.

The first part 310a includes a "volume" dial for adjusting the volume, up / down / left / right cursor keys,
An “enter” key for performing a determination operation is provided.
The first portion 310a is provided with a key for selecting an item at the time of a search or the like. The “disc” key is a key for selecting an album title (disc title) as an item, the “title” key is a key for selecting a song name as an item, and the “name” key is a key for selecting an artist name as an item. , The “number” key is used to select the shelf number as an item, the “date” key is used to select the recording date and time as the item, and the “letter” key is used to determine whether the item is Japanese or English. The key to select. Further, the first portion 310a is also provided with a "back" key for returning from a certain state to a previous state and a "list" key for displaying a list.

In FIG. 1, the disc player 4
Reference numeral 00 denotes a player that plays back a disc such as an MD or SACD (Super Audio CD). This disc player 4
00 is externally connected to the MD changer device 10, and its operation is controlled by the system controller 102 of the MD changer device 10. During dubbing to be described later, the disc player 400 is on the master side, and the MD changer device 10 is on the slave side. In addition, the disc player 400 is connected to the MD changer device 1
0 may be provided integrally.

Next, the MD changer device 1 shown in FIG.
The operation of 0 will be described. The user operates the operation unit 303 of the remote control device 300, and a predetermined shelf 210A of the storage unit 210 is
Is specified by the remote controller 300, the specified information of the shelf number is transmitted to the system controller 10 using an infrared signal.
2 is supplied. The changer unit 200 is controlled by the system controller 102, and the shelf 21 of the designated shelf number is
The MD 101 stored in 0A is moved to the drive unit 100 by the carriage 220. When the MD 101 moved to the drive unit 100 in this way is for recording / reproduction, audio data can be recorded on the MD 101.

The operation at the time of recording will be described. Input terminal 121
Is converted to a digital signal by an A / D converter 122 and supplied to an audio compression encoder / decoder 123, where ATRAC audio compression encoding is performed. The compressed and coded data output from the encoder / decoder 123 is temporarily stored in the DRAM 125 via the memory controller 124.

The compression-encoded data stored in the DRAM 125 is sequentially read out under the control of the memory controller 124,
The signals are supplied to the M / ACIRC encoder / decoder 126, where encoding processing for error correction processing and modulation processing are performed.

The recording audio data output from the encoder / decoder 126 is supplied to the head drive circuit 107. As a result, the output magnetic field of the magnetic head 106 is modulated by the recording audio data, and the recording audio data is recorded on the MD 101 in cooperation with the laser beam from the optical pickup 108.

When the MD 101 moved to the drive unit 100 as described above is for recording / reproduction or for reproduction only, the MD 101 can reproduce audio data.

The operation during reproduction will be described. The reproduced RF signal output from the RF amplifier unit 111 is supplied to the encoder / decoder 126, where demodulation processing is performed and error correction processing is performed. This encoder / decoder 12
The compressed and coded data corrected in step 6 is temporarily stored in the DRAM 125 via the memory controller 124. The compressed and coded data stored in the DRAM 125 is supplied to the encoder / decoder 123 via the memory controller 124 to perform the decompression and decoding processing. Then, the linear digital audio data output from the encoder / decoder 123 is output to the D / A converter 12.
7 to be converted into an analog signal,
8, the reproduced audio signal SAout is derived.

Next, the loading operation for storing the MD 101 in a predetermined shelf 210A of the storage section 210 will be described. The system controller 102 has an MD insertion slot 22 (see FIG. 2A).
When the MD 101 is inserted into the CPU, the processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 6 is started.

In step ST1, information (disc information) related to recorded contents recorded in the TOC area (for reproduction only) or the UTOC area (for recording / reproduction) of the MD 101 is read and temporarily stored in the built-in RAM 102a. Remember. Here, the information related to the recorded contents includes an album title & artist name, a song name, and a recording date and time.

In step ST2, it is determined whether or not the "store" key is depressed.
At T3, it is determined whether or not the “eject” key has been pressed. If the "eject" key is depressed, the process proceeds to step ST4, in which the MD 101 inserted into the MD insertion slot 22 as described above is ejected from the MD insertion slot 22 to end the process. Thus, the MD insertion slot 22
Even after the MD 101 is inserted, the user can stop the storage of the MD 101 in the storage unit 210 by depressing the “eject” key.

On the other hand, when the "store" key is depressed, the process proceeds to step ST5. In this step ST5, the screen for specifying the shelves to be stored is displayed on the remote control device 3.
00 is displayed on the display unit 302. In this case, Syscon 1
Numeral 02 transmits the display information to the remote control device 300 by an infrared signal, and displays, for example, the shelf number with the smallest number among the empty shelves 210A in the storage section 210.

Then, in step ST6, it is determined whether or not there is an operation for changing the shelf number by depressing the cursor key, and in step ST7, it is determined whether or not the "enter" key has been depressed. When there is an operation to change the shelf number,
The process proceeds to step ST8, where the shelf number is changed to another empty shelf 210A. At this time, the shelf number displayed on display unit 302 of remote control device 300 is changed. Note that all numbers of the empty shelves 210A in the storage unit 210 may be displayed on the display unit 302, and the user may change the cursor position to select an arbitrary shelf number.

