JP2000163937A - Signal reproducing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a signal reproducing apparatus which can make a time display as much as possible. SOLUTION: A VCR 10 includes a microcomputer 14, which controls a fluorescent tube controller 24 according to a remote control signal supplied from a remote control transmitter 32. When a cassette tape is loaded and reproduction is indicated, a counter is displayed on a fluorescent tube 26 and time is displayed on the fluorescent lamp 26 10 seconds after the change of VCR status from stop to reproduction is indicated. The counter is also displayed on the fluorescent tube 26 for 10 seconds after other operations (FF, REW, CUE, and RE VIEW) are changed to reproduction during the operations and the time is displayed on the fluorescent lamp 26 10 seconds thereafter. Since the counter is displayed on the fluorescent tube, only for 10 seconds according to the indication of reproduction, time display can be made as much as possible.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a signal reproducing apparatus,
Especially, for example, VCR, DVD player, MD player,
The present invention relates to a signal reproducing apparatus for reproducing a recording signal from a recording medium such as a CD player and a cassette tape player.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional VCR of this type, when a commercial power supply is supplied and a power supply of a VCR main body is turned off in accordance with an instruction of a remote control transmitter, a display device (1) provided on the surface of the VCR is provided. ) Indicates the time. Further, when the power is turned on and the tape is mounted, a counter is displayed, and the time or the remaining amount of the tape can be displayed according to the user's selection. Further, in another VCR provided with a display device (2) having a large number of display digits, time, month, day, and day of the week are displayed in a standby state. When the power is turned on and the tape is mounted, a time and a counter are displayed, and the remaining amount of the tape and the time can be displayed according to a user's selection.

[0003]

A display device (1) is usually applied to many VCRs in order to reduce power consumption. In this display device (1), a counter is displayed even during tape reproduction. That is, a counter is necessary during operations such as fast-forward (FF), rewind (REW), fast-forward playback (CUE), and rewind playback (REVIEW) of a tape, but almost all counters are needed during tape playback. There is no. Nevertheless, it is inconvenient that the counter is displayed even during playback and the time cannot be known.

[0004] Therefore, a main object of the present invention is to provide a signal reproducing apparatus capable of displaying a clock as much as possible.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a signal reproducing apparatus for reproducing a recording signal from a recording medium, a display means for selectively displaying reproduction information and time relating to reproduction of the recording signal, and reproduction of the recording signal. And a selection control means for selecting reproduction information for a predetermined period according to an instruction of the instruction means.

[0006]

According to one aspect of the present invention, a recording signal is reproduced from a recording medium, and the display means selectively displays reproduction information and time relating to reproduction of the recording signal. The instruction means instructs the reproduction of the recording signal, and the selection control means causes the reproduction information to be selected for a predetermined period according to the instruction.

[0007] In one embodiment of the present invention, the reproduction information is a counter.

[0008]

According to the present invention, the reproduction information is selected only for a predetermined period according to the reproduction instruction, so that the clock can be displayed as much as possible. The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of embodiments with reference to the drawings.

[0009]

Referring to FIG. 1, a VCR (video cassette tape recorder) 10 of this embodiment includes a mechanism 12, which includes a capstan motor, a loading motor, a position detection switch, and the like (not shown). A microcomputer 14 is connected to the mechanism 12, and the microcomputer 14 controls a capstan motor and a loading motor based on a detection signal from a position detection switch.

A video signal processing circuit 16 is connected to the microcomputer 14, and a video signal reproduced from a cassette tape (not shown) by the video signal processing circuit 16 is output to an output terminal 20 via an adder 18. Given.
The microcomputer 14 further includes an on-screen display IC.
(Hereinafter simply referred to as “IC”) 22 is connected. I
C22 is activated according to the instruction of the microcomputer 14, and IC
From 22, a character signal corresponding to the counter or time is supplied to the adder 18. Therefore, when the IC 22 is activated, the character signal is added to the video signal,
The counter or time is overwritten on the video and output from a monitor (not shown).

Further, a fluorescent tube controller 24 is connected to the microcomputer 14, and the fluorescent tube controller 24 controls a fluorescent tube 26 provided on the front of the VCR 10 under the instruction of the microcomputer 14. That is, when display of time is instructed from the microcomputer 14, the fluorescent tube controller 24 displays the time on the fluorescent tube 26. When an instruction to display an operation state (counter) such as cassette tape playback, fast-forward (FF), rewind (REW), fast-forward playback (CUE), and rewind playback (REVIEW) is given,
The fluorescent tube controller 24 displays a counter on the fluorescent tube 26.

VCR 10 also includes a preamplifier 28 and a remote control receiver 30. Remote control receiver 30 receives a remote control signal provided from remote control transmitter 32 and provides a corresponding control signal to preamplifier 28. The preamplifier 28 amplifies a remote control signal provided from the remote control receiver 30 and supplies the amplified signal to the microcomputer 14.
That is, the microcomputer 14 controls the mechanism 12, the video signal processing circuit 16, the IC 22, and the fluorescent tube controller 24 based on a remote control signal given from the remote control transmitter 32.

As shown in FIG. 2, the remote control transmitter 32 includes a power button 34, a mode switching button 36, an OSD button 38, a rewind button 40, a play button 42, a fast forward button 44, and a stop button 46. When each of the operation buttons 34 to 46 is pressed by the operator, a corresponding remote control signal is given from the remote control transmitter 32 to the remote control receiver 30.

When the power button 34 is pressed, the VCR 10
The power of the main body is turned on / off. That is, when the power button 34 is pressed while the power of the VCR 10 is on, commercial power is supplied to the microcomputer 14, the fluorescent tube controller 24, the fluorescent tube 26, the preamplifier 28, and the remote control receiver 30, but other power sources are provided. Power supply to the circuit is stopped (standby state).

