JP2002077791A - Hard disk recorder - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To effectively utilize a memory area by saving the unused language data when a menu screen is displayed by a plurality of languages in a picture recorder containing a picture recording memory such as a hard disk recorder or the like. SOLUTION: An HDD 1 records and reproduces image data and reproduces menu data in a plurality of languages. A remote control receiver 3 sets to display the menu data in a specific language at a preset time of the picture recorder. A CPU 2 acquires the menu data according to the selected specific language from the HDD 1, and deletes the menu data described by a language except the specific language from the HDD 1. An OSD display unit 4 displays set data output from the receiver 3 and the menu data stored on the HDD 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a hard disk recorder provided in a recording device and storing characters and messages required for an on-screen display and video signals.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In some countries where multiple languages are used, such as the United States, there are areas where more Spanish-speaking people speak English than their main language, English. If menu items are displayed in English on the screen in this area, there is a possibility that a person who does not understand English may not be able to adjust the image quality and volume. Therefore, in an area where a television program is broadcast in a plurality of languages, it is necessary to display the menu screen in a language that can be understood by the user. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No.
There is an image display device as disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 309879.
This is configured so that display data of a plurality of languages is stored in a ROM which is a semiconductor nonvolatile memory, and a user selects a desired display language.

[0003]

In the above-described method, if a large number of languages can be supported, the memory capacity increases accordingly, and the cost of the image display apparatus increases.
In addition, since most users basically do not use a language other than the language for display once selected, a memory area storing language data other than the selected language data is wasted. on the other hand,
In a recording device incorporating a hard disk recorder or the like as a recording memory, a menu data area and a recording data area are shared in the same memory space.

The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional problem, and deletes data other than data for a menu selected at the time of presetting of a recording apparatus and uses the data as a data area for recording. Thus, an object of the present invention is to provide a hard disk recorder that can effectively use a memory area.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a hard disk recorder provided in a recording apparatus and having an on-screen display (OSD) function. The hard disk recorder records and reproduces input image data. A hard disk drive that stores menu data in a plurality of languages, a language setting unit that sets to display menu data in a specific language when the recording device is preset, and a menu data in a specific language selected by the language setting unit. A control unit that obtains from the hard disk drive and controls to delete menu data written in a language other than the specific language from the hard disk drive, setting data output from the language setting unit and stored in the hard disk drive. Menu data An OSD display unit, wherein a data recording area of menu data in a language not selected at the time of presetting of the recording device is surrendered as a data area for recording and reproducing the image data. is there.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a hard disk recorder provided in a recording apparatus and having an on-screen display (OSD) function. The hard disk recorder records and reproduces input image data and performs menu operations in a plurality of languages. A hard disk drive for storing data, and a language for selecting to display menu data in a plurality of specific languages when presetting the recording device, and for re-setting to display menu data in one specific language when the recording device is operated The setting unit, while obtaining from the hard disk drive the menu data in a plurality of specific languages selected in the language setting unit, the menu data described in a language other than the plurality of specific languages at the time of presetting the recording device. Deleted from the hard disk drive and said A control unit for controlling display of menu data in one specific language set by the language setting unit during operation of the image forming apparatus; setting data output from the language setting unit; and menu data stored in the hard disk drive And an OSD display section for displaying a menu data, wherein a data recording area of menu data in a language not selected at the time of presetting of the recording apparatus is surrendered as a data area for recording and reproducing the image data. It is assumed that.

The invention of claim 3 of the present application is directed to claim 1 or 2
In the hard disk recorder, the language setting unit has a remote controller that wirelessly transmits setting data, and a remote controller receiving unit that receives the setting data transmitted from the remote controller and provides the remote controller with the setting data. It is a feature.

[0008]

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 shows a hard disk recorder according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
This will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing the operation principle of the hard disk recorder in the present embodiment. When the recording device is shipped from the factory, menu data for each language is stored in a hard disk drive (HDD) as shown in FIG.
Put more than one. Fig. 1 when the recording device is preset
As shown in (b), one of them is selected, the rest is deleted, and the deleted area is used as a video recording area.

