JP2671725B2 - Automatic recording medium selection device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a recording medium automatic selection device in which a desired recording medium is selected from a rack containing a plurality of recording media by a plurality of disk selection means and driven by a recording medium drive device. is there.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, it is well known that an automatic recording medium selecting device using a recording medium such as a disk or a magnetic tape is widely used. This type of device has a function of selectively recording and / or reproducing a desired recording medium by a recording medium selecting unit and a recording medium driving unit in a state where a large number of recording mediums are stored in a rack, for example, for commercial use. The karaoke device is used as a karaoke device for reproducing only, but it is used as an automatic information transmitting device for a broadcasting station.

When the above-mentioned karaoke apparatus is adopted in the karaoke field for business use, for example, a multi-load type as shown in FIG. 6 is generally adopted.

That is, in the automatic recording medium selecting apparatus 100 in the conventional example shown in FIG. 6, a karaoke disc is used as the recording medium 101, and the recording medium 101 is used.
A plurality of audio information and image information including lyrics and melody are recorded (hereinafter referred to as the disc 101) and prepared in advance. The disc 101 is tray 1
02, the trays 102 are housed in a stacked state on the stepped portions 103a, ... In the rack 103. Further, on the right side of the drawing, there is provided a disc transport unit 104 which is vertically movable (in the directions of the arrows Y ₁ and Y ₂ ). The disc transport unit 104 receives the desired disc 10 according to the disc selection signal from the disc selection unit 105.
The tray 102 on which No. 1 is placed is taken out from the rack 103 in the horizontal direction (arrow X ₁ direction), and the disc transport unit 1
Place on 04. At this time, the karaoke user has a quick reference table 1.
With reference to 06, the stack number of the tray 102, the song number in the disc 101, etc. are keyed in advance to the disc selection unit 105, and the disc transport unit 104 is selectively operated according to the input information. .

Further, the disc carrying unit 104 on which the tray 102 is placed moves to the disc playing unit 107 arranged below, and here, the disc 101 is moved together with the tray 102 into the disc playing unit 107 by an arrow X.
_The disc 101 is inserted from _two directions and placed on the turntable 108, and the disc 101 is read by the optical pickup 110 while rotating the motor 109. Then, the karaoke user plays the selected song in the disc 101 on the monitor TV 1.
I am having fun using the microphone 113 while watching 11 and listening to the outputs from the speakers 112, 112.

[0006]

By the way, when the automatic recording medium selection device 100 in the conventional example is used as, for example, a karaoke device for business use, a karaoke room or the like has recently appeared, and the device 100 is provided for each room. However, the equipment cost is enormous and it is a problem.

Therefore, there is a demand for a suitable system in which an automatic recording medium selection device is centrally managed at one place and, for example, a disc selection unit, a monitor TV, a speaker, and a microphone are provided for each room, which is efficient. What is desired is a device that can be applied in an emergency.

[0008]

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and a first invention is a recording medium selecting means for selecting a desired recording medium from a rack accommodating a plurality of recording media, A plurality of sets of recording medium driving means for driving the desired recording medium are provided, and the desired recording medium is provided in common for each set and selected by the recording medium selecting means of each set during normal use. Recording medium transporting means for taking out from the rack and transporting to the recording medium driving means of each set, and distributing the recording medium to the recording medium driving means of each set,
An automatic recording medium selection device provided in common for each group, the recording medium driving means, the recording medium selection means, and the control means for controlling the recording medium transport means During non-normal times when the means are not used,
The recording means is configured such that a desired recording medium other than the group in which the recording medium selecting means is not used can be driven by the recording medium driving means in the group not used via the recording medium conveying means. It is an automatic medium selection device.

