JP2000322808A - Device and method for preventing medium-left forgotten - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize a medium preventing device and method for enabling prevention of medium to be left forgotten in the drive, by notifying existence or no- existence of medium within the drive when the power supply is turned OFF with a software in a computer. SOLUTION: In the power supply off processing part 1, a medium-leaving preventing device 2 detects existence or no-existence of medium in the driven within a computer 0 or the drive connected at the outside of the computer, when a user sets the medium-leaving preventing function based on the information of the medium-leaving prevention setting information part 25 and when existence of medium is checked, existence of medium is notified to a user by displaying a message or so. This method enables medium-leaving prevention only with the change of software.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for preventing a medium from being left behind in various types of computers which are used by inserting and removing a medium such as a magnetic disk.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional computer has the following problems when the power is turned off while a medium is left in a drive. The first problem is that the media is left in the drive. The reason is that when the power of the computer is turned off, the presence or absence of the media in the drive cannot be determined from the appearance, and the user forgets the presence of the media in the drive when the power is turned off.
The second problem is that if the user forgets the presence of the media in the drive and turns off the power, the user cannot easily remove the media from the drive without turning on the power again when trying to remove the media. is there. The reason is that power supply to the drive is required to remove the medium, and the only way to remove the medium when power is not supplied to the drive is to use an emergency ejection hole. For example, there is a device for preventing forgetting to put out a medium disclosed in Utility Model Publication No. 4-1258. This media forgetting prevention device is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, a media switch 104 is provided which is turned on when a medium is inserted into the device and turned off when the medium is removed from the device. The base of the transistor 5 is connected to the media switch 104 via the base resistor R1. A media LED 6 as a notification means is connected between the rectifier of the transistor 5 and the power supply VCC. The resistor R2 is for controlling the current of the media LED 6. An unstable multivibrator 7 serving as a notification state changing means is connected to one end of the media switch 104. The astable multivibrator 7 is composed of NAND circuits 8 and 9 connected in two stages, two resistors R3 and R4, and a capacitor C. One input terminal of the NAND circuit 9 is connected to a connection point between the power switch 10 and the resistor R5. In such a configuration, the media switch 10
If the power switch 10 is turned off while the power switch 4 is turned on, the user has forgotten to take out the medium due to a state in which the medium has been forgotten to be taken out.

[0003]

However, the device for preventing forgetting to take out the medium disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-1258 is a device using an electric circuit which is hardware, and therefore has the following problems. there were. First, the first problem is that it is necessary to add a special hardware circuit, so that it cannot be easily applied to an existing device. The second problem is that Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-112.
In No. 58, a circuit is further added to an OA device provided with a notification unit as to whether or not a medium is set in the device. This is the point.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above problems in the prior art. An object of the present invention is to provide a medium misplacement prevention device and a medium misplacement prevention method that can easily prevent misplacement of a medium in an existing device. Another object of the present invention is to provide a medium misplacement prevention device and a medium misplacement prevention device for realizing prevention of misplacement of a medium in a drive by notifying a user of the presence or absence of a medium in a drive when power is cut off by software in a computer. Is to provide a way.

[0005]

A first invention of the present application for solving the above-mentioned problems is provided with a medium misplacement prevention setting unit which is installed in a computer and performs a process of selecting whether or not to execute medium misplacement prevention. A medium misplacement prevention setting section having a medium misplacement prevention setting information section for storing information of the medium misplacement prevention setting section, a user setting detection processing section detecting information set in the medium misplacement prevention setting section, A power detection processing unit configured to include a media detection processing unit that detects presence / absence of a medium and a user notification processing unit that notifies a user of the detection of the medium when the medium is detected; Is activated when the computer turns off the power by software, and the user setting detection processing section is provided to prevent the user from leaving the medium. The information set in the processing unit is detected, and the media detection processing unit detects the drive and the medium when the setting for preventing the media from being left behind is performed, and the user notification processing unit detects the drive and the medium. In this case, the present invention notifies the user of the media being left behind based on the detection result of the user setting detection processing unit and the detection result of the media detection processing unit.

Therefore, according to the media misplacement prevention device of the first invention of the present application, it operates when the computer turns off the power by software, detects information set by the user in the media misplacement prevention processing unit, and detects the media. If the setting for preventing the media from being left behind has been made, the processing unit detects the drive and the medium,
When a drive and a medium are detected, the user notification processing unit notifies the user of the misplacement of the medium based on the detection result of the user setting detection processing unit and the detection result of the medium detection processing unit, thereby performing a special hardware circuit. Can be prevented from being left behind by adding all the drives connected to the computer to the target for preventing the media from being left behind without adding the for each drive.

A second invention of the present application is the media misplacement prevention device according to the first invention of the present application, wherein the medium misplacement prevention setting processing section has a function of setting a media misplacement notification method, The user notification processing unit notifies the user of the fact that the medium has been left in the drive by displaying a message on the output device.

