JP2000285661A - Information recording and reproducing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To lessen the restricted work time of an user by automatically performing a work in which picture data photographed by a digital still camera and voice data are transferred to another information recording medium and these data are recorded on the recording medium. SOLUTION: When an instruction detecting part 9 detects an instruction for starting of an automatic recording of an automatic recording starting instruction part 8, a processing part 11 detects whether an information recording part is correctly connected to data input terminals 1a, 1b or not by a connection detecting part 2. Then, the destination of an data input is selected by a destination of data input selecting part 3 and digital data are read in from the selected information recording medium by a read-in part 4 and the read in data are written on another information recording medium by a write-in part 5. Then, when it is detected that the write-in is normally performed by a completion of write-in detecting part 6, a series of processings turning the power source of a main body off is automatically executed by a power source control part 7.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for reading out image data and sound data taken by a digital still camera from an information recording medium such as a memory built in the digital still camera and a memory card mounted on the digital still camera. The present invention relates to an information recording / reproducing device for transferring and recording on another information recording medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the capacity of a digital still camera per image data has been increasing due to the increase in pixels (higher resolution). In addition, the memory capacity of digital still cameras tends to increase.

Conventionally, data in a built-in memory and a memory card in which image data and audio data of such a digital still camera and the like are recorded are stored in a hard disk (HD) of a hard disk drive (HDD) connected to a personal computer, and in a CD-ROM. In order to transfer the information to an information recording medium such as a CD-R disk of the R device and an MO disk of the MO device and to record the information, dedicated application software installed in the personal computer was required.

Further, operations and various settings must be performed in accordance with the procedure of the application software, and a display for displaying an operation menu and the like is also required.

[0005]

As described above, the operation of transferring image data and audio data photographed by a digital still camera to another information recording medium and recording the data has been restricted for a long time. It has become more remarkable as the size of the memory and the memory capacity have increased.

[0006] Similarly, even in a special-purpose machine having a function of transferring and recording image data and audio data to another information recording medium, a display for displaying an operation menu and an operation in accordance with a procedure displayed on the display are performed. And a series of processes could not be completed without human intervention.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and has as its object to reduce the work restraint time of a user by enabling the above-described series of processes to be performed automatically. .

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention connects a plurality of information recording media and inputs digital data such as image data and audio data recorded on each of the information recording media. Data input terminal means, connection detection means for detecting whether or not the information recording medium is correctly connected to the means, and when there are a plurality of information recording media correctly connected by the means, the data input destination is changed to Input destination selecting means for selecting, reading means for reading digital data from the information recording medium selected by the means, writing means for writing digital data read by the means to another information recording medium, and writing by the means. Power control means for turning off the main unit when it detects that the recording has been completed, and automatic recording for instructing the start of automatic recording Start instructing means, instruction detecting means for detecting an automatic recording start instruction by the means, and when the automatic recording start instruction is detected by the means, turning off the power by the power control means based on the detection by the connection detecting means. An information recording / reproducing apparatus provided with processing means for automatically executing a series of processes up to the present.

In the information recording / reproducing apparatus as described above, it is preferable to provide a means for displaying an operation status of the series of processing.

Further, in the information recording / reproducing apparatus as described above, it is preferable to provide a priority setting means for setting the priority of the data input destination by the input destination selecting means.

Further, in the information recording / reproducing apparatus as described above, it is preferable to provide means for executing the series of processes from an information recording medium having a higher priority set by the priority setting means.

In the information recording / reproducing apparatus as described above, a write end detecting means for detecting that the writing by the writing means has been completed normally, and a power supply for the main body when detecting that the writing has been completed normally. It is preferable to provide a control means for turning off the power.

Further, in the information recording / reproducing apparatus as described above, it is preferable to provide control means for avoiding turning off the power supply of the main body until the writing completion detecting means detects that the writing has been completed normally.

An information recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention is, for example, an information recording medium such as a memory built in a digital still camera for storing image data and audio data photographed by the digital still camera, and a memory card mounted on the digital still camera. When recording to another information recording medium from, the series of processing of selecting the data capture destination, capturing the data, writing to another information recording medium, and turning off the power of the main unit after the writing is completed is automatically performed based on the initial operation. Can be done

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration according to the present invention of the information recording / reproducing apparatus shown in FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of an information recording / reproducing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, this information recording / reproducing apparatus includes a means for inputting image data and audio data recorded in a built-in memory 39 of a digital still camera 38 from an external serial port 37, and a digital still camera 38 There is provided a means for inputting image data and audio data recorded in the memory medium 41 for the digital still camera to be mounted by inserting the PC card adapter 40 into the PC card slot 33.

A means for storing the image data and the audio data fetched under the control of the CPU 26 in the W-RAM 25, a means for recording the data on the CD-R medium 50, an automatic recording start switch 44 (and an operation remote controller) 45) Automatic recording start switch 46)
And a power supply control circuit 36 for controlling turning off of the power supply of the main body, and each unit such as an LED 42 as a means for displaying an operation state of a series of processing.

