KR20000068057A - Recording medium having electronic circuit and method for using thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A recording medium and a method of using the recording medium are provided, which can take advantage of the advantage that the control according to the characteristics of the information stored in the information recording section, including the electronic circuit, can be easily provided. The intelligent disc 1 includes a disc portion 3 for storing information and an intelligent circuit portion 2 for processing the information. Information to be reproduced in the external device 10 is stored in the disc unit 3 and parameters for controlling reproduction of the information in the external device 10 are stored in the intelligent circuit unit 2. The information is reproduced by the external device 10 using the parameter.

Description

Recording medium having electronic circuit and method of use {RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR USING THEREOF}

A conventional recording medium such as a disk, for example, a CD-ROM having a chip or a CPU for a memory mounted on a cartridge, or an optical disk having an electronic circuit or a microprocessor mounted thereon has been proposed.

However, in such a conventional recording medium, the ID for the disc is stored in the case of the electronic circuit mounted on the cartridge, and the programs stored on the disc surface are executed in the electronic circuit in the case of the electronic circuit mounted on the optical disc. They are susceptible to failing to establish a sufficiently close association between the information stored on the disk surface and the information stored in the electronic circuits, and they do not take full advantage of the inherent advantages of ID.

The present invention provides a recording medium including an information recording section for storing information and an electronic circuit section for processing information, for example, an optical disk (hereinafter referred to as an intelligent disk (ID)) including an electronic circuit section, an information recording section and The present invention relates to a method of using a recording medium by defining a role of an electronic circuit unit.

1 shows a plan view of an intelligent disc of an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a diagram showing the internal structure of the intelligent disc of the embodiment of the present invention.

3 shows an audio device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing contents stored in an ID used in the audio device of FIG.

5 illustrates another embodiment of the present invention in a video-TV combination.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing contents stored in an ID used in the video-TV combination of FIG.

7 is a diagram showing an example of storing compressed data in another embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a flowchart showing the operation sequence in the video-TV combination in which the ID of the embodiment of the present invention is actively operated.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a recording medium comprising an electronic circuit section which can take advantage of the advantage that the control according to the characteristics of the information stored in the information recording section can be easily provided, thereby eliminating the drawbacks of the prior art. Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of using such a recording medium.

In order to solve the above problems, the recording medium of the present invention includes an information recording unit for storing information and an electronic circuit unit for processing information, and information to be reproduced in an external device is stored in the information recording unit and reproduction of information in an external device. The parameters for controlling the are stored in the electronic circuit portion.

In this case, a plurality of pieces of information are stored in the information recording portion, and a plurality of parameters are stored in the electronic circuit portion corresponding to the plurality of information. The electronic circuit section further includes determining means for determining the characteristic of the external device. In one example, the information to be reproduced in the external device is music information and the parameter for controlling the reproduction includes mixing control data. In another example, the information to be reproduced in the external device is image information and the parameters for controlling reproduction include grayscale data and color tone data. In another example, the information to be reproduced in the external device is compressed information and the parameters for controlling the reproduction include data relating to the compression scheme. The recording medium is also an optical disc.

The method of using the recording medium of the present invention includes an information recording section for storing information and an electronic circuit section for processing the information, wherein information to be reproduced in an external device is stored in the information recording section and parameters for controlling reproduction in the external device are electronic. A method of using a recording medium stored in a circuit section, the method comprising: reproducing information by using the parameter at an external device.

In this case, a plurality of pieces of information are stored in the information recording section and a plurality of parameters are stored in the electronic circuit section corresponding to the plurality of pieces of information, so that in the reproducing step, the information is stored by the external device using the parameters corresponding to the information. Is played. In addition, the electronic circuit unit further includes determining means for determining the characteristics of the external device, wherein the reproducing step further includes selecting information and parameters suitable for the characteristics of the determined external device. The recording medium is also an optical disc.

Other objects and features of the present invention will become apparent from the following drawings and detailed description of the preferred embodiments.

Several embodiments of the invention are described in detail with reference to the drawings.

[ID Configuration Example of One Embodiment]

1 is a plan view of an intelligent optical disc which is an embodiment of the present invention and a kind of ID.

The ID 1 includes a disk portion 3 or a disk surface for storing information, and an intelligent circuit portion 2 mounted in a central portion of the disk, for example, as shown in FIG. In this embodiment, as shown in Fig. 1, the circuit portion 2 is located at the center of the disk but is not any limitation as to how the circuit portion is located, it may be arranged to occupy one side of the disk, Alternatively, the disk may be composed of a plurality of layers and embedded in one of the plurality of layers.

2 is a diagram showing the conceptual configuration of the ID 1 in relation to the external device 10. As shown in FIG.

In FIG. 2, the optical drive unit 11 is located in the external device 10 and a pickup (not shown) for reading or writing information on the surface of the disk unit 3 or ID and a pickup for driving the pickup to find information on the disk surface. A driving circuit (not shown). The intelligent circuit unit 2 has a ROM 22 for storing fixed information as a minimum requirement. If necessary, a RAM 23 for temporary memory and a program stored in the ROM 22 and the RAM 23 are required. It may further include a CPU 21 for executing. The photovoltaic cell 25 is provided as an independent power supply, which is provided when the ID side needs to have such a power supply.

The intelligent circuit unit 2 exchanges information with the ID interface 13 of the external device 10 via the system interface 24. If the circuit portion 2 does not have the CPU 21 but only the ROM 22 and the RAM 23, the interface is controlled by the drive control portion 12 of the external device 10. The connection of the interface may be either contact or non-contact, or may be by bus coupling or communication coupling. As the communication, radio wave communication or optical communication may be appropriate. However, the present invention is not intended to implement significant modifications to the conventional external device 10, but it is sufficient to introduce a simple system that simply adds the ID 1 to a conventional device.

[Example of audio device using ID]

3 illustrates an audio device as a suitable application of the invention. The audio device 30 has a conventional configuration except that it has an ID interface 13 in the CD-ROM drive.

In this case, in the disk portion 3 of the ID 1, a plurality of pieces of music data such as songs 1, songs 2, ... selected by the address stored in the directory are stored as shown in the box of FIG. It is. On the other hand, in the ROM 22 or the RAM 23 of the electronic circuit unit 2, as shown in box example 1 of FIG. 4, mixing data of music such as tune 1 or tune 2 stored in the disk unit 3, or As shown in box example 2 of Fig. 4, parameters for reproducing a piece of music, such as reproduction parameters for pieces 1 and 2, used before the mixing operation, are recorded corresponding to the pieces of music in the disc portion. Usually, only one repertoire of one pieces of music belonging to one music category is recorded on one disc, and in many cases, only one mixing control data or parameter can be stored in the electronic circuit unit 2.

The drive control unit 12 or the CPU 21, if it is included, mixes control data (mixing date according to the specification) or sound corresponding to a certain song and the characteristics of the song in order to control playback or mixing according to the song. Read playback parameters.

Depending on the object being played back, such as classical music, jazz or folk songs, or background sounds such as birds and streams, the characteristics of the sound, such as intensity, frequency, timbre and sound quality, vary, and in the case of ensemble mixing The way should be different. In this embodiment, the optimum reproduction is achieved by storing what kind of music is recorded in the disc unit 3 and storing the most suitable parameters in the electronic circuit unit 2 corresponding to the recording contents.

The setting of the parameters can be done on the audio device side as it is done on a normal device. In this case, switching may be performed between the automatic operation mode for using the information in the ID circuit section and the manual operation mode for using the value set in the audio device.

[Example of video-TV combination and application to personal computer]

5 shows another suitable example of applying the present invention to a video-TV combination. Video-TV combination 50 has a conventional configuration except that it has an ID interface 13 in the CD-ROM drive.

In this case, a plurality of pieces of video information data such as video 1, video 2, ... selected by an address in the directory are recorded in the disk portion 3 of the ID 1 as shown in the box of FIG. have. On the other hand, in the ROM 22 or the RAM 23 of the electronic circuit unit 2, the gray level or color tone of an image such as the image 1 or the image 2 stored in the disk unit 3 as shown in the box example 1 of FIG. Parameters for reproducing the image, such as the indicating data or the reproduction parameters for the images 1 and 2, which are used before adjusting the gradation or color tone as shown in box example 2 of FIG. Correspondingly recorded. Similarly to the case of the audio device, if all the images of the disc unit 3 have similar characteristics, only one parameter can be recorded in the electronic circuit unit 2.

Depending on the playback target, such as video, game software, text broadcasting for displaying catalogs or documents, CAD screens, or animated or other movies, the edge processing, color, scanning density, frames per second or interlacing may vary. Can be. In this embodiment, the electronic circuit unit 2 stores the most suitable parameters for reproducing the recorded contents depending on what kind of image is recorded in the disc unit 3 of the ID 1, so that the optimum image reproduction is performed. This is done.

[Example of storing or retrieving data compressed in ID]

Fig. 7 shows an example of the contents stored in the ID for recording the compressed data including the above-described music or image data.

The left box of Fig. 7 shows the contents stored in the disc portion 3 of the ID 1, and the data compressed for reproduction is stored so as to be selected by an address in the directory. As shown in the right box of Fig. 7, the ROM 22 or the RAM 23 of the electronic circuit portion 2 of the ID 1 has data or compression-decompression operations relating to a compression-decompression system of compressed data. Required parameters are recorded. With this configuration, if the compression parameter is an encryption code, the compressed data of the disk unit 3 cannot be retrieved without knowing the corresponding information of the electronic circuit unit 2, and therefore stored in the disk unit 3. Data can be kept confidential or protected from copying.

[Example of an Active ID System]

Fig. 8 shows an example of the operation sequence of the video-TV combination in which the electronic circuit portion 2 of the ID 1 has a CPU 21 for agricultural operations.

In step S81, the CPU 21 of the electronic circuit portion 2 of the ID 1 determines whether the ID 1 is inserted into the ID drive.

If inserted, the procedure proceeds to step S82 to review information on display control differences such as the model number, characteristics, and manufacturer of the video-TV combination used as the external device.

In step S83, image data and parameters suitable for the characteristics of the video-TV combination 50 are selected from the image data stored in the disc unit 3 and / or the parameters stored in the electronic circuit unit 2, and playback is performed in step S84. To get started.

Regarding the selection of the image data, a plurality of images of the same story processed by various processing methods are recorded. For example, it can store digital and analog video corresponding to the output device. To fit a similar type of video-TV combination 50 product, it is sufficient to record only one type of image and to adjust parameters corresponding to the model to be used.

Although only a few applications of the present invention have been presented in the description of the embodiments, the present invention is intended to give information on how to properly use an ID and has a concept including other specific applications.

The present invention provides a recording medium including an electronic circuit unit that can take advantage of the advantage that it can easily provide control according to the characteristics of the information stored in the information recording unit and a method of using such a recording medium.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to preferred embodiments, it should not be understood that the present invention is limited to the specific embodiments described herein. On the contrary, the invention includes various modifications and equivalent constructions included within the spirit and scope of the claims.

Claims (11)

An information recording section for storing information; And An electronic circuit unit for processing information, wherein information to be reproduced by an external device is stored in the information recording unit, and parameters for controlling reproduction of information in the external device are stored in the electronic circuit unit. . A recording medium according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of said information are stored in said information recording section and a plurality of said parameters are stored in said electronic circuit section corresponding to a plurality of said information. The recording medium of claim 1, wherein the electronic circuit unit further comprises determining means for determining a characteristic of the external device. The recording medium of claim 1, wherein the information to be reproduced in the external device is music information and the parameter for controlling sound reproduction comprises mixing control data. The recording medium of claim 1, wherein the information to be reproduced in the external device is image information and the parameter for controlling image reproduction comprises grayscale data and / or color tone data. The recording medium of claim 1, wherein the information to be reproduced in the external device is compressed information and the parameter for controlling reproduction includes data relating to a compression scheme. The recording medium of claim 1, wherein the recording medium is an optical disc. An information recording section for storing information and an electronic circuit section for processing the information, wherein the information to be reproduced in an external device is stored in the information recording section and a parameter for controlling reproduction in the external device is stored in the electronic circuit section. In the method using a medium, And reproducing the information by using the parameter in the external device. 9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein a plurality of said information are stored in said information recording section, and a plurality of said parameters are stored in said electronic circuit section corresponding to a plurality of said information, and using said parameters corresponding to said information in said reproducing step. And the information is reproduced by the external device. 10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the electronic circuit unit further includes determining means for determining a characteristic of the external device, wherein the reproducing step further includes selecting the information and parameters suitable for the determined characteristic of the external device. Method of using a recording medium, characterized in that. 10. The method of claim 8, wherein the recording medium is an optical disc.