JP2002237127A - Device for synchronously recording/reproducing a plurality of data - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device for synchronously recording/reproducing a plurality of data with which the plurality of related data can be synchronously recorded and reproduced to and from a piece of disk. SOLUTION: When a plurality of data recorded on a plurality of data recording area 12 and 15 where the uses of the disk are different or the data formats are different have relation each other, the discrimination data showing that those data are related information are recorded on TOC 11 and 14. In the case of the disk only for reproduction, discrimination data are recorded when the disk is manufactured, and the disk is provided as an already recorded disk. When recording and reproducing, or when recording other data while one data is reproduced, data are recorded on the disk or the memory so that time base can be extended when reading at least one of the data so as to synchronize the related data each other.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention particularly relates to a recording system having a plurality of data recording areas having different applications or different data formats, and having a plurality of areas in which a plurality of types of data can be recorded and reproduced. The present invention relates to a multiple data synchronous recording / reproducing apparatus for recording / reproducing on / from a medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Various optical recording media for recording information optically or magneto-optically and reproducing the information optically have been developed.
Has been put to practical use. Such optical recording media include those for reproduction only and those for both recording and reproduction. A conventional hybrid MD (mini-disc) has a reproduction area and a recording area, and a CD + has a CDDA area in which music and the like are recorded and a CDROM in which computer data and the like are recorded.
These discs have a plurality of data recording areas for different purposes or different data formats, although they are physically one disc. The same applies to DVDs.

[0003]

When data related to each other is recorded in both of the plurality of recording areas (areas), the reproduction is performed as follows. That is, simply play these related data separately,
When it is necessary to synchronously reproduce related data, at least one of the relevant data reproduced from the optical recording medium is loaded into a large-capacity memory of a personal computer, and reproduced in synchronization with the reproduction of the other data from the optical recording medium. Was.

[0004] Also, when a karaoke user records his or her singing voice using a disk on which a performance of an orchestra or the like is recorded, such as a karaoke, and reproduces the singing voice in synchronism with the performance, the memory of the personal computer is used in the same manner as described above. Needed to be synchronized. Further, the same applies to a case where two related data are to be synchronously recorded.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a multiple data synchronous recording / reproducing apparatus capable of recording and reproducing two or more related data in synchronization with one disk.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a multiple data synchronous recording / reproducing apparatus having the following constitutions (1) and (2). (1) A disc-shaped information recording medium in which a plurality of tracks are formed on a recording surface, each track is divided into a plurality of sectors, and a unique address is assigned to each sector.
A first data area in which data is recorded in the plurality of sectors; a second data area in which second data to be additionally recorded is recorded in the plurality of sectors; and the first data and the second data are read out. While reproducing the first data from a disc-shaped information recording medium having identification data necessary for synchronous reproduction by the same method and a data management information area in which address data of the second data are recorded, the second data A plurality of data synchronous recording / reproducing apparatuses for recording data, comprising: first access means for accessing an optical head to the first data area; and first writing means for reading a predetermined unit of the first data and writing the read unit to a memory. And reading out a predetermined unit of the first data from the memory while extending the time axis.
Reading means, a second writing means for writing a predetermined unit of the second data into the memory, and the optical head
A second access unit for accessing a data area; and reading a predetermined unit of the second data from the memory,
A third writing unit that adds at least a synchronization signal and an error correction code to the second data area, and writes the first data stored in the first data area and the second data area, respectively. A fourth writing unit that writes identification data indicating that the second data can be synchronously reproduced and address data of the second data to be additionally recorded in the data information management area. Data synchronous recording and reproducing apparatus.

(2) a synchronization judging means for judging whether to record or reproduce the first data and the second data in synchronization with the disc-shaped information recording medium, and
Rate judging means for judging a relationship between a recording or reproducing rate of data and the second data on the disc-shaped information recording medium and a signal transmission rate to be finally recorded and reproduced, and a recording or reproducing rate judged by the rate judging means When it is determined from the above relationship between the signal transmission rate to be recorded and reproduced that the rotation speed of the spindle motor for rotating the disk-shaped information recording medium needs to be increased, the control for increasing the rotation speed of the spindle motor is performed. 2. The multiple data synchronous recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: means.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of a data-recorded disk will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing a plane of a preferred example of a data-recorded disk. The disk 10 is an optical recording medium having a diameter of 120 mm, and has a first lead-in area 11, a first data area 12, a first lead-out area 13, a second lead-in area 14, a second data Each area is arranged substantially concentrically in the order of the area 15 and the second lead-out area 16. Here, the first lead-in area 11 constitutes a first TOC for recording an address of each data of the first data area 12 and the like, and the second lead-in area 14 contains each data of the second data area 15. And a second TOC for recording the address and the like.

FIGS. 2 and 3 illustrate these first and second TOs.
It is a figure which shows the recording data of C typically. 2 and 3
The addresses (start address and end address) of the synchronous data marked with * are unique, and among the modes marked with △, recording permission / prohibition, copy permission / prohibition, audio data In addition to video data distinction, monaural / stereo distinction, emphasis on / off distinction, identification data indicating the existence of synchronization information is recorded as a unique thing. The address of the synchronization data and the identification data are written in advance in the first and second TOCs at the time of manufacturing the disc, so that the first data area 12 and the second data area 15 can be accessed regardless of which TOC is accessed during reproduction. It can be determined whether or not the data should be reproduced synchronously. As a result, three modes of reproduction, one of the first data area and the second data area, and the simultaneous synchronous reproduction of both areas are possible.

In the above example, the first data area 12 and the second
Although the data area 15 is already recorded and the synchronous reproduction of information from a reproduction-only disc has been described, a karaoke performance is recorded in the first data area 12 in advance, and the second data area 15 has a sector. Although it is configured, it is also possible to make it recordable so that no data is contained when the disc is sold. In other words, the disc can be used as a recording / playback type disc, and the user can record the singing voice synchronously with the second data area 15 while reproducing the performance of the karaoke from the first data area 12, and can reproduce the performance and the singing voice synchronously during reproduction. . Note that FIG.
The disc type in the first TOC indicates whether the disc type is a recording / playback type, a reproduction only type, or only one area is a reproduction only type.

Table 1 An example of using such a recording / playback type disc will be described. 1st data area Karaoke voice or voice with video 2nd data area Put in the singing voice of each user and practice only by playing back the 1st data area during practice, while listening to the 1st data area during recording Only the voice of each user may be recorded in the area, and only the voice of each user in the second data area may be reproduced at the time of reproduction, or the first data area and the second data area may be reproduced simultaneously at the time of reproduction. For example, only the moving image in the first data area is reproduced, and the singing voice in the second data area is reproduced without reproducing the moving image in the first data area.

Table 2 First data area Music Second data area Video clip related to the music Initially, music in the first data area is recorded, and a video clip related to the music is newly recorded in the second data area on the TOC. When the user wants to listen, the image of the video clip is also reproduced synchronously. in this case,
The synchronization information is recorded in both TOCs. When the first data area is dedicated to reproduction, the synchronization information is recorded only in the second data area, and only one of them is read during reproduction.

Next, a preferred example of the synchronous reproduction method will be described. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a preferred example of the synchronous reproduction method. This synchronous reproduction method and the synchronous recording / reproducing method and the synchronous recording method described later are all shown in FIG.
Is executed by the disk device having the configuration of the block diagram shown in FIG. Note that the following example shows the synchronous playback method,
Although the reproducing method and the synchronous recording method are described, the disk device in FIG. 4 is described as having both the recording and reproducing functions. However, it is needless to say that the recording function is unnecessary when performing only the reproducing.

In FIG. 4, a motor driver / tracking / focus servo control circuit 24 controls the disk 10 to be rotated at a CLV (constant linear velocity) by a spindle (SP) motor 18. The optical head has an optical pickup 20A and a recording magnetic (magnetic field modulation) head 20B, and its movement is controlled by a servo control circuit 24. The EFM signal read from the disk 10 by the optical pickup 20A is supplied to a reproduction circuit 28 including a preamplifier and the like, and its output signal is supplied to a signal processing circuit 32. At the time of recording, the signal processing circuit 32
Is supplied to a recording magnetic head 20B via a recording circuit 26 including a recording amplifier and the like. The system controller 30 includes a signal processing circuit 32 and a servo control circuit 2
It exchanges signals with 4 to control the entire optical disk recording / reproducing apparatus. The output signal of the optical pickup 20A is also supplied to the address reproducing circuit 22, where the ADIP signal written in advance on the disk, that is, the address information and the speed information which are FM-modulated by wobbling are used to determine the current state of the optical pickup 20A. Judge the truck,
The reproduced address is provided to the servo control circuit 24.

The signal processing circuit 32 is provided with terminals for transmitting and receiving the first and second data to and from the outside. In addition, the first and second memories 34 and 36 are connected to the signal processing circuit 32, and the data is temporarily stored and subsequently read. The output signal of the signal processing circuit 32 is supplied to a motor driver / tracking / focus control circuit 24, which controls the rotation of the spindle motor 18 and the tracking servo control and focus servo control of the optical pickup. The optical pickup 20A and the recording magnetic head 20B are connected to the disk 1 by a traverse motor (not shown).
The objective lens of the optical pickup 20A can be moved in the focus direction, that is, along the optical path by a focus servo control mechanism (not shown). The signal processing circuit 32 and the motor driver / tracking / focus control circuit 24 exchange signals with the system controller 30 to control the operation of the entire disk device. An input unit for the user to input various instructions is not shown. As is well known, the system controller 30 has a CPU, and the signal processing circuit 3
2 also has a CPU, and performs an operation according to a flowchart described later.

The optical pickup 20A also has a laser diode for irradiating the disk 10 with a laser beam,
It is also used to output a signal obtained by reproducing optical information recorded on the disk 10 based on the reflected light, and to detect a focus error signal by a known astigmatism method and a tracking error signal by a phase difference method. . These error signals are processed by the signal processing circuit 32 via the reproduction circuit 28, and supply necessary feedback information to the servo control circuit 24. The configuration of FIG. 4 has a recording circuit 26 and a recording magnetic head 20B as in the case of the MD disk device.
Such a recording magnetic head 20B is unnecessary. Also, D
In the case of the type in which recording is performed by phase change such as VD, the recording is performed by increasing the laser beam power higher than during reproduction and heating the recording layer so as to exceed the phase displacement point. The use magnetic head 20B is unnecessary.

Next, an example of the synchronous reproduction method will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Both the first and second data areas are recordable areas, and the first data area already contains karaoke voice or video-attached voice, and the second data area contains the singing voice of each user, and is synchronously reproduced by an input device (not shown). When the instruction is given, the processing is as shown in the flowchart of FIG. First, with the power turned on, the focus servo is turned on (step S1), the spindle motor is started (step S2), tracking control is performed (step S3), and an address is detected (step S3).
4), TOC data is read (step S5).

In the following description, it is assumed that an instruction for synchronous reproduction has been input from a control instruction input unit (not shown). It is determined whether or not such an instruction has been issued (step S6). . When there is an instruction for synchronous reproduction, the TOC data including synchronous data is stored in the system controller 30. Therefore, when the data read rate from the disk is the same as the CD and the final data transmission rate such as audio data is the same as in the case of a CD. It is determined whether or not the rate ratio is not 1 (step S7). If the rate ratio is not 1, the rotational speed of the spindle motor is increased so that the rate ratio becomes at least a predetermined value of 2 times or more (for example, 4 times) (step S8). . It should be noted that an MD having a compression / decompression rate ratio of 5 times such as MD may be used as it is. FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically showing movement of the optical pickup 20A on the disk 10. As shown in FIG. In the figure, P1 to P11 indicate phase 1 to phase 11. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the remaining data amount of each of the memories 34 and 36 corresponding to the phase of the optical pickup 20A. First, as shown by P1 in FIG. 6, the first data area 12 is accessed (step S9). In the following description, access to the first data area 12 or the second data area 15 includes an operation of searching for desired data in the data area.