Therefore, according to the medium misplacement prevention device of the second invention of the present application, the medium misplacement prevention setting processing section has a function of setting a method of notifying the medium misplacement, and the user notice processing section has a function of setting the medium to drive. Since the user is notified by displaying a message on the output device that the medium has been left behind, the user can easily prevent the user from leaving the medium in the drive.

Further, the third invention of the present application is the media misplacement prevention device according to the first invention of the present application, wherein the medium misplacement prevention setting processing section has a function of setting a media misplacement notification method, The user notification processing unit notifies the user that the medium has been left in the drive by ejecting the medium.

Therefore, according to the medium misplacement prevention device of the third invention of the present application, the medium misplacement prevention setting processing section has a function of setting a method of notifying the medium misplacement, and the user notification processing section has a function of setting the medium drive. By notifying the user that the medium has been left behind by ejecting the medium, it is possible to easily prevent the user from leaving the medium inside the drive.

A fourth invention of the present application is the media misplacement prevention device according to the first invention of the present application, wherein the medium misplacement prevention setting processing section has a function of setting a media misplacement notification method, The user notification processing unit notifies the user by turning on an indicator that the medium has been left in the drive.

Therefore, according to the medium misplacement prevention device of the fourth invention of the present application, the medium misplacement prevention setting processing section has a function of setting a medium misplacement notification method. By illuminating the indicator that the media has been left in the drive, it is possible to easily prevent the user from leaving the media in the drive.

Further, the fifth invention of the present application operates when the power is turned off by software in a computer, detects a drive and a medium according to a user's setting, and when the medium is left in the drive, the fact is described. Is notified to the user.

Therefore, according to the method for preventing media from being left behind according to the fifth invention of the present application, it operates when the power is turned off by the software in the computer, detects the drive and the media by the setting of the user, and leaves the media in the drive. If so, by notifying the user to that effect, it is possible to easily prevent the user from leaving the medium in the drive.

The sixth invention of the present application operates when the power is turned off by software in a computer, detects a drive and a medium according to a user's setting, and if the medium is left in the drive, a message to that effect. Is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium storing a medium misplacement prevention program.

Therefore, according to the computer-readable recording medium of the sixth invention of the present application, the apparatus operates when the power is turned off by software in the computer, detects the drive and the medium according to the setting of the user, and sets the medium in the drive. In the case where the media is left behind, the user is notified of the fact, so that the user can easily prevent the user from leaving the media in the drive.

[0017]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an apparatus for preventing a medium from being left according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration in a state where a medium misplacement prevention device 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention is stored in a computer 0. FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of preventing a medium from being left according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of a user setting process for preventing media from being left behind according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the medium misplacement prevention device 2 according to the present embodiment has a media misplacement prevention setting processing section 24 for setting whether or not the user operates the medium misplacement prevention device 2 and the like. A medium misplacement prevention setting information section 25 for storing information of the medium misplacement prevention setting section 24; a user setting detection processing section 21 for detecting information set by the medium misplacement prevention setting section 24; And a user notification processing unit 23 for notifying the user when a medium is detected. The power-off processing unit 1 operates when the computer 0 performs power-off by software, and the power-off unit 4 issues a power-off command to the computer 0. The user setting detection processing section 21 is a setting processing section 2 for preventing the user from leaving the medium.
The information set in step 4 is detected. If the user setting detection processing unit 21 detects that the set information has been set, the setting that the operation of the medium misplacement prevention device is not performed has been made, the media detection processing unit 22 and the user notification processing unit 23
Does not perform any processing. The medium detection processing unit 22 detects a drive and a medium. If no drive or medium is detected in this process, the user notification processing unit 23 does not perform. The user notification processing unit 23 notifies the user that the medium has been left behind based on the detection result of the user setting detection processing unit 21 and the detection result of the media detection processing unit 22. The user sets the media misplacement prevention setting unit 3
To the computer 0. The medium misplacement prevention setting processing section 24 has a process for the user to select whether to execute the medium misplacement prevention on the computer 0, and a process for setting a message notification method.
The medium misplacement prevention setting information section 25 stores information set by the medium misplacement prevention setting processing section 24.

Next, the operation of the apparatus for preventing the medium from being left according to the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1, 2 and 3. FIG. First, the user sets whether or not to execute the medium misplacement prevention shown in FIG. 3 in the medium misplacement prevention setting unit 3 in FIG. 1. When the user performs the operation, the user further discharges the media, turns on the indicator, Select message display. Next, when the computer is powered off, the user setting detection processing section 21 ends the processing as shown in FIG.
1). If the user has set to prevent the medium from being left behind, the media detection processing unit 22 detects the presence or absence of a drive to be subjected to media detection (step A2). If there is no drive to be subjected to media detection, the media detection processing unit 22 ends the processing (step A3). If the drive exists, the medium is detected (step A4). If no media is detected, the process ends (step A5). When a medium is detected, the user notification processing unit 23 performs the following processing. When the user notification processing unit 23 is set to notify the user of the misplacement of the media by the media misplacement setting processing unit 24 by displaying a message on an output device such as a display (step A6).
Displays a message and notifies the user of the presence of the media. After the notification, the user is made to select whether or not to eject the medium when the power is turned off (step B1). After the selection, if the user has already taken out the medium, the processing ends (step B2). If the user has not taken out the medium, the process proceeds to step A8 if the ejection of the medium has been selected in step B1, and to step C1 if the ejection has not been selected (step B3). In step C1, the user sets the media misplacement setting processing unit 2
If the lighting of the indicator is set in step 4, the indicator is turned on and the process is terminated (step C2). If the user has not set the notification by message display in the user notification processing unit 23 (step A7), the user is notified that the medium is left behind by ejecting the medium (step A8) or turning on the indicator (step C2).

As described above, according to the present invention, when the power of the computer 0 is turned off, the presence of the medium in the drive is notified to the user in various forms (ejecting the medium, turning on the indicator, displaying a message), and It is possible to prevent the media from being left in the drive.
In addition, when the power of the computer 0 is turned off, the presence of the media in the drive connected to the outside of the computer 0 is notified to the user. It is also possible to prevent the media from being left behind. Furthermore, when the power of the computer 0 is turned off, the user can be notified of the presence of the media in the drive, so that the user can re-enter the computer 0 only to remove the media.
You can remove the media without turning on the power.

Further, the medium misplacement prevention apparatus according to the present embodiment is realized by a medium misplacement prevention program, and the program is recorded on a storage medium and provided. As a storage medium, for example, CD-ROM, CD
-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-ROM, DVD-
R, optical disks such as DVD-RAM, floppy disks (FD), magneto-optical disks (MO), high-speed magnetic tapes, magnetic tapes, PDs, ZiP drives, and super disks.

[0022]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a state in which a media misplacement prevention device according to an embodiment of the present invention is stored in a computer.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of preventing media from being left behind according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating steps of a user setting process for preventing media from being left behind according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a circuit diagram showing a device for preventing forgetting to put out a medium disclosed in Utility Model Publication No. 4-1258.

[Explanation of symbols]

0 Computer 1 Power interruption processing unit 2 Media misplacement prevention device 3 Media misplacement prevention setting unit 4 Power cutoff unit 21 User setting detection processing unit 22 Media detection processing unit 23 User notification processing unit 24 Media misplacement prevention setting processing unit 25 Media misplacement prevention setting Information section 104 Media switch 105 Transistor 106 Media LED (notification means) 107 Unstable multivibrator (notification state changing means) 108 NAND circuit 109 NAND circuit 110 Power switch

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A media misplacement prevention setting processing unit installed in a computer for selecting whether or not to execute media misplacement prevention, and a medium misplacement prevention setting information storing information of the medium misplacement prevention setting processing unit A media misplacement prevention setting section having a section, a user setting detection processing section detecting information set by the medium misplacement prevention setting processing section, a media detection processing section detecting presence / absence of a medium, and a medium detected. A power-off processing unit configured to include a user notification processing unit for notifying the user of the fact, wherein the power-off processing unit operates when the computer performs power-off by software, and The setting detection processing unit detects information set by the user in the medium misplacement prevention setting processing unit, and the media detection processing unit When the setting for preventing the media from being left behind has been made, the drive detection and the medium detection are performed, and when the drive and the medium are detected, the detection result of the user setting detection processing section and the media detection processing section A media misplacement prevention device for notifying a user of misplacement of a medium based on a detection result of a medium. 2. The medium misplacement prevention setting processing unit has a function of setting a media misplacement notification method, and the user notification processing unit displays a message on the output device that the medium is misplaced in the drive. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the notification is provided to the user by performing the operation. 3. The medium misplacement prevention setting processing unit has a function of setting a media misplacement notification method. The user notification processing unit notifies the user that the medium is misplaced in the drive by ejecting the medium. The device for preventing misplacement of a medium according to claim 1, wherein the device notifies the user. 4. The medium misplacement prevention setting processing unit has a function of setting a media misplacement notification method, and the user notification processing unit turns on an indicator that the medium has been misplaced in the drive. The device for preventing misplacement of a medium according to claim 1, wherein the device notifies the user. 5. The apparatus operates when power is turned off by software in a computer, detects a drive and a medium according to a user setting, and notifies a user of the fact that the medium has been left behind in the drive. The feature is a method for preventing media from being left behind. 6. The apparatus operates when power is turned off by software in a computer, detects a drive and a medium according to a user setting, and notifies a user of the fact that the medium is left in the drive when the medium is left in the drive. A computer-readable recording medium on which a program for preventing media from being left behind is recorded.