As shown in FIG. 1, the information recording / reproducing apparatus connects a plurality of information recording media and inputs digital data such as image data and audio data recorded on each of the information recording media. Data input terminal 1a
, 1b and their data input terminals (referred to as “data input terminal 1” and “data input terminal 2” in the figure) 1a and 1
b has a function of a connection detecting unit 2 for detecting whether or not the information recording medium is correctly connected.

When there are a plurality of information recording media correctly connected by the connection detecting unit 2, the input destination selecting unit 3 for selecting a data input destination and the information recording medium selected by the input destination selecting unit 3 It has a reading unit 4 for reading digital data and a writing unit 5 for writing the digital data read by the reading unit 4 to another information recording medium.

Further, a write end detecting section 6 for detecting that the writing by the writing section 5 has been completed normally,
A power supply control unit 7 for turning off the power of the main body when the writing end detection unit 6 detects that the writing has been completed normally.
An automatic recording start instructing unit 8 for instructing an automatic recording start,
An instruction detecting section 9 for detecting an automatic recording start instruction by the automatic recording start instructing section 8, and a power supply by the power supply controlling section 7 after detecting the automatic recording start instruction by the instruction detecting section 9; The processing unit 11 has a function of automatically executing a series of processes up to turning off.

That is, the PC card slot 33
And the external serial port 37 correspond to the data input terminal sections 1a and 1b, the CPU 26 and the like function as the connection detecting section 2 and the input destination selecting section 3, and the CD-R / RW drive 34 and the like correspond to the reading section 4 and the like. , Performs the function of the writing unit 5.

The CPU 26 and the like perform the function of the write end detecting unit 6, the CPU 26 and the power supply control circuit 36 and the like fulfill the function of the power supply control unit 7, and the automatic recording start switches 44 and 46 are used to instruct the automatic recording start. The function of the section 8 is performed, the IRI / F 35, the CPU 26, and the like perform the function of the instruction detecting section 9, and the CPU 26 performs the function of the processing section 11.

Further, the CPU 26 and the LED 42
The CPU 26 and the operation remote controller 45 function as a means for displaying the operation status of the series of processes, and the CPU 26 and the operation remote controller 45 function as a priority order setting means for setting the priority of the data input destination by the input destination selection unit 3. Functions as a means for executing the above-described series of processing from the information recording medium having the higher priority set by the priority setting means.

Further, the CPU 26 and the power supply control circuit 36 function as control means for avoiding turning off the power supply of the main body until the write completion detecting section 6 detects that the writing has been completed normally.

Next, a process of writing image data and audio data in the information recording / reproducing apparatus will be described. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the processing.

First, the user operates the external serial port 37.
Or a digital still camera memory medium 4 in the PC card slot 33.
1 is properly connected to the PC card adapter 40.

Next, the power switch 43 mounted on the main body is turned on (ON) to start the main body, and the CD-R /
When the CD-R medium 50 is inserted into the RW drive 34, it will soon be ready for processing. In this state, the following processing is started by pressing the automatic recording start switch 44 provided on the main body or the automatic recording start switch 46 provided on the operation remote controller 45.

As shown in FIG. 3, after the processing is started, first, in step (indicated by "S" in the figure) 1, the information recording medium 1 (for example, the built-in memory 39 built in the digital still camera 38) inputs data. Check whether it is correctly connected to the terminal section 1a. That is, the digital still camera 38
Is in a state where the external serial port is correctly connected to the external serial port 37 and the digital still camera 3
It is confirmed whether or not the preparation on the side 8 is correctly set.

If the information recording medium 1 is not correctly connected, the process proceeds to step 7 where the information recording medium 2 is not connected.
It is checked whether (for example, the digital still camera memory medium 41) is correctly connected to the data input terminal 1b. That is, it is confirmed whether the digital still camera memory medium 41 is correctly set in the PC card slot 33 of the apparatus through the PC card adapter 40.

If both the information recording medium 1 and the information recording medium 2 are not correctly connected, the process proceeds to step 12 to inform the main body that the information recording medium on which the image data and the audio data are recorded is not correctly connected. LE equipped
D42 is blinked at period T1 to notify the user, and the process is terminated.

On the other hand, if the information recording medium 1 is correctly connected to the data input terminal section 1a in step 1, the process proceeds to step 2 where the other recording medium on the recording side is a CD.
-Check whether the CD-R medium 50 is correctly set in the R / RW drive 34.

If the CD-R medium 50 has not been set correctly, the process proceeds to step 6 to indicate that the CD-R medium 50 as the information recording medium on the recording side has not been set correctly. , The LED 42 is turned on, and this process ends.

If the CD-R medium 50 is correctly set, the automatic recording start is enabled, and the flow advances to step 3 to automatically capture image data and audio data from the information recording medium 1, and The process of writing and recording on the R medium 50 is started.

