JP2000057652A - Information recording/reproducing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information recording/reproducing device cutting off commercials in a broadcast program with simple operation and continuously recording a required program on a magnetic tape. SOLUTION: The information recording/reproducing device receiving information according to the contents of the reserved program when it becomes an execution time of a previously input-set reserved program operates an information recording/reproducing means 11 and records the received information on a storage medium. This device is provided with a memory 6 storing the information related to the operation control of the information recording/reproducing means 11 and a control means 13 making the time information stored to the memory 6 when a first input means being one of input means 8 is depressed and also when a second input means being one of the input means 8 is depressed. The control means 13 also controls the recording according to the information related to the operation control stored in the memory 6 when the received information is recorded on the storage medium, and temporarily makes the recording operation stop in a time zone from the time when the first input means is depressed to the time when the second input means is depressed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information recording / reproducing apparatus such as a video cassette recorder (VCR), and more particularly, to cutting a commercial (CM) in a broadcast program and recording a video / audio signal on a magnetic tape. The present invention relates to an information recording / reproducing apparatus for automatically recording information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As an example of a VCR for cutting a CM that is played during the broadcast of a television program, a function is provided for matching the original start position of the program excluding the CM with the recording start position of the magnetic tape when recording is started. 2. Description of the Related Art A magnetic recording / reproducing apparatus is known (see Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-223437). This device is provided with a mode key input means, a mechanical control circuit, a reference signal generation circuit, a tape movement amount detection circuit, a tape movement amount storage circuit, a comparison circuit, a mode control circuit, and the like. In this magnetic recording / reproducing apparatus, when the CM is set to the recording mode by misidentifying the CM as the content considered to be the start of the program, when the user performs a key operation of the mode key input means within a predetermined time, the mode control circuit is operated by the comparison circuit. Until the result of the comparison becomes identical, the mechanical control circuit is rewound. Therefore, since the tape can be returned to the recording start position of the magnetic tape when recording is started, it is possible to easily match the original recording start position of the program excluding CM with the recording start position of the tape when recording is started. Things.

[0003]

The above-mentioned conventional magnetic recording / reproducing apparatus is relieved of the trouble of the user having to perform the operation of detecting the recording start position in the reproducing mode or the like, but the circuit configuration is complicated. However, there are disadvantages in that the number of parts increases and the number of manufacturing steps also increases. Also, CM
Because it does not have a cut setting function, when recording a continuous program on a single magnetic tape, it cuts the CM that is played every time in the same time zone and produces a collection tape that records only the necessary broadcast programs. I couldn't do that.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has an information recording / reproducing method capable of cutting a commercial in a broadcast program by a simple operation and continuously recording a desired program on a magnetic tape. It is intended to provide a device.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when the execution time of a reservation program set in advance by an input means is reached,
An information recording / reproducing apparatus which receives information according to the contents of the reservation program and operates the information recording / reproducing means to record the received information on a storage medium; and a memory for storing information relating to operation control of the information recording / reproducing means; The time information at the time of pressing the first input means, which is one of the input means, and the time information at the time of pressing the second input means, which is one of the input means, are stored in the memory. When recording the received information in the storage medium, the recording is performed in accordance with the information on the operation control stored in the memory, and a time period from the time when the first input means is pressed to the time when the second input means is pressed. And control means for temporarily stopping the recording operation. According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the execution time of the reservation program set in advance by the input unit is reached, the information is received according to the contents of the reservation program, and the information recording / reproducing unit is operated to receive the information on the storage medium. In the information recording / reproducing apparatus for recording information, a memory for storing information relating to operation control of the information recording / reproducing means, and a recording stop signal is transmitted from the input means during recording of received information on the storage medium based on the reservation program. Then, the recording operation of the information recording / reproducing means is stopped, and the time information at the time of stopping is stored in the memory. Thereafter, when a stop release signal is sent from the input means, the information recording / reproducing means is stopped. Means for resuming the recording operation and storing the time information at the time of release in said memory. When recording the received information on the storage medium, control means for performing control to pause and restart the recording operation of the information recording / reproducing means according to the stop and release time information stored in the memory. It is characterized by the following. Further, in the invention according to claim 3, the control means causes the display means to display a sign indicating recording stop and recording restart of the received information when the recording operation of the information recording / reproducing means is stopped and when the recording operation is restarted. It is characterized by the following. The invention according to claim 4 is characterized in that the suspension period of the information recording operation is a commercial time zone during program broadcasting. The invention according to claim 5 is characterized in that the information recording / reproducing means is provided in a magnetic recording / reproducing device such as a video cassette recorder or a tape recorder for recording / reproducing information on / from a magnetic tape. It is. According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the information recording / reproducing means is provided in an optical information recording / reproducing apparatus for recording / reproducing information on / from an optical disk.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an electric block diagram showing an information recording / reproducing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. This information recording / reproducing apparatus is applied to a television-integrated VCR in which a television receiver and a video cassette recorder are integrated, and has a configuration capable of cutting a CM in a broadcast program and continuously recording the program on a video tape. Has become. The tuner 1 is connected to an antenna of the TV-integrated VCR, and a signal of a received radio wave is introduced into the tuner 1. The tuner 1 is connected to a Y / C / A separation circuit 2 and a control unit 13. The tuner 1 selects a specific broadcasting station based on a tuning signal from the control unit 13, and selects a signal of that channel. To the Y / C / A separation circuit 2.

