JPS6061935A - Magnetic recording and reproducing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate an easy video recording procedure such as the reservation of timer, etc. by recognizing a table of programs, for example, recorded on a recording card by means of a cursor provided on a monitor TV screen to store the table to a memory and actuating a built-in timer and channel selection part according to the contents of storage. CONSTITUTION:A recording card is put into a card slit 13 and a display button 14 is pushed to display the contents of the card on a TV screen. Then the information on TV programs are arrayed on each row. A cursor button 17 is pushed to set a cursor at the left end of a prescribed row. Then a recognition button 15 is pushed to display an asterisk mark at the right end of the same row. Thus the video recording is set by a timer 29. The information on this timer recording is stored in a memory 28 and then read out by the timer 29 at a prescribed time point. Then a control part 30 works perform the video recording of a program of a prescribed channel at a prescribed time point. A confirmation button 21 is pushed after setting the video recording to display an asterisk mark at the right end of the row. Then only the contents with which the video recording is set by the timer are displayed successively and can be confirmed assuredly.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] Industrial applications The present invention relates to a magnetic recording/reproducing main device.

Configuration of conventional example and its problems Conventional example of home video tape recorder (hereinafter referred to as VTR)
), in order to utilize the major function of this home VTR, which is program timer recording,
This required a complex procedure as explained below. This will be explained using FIGS. 1 to 15. Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a conventional home VTR, and Fig. 2 is an enlarged front view of the timer display section and timer operation section of the same VTR, in which 1 is an operation selector switch, 2 is a program button, 3 is a recording start button, 4 is a recording end button, 5 is a timer, 2 - -Brightness selector switch, 6 is a minute setting button, 7 is a time setting button, 8 is a day of the week setting button, 9 is a digital display section,
10 is a second flashing display element. The operating procedure will be explained using an example. Today is Monday, and recording starts at 19:00 on Tuesday of the first week (that is, the next day), recording ends at 20:30, and recording channel 10 is set.

■ Turn on the power switch of this machine and then open the cover of the timer operation section.

[Fig. 3] Press the upper right corner of the timer operation section to open the cover slightly.

Please open it completely before operating the timer.

When there is a power outage for approximately 60 minutes or more, or when the power cord is
If the device has been unplugged from the outlet for more than 0 minutes, the display shown in the figure will flash.

■ Make sure the timer set switch is turned off. (Fig. 4) -3- ■ Open part of the timer and set operation selector switch 1 to "program reservation". [Fig. 5] The current time display disappears.
At the bottom of the digital display 9, the 8 programs "rl, 2.3.4.5.6°7, weekly" will start flashing.

Blinking is not programmed Shows an empty program.

Programs that are already reserved are marked It remains lit without extinguishing.

Programs that have finished recording will also flash. (However, programs set for daily recording or weekly recording will remain lit.) At this time, the channel display lamp of the channel that was last received will be lit.

■ Press program button 2. (Figure 6) -4- rl, 2.3.4.5.6.7. Every week' blinking disappears,
"1" is displayed and "Start" is displayed on the left side of the digital display section 9.
starts blinking.

If you keep pressing program button 2, N, 2.3.4.5.6.7. Every week, 1.2. ...every week" will be displayed in order.

■ Press the recording start button 3. (Figure 7) "Start"
will stop flashing, and "0" will light up, indicating today's day of the week, current time, and program for the day of the week.

■ Press day of the week setting button 8 to set the day of the week to "Tuesday". [Fig. 8] If you keep pressing the button, the day of the week display advances until "00" is displayed on the second week day.

If you have gone too far, press the return button of day setting button 8 to return.

■ Press time setting button 7 and set it to "19". [Figure 9] -5- ■ Press minute setting button 6 to set the minute to "OO".

[Figure 10] The recording start time (19:00 on Tuesday of the first week) is now programmed. When you release your finger from the minute setting button 6, approximately 1 second later, the "End" display starts blinking while the "Start" remains lit.

If you do not press the minute setting button 6, "End" will not flash, but you can proceed to the operation in ■ to set the recording end time.

■ Press the recording end button 3 and set the recording end time (8:03 p.m.
0 minutes). (Figure 11) "Start" disappears and "End" stops blinking.

■ Press time setting button 7 and set it to "20". [Figure 12] Even if you press day of the week setting button 8, the day of the week does not change.

Press minute setting button 6 to set the minute to "30". (Figure 13) When recording a program over three days, the day of the week will automatically advance.

If the hours and minutes of the recording end time are set before the recording start time, the day of the week display will automatically advance to the next day of the week.

Select the channel (10 channels) of the program you want to record using the channel selection button on this unit. (Figure 14) The channel display lamp of the pressed channel will start blinking.

(Note) The indicator lamp for the channel currently being received remains lit.

If you forget to select the desired channel, the channel you are currently receiving will be programmed.

If you want to reserve the channel that is currently being received, even if you press the channel selection button, the channel display lamp will not flash, but you can still set the program.

Switch the operation selector switch 1 to "Normal operation" and turn the timer set switch to "ON". [Figure 15] When the video cassette is inserted into the cassette holder, the timer set indicator lamp will light up.

If the video cassette's "claw" is broken or the video cassette has not been used frequently, the timer set indicator lamp will blink.

In this way, one program is set (so-called timer reservation). After this, there is a separate operation to confirm whether the reservation you just operated is set as desired by the operator, but this will be omitted.

As described above, setting the program timer in a conventional home VTR, for example, requires accurate judgment and operation, and if these operations are not performed in the correct order, it will not be possible to make a reservation according to the specified purpose. 8- It cannot be said that it is a product that can be used satisfactorily by all the people in the general household who are expected to mainly use it.

OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks, and an object thereof is to provide a magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus that can easily set recording procedures such as timer reservation.

Structure of the Invention In order to achieve the above object, the magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus of the present invention comprises: a display means for reproducing a recording medium in which a procedure to be stored is recorded and displaying the procedure to be stored on a display screen; cursor moving means for freely moving a cursor on the screen; reading means for reading out only the procedure to be stored recognized by the cursor on the display screen; and storing the procedure to be stored read by the reading means. read out the procedure to be memorized at a predetermined date and time according to the procedure to be memorized stored in this storage device. a control unit that operates a main body of the playback device; and a confirmation unit that displays only procedures to be memorized stored in the storage device on the display screen; After the control unit operates the magnetic recording and reproducing device main body at a predetermined date and time according to a procedure to be memorized,
For the procedure to be memorized for the completed operation, the procedure is configured to display on the display screen that the operation has been completed.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 16 is a perspective view of a magnetic recording and reproducing device to which a monitor receiver (hereinafter referred to as monitor TV) is connected, where 11 is the magnetic recording and reproducing device main body, 12 is the monitor TV, and 13 is the magnetic recording and reproducing device main body 11. and the monitor TV 12, 11a is a cassette loading section that goes up and down in order to take in and take out a cassette containing a magnetic tape (not shown), 11b is a channel selection section, and 11c is for timer recording. This is the lid of the operating section, and FIG. 17 shows the lid 11c in an open state, and FIG. 18 shows the operating section inside the lid. In addition, in Figure 18, 13
is a card insertion slot, 14 is a display button that displays the recorded contents of the recording card, 15 is a recognition button, 16 is a delete button, and 17 to 20 are monitor TVs 12 in the direction of the arrows.
Cursor buttons for moving the cursor on the screen, 2
1 is a confirmation button for displaying and confirming the content recognized by the recognition button 15. A recording card 22 as shown in FIG. 19 is inserted into the card insertion slot 13. This recording card 22 has a recording portion 22a indicated by diagonal lines in the figure, and this recording portion 22a is made of, for example, organic colloid as a basic material, and a hole of about 5 microns in diameter is formed using a laser beam to store one data. It is held as a bit, 12 mm x 75 mm in size, and there are 5 pieces in it.
About a million bits of information are recorded. Arrow A indicates the direction in which the recording card 22 is inserted.

Figure 23 is an overall block diagram, and 23 is the central control unit-1.
1- A CPU (hereinafter referred to as CPU) is installed, and this CPLJ23 allows a card reading device@24, a display means 25 for displaying on a display, a cursor moving means 26, and a reading means 27.
, a storage device 28, a timer 29, and a control section 30, and a channel selection section 31 and a magnetic recording section (not shown) are connected to the control section 30. The display means 25 displays the procedure to be stored on the display screen reproduced by the card reading device 24, that is, the monitor TV 12, and the cursor moving means 26 freely moves the cursor on the display screen to The means 27 reads only the procedure to be stored recognized by the cursor on the display screen, the storage device 28 stores the procedure to be stored read by the reading means 27, and the timer 29 , the procedure to be stored at a predetermined date and time is read in accordance with the procedure to be stored stored in the storage device 28, and the control section 30 operates the magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus main body 11 at the predetermined date and time.

Next, the operation will be explained. When attempting timer recording -12-, first open the lid 11c of the operation section for timer recording of the magnetic recording/reproducing device main body 11, and then open the card insertion slot 13.
Insert the recording card 22 into. This record card 22 records TV broadcast programs that can be viewed in this area for one month. After inserting the recording card 22, when the display button 14 is pressed, the first page of the contents of the recording card 22 appears on the screen of the monitor TV 12, as shown in FIG. Here, Pl indicates that the first page is displayed, and TV program information is listed from the next line (the third line and subsequent lines are omitted). The next line after Pl contains, from the left, the date, time, program title, and tuning number. In FIG. 21, the cursor is below P.