On the other hand, when the "enter" key is depressed, in step ST9, data is read out from the MD 101 inserted through the MD insertion slot 22 in step ST1 and the RAM 1 is read out.
The in-disk information stored in 02a is stored on the hard disk in association with the shelf number (hereinafter referred to as "designated shelf number") displayed on the display unit 302 when the "enter" key is depressed. Then, in step ST10, MD
The MD 101 inserted through the insertion slot 22 is stored in the shelf 210A of the designated shelf number in the storage unit 210, and the process is terminated.
In this case, the drive unit 1 is inserted from the MD insertion slot 22 and
00 is attached to the carriage 220
Is moved to and stored in the shelf 210A of the designated shelf number.

As described above, the predetermined shelf 210 of the storage section 210
Each time the MD 101 is stored in A, the number of the shelf 210A and the in-disk information read from the MD 101 stored in the shelf 210A are stored in the hard disk in a corresponding manner. When the MD 101 stored in a predetermined shelf 210A of the storage unit 210 is for recording / playback, there may be a case where some or all of the above-mentioned information in the disc is not provided. FIG.
Shows a storage example of a hard disk, and the storage example at the time of loading described above has a disk shelf number of “1”.
Part. The disk shelf numbers are "2" and "3".
Is a storage example at the time of dubbing described later.

Next, an operation at the time of dubbing, in which recorded contents reproduced from a disc such as an MD or SACD mounted on the disc player 400 are recorded on the MD 101 mounted on the drive unit 100, will be described. Syscon 102
When the user operates the operation unit 303 of the remote control device 300, the MD and SAC attached to the disc player 400 are
After some or all of the songs recorded on the disc such as D are selected as songs to be dubbed, the operation unit 30
When the "dubbing" key 3 is depressed, the processing shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 8 and 9 is started.

In this case, the recording / reproducing MD 101 (slave MD) is mounted on the drive unit 100. At the time of mounting, information (disc information) related to the recorded contents recorded in the UTOC area is mounted. It is automatically read and temporarily stored in the built-in RAM 102a of the system controller 102. In addition, the information in the disk (the TOC area of the MD or the U
(Corresponding to the information in the TOC area).
00, it is supplied to the system controller 102 of the MD changer device 10 and is temporarily stored in the built-in RAM 102a.

In step ST111, N = 1 is set. Then, in step ST112, dubbing of the Nth music is started. At first, since N = 1, dubbing of the first music is started. In this case, the Nth tune to be dubbed from the disc is reproduced by the disc player 400, and the reproduced recorded content (digital audio data) is stored in the audio compression encoder / decoder 123 of the drive unit 100.
And is recorded from a predetermined address of the MD 101.

Next, in step ST113, information indicating that dubbing is being performed (recording) and information related to the recorded content during dubbing (eg, album title, artist name, song name, etc.) are displayed on display section 302 of remote control device 300. indicate. In this case, the system controller 102 transmits the display information to the remote controller 300 as an infrared signal.

Then, in step ST114, it is determined whether or not dubbing of the Nth music has been completed. When the dubbing of the Nth music is completed, N is set to Nma in step ST115.
Determine if it is x. Here, Nmax is the total number of songs to be dubbed. If N is not equal to Nmax, N is incremented in step ST116, and the process returns to step ST112 to start dubbing of the next music piece.

When N = Nmax in step ST115, it means that all dubbing of the music to be dubbed has been completed, and the process proceeds to step ST117. In this step ST117, information related to the recorded contents recorded as described above, that is, the album title and the artist name, the song name, the start / end address of each song, etc. are recorded in the UTOC area of the MD 101.

Here, if a song related to another album title and artist name has already been recorded on the MD 101, the disc player 400
The song played in is additionally recorded. In this case, the album title and the artist name of the song played by the disc player 400 are recorded together with the song title, for example, in the song title data area. In this case, for example, a slash is arranged between the album title, the artist name, and the song name, so that the album title, the artist name, and the song name can be distinguished. In this case, the album title and the artist name of the song played by the disc player 400 may be recorded in the disc information area, for example, in addition to the other album titles and artist names already recorded. .

Next, in step ST118, the end of dubbing is displayed on display section 302 of remote control device 300. In this case, the system controller 102 is
The display information is transmitted by an infrared signal. Then, in a step ST119, it is determined whether or not the "store" key is depressed. In a step ST120, it is determined whether or not the "eject" key is depressed.

When the "eject" key is depressed,
Proceeding to step ST121, the MD 101 mounted on the drive unit 100 is inserted into the MD insertion slot 2 as described above.
2, the information relating to the ejected MD 101 is deleted from the hard disk of the hard disk drive 131 in step ST122, and the process ends.

Note that the processing in step ST122 is performed when the MD 101 mounted on the drive unit 100 is
The processing is executed only when stored in ten predetermined shelves 210A. By deleting the information in the hard disk as described above, the shelf 2 in which the ejected slave MD is stored
At 10A, the MD 101 can be newly stored.