During the writing process, an LED 4 provided on the main body is used to indicate that the writing process is being performed.
2 is turned on. Then, the process proceeds to step 4 where the CD-R
It is determined whether or not the writing (recording) to the medium 50 has been completed normally. If the writing has been completed normally, the process proceeds to step 5 where the power supply of the main body is automatically turned off by the power supply control circuit 36 and a series of processing is performed. finish.

If the writing to the CD-R medium 50 is not completed normally in the judgment of step 4, the LED 42 mounted on the main body is turned on for the period T3 to indicate that the writing was not completed normally. To blink.

On the other hand, if the information recording medium 2 is correctly connected to the data input terminal section 1a in step 7, the process proceeds to step 8 where the other recording medium on the recording side is a CD.
-Check whether the CD-R medium 50 is correctly set in the R / RW drive 34.

If the CD-R medium 50 is correctly set, the automatic recording start is enabled, and the flow advances to step 9 to automatically fetch image data and audio data from the information recording medium 2, and -Start the process of writing and recording on the R media 50.

During the writing process, an LED 4 provided on the main body is used to indicate that the writing process is being performed.
2 is turned on. Then, the process proceeds to step 4 where the CD-R
It is determined whether or not the writing (recording) to the medium 50 has been completed normally. If the writing has been completed normally, the process proceeds to step 5 where the power supply of the main body is automatically turned off by the power supply control circuit 36 and a series of processing is performed. finish.

If the writing to the CD-R medium 50 is not completed normally in the judgment of step 4, the LED 42 mounted on the main body is turned on for the period T3 to indicate that the writing was not completed normally. To blink.

Further, if the CD-R medium 50 is not set correctly in the judgment of step 8, the process proceeds to step 11 to check that the CD-R medium 50 as the information recording medium on the recording side is not set correctly. To indicate, the LED 42 is turned on, and the process ends.

Even if the power switch 43 is forcibly turned off during the writing process, the power supply is controlled by the power control circuit 36 to prevent the power from being turned off until the normal end of the writing process is detected.

If the priority order of the data input destination is set in advance from the remote controller 45 for operation, for example, if the PC card slot 33 is set to the first position, the above processing is started from the PC card slot 33 side. .

[0043]

As described above, according to the information recording / reproducing apparatus of the present invention, the operation of transferring image data and audio data photographed by a digital still camera to another information recording medium and recording the data is automatic. , The time for which the user is restricted from working can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration according to the present invention of the information recording / reproducing apparatus shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of an information recording / reproducing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a process of writing image data and audio data in the information recording / reproducing apparatus shown in FIG. 2;

[Explanation of symbols]

 1a, 1b: Data input terminal unit 2: Connection detection unit 3: Input destination selection unit 4: Read unit 5: Write unit 6: Write end detection unit 7: Power supply control unit 8: Automatic recording start instruction unit 9: Instruction detection unit 10: Operation status display unit 11: Processing unit 21: NTSC encoder 22: AD converter 23: ADPCM codec 24: V-RAM 25: W-RAM 26: CPU 27: ROM 28: Gate (GATE) array 29: RS232C interface ( I / F) 30: Centronics interface (I / F) 31: PCMCIA interface (I / F) 32: PSU 33: PC card slot 34: CD-R / RW drive 35: IRI / F 36: Power supply control circuit 37 : External serial port 38: Digital still camera 39: Internal memory 40: C card adapter 41: Digital Still Camera memory medium 42: LED 43: Power switches 44: automatic recording start switch 45: operation remote controller 50: CD-R media

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A data input terminal means for connecting a plurality of information recording media and inputting digital data such as image data and audio data recorded on each information recording medium; Connection detecting means for detecting whether or not connection is established; input information selecting means for selecting a data input destination when there are a plurality of information recording media correctly connected by the information means; and information selected by the means. Reading means for reading digital data from a recording medium, writing means for writing the digital data read by the means to another information recording medium, and power supply control means for turning off the main body power supply when the completion of the writing by the means is detected Automatic recording start instruction means for instructing automatic recording start, and detecting an automatic recording start instruction by the means. An instruction detecting means, when the instruction for the automatic recording start is detected by said means,
An information recording / reproducing apparatus comprising: a processing unit for automatically executing a series of processes from detection by the connection detection unit to power-off by the power control unit. 2. The information recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for displaying an operation status of the series of processing. 3. The information recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a priority setting means for setting a priority of a data input destination by said input destination selecting means. 4. The information recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising means for executing the series of processes from an information recording medium having a higher priority set by the priority setting means. Information recording and playback device. 5. The information recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a write end detecting means for detecting that the writing by the writing means has been normally completed; and a main unit when detecting that the writing has been normally completed by the means. An information recording / reproducing apparatus, comprising: control means for turning off a power supply. 6. The information recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising control means for avoiding turning off the power supply of the main body until the writing completion detecting means detects that the writing has been completed normally. Information recording and playback device.