When the mode switching button 36 is pressed, the display mode of the fluorescent tube 26 is switched between a counter mode for displaying a counter and a time mode for displaying time. When the OSD button 38 is pressed, a display mode opposite to the display mode selected by the mode switching button 36 is displayed on the monitor. That is, when the fluorescent tube 26 is in the counter mode, the time is displayed on the monitor, and the fluorescent tube 26 is displayed.
If is a time mode, a counter is displayed on the monitor. When the OSD button 38 is pressed again, the monitor display is turned off.

When the rewind button 40 is pressed, the mechanism 12 is driven according to the instruction of the microcomputer 14, and the cassette tape is rewound. When the rewind button 40 is pressed during playback, REVIEW is executed. Play button 4
2 is pressed, the mechanism 12 is pressed according to the instruction of the microcomputer 14.
Is driven, and the video signal recorded on the cassette tape is reproduced by the video signal processing circuit 16. When the fast forward button 44 is pressed, the cassette tape is fast forwarded. When the fast forward button 44 is pressed during playback, CUE is executed. When the stop button 46 is pressed, playback, FF, RE
The operations of W, CUE and REVIEW are stopped.

In the counter mode or the time mode, the display on the fluorescent tube 26 and the monitor corresponding to each operation is shown in Table 1.

[0018]

[Table 1]

Even when the counter mode is set, the time is displayed on the fluorescent tube 26 in a standby state or when the power is on but no cassette tape is mounted (no tape state). If the other operation, that is, the power is on and the cassette tape is mounted,
Stop, Play, FF, REW, CUE and REVIEW
In either case, a counter is displayed on the fluorescent tube 26. When the OSD button 38 is pressed, the OSD mode is set. When the OSD mode is set in the counter mode, the time is displayed on the monitor. Again O
When the SD button 38 is pressed, the monitor display is turned off.

On the other hand, when the time mode is set, the time is displayed on the fluorescent tube 26 even when the tape is stopped, in addition to the above-described standby state, no tape state, and the like.
Referring to Table 1, when the mode is changed from the stop, FF, REW, CUE and REVIEW modes to the playback mode, a counter is displayed for only 10 seconds after the change to the playback mode. Fluorescent tube 2 even during playback
The display of 6 is time. Referring to Table 1, FF, R
The counter is displayed during the operation of each of the EW, CUE and REVIEW modes and for 10 seconds after the operation mode is changed from the operation mode to the reproduction mode. However, when 10 seconds have elapsed, the display changes to the time. Also, as described above, the OSD
When the button 38 is pressed, a counter is displayed on the monitor. When the OSD button 38 is turned on again, the monitor display is turned off.

The operation described above is performed by the microcomputer 14 shown in FIG.
The processing is performed according to the flowchart shown in FIG. VCR1
When the power of the microcomputer 0 is turned on, the microcomputer 14 starts processing,
In step S1, it is determined whether the current monitor mode is the OSD mode. If "NO" here, the monitor display is turned off in step S9 and the process proceeds to step S11.
If "YES", it is determined in step S3 whether the display mode of the fluorescent tube 26 is the counter mode. If "YES" in the step S3, the time is displayed on the monitor in a step S5 and the process proceeds to the step S11. If "NO", a counter is displayed on the monitor in a step S7 and the process proceeds to the step S11.

In step S11, it is determined whether the display mode of the fluorescent tube 26 is the time mode. Step S11
If "NO" is determined in step S27, the counter is displayed on the fluorescent tube 26 in step S27 shown in FIG.
If "YES", it is determined whether or not the operation is changed in step S13. If “NO” in the step S13,
In step S25 shown in FIG. 4, the time is displayed on the fluorescent tube 26 and the process returns to step S1, but if "YES", it is determined in step S15 shown in FIG. If “YES” in the step S15, the process proceeds to a step S25. If “NO”, the process proceeds to a step S1.
Go to 7. In step S17, it is determined whether or not another operation has been changed to reproduction. If "NO", the process proceeds to step S27. If "YES", the process proceeds to step S19.
Resets and starts the 10 second counter 14a. In a succeeding step S21, a counter is displayed on the fluorescent tube 26, and it is determined whether or not 10 seconds have elapsed in a step S23. If "YES" in the step S23, the time is displayed in a step S25, and the process returns to the step S1, but the "N"
If "O", the process returns to step S21.

According to this embodiment, since the counter is displayed on the fluorescent tube for only 10 seconds in response to the reproduction instruction, the clock can be displayed as much as possible. In this embodiment, each operation button is provided on the remote control transmitter. However, an operation panel may be provided on the main body of the VCR, and each operation button may be provided on this operation panel.

In this embodiment, the VCR has been described. However, as long as it has a display device for reproducing a recording medium and selectively displaying a counter or time, a DVD player, an MD player, a CD player, and a cassette are provided. It goes without saying that the present invention can be applied to players and the like.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an illustrative view showing one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an illustrative view showing a remote control transmitter shown in FIG. 1 embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing of the microcomputer shown in FIG. 1 embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing of the microcomputer shown in FIG. 1 embodiment;

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 VCR 14 Microcomputer 22 IC 24 Fluorescent tube controller 26 Fluorescent tube 32 Remote control transmitter

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A signal reproducing apparatus for reproducing a recording signal from a recording medium, comprising: display means for selectively displaying reproduction information and time relating to reproduction of the recording signal; instruction means for instructing reproduction of the recording signal; And a selection control means for selecting the reproduction information for a predetermined period according to an instruction of the instruction means. 2. The reproduction information according to claim 1, wherein said reproduction information is a counter.
The signal reproducing device according to any one of the preceding claims.