Next, when the cursor button 11 is pressed, the cursor moves down each time it is pressed. For example, 1=00-7 on May 5th
Consider the case where timer recording is set for the lch news at 20:20, and the cursor is moved to the left end of a predetermined line as shown in FIG. Then, when the recognition button 15 is pressed, an asterisk (*) -13- mark appears at the right end of this line as shown in Fig. 23, and timer recording is set.

Note that to cancel this, position the cursor at the left end of the line to be canceled and press the delete button 16.

As a result, the * mark disappears and the timer recording setting is canceled. When timer recording is set, the information is stored in the storage device 28 of the magnetic recording and reproducing device main body 11, and this storage is read out by the timer 29 at a predetermined date and time.
The control unit 30 records a program from a predetermined broadcast station at a predetermined date and time for a predetermined time. Further, when the confirmation button 21 is pressed after setting, a * mark appears on the right end of the line, and only the contents (programs) for which timer recording has been set are displayed in order, so that it is possible to reliably confirm what has been set for timer recording.

Next, when a predetermined period of time has passed and some of the contents (programs) for which timer recording was set have finished recording, press the confirmation button 21 and only the contents (programs) for which timer recording was set will be recorded. Among the displayed items, an asterisk (*) mark will also appear at the left end of the line of the content (program) only for those that have finished recording as described above.
This allows you to confirm that -14- this program has completed recording.

In the above embodiment, an example was explained in which the recording card 22 was used as the recording medium, but there are other ways to capture the recording medium and its information, such as capturing recorded data on a printed matter using something like a barcode reader. Of course, various methods can be adopted.

Furthermore, in the above embodiment, an example was explained in which it was applied to timer recording of so-called broadcast programs, etc., but the magnetic recording/reproducing device of the present invention can also be used in monitoring systems including magnetic recording devices used in banks, shops, etc. Can be used effectively. In other words, a surveillance V with multiple cameras connected.
In TR, the operator can record information on the record card, such as a camera in front of the main gate from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m., a camera near the back gate from 12:00 to 13:00, etc. The most appropriate monitoring routine can be easily selected and created according to the management characteristics of the monitoring system, seasonal changes, surrounding environmental conditions, or changes in the monitoring system equipment. can be easily changed when necessary, and has great practical advantages.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, for example, a program guide recorded on a recording card is displayed on a monitor TV, and the information is recognized by a cursor on the screen, thereby magnetically recording the information. It is stored in the storage device within the playback device, and the built-in timer and channel selection section operate in conjunction with the stored content, making it easy to perform recording procedures such as so-called timer reservations with very simple operations. Can be set to . Further, since only the reserved contents can be displayed by the TIl verification means, the confirmation operation can be performed easily and reliably. Roughly, for those that have completed timer recording,
Since only that program is distinguished by a specific mark on the display screen, it is possible to recognize at a glance that recording has been completed.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is an external perspective view of a conventional home VTR, Figure 2 is an enlarged front view of the VTR's timer display and timer operation - 16, and Figures 3 to 15 are the VTR's timer recording operation procedure. FIG. 16 is a perspective view of a magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 17 is an enlarged perspective view of a timer recording operation section of the magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus.
FIG. 8 is an enlarged front view of the timer recording operation section, FIG. 19 is a perspective view of the recording card, FIG. 20 is a block diagram of a magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus in an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 21 to 23.
The figure is an explanatory diagram of the display when setting up the magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11...Magnetic recording/reproducing device main body, 12...Monitor TV, 21...Confirmation button, 22...Recording card,
23... Central control device, 24... Card reading device, 25... Display means, 26... Cursor moving means,
27... Reading means, 28... Storage device, 29.
...Timer, 30...Control Department Agent Yoshi Morimoto
Hiro-17- 12th Doctor tq Figure 2θ Section J (/37

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Display means for reproducing a recording medium in which procedures to be memorized are recorded and displaying the procedures to be memorized on a display screen, and cursor movement for freely moving a cursor on the display screen. a reading means for reading out only the procedure to be stored recognized by the cursor on the display screen; a storage device for storing only the procedure to be stored read out by the reading means; and a storage device for storing the procedure to be stored in the storage device. a timer for reading out a procedure to be memorized at a predetermined date and time in accordance with the procedure to be memorized read out by the timer; a control section for operating a main body of the magnetic recording/reproducing device in accordance with the procedure to be memorized read out by the timer; and the storage device. confirmation means for displaying only the procedure to be memorized stored in the storage device on the display screen, the confirmation means being recognized by the cursor, and the procedure being memorized stored in the storage device at a predetermined date and time; The magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus is configured such that, after the main body of the magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus is operated by a control unit, the procedure to be memorized for the completed operation is displayed on the display screen to indicate that the operation has been completed.