In step ST119, "store"
If the key is pressed, in step ST124,
It is determined whether or not the MD 101 mounted on the drive unit 100 has been stored in a predetermined shelf 210A of the storage unit 210. This MD 101 is a predetermined shelf 210
If it is stored in A, step ST1
Proceed to 25.

In this step ST125, the in-disk information stored in the hard disk corresponding to the shelf number of the stored shelf 210A is stored in the U
The information is rewritten to information (disc information) related to the recorded contents recorded in the TOC area. Here, when image information related to the recorded content is recorded on the master-side disc reproduced by the disc player 400,
The image information is also stored in the hard disk in association with the above-mentioned shelf number.

In this case, image information is reproduced from the disk in the disk player 400, and the image information is supplied to the hard disk drive 131 via the system controller 102 and the hard disk controller 132 and recorded. In the storage example of the hard disk shown in FIG. 7, the part corresponding to this case is the part whose disk shelf number is “3”. If the disc to be reproduced by the disc player 400 is an SACD, image information related to the recorded contents is recorded on the disc.

When the master-side disc reproduced by the disc player 400 has a recording format as shown in FIG. 10, in addition to the image information,
The conversion table is also stored on the hard disk at the same time. FIG.
In this case, the part corresponding to the disk shelf number “2” in the storage example of the hard disk shown in FIG.

In the recording format shown in FIG. 10, a data area in which data of one or a plurality of tracks (songs) is recorded as recording contents, and a data area in the disk in which information related to the recording contents (information in the disk) is stored. Information area (MD
Corresponding to the TOC area and the UTOC area), an image information area in which image information related to the recorded contents is recorded,
Further, there is provided a conversion table area in which a conversion table indicating the correspondence between the image position and the track number is recorded.

Here, the image information recorded in the image information area is for displaying an image including one or a plurality of track information areas respectively indicating the contents of one or a plurality of tracks as recorded contents. FIG. 11 shows an example of image display using the above-described image information. In this image,
An area A-1 for displaying an album title, an area B-1 for displaying an artist name, and areas C-1 to C-4 for displaying respective song names of the tracks 1 to 4 are included. With this image, the user can easily grasp the recorded contents of the disc visually.

As described above, the conversion table recorded in the conversion table area indicates the correspondence between the image position and the track number. The image position is the position in the image of the track information area. In the image display example of No. 11, the positions are the regions C-1 to C-4. By using such a conversion table, the cursor on the image is moved to the areas C-1 to C-1.
It is possible to select a predetermined track (song) by moving each to C-4. FIG. 12 shows a disc player 400 corresponding to the image display example of FIG.
3 shows a text display example displayed on the display unit of FIG.

Returning to the flowchart of FIG. 9, after the process of step ST125, the process proceeds to step ST126.
In this step ST126, the MD 101 mounted on the drive unit 100 is moved to the original shelf 210 of the storage unit 210.
A, and the process ends. In this case, MD101
Is moved from the drive unit 100 to the original shelf 210A by the carriage 220 and stored.

In step ST124, the MD 101 mounted on the drive unit 100 is
If not stored in step ST12
Go to 7. In this step ST127, the screen for designating the shelves to be stored is displayed on display unit 30 of remote control device 300.
2 is displayed. In this case, the system controller 102 transmits the display information to the remote controller 300 by an infrared signal, and displays, for example, the shelf number with the smallest number among the empty shelves 210A in the storage section 210.

Then, in step ST128, it is determined whether or not there is an operation of changing the shelf number by depressing the cursor key, and in step ST129, it is determined whether or not the "enter" key has been depressed. If there is a change operation of the shelf number, the process proceeds to step ST130 to change to a shelf number of another empty shelf 210A. At this time, the shelf number displayed on display unit 302 of remote control device 300 is changed. Note that all numbers of the empty shelves 210A in the storage unit 210 may be displayed on the display unit 302, and the user may change the cursor position to select an arbitrary shelf number.

On the other hand, when the “enter” key is depressed, in step ST 131, information (disc information) related to the recorded contents recorded in the UTOC area of the MD 101 mounted on the drive unit 100 is deleted. "Ente
It is stored in the hard disk in association with the shelf number (hereinafter, referred to as “designated shelf number”) displayed on the display unit 302 when the “r” key is pressed. In this case, the image information and the conversion table are also stored as in the process of step ST125 described above.

Then, in step ST132, the MD 101 mounted on the drive unit 100 is stored in the storage unit 210.
Is stored in the shelf 210A of the designated shelf number, and the process is terminated.
In this case, the MD 101 is moved from the drive unit 100 to the shelf 210A of the designated shelf number and stored by the carriage 220.

Next, the operation at the time of retrieval will be described. When the “search” key on the operation unit 303 of the remote control device 300 is pressed, the system controller 102 starts the processing shown in the flowcharts of FIGS.

In step ST21, remote control device 300
The display section 302 displays a search item selection screen (not shown). In this case, the system controller 102 is
Display information is transmitted by infrared signal to “disc”, “titl”
e, “name”, “number”, “date”, and “letter” are displayed to prompt selection of any item. Then, in a step ST22, it is determined whether or not the item key is depressed. If the item key is depressed, step S
Proceeding to T23, it is determined whether the "letter" key has been pressed.