Table 3 The following describes each phase. <Phase 1> The first data is written to the first memory 34 at a quadruple speed until it reaches a predetermined value that does not reach the maximum value (steps S10 and S11). <Phase 2> When the predetermined value is reached, the first data area Access to second data area and first memory pause (Step S12) <Phase 3> Write second data to second memory 36 at quadruple speed and first memory pause (Step S12) <Phase 4> When maximum value is reached 1x speed of starting reading from the memory in synchronization with the first memory data and the second memory data (in this example, synchronization is performed at the time of memory output, but compression data and the like which require decompression time for the first and second data, of course, etc.) The synchronization process will be performed after this) and the first
Access to the data area (steps S13 and S14) <Phase 5> It is detected that the remaining amount of the first memory is empty, and the first data is written to the first memory at quadruple speed (this position is detected until the empty is detected). (Wait while repeating the kick in step 2.) The reading of both the first data area and the second data area is continued at 1 × speed (steps S15, S16, S17) <Phase 6> Access to the second data area The first data area is also the second data Reading of the area is continued at 1 × speed (step S18). <Phase 7> It is detected that the remaining amount of the second memory is empty, and the second data is written to the second memory at 4 × speed (until the empty is detected). (Wait while repeating the kick at the position.) Reading of both the first memory and the second memory is continued at 1 × speed (step S19, 20, S21) <Phase 8 Phase 11> Phase 4, 5, 6, 7
Is repeated until the reproduction of all data is completed (step S
22 → S14).

In the above operation, the writing at the quadruple speed compresses the time axis, and the time axis is expanded by reading data at a speed lower than the writing speed at the time of reading. At the time of reproduction, the first data area and the second data area are reproduced at the same time to listen to each user's voice while mixing them, or by this operation, it is possible to continuously reproduce a number of continuous images and voices. The point here is that the operation of the pickup is
In order to avoid conflicts in the writing process to 4, 36,
It is desirable to delay (processing in phases 1, 2, 3), and as in the processing in phases 4, 5, 6, and 7, it is desirable that the read timing on the disk be close to an intermediate time when viewed from each. In addition, it is desirable to allow a margin time required for retry processing for dealing with a reading error from the disk 10 and the like.

The movement transition diagram shown in FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram. In practice, the rotation direction of the disk is constant, and the rotation waiting time,
It is necessary to cope with the case where the rotation speeds of the inner and outer disks are different in CLV. The memories 34 and 36 in the block diagram of FIG.
Is shown in two parts, but a single memory, for example 4
The MB memory may be divided and used for TOC, first and second areas. In the above example, two different data are synchronously reproduced using two memories.
Simultaneous reproduction of three or more data can be performed in the same manner.

Next, an example of the synchronous recording / reproducing method will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. FIG. 10 is a diagram schematically showing movement of the optical pickup 20A on the disk 10. As shown in FIG. In the figure, P1 to P9 indicate phase 1 to phase 9. FIG. 11 shows each memory 34 corresponding to the phase of the optical pickup 20A.
It is a figure which shows the data remaining amount of 36. First, P in FIG.
Access the first data area as indicated by 1.

