JPS63857A - Information selection equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To immediately reproduce the next information, by selecting information stored in a selecting and storing means from another recording medium by a storage medium selecting means, while selection is performed by a selection control means, and reproduction is performed by a storage medium reproducing means. CONSTITUTION:By selecting the start of playing from a keyboard 4, a signal which starts a CD auto-changer 9, and a CD to be played and its number are inputted from a control device 2 to the changer 9 on one side through signal lines 17a and 17b, respectively, and the playing is started, and a music played at that time is stored in a memory 7c. While the changer 9 is playing, a CD number and a music data stored in a memory 7b to be played at next are inputted from the device 2 to the changer 9 on the other side through the signal line 17b, and at the time of inputting the playing completion signal of the changer 9 to the device 2 through the signal line 17c, by inputting the signal to start the changer 9 on the other side from the device 2 to the changer 9 on the other side through the signal line 17a, the changer 9 on the other side can immediately play the music because the music to be played at next is selected already.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] 3. Revision of the Invention: lff1 Description [Purpose of the Invention (Industrial Field of Application) The present invention relates to an information selection device, and particularly relates to a sound T? (Optimal information for selecting N information) Regarding the R selection device.

(Prior Art) In general, in broadcasting stations with 17 so-called right and left broadcasts, there are many sound information. R is round 4? The recorded magnetic tape is played back, and the acoustic information is supplied to the listener via a so-called wire.

However, if acoustic information is recorded on magnetic tape, 1.
There are problems such as the inability to perform uneven concentration and the sound quality being low F.

For this reason, the development of devices using compact discs (hereinafter referred to as FcDΔ), which are easy to edit and have good trade, which has become popular in recent years, is underway. There is a Pnja.This C
The D autochanger stores a large number of CDs, and has a function of selecting a CD having desired acoustic information and its tracks from among these CDs, and a function of storing a large number of desired acoustic information and the playback order thereof. It has

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) By the way, in the above-mentioned CD autochanger, when converting the audio information currently being played to the audio information to be played next, the next desired audio information is selected from among a large number of CDs. Up to 1 time to select the CD you have and its tracks
It takes about 5 seconds. That is, in this case, there is a maximum silent period of about 15 seconds between one piece of audio information, and this is a major obstacle to applying a device using a CD to cable broadcasting.

The present invention was devised in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an information selection device that can instantly reproduce the next information from the currently reproduced information.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) That is, the information selection device of the present invention has a large number of recording media on which information groups are recorded in a randomly accessible manner, and selects a desired one from these recording media. Recording medium selecting means for selecting a recording medium and selecting one piece of information from a group of information on the selected recording medium; and recording medium reproducing means for reproducing information on the recording medium selected by the recording medium selecting means. , a large number of pieces of information d'3 to be selected by the recording medium selection means.
and a selection storage means for storing the order in which these pieces of information should be selected; and selection control means for causing the storage medium selection means to select the next information IH to be selected from among the recording media.

(Function) In the information selection device of the present invention, when the selection control means selects one piece of information on one recording medium and reproduces this information with the storage medium reproduction means, the reproduction information stored in the selection storage means is Since the next information to be reproduced is selected from other recording media by the storage medium selection means, the next information can be reproduced instantly from the currently reproduced information.

(Embodiment) Hereinafter, an embodiment in which the information selection device of the present invention is applied to a CD auto-changer suitable for use in a cable broadcasting station will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing this embodiment of the apparatus. In the same figure, 1a, 1b...na, and nb each have about 60 CDs on which music information (songs) of about 10 songs are recorded. CDs are stored, and select the desired song from among these CDs.
This is a CD autochanger that has the function of selecting D and its tracks, and the function of reproducing (playing) the selected track.

These CD autochangers 1a, 1b...na, n
There are two sets of "b", and each set is adapted to output one of the songs by means of changeover switches 81-S. In other words, it has n channels, and simultaneously supplies n types of songs to the loser side via the so-called right channel, and allows the listener to select one of the channels. Also, these CD autochangers 1a, 1 b/n
a and nb are connected to a CD control device 2, and each scale is controlled by this CD control device 2. This CD control device 2 includes a CnH2 that displays data and control details;
A keyboard 4 for inputting data, control contents, etc., and a printer 5 for printing data, control contents, etc. are connected.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the above-mentioned CD control device 2 in detail. The main parts of the CD control device 2 shown in the same figure are composed of a control section 6 and a memory section 7. are the database file memory section 7a, the performance image memory section 7b, and the performance actual situation memory section 7c 1NOT FOU
It consists of an ND memory section 7d.