If the "letter" key is depressed, the process proceeds to step ST24. In this step ST24, a selection screen of the Japanese version and the English version is displayed on display section 302 of remote control device 300. In this case, the initial setting is, for example, a Japanese version. Then, in a step ST25, it is determined whether or not there is an operation of changing the plate by pressing the cursor key, and in a step ST26, it is determined whether or not the "search" key is pressed. If there is a version change operation, the process proceeds to step ST27 to switch between the Japanese version and the English version.

On the other hand, if the "search" key is depressed, the process proceeds to step ST19, where the MD1 of the finally selected version is selected based on the information stored in the hard disk.
Search for 01. Here, if there is no kana in any of the album title & artist name and the song name as the information in the disc, it is determined to be the English version, and otherwise, it is determined to be the Japanese version.

If the "letter" key is not depressed in step ST23, that is, "disc", "title",
If any of the keys of “name”, “number”, and “date” is depressed, a character input screen for inputting a character corresponding to the cursor position is displayed on the display unit 302 of the remote control device 300 in step ST20. After displaying, step ST
At 28, it is determined whether or not the "letter" key has been depressed. At step ST29, it is determined whether or not there has been a character change operation by depressing the cursor key.
0, it is determined whether or not the “enter” key has been depressed. In step ST31, it is determined whether or not the “back” key has been depressed.
It is determined whether or not the "ch" key has been pressed.

When the "letter" key is depressed,
In step ST33, the input mode is changed from the kana input mode to the alphanumeric input mode or vice versa.
If there is a character change operation by depressing the cursor key, the process proceeds to step ST34 to change the character. "En
If the "ter" key is depressed, step ST35
To determine the character at the cursor position. If the "back" key is depressed, the process proceeds to step ST36, where the latest one of the already determined characters is deleted. If there is no character to be deleted, this processing is invalid. Furthermore, when the "search" key is depressed,
Proceeding to step ST19, reference is made to information stored in the hard disk, and a search is performed using the finally determined character string.

In this case, if the search item is “disc”, the MD1 containing the fixed character string in the album title
01 is included in the result list. If the search item is "titl
e ", the title of the MD1 that contains the confirmed character string in the song title
01 is included in the result list. If the search item is "nam
In the case of "e", the MD 101 including the confirmed character string in the artist name is included in the result list. When the search item is “number”, the MD 101 stored in the shelf 210A of the shelf number of the confirmed character string (numerical sequence) is included in the result list. Further, when the search item is “date”, the MD 101 including the fixed character string in the recording date and time is included in the result list.

After performing the search in step ST19, the process proceeds to step ST41. In step ST41, the result list is displayed on the display section 302 of the remote control device 300. In this case, the system controller 102 is
The display information is transmitted by an infrared signal.

FIG. 17A shows a display example of the result list when the search item is “disc”. In this case, the disc title (DISC) and the shelf number (RACK No.) of the shelf 210A in which the MD 101 having the disc title is stored are displayed in association with each other. A cursor C for allowing the user to select a desired disc title
S is also displayed at the same time. The position of the cursor CS is displayed in reverse video, which is the same in other cursor displays described below.

FIG. 17B shows a display example of the result list when the search item is “title”. In this case, the song title (TITLE), the shelf number of the shelf 210A in which the MD 101 having the song title is stored, and the MD1 having the song title
01 is displayed in association with the disc title. A cursor CS for the user to select a desired song title
Is also displayed at the same time.

FIG. 17C shows a display example of the result list when the search item is “name”. In this case, the artist name (NAME), the shelf number of the shelf 210A storing the MD 101 having the artist name, and the disc title of the MD 101 having the artist name are displayed in association with each other. A cursor CS for the user to select a desired artist name is also displayed at the same time.

FIG. 17D shows a display example of the result list when the search item is “number”. In this case, the shelf number and the title of the MD stored in the shelf 210A of the shelf number are displayed in association with each other.

FIG. 17E shows a display example of the result list when the search item is “date”. In this case, the recording date (DATE) and the MD 101 having the recording date
Is displayed in association with the shelf number of the shelf 210A in which is stored the MD 101 having the recording date and time. Note that a cursor CS for the user to select a desired recording date and time is also displayed at the same time.

FIG. 17F shows a display example of the result list when the search item is “letter”. In this case, display of the selected version (LETTER) and MD1 of that version
01 and the MD of the version of that version.
101 is displayed in association with the disc title.
A cursor CS for the user to select a desired MD 101 is also displayed at the same time.

After displaying the result list as described above in step ST41, it is determined in step ST42 whether or not there is a selection change operation by depressing the cursor key.
In step ST43, it is determined whether or not the “enter” key is pressed, and in step ST44, it is determined whether or not the “search” key is pressed. If there is a selection change operation by pressing the cursor key, step ST
At 45, the selected position is changed. If the "search" key is depressed, the process ends immediately.

On the other hand, when the "enter" key is depressed, the MD 101 corresponding to the cursor position is selected, and the process proceeds to step ST45A. In step ST45A, display unit 302 of remote control device 300
Next, information on the selected MD 101 is displayed. If image information corresponding to the selected MD 101 is stored on the hard disk, an image (see FIG. 11) is displayed on the display unit 302. In this case, hard disk drive 1
At 31, image information is read from the hard disk, and the image information is transmitted from the system controller 102 to the remote control device 300 as an infrared signal.
2 displays an image based on the image information.

