JP2000200475A - Recorder, recording method and charging method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To correctly retrieve and store additional information by controlling additional information generated based on inputted identification information so as to be associated with data read from a first storage medium when the data read from the first storage medium are recorded into a second storage medium. SOLUTION: Various kinds of additional information are stored into a data base being source from which additional information is obtained by a recording/ reproducing device stores various kinds of additional information corresponding to a bar code number to be peculiarly indicated for every CD title as a marchandise. The database in which additional information peculiar to each marchandise title is correctly classified/stored is realized by storing album information, track information and further information related to the album corresponding to each bar code number. Corresponding additional information is correctly retrieved for every CD as each marchandise title by using the bar code number as a retrieval trigger of the database.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a recording apparatus and a recording method capable of recording and storing data from a storage medium provided as a package medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Various types of audiovisual devices owned by users have become widespread, and it has become common for individuals to enjoy music software and video software. For example, if the user has a CD (Compact Disc (trademark)), M
D (Mini Disc (trademark)) and other audio systems that support disc storage media, and purchase and play back desired CDs and MDs sold as package media, or use recordable media. For example, a certain MD is used to create an original disc based on a favorite song selection. Here MD
(MINI DISC) is an optical disk or a magneto-optical disk having a diameter of 64 mm, and is a medium on which compressed audio for about 80 minutes can be recorded. In this specification, it is described as “MD”.

[0003]

By the way, a recording and reproducing apparatus for storing audio data files and video data files by using a large-capacity medium such as a hard disk has been developed as an unprecedented new audiovisual device. I have. For example, a recording and playback device
Music and the like recorded on a package medium owned by the user such as a CD are dubbed and recorded on a hard disk or the like in the recording / reproducing apparatus. In a recording / reproducing device, by using a large-capacity storage medium such as a hard disk,
For example, all songs on a large number of CDs or the like owned by the user can be stored in the recording / reproducing system.

When the user wants to reproduce a certain music or the like, it is not necessary for the user to search for a CD or the like on which the music is recorded and load it into the recording / reproducing apparatus. That is, the recording / reproducing apparatus may read out the music designated by the user from the hard disk and reproduce it. Therefore, such a recording / reproducing apparatus is particularly suitable for a large number of CDs.
It becomes very convenient for the user who owns etc. Also, there is no need to replace CDs, etc.
For example, it is also possible to easily enjoy music by selecting music according to the mood and situation of the day.

Further, if a portable recording / reproducing apparatus capable of moving or copying data such as music from a hard disk or the like of the recording / reproducing apparatus is provided, a user selects a music desired to be listened to on that day from a large number of music. Copying or the like from the recording / reproducing apparatus to the portable recording / reproducing apparatus can be performed so that the portable recording / reproducing apparatus can reproduce the data.

A user can easily enjoy music and the like with such a recording / reproducing apparatus and a portable recording / reproducing apparatus. However, in order to make this recording / reproducing apparatus a music server with higher added value. In addition, it is considered that not only music data is simply stored in the hard disk, but also information related to music and the like is stored as additional information to be added to data of the music and the like. Information related to music and the like includes, for example, an album title, an artist name, and the like corresponding to music data dubbed from a CD.
Information such as the song name of each song, songwriter, composer, graphic data as an album jacket, and photograph data of the artist. If the recording / reproducing apparatus stores such additional information together with the music data and the like, it is possible to present to the user the title of the music, the name of the player, and related images such as an album jacket and a photograph when the music is reproduced.

Here, for example, when a user considers data dubbing from a hand-held CD to a hard disk of a recording / reproducing apparatus, a problem is how to take in additional information on the dubbed data.
One method is to provide a service organization that provides additional information and connect the recording / reproducing device owned by the user to the service organization via a communication line. In other words, the user owns the CD
When dubbing music data from a CD to a hard disk in the recording / reproducing device owned by the
The identification information that can identify the title (that is, the title type as the product of the CD) is transmitted to the service organization. Then, the service organization determines the CD contents (album title, artist, song name, etc.) based on the identification information, and transmits them to the recording / reproducing device as additional information. The recording / reproducing apparatus may record the transmitted additional information on the hard disk in association with the music data.

[0008] The information for determining the contents of the CD (that is, information serving as a trigger for searching for additional information) is information that can be read from the CD by the recording / reproducing apparatus, and is unique data for each CD content (for each product title). Is preferable, the TOC (Table of Content), which is CD management information, is used.
nts) data. In this case, the service organization only needs to prepare a database storing additional data corresponding to the TOC data for each product title for a CD sold in the market.

However, when such a system is considered, if TOC data is used as a search trigger for additional information, there is a problem that erroneous additional information may be obtained as a search result. As is well known, in a CD, the number of tracks recorded and the start position of each track are managed by the TOC. However, even if the CDs have different titles, the TOC data may be the same.
Further, even if the CDs have the same title, the TOC data may be different depending on the circumstances of the disc manufacturing process. For this reason, when the TOC data is used as a search trigger, additional information having no relation to the data from the dubbed CD may be provided or additional information may not be obtained. As unreliable.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems. For example, when data reproduced from a first storage medium provided as a package medium is stored in a second storage medium, Search for additional information accurately and
It is an object of the present invention to improve the function and reliability of the recording device by storing the data in association with the data reproduced from the storage medium.

Therefore, according to the present invention, in a recording apparatus for recording data read from a first storage medium on a second storage medium, data read from the first storage medium is stored on the second storage medium. Recording means for recording, input means for inputting identification information for identifying the first storage medium in accordance with an operation, and the recording means transferring data read from the first storage medium to the second storage medium Control means for controlling the additional information generated based on the identification information input by the input means during or after the recording so that the additional information is associated with the data read from the first storage medium. To Here, the identification information is information in which a different value is set at least for each data content in the first storage medium, for example, information that can identify a product title as data content set as a record number, a product number, or the like. It is. This identification information is, for example, information presented as a barcode on the first storage medium or its package. That is, by using identification information that is a unique value for each content at least for the first storage medium (for example, a CD),
Eliminate database search errors.

According to the recording method of the present invention, a recording procedure for recording data read from a first storage medium on a second storage medium, and identification information for identifying the first storage medium in accordance with an operation. An input procedure for inputting, and additional information generated based on the identification information input in the input procedure when or after recording data read from the first storage medium on the second storage medium. Is the first
And a control procedure for performing control so as to be associated with data read from the storage medium.

[0013] Further, according to the billing method of the present invention, a recording procedure in which data read from a first storage medium is recorded on a second storage medium based on a user's instruction, and the first storage medium is identified. An additional information generation procedure for generating additional information based on the identification information; a control procedure for controlling the additional information generated in the additional information generation procedure so as to be associated with data read from the first storage medium; And a charging procedure for performing a charging process on the user in accordance with the additional information associated with the data.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a recording / reproducing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. First, an example of a system constructed by the recording / reproducing apparatus will be described.
A characteristic operation example of the recording / reproducing apparatus will be described. The characteristic operation of the recording / reproducing apparatus of this example can be realized as an operation of the information distribution system described below, but can also be realized as an operation of the recording / reproducing apparatus alone which is separated from the system. is there. The description will be made in the following order. 1. 1. Overview of information distribution system 2. Example of external appearance of recording / reproducing device and portable device 3. Internal configuration of recording / reproducing device 4. Internal configuration of portable device 5. File transfer processing 6. File storage format of recording / playback device 7. Operation example 1 during CD-HDD dubbing 8. Operation example 2 at the time of CD-HDD dubbing Operation example 3 when dubbing a CD-HDD

1. 1. Outline of Information Distribution System FIG. 1 shows an outline of an information distribution system including the recording / reproducing apparatus of the present embodiment. This information distribution system includes a recording / reproducing device 10 used by a general user at home 2 or the like,
And an information center 1 as an information service organization relating to the use of the recording / reproducing device 10. The information center 1 and the recording / reproducing device 10 can communicate various types of information using a transmission line 3 such as a communication line. The transmission path 3 is, for example, an IS
A public line network such as a DN line (Integrated Service Digital Network) or a dedicated line network for the present system may be constructed. CATV (Cable Te
levision), wireless communication, etc., and the communication form is not particularly limited. Communication satellite 4
Alternatively, a satellite communication line using a parabolic antenna 5 installed in each home 2 may be configured to enable information communication between the information center 1 and the recording / reproducing device 10.