Table 4 Each phase will be described below. <Phase 1> Writing of data in the first data area to the first memory (4 × speed) to the maximum value is started (step S1).
0) <Phase 2> When the maximum value is reached, reproduction is started from the first memory (1x speed) (steps S11 and S12A). At the same time, second data from the outside is transferred to the second memory (1x speed).
Writing starts in synchronization with the first data. Kick in predetermined first data area and wait (stand by repeating kick at this position until a predetermined value is detected) (Step S15) <Phase 3> First memory is predetermined When the value (or the second memory becomes an intermediate value between the maximum value and the empty value), the data at the continuation position of the first data area is written to the first memory (4 × speed) up to the maximum value (steps S16 and S1).
7) Continue reading from the first memory Continue writing external second data to the second memory <Phase 4> When the second memory reaches the maximum value, stop writing to the second memory (steps S23 and S24). Access to a predetermined second data area (Step S25) Continue reading from the first memory (Step S26) Continue writing external second data to the second memory (Step S26) <Phase 5> Second memory has maximum value , When a sector is formed by adding a synchronization signal and error correction from a predetermined position in the second data area, writing is started until the disk becomes empty (4 × speed) (steps S27 and S28). (Step S29) Continue writing external second data to the second memory (Step S29) <Phase 6> Second When the memory becomes empty, the writing to the disk is stopped (steps S30 and S3).
1) Access to a predetermined first data area (Step S32) Continue reading from the first memory (Step S33) Continue writing external second data to the second memory (Step S33) <Phase 7> First memory Is the first when becomes empty
Start writing the data at the continuation position of the data area to the first memory up to the maximum value (4 × speed) (steps S34, S3)
5) Continue reading from the first memory (Step S36) Continue writing external second data to the second memory (Step S36) <Phase 8> Same as Phase 4, and thereafter,
Steps 5, 6, and 7 are repeated until the recording of all data is completed (step S37 → S23). <Final phase> When the predetermined recording is completed, the contents of the two data as synchronous data, the synchronous start address and the end address are recorded on the TOC simultaneously with the title and other necessary data (step S38). This allows the first data area and the second data area to be played simultaneously during playback, and to listen to each user's voice while mixing them together. This operation allows continuous playback of any number of video and audio songs. It is.

Next, an example of the synchronous recording method will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 12 shows an optical pickup 2
FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing the movement of the 0A on the disk 10.
In the figure, P1 to P10 indicate phase 1 to phase 10. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing the remaining data amount of each of the memories 34 and 36 corresponding to the phase of the optical pickup 20A. First, the first data area is accessed as indicated by P1 in FIG. Although the flowchart of the example of the synchronous recording method is omitted, the flowchart of the example of the synchronous recording / reproducing method described above (FIGS. 8 and 9) is modified as necessary. That is, steps S1 to S in FIG.
After executing the steps up to 9, the following phases are executed.

Table 5 Each phase is described below. <Phase 1> The first data from the outside is stored in the first memory (1 × speed) at a predetermined value other than the maximum value (the predetermined value is the first value).
There is a method for detecting that the memory has reached an intermediate value between the maximum value and the empty value, and a method for detecting that the second memory has reached an intermediate value between the maximum value and the empty value. Start writing to 2nd memory (1x speed) in synchronization with 1st data Access to predetermined 1st data area <Phase 2> When 1st memory reaches predetermined value, synchronization signal and error correction from predetermined position of 1st data area To start writing until the disk becomes empty (4x speed) Continue writing the first external data to the first memory Continue writing the second external data to the second memory <Phase 3> Stop writing to the disc when empty and access the predetermined second data area Continue writing first external data to first memory Second external Continue writing data to the second memory <Phase 4> When the first memory reaches the maximum value of the predetermined value, add a synchronization signal and error correction from a predetermined position in the second data area to form a sector and become empty on the disk. Start writing until (4x speed) Continue writing first external data to first memory Continue writing second external data to second memory <Phase 5> Stop writing to disk when empty Accesses one data area (not shown, but waits while repeating kick at this position until the maximum value is detected) Continues writing external first data to first memory Continues writing external second data to first memory Continue writing to <Phase 6> When the first memory reaches the predetermined maximum value, add a synchronization signal and error correction from a predetermined position in the first data area. Start writing until the disk becomes empty (4x speed) Continue writing first external data to first memory Continue writing second external data to second memory <Phase 7> Phase 3 Phase 3
Repeat steps 4, 5, and 6. <Final phase> When the predetermined recording is completed, the contents of the two data as synchronous data, the synchronous start address and the end address are recorded on the TOC simultaneously with the title and other necessary data.