FIG. 2 shows a configuration diagram of a hard disk recorder for realizing such a concept. This hard disk recorder is provided in a recording device, and includes a hard disk drive 1 (HDD 1), a control unit 2 (CPU 2), a remote control reception unit (hereinafter, referred to as a remote control reception unit) 3,
It is configured to include the OSD display unit 4.

The HDD 1 has a recording area for recording video and audio data, and a language area for recording a plurality of menu data languages. The OSD display unit 4 performs on-screen display (OSD), and the remote control receiving unit 3
And the menu data stored in the HDD 1 are displayed. As the OSD display unit 4, a part of a video display unit is used. The OSD display section 4 may be any of those having only an I / F for outputting display data and those having a display unit such as a CRT.

The remote control receiver 3 receives control signals relating to various controls in powering on / off of the recording apparatus, channel selection, volume control, initial setting, recording and reproduction from a remote controller (not shown). Things. A remote control that transmits setting data wirelessly, and receives setting data transmitted from the remote control,
The remote control receiving unit 3 provided to the CPU 2 has a function of a language setting unit for setting to display menu data in a specific language when the recording device is preset.

The CPU 2 has a function of acquiring menu data in a specific language selected by the language setting unit from the HDD 1 and deleting menu data described in a language other than the specific language from the HDD 1.

At the time of initial setting of the recording device, that is, at the time of presetting, the CPU 2 acquires the menu data stored in the HDD 1 and displays a language list on the OSD display unit 4. The user selects a language to be used by using numeric buttons or the like on the remote controller. When the remote control receiver 3 receives the user's selection signal, the CPU 2 deletes language data other than the language selected by the user from the HDD 1. This operation procedure is shown in the flowchart of FIG.

By operating the remote controller of the recording apparatus, step S
In step 1, the initial setting of the language used is started. The OSD display section 4 displays menu data languages A, B, C, and D, for example, as shown in FIG. When the user selects the menu data language B in step S2, the menu data languages A, C, and D are deleted from the HDD 1 in step S3, and it is displayed that the menu data language B has been selected. Thereafter, the recording device displays a message in the language B during the on-screen display. This way, H
The memory area deleted from DD1 can be used as a recording area.

(Embodiment 2) Next, a hard disk recorder according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2, 4, and 5. FIG. FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing the operation principle of the hard disk recorder in the present embodiment. Here, as shown in FIG. 4A, the user selects a plurality of menu data languages and leaves them in the HDD 1. Further, one language to be displayed is selected from the plurality of selected languages.

The configuration of the hard disk recorder is the same as that shown in FIG. The HDD 1 is a hard disk drive that records and reproduces input image data and reproduces menu data in a plurality of languages. The remote controller (not shown) and the remote controller receiver 3 are set to display menu data in a plurality of specific languages when the recording apparatus is preset, and to reset the menu data to be displayed in one specific language when the recording apparatus is operating. It has the function of a setting unit. The CPU 2 obtains menu data in a plurality of specific languages selected by the language setting unit from the HDD 1 and stores menu data described in a language other than the plurality of specific languages when the recording device is preset.
1 and has a function of displaying menu data in one specific language set by the language setting unit when the recording apparatus operates. The OSD display unit 4 displays the setting data output from the language setting unit and the menu data stored in the HDD 1.

The operation in this case will be described with reference to FIGS. The CPU 2 acquires all menu data recorded in the HDD 1 at the time of presetting, and displays a language list on the OSD display unit 4. The user selects the first language to be used by using numeric buttons or the like on the remote controller. When the remote control receiver 3 receives the user's selection signal, the CPU 2
Flags data selected by the user. Then C
The PU 2 acquires the menu data without the flag again, and displays the language list on the OSD display unit 4. here,
When the language selection end button is pressed on the remote control, CP
U2 determines that the language selection has been completed, and erases data for which no flag is set from HDD1.

Next, the CPU 2 clears the flag and sets the HDD 1
Display the list of languages remaining in the URL again. The user then selects the language to use for the display menu. When the remote control receiver 3 receives the user's selection signal, the CPU 2 sets a flag on the data selected by the user, and the OSD display 4
Displays the menu data language selected for the current display. This operation is shown in the flowchart of FIG.

The user operates the remote controller of the recording device,
At step T1, the initial setting of the language used is started. OSD
The display unit 4 displays all menu data languages A, B, C, and D, for example, as shown in FIG. When the user selects, for example, the menu data languages B and D in step T2, the flag bits of the languages B and D become 1. If the language selection end button is pressed in step T3, the process proceeds to step T4, and the CPU 2 deletes the menu data languages A and C for which no flag is set.

In the next step T5, the CPU 2 instructs to display that the displayable languages are B and D. The user selects the language used for the actual display menu when using the recording device. When the remote control receiver 3 receives the user's selection signal, the CPU 2 sets a flag for the language B selected by the user as shown in FIG.
Instructs the OSD display unit 4 to display the menu data language selected for the current display.

When another user uses the same recording device, pressing a language selection button on the remote controller causes the CPU 2 to display a list of languages remaining in the HDD 1. When the user selects a language to be used, the CPU 2 moves a flag to data selected by the user, and the OSD display unit 4 displays a menu data language according to the data. A flowchart of this operation is shown in FIG. In this case, the memory area deleted from the HDD 1 can be used as a recording area.

[0022]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the recording device is preset, the user is allowed to select a display language, and display data other than the language is deleted from the HDD and used as a recording area. Accordingly, the maximum recording time can be extended without wasting the memory area of the HDD.

According to the invention described in claim 2 of the present application, when the recording device is preset, all the languages selected by the user are left, and the rest is deleted from the HDD, so that one recording device can be connected to a plurality of recording devices having different main languages. It can be used simultaneously by humans.

According to the invention of claim 3 of the present application, a language which is desired to be retained in advance at the time of presetting can be selected by operating the remote controller.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an operation conceptual diagram of a hard disk recorder according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a hard disk recorder according to Embodiments 1 and 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of the hard disk recorder according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an operation conceptual diagram of a hard disk recorder according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of the hard disk recorder according to the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 HDD 2 CPU 3 Remote control receiver 4 OSD display

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A hard disk recorder provided in a recording device and having an on-screen display (OSD) function, which records and reproduces input image data and stores menu data in a plurality of languages. A language setting unit configured to display menu data in a specific language when presetting the recording device; and obtaining menu data in a specific language selected by the language setting unit from the hard disk drive, and a language other than the specific language. A control unit that controls to delete the menu data described in the above from the hard disk drive; and an OSD display unit that displays the setting data output from the language setting unit and the menu data stored in the hard disk drive. Comprising, said recording Hard disk recorder, characterized in that the data recording area of the menu data according to the language that has not been selected at the time location of the preset, and to vacate as a data area for recording and reproducing of the image data. 2. A hard disk recorder provided in a recording device and having an on-screen display (OSD) function, the hard disk drive recording and reproducing input image data and storing menu data in a plurality of languages. A language setting unit that selects to display menu data in a plurality of specific languages when the recording device is preset, and resets to display menu data in one specific language when the recording device operates; Obtaining menu data in a plurality of specific languages selected by the unit from the hard disk drive, and deleting menu data described in a language other than the plurality of specific languages from the hard disk drive during presetting of the recording device; When the recording device is operating A control unit for controlling display of menu data in one specific language set by the language setting unit; and an OSD display for displaying setting data output from the language setting unit and menu data stored in the hard disk drive. A hard disk recorder, comprising: a data recording area for menu data in a language not selected at the time of presetting of the recording device, as a data area for recording and reproducing the image data. 3. The language setting unit includes: a remote controller configured to wirelessly transmit setting data; and a remote controller receiving unit configured to receive the setting data transmitted from the remote controller and to supply the setting data to the control unit. 3. The hard disk recorder according to claim 1, wherein: