JP4141611B2 - Audio equipment - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an audio apparatus capable of listening to various audio source devices, for example, and more particularly to an audio apparatus with improved convenience during audio recording.
[0002]
[Prior art]
For example, in an audio device equipped with a CD player, an MD recording / playback machine, a cassette tape recording / playback machine, and a tuner, audio can be appropriately recorded from a CD to an MD or a cassette tape.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In a conventional audio device, while recording audio from a certain audio source device to an MD or the like, the output from the speaker is fixed to the audio of the certain audio source device, and the user can select the audio of another audio source device. I want to hear you, but I can't hear it. In addition to the normal speed recording, there is a double speed recording that shortens the recording time in the recording to the MD, and in the conventional audio device, the audio playback at the audio source device is also performed at a double speed during the double speed recording. Since the audio output from the speaker is also double speed, there was no point in listening.
[0004]
An object of the present invention is to provide an audio device that overcomes the above-mentioned problems.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
According to the audio device of the present invention, an audio signal is transmitted from the audio source device A to the audio recording device B, and audio is recorded on the recording medium of the audio recording device B. Other than the audio source device A and the audio recording device B Audio from the audio source device C as an audio device can be freely output from the audio output means.
[0006]
Examples of the audio source device include a tuner, a CD player, an MD player, and a cassette tape player. Examples of the audio recording device include an MD recorder and a cassette tape recorder. For example, in an audio device that can record audio to another MD while playing a certain MD, the audio source device and the audio recording device may be the same medium audio device. Further, the MD recording / playback device and the cassette tape recording / playback device can serve as both an audio source device and an audio recording device. The audio output means is, for example, a speaker or headphones.
[0007]
During audio recording, switching the output from the audio output means to the audio source device C as an audio device other than the audio source device A and the audio recording device B is automatically performed even if it is performed manually by the user. It may be done. In switching to the audio source device C, the user can freely select the audio source device C.
[0008]
Thus, the user can listen to the audio of the audio source device C from the audio output means during the recording of the audio.
[0009]
According to the audio apparatus of the present invention, the user designates a predetermined audio source device C in advance, and the audio source device A and the audio recording device B as audio devices other than the designated audio source device C are transmitted from the audio source device A. The audio signal is transmitted to the audio recording device B, and the audio of the designated audio source device C is output from the audio output means while the audio is being recorded on the recording medium of the audio recording device B.
[0010]
Thus, during audio recording in which the audio source device A and the audio recording device B as audio devices other than the designated audio source device C are involved as the source device and the recording device, respectively, the user does not perform any operation and the designated audio source device is not operated. C audio can be heard from the audio output means.
[0011]
According to the audio apparatus of the present invention, the user sets priorities for a plurality of audio source devices in advance, transmits audio signals from the audio source device A to the audio recording device B, and transmits audio signals to the recording medium of the audio recording device B. The audio output device outputs the audio of the audio source device D having the highest user setting priority among the audio source devices as audio devices other than the audio source device A and the audio recording device B. .
[0012]
For example, even if the MD recording / playback apparatus is set to the first in the user setting priority order, if the MD recording / playback apparatus is an audio source apparatus or an audio recording apparatus in the current recording, the MD recording / playback apparatus is The audio source device D for output from the audio output means cannot be selected. Accordingly, the audio of the audio source device D as an audio device other than the audio source device A and the audio recording device B and set at the higher user setting priority is output from the audio output means, so that the user can Among the audio source devices not involved in the recording, the highest priority device can be heard.
[0013]
According to the audio apparatus of the present invention, the user sets priorities for a plurality of radio broadcasts in advance, transmits audio signals from the audio source device other than the tuner to the audio recording device, and transmits the audio signal to the recording medium of the audio recording device. During recording, the audio output means outputs the audio of the highest radio broadcast of the user setting priority among the radio broadcasts whose electric field intensity of the received radio wave is equal to or higher than a predetermined value.
[0014]
In radio broadcasts, the received radio wave may change depending on the time zone, such that it may be less than the predetermined electric field strength E in the daytime, even though it is greater than the predetermined electric field strength E at night. . When an audio source device other than the tuner is selected and the audio is recorded on the audio recording device, the user can replace the audio that is being recorded with the priority of the radio broadcast that can be heard without any problems. You can hear the top one.
[0015]
According to the audio apparatus of the present invention, an audio signal is transmitted from an audio source device to an audio recording device, and audio can be recorded on a recording medium of the audio recording device at a plurality of recording speeds. In this audio apparatus, the priority is set in advance for a plurality of audio source devices for each recording speed, the audio signal is transmitted from the audio source device A to the audio recording device B, and the audio is transmitted to the recording medium of the audio recording device B. In the audio source device as an audio device other than the audio source device A and the audio recording device B, the audio of the highest audio source device D in the user setting priority order corresponding to the recording speed of the recording is audio. It is made to output from an output means.