When the image information corresponding to the selected MD 101 is not stored in the hard disk, FIG.
As shown in (1), the information of the selected MD 101 is displayed in text. In this case, text information is read from the hard disk by the hard disk drive 131, transmitted from the system controller 102 to the remote control device 300 as an infrared signal, and the display 302 of the remote control device 300 displays a shelf number, a disc title, an artist name, a song name, and the like. Text is displayed.

Then, in a step ST46, it is determined whether or not the "back" key is depressed.
To determine if the "title" key has been depressed,
In step ST48, it is determined whether or not the “play” key has been pressed, and in step ST49, it is determined whether or not the “search” key has been pressed.

If the "back" key is depressed, the process returns to step ST41. That is, the user can return to a state where a desired MD 101 can be selected from the display of the result list by depressing the “back” key. "Se
If the “arch” key is depressed, the process ends immediately. If the "play" key is depressed, the process proceeds to step ST50, where the MD10 selected as described above is selected.
Play 1 from the first song. In this case, the selected MD1
When 01 is stored in a predetermined shelf 210A of the storage unit 210, reproduction is performed after the MD 101 is moved to the drive unit 100 by the carriage 220.

If the "title" key is depressed, the process proceeds to step ST51. This step ST51
Then, it is determined whether or not a conversion table is stored in the hard disk corresponding to the selected MD 101.
If the conversion table is stored, step ST
At 52, a cursor (not shown) is displayed on the image displayed on display 302 of remote control device 300, and the process proceeds to step ST54. On the other hand, when the conversion table is not stored, the remote controller 3 is determined in step ST53.
As shown in FIG. 19, a list of song names included in the MD 101 selected as described above is displayed on the display unit 302 of 00, and the process proceeds to step ST54. When the song title list is displayed, a cursor CS for the user to select a desired song title is also displayed.

Then, in step ST54, it is determined whether or not there is a selection change operation by depressing the cursor key. In step ST55, it is determined whether or not the "play" key is depressed. It is determined whether or not the "search" key is depressed, and step ST57 is performed.
Then, it is determined whether or not the “back” key is pressed.
If there is a selection change operation by depressing the cursor key, the selection position is changed in step ST58. "Sear
When the "ch" key is depressed, the process ends immediately.

If the "play" key has been depressed, the flow advances to step ST59 to select the M selected as described above.
A song (selected song) included in D101 and corresponding to the cursor position is reproduced. In this case, when the selected MD 101 is stored in a predetermined shelf 210A of the storage unit 210, the reproduction is performed after the MD 101 is moved to the drive unit 100 by the carriage 220.

If the "back" key is depressed, the process returns to step ST41. In other words, the user can use "ba
By pressing down the "ck" key,
It is possible to return to a state where a desired MD 101 can be selected.

Next, the operation of list display will be described. When the “list” key on the operation unit 303 of the remote control device 300 is depressed, the system controller 102 starts the processing shown in the flowcharts of FIGS.

In step ST61, the MDs 101 stored in the shelf 210A of the storage section 210 are displayed in the order of the shelf numbers with reference to the information stored in the hard disk. The display in the order of the shelf numbers is displayed in the same manner as when the rearrangement item described later is “number”. FIG. 22D shows an example of a list display when the rearrangement item is “number”. In this case, the shelf 210 in which the MD 101 is stored
A shelf number (RACK No.) of A is displayed in ascending order, for example, and the disc title (DISC) of the MD stored in the shelf 210A of the shelf number is displayed in association therewith. Note that a cursor CS for the user to select a desired shelf number is also displayed at the same time.

Then, in step ST62, the sorting item keys (“disc”, “title”, “name”, “numbe”
r, “date”, and “letter” keys) are determined to be pressed, and in step ST63, it is determined whether there is a selection change operation of the MD 101 by pressing the cursor key, and in step ST64. , It is determined whether or not the “enter” key has been depressed.
It is determined whether or not the "st" key has been pressed.

When the "list" key is depressed, the processing is immediately terminated. If the item key is depressed, the process proceeds to step ST66 to refer to the information stored in the hard disk, and
Then, a list is displayed according to the selected sorting item. Further, when there is a selection change operation by depressing the cursor key, the selection position is changed in step ST67. In this case, the cursor position in the list display is changed.

FIG. 22A shows a list display example in the case where the rearrangement item is “disc”. in this case,
The disc titles are displayed in the order of eyewear or ABC, and the shelf number (RACK No.) of the shelf 210A in which the MD 101 having the disc title is stored is displayed in association with each other. Note that a cursor CS for the user to select a desired disc title is also displayed at the same time.

FIG. 22B shows an example of a list display when the rearrangement item is “title”. In this case, the title of the song (TITLE) is displayed in the order of the eyewear or ABC, and the shelf 210A in which the MD 101 having the title is stored.
Is displayed in association with the shelf number (RACK No.) of the MD 101 having the song name. Note that a cursor CS for the user to select a desired song title is also displayed.