In the database file memory section 7a, each channel A.
The song title, singer name, performance time, etc. of each side recorded for each channel are stored. The performance h1 image memory section 7b stores the order of songs to be performed on each channel, that is, the performance plan. The performance result memory section 7C stores performance results for each channel. NOT above
The FOUND memory section 7d stores a CD for each channel.
For example, the autochanger 1a, lb...na, nb tried to play based on the performance plan stored in the performance record memory section 7C, but the CD autochanger 1a, for example.

1b...The CD to be played is not stored in na, nb, C
When a performance is canceled due to a scratch, dirt, etc. on the D making it impossible to perform, the cancellation details are stored.

On the other hand, the control unit 6 controls the CD autochangers 1a and 1b.
- Performs various controls for na, nb, CRT 3, keyboard 4, printer 5, and memory section 7.

A file 8 with a time counter is also connected to the control section 6, and is configured to control start/stop operations of each channel.

The CDR1 control device 2 configured in this way and a set of CD autochangers 9 (the - side is called the "first CD autochanger 9a" and the other is called the "second CD autochanger 9bJ"). The control system between them is shown in Figure 3.

In other words, as shown in the figure, the control υ1 of the CD control device 2
A keyboard control section 10 for controlling input from the keyboard 4 is provided in the first section 6, and this keyboard control section 10
One start signal output terminal 10a1 and the standby terminal 9a+ of the first CD autochange t9a are connected to the input side of the AND gate 11a. The output side of this AND gate 11a is connected to the start terminal 9a2 of the first CD auto-engineer 9a via an AND gate 12a.
It is connected to the. That is, when the first CD Δ-changer 9a is in a playable state, that is, a signal is being output from the standby terminal 9a, an operation signal is input from the second CD autochanger r9b (described later) to the first (7) CD autochanger 9a. In this case, when a signal is output from the start signal output terminal 10a+ of the keyboard control section 10, the first CD autochanger starts playing. Also, one data output terminal 7b-al of the performance h1 image memory section 7b is connected to the first CD autochanger 9a via the data register 13a.
is connected to the data terminal 9a3 of the performance plan memory section 7b.
The data output from the CD autoengineer is input to the first CD autoengineer while being held in the data register 13a. Further, the enable terminal 9a4 of the first CD autochanger 9a is connected to one next/read input terminal 7b-a2 of the performance plan memory section 7b and the OR gate 1 via an OR gate 14atj and an AND gate 15a.
6a, and when the first CD autochanger 9a finishes playing, this first CD';
The data of the next song to be played by the A-changer 9a is output from the performance bar one-stroke memory section 7b, and the second CD autochanger 9b starts playing. Furthermore, the first CD Autobou-Yange Hair 29a N
The ND terminal 9a5 is connected to the input side of the OR gate 14a, the input side of the OR gate 16a, and the input terminal 9a6 of the first 0DA-to change t9a.
The first CD autochanger 9a is connected to one input terminal 7d-a of the FOUND memory section 7d, and when the first CD autochanger 9a cannot play the song to be played, the first CD
The data for the next song to be played by the autochanger 9a is output from the performance plan memory section 7b, and the data for the song that could not be played is stored in the NOT EOUND memory section 7.
b is memorized and roughly the second CD auto change [/9
The performance of b is made to be avoided starting from star 1. Also,
The next/read output terminal 10a2 of the keyboard iL'luII section 10 is connected to one input side of an AND gate 15a to stop the performance.

In addition, CD1iIIIiilIlPage 2 and the second CD O1 to CHP 9b are the above-mentioned CD system ull'A.
Control between the device and the first CD, 1-changer 9a
In this case, Alphabella 1 to raJ in each part described above may be replaced with rbJ, and a detailed explanation will be omitted. In addition, in the control i31+ system between the first CD autochanger 9a side and the second CD'A-TochiP switch 9b side, the output side of the OR gate 16a is one input side of the AND gate 12b, and the A The output side of the gate 16b is connected to one input side of the AND gate 12a, so that when the - CD autochanger 9 finishes playing, the other CD autochanger 9 starts playing.