The recording / reproducing apparatus 10 of this embodiment used by a general user includes a large-capacity data file storage unit (for example, the hard disk drive 15 shown in FIG. 3), as will be described in detail later. It has a function of driving package media such as a magnetic disk, a semiconductor memory, etc., a function of inputting data from other devices, and a function of inputting data via the transmission path 3. Optical disks, magneto-optical disks, magnetic disks, semiconductor memories Audio data, image data, video data, text data, and other various data that are played back from media purchased by users such as, and various data input from other devices and transmission paths are stored as files. be able to.

With respect to the stored file (for example, music and the like are stored as one file for each music piece), the user can arbitrarily reproduce the file. So, for example, a user with many CDs,
If all the music pieces of all the CDs are stored as one file in the recording / reproducing apparatus 10, it is possible to execute the reproduction of the desired music piece without having to select and load the CD or the like.

The information center 1 can provide various kinds of information to such a recording / reproducing apparatus 10 for a fee or free of charge. The information center 1 includes, for example, text data such as a song title, an artist name, and lyrics, a song image, an image of an artist, and an image of a jacket as information (additional information) related to a file such as a song stored in the recording / reproducing apparatus 10. Image data, such as the artist's Internet homepage address (URL: Uniform Re
source Locator), information on copyright, related person names (eg, lyricist, composer, creator, etc.)... For example, the recording / reproducing apparatus 10 can perform various operations such as storing information provided from the information center in association with a song file and using the information for display output.

In this embodiment, the recording / reproducing apparatus 10 can obtain additional information from the information center 1, but the additional information can be obtained from a source other than the information center 1. In other words, it is sufficient that a database capable of searching for additional information corresponding to albums, songs, and the like stored in the recording / reproducing apparatus 10 exists. The contents and search operation of this database will be described later. Obtains additional information from the database. Therefore, when the information center 1 has a database as a system, the recording / reproducing apparatus 10 applies a search trigger to the information center 1 and receives supply of additional information as a search result from the information center 1 as described above. Become. On the other hand, if the database is at hand of the user in the form of, for example, a CD-ROM, the recording / reproducing apparatus 10 can search the CD-ROM for additional information. Of course, if the database is installed on the hard disk inside the recording / reproducing apparatus 10, the recording / reproducing apparatus 10 can search the database for additional information. In these cases, there is no need to communicate with the information center 1 for obtaining additional information. That is, even if the recording / reproducing device 10 is not a connection to the system as shown in FIG.

In this system example, as a device used by a user, there is a portable recording / reproducing device 50 (hereinafter referred to as a portable device) connectable to the recording / reproducing device 10. As will be described later in detail, the portable device 50 includes a data file storage unit (for example, a hard disk drive (or flash memory) 54 in FIG. 4) capable of storing a file such as audio data. When connected to the recording / reproducing device 10, the recording / reproducing device 10
(For example, music) stored in the portable device 50 can be copied or moved to the data file storage unit in the portable device 50. Of course, conversely, the file stored in the data file storage unit in the portable device 50 can be copied or moved to the data file storage unit in the recording / reproducing device 10.

The user can use the portable device 50 by moving or copying an arbitrary file among the files stored in the recording / reproducing device 10 to the portable device 50. For example, when the portable device 50 is used, by moving a file of a song that the user wants to listen to on that day, it becomes possible to listen to those songs, for example, while away from home.

2. External Example of Recording / Reproducing Apparatus and Portable Apparatus FIG. 2 shows an external example of the recording / reproducing apparatus 10 and the portable apparatus 50. The description here is merely an example, and the external appearance of each device, the user interface configuration (that is, the configuration for operation and display), the recording / reproducing device 1
Various other examples can be considered for the connection form between the mobile device 50 and the portable device 50.

As shown in FIG. 2, the recording / reproducing apparatus 10 is a so-called radio-cassette type apparatus suitable for use at home of a user, for example. Of course, it may be a component type. The recording / reproducing apparatus 10 includes operation keys, operation knobs, a rotary push key called a jog dial, and the like on a device front panel as various operation elements Ka for the user to perform various operations. . Further, as an output portion for the user, a speaker 35 for outputting reproduced sound and the like and a display section 24 for displaying and outputting various information are provided. The display unit 24 is formed of, for example, a liquid crystal panel.

In addition, an optical disk (eg, audio CD, CD-ROM, CD text, etc.) owned by the user is reproduced by the recording / reproducing apparatus 10 and an optical disk is inserted into the internal hard disk described later for data dubbing. An optical disk insertion section 17a is provided. Similarly, the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 records a magneto-optical disk (eg, audio MD, MD data, etc.) owned by the user
In order to record / reproduce data at 0 or to perform data dubbing or the like on an internal hard disk, a magneto-optical disk insertion portion 18a for inserting a magneto-optical disk is provided.

The recording / reproducing apparatus 10 is provided with various terminals ta for connection with other devices. These various terminals ta are used for connection of microphones and headphones, and are line connection terminals, optical digital connection terminals, interface connectors, and the like that can be connected to other audiovisual devices, personal computers, and the like.

As a means for the user to input an operation to the recording / reproducing apparatus 10, a keyboard 90 and a remote commander 91 can be used in addition to the operation element Ka. The keyboard 90 is used by being connected via a keyboard connector as a terminal ta, or when an infrared transmitting unit is mounted on the keyboard 90, operation information from the keyboard 90 is output by an infrared wireless method, and a light receiving unit is used. 21 to the recording / reproducing device 10. The remote commander 91 outputs operation information by, for example, an infrared method. Then, the operation information based on the infrared signal is input from the light receiving unit 21 to the recording / reproducing device 10. Note that the operation information output when the keyboard 90 is a wireless system and the operation information output from the remote commander 91 may use radio waves instead of infrared rays.

Further, an input pen 93 forming an input means together with the display unit 24 is provided. That is, an image for operation is displayed on the display unit 24 as a so-called GUI (Graphical User Interface), and the input pen 93 is applied to the image on the display unit 24. It is configured to perform an operation input. Further, a bar code scanner 92 is prepared as an input means, and can read a bar code displayed on a package (album jacket or the like) of a CD, for example.

A PCMCIA slot 39 is formed in the recording / reproducing apparatus 10 so that data can be exchanged by mounting a PCMCIA card.

The portable device 50 is a small and lightweight device suitable for being carried and used by a user. The mobile device 50 is provided with operation keys and the like as various operators Kb for the user to perform various operations. Although not shown, a jog dial or the like may be provided as the operation element Kb. Further, the portable device 50 is provided with a speaker 68 for outputting reproduced sound and the like and a display unit 57 for displaying and outputting various information as output parts for the user. The display unit 57 is formed of, for example, a liquid crystal panel.

The portable device 50 is provided with various terminals tb for connecting to other devices. These various terminals tb are parts used for connection of microphones and headphones, or line connection terminals, optical digital connection terminals, interface connectors, and the like that can be connected to other audiovisual devices, personal computers, and the like. For example, when the user carries the portable device 50 and listens to music or the like, in addition to reproducing the sound from the speaker 68, the user connects the headphones 92 to the headphone terminal among the terminals tb, thereby using the headphones 92 for music or the like. You can listen to.

By connecting the recording / reproducing device 10 and the portable device 50, various data communications (real file data such as audio data, and processing of real file data communication) are performed between the recording / reproducing device 10 and the portable device 50. Communication of control data and the like). In this example, the recording / reproducing apparatus 10 is provided with a mounting section MT having a connector 27, and the two apparatuses are connected by loading the portable apparatus 50 into the mounting section MT. When the portable device 50 is loaded into the mounting portion MT, the connector 60 provided at the lower part of the portable device 50 and the connector 27 in the mounting portion MT are connected, and both devices are connected via the connectors 60 and 27. Is performed during the data communication. Note that the connection between the recording / reproducing device 10 and the portable device 50 may be a line connection method using a communication cable, or a wireless connection method using infrared rays or the like.

3. Next, an example of an internal configuration of the recording / reproducing apparatus 10 will be described with reference to FIG. The recording / reproducing device 10 is provided with a push-type or rotary-type operation unit as the panel operation unit 20. The operators here correspond to the various operators Ka shown in FIG. That is, these are various operators formed on the device housing. When the panel operation unit 20 is operated by the user, an operation signal for executing various operations of the recording / reproducing apparatus 10 is transmitted, and the recording / reproducing apparatus 10 is operated according to the operation signals.