The Y / C / A separation circuit 2 is connected to a chroma IC 3 constituting a video signal processing unit and a stereo IC 4 serving as an audio signal processing unit, and separates an input signal to chroma a video signal. Audio signal to stereo IC for IC3
4 respectively. The chroma IC 4 extracts the video information from the video signal and outputs the video information via the control unit 13 to the image processing circuit 9.
To send to. The stereo IC 4 extracts an audio signal and sends it to a speaker driving circuit (not shown) via the control unit 13.

The control unit 13 is a microcomputer for controlling the whole TV-integrated VCR.
It comprises a CPU, a ROM and a RAM, and includes a timer 5, a memory 6, a receiving section 7, an image processing circuit 9, a recording / reproducing circuit 11, etc., but also a television receiver and a video cassette recorder (not shown). Various circuit parts etc.
They are connected unidirectionally or bidirectionally according to their functions. The timer 5 is an internal clock of the control unit 13, and the time information is used for executing the reservation program. The memory 6 is the above-mentioned RAM constituting the microcomputer, and stores information such as a reservation program input by a user, and controls operation such as pause and resumption of recording due to a CM cut performed when recording a program on a video tape. Is stored.

The receiving section 7 receives an operation signal from the remote controller 8 and sends a digital signal to the control section 13. The remote controller 8 has various keys for operating a television receiver and a video cassette recorder in a key input section. The image processing circuit 9 receives the output signal from the control unit 13 and sends out image information to the CRT 10. At the time of recording a program, if a display command signal accompanying the pause of recording is sent by CM cut, the CRT 10
Display a sign indicating pause on the screen. In this example, uppercase letters of “CM” as shown in FIG. 2 and characters of “pause of recording” as shown in FIG. 3 are alternately displayed. Further, the recording / reproducing circuit 11 operates the mechanical mechanism unit 12 in response to a command signal from the control unit 13 to record the recording information on the video tape, and reproduces the recording information recorded on the video tape to reproduce the recording information on the video tape. To send to.

The control unit 13 performs various settings of the television receiver and operation processing of various functions based on an input signal, and controls various operations such as recording, reproduction, fast-forward and rewind similarly to a popular VCR. Do. Further, the information stored in the memory 6 is constantly checked, and if a recording reservation program is stored, recording is started at the execution time of the reservation program. If a stop signal is input during the recording, a stop command signal is issued. And a display command signal are output, and the time data at the time of stop is stored in the memory 6. Subsequently, when a reproduction signal is input, a recording restart command signal and a display stop signal are output, and the time at the time of restart is output to the memory 6. Store the data. Thereafter, when the time for executing the recording based on the reservation program comes, the recording is temporarily stopped at the CM cut time after the recording is started, and a sign indicating the interruption is set to C.
It is displayed on the screen of the RT 10 and a series of operations is terminated after the recording is resumed.

Next, the operation of the TV-integrated VCR will be described. Here, a description will be given of a case where a collection tape is produced by reserving a television broadcast continuous program and continuing recording on one video tape. First, when a user inputs and sets a reservation program for program recording by key operation of a remote controller, data of the reservation program is stored in the memory. When the execution time of the reservation program comes, the control unit 13 selects a channel by the tuner 1 and receives a signal of the channel to record a television program on a preset video tape. During the recording of this program, the user
Pay attention to the start and end timings of M, and press the stop key on the remote controller when the CM starts to flow.

The controller 13 sends a stop command signal to the recording / reproducing circuit 11 based on the stop signal, and sends a display command signal to the image processing circuit 9. Further, the control unit 13 causes the memory 6 to store the time data at the time of stop based on the time information of the timer 5. Recording / playback processing circuit 11
Stops the mechanical mechanism 12 according to the stop command, the recording on the video tape is interrupted. At this time, the image processing circuit 9 displays “CM” on the screen of the CRT 10 in accordance with the display command.
Are alternately displayed with the letters "recording pause" (see FIGS. 2 and 3). It should be noted that only one of the displays may be displayed, and the display characters may be displayed blinking at appropriate time intervals. As described above, when the reason is displayed on the screen when the recording is interrupted, it is possible to confirm that the CM is actually cut in the first scheduled recording, and that the same program is watched at the time of the second or subsequent program recording. Also, when the scheduled recording is executed and the CM cut is displayed, the reason for the interruption of the recording can be known.

Thereafter, when the commercial ends and the broadcast of the program is resumed, the user presses the record key on the remote controller. The control unit 13 sends a recording command signal to the recording / reproducing circuit 11 based on the recording signal, and sends a display stop signal to the image processing circuit 9. Further, the control unit 13 causes the memory 6 to store the time data at the time of resuming the recording based on the time information of the timer 5. Such a key operation and a pause operation are repeated, and when the end time of the reservation program is reached,
The first recording ends.

Since the control unit 13 constantly checks the data in the memory 6, when the execution start time of the second and subsequent reservation programs comes, the tuner 1 selects a channel, and receives a signal of the channel to receive a signal of the channel. Record the program on videotape. After that, the control unit 13
When the stop time data is read from, a stop command signal is sent to the recording / reproducing circuit 11 and a display command signal is sent to the image processing circuit 9, respectively. Then, the recording is interrupted, and the character of the recording interruption is displayed on the screen of the CRT 10. Therefore, the CM recording on the video tape is temporarily stopped. Subsequently, when the control unit 13 reads the recording restart data from the memory 6, it sends a recording command signal to the recording / reproducing circuit 11 and a display stop signal to the image processing circuit 9. Therefore, the recording of the program on the video tape is restarted, and when the recording end time comes, the second and subsequent recording operations are stopped.

Thus, one video cassette contains:
Broadcast programs with CM cut are continuously recorded, and a collection tape can be obtained. In general, in the case of a continuous program that is repeated daily or weekly, the CM is played for a fixed period of time at regular intervals. Therefore, the collection tape on which the continuous program is recorded has the CM removed.
Therefore, the next time a collection tape is set and played, since the recorded program does not include a CM, the user can enjoy a continuous program without performing complicated operations such as fast forward.

In the above embodiment, an example in which a video cassette is set in a television-integrated VCR and a continuous program is recorded has been described. However, a video cassette recorder or a tape recorder separate from a television receiver is provided. The present invention can also be applied to the case where information is recorded on a magnetic tape by such a magnetic recording / reproducing apparatus. In this case, a broadcast program with commercial cuts can be continuously recorded on one video tape or audio tape, and when the collection tape is reproduced, since the recorded program does not include commercials, A continuous program can be enjoyed without having to perform complicated operations such as fast forward. In addition to such a magnetic recording / reproducing apparatus, an AV apparatus for recording and reproducing information according to a reservation program, for example, a CD player, a CD component, a D
It can be widely applied to optical information recording / reproducing devices such as VD. Also in this case, a broadcast program with a commercial cut can be continuously recorded on the optical disc. When the optical disc is reproduced, since the recorded program does not include a commercial, it is not necessary to perform a complicated skipping operation. You can enjoy the series.

[0017]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when recording the reception information on the storage medium, the reception information is recorded in accordance with the information on the operation control stored in the memory. Since the recording operation is temporarily stopped in a time period from the time when the first input means is pressed to the time when the second input means is pressed, unnecessary information is removed and only necessary information can be continuously stored in the storage medium. This eliminates the need for complicated operations of removing unnecessary information while reproducing continuous information as in the related art. According to a second aspect of the present invention, when recording the reception information in the storage medium based on the reservation program, the recording operation is temporarily stopped according to the stop and release time information stored in the memory by the input unit, and then resumed. Therefore, when recording regularly received information, such as daily or weekly, on the storage medium by the reservation program, information in a meaningless time zone can be removed, and only necessary information can be continuously stored, so that it can be used without waste. There is an effect that a storage medium having excellent value can be manufactured.
According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the recording operation of the information recording / reproducing means is stopped and the recording operation is resumed, the control means causes the display means to display a sign indicating recording stop and recording restart of the received information. There is an advantage that the user can be informed of the interruption period of the information recording together with the reason. Further, the invention according to claim 4 has an advantage that only the necessary program portion can be continuously recorded on the storage medium because the suspension period of the information recording operation is a commercial time zone during program broadcasting. . The information recording / reproducing means is provided in a magnetic recording / reproducing apparatus such as a video cassette recorder or a tape recorder for recording / reproducing information on / from a magnetic tape. Broadcast programs with commercial cuts can be recorded continuously on audio tapes.When this collection tape is played back, since the recorded programs do not contain commercials, there is no need to perform complicated operations such as fast forward. There is an effect that the user can enjoy a serial program. Also,
According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, since the information recording / reproducing means is provided in the optical information recording / reproducing apparatus for recording / reproducing information on / from the optical disc, the broadcast program with commercial cut is continuously recorded on the optical disc. When playing back the optical disc, since the recorded program does not include a commercial, there is an effect that a continuous program can be enjoyed without having to perform a complicated skipping operation.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an electric block diagram showing an information recording / reproducing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exemplary diagram of characters indicating recording interruption displayed on a display unit.

FIG. 3 is another example of a character indicating recording interruption displayed on the display unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 6 memory 8 input means 11 information recording / reproducing means 13 control means

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An information recording device for receiving information according to the contents of the reservation program and operating the information recording / reproducing means to record the received information on a storage medium when the execution time of the reservation program preset by the input means comes. In the reproducing apparatus, a memory for storing information relating to operation control of the information recording / reproducing means, time information when a first input means which is one of the input means is pressed, and a time information which is one of the input means, The time information at the time of pressing the input means 2 is stored in the memory, and when the received information is subsequently recorded in the storage medium, the recording is performed in accordance with the information on the operation control stored in the memory. Control means for temporarily stopping the recording operation in a time zone from the time when the first input means is pressed to the time when the second input means is pressed. Broadcast recording and reproducing apparatus. 2. An information recording device for receiving information according to the contents of the reservation program and operating the information recording / reproducing means to record the received information on a storage medium when the execution time of the reservation program preset by the input means comes. In the reproducing apparatus, a memory for storing information related to operation control of the information recording / reproducing means, and when recording information is recorded on the storage medium based on the reservation program, when a recording stop signal is transmitted from the input means, The recording operation of the information recording / reproducing means is stopped, and the time information at the time of the stop is stored in the memory. Thereafter, when a stop release signal is sent from the input means, the recording operation of the information recording / reproducing means is restarted. And the time information at the time of release is stored in the memory, and then received in the storage medium based on the reservation program. Control means for controlling the information recording / reproducing means to temporarily stop and then resume the recording operation according to the stop and release time information stored in the memory when recording the information. Information recording and playback device. 3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the control unit causes the display unit to display a sign indicating that the recording of the received information is stopped and the recording is resumed when the information recording / reproducing unit stops the recording operation and when the recording operation is restarted. Item 3. The information recording / reproducing device according to item 1 or 2. 4. The information recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the suspension period of the information recording operation is a commercial time zone during program broadcasting. 5. The information recording / reproducing means is provided in a magnetic recording / reproducing apparatus such as a video tape recorder and a tape recorder for recording / reproducing information on / from a magnetic tape. An information recording / reproducing apparatus according to any one of the above. 6. The information recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said information recording / reproducing means is provided in an optical information recording / reproducing apparatus for recording / reproducing information on / from an optical disk. apparatus.