[0016]
For example, recording from CD to MD includes normal speed and double speed. A user setting priority is prepared for each recording speed, and the user replaces the audio of the audio source device A with a user setting priority corresponding to the recording speed in the current recording except for the audio source device A and the audio recording device B. Thus, the audio of the audio source device D as the highest-level audio device can be heard.
[0017]
According to the audio apparatus of the present invention, recording from an audio source device to an audio recording device can be performed at normal speed and at least one recording speed higher than normal speed (hereinafter referred to as “high-speed recording speed”). Yes. In this audio apparatus, an audio signal is transmitted from the audio source device A to the audio recording device B, and an audio signal is output from the audio output means only when audio is recorded on the recording medium of the audio recording device B at a high recording speed. The audio source device A and the audio recording device B are automatically switched to the audio of the audio source device C as an audio device.
[0018]
For example, in double-speed recording from CD to MD, CD is played back at double speed in accordance with double-speed recording, so it is not meaningful for a user to listen to double-speed playback audio from an audio source device. In this audio apparatus, the audio of the audio source device A is output from the audio output means during recording at the normal speed, whereas the user does not have the audio of the audio source device A during recording at the high recording speed. Instead, it is possible to listen to the audio of the audio source device C, and it is possible to avoid a situation in which audio that is meaningless even if it is heard is output from the audio output means.
[0019]
According to the audio apparatus of the present invention, the audio source device A and the audio recording device are configured so that the user can set priorities in advance for a plurality of audio source devices and audio is recorded on the recording medium of the audio recording device B at a high recording speed. The audio source device C selected as an audio device other than B is an audio device other than the audio source device A and the audio recording device B, and is an audio source device as the highest audio device in the user setting priority order.
[0020]
As a result, the audio source device C that is output from the audio output means during recording at a high recording speed is selected without any trouble and reflecting the user's preference.
[0021]
According to the audio apparatus of the present invention, the priority order for a plurality of audio source devices is set based on the user's usage history for each audio source device (hereinafter referred to as the “automatic setting priority order”). ), Automatic setting priority is used instead of user setting priority.
[0022]
The user is saved the trouble of manually setting the priority order used at the time of recording, and can set an appropriate priority order reflecting the user's preference.
[0023]
According to the audio device of the present invention, the automatic setting priority includes the priority for each time zone, and during recording of the audio, the time zone priority including the current time is used in the automatic setting priority. Yes.
[0024]
The audio source device to be selected by the user may differ depending on the time zone such as morning, noon, and night. Therefore, an appropriate audio source device corresponding to the time zone in the current recording can be heard during recording.
[0025]
According to the audio device of the present invention, the user can freely select which of the user setting priority order and the automatic setting priority order is used.
[0026]
The user can appropriately switch between the automatic setting priority and the user setting priority and listen to the audio of the appropriate audio source device according to the situation during audio recording.
[0027]
According to the audio device of the present invention, when the output from the audio output unit is switched to an audio source device other than the audio source device for recording during audio recording, as soon as the recording ends, the audio output unit The output is returned to the audio source device for recording.
[0028]
In this way, as soon as recording ends, the output audio from the audio output means switches from that of the audio source device being recorded to that of the audio source device related to recording, and the user can quickly know the end of recording. .
[0029]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of the audio device 10. The audio device 10 includes a tuner 11, a CD player 12, an MD recording / reproducing device 13, and a cassette tape recorder 14 as audio devices. The tuner 11, the CD player 12, the MD recording / reproducing device 13, and the cassette tape recorder 14 function as audio source devices, and the MD recording / reproducing device 13 and the cassette tape recorder 14 also function as audio recording devices. The selector control unit 17 selects an audio source device and an audio recording device for audio recording, and sends audio from the audio source device to the audio recording device. The selector control unit 17 also selects the audio source device for the audio that flows from the speaker 19, and sends the audio of the audio source device to the speaker 19 via the amplification unit 18. In the state of FIG. 1, the audio of a predetermined radio broadcast from the tuner 11 is played from the speaker 19 while the playback audio of the CD player 12 is recorded on the MD of the MD recording / reproducing machine 13, and the flow of recording audio is as follows. The broken line and the audio flow for speaker output are indicated by a thick solid line.
[0030]
FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a program in which the user sets priorities. In S25, the user operates the keys on the remote controller and sets the priority order for each audio device according to his / her wish. For example, the CD player 12, the tuner 11, the MD recording / reproducing device 13, and the cassette tape recorder 14 are arranged in order from the highest priority. In S26, the user setting priority order input in S24 is recorded in the memory.
[0031]
FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a program for automatically setting priorities. For example, when the user uses the audio device 10 for a predetermined time and gives a power-off instruction, the microcomputer of the audio device 10 turns off the power switch and stops the operation of each device. Executed before going into hibernation. Note that the microcomputer of the audio device 10 is ensured to supply power that can achieve a function of receiving a power-on signal from the remote controller and turning on the power switch even during a pause, that is, during power-off. In S30, today's date, the current usage time for each audio source device (the usage time for each audio source device from the current power-on to the power-off) are stored as a usage history. The usage history to be stored includes, for example, morning and noon, in addition to the date (for example, February 6) and the usage time (for example, the usage time of the tuner 11 and the CD player 12 is 25 minutes and 30 minutes, respectively). It is possible to build a more detailed usage history including the night usage hours. In S31, for example, the usage history of a certain period before one week or more or one month or more before is deleted. In this way, the history of the predetermined period can be held in the memory while reducing the required memory capacity. In S32, the automatic setting priority order is updated based on the usage history. In a specific example of the automatic setting priority update, the usage time for each audio source device is checked in the usage history, and the priority is assigned in order from the audio source device with the highest usage time. The usage history may be created for each morning, noon, and night time zone, for example.
[0032]
FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the control program of the selector control unit 17 during recording. Note that the user selects in advance whether the usage history used in S40 has the user setting priority in FIG. 2 or the automatic setting priority in FIG. In S38, it is determined whether or not audio recording is started (= recording start). If the determination is YES, the process proceeds to S39, and if the determination is NO, the program is terminated. In S39, the audio source device and the audio recording device related to the current recording are U1 and U2, respectively. In S40, among the audio source devices other than U1 and U2, the highest priority device is set to U3. For example, if the priority order is CD player 12, tuner 11, MD recording / reproducing machine 13, and cassette tape recorder 14, U1 and U2 are CD player 12 and MD recording / reproducing machine 13 in the example of FIG. Therefore, although the CD player 12 is ranked first in the priority order, it overlaps with U1, and U3 becomes the tuner 11 ranked second in the priority order. The reason why U2 is excluded from U3 is that it is difficult to simultaneously reproduce U2 while using U2 as an audio recording device. When the automatic setting priority corresponding to the time zone is used, the current time is detected, the automatic setting priority of the time zone including the current time is read from the memory, and U3 is determined based on it. In S41, the audio of U3 is output from the speaker 19. Thereby, the user can listen to the audio of the audio source device other than the audio source device in the current recording from the speaker 19. In S42, it is determined whether or not the audio recording is completed, and the process proceeds to S43 as soon as the determination becomes YES. In S43, the U1 audio is output from the speaker 19. By switching the audio from the speaker 19 from U3 to U1, the user knows that recording has ended.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an audio device.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a program in which a user sets priorities.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a program for automatically setting priorities.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a control program of a selector control unit during recording.
[Explanation of symbols]
10 Audio Device 11 Tuner 12 CD Player (Audio Source Device)
13 MD recording / playback equipment (audio recording equipment)
14 Cassette tape recorder 17 Selector control unit 19 Speaker

Claims (3)

While the audio signal is transmitted from the audio source device A to the audio recording device B and the audio is recorded on the recording medium of the audio recording device B, the audio source device C is an audio device other than the audio source device A and the audio recording device B. Output means for freely outputting audio from an audio output means for outputting audio ,
Whether the audio of the audio source device C , which is freely output by the output means, is being output from the audio output means during recording in which the audio of the audio source equipment A is recorded on the recording medium of the audio recording equipment B A discriminating means for discriminating
By the discriminating means, wherein when the audio of an audio source device C is determined that the output from the audio output means, ends soon recording, the output from the audio output unit, returning to the audio in the audio source device A Switching means,
An audio device comprising: The user designates a predetermined audio source device C in advance and transmits an audio signal from the audio source device A to the audio recording device B for the audio source device A and the audio recording device B as audio devices other than the designated audio source device C. Output means for outputting the audio of the designated audio source device C from the audio output means for outputting the audio while recording the audio on the recording medium of the audio recording device B ; and
Switching means for returning the output from the audio output means, which is the audio of the designated audio source device C by the output means, to the audio of the audio source device A upon completion of recording ;
Audio device comprising a call with a. Priorities are set in advance for a plurality of radio broadcasts, audio signals are transmitted from the audio source device A other than the tuner to the audio recording device B, and audio is being recorded on the recording medium of the audio recording device B. An output means for outputting the audio of the highest radio broadcast of the user setting priority in the radio broadcast in which the electric field intensity of the received radio wave is equal to or higher than a predetermined value, from an audio output means for outputting audio ; and
The output from the audio output means is an audio radio broadcast of the uppermost user setting priority by the output means, the end soon recording, switching means for returning to the audio of an audio source device A,
Audio apparatus comprising: a.

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