FIG. 22C shows a list display example when the rearrangement item is “name”. in this case,
The artist name (NAME) is displayed in the order of AIWAO or ABC, the shelf number of the shelf 210A in which the MD 101 having the artist name is stored, and the M having the artist name.
The disc title of D101 is displayed in association with the disc title. A cursor CS for the user to select a desired artist name is also displayed at the same time.

FIG. 22E shows a list display example in the case where the sort item is “date”. in this case,
The recording date and time (DATE) is displayed, for example, in ascending order, and the shelf number of the shelf 210A in which the MD 101 having the recording date and time is stored,
The MD 101 having the recording date and time is displayed in association with the disc title. Note that a cursor CS for the user to select a desired recording date and time is also displayed at the same time.

FIG. 22F shows an example of a list display when the rearrangement item is “letter”. In this case, for example, the Japanese version and the English version are displayed in this order, and the shelf number of the shelf 210A in which the MD 101 of the version is stored and the disc title of the MD 101 of the version are displayed in association with each other. A cursor CS for the user to select a desired MD 101 is also displayed at the same time.

On the other hand, when the "enter" key is depressed in step ST64, the M corresponding to the cursor position is depressed.
D101 is selected, and the process proceeds to step ST68. In this step ST68, remote control device 300
The information of the selected MD 101 is displayed on the display unit 302. If image information corresponding to the selected MD 101 is stored on the hard disk, an image (see FIG. 11) is displayed on the display unit 302. In this case, image information is read from the hard disk by the hard disk drive 131, and the image information is transmitted from the system controller 102 to the remote control device 300 as an infrared signal, and the remote control device 30
The image based on the image information is displayed on the 0 display unit 302.

If the image information corresponding to the selected MD 101 is not stored in the hard disk,
As shown in (1), the information of the selected MD 101 is displayed in text. In this case, text information is read from the hard disk by the hard disk drive 131, transmitted from the system controller 102 to the remote control device 300 as an infrared signal, and the display 302 of the remote control device 300 displays a shelf number, a disc title, an artist name, a song name, and the like. Text is displayed.

Then, in a step ST69, it is determined whether or not the "back" key is depressed.
To determine if the "title" key has been depressed,
In step ST71, it is determined whether or not the “play” key has been pressed, and in step ST72, it is determined whether or not the “list” key has been pressed.

If the "back" key is depressed, the process returns to step ST62. That is, the user can press the “back” key to select a sort item and return to a state where a desired MD 101 can be selected from a list displayed according to the sort item. When the “list” key is pressed down, the process is immediately terminated. "Play"
If the key is depressed, the process proceeds to step ST73, and the MD 101 selected as described above is reproduced from the first song. In this case, the selected MD 101 is
When the MD 101 is stored in the predetermined shelf 210A, the MD 101 is moved by the carriage 220 to the drive unit 10A.
After moving to 0, reproduction will be performed.

If the "title" key is depressed, the process proceeds to step ST74A. This step ST7
In 4A, it is determined whether or not a conversion table is stored in the hard disk corresponding to the selected MD 101. If the conversion table is stored, in step ST74B, a cursor (not shown) is displayed on the image displayed on display 302 of remote control device 300, and the process proceeds to step ST75. On the other hand, when the conversion table is not stored, in step ST74, as shown in FIG.
As described above, a list of the song names included in the MD 101 selected is displayed as text, and the process proceeds to step ST75.
When the song title list is displayed, a cursor CS for the user to select a desired song title is also displayed.

Then, in a step ST75, it is determined whether or not there is a selection change operation by depressing a cursor key. In a step ST76, it is determined whether or not a "play" key is depressed. It is determined whether or not the "list" key has been depressed, and step ST77A
Then, it is determined whether or not the “back” key is pressed.
If there is a selection change operation by pressing the cursor key, the selection position is changed in step ST78. "Lis
When the "t" key is depressed, the process ends immediately.

If the "play" key has been depressed, the flow advances to step ST79 to select the M selected as described above.
A song (selected song) included in D101 and corresponding to the cursor position is reproduced. In this case, when the selected MD 101 is stored in a predetermined shelf 210A of the storage unit 210, the reproduction is performed after the MD 101 is moved to the drive unit 100 by the carriage 220. If the "back" key is depressed, the process returns to step ST62. That is, the user can press the “back” key to select a sort item and return to a state where a desired MD 101 can be selected from a list displayed according to the sort item.

Next, the operation at the time of ejection will be described. When the “eject” key is pressed down, the syscon 102
The processing shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 23 and 24 is started.

In step ST81, it is determined whether or not the drive unit 100 has the MD 101. Drive unit 100
If there is no MD 101, the process proceeds to step ST82.
In this step ST82, as shown in FIG. 25, a list of shelves 210A in which MD 101 is stored is displayed on display section 302 of remote control device 300. In this case, M
Shelf number (RACK) of shelf 210A in which D101 is stored.
No. ) Are displayed, for example, in ascending order, and a shelf number 2
The disc title of the MD stored in 10A is displayed in association with it. Note that a cursor CS for the user to select a desired shelf number is also displayed at the same time.

Then, in a step ST83, it is determined whether or not there is a selection change operation by depressing a cursor key. In a step ST84, it is determined whether or not an "enter" key is depressed. eject "
It is determined whether or not a key is pressed.

When the "eject" key is depressed,
The process ends immediately. If there is a selection change operation by depressing the cursor key, the selection position is changed in step ST86. On the other hand, when the “enter” key is pressed, the shelf 210A of the shelf number corresponding to the cursor position is pressed.
MD101 stored in the state is selected,
Proceed to step ST87. In this step ST87,
The selected MD 101 is moved to the drive unit 100.
In this case, the selected MD 101 is
As a result, the storage unit 210 is moved to the drive unit 100.

Then, in a step ST88, the MD 101
From the MD insertion slot 22 (see FIG. 2A),
Thereafter, in step ST89, the information regarding the ejected MD 101 is deleted from the hard disk, and the process ends. As described above, by deleting the information in the hard disk, the MD 101 can be newly stored in the storage unit 210A in which the discharged MD 101 is stored.

Also, in step ST81, the drive unit 10
If the MD 101 is at 0, the process proceeds to step ST91. In this step ST91, the drive unit 10 is displayed on the display unit 302 of the remote control device 300 as shown in FIG.
The information on the MD 101 at 0 is displayed. In this case, display information is transmitted as an infrared signal from the system controller 102 to the remote controller 300, and a shelf number, a disc title, an artist name, a song name, and the like are displayed as information on the MD 101, and other MDs are simultaneously discharged as the MD 101.
A cursor CS for selecting D101 is also displayed.

At step ST92, another MD1
In step ST9, it is determined whether or not the selected state is selected.
At 3, it is determined whether or not the "enter" key has been pressed, and at step ST94, it is determined whether or not the "eject" key has been pressed. In the display of FIG. 26, the cursor CS
Is in the "YES" position, it is determined that another MD 101 is in the selected state.

When the other MD 101 is not selected, "ejec
When the "t" key is depressed, the process ends immediately. In addition, when the other MD 101 is not in the selected state, “ente
If the "r" key has been pressed, step ST88
Then, the MD in the drive unit 100 from the MD insertion slot 22
101 is discharged, and in step ST89, information on the discharged MD 101 is deleted from the hard disk, and the process is thereafter terminated.

If another MD 101 is in the selected state in step ST92, it is determined in step ST95 whether or not the "enter" key is depressed.
Then, it is determined whether or not the "eject" key has been pressed. When the “eject” key is pressed down, the process is immediately terminated. On the other hand, when the “enter” key is depressed, the process proceeds to step ST97.

In this step ST97, as shown in FIG.
A list of shelves 210A in which 01 is stored is displayed.
Then, in step ST98, it is determined whether or not there is a selection change operation by depressing a cursor key, and step S98 is performed.
In T99, it is determined whether or not the “enter” key has been pressed, and in step ST100, it is determined whether or not the “eject” key has been pressed.

When the "eject" key is depressed,
The process ends immediately. If there is a selection change operation by pressing the cursor key, the selection position is changed in step ST101. On the other hand, when the “enter” key is pressed, the shelf 210 of the shelf number corresponding to the cursor position is pressed.
The MD 101 stored in A is selected, and the process proceeds to step ST102.

In this step ST102, the MD 101 in the drive unit 100 is
Move to 10A. Then, in step ST103, the selected MD 101 is stored in the drive unit 10 by the storage unit 210.
Move to zero. The movement of the MD 101 is performed using the carriage 220. Then, step ST8
8, the MD 101 moved to the drive unit 100 is replaced with the MD 101
It is ejected from the insertion slot 22 (see FIG. 2A), and thereafter, in step ST89, information on the ejected MD 101 is deleted from the hard disk, and the process ends.

As described above, in the present embodiment, when dubbing the recorded content reproduced from the disc by the disc player 400 to the MD 101 mounted on the drive unit 100 of the MD changer device 10, the MD 101 In the UTOC area, information related to the recorded contents, for example, an album title and an artist name, a song name, a start / end address of each song, and the like are automatically recorded. Therefore, the user does not need to input a song name or the like at the time of dubbing, and the usability is improved.

After dubbing is completed, the MD 101
Is stored in a predetermined shelf 210A of the storage unit 210,
Information (disc information) related to the recorded content recorded in the UTOC area of the MD 101 is stored in the predetermined shelf 21.
It is stored in the hard disk in association with the shelf number of 0A. Therefore, by using the storage contents of the hard disk, the MD 101 after dubbing can be easily searched. In addition, when the MD 101 is stored after dubbing, there is no need to store the MD jacket in a jacket storage book, for example, and the storing operation becomes easy.

When image information and conversion tables related to the recorded contents are recorded on the disk reproduced by the disk player 400, those information are also recorded on the hard disk at the same time. When image information corresponding to the MD 101 selected at the time of searching or displaying a list is stored in the hard disk, the remote controller 30
The image based on the image information is displayed on the 0 display unit 302. By using the conversion table, it is possible to select a song (track) on the image. Therefore, the user can visually recognize the recording content of the selected MD 101 with the remote control device 300, and can improve the operability of the remote operation.

In the above-described embodiment, an example has been described in which the recording medium (disk) according to the present invention is used as a recording medium on the master side during dubbing. However, a reproducing apparatus for reproducing this recording medium is also used. Then, an image based on the image information is displayed on the display unit, and by using the conversion table, a predetermined track information area is designated by moving a cursor on the image to select a song (track) and reproduce the image. Further, in the reproducing apparatus, when a predetermined track information area is designated by moving a cursor on an image, text information included in the information of the track is reproduced from a recording medium, and the text information is used for display or the like. Is also conceivable.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, a case where a predetermined track information area is designated by moving a cursor on an image to select a piece of music and can be played back is described. When a predetermined track information area is designated by moving, using the information in the disc,
Information (song name and the like) of a song (track) corresponding to the track information area may be displayed as text on the display unit. This allows the user to easily confirm small characters that are difficult to confirm on the screen.

In the above embodiment, the image information stored on the disk played back by the disk player 400 is used as the image information stored on the hard disk. May be supplied from the image information output device and stored.

In the above embodiment, the image information and the like are stored in the hard disk. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be stored in another storage medium. .

[0125]

The recording medium according to the present invention has a recording area in which one or a plurality of tracks as recording contents are recorded, and also shows the contents of one or more tracks in relation to the recording contents. Correspondence relationship between a recording area in which image information for displaying an image including one or more track information areas is stored, and an image position of one or more track information areas of the image displayed in the image information and a track number And a recording area in which a conversion table is stored. Further, the playback device according to the present invention reads image information from a recording medium, displays an image including one or more track information areas respectively indicating the contents of one or more tracks by using the image information, and A predetermined track is selected on an image using a conversion table indicating a correspondence between an image position and a track number recorded on a recording medium. Therefore, according to the present invention, the user can select a predetermined track on the image, and the operability can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an MD changer device as an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an appearance (a front view and a plan view) of an MD changer device.

FIG. 3 is a view showing the appearance (rear view, left side view) of the MD changer device.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an appearance (a partially enlarged view) of an MD changer device.

FIG. 5 is an external view of a remote control device (a front view, a right side view, and the like).
FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing processing at the time of loading.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a storage example of a hard disk.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing processing at the time of dubbing (1/1).
2).

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a process at the time of dubbing (2 /
2).

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a recording format of a disc.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of image display based on image information.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a text display example corresponding to an image display example.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart (1/1) showing processing at the time of search.
4).

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing processing at the time of retrieval (2 /
4).

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a search process (3 /
4).

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing a search process (4 /
4).

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a display example of a search result list.

FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of information display of a selected MD.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a display example of a music title list.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart (1) showing processing at the time of list display;
/ 2).

FIG. 21 is a flowchart (2) showing processing at the time of list display;
/ 2).

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a display example of a list display.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart (1/2) showing a process at the time of ejection.

FIG. 24 is a flowchart (2/2) showing a process at the time of ejection.

FIG. 25 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a shelf in which MDs are stored.

FIG. 26 is a diagram illustrating an example of information display of an MD in a drive unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 MD changer apparatus 20 Main body part 30 Base part 40L, 40R, 50 Speaker arrangement part 100 Drive part 101 MD 102 System controller 104 Infrared signal transmission / reception part 106 Magnetic head 108 Optical pickup 111 RF amplifier part 112 Servo circuit 123 Audio compression encoder / decoder 124 Anti-vibration memory controller 125 DRAM 126 EFM and ACIRC encoder / decoder 131 Hard disk drive 132 Hard disk controller 200 Changer section 210 Storage section 210A Shelf 220 Carriage 300 Remote control device 301 Infrared signal transmission / reception section 302 Display section 303 Operation section 400 Disk player

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A first recording area in which one or more tracks as recording contents are recorded, and one or more track information related to the recording contents and indicating the contents of the one or more tracks, respectively. A second recording area in which image information for displaying an image including the area is recorded, and a correspondence relationship between an image position of one or a plurality of track information areas of the image displayed in the image information and a track number. And a third recording area in which the conversion table shown is recorded. 2. A first recording area in which one or a plurality of tracks as recording contents are recorded, and one or a plurality of track information related to the recording contents and indicating the contents of the one or more tracks, respectively. A second recording area in which image information for displaying an image including an area is recorded, and a correspondence relationship between an image position of one or a plurality of track information areas of the image displayed in the image information and a track number. A third recording area in which a conversion table shown is recorded, wherein the image information reading means reads the image information from the second recording area of the recording medium; Display means for displaying an image based on the image information read by the reading means; and the conversion table recorded in the third recording area of the recording medium And a track selecting means for selecting a predetermined track from the one or a plurality of tracks on the image displayed on the image display means by utilizing the above. 3. The reproduction according to claim 2, further comprising reproduction control means for reproducing the predetermined track selected by the track selection means from the first recording area of the recording medium. apparatus. 4. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising display control means for text-displaying information on the predetermined track selected by the track selecting means on the display means. 5. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising reproducing means for reproducing, from the recording medium, text information included in the information of the predetermined track selected by the track selecting means.