[0026]

As described above, the multiple data synchronous recording / reproducing apparatus of the present invention has the following effects because it is configured as described above. That is, it is possible to synchronously record and reproduce related data without using an external personal computer or a large-capacity memory and without interrupting continuous information. Further, the present invention can perform not only synchronous recording / reproduction of karaoke performance and user's singing voice, but also synchronous recording / reproduction of any combination of audio information, video information, character information and other information having different data formats. it can. In particular, by providing the function of real-time synchronous recording / reproduction of two or more data in a conventional portable CD player, it is possible to provide an inexpensive, portable, and high value-added optical disk apparatus.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view schematically showing each area of a plane of a data recorded disk.

FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing a data array of a first TOC of a data-recorded disk.

FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing a data array of a second TOC of a data-recorded disk.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a disc for realizing a synchronous reproduction method, a synchronous recording / reproduction method, and a synchronous recording method.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a preferred example of a synchronous reproduction method.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a movement locus of an optical pickup in a preferred example of the synchronous reproduction method.

FIG. 7 is a graph showing a relationship between a position of an optical pickup and a data amount of each memory in a preferred example of a synchronous reproduction method.

FIG. 8 is a part of a flowchart showing a preferred example of a synchronous recording / reproducing method.

FIG. 9 is a part of a flowchart showing a preferred example of the synchronous recording / reproducing method, and is a part subsequent to FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a movement locus of an optical pickup showing a preferred example of a synchronous recording / reproducing method.

FIG. 11 is a graph showing the relationship between the position of an optical pickup and the amount of data in each memory, showing a preferred example of a synchronous recording / reproducing method.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a movement locus of an optical pickup in a preferred example of the synchronous recording method.

FIG. 13 is a graph showing a relationship between a position of an optical pickup and a data amount of each memory in a preferred example of the synchronous recording method.

[Explanation of symbols]

Reference Signs List 10 optical disk 11 first lead-in area 12 first data area 13 first lead-out area 14 second lead-in area 15 second data area 16 second lead-out area 18 spindle (SP) motor 20A optical pickup 20B magnetic field modulation for recording Head 22 Address reproduction circuit 24 Motor driver / tracking / focus servo control circuit 26 Recording circuit 28 Reproduction circuit 30 System controller 32 Signal processing circuit 34 First memory 36 Second memory

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A disk-shaped information recording medium in which a plurality of tracks are formed on a recording surface, each track is divided into a plurality of sectors, and a unique address is assigned to each sector, wherein the first data is A first data area to be recorded in a plurality of sectors, a second data area in which second data to be additionally recorded is recorded in the plurality of sectors, and the first data and the second data are read out and synchronously reproduced. The second data is recorded while reproducing the first data from a disc-shaped information recording medium having identification data necessary for performing the operation and a data management information area in which address data of the second data is recorded. A multiple data synchronous recording / reproducing apparatus, comprising: first access means for accessing an optical head to the first data area; and reading a predetermined unit of the first data to a memory. A first writing means for burn them, second writing a first reading means for reading out a predetermined unit of the first data and extension time axis from said memory, a predetermined unit of said second data in said memory
Writing means, second access means for accessing the second data area with the optical head, reading a predetermined unit of the second data from the memory, and adding at least a synchronization signal and an error correction code hand,
A third writing means for writing to the second data area, wherein the first data and the second data stored in the first data area and the second data area, respectively, can be synchronously reproduced. 4. A multiple data synchronous recording / reproducing apparatus, comprising: fourth writing means for writing the identification data shown and address data of the second data to be additionally recorded in the data information management area. 2. A synchronization judging means for judging whether to record or reproduce the first data and the second data on the disc-shaped information recording medium in synchronization with each other; Rate determining means for determining the relationship between the recording or reproducing rate for the disc-shaped information recording medium and the signal transmission rate to be finally recorded and reproduced; and the recording or reproducing rate determined by the rate determining means and the signal transmission to be recorded and reproduced. When it is determined from the above relationship with the rate that it is necessary to increase the rotation speed of the spindle motor that rotates the disk-shaped information recording medium, control means that increases the rotation speed of the spindle motor is further provided. 2. The multiple data synchronous recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: