JP2007213771A - Recording/reproduction apparatus and reproduction system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable viewing of the remainder of moving image information from a position where reproduction was stopped, using a communication terminal separately prepared. <P>SOLUTION: In a reproduction apparatus for reproducing moving image information stored in a recording medium, such as a DVD or the like, when reproduction is stopped (S210: YES), a read position of the moving image information upon the stopping of reproduction is detected (S220), and the remainder of the moving image information is generated from the read position and is stored into a memory (S230). When it is determined that the reproduction apparatus can communicate with the communication terminal prepared separately from the reproduction apparatus (S250: YES), the moving image information stored in the memory is transmitted to the communication terminal with which the reproduction apparatus can communicate (S260). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a recording / reproducing apparatus and a reproducing system for reproducing moving image information having a resume function.

In recent years, a recording / reproducing apparatus for reproducing moving image information having the resume function is known.
This resume function is a function that controls to start playback of video information continuously from the previous playback stop state during the next playback operation when the viewer temporarily stops playback during playback of the video information. It is.

  The recording / reproducing apparatus includes a recording means for recording a start position of a scene to which a reproduction stop position belongs in association with the resume information, and a recording medium from the start position of the scene recorded in the recording means at the time of resume reproduction. Control means for controlling the recorded information to be reproduced is provided.

Therefore, this recording / reproducing apparatus can resume reproduction. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).
JP 2002-281447 A (first page, FIG. 1)

  By the way, if the video information from the playback stop location can be played back by a device other than the recording / playback device provided separately, it is possible to view the continuation of the video information outside the location where the recording / playback device is installed. It is convenient for the viewer who wants.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of these problems, and provides a recording / reproducing apparatus and a reproducing system for reproducing moving image information from a reproduction stop point by an apparatus other than the recording / reproducing apparatus provided separately. To do.

  The invention according to claim 1, which has been made to achieve such an object, includes a first storage medium in which moving image information is stored, a first recording unit that records moving image information in the first storage medium, Reproducing means for reading moving picture information from the first storage medium and restoring a signal reproducible as video and audio from the moving picture information, and the reproducing means reads out the moving picture information from the first storage medium, and the video information is obtained from the moving picture information. When the first prohibiting means for prohibiting restoration of a signal reproducible as audio and the first prohibiting means prohibits this, the reading position of the moving image information from the first storage medium by the reproducing means , A second storage medium storing the read position information detected by the detection means, a second recording means for recording the read position information on the second storage medium, and a second recording medium Means records on the second storage medium Based on the readout position information, from this readout position, the reproduction control means for causing the reproduction means to restore a signal that can be reproduced as video and audio from the moving image information, and a communication interface for performing communication with the communication terminal, at least, When the communication interface is connected to the communication terminal, the third storage medium storing the identification information of the communication terminal permitted to communicate and the information for performing communication with the communication terminal is identified. Based on the information, it is determined whether or not communication with the communication terminal is possible, and when it is determined that communication is possible, the communication with the communication terminal is performed via the communication interface based on the information stored in the third storage medium. A recording / reproducing apparatus having communication control means for performing communication between them, and when the prohibiting means prohibits this, it generates moving picture information from the reading position based on the reading position information. The communication control means comprises: adding means for adding the generated moving image information to the third storage medium; and determining means for determining whether the adding means has added the moving image information to the third storage medium. When the determination means determines that the communication interface has been added and the communication interface is connected to the communication terminal, it determines whether communication with the communication terminal is possible based on the identification information. Based on the information stored in the third storage medium, communication is performed with a communication terminal via a communication interface.

  In the recording / reproducing apparatus of the present invention configured as described above, when the prohibiting unit prohibits the adding unit, the adding unit generates moving image information from the reading position based on the reading position information, and stops the moving image information. Are added to the third storage medium.

  The determining unit determines whether the adding unit has added the moving image information to the third storage medium. The communication control unit determines that the determination unit has added the moving image information, and when the communication interface is connected to the communication terminal, the communication control unit determines whether communication with the communication terminal is possible based on the identification information. If it is determined that it is possible, communication is performed with the communication terminal via the communication interface based on the information stored in the third storage medium.

Therefore, according to the recording / reproducing apparatus of the present invention, the moving image information from the position where the reproduction is stopped can be communicated with a separately prepared communication terminal.
Therefore, this communication terminal can receive this moving picture information.

Therefore, if the communication terminal is provided with application software capable of viewing moving image information, the moving image information can be viewed on the communication terminal.
Next, according to a second aspect of the present invention, in the recording / reproducing apparatus according to the first aspect, when the first prohibiting unit prohibits the moving image from the reading position based on the reading position information. And a second prohibiting unit that prohibits adding information to the third storage medium by generating information.

  In the recording / reproducing apparatus of the present invention configured as described above, when the first prohibition prohibits the second prohibiting means, the additional means has the moving image information from the reading position based on the reading position information. And adding the moving image information to the third storage medium is prohibited.

  Therefore, when the viewer does not need to view the moving image information from the middle with the separately prepared communication terminal, and the recording / playback apparatus desires to view the moving image information from the middle, the reading is performed. There is an effect that it is not necessary to generate moving image information from the position and add the moving image information to the third storage medium.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the recording / reproducing apparatus according to the first or second aspect, when the first prohibiting unit prohibits the prohibition, the additional unit stores the read position information in the third storage. It is characterized by being added to the medium.

In other words, the adding means can add only the read position information to the third storage medium.
Therefore, when moving picture information is already stored in a separately prepared communication terminal, only the reading position needs to be communicated between the recording / reproducing apparatus and the communication terminal.

  When the viewer wants to view the moving image information from the middle of the communication terminal, the viewer may receive the read position information instead of receiving the moving image information from the generated read position based on the read position information.

  The length of time for receiving this readout position information is generally sufficiently shorter than the length of time for completing the reception of the moving image information from the generated readout position, and the viewer will wait for the time until the reception is completed. There is no need to worry.

Next, a fourth aspect of the present invention is the recording / reproducing apparatus according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein the communication terminal is a portable communication device.
Therefore, this recording / playback apparatus is very convenient when viewing moving image information halfway and viewing the moving image information on the way from the middle, or viewing the moving image information from this middle without selecting a location.

Next, the invention according to claim 5 is the recording / reproducing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the communication terminal is a reproducing apparatus other than the portable communication device.
Therefore, in this recording / playback apparatus, the video information is viewed halfway, and the video information from this midway, for example, a playback apparatus separately installed in a place different from the place where the present recording / playback apparatus is placed, This is very convenient when you want to watch on a personal computer.

  Next, the invention according to claim 6 is the recording / reproducing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the communication control means adds the third storage medium to the communication terminal determined to be communicable by the adding means. It is characterized in that the video information added to is transmitted.

  According to the recording / reproducing apparatus of the sixth aspect, the moving image information added to the third storage medium, that is, the moving image information from the position where the reproduction is stopped is transmitted to the communication terminal. If the terminal is equipped with application software that allows viewing of moving image information, the communication terminal can view moving image information from the position where the reproduction was stopped.

  Next, a seventh aspect of the present invention is the recording / reproducing apparatus according to the third aspect, wherein the communication terminal can store the moving image information, and the communication control means stores the moving image information in the communication terminal to be communicated. It is determined whether the moving image information matches the moving image information stored in the first storage medium. If it is determined that the moving image information matches, the third storage medium is added to the communication terminal by the adding means. It is characterized in that the read position information added to is transmitted.

  According to the recording / reproducing apparatus of this aspect, as described above, when the moving image information (the same moving image information as the moving image information stored in the first storage medium) is already stored in the communication terminal, the reading is performed. By transmitting only the position information to the communication terminal, the time required for communication can be shortened. Note that the communication terminal may reproduce the moving image information stored in the communication terminal from the reading position indicated by the reading position information.

  Next, the invention according to claim 8 reads out the moving image information from the first storage medium storing the moving image information, and executes a reproducing operation for outputting the video and audio represented by the read moving image information; This is a playback system including a recording / playback apparatus having a communication interface for communicating with an external device, and a communication terminal capable of communicating with the recording / playback apparatus.

  Then, the recording / reproducing apparatus detects a reading stop position of the moving image information in the first storage medium when the reproduction operation is stopped by the first prohibiting unit that stops the reproducing operation of the reproducing unit. And a recording unit that records information on the read stop position detected by the detection unit (hereinafter referred to as stop position information) in the second storage medium. Note that the first prohibiting means may stop the reproduction operation based on the input of the viewer.

  Further, when the reproduction operation is stopped by the first prohibiting means, the reproduction is started from the stop position represented by the stop position information stored in the second storage medium among the moving image information stored in the first storage medium. The moving image information to be read from the first storage medium and stored in the third storage medium, and the moving image information stored in the third storage medium by the adding unit is transmitted to the communication terminal via the communication interface Communication control means.

  On the other hand, the communication terminal includes reception information storage means for storing moving picture information received from the recording / reproducing apparatus, and terminal-side reproduction means for outputting video and audio represented by the moving picture information stored in the reception information storage means. .

  According to such a reproduction system of claim 8, even if output of video and audio (hereinafter also referred to as reproduction) is stopped in the recording / reproduction apparatus, moving image information from the stop position is transmitted to the communication terminal. It can be transmitted and played back by the communication terminal. That is, the viewer can view the continuation of the moving image information viewed on the recording / reproducing apparatus on the communication terminal. In particular, if the communication terminal is portable, the viewer can view the continuation of the moving image viewed on the recording / reproducing apparatus at any place, which is very convenient.