Although the input pen 93 is shown in FIG. 2, an input detection unit 42 is provided to detect that the input key 93 has been input to the operation key display on the display unit 24. A pen driver 4 for driving the input pen 93;
1 is provided. As an input method using the input pen 93, for example, a capacitance detection type can be considered. That is, an electrode is provided at the tip of the input pen 93 and driven by the pen driver 41, and the electrodes are arranged in a matrix in a range corresponding to the display surface of the display unit 24 as the input detection unit 42. Then, since the position where the pen driver 41 touches the display surface of the display unit 24 can be detected as the capacitance change position by the matrix-shaped electrodes, it is determined that the operation input as the operation image displayed at that position has been performed. it can. As another example, a mechanical configuration in which matrix-like switch electrodes are arranged in two layers as the input detection unit 42 and contact of the switch electrodes is detected at a position pressed by the input pen 93 is also conceivable. . In such a mechanical configuration, the pen driver 41 is unnecessary, and the input pen 93 does not need to be a dedicated one.

The bar code scanner 92 shown in FIG.
Are driven by the scanner driver 40 and take in bar code data.

For example, the keyboard 90 and the remote commander 91 can be used as described above in order to facilitate input of a song name, an artist name, and the like corresponding to recorded audio information.
By connecting the keyboard 90 to the terminal ta6 (serial bus), input from the keyboard 90 becomes possible. That is, an input signal (operation signal) from the keyboard 90 is supplied to the USB driver via the USB terminal ta6, and can be taken into the recording / reproducing device 10. In addition,
Each of the terminals ta1 to ta7 in FIG. 3 corresponds to one of the terminals ta shown in FIG.

An operation signal by infrared rays from the remote commander 91 (and an operation signal when the keyboard 90 performs infrared output) is photoelectrically converted by the light receiving section 21 and supplied to the infrared interface driver 22 to perform recording and reproduction. It can be taken into the inside of the device 10. The recording / reproducing apparatus 10 may be configured to perform data transfer output to an external device via the infrared interface driver 22 or the USB driver 23.

The recording / reproducing apparatus 10 has a RAM 13, ROM 12,
A flash memory 14 is provided, and the CPU 11 controls the overall operation of the recording / reproducing apparatus 10. Transfer of file data and control data between the blocks is performed via the bus B1.

The panel operation unit 20, the input pen 93,
An operation input signal input by the user through the barcode scanner 92, the remote commander 91, the keyboard 90, or the like is transferred to the CPU 11. And CPU1
1 executes a predetermined process according to a user operation. For this reason, the ROM 12 includes the panel operation unit 20.
A program or the like for controlling the operation of the recording / reproducing device 10 in accordance with an input signal input by operating the device or the like is stored. In the RAM 13 and the flash memory 14, a data area and a task area for executing a program are temporarily secured. Alternatively, a program loader is stored in the ROM 12, and the program itself can be loaded into the RAM 13 or the flash memory 14 by the program loader.

An optical disk (eg, audio CD, CD-ROM, CD text, etc.) is loaded into the CD-ROM drive 17 from the optical disk insertion section 17a, and at 1 × or higher speed, for example, 16 × or 32 ×. The information stored on the optical disk is read by the optical pickup.

An optical disc or a magneto-optical disc (eg, audio MD, MD data, etc.) is loaded into the MD drive 18 from the magneto-optical disc insertion section 18a, and information stored on the disc is read by an optical pickup. Alternatively, information can be recorded on the disc loaded in the MD drive 18.

In this embodiment, the CD-ROM drive 1
7, an example in which the MD drive 18 is provided is provided, but only one of them is provided, or another medium is used as a medium on which information is stored, for example, a magneto-optical disk called an MO disk or an optical disk of another system. ,
A drive corresponding to a magnetic disk, a nonvolatile memory card, or the like may be provided.

As a large-capacity storage means inside the recording / reproducing apparatus 10, a hard disk drive (hereinafter, referred to as HDD) 15 for recording / reproducing information to / from a hard disk is provided. For example, CD-R
Audio information and the like read from the OM drive 17 and the MD drive 18 can be stored in the HDD 15 in file units (for example, one song corresponds to one file).

Also, ATRA is used for audio data.
An encoder 28 for performing C2 (Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding 2) compression encoding and a decoder 29 for decoding audio data for ATRAC2 compression are provided. Encoder 28,
The decoder 29 encodes and decodes the supplied audio data under the control of the CPU 11. Further, a buffer memory 16 for temporarily storing audio data to be processed is provided.
Data writing / reading of the buffer memory 16 is performed under the control of the CPU 11.

Under the control of the CPU 11, for example, a CD-
When the audio data read from the disk by the ROM drive 17 is stored in the HDD 15, the audio data read from the disk is temporarily stored in the buffer memory 16 as a pre-process for storing the audio data in the HDD 15. Audio data is supplied from the buffer memory 16 to the encoder 28 and the ATR
AC2 encoding is performed. Further, the data encoded by the encoder 28 is temporarily stored in the buffer memory 16 again, and finally the encoded audio information is stored in the HDD 15.

In this embodiment, the encoder 28 uses the AT
The audio data encoded by the RAC2 method is H
The data is stored in the DD15.
The data read from the ROM drive 17 is PCM
(Pulse Code Modulation) data may be stored in the HDD 15 as it is.

The encoder 28 not only encodes data read from a medium mounted on the CD-ROM drive 17, but also encodes an audio signal input via an amplifier 32 from a microphone terminal ta 3 to which a microphone is connected. Alternatively, an audio signal input from a line input terminal ta2 to which a device such as a CD player is connected is input via an A / D converter 31. The audio data input from these terminals ta3 and ta2 is also encoded by the encoder 28. Further, data input from an external device (for example, a CD player or the like) connected to the optical digital terminal ta4 is stored in IEC958 (International Electrotechnical).
Commission 958) Encoder 2 via encoder 30
8, and the data input in the optical digital system can be encoded by the encoder 28.

After the data input from the external device is encoded by the encoder 28 as described above,
The encoded data can be stored in the HDD 15 in file units.

The encoding algorithm of the encoder 28 is not limited to ATRAC2 (trademark), but may be any encoding algorithm that compresses information. For example, ATRAC3 (trademark), ATRAC (trademark), MPEG (moving picture coding experts grou
p), PASC (precision adaptive sub-band codin
g), TwinVQ (Transform-Domain Weighted Interl
eave Vector Quantization) (trademark), RealAud
io (trademark), LiquidAudio (trademark), or the like.

In the recording / reproducing apparatus 10, the transmission path 3 is an external network connected to the communication terminal ta 5, such as the Internet, a TEL network, and a cable T.
V, a wireless network, a modem 19 which is an interface connectable to an ISDN or the like.
In response to a control by the CPU 11, a request signal for requesting some service from a remote server via the modem 19, or media information, user ID, user information, user billing information, etc. mounted on the CD-ROM drive 17 is transmitted. Is done.

On the server of the external network (a server that can communicate on the transmission path 3), collation processing by user ID, charging processing, music additional information from disk information, such as song title, artist name, composer, lyricist, A search for lyrics, jacket images, and the like is performed, and an operation of returning predetermined additional information requested by the user to the recording / reproducing device 10 becomes possible. Here, an example is shown in which the server of the external network returns additional related information to the music. However, the music information requested by the user may be directly downloaded from the external network. Further, the music information may be returned in response to the media information, and the bonus track of a predetermined medium may be obtained by distribution.

The audio information stored in the HDD 15 can be decoded by the decoder 29 under the control of the CPU 11, and can be reproduced and output by the speaker 35 via the D / A converter 33 and the amplifier 34. Alternatively, by connecting headphones to the headphone terminal ta1, playback can be performed from the headphones. Here, the decoder 29 performs ATRAC2 decoding, but any decoding algorithm that corresponds to the encoding algorithm of the encoder 28 may be used.
Further, the encoding and decoding here may be software processing by the CPU 11 without hardware.

Further, as an interface for a user to manage and control files such as audio data stored in the HDD 15, as shown in FIG.
4 is provided, but the display unit 24 includes a display driver 25.
Is driven for display. The display unit 24 displays necessary characters, symbols, operation icons, and the like based on the control of the CPU 11. In addition, a folder or a jacket image corresponding to an audio file or the like is displayed on the display unit 24, and operation with a pointing device such as the input pen 93 is enabled. For example, an operation can be performed such that an audio file specified by the user on the display is reproduced. A file in which audio data such as music is recorded is referred to as an audio file for explanation.
Of course, a click operation using a mouse or a touch operation method such as a user touching with a finger is also conceivable.

The user can operate the display unit 24 to delete the selected audio file,
It is also possible to control copying and movement to an external device (for example, the portable device 50). Alternatively, the display unit 24 is a CD-ROM
The TOC (table of table) of the media attached to the drive 17
contents) WWW (world
ht as related information retrieved from wide web) site
ml (hyper text markup laguage) The document is configured to be displayed graphically, and can be used as a normal Internet browser.

In the recording / reproducing apparatus 10, the IEEE 13
Various devices and systems connected to the terminal ta7, for example, an IRD (Integrated Receiver) for satellite broadcasting via the I.94 interface 37 and the IEEE1394 driver 36.
r / Decoder), MD player, DVD (Digital Video D)
isc) It is configured to take in audio information from a player, a DV (Digital Video) player, or the like.
PCMCIA (Personal Computer)
Memory Card International Association) Slot 3
9 is provided via the PCMCIA driver 38, and the PC
MCIA card can be installed. The recording / reproducing apparatus 10 facilitates expansion of various peripheral devices such as an external storage device, other media drives, a modem, a terminal adapter, and a capture board via a PCMCIA card.

Further, as described with reference to FIG. 2, the recording / reproducing device 10 is provided with the connector 27 for connecting to the portable device 50. By connecting the connector 27 and the connector 60 of the portable device 50, the recording / reproducing device 10
Is the interface driver 2 under the control of the CPU 11
6, various data communication with the portable device 50 is enabled. For example, an audio file stored in the HDD 15 can be transferred.

4. Next, an example of the internal configuration of the mobile device 50 is shown in FIG. The recording / reproducing device 10 and the portable device 50 are electrically connected by connecting the connector 27 and the connector 60. In this state, the interface driver 26 of the recording / reproducing device 10 and the portable device 50 The interface driver 59 is connected to enable data communication between the two devices.

The portable device 50 is provided with a push-type, rotary-type key and the like as a panel operation unit 56. That is, the various operators Kb shown in FIG. 2 correspond to the panel operation unit 56. An operation signal for instructing the operation of the portable device 50 is transmitted to the control bus B2 by operating the operation device Kb as the panel operation unit 56, and the portable device 50 performs an operation according to the operation signal.

As in the case of the recording / reproducing apparatus 10, the portable apparatus 50 is also provided with a RAM 53 and a ROM 52 which are the configuration of a normal personal computer.
51 controls the entire operation of the portable device 50. Transfer of file data and control data between blocks in the portable device 50 is performed via the bus B2.

The ROM 52 stores a program to be executed by the portable device 50 in response to an operation signal input by operating the panel operation unit 56 by the user, and the RAM 53 executes the program. A data area and a task area are temporarily reserved. Note that a flash memory may be mounted similarly to the recording / reproducing device 10, and the bus configuration is not limited.

As a storage means inside the portable device 50, a hard disk drive (HDD) 54 for recording and reproducing information on and from a hard disk is provided.
For example, audio information and the like transferred from the recording / reproducing device 10 can be stored in the HDD 54 in file units (for example, one song is one file). Note that, for example, a flash memory or the like may be used as a storage unit instead of the HDD.

Similarly to the recording / reproducing apparatus 10, the encoder 61 performs ATRAC2 encoding of audio data, and the AT61 encodes audio data.
A decoder 62 that performs RAC2 decoding is provided. The encoder 61 and the decoder 62 encode and decode the supplied audio data under the control of the CPU 51. Further, a buffer memory 55 for temporarily storing audio data to be processed by the portable device 50 is provided. Buffer memory 55
The data writing / reading is performed under the control of the CPU 51.

For example, when audio data that is not encoded in the ATRAC2 format is supplied from the recording / reproducing device 10 via the interface driver 59 and the portable device 50 stores the audio data in the HDD 54, the audio data is stored in the HDD 54 as a pre-process. The audio data is temporarily stored in the buffer memory 55,
The audio data is supplied from the buffer memory 55 to the encoder 61, and ATRAC2 encoding is performed. Further, the encoded data is temporarily stored again in the buffer memory 55, and finally the HDD 54
Will be stored.

In this example, it is assumed that the HDD 15 of the recording / reproducing apparatus 10 stores an audio file encoded by ATRAC2 method. Therefore, when the audio file stored in the HDD 15 is supplied via the interface driver 59 and is stored in the HDD 54 (that is, when copying or moving a data file such as a song), the processing by the encoder 61 is necessary. Absent. However, the CD-R of the recording / reproducing device 10
Audio data (uncompressed PCM data) read from a medium mounted on the OM drive 17 or the like may be directly input via the interface driver 59. In such a case, the HDD
As processing for recording audio data in 54,
Encoding by the encoder 61 is performed as described above.

In this example, the encoder 61 uses the AT
The audio data encoded by the RAC2 method is H
Although the data is stored in the DD 54, for example, data that has not been subjected to compression processing may be stored in the HDD 54 as it is.

As a part for supplying audio data to the encoder 61 for compression processing, in addition to the interface driver 59, a microphone terminal tb3, a line input terminal tb2, an optical digital terminal tb4, and the like are provided. Note that various terminals tb1 to tb4 in FIG.
Respectively correspond to one of the terminals tb shown in FIG.

In the encoder 61, an audio signal input from a microphone terminal tb3 to which a microphone is connected via an amplifier 65 or an audio signal input from a line input terminal tb2 to which another device such as a CD player is connected. , And A / D converter 64. The audio data input from these terminals tb3 and tb2 can also be encoded by the encoder 28. Furthermore, the optical digital terminal t
Data input from an external device (for example, a CD player) connected to b4 is configured to be input to the encoder 61 via the IEC958 encoder 63, and data input in an optical digital system like the IEC958 is also used. Encoding can be performed by the encoder 61.

After the data input from the external device is encoded by the encoder 61 as described above, the encoded data can be stored in the HDD 54 in file units.

The encoding algorithm of the encoder 61 is not limited to ATRAC2, but may be other encoding algorithms for information compression, for example, ATRAC3, ATRAC3.
RAC, MPEG, PASC, TwinVQ, Real
Audio, LiquidAudio, or the like may be used.

The audio information stored in the HDD 54 can be decoded by a decoder 62 under the control of the CPU 51, and can be reproduced and output by a speaker 68 via a D / A converter 66 and an amplifier 67. Alternatively, by connecting headphones to the headphone terminal tb1,
It can be reproduced and output from headphones. Here, the decoder 62 performs ATRAC2 decoding, but any decoding algorithm that corresponds to the encoding algorithm of the encoder 61 may be used. Further, the encoding and decoding processing may be software processing by the CPU 51 without hardware.

Further, as an interface for a user to manage and control files such as audio data stored in the HDD 54, as shown in FIG.
7 is provided, but the display unit 57 includes a display driver 58.
Is driven for display. The display unit 57 displays necessary characters, symbols, icons, and the like based on the control of the CPU 51. Further, a folder or a jacket image corresponding to an audio file or the like is displayed on the display unit 57, and the display unit 57 is operated by touching the display unit 57 with a mouse, a pen, a user's finger, or the like, thereby corresponding to the panel operation unit 20. The operation may be enabled. For example, if the audio file specified by the user on the display is an HDD
An operation of reading from the speaker 54 and reproducing from the speaker 35 or the like is enabled. In addition, by a user operation on the display on the display unit 57, it is possible to control deletion of the selected audio file on the HDD 54, copying to an external device (for example, the recording / reproducing device 10), movement, and the like.

Note that, as described with reference to FIG.
Can be transmitted / received to / from the recording / reproducing apparatus 10 by being mounted on the mounting section MT of the recording / reproducing apparatus 10. However, a non-contact type interface, for example, IrDA or the like may be used. Although not shown, the recording / reproducing device 10 is provided with a charging current supply unit, which supplies a charging current to the portable device 50 to be mounted, and serves as an operation power source of the portable device 50. May be configured to be charged.

5. File moving process The recording / reproducing device 10 and the portable device 5 configured as described above
In the case of 0, the stored files (audio data such as music pieces) can be mutually copied (copied) or moved (moved). That is, H of the recording / reproducing device 10
The file stored in the DD 15 is stored in the H of the portable device 50.
The HDD 54 of the portable device 50 copies or moves a file to or from the DD 54,
0 HDD 15 can be copied or moved.

Here, the term “copying” refers to a process in which files are coexistent in the copy source HDD and the copy destination HDD at the time of copying, ie, a state in which the files can be reproduced by both the recording / reproducing device 10 and the portable device 50. , While moving means
This refers to a process of making reproduction impossible from the copy source HDD. In this example, the audio file is stored in the HDD 15
And the HDD 54 can be mutually moved.