In the second invention, a plurality of recording medium selecting means for selecting a desired recording medium from a rack accommodating a plurality of recording media and a recording medium driving means for driving the desired recording medium are provided as a set. A group is provided and is provided in common to each group, and the desired recording medium selected by the recording medium selecting unit of each group during normal use is taken out from the rack and conveyed to the recording medium driving unit of each group, Further, it is provided with a recording medium conveying means for allocating to each group of the recording medium driving means, and a control means which is provided in common for each group and which controls the recording medium driving means, the recording medium selecting means and the recording medium conveying means. In the automatic recording medium selection device, in the event of an emergency in which any one of the recording medium driving means fails, the control means records the desired recording medium corresponding to the group in which the recording medium driving means has failed. An automatic selection device for a recording medium, characterized by being configured so that can be driven by a set of said recording medium driving means not failed through the body conveying means.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS <Embodiment of apparatus> and <Operation of apparatus> will be described below in order of items with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the configuration of an automatic recording medium selecting device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the automatic recording medium selecting device according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is an enlarged recording medium conveying unit. 4 is an enlarged view of the recording medium drive unit.

In the automatic recording medium selecting apparatus according to the present invention, a rack 1 containing a plurality of disks (recording media) 12 is stored.
Disk selection unit (recording medium selection means) 70 (70) for selecting a desired disk from 1 (11A, 11B)
A, 70B) and a disk drive unit (recording medium drive means) 30 (30A, 3) for driving a desired disk 12.
0B) as one set, and the desired disk 12 selected by the disk selection unit 70 is taken out from the rack 11 to a disk carrier unit (recording medium carrier means) 20 common to each group, and normally, the disk drives of each group are driven. In the automatic recording medium selection device 1 that drives a desired disk 12 by the unit 30, in an abnormal time when any one of the disk selection units 70 is not used and / or any one of the disk drive units 30 fails. It is configured to respond quickly in an emergency.

In the embodiment, a karaoke disk 12 placed on a tray 13 is used as a recording medium, and this disk 12 is used as the disk drive unit 3.
Although the description will be made by driving 0, the present invention is not limited to this, and a magnetic tape housed in a tape cassette may be used as a recording medium, in which case a tape drive unit may be used.

In the automatic recording medium selection device 1 (hereinafter also referred to as device 1) according to the present invention shown in FIG. 1, racks 11 (11A, 11B) are opposed to each other in a box-shaped housing 2 from side to side. And is arranged in common for each group. A disk (recording medium) is stored in the rack 11 (11A, 11B).
A plurality of trays 13 on which 12 are placed are stored in a vertically stacked state. The tray 13 is arranged in a horizontal direction (arrow X ₁ ,
It can be taken out freely in the X ₂ direction). Further, the karaoke disc 12 used here has recorded therein a plurality of audio information and image information including lyrics and melody, as described above.

In the central portion of the housing 2, a disk transport unit 2 is vertically movable (in the directions of arrows Y ₁ and Y ₂ ) between a left rack 11A and a right rack 11B.
0 is provided. This disc transport unit 20
Is a common recording medium carrying means for carrying the tray 13 on which the disks 12 housed in the left and right racks 11A, 11B are carried, and the disk selecting unit 70 (70A, 70B) shown in FIG. ) Is operated based on the disc selection signal. Then, as shown in an enlarged manner in FIG. 3, the disc transport unit 20 takes out the tray 13 on which the desired disc 12 is placed from the left rack 11A or the right rack 11B, and causes the disc suction mechanism section 21 to perform disc loading. 12 is held in the disk transport unit 20, and the tray 13 is set in the rack 11 (11
(A, 11B) to the original storage position, the desired motor disk 12 is moved to the lower disk drive unit 30 (30A, 30A) by the transport motor 22 disposed in the upper part of the housing 2.
B) and transports the desired disk 12 to the left disk drive unit 30A or the right disk drive unit 3
It has a function to insert it into 0B.

Further, in the housing 2, a rack 11A on the left side is provided.
And below the right rack 11B, the disk drive unit 30 (30A, 30B) serving as a recording medium drive means.
Are arranged. That is, in these disk drive units 30 (30A, 30B), as shown in an enlarged view in FIG. 4, a tray 31 for transferring a desired disk from the disk transport unit 20 and a shaft of a motor 32 are fixed. A turntable 33 and an optical pickup 34 for reading information from a desired disk 12 placed on the turntable 33 are provided.

Further, the rack 11, the disk transport unit 20, and the disk drive unit 30 are unitized in the housing 2 and are attached with good assembling property. Of these, the rack 11 is shown by a chain double-dashed line. Moreover, the disk 12 can be easily rotated by rotating the disk 12 in the front direction.

Regarding the structure and operation of the rack 11, the disk transfer unit 20, and the disk drive unit 30 described above, Japanese Patent Application No. 3-539 previously proposed by the applicant of the present application.
For further details, please refer to the earlier application, as detailed in No. 45.

Now, the recording medium selecting means, which is the main part of the present invention, will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 2, a housing 2 is further provided with a control unit 40 serving as control means and a disk signal switching unit 50,
Both units 40 and 50 are arranged at appropriate positions in the housing 2. The control unit 40 and the disc signal switching unit 50 are provided in common for each set, and each set of disc drive units 30 (30A, 30B), each set common disc transport unit 20, and each set described below. The disk selection unit 70 (70A, 70B) is connected so as to exchange signals as shown in the figure, and is controlled so that normal operation, non-normal operation, and emergency operation described later can be performed. There is.

Further, outside the housing 2, for example, inside the karaoke room 60 (60A, 60B), a disk selection unit 70 (70A, 70B) serving as a recording medium selection means.
A monitor TV 61, speakers 62, 62, and a microphone 63, which are connected to the disk selection unit 70 (70A, 70B), are provided for each room in correspondence with the above-mentioned constituent members of each set. That is, the constituent members 70A, 61-63 in the left karaoke room 60 are combined with the left disk drive unit 30A as a first set, and similarly, the constituent members 70B, 61-6 in the right karaoke room 60.
3 is combined with the right side disk drive unit 30B as a second set.

In particular, in the present invention, the disk selection unit 70 (70A, 70) serving as a recording medium selection means.
B) is provided so as to be remotely controllable in a place away from the housing 2, and each set of disk selection units 70 (70A, 7A
The desired disk 12 selected in 0B) is taken out from the rack 11 (11A, 11B) common to each group, but when the desired disk 12 is normally driven, the disk selection unit 70 (70A, 70B) of each group is selected. ) Corresponding to each set of disk drive units 30A, 30B
However, as will be described later, the operation is controlled in an abnormal state, and in an emergency, the combination is controlled to be different from that in the normal state.

Then, in the karaoke room 60, the karaoke user pre-keys the stack number of the tray 13 and the song number in the disc 12 into the disc selection unit 70 while referring to the quick reference table 64. The transport unit 20 is selectively operated. Of course, it is obvious that this key input is equivalent to the operation of selecting the desired disk 12.

<Operation of Device> Here, the operation of the automatic selection device 1 of the recording medium, which is the main part of the present invention, will be described with reference to FIG.
5A to 5C will be described together. FIG.
(A)-(C) is a figure for demonstrating the operation | movement which selects a disk in the automatic selection apparatus of the recording medium concerning this invention, (A) is the figure which showed the normal time, (B) is a non-illustration. The figure which showed the normal time, (C) is the figure which showed the emergency.

First, in a normal state as shown in FIG. 5A, the desired disk 12 selected by the disk selection unit 70A on the left side is taken out from the rack 11 (11A, 11B) and is transferred by the disk transport unit 20. It is conveyed to the vicinity of the disk drive units 30A and 30B. Here, according to the control signal of the control unit 40, the desired disk 12 placed in the disk transport unit 20 is
It is distributed to the disk drive unit 30A side and driven by the disk drive unit 30A. After that, the disc signal output from the disc drive unit 30A is
It is inputted to the disc selecting unit 70A in the karaoke room 60A via the disc signal switching unit 50 and outputted to the monitor TV 61, the speakers 62, 62 and the microphone 63, respectively. Similarly, the desired disk 12 selected by the right disk selection unit 70B is
The disk signal is taken out from the rack 11 (11A, 11B), is driven by the disk drive unit 30B on the right side via the disk transport unit 20, and the disk signal output from the disk drive unit 30B is sent to the karaoke room 60B. Therefore, when the device 1 is normally used, the first group on the left side and the second group on the right side are independent of each other, although the disk transport unit 20 for transporting the disks 12 is commonly used. The desired disks 12 can be driven for each group, and can be enjoyed by the karaoke user in each karaoke room 60 (60A, 60B). In addition, since the apparatus 1 is composed of members configured for each set and constituent members commonly used for each set, a plurality of sets of all the constituent members (2 in the embodiment) are used.
It has an advantage that the manufacturing cost of the device 1 is much cheaper than the case of providing them separately. Further, since the device 1 can be installed in one place and can be centrally managed, the administrator can always manage the device 1 in a good state.

Next, as shown in FIG. 5B, in a non-normal state, that is, in each set of disk selection units 70A, 70B.
Among them, in a non-ordinary case where any one of the sets of disk selection units 70 is not used, for example, the right disk selection unit 70B does not perform key input for selecting a desired disk 12 even after a predetermined time has elapsed. Then, the desired disk 12 selected by the left disk selection unit 70A is taken out from the rack 11 (11A, 11B) and is driven by the left disk drive unit 30A via the disk transport unit 20. Of course,
Unused set (right side) of disk drive unit 30
It is controlled by the control unit 40 so as to be driven by B as well. Therefore, while the left disk drive unit 30A is being driven, the desired disk 12 taken out from the rack 11 (11A, 11B) is placed on the turntable 32 in the right disk drive unit 30B, and the standby state is set. Has become. At this time, as means for detecting a predetermined time, a time counter 41 and a comparator 42 are provided in the control unit 40 shown in FIG. 2, and the time when the key input is not made to the disk selection unit 70B is set to the time counter 41. On the other hand, 10 minutes is preset as a predetermined time in the device 1, and the set value and the value of the time counter 41 are compared via the comparator 42, and 10 minutes or more have elapsed. In this case, the operation in the non-normal time is performed. When the disk drive unit 30A on the left side finishes driving the disk 12, the disk drive unit 30B in the standby state immediately operates to drive the desired disk 1
2 is switched via the control unit 40 and the disc signal switching unit 50, unlike the normal time, and is sent to the karaoke room 60A on the left side. Therefore, the disc selection unit 70A provided in the left karaoke room 60A can alternately occupy the left and right disc drive units 30A and 30B as shown in FIG. 5B. As described above, the disk selection units 70A and 70B of either set are always selected in a non-normal time when a key input for selecting the desired disk 12 is not made even after a predetermined time elapses. Side desired disk 12
Disk drive unit 30 efficiently without waiting time
There is an advantage that it can be driven by A and 30B.

Next, in an emergency as shown in FIG.
That is, in the event of an emergency when one of the sets of disk drive units 30A and 30B fails, for example, the right side disk drive unit 3
If 0B has failed, the desired disks 12 selected by the left and right disk selection units 70A, 70 are taken out from the rack 11 (11A, 11B), and the left side is not failed via the disk transport unit 20. The disk drive units 30 are alternately driven. Then, the disc signal from each set of desired discs 12 is
Control unit 40 and disk signal switching unit 50
Thus, the karaoke rooms 60A and 60B of the respective groups are alternately transmitted, so that they can be temporarily dealt with in an emergency. At this time, the control unit 40 controls the right disk drive unit 30B.
Is operating based on an alarm signal that indicates that the is out of order. Thus, in the event of an emergency when one of the sets of disk drive units 30A, 30B fails, the set of disk drive units 30 (3
0A, 30B) can be used urgently, so it is possible to deal with the karaoke user without any trouble.

In the recording medium automatic selection device 1 described above in detail, in the embodiment, the first and second sets of constituent members and the constituent members common to them have been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. A configuration in which two or more sets of each set of constituent members are provided is also conceivable.

[0028]

According to the automatic recording medium selecting apparatus of the present invention, which has been described in detail above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a member configured for each group and a component commonly used for each group are provided. Since it is configured, it has an advantage that the manufacturing cost of the device is much lower than that in which a plurality of sets of all the constituent members are independently provided. Further, for example, when the recording medium selection means of each set is installed so as to be remotely controllable, the device can be installed in one place and can be centrally managed, and the manager can always manage the device in a good state. In particular, when the device is normally used, it is possible to drive a desired recording medium independently for each group, and at the time of non-normal time when the disk selecting means of any group is not used. A desired recording medium other than the group in which the recording medium selection means is not used is driven by the recording medium drive means of the group corresponding to the desired recording medium via the recording medium transport means, and the recording medium drive means of the unused group is also used. Since it can be driven, a desired recording medium can be efficiently driven without waiting time.

Further, in claim 2, when the device is normally used, it is the same as in claim 1, but in the event of an emergency when one of the sets of disk drive means fails, the failure occurs. Since the recording medium driving means which has not been used can be used urgently, it is possible to deal with it without causing any trouble to the user.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration of an automatic recording medium selection device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an automatic recording medium selection device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a recording medium transport unit.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a recording medium drive unit.

5A to 5C are views for explaining an operation of selecting a disk in the recording medium automatic selection device according to the present invention, and FIG. 5A is a view showing a normal time; B)
Is a diagram showing an abnormal state, and (C) is a diagram showing an emergency.

FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram showing an automatic recording medium selection device in a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Automatic selection device (device) of recording medium, 2 ... Housing, 11
(11A, 11B) ... Rack, 12 ... Recording medium (disk), 20 ... Recording medium carrying means (disk carrying unit), 30 (30A, 30B) ... Recording medium driving means (disk driving unit), 40 ... Control means ( Control unit), 70 (70A, 70B) ... Recording medium selection means (disk selection unit).

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A plurality of sets of recording medium selecting means for selecting a desired recording medium from a rack accommodating a plurality of recording media and a recording medium driving means for driving the desired recording medium are provided as one set, and each set is provided. The desired recording medium, which is provided in common and selected by the recording medium selecting means of each set during normal use, is taken out from the rack and conveyed to the recording medium driving means of each set, and Automatic selection of recording medium including recording medium conveying means to be distributed to recording medium driving means, and recording medium driving means, recording medium selecting means, and control means for controlling the recording medium conveying means which are provided in common for each group In the apparatus, at an abnormal time when any one of the recording medium selecting means is not used, the control means controls the recording medium transporting means to transfer a desired recording medium other than the group in which the recording medium selecting means is not used. An automatic recording medium selection device, characterized in that it can be driven even by a recording medium driving means of a set which is not used through. 2. A plurality of recording medium selecting means for selecting a desired recording medium from a rack accommodating a plurality of recording media and a plurality of recording medium driving means for driving the desired recording medium, and each group. The desired recording medium, which is provided in common and selected by the recording medium selecting means of each set during normal use, is taken out from the rack and conveyed to the recording medium driving means of each set, and Automatic selection of recording medium including recording medium conveying means to be distributed to recording medium driving means, and recording medium driving means, recording medium selecting means, and control means for controlling the recording medium conveying means which are provided in common for each group In the device, in an emergency when any one of the recording medium driving means fails,
The control means is configured such that a desired recording medium corresponding to the group in which the recording medium drive means has failed can be driven by the recording medium drive means in the group not in failure via the recording medium transport means. Automatic recording medium selection device.