  By the way, when reproduction of moving image information is stopped in the recording / reproducing apparatus, there may be a case where the viewer does not want or need to view the continuation of the moving image information on the communication terminal.

  Therefore, the playback system according to claim 9 is the playback system according to claim 8, wherein the recording / playback apparatus prohibits the adding means from storing the moving image information in the third storage medium based on the input of the user. The prohibition means is provided.

  According to this, the viewer can prevent the subsequent moving image information from being stored in the third storage medium when the reproducing operation is stopped in the recording / reproducing apparatus. That is, it is possible to prevent the subsequent moving image information from being transmitted to the communication terminal. Therefore, it is convenient to prevent the moving image information from being transmitted to the communication terminal when it is not desired or necessary to view the subsequent moving image information on the communication terminal.

  According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, the recording / reproducing means records the reproducing operation on the moving image information stored in the first storage medium in the second storage medium based on the user input. The reproduction control means for restarting from the stop position indicated by the stop position information is provided. According to this, the viewer can conveniently watch the continuation on the recording / reproducing apparatus.

  Next, according to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the reproduction system according to the eighth and ninth aspects, the communication terminal includes moving image information storage means for storing moving image information. Note that moving image information may be stored in advance.

  The adding means stores stop position information in the third storage medium, the communication control means stores moving picture information in the moving picture information storing means of the communication terminal that is the communication target, and It is determined whether or not the moving image information matches the moving image information stored in the first storage medium. If it is determined that the moving image information matches, the stop position stored in the third storage medium by the adding means is added to the communication terminal. The information is transmitted instead of the moving image information stored in the third storage medium by the adding means.

  On the other hand, when receiving the stop position information from the recording / playback device, the terminal-side playback means reads out the video information to be played back from the stop position indicated by the stop position information, out of the video information stored in the video information storage means. Video and audio represented by the moving image information are output.

  According to such a reproduction system of claim 10, when a viewer wants to stop reproduction of moving image information on the recording / reproducing apparatus and to view subsequent moving image information on the communication terminal, he / she is viewing it. If the moving image information is already stored in the communication terminal, only the stop position information is transmitted to the communication terminal, and the continuation of the moving image information can be reproduced on the communication terminal. That is, it is possible to prevent the moving image information from being transmitted to the communication terminal. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the communication between the recording / reproducing apparatus and the communication terminal from unnecessarily taking time when the viewer tries to view the continuation of the moving image information on the communication terminal.

  Next, the invention of claim 11 is a recording / reproducing apparatus communicably connected to a communication terminal configured to output video and audio represented by the moving picture information when the moving picture information is received, wherein the moving picture information is The moving image information is read from the stored first storage medium, the reproducing means for executing the reproducing operation for outputting the video and audio represented by the read moving image information, and the first prohibition for stopping the reproducing operation of the reproducing means And when the reproduction operation is stopped by the first prohibiting means, the detecting means for detecting the reading stop position of the moving image information in the first storage medium, and information on the reading stop position detected by the detecting means (hereinafter, Of the moving image information stored in the first storage medium when the reproduction operation is stopped by the recording means for recording the stop position information) on the second storage medium and the first prohibiting means. The moving image information to be reproduced from the stop position represented by the stop position information stored in the storage medium is read out from the first storage medium and stored in the third storage medium; The recording / reproducing apparatus includes communication control means for transmitting moving image information stored in a medium to a communication terminal via a communication interface.

  According to such a recording / reproducing apparatus, the same effect as described in the eighth aspect can be obtained.

Hereinafter, embodiments to which the present invention is applied will be described with reference to FIGS.
[First Embodiment]
First, FIG. 1 will be described. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a DVD recorder 1 which is an example of a recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention and peripheral devices related to the DVD recorder 1. Peripheral devices include analog video deck 2 (a), NTSC television receiver 2 (b), tuner / demodulation circuit groups 2 (d) to 2 (g) (specifically, terrestrial digital tuner 2 ( d), BS digital tuner 2 (e), CS digital tuner 2 (f), IEEE 1394 standard port 2 (g)), DVD2 (c), FTP server 3 (a), communication station 3 (b), DVD The recorder 4, the mobile phone 5, and the personal computer 6.

First, the schematic configuration of the DVD recorder 1 including the relationship between peripheral devices related to the DVD recorder 1 and the DVD recorder 1 will be described with reference to FIG.
The DVD recorder 1 includes a back-end LSI 10, a hard disk drive (hereinafter referred to as HDD) / stream controller 20, a SCSI interface 30, a USB interface 40, an input / output interface 50, a wireless LAN modem 60, and an infrared interface. 70.

Next, a schematic configuration inside the back-end LSI 10 will be described.
The back-end LSI 10 includes an audio decoder chip 11, a digital / analog converter (DAC) 12a that performs D / A conversion into an analog audio signal for the NTSC television receiver 2 (b), and an analog for the analog video deck 2 (a). Digital analog converter (DAC) 12b that performs D / A conversion to audio signal, TS separation + video decoder chip 13, video scaler chip 14, microcomputer chip 15 with built-in OSD, analog video signal for analog video deck 2 (a) Digital / analog converter (DAC) 16 that performs D / A conversion, NTSC encoder 17 that performs D / A conversion to an analog video signal for NTSC television receiver 2 (b), OSD (Open Software Description) for electronic programs, etc. ) An OSD SDRAM 18 in which information is stored and an SDRAM 19 in which various control signals are temporarily stored are configured.

Next, the OSD built-in microcomputer chip 15 will be described.
The OSD built-in microcomputer chip 15 includes a frame memory for storing OSD data. The OSD 15 (a) performs synthesis control with moving image information, the CPU 15 (b) performs various controls in the DVD recorder 1, and the CPU 15 (b). The flash memory 15 (c) stores a program for each process executed by the. The moving image information is information representing video and audio.

Next, the HDD / stream controller 20 will be described.
The HDD / stream controller 20 is an interface for exchanging data between the HDDs 21 to 23 and the back-end LSI 10. The HDDs 21 to 23 store moving image information. The moving image information includes, for example, an MPEG-2 stream (MPEG-2 data in a data format for reproducing in real time while transferring data).

Next, the SCSI interface 30 will be described.
The SCSI interface 30 is an interface for recording the necessary moving picture information compressed by the TS separation + video decoder chip 13 on the DVD using the DVD drive 31. The DVD drive 31 is a device for reading moving picture information stored in the DVD 2 (c) and writing moving picture information on a blank DVD (not shown).

Next, the USB interface 40 will be described.
The USB interface 40 is an interface for exchanging various signals with an external device connected via the USB port 41.

Next, the input / output interface 50 will be described.
The input / output interface 50 performs various adjustments such as a signal from the operation panel 51 that receives various commands to the DVD recorder 1 by an external operation, and various adjustments for causing the display panel 52 to display various status signals from the back-end LSI 10. I do.

Next, the wireless LAN modem 60 will be described.
The wireless LAN modem 60 is a modem for connecting to an external network. The DVD recorder 1 is connected to the network via the wireless LAN modem 60, and is connected to the DVD recorder 4, the mobile phone 5, and a personal computer via the FTP server 3 (a) and the communication station 3 (b). 6 is configured to be able to communicate with 6.

Next, the infrared interface 70 will be described.
The infrared interface 70 is an interface for outputting an infrared signal to the outside via the infrared light emitting unit 71.

Next, FIG. 2 will be described.
First, FIG. 2A will be described.
FIG. 2A is a schematic configuration diagram inside the TS separation + video decoder chip 13 in FIG.

  The TS separation + video decoder chip 13 includes a TS selector 13a that is appropriately selected to input input video information from the outside, a TS separation unit 13b that extracts necessary various information from the input video information, and a TS separation unit 13b. It is composed of a video decoder chip 13c for encoding various extracted information. Specifically, the TS selector 13a switches the connection as appropriate so that one of the tuner / demodulation circuit groups 2 (d) to 2 (g) and the DVD recorder 1 are connected.

Next, FIG. 2B will be described.
FIG. 2B is a schematic configuration diagram inside the video decoder chip 13c in FIG.
The video decoder chip 13c encodes the streams decoded by the MPEG-2 decoder 13 (c) 1 and the MPEG-2 decoder 13 (c) 1 that receive the MPEG-2 streams stored in the HDDs 21 to 23 and the like. An I picture encoding circuit 13 (c) 2 for performing various controls and a DSP 13 (c) 3 for performing various controls are provided.

  In the DVD recorder 1 having such a configuration, the moving image information stored in the DVD 2 (c) is read by the DVD drive 31, and the moving image information is temporarily stored as MPEG-2 streams in the HDDs 21 to 23, and the MPEG-2 decoder. 13 (c) 1 decodes the MPEG-2 stream stored in the HDDs 21-23. Of the decoded data, data representing audio is output to the NTSC television receiver 2 (b) via the DAC 16, and data representing video is encoded by the I picture encoding circuit 13 (c) 2. . The encoded data represents a frame video (I picture) and is output to the NTSC television receiver 2 (b) via the NTSC encoder 17. In this way, the moving image information stored on the DVD 2 (c) is reproduced. In the following description, the MPEG-2 decoder 13 (c) 1 reproduces moving picture information means that the MPEG-2 decoder 13 (c) 1 decodes the MPEG-2 stream stored in the HDDs 21 to 23. Say it.

Next, the DVD recorder 4, the mobile phone 5, and the personal computer 6 will be described.
First, the DVD recorder 4 has the same configuration as the DVD recorder 1.

Next, the configurations of the mobile phone 5 and the personal computer 6 are shown in FIG.
The mobile phone 5 displays a CPU 5a for executing various processes, a ROM 5b for storing various programs executed by the CPU 5a, a RAM 5c for storing various data, a communication unit 5d for communicating with external devices, and information. A display unit 5e, an input unit 5f for inputting information, a flash memory 5g for storing various types of information, a memory slot 5h for reading information on a memory card (not shown) or writing information to the memory card, And a bus 5i for connecting them.

  The personal computer 6 includes a CPU 6a, a ROM 6b, a RAM 6c, an HDD 6d, an input / output interface 6h, and a bus 6i for connecting them. A display unit 6e, an input unit 6f, and a communication unit 6g are connected to the input / output interface 6h.

Next, FIGS. 3 and 4 will be described.
FIG. 3 shows a resume process using the moving image information from the reading position when the CPU 15 (b) has viewed halfway.

FIG. 4 shows a resume process using the reading position when the moving image information is viewed halfway, which is executed by the CPU 15 (b).
In this resume process, when playback is stopped during playback of video information, the playback stop position is stored and the video information is continuously played back from the previous playback stop position at the next playback. It is a process to make. 3 and 4 is started when the DVD recorder 1 reproduces moving image information based on viewer input.

First, FIG. 3 will be described.
First, in S200, it is determined whether or not to resume processing using moving image information from the reading position. The resume processing (S210 to S260) using the moving image information is performed on the DVD recorder 4, the mobile phone 5, or the personal computer 6 (hereinafter also simply referred to as the DVD recorder 4 or the like). This is executed when the resume target moving image information is not stored.

  In the present embodiment, which of the resume processing using moving image information (S210 to S260) and the resume processing using the reading position (S310 to S350 in FIG. 4 to be described later) is to be executed. It is set in advance by the user via the operation panel 51. In S200 and S300 described later, the determination is made based on the setting. That is, if the resume processing using the moving image information is set to be executed, it is determined that the resume target moving image information is not stored in the DVD recorder 4 or the like (S200: NO), and the moving image information is used. When the resume processing is executed and the resume processing using the reading position is set to be executed, it is determined that the resume target moving image information is stored in the DVD recorder 4 or the like (S200: YES). Then, resume processing using the read position is executed.

If it is determined that the resume process using the read position is not performed (when it is determined that the resume process using the moving image information is executed) (S200: NO), the process proceeds to S210.
If it is determined that the resume process using the reading position is to be performed (S200: YES), the process proceeds to S310 for B in FIG.

  When the process proceeds to S210, it is determined whether or not the MPEG-2 decoder 13 (c) 1 has stopped reproducing the moving image information. The MPEG-2 decoder 13 (c) 1 stops reproduction when a command to stop reproduction is input via the operation panel 51 by the viewer.

  When the MPEG-2 decoder 13 (c) 1 stops the reproduction of the moving image information (S210: YES), the reading position when the MPEG-2 decoder 13 (c) 1 stops the reproduction is detected in S220. . Specifically, the reading stop position of the MPEG-2 stream in the HDDs 21 to 23, in other words, the reading stop position of the moving picture information on the DVD 2 (c) is detected.

Next, in S230, information on the reading position detected in S220 (here, the reading stop position of the moving image information on DVD2 (c)) is stored in SDRAM 19.
Next, in S240, based on the read position information stored in the SDRAM 19, moving image information from the reproduction stop position (the read position indicated by the read position information stored in the SDRAM 19) is generated (read out from the DVD 2 (c). Generated) and memorized. This moving image information is stored in the HDD group (HDDs 21 to 23) or stored in the FTP server 3 (a).

  Next, in S250, it is determined that moving image information has been added (stored) to the HDD group (HDDs 21 to 23) or the FTP server 3 (a), and the DVD recorder 1 is connected to the personal computer via the communication station 3 (b). 6 or a separately prepared DVD recorder 4 or mobile phone 5 is determined. If it is determined that communication is possible (S250: YES), the video information stored in S240 is communicated with the DVD recorder 1 and the personal computer 6 or the DVD recorder 4 or the mobile phone 5 in S260. The data is transmitted to the personal computer 6, the DVD recorder 4, or the mobile phone 5. Thereafter, the process returns to S200. The HDDs 21 to 23 or the FTP server 3 (a) store identification information of a communication terminal (for example, a DVD recorder 4) that is permitted to communicate and information for performing communication with the communication terminal. Has been. The CPU 15 (b) determines whether or not communication is possible based on the information and performs communication with a communication terminal capable of communication.

  Next, a description will be given of a case where it is determined in S250 that the DVD recorder 1 cannot communicate with the personal computer 6 or the separately prepared DVD recorder 4 or the mobile phone 5 via the communication station 3 (b).

If it is determined that the communication is not possible, the return process is started again in S200.
Here, the moving image information from the DVD recorder 1 is stored in the HDD group (HDDs 21 to 23 in FIG. 1) in the DVD recorder 4, stored in the flash memory 5g in the mobile phone 5, and stored in the HDD 6d in the personal computer 6. Is done. Further, in the mobile phone 5, it can be stored in a memory card (not shown) via the memory slot 5h.

  The moving image information is reproduced by the processing of the CPU 15 (b) in the DVD recorder 4, the processing of the CPU 5 a in the mobile phone 5, and the processing of the CPU 6 a in the personal computer 6.

Next, FIG. 4 will be described.
First, it is determined whether or not to resume processing using moving image information from the reading position. If it is determined that the resume process using the read position is to be performed (S300: YES), the process proceeds to S310. In this case, execution of the process (S240) for generating moving image information from the reading position is prohibited.

When it is determined that the resume process using the reading position is performed, the process proceeds to S210 with respect to A in FIG.
When the process proceeds to S310, it is determined whether or not the MPEG-2 decoder 13 (c) 1 has stopped reproducing the moving image information.

  When the MPEG-2 decoder 13 (c) 1 stops reproducing the moving picture information (S310: YES), the reading position when the MPEG-2 decoder 13 (c) 1 stops reproducing is detected in S220. To do.

Next, in S330, the information on the reading position detected in S320 is stored in the FLASH ROM 15 (c).
Next, in S340, it is determined whether or not the DVD recorder 1 can communicate with the personal computer 6 or the separately prepared DVD recorder 4 or mobile phone 5 via the communication station 3 (b). If it is determined that communication is possible (S340: YES), the read position information stored in S330 is communicated between the DVD recorder 1 and the personal computer 6 or the DVD recorder 4 or the mobile phone 5 in S350. As a result, the data is transmitted to the personal computer 6, the DVD recorder 4, or the mobile phone 5. Thereafter, the process returns to S300.

  Next, a description will be given of a case where it is determined in S340 that the DVD recorder 1 cannot communicate with the personal computer 6 or the separately prepared DVD recorder 4 or the mobile phone 5 via the communication station 3 (b).

If it is determined that the communication is not possible, the return process is started again in S300.
Here, when the DVD recorder 4, the mobile phone 5, or the personal computer 6 receives the read position information from the DVD recorder 1, it reads out the moving picture information to be reproduced from the read position indicated by the read position information, and stores the moving picture information. Reproduce. Specifically, in the DVD recorder 4, moving image information is read from the HDDs 21 to 23 by the processing of the CPU 15 (b), and in the mobile phone 5, moving image information is read from the flash memory 5g or a memory card (not shown) by the processing of the CPU 5a. Then, in the personal computer 6, the moving image information is read from the HDD 6D by the processing of the CPU 6a, and the moving image information is reproduced.

[effect]
As described above, according to the recording / reproducing apparatus of the present embodiment, the video information from the position where the reproduction is stopped can be viewed on a separately prepared communication terminal (DVD recorder 4, mobile phone 5, personal computer 6). Is possible.

  The MPEG-2 decoder 13 (c) 1 of this embodiment corresponds to the playback means of the present invention, and the CPU 15 (a) that performs various processes of this embodiment has a detection means, a playback control means, and a first controller. It corresponds to prohibition means, second prohibition means, second recording means, addition means, and determination means. In particular, the processing of S220 and S320 corresponds to the detection means, the processing of S230 corresponds to the second recording means, and the processing of S240 and S330 corresponds to the addition means. This corresponds to the reproduction stop button on the operation panel 51 and the CPU 15 (a) receiving the reproduction stop command by the reproduction stop button causing the reproduction means to stop reproducing the moving image information.

Further, the DVD recorder 1 corresponds to a recording / reproducing device, the DVD 2 (c) corresponds to a first storage medium, the CPU 15 (b), the SCSI interface 30 and the DVD drive 31 correspond to a first recording means, and the FLASH ROM 15 (C) corresponds to the second storage medium, the wireless LAN modem 60 corresponds to the communication interface, the processing of the CPU 15 (b), S250, S260, S340, and S350 corresponds to the communication control means, and the FLASHROM 15 (c) , HDD 21 to 23 and FTP server 3 (a) correspond to a third storage medium, flash memory 5g, HDD 6d, HDDs 21 to 23 of DVD recorder 4 correspond to reception information storage means and moving picture information storage means, CPU 5a, The CPU 6a and the MPEG-2 decoder 13 (c) 1 of the DVD recorder 4 play back on the terminal side. It corresponds to the stage.
[Second Embodiment]
Next, a second embodiment will be described.

In the second embodiment, the configuration of the DVD recorder 1 and the configuration of its peripheral devices are the same as those in the first embodiment.
On the other hand, the difference is that the CPU 15 (b) of the DVD recorder 1 executes the process of FIG. 6 in place of the process of FIG.

The process of FIG. 6 differs from the process of FIG. 4 in that the processes of S332 and S334 are executed. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected about the same step.
In FIG. 6, when the reading position information is stored in the FLASH ROM 15 (c) (S330), the process proceeds to S332, and whether or not the DVD recorder 1 resumes the reproduction is determined based on the input of the viewer. When it is determined that the reproduction is not resumed (S332: NO), the process proceeds to S340.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the reproduction is to be resumed (S332: YES), the process proceeds to S334 and the reproduction is resumed. And it returns to S300 again.
According to this, the viewer can watch the continuation of the moving image information from the position where the reproduction is stopped with the same DVD recorder 1, which is convenient.

Note that the processing of S332 and S334 corresponds to the reproduction control means of claim 9.
[Another embodiment]
As mentioned above, although one Embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, A various aspect can be taken in the technical scope of this invention.

For example, in the above embodiment, the resume function is determined by the CPU 15 (b). However, the resume function may be manually set on the display panel 52 by an external operation.
In the above embodiment, in S200 or S300, it may be determined which of the resume process using the moving image information and the resume process using the reading position is performed as follows. It is assumed that the DVD recorder 1 and the DVD recorder 4 can communicate with each other. First, when moving picture information is stored in the DVD recorder 4 or the like, information on the contents of the moving picture information (for example, title, identification number, producer, author, etc.) is transmitted to the DVD recorder 1. Constitute. Then, the CPU 15 (b) of the DVD recorder 1 determines whether the moving image information stored in the DVD recorder 4 or the like is the same as the resume moving image information based on the information on the content of the moving image information received from the DVD recorder 4 or the like. If it is the same, it may be determined that the resume process using the reading position is executed, and if it is not the same, it may be determined that the resume process using the moving image information is executed. In this case, the viewer does not need to set in advance which one of the resume process using the moving image information and the resume process using the reading position is to be executed, which is convenient.

1 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a DVD recorder 1 which is an example of a recording / reproducing apparatus and peripheral devices related to the DVD recorder 1. FIG. (a) is a schematic configuration diagram inside the TS separation + video decoder chip 13 in FIG. 1, and (b) is a schematic configuration diagram inside the video decoder chip 13c in FIG. 2 (a). It is a flowchart which shows the resume process using the moving image information from the read-out position when CPU15 (b) performed viewing halfway. It is a flowchart which shows the resume process which uses the reading position information when CPU15 (b) views moving image information halfway. 2 is a configuration diagram of a mobile phone 5 and a personal computer 6. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the resume process using the reading position information performed when CPU15 (b) of 2nd Embodiment watched moving image information to the middle.

Explanation of symbols

  1 ... DVD recorder, 2 (a) ... analog video deck, 2 (b) ... NTSC television receiver, 2 (c) ... DVD, 2 (d) ... terrestrial digital tuner, 2 (e) ... BS digital tuner 2 (f) ... CS digital tuner, 2 (g) ... IEEE 1394 standard port, 3 (a) ... FTP server, 3 (b) ... communication station, 10 ... back end LSI, 13 ... TS separation + video decoder chip, 15 ... OSD built-in microcomputer chip, 20 ... HDD / stream controller, 21-23 ... HDD, 30 ... SCSI interface, 31 ... DVD drive, 40 ... USB interface, 41 ... USB port, 50 ... I / O interface, 51 ... operation panel 52 ... Display panel, 60 ... Wireless LAN modem, 70 ... Infrared interface, 71 ... Infrared light emitting unit.

Claims (11)

A first storage medium for storing moving image information;
First recording means for recording the moving image information in the first storage medium;
Reproducing means for reading out the moving image information from the first storage medium and restoring a signal reproducible as video and audio from the moving image information;
First prohibiting means for prohibiting the reproduction means from reading the moving picture information from the first storage medium and restoring a signal that can be reproduced as video and audio from the moving picture information;
A detecting means for detecting a read position of the moving image information from the first storage medium by the reproducing means when the first prohibiting means prohibits;
A second storage medium for storing the read position information detected by the detection means;
Second recording means for recording the read position information on the second storage medium;
Based on the readout position information recorded in the second storage medium by the second recording means, reproduction control means for causing the reproduction means to restore a signal that can be reproduced as video and audio from the moving image information from the readout position;
A communication interface for communicating with a communication terminal;
A third storage medium storing at least identification information of the communication terminal permitted to communicate and information for performing communication with the communication terminal;
When the communication interface is connected to the communication terminal, it is determined whether or not communication with the communication terminal is possible based on the identification information, and when it is determined that communication is possible, the third storage medium Communication control means for communicating with the communication terminal via the communication interface based on the stored information;
A recording / reproducing apparatus comprising:
When the first prohibition unit performs the prohibition, based on the read position information, the moving image information from the read position is generated, and the moving image information is added to the third storage medium;
Determination means for determining whether or not the adding means has added the moving image information to the third storage medium;
With
The communication control means determines that the determination means has added and, when the communication interface is connected to the communication terminal, determines whether or not communication with the communication terminal is possible based on the identification information. Communicatively communicating with the communication terminal via the communication interface based on information stored in the third storage medium when it is determined that communication is possible;
A recording / reproducing apparatus. The recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1,
When the first prohibition unit performs the prohibition, the adding unit generates moving image information from the reading position based on the reading position information, and adds the moving image information to the third storage medium. A second prohibition means for prohibiting
A recording / reproducing apparatus comprising: The recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,
When the first prohibiting unit prohibits the recording, the adding unit adds the read position information to a third storage medium. In the recording / reproducing apparatus in any one of Claims 1-3,
The communication terminal is a portable communication device,
A recording / reproducing apparatus. In the recording / reproducing apparatus in any one of Claims 1-3,
The communication terminal is a playback device other than a portable communication device,
A recording / reproducing apparatus. In the recording / reproducing apparatus in any one of Claims 1-5,
The recording / reproducing apparatus is characterized in that the communication control means transmits the moving picture information added to the third storage medium by the adding means to a communication terminal determined to be communicable. The recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 3.
The communication terminal can store video information,
The communication control means determines whether or not moving image information is stored in a communication terminal that is a communication target, and the moving image information matches the moving image information stored in the first storage medium. If so, the recording / reproducing apparatus is configured to transmit the read position information added to the third storage medium by the adding means to the communication terminal. Reproducing means for reading out the moving image information from the first storage medium storing the moving image information, and executing a reproducing operation for outputting the video and audio represented by the read moving image information;
A communication interface for communicating with external devices;
A recording / reproducing apparatus comprising:
A playback system comprising a communication terminal capable of communicating with the recording / playback device,
The recording / reproducing apparatus comprises:
First prohibiting means for stopping the reproducing operation of the reproducing means;
Detecting means for detecting a reading stop position of the moving image information in the first storage medium when the reproduction operation is stopped by the first prohibiting means;
Recording means for recording information on the read stop position detected by the detection means (hereinafter referred to as stop position information) in a second storage medium;
When the reproduction operation is stopped by the first prohibiting means, out of the moving image information stored in the first storage medium, from the stop position represented by the stop position information stored in the second storage medium Additional means for reading moving image information to be reproduced from the first storage medium and storing it in the third storage medium;
Communication control means for transmitting the moving picture information stored in the third storage medium by the adding means to the communication terminal via the communication interface;
The communication terminal is
Received information storage means for storing moving image information received from the recording / reproducing apparatus;
A reproduction system comprising: a terminal-side reproduction unit that outputs video and audio represented by the moving image information stored in the reception information storage unit. The playback system according to claim 8, wherein
The recording / reproducing apparatus comprises:
Second prohibiting means for prohibiting the adding means from storing moving image information in the third storage medium based on a user's input;
Based on a user input, the reproduction means resumes the reproduction operation for the moving image information stored in the first storage medium from the stop position represented by the stop position information recorded in the second storage medium. And a reproduction control means for making the reproduction system. The playback system according to claim 8 or 9,
The communication terminal includes moving image information storage means for storing moving image information,
The adding means is adapted to store the stop position information in the third storage medium;
Whether the communication control means stores moving picture information in the moving picture information storage means of the communication terminal to be communicated, and whether the moving picture information matches the moving picture information stored in the first storage medium. If it is determined that they match, the stop position information stored in the third storage medium by the adding unit is stored in the communication terminal, and the moving image stored in the third storage medium by the adding unit Instead of sending information,
When receiving the stop position information from the recording / playback device, the terminal-side playback means reads out video information to be played back from the stop position indicated by the stop position information among the video information stored in the video information storage means. A playback system that outputs video and audio represented by the moving image information. A recording / reproducing apparatus communicably connected to a communication terminal configured to output video and audio represented by the video information when receiving the video information,
Reproducing means for reading out the moving image information from the first storage medium storing the moving image information, and executing a reproducing operation for outputting the video and audio represented by the read moving image information;
First prohibiting means for stopping the reproducing operation of the reproducing means;
Detecting means for detecting a reading stop position of the moving image information in the first storage medium when the reproduction operation is stopped by the first prohibiting means;
Recording means for recording information on the read stop position detected by the detection means (hereinafter referred to as stop position information) in a second storage medium;
When the reproduction operation is stopped by the first prohibiting means, out of the moving image information stored in the first storage medium, from the stop position represented by the stop position information stored in the second storage medium Additional means for reading moving image information to be reproduced from the first storage medium and storing it in the third storage medium;
A recording / reproducing apparatus comprising: communication control means for transmitting the moving image information stored in the third storage medium by the adding means to the communication terminal via the communication interface.

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