The specified file among the files in the HDD 15 of the recording / reproducing device 10 is transferred to the HDD of the portable device 50.
The process of moving to step 54 will be described with reference to FIG. This is a CPU
11 is executed.

At step F101, the CPU 11 detects whether or not the portable device 50 is mounted on the mounting portion MT of the recording / reproducing device 10. In this case, as the detecting means, the loaded state may be detected by a mechanical switch mechanism, or the connection may be detected by transmitting / receiving a signal via the connectors 27 and 60 or the like. Note that the recording / reproducing device 10
If it is determined that the mobile device 50 is not connected to the device, the connection detection is repeated.

If it is determined that the portable device 50 is connected to the recording / reproducing device 10, the program proceeds to step F102,
That is, it is determined whether or not a request to move the audio file to the portable device 50 has been issued by the user (or as an execution request by an operation program). For example, specifically, among the folders indicating the audio files displayed on the display unit 24, the audio file selected by the user with a predetermined pointing device is further instructed by the user to move to the portable device 50. Thus, the process of moving to the portable device 50 is performed. If it is determined in step F102 that there is no movement request from the user, step F1
Return to 01.

If it is determined in step F102 that there is a song movement request, then the size of the audio file specified in step F103 is detected. Next, in step F104, the free space in the HDD 54 of the portable device 50 is detected and compared with the size of the audio file requested to be moved to the portable device 50. HDD54
Is determined by communication with the CPU 51.
For example, a configuration in which the CPU 11 can directly access the HDD 54 can be adopted. In that case, HD
By making the operation control and file management of D54 executable on the CPU 11, the CPU 11 can directly determine the free space of the HDD 54.

If it is determined that there is not enough free space in the HDD 54 for the audio file to be moved and it is impossible to move the audio file, in step F105, the audio file stored in the HDD 54 is deleted.
This processing may be executed by the CPU 11 via the CPU 51 or may be executed directly by the CPU 11. As a method of deleting an audio file from the HDD 54 (selection of a file to be deleted), for example, a method of erasing a file having a small number of times of reproduction by a user or a method of erasing a file having a recorded date in chronological order from the oldest date is used. Can be considered. In addition, a file important to the user may be erased by erasing without such permission at the time of such automatic erasing. Therefore, a warning is displayed on the display unit 24 and the display unit 57. Alternatively, the user's confirmation may be obtained.

If it is determined in step F104 that the file can be moved, or if it is determined that the file cannot be moved and the process of step F105 is performed, the process proceeds to step F106 to perform a file transfer process. That is, a predetermined audio file is transferred from the HDD 15 to the HDD 54 via the interface drivers 26 and 59 and recorded.

Further, since the transfer process is from HDD 15 to HDD 54, in step F107, HDD 1
A playback prohibition flag is set for the transfer target audio file stored in the HDD 5, and the HDD 15 treats the audio file as a recorded but unplayable file. Note that the audio file that has been moved in step F107 may be actually deleted from the HDD 15. Upon completion of the processing in the step F107, the process returns to the step F101, and the same processing is repeated.

Since the reproduction prohibition flag is set in step F107, a predetermined audio file is virtually moved from the recording / reproducing device 10 to the portable device 50, so that only one audio file is managed at all times. This has the effect of preventing unauthorized copying. In addition, since the data is moved between the high-speed access media from the HDD 15 to the HDD 54 and the encoding / decoding processing such as ATRAC2 is unnecessary, the moving processing can be completed instantaneously. Processing to move audio files can be completed in a very short time. Therefore, the moving process of the present embodiment does not place a time burden on the user, so that, for example, every day, the user can easily select a piece of music according to the mood and situation of the day and move it to the portable device 50.

By performing the processing of FIG. 5, the HD
File transfer from D15 to HDD 54 is realized.
By such a file moving process, for example, the user selects a desired song from the songs owned by the user (that is, the files stored in the HDD 15), moves the selected song to the portable device 50 side, and enjoys playing at a place where he / she is away. It becomes possible to use such as.

If copying is to be performed, step F10
It is sufficient that the process of No. 7 is not executed. Also, when a file is moved (or copied) from the HDD 54 to the HDD 15, substantially the same processing may be performed by the CPU 51, but in such a case, the processing may be performed mainly by the CPU 11.

6. FIG. 6 shows an example of a file storage format in the HDD 15 in the recording / reproducing device 10. For example, the user loads his / her own CD into the CD-ROM drive 17 and records (ie, copies) each recorded song as a file on the HDD 15. For example, assuming that storage is performed in units of media such as the CD, a management file is formed in units of media such as a dubbed CD, and each piece of music or the like is stored as one audio file.

FIG. 6 shows a state where n CDs have been dubbed to the HDD 15, and management files AL (AL1 to AL (n)) are formed corresponding to each CD. The music recorded on each CD is stored as an audio file in a state corresponding to the management file AL. In FIG. 6, each file indicated by one line is shown as a file dubbed from one CD. For example, dubbing data (each song) from a certain CD corresponds to an audio file AL1 corresponding to the management file AL1.
-M1, AL1-M2, AL1-M3 ... The dubbing data (each song) from another CD corresponds to the management file AL2 and the audio files AL2-M1, AL2-M2, AL2-M3,.
Stored as That is, these are the actual data such as music. As described above, when dubbing from one CD is performed, audio files for the number of dubbed songs are recorded on the HDD 15 together with one management file.

When dubbing a certain CD or the like, the user can input data or obtain additional information retrieved from a database as described later. Such information is stored as a related information file. For example, the related information file AL1ad is recorded on the HDD 15 corresponding to the management file AL1. The data stored as the related information file AL (*) ad includes, as described above, text data such as a song title, an artist name, lyrics, image data such as a music image, an artist image and a jacket image, and an artist's Internet homepage. (URL, URL), information on copyright, related person names (for example, lyricist, composer, creator, etc.).

The management file has various management information related to one or a plurality of corresponding audio files and related information files, and is used when reproducing, moving, copying, and editing each audio file and related information file. It will be used. For example, the management file AL1 is
With respect to a group of files dubbed and stored from a medium such as a certain CD, management information of the entirety, audio files AL1-M1, AL1-M2, AL1-M3,.
Management information, and related information file AL1a
Management information on d is recorded.

FIG. 7 shows an example of data of management information recorded in a management file. For example, as the album information serving as management information of the entire group of files dubbed and stored from a medium such as a CD, a file type, the number of files, an album title, a data size, date and time information of dubbing, a related person name (album creator) , Songwriters, performers, etc.), copyright information, album ID, and other various management information. The album ID is an identification code uniquely assigned to each album (unit of product title) as a medium such as a CD. In this example, barcode data described later corresponds to this.

In the management file, file information (# 1) to file information (#m) are recorded as management information individually corresponding to each corresponding audio file, and the file information includes the file information of the corresponding file. Type, address pointer indicating the recording position of the corresponding file on the HDD 15, data size of the file, title (such as song title), date and time information of dubbing, related person names (songwriter, performer, etc.), copyright Rights information, a reproduction prohibition flag, and other various management information are recorded. The reproduction prohibition flag is the reproduction prohibition flag described in the moving process of FIG.

Further, in the management file, related file information is recorded as management information for managing the corresponding related information file. The related file information includes a file type and a file number of the corresponding related information file, a corresponding related information file, and the like. An address pointer indicating the recording position of the file on the HDD 15, the data size of the related information file,
Information on the date and time when the recording was performed, names of related parties, copyright information, and other various management information are recorded.

By recording such management information in the management file, for example, the recording / reproducing apparatus 10 can perform various processes such as reproduction, movement, copying, and editing of a specific music.
Further, it becomes possible to output an image or text as related information in accordance with an operation such as reproduction of music.

Note that the contents of the management information shown in FIG. 7 are merely examples, and the file storage form in FIG. 6 is also an example. Actually, a file storage mode and a management mode suitable for various processes of an audio file serving as actual data to be stored may be adopted. In this example, an audio file such as a song will be described as an example of a file according to the embodiment. However, moving image data, still image data, text data, a program as game software, and a control signal for controlling a mechanism are described. May be stored as an actual file (that is, not as a related information file but as an independent file).

7. Operation example 1 at the time of CD-HDD dubbing Next, an operation when the recording / reproducing apparatus 10 stores an audio file in the HDD 15 is a characteristic operation of the present example,
In particular, an operation for obtaining additional information corresponding to a dubbing source CD or each music at that time will be described. Note that, for the sake of explanation, H
The operation of dubbing the DD15 will be described as an example.
HDD from magneto-optical disk such as D or semiconductor memory
The following operation example can be applied to the operation of dubbing from various package media to the HDD 15 such as the dubbing operation to the HDD 15.

As described above, the user can reproduce the audio file stored in the HDD 15 of the recording / reproducing device 10 or move the audio file to the portable device 50. That is, H of the recording / reproducing device 10
By storing an audio file dubbed from a CD or the like owned by the user in the DD 15, the user can select and play a desired song from a large number of songs owned by the user on that day or move the song to the portable device 50. You can play it on the go. Further, as for the audio file stored in the HDD 15, as shown in FIG. 6, a management file and a related information file are stored in association with each other, so that the recording / reproducing apparatus 10 stores an album name, a song name, a related photograph, a related image, and the like. It can be presented to the user and high value-added operation can be realized.

However, it goes without saying that the user must copy the data of the CD in hand to the HDD 15 in advance, and the management file and the related information file including the additional information corresponding to the content of the music and the like should be used. Must be stored correspondingly. In particular, along with audio data from the CD, the HDD 1
The additional information that must be input as data to be recorded in the file 5 includes an album title, a related person name, copyright information, a song name of each song, a related person name, among various data constituting the management file of FIG. There is copyright information and the like, and data forming the management information file, names of persons involved in the management information file, copyright information, and the like also correspond to this. That is, the information uniquely associated with each product title as a CD, which is a package medium, must be obtained by the recording / reproducing apparatus 10 by some method.

Therefore, in this example, a database as shown in FIG. 8 is considered as a source from which the recording / reproducing apparatus 10 obtains such additional information. It is assumed that this database stores various types of additional information in association with barcode numbers that are uniquely displayed for each CD title as a product. That is, a commercially available CD includes, for example, a barcode BC as shown in FIG.
Is displayed. Usually, the barcode BC has a form in which a barcode pattern that can be read by a barcode scanner and a barcode number represented by the barcode pattern are written together.

Since the bar code number is a unique number for each CD product title, the same number does not exist for different product titles or different numbers do not exist for the same product title. Therefore,
As shown in Fig. 8, the database stores the barcode number on CD
Of each product title, and corresponding to each bar code number, album information (names of persons concerned such as an album title and an artist name), track information (each music track recorded in the album) #
By storing the song names of 1 to #n and related person names, and related information (jacket image, URL, etc.) corresponding to the album, additional information unique to each product title is correctly classified / stored. It will be possible to realize a database that has been developed. If a barcode number is used as a database search trigger, the corresponding additional information can be accurately searched for each CD as each product title.

Such a database may be installed in the HDD 15. Alternatively, the database may be provided to the user in the form of, for example, CD-ROM, MD-DATA, or the like. In this way, when necessary, the recording / reproducing apparatus 10 can search the database from the barcode number of the CD or the like, and can search the CD or the like for additional information corresponding to the audio file dubbed to the HDD 15. Further, considering that the recording / reproducing apparatus 10 is connected to the information center 1 as shown in FIG.
The recording / reproducing apparatus 10 may transmit the barcode number of the CD to be searched, so that the additional information as a search result is transferred from the information center 1 to the recording / reproducing apparatus 10.

The following description of the operation is based on the assumption that the database is installed in the HDD 15 or provided to the user in the form of a CD-ROM.

First, the first operation example is the recording / reproducing device 10
When dubbing from the CD to the HDD 15, the database is searched according to the barcode input at the end of dubbing to obtain additional information. CPU for this
11 is shown in FIG.

During a period in which no dubbing operation is performed by the user, the dubbing operation detecting process in step F201 is repeated. User inserts a CD into a CD-ROM
Assuming that the drive 17 is loaded into the drive 17 and an operation of executing dubbing is performed, the processing of the CPU 11 is performed in step F201
To F202 to start a dubbing process of storing music data reproduced from the CD through the above-described processing path in the HDD 15 as an audio file. In step F203, the process waits until the dubbing of audio data (data of all songs recorded on the CD) ends.

When the dubbing of the audio data is completed, the process proceeds to step F204, and first, a management file is generated along with the audio file formed on the HDD 15. That is, physical management data as each audio file (each song) dubbed from one CD, for example, a management file including data size, file type, address pointer, date and time information, etc. is set as shown in FIG. It is in a state where management and reproduction control of each audio file can be performed at a minimum. Of course, at this point, the above-described additional information for the dubbed audio file group (CD album) and each audio file (each song) has not been obtained, and therefore, among the management files as shown in FIG. Data corresponding to the additional information (album title, song name, related person name, etc.) is not included.

Then, the CPU 11 performs a process for obtaining additional information corresponding to the dubbed audio file group from step F205. First, step F
In 205, the CPU 11 causes the display unit 24 to execute a display as shown in FIG. 11, for example, and requests the user to input a barcode. That is, the barcode number presented on the dubbing source CD jacket as shown in FIG. 9 is input.

As a method of inputting a bar code by the user,
If the barcode scanner 92 is provided, it can be used.

The bar code scanner 92 is of two types.
The first type is a type for recognizing a barcode pattern of an image signal input from an image sensor such as a CCD.
The user operation may be such that the bar code portion of the jacket of the CD album is held over the CCD provided in the recording / reproducing apparatus 10. Alternatively, the user operation includes an operation in which a CD album jacket mounting portion is provided in the recording / reproducing device 10 and a user puts a CD album jacket on the jacket mounting portion. When the jacket mounting portion is provided in the recording / reproducing device 10, the recording / reproducing device 1 is configured such that an imaging element such as a CCD is provided at a position facing the barcode portion of the jacket mounted on the jacket mounting portion.
0 is configured. That is, the recording / reproducing apparatus 10 is configured such that when the user places the jacket on the jacket placement section, the barcode of the placed jacket is automatically read from the CCD.

The second type is a laser scan type, in which a bar code pattern is irradiated with laser beams in a plurality of scan directions, and is determined in one scan direction according to a reflected wave from the bar code pattern. The type whose code is recognized. The user operates the bar code scanner 9 on the bar code portion of the CD album jacket.
An operation that approaches 2 can be considered. Alternatively, the barcode scanner 92 may be fixed, and the barcode may be scanned by the user holding the barcode portion of the jacket over the barcode scanner 92.

By displaying an operation image as a numeric keypad (numerical key) as shown in FIG.
, The bar code number can be input by numeral. That is, the user inputs the number shown below the barcode pattern on the CD jacket. Of course, such numerical input can also be performed by using the keyboard 90 and the remote commander 91. If a numeric keypad is formed on the panel operation unit 20, it may be used.

As described above, the user inputs a barcode number using the barcode scanner 92 or a barcode number as a numeric input to the display as shown in FIG. Therefore, the CPU 11 determines in step F2
At step F210, the input of the bar code scanner is read and decoded, and the bar code number is input to the display unit 24 as shown in FIG. indicate. When the user inputs a numeral as a numeral input, the numeral input in step F209 is taken in and displayed on the display unit 24 as shown in FIG.

The user confirms the display as shown in FIG. 12 and confirms that the barcode number has been read without error by the barcode scanner 92, or confirms that there is no mistake in numeric input, and confirms the input. A search operation is performed to instruct a search. For example, C
The PU 11 displays a search operation image as shown in FIG. 12 so that the user can perform an operation to instruct a search with the input pen 93. If an input error or an incorrect number input is found, a barcode input operation must be performed again.
At 210, the values captured and displayed are updated.

If a search operation by the user is detected in step F206, the process proceeds to step F211 to search the database using the barcode number whose input has been confirmed as a search trigger. If the database is not installed in the HDD 15, it is not necessary. However, if the database is not installed, the CD-ROM in which the database is recorded by the user is displayed on the display unit 24 at this time.
Then, a display requesting the user to load the information is executed, and thereafter, when the information is loaded, the search is started. If the information center 1 has a database, the recording / reproducing apparatus 10 requests the information center 1 to search by communication, and receives the search result from the information center 1.

As described above, since the database treats the barcode number as identification information of the product title of the CD and stores the additional information corresponding to each barcode number, the database is searched by the input barcode number. By doing so, additional information corresponding to the dubbing source CD can be read.

When the search for the additional information is completed, the search result is presented to the user in step F212. For example, as shown in FIG. 13, all or part of the data obtained as the additional information is displayed, and the user is asked to confirm whether there is any error. Therefore, as shown in the figure, an OK operation image and a cancel operation image are also displayed at the same time, and the user can input OK or NG.

Since the database stores the additional information corresponding to the product title of the CD on a 1: 1 basis based on the barcode, if the input barcode is correct, the detected additional information is A situation in which a dubbed CD is not supported rarely occurs. However, it is possible for the user to input a barcode of a CD jacket other than the CD dubbed this time due to misunderstanding or the like, so that it is preferable to display the search result as shown in FIG. Becomes

If the user finds an error in such a search result display and performs a cancel operation, the process returns from step F213 to step F205 in order to input the barcode and perform the search again. Note that the error processing (that is, the additional information is not stored in the HDD 15) may be performed without performing the redoing.

If the user performs an OK operation on the search result display, the process advances from step F213 to F214 to update the management file so that the additional information searched from the database is added as data in the management file, and If the retrieved additional information includes information to be stored as a related information file, such as image data, the data is stored in the HD as a related information file.
Store it in D15. Of course, in this case, the related file information is added to the management file corresponding to the created related information file. Further, as the album ID shown in FIG. 7, the value of the barcode number may be recorded.

By this processing, as described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7, the audio file group dubbed from one CD is managed by the management file after adding the additional information. A related information file is formed. Thus, a series of dubbing processing ends.

As processing for dubbing the CD data to the HDD 15, as described above, additional information is searched based on the barcode, and H is associated with the audio file.
By being stored in the DD 15, the additional information corresponds to the dubbing source CD correctly. For example, TOC
The reliability of the search result is significantly improved as compared with the case where information is used as a database search trigger. This allows the user to display the additional information stored in the management file or as the related information file when the audio file is reproduced, thereby improving the service function of the apparatus and the reliability of the information presented. It will be.

The database is installed on the HDD 15 or is held by the user as a CD-ROM, so that the operation of the present embodiment is performed by the recording / reproducing apparatus 10 (so-called “recording / reproducing apparatus 10”) in which the communication system with the information center 1 is not constructed. (Stand-alone device).
The database contains many CDs sold in the market.
Since the additional information needs to be stored corresponding to the data, the data size of the database is relatively large. For example, if the additional information is only text data such as an album name and a song name, the CD-ROM It can be sufficiently covered with the capacity as described above. However, when including image data such as an album jacket as additional information,
There is a possibility that the data size of the installation data of the CD-ROM or the HDD 15 is too large.
In such a case, another mass storage medium (for example, an external HD
D) may be prepared as a database, but it is preferable that the information center 1 prepares the database in consideration of reducing the user's equipment burden.

Further, in response to the situation where CDs are successively released as new songs, the database needs to be additionally updated with data. For this reason, the CD-RO is required on the user side.
Providing a database that is successively added and updated by M etc., CD
It is preferable to periodically upgrade the database (add new music data, etc.) by a method of installing the ROM itself or the database in the CD-ROM in the recording / reproducing apparatus 10. Further, the database that is sequentially updated may be downloaded from a predetermined server via the transmission path 3 by the recording / reproducing apparatus 10. On the other hand, when the information center 1 manages the database, it is possible to prepare a database management system that responds quickly to the release of a new record, for example, by updating the database every day.

In this example, the bar code number is C
Although it is used as the identification information of the D title, it is possible to cope with CDs and the like that have been released in the past by using barcodes that have already become widespread.
There is an advantage that the database can be easily generated using a database of a barcode system such as S (Point of Sales). Further, the barcode is suitable for the user in that the barcode scanner 92 allows the user to easily input data, and also allows the user to input numbers without the barcode scanner.

If the barcode number is recorded as the album ID in the management file as described above, the barcode number can be used for market research by the information center 1 and various services for users. For example, the information center 1 communicates with the recording / reproducing device 30,
If the album ID (bar code number) of the data stored in the HDD 15 can be received, the information center 1 can determine the CD purchased by the user, and thereby, the genre and genre of the user can be determined. The artist information can be selected and provided to the user, or the album ID purchased by the user can be used as a so-called market research material.

8. Operation Example 2 During Dubbing of CD-HDD Next, a CD-HDD
A second operation example will be described as an operation at the time of HDD dubbing.
In the second operation example, the recording / reproducing device 10 converts a CD to an HD.
When dubbing to D15, during the dubbing of the audio data, the database is searched according to the input of the bar code to obtain additional information. C for this
FIG. 14 shows the processing of the PU 11.

During a period during which no dubbing operation is performed by the user, the dubbing operation detecting process in step F301 is repeated. User inserts a CD into a CD-ROM
Assuming that the drive 17 is loaded into the drive 17 and an operation of executing dubbing is performed, the processing of the CPU 11 is performed in step F301
Then, the process proceeds to F302 to start a dubbing process of storing music data reproduced from the CD as an audio file in the HDD 15 in the same manner as in the above example.

When the dubbing process is started in this way, the CPU 11 performs a process for obtaining additional information corresponding to the audio file group being dubbed in step F30.
Start from 3. The processing in steps F303 to F311 is the same as the processing in steps F205 to F213 in FIG. 10 described above, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted. After the user confirms the barcode number entered by the user, the database is searched, and if the search result is determined to be OK,
This is a process of taking in the searched additional information.

When the user has confirmed that the additional information retrieved from the database corresponds to the CD currently dubbed, that is, an OK operation was performed on the retrieval result display (see FIG. 13) in step F310. In this case, the CPU 11 executes the processing from steps F311 to F312.
The additional information retrieved from the database is stored in, for example, the RAM 13 or the like. Then, in step F313, the process waits until the dubbing of the audio data (data of all songs recorded on the CD) ends.

When the dubbing of the audio data is completed, the flow advances to step F314 to generate a management file for the audio file formed on the HDD 15 along with the audio file. That is, physical management data as each audio file (each song) dubbed from one CD, for example, data size, file type, address pointer,
A management file as shown in FIG. 7 including date and time information is set. Also, at this time, since the additional information has already been captured, information such as the album title, the song title, and the names of the related parties are also recorded in the management file. Further, when the additional information searched and captured includes information to be stored as a related information file such as image data, the data is stored as a related information file in the HDD 15.
To be stored. Of course, in this case, the related file information is added to the management file corresponding to the created related information file.

By this processing, as described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7, the audio file group dubbed from one CD is managed by the management file after adding the additional information. Is added to the related information file. Thus, a series of dubbing processing ends.

In such an operation example, as in the first operation example, accurate additional information can be stored in association with the audio file, thereby improving the function and reliability of the recording / reproducing apparatus 10. In addition to the above, various advantages can be obtained by using the barcode number as described above. In the case of the second operation example, since the barcode input and the search operation are performed during the dubbing, the time required for the input and the search can be saved. Therefore, it is suitable when the database search takes a long time or when the search is performed via communication with the information center 1. In addition, since the user can input the barcode immediately after the start of dubbing, there is an advantage that the user does not have to wait on the spot until the end of dubbing to input the barcode.

9. Operation example 3 at the time of CD-HDD dubbing Next, CD-H which can be realized by the recording / reproducing apparatus 10
As an operation at the time of DD dubbing, a third operation example including charging control will be described. FIG. 16 shows the processing of the CPU 11 in the third operation example. This operation example is the same as the second operation example in that the database is searched according to the barcode input and additional information is obtained during dubbing of audio data, and FIG. The same processes are denoted by the same step numbers, and description thereof is omitted. . That is, in the third operation example, step F500 is added to the second operation example.

In the case of this operation example, step F31
When the additional information search result is displayed at 0, as shown in FIG. 15, billing information 401 for each additional information and a check box 402 for allowing the user to select necessary additional information are also displayed. It will be.

A description will be given from the display of the search result of the additional information in step F310. As a display of the additional information search result in step F310, the CPU 11 causes the display unit 24 to execute a display as shown in FIG. 15 and proceeds to step F311.

In step F311, the CPU 11 waits for the user to select necessary additional information. That is, the user performs an operation of selecting desired additional information from the check box 402 based on the billing information 401. In the case of FIG. 15, the check boxes of the album title, the artist name, the title name of the track 2 or the lyrics information are selected by the user. That is, it is in a state where the additional information selected by charging the user for 30 yen is recorded on the HDD 15 simultaneously with dubbing. When the user performs an OK operation in such a selection state, for example,
The process of the CPU 11 proceeds to step F500.