From the above configuration, the CD control device 2 and one set of CD auto
The seventh gear 9 is as shown in FIG.

That is, as shown in the figure, the CD control device 2 and the set of CD autochanger 9 transmit a signal to start the CD autochanger 9 from the CD control device 2 to the CD control device 2.
Start signal line 17a input to auto sensor 9
, the data of the CD number to be played and the song number of the CD is transmitted from the CD control device 2 to the CD autochanger 9.
an enable signal line 17C that inputs a signal from the CD autochanger 9 to the CDiilJm device 2, which is necessary when the CD autochanger 9 is in a playable state. A standby signal line 17d inputs a signal from the CD autochanger 9 to the CD control device 2, informing the CD autochanger 9 that a song to be played cannot be found.
The NOT FOIIND signal line 17e is input from the auto-chisenger 9 to the CD control I device 2, and when the CD auto-chisenger 9 cannot find a song to play, it cancels the data of that song and makes it possible to input the data of the next song. It is connected by a reject signal line 17f that inputs a signal from the CD control device 2 to the CD autochanger 9.

The operation of the apparatus of this embodiment configured as described above will be explained with reference to FIGS. 5 to 7.

First, when the power of this device is turned on, the display shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the CRT 3.

In the display shown in the figure, by operating the keyboard 4,
PF1], data can be written to the database file memory section 7a. In other words, the new CD
When the CD is stored in the automatic CD sensor 9, the song title, singer name, performance time, etc. of the CD can be entered by operating the keyboard 4.

By operating the keyboard 4, select [PF 2] “Performance Plan”.
If “Create FILE” is selected, the performance plan memory section 7b
It becomes possible to create a performance plan. That is, in this case, the songs to be played are sequentially input by operating the keyboard 4 (FIG. 6-A). At this time, the control section 6 checks whether or not the song to be played is registered in the database file formatting section 7a (see FIG. 6). If it is not registered, an error is displayed on the CRT 3 (FIG. 6-8), and if it is registered, it is stored in the performance plan memory section 7b and a performance file is created (FIG. 6-2).

Next, operate the keyboard 4 to select “CDC0” in [PF3].
If you select "NTR", the display shown in FIG. 7 is displayed on the CRT 3.

In this case, by operating the keyboard 4, [PN]
When "start playing" is selected (FIG. 6-E), a signal to start the CD autochanger 9 is input from the CD control device 2 to one of the CD autochangers 9 via the start signal line 17a, and the performance plan is started. The data of the CD number to be played and the song number of the CD stored in the memory section 7b is sent to the CD control device 2 via the data transmission line 17b.
is inputted to one of the CD autochangers 9 described above. The above-mentioned CD 7f-change t9, which has received these signals, starts playing a song based on the above data (see FIG. 6). At this time, the played music is stored in the performance record memory section 7C, and a performance record file is created in the performance record memory section 7C (FIG. 6-G).

On the other hand, while one of the CD autochangers 9 is playing, the other CD autochanger i.9 selects the next song to be played. That is, during the performance of one of the CD autochangers 9 described above, the data of the number of the CD to be played next and the number of the song of that CD recorded in the performance h1 picture memory section 7b is stored as data 1.
The selection is input from the CD control device 2 to the CD autochanger 9 of the user via the word line 17b, and the selection is input to the other CD.
This is done by the autochanger 9.

Then, when a signal indicating that the CD autochanger t9 on the - side has finished playing is inputted from one CD autochanger 9 to the CD control device 2 via the enable signal line 17c, the other CD autochanger 9 is started. A signal is sent to this CD via the start signal line 17a.
The signal is input from the control device 2 to the other CD autochanger 9.

At this time, since the song to be played next has already been selected in the other CD autochanger 9, the other CD autochanger 9 can instantly start playing. In other words, it becomes possible to set the silent time between songs to a desired value. By repeating these operations, it becomes possible to perform music continuously while maintaining the desired silence time between songs.

Further, when the data of the number of the CD to be played and the number of the song thereof are input from the CD control device 2 to the CD autochanger 9 via the data signal line 17b described above, the data is sent to the CD autochanger 9. If there is no CD suitable for the song, or if the CD is unplayable due to scratches or dirt, etc., the signal indicating that the CD autochanger 9 could not find the song to play will be sent to N0.
This data is input to the CD control device 2 from this CD7I-changer 9 via the TEOUND signal line 17e, and this data is stored in the NOT EOtlNO memory section 7d, and is
An EOUND file is created (Figure 6-d).

Next, if you select "Performance status display" in [PF 2] shown in Fig. 7 by operating the keyboard 4, the currently playing song in CD auto change t9 will be displayed in CP-r 3. For example, when a listener asks for the title of the song currently being played, it is possible to respond instantly.

When "Change performance music" of [PF 3] is selected by operating the keyboard 4, it becomes possible to interrupt the performance music in response to a request from the listener, for example.

That is, in this case, this is done by changing the performance plan file recorded in the performance plan memory section 7b by operating the keyboard 4.

“Stop playing” in [PF 4] by operating keyboard 4
If you select , the playing of the song following the currently playing song will be stopped. That is, in this case, the performance plan memory section 7b
The output of the data of the songs after the above to the CD autochanger 9 is stopped, and this CD autochanger 9
will stop playing the next song.

“Return to performance” in [PF 5] by operating keyboard 4
If you select , the performance will start again after the above-mentioned performance has stopped. In this case, the data of the song to be played is input from the performance plan memory section 7b to the CD automatic sensor 9, and the performance is started.

When [A-Tostar 1~・Stop j] of [PF 6] is selected by operating the keyboard 4, the start time and stop time of the file with time counter 8 can be set by operating the keyboard 4 (see Fig. 6). -ri). And if you set the start time and stop time,
The start/stop operation shown in FIG. 6-E is controlled based on the start/stop time set in the file 8 with a time counter.

Next, if you select the "Performance Record List" in [PF 4] shown in Figure 5 by operating the keyboard 4, the screen in Figure 6-
Performance record memory unit 7 recorded by the operation shown in 2.
The contents of C are displayed on the CRT 3 or printed on the printer 5. In other words, this performance record list allows instantaneous information on which songs have been performed and how many times, which is extremely convenient when paying royalties due to, for example, lessons learned.

Next, by operating the keyboard 4, the IPF 5] “NOT”
If you select “FOUND CD List”, Figure 6-
By the operation shown in FIG.
Information about the NOT EOtJND file stored in d
i is displayed on the CRT 3 or printed on the printer 5.
1J7). In other words, in this case, CDs with scratches, dirt, etc. can be easily discovered, which is very convenient for maintenance.

Although the above operation has been described for one set of CD autochanges t9, it is of course necessary to perform the CD autochanges t9 for each channel.

Further, in the embodiments described above, a CD was used as the recording medium, but the present invention is not limited to this, and can be similarly implemented in, for example, a CD ROM or a video disc.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the information selection device of the present invention, when reproducing the next information from the currently reproduced information, [ff
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[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a CD autochanger and its control device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing details of the I11 control device in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the control device in FIG. 1. A wiring block diagram showing the system, Figure 4 is a block diagram showing the signal lines in Figure 3, Figures 5 and 7 are diagrams showing the CRT display during operation, and Figure 6 shows the operation of this device. It is a flowchart. 1a, 1b・nalnb, 9.9a, 9b...
・・・CD autochanger 2・・・・・・・・・・・・
・CD II control device applicant Toshiba Corporation Patent attorney Satoshi Suyama - Figure 1 Part 2 Figure 6

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) There are many recording media on which information groups are recorded in a randomly accessible manner, and one desired recording medium is selected from these recording media, and one piece of information is recorded from the information group on this selected recording medium. A recording medium selection means to select, a recording medium reproduction means to reproduce information of the recording medium selected by the recording medium selection means, a large number of information to be selected by the recording medium selection means, and a number of information to be selected from these information. selection storage means for storing the order; and when one piece of information on one recording medium is selected and the storage medium reproduction means is reproducing this information, the next piece of information to be selected stored in the selection storage means is stored. An information selection device comprising: selection control means for causing the storage medium selection means to select from other recording media. (2) The information selection device according to claim 1, wherein the information storage medium is an optical disc. (3) The information selection device according to claim 2, wherein the information is acoustic information.