CN1909095A - Storage media managing method and device - Google Patents

Abstract

The related management method for storage media of display with PVR function comprises: inputting command to control the selection items and display OSD menu on a display, selecting any item, and executing user selection by the control part of storage media.

Description

Storage media managing method and device

[technical field]

The present invention is the management method of relevant medium and the invention of device.The management method and the device of medium that particularly has the player of PVR (personal video recorder) function.

[background technology]

Recently, home network technologies is popularized, and the product of hi-techs such as PVR also enters into market.For function more easily is provided to the user, by high capacity such as hard disks, the technology of the more information of storage and management has become core content on medium.

In situation about using that existing VCR equimagnetic band is repeatedly recorded a video, will produce the image quality variation, when the situation that Video Document is preserved for a long time also the image quality variation can take place, just the problem of original picture appears reducing fully therefore.

Because the mode of tape, if the problem of wanting to find the program that needs also will take a long time to find.

Otherwise, under the situation of the recording apparatus PVR that utilizes hard disk, store with digital form, before storage and the storage after image quality just the same, even use the phenomenon that picture quality degradation repeatedly also can not occur, owing to be to store in the mode of CD, therefore, can find the position of wanting arbitrarily in the fastest time, specific energy is very fast mutually that picture is searched for existing VCR.

But, if memory storages such as hard disk in machine in the identical operations owing to make a mistake or user's faulty operation will break down.

Because in utilizing the memory storage of existing hard disk, if make a mistake, oneself can't be diagnosed and declare and grind, therefore,, the hard disk that the above situation of generation will more renew in using goes to repair if maybe can only delivering to the A/S center.

The user wants to the direct subregion of jumbo memory storage or wants specific use is carried out in a certain specific region that this also can't realize.

Owing to be subjected to utilizing the restriction on the function of memory storage of hard disk, just reduced the convenience of product, restricted function also can't provide available service to the user.

[summary of the invention]

The present invention to utilize the memory storage of hard disk, can provide the storage media managing method and the device of additional functions in order to address the above problem.

Medium management according to the present invention comprises: show the display device of broadcasting signal and screen display (hereinafter to be referred as OSD) picture; The medium of information is broadcasted and is broadcasted in storage; Come the option of display management medium and carry out the control part of the option that the user selects by the OSD picture.

For the option of the management of above medium comprises: data backup, sector are cut apart, in the hard disk defragmentation, damaged sector management, video catalog management, formatting hard disk any one.

The implementation of above option is can automatically perform in the situation below the required standard at the subscription time of user's setting or in the CPU use amount.

Storage media managing method of the present invention comprises following step: with the order step of coming the option of managed storage medium to show on OSD of input; To selecting any one step in the above option; Carry out the step of user-selected project for control volume.

For the option of the management of above medium comprises: data backup, sector are cut apart, in the hard disk defragmentation, damaged sector management, video catalog management, formatting hard disk any one.

The present invention to be to use the medium of hard disk, and the storage media managing method and the device of additional multiple function can be provided.

[description of drawings]

Fig. 1 is storage media managing method as an illustration according to the present invention, the chart that user interface is described.

Fig. 2 is the device of medium management as an illustration according to the present invention, and the chart of the display device of the medium that comprises PVR is described.

Fig. 3 is the chart of explanation Backup Data process.

Fig. 4 is the chart that explanation forms the subregion process.

[embodiment]

Below with reference to accompanying drawings storage media managing method of the present invention and device are elaborated with embodiment.

Fig. 1 is storage media managing method as an illustration according to the present invention, the chart that user interface is described.As shown in Figure 1, the user can demonstrate the Administration menu that can supply the user to select according to the remote control input command on picture, if the Administration menu that the user wants with the telepilot selection then will demonstrate the option of relevant menu on the display screen.

What point out among Fig. 1 is data backup function, sector dividing function, hard disk defragmentation function, damaged sector management function, video catalog management function, formatting hard disk function.

Formation with reference to the memory storage of Fig. 2, the user selects the data of memory storage 1 (10) will carry out data backup at other memory storages 2 (11), also can select memory storage 3 (12), also carry out simultaneously sector dividing function, functions such as the disk fragments arrangement of memory storage, damaged sector management, video catalog management, format for memory storage.This moment, signal processing part 14 showed the menu of selection by OSD, and 15 users just can carry out choice menus by display device.

Control part CPU13 is operation signal handling part 14 and shows 15, in fact as the moving of data, be data backup or sector cut apart or disk fragments arrangement or the arrangement of damaged sector or video catalog management and format etc. all in operation.

Memory storage can refer to specific hard disk, or the data under in the data under in the particular sector of a hard disk or a plurality of sector.

[data backup]

Many kinds such as SCSI, E-IDE, IEEE1394, USB are arranged in data mode, use with any of upper type to be connected also Backup Data with internally-arranged type or plug-in type hard disk.

The process of data backup is the program of carrying out relevant video recording program or setting subscription and video recording, during the execution data backup, want elapsed time because cpu resource and data transmit, so the user directly carries out or be set at the data backup requirement that reservation is carried out.

With reference to Fig. 3 user use a teleswitch and by OSD come display management menu step S100,

On the OSD picture, select to want backed up data, and the sector step S110 that selects relevant data to store, step S120.

If user input data backup control command just can be carried out data backup-step S130.

[dividing sector]

A hard disk or other memory storages generally are made of a plurality of sectors.

Can provide the method for the size of sector being cut apart and being carried out according to the use catalogue of sector freely cutting apart by the wish of oneself to the user.

The user in the particular sector of specific memory device or hard disk, also can change the set positions that will store video program the sector position under the video program under the situation of wanting to record a video in addition.

Fig. 4 is the process flow diagram by OSD explanation sector cutting procedure.

At first, select to generate sector step S200, confirm whether there is idle space in the hard disk, and can delete existing sector step S210, step S220 by the OSD menu.

If the size of input sector and the fill order of number, control part will be carried out the sector segmentation procedure S240 of hard disk.

[disk fragments arrangement]

Disk fragments arrangement is meant a kind of function of carrying out in more than one designated sector or specific data area, because the disk fragments arrangement will spend long time, therefore, do not use the user and directly carry out in time of PVR or set subscription time and carry out.

In the situation that the user directly carries out, as will illustrating later on, just carry out the disk fragments arrangement according to control part by the menu on the selection OSD.

In the situation of book setting, will in the special time of selecting, carry out the disk fragments arrangement and detect the use amount of CPU, hour will the disk fragments arrangement carry out in usage space.

[damaged sector management]

Damaged sector management is size and the number that calculates damaged sector, and makes the user understand the moment that hard disk replaces in advance, and is unlikely to make a kind of function of important information dropout.

Particularly the generation zone according to each sector can show its hazard level, and it produces position to inform the user, and specific sector is formatd, to deal with problems or should not exchange the specific memory device points out.

The user can directly detect damaged sector by the OSD menu, if the use amount of CPU when particular value is following, will regularly detect each sector.

[video catalog management]

Its function is that channel, start time, concluding time, exercise question, size of data, program length, type, image quality to video program etc. retrieved, and the user can find needed program at an easy rate

In addition, as the important procedure that shows video program, when the video recording insufficient space, will at first delete unessential program.By control part the programme information of storage is retrieved, the user utilizes telepilot to pass through the OSD picture to be confirmed.

[formatting hard disk]

More than one designated sector is formatd, and delete program or deletion because of producing the damaged sector of mistake in theory according to user's selection.

The user can format specific hard disk or specific sector by formatting command by the OSD picture.

Control part is carried out specific hard disk or specific sector is formatd, to reach the purpose of disk format.

Claims (5)

1, medium management device comprises:

Show the display device of broadcasting signal and on-screen displays;

The medium of information is broadcasted and is broadcasted in storage;

Come the option of display management medium and carry out the control part of the option that the user selects by on-screen displays.

2, as claim item 1 described medium management device, it is characterized in that:

For the option of the management of above medium comprises: data backup, sector are cut apart, in the hard disk defragmentation, damaged sector management, video catalog management, formatting hard disk any one.

3, as claim item 1 described medium management device, it is characterized in that:

More than the project of Xuan Zeing is will automatically perform under the situation below the standard value according to subscription time or CPU usage space that the user sets.

4, storage media managing method comprises following step:

The order step of coming the option of managed storage medium on screen display, to show with input;

To selecting any one step in the above option;

Carry out the step of user-selected project for control volume.

5, as claim item 4 described storage media managing methods, it is characterized in that:

For the option of the management of above medium comprises: data backup, sector are cut apart, in the hard disk defragmentation, damaged sector management, video catalog management, formatting hard disk any one.

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