In step F500, CPU 11 performs a charging process for the user. Various methods of charging processing are conceivable. For example, the information center 1 may be connected to a charging information network and may be controlled so that a charge is automatically transferred from a pre-registered user account to a predetermined account. . For example, the CPU 11 records the user's billing information in the HDD 15 at the time of step F500. Then, the user's billing information may be transmitted to the billing information network via the transmission path 3 periodically, for example, once a month, and control may be performed so that the fee is automatically transferred from the user's account to a predetermined account. .

When the charging process is performed in step F500, the process of the CPU 11 proceeds to step F312 and thereafter, and controls so that only the additional information finally selected by the user is recorded in association with the audio information dubbed on the HDD 15. . As a result, the system enables the additional information distribution business instead of the normal music distribution business. Here, the additional information may be not only a text and a still image, but also audio information such as a moving image such as a concert, a bonus track, and a real voice of an artist.

The configuration and the operation example as the embodiment have been described above, but the operation example can be further variously considered.
For example, barcodes may be input collectively for many audio file groups (data from many CDs) already stored in the HDD 15. That is, the user performs barcode input while designating already stored CD dubbing data in album units. Then, the CPU 11 performs a search process according to the barcode number, and adds the searched additional information to a management file corresponding to the data (audio file group) of the specified CD album, or generates a related information file. Like so. This is convenient because the user can input barcodes at a time at a time.

In the above example, the identification information of the CD product title is a bar code. However, a record number, a manufacturing code number, or the like may be used as the identification information. In the above example, the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 is transferred from package media such as a CD.
The additional information is obtained when dubbing to 0, but if the identification information is added, the additional information is obtained from another server when the audio data is distributed from the information center 1. It may be.

It goes without saying that various examples can be considered for the configuration as a recording / reproducing device, the system configuration with other devices, and the like. In the above example, the additional information is stored in the HDD 15 in association with the dubbed audio data. However, for example, a printer is provided so that the jacket image and the lyrics data as the additional information are printed out. Is also good. Alternatively, lyrics data or the like may be output as a reading voice.

[0138]

As can be seen from the above description, in the recording apparatus and the recording method of the present invention, the first storage medium (for example, C
D) and the data reproduced from the second storage medium (for example, H
DD) or after storing, based on the identification information input by the input means for the first storage medium, additional information corresponding to the identification information is obtained, and the additional information is stored in the first storage medium. Is made to correspond to the data reproduced from. For example, if the additional information is
The data read from the first storage medium is recorded on the second storage medium in association with the data. That is,
By using, as a search trigger, identification information that can identify data contents (for example, a product title), accurate additional information corresponding to the data contents can be obtained and associated with the data, thereby improving the function and reliability of the device. Can be improved.

The input means allows the user to easily input the identification information by inputting the identification information on the package storing the first storage medium or the identification information on the first storage medium. Further, the identification information is information presented as a barcode on the first storage medium or its package, so that the present invention can be applied to media such as CDs which are currently widely spread (already sold). The function can be used, which is suitable for the user. Furthermore, since an existing barcode system (POS or the like) can be used, the construction of a database is easy. Furthermore, since a user can easily input data with a barcode scanner, and can input data using a numeric keypad without a barcode scanner, this is practically preferable.

Further, an additional information storage means (database) is provided, and the additional information can be easily and quickly obtained by searching for predetermined additional information from the additional information storage means based on the input identification information. Further, by obtaining additional information from a remote place based on the input identification information, for example, obtaining additional information from a database via a transmission path, it is possible to obtain additional information corresponding to various package media and the like.

According to the charging method of the present invention, data read from the first storage medium based on a user's instruction is recorded in the second storage medium, and added based on identification information for identifying the first storage medium. When the information is generated and the additional information is associated with the data read from the first storage medium, the user is charged according to the additional information, so that the user can appropriately charge for providing the additional information, A suitable system for an information service can be realized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of an information distribution system including a recording and reproducing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a recording / reproducing device and a portable device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the recording / reproducing apparatus according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a portable device connected to the recording / reproducing device of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a file transfer process from the recording / reproducing device to the portable device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a file storage form in a hard disk of the recording / reproducing apparatus of the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of contents of a management file in a hard disk of the recording / reproducing apparatus of the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a database used in the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a barcode used in the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of a process according to a first operation example of the embodiment;

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of a display example at the time of inputting a barcode according to the embodiment.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of a display example at the time of inputting a barcode according to the embodiment.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of a display example of an additional information search result according to the embodiment;

FIG. 14 is a flowchart of a process according to a second operation example of the embodiment.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram of a display example of an additional information search result of the third operation example of the embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart of a process according to a third operation example of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 information center, 3 transmission line, 10 recording / reproducing device, 1
1 CPU, 12 ROM, 13 RAM, 14 flash memory, 15 HDD, 16 buffer memory,
17 CD-ROM drive, 18 MD drive, 1
9 modem, 20 panel operation unit, 22 infrared interface driver, 23 USB driver, 24 display unit, 25 display driver, 26 interface driver, 27 connector, 28 encoder, 29 decoder, 30 IEC958 encoder, 31 A / D
Converter, 32 microphone amplifier, 33 D / A converter, 3
4 amplifiers, 35 speakers, 36 IEEE 1394 driver, 37 IEEE 1394 interface, 3
8 PCMCIA driver, 39 PCMCIA slot, 40 scanner driver, 41 pen driver, 4
2 input detection unit, 51 CPU, 52 ROM, 53
RAM, 54 HDD, 55 buffer memory, 56
Panel operation unit, 57 display unit, 58 display driver, 5
9 Interface drivers, 60 connectors, 61
Encoder, 62 decoder, 63 IEC958 encoder, 64 A / D converter, 65 microphone amplifier,
66D / A converter, 67 amplifier, 68 speaker, 9
0 Keyboard, 91 Remote Commander, 92 Barcode Scanner, 93 Input Pen

Claims (18)

[Claims] 1. A recording apparatus for recording data read from a first storage medium on a second storage medium, wherein the data read from the first storage medium is written on the second storage medium.
Recording means for recording on the storage medium, input means for inputting identification information for identifying the first storage medium in accordance with an operation, and the recording means for transmitting data read from the first storage medium to the second storage medium. Control to control the additional information generated based on the identification information input by the input means when or after recording on the first storage medium so as to be associated with the data read from the first storage medium Means, and a recording device. 2. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the input unit inputs identification information on a package in which the first storage medium is stored. 3. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said input means inputs identification information on said first storage medium. 4. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the identification information is barcode data corresponding to the first storage medium. 5. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an additional information storage unit storing the additional information, wherein the control unit searches the additional information storage unit for predetermined additional information based on the identification information input by the input unit. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: 6. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control means obtains predetermined additional information from a remote location based on the identification information input by said input means. 7. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a reproducing unit for reading data from the first storage medium. 8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the data read from the first storage medium is distributed from a remote place.
The recording device according to claim 1. 9. The control unit according to claim 1, wherein the additional information generated based on the identification information input by the input unit is stored in the second storage medium in association with data read from the first storage medium. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recording apparatus is controlled to be recorded. 10. A recording procedure for recording data read from a first storage medium on a second storage medium; an input procedure for inputting identification information for identifying the first storage medium in accordance with an operation; The data read from the first storage medium is stored in the second storage medium.
Control to control the additional information generated based on the identification information input in the input procedure when or after recording on the first storage medium so as to be associated with the data read from the first storage medium A recording method, comprising: performing a step; 11. A recording procedure in which data read from a first storage medium based on a user's instruction is recorded in a second storage medium; and additional information based on identification information for identifying the first storage medium. Generating the additional information, and adding the additional information generated in the additional information generating procedure to the first information.
And a charging procedure for performing a charging process for the user in accordance with the additional information associated with the data. Billing method. 12. The charging method according to claim 11, further comprising an input step of inputting identification information for identifying said first storage medium in response to an operation. 13. The charging method according to claim 12, wherein in the inputting step, identification information on a package in which the first storage medium is stored is input. 14. The input procedure according to claim 12, wherein the identification information on the first storage medium is input.
Billing method described in. 15. The charging method according to claim 11, wherein the identification information is barcode data corresponding to the first storage medium. 16. The charging method according to claim 11, wherein in the additional information generating step, predetermined additional information is searched from an additional information storage unit in which the additional information is stored, based on the identification information. Method. 17. The charging method according to claim 11, wherein in the additional information generating step, predetermined additional information is obtained from a remote location based on the identification information. 18. In the control procedure, the additional information includes:
12. The charging method according to claim 11, wherein control is performed such that the data is recorded on the second storage medium in association with data read from the first storage medium.