JP2002324383A - Recording medium and information recording device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide such a recording medium and an information recording device that the reproducing time information of a position of information data can be obtained, even if information data that have been subjected to editing such as chapter setting and erasure is reproduced from the position halfway. SOLUTION: This device is a recording device for recording information on the recordable erasable recording medium having a management data area to record management data and an information data area for recording information. This device comprises a recording means to record an information group made up of one or more pieces of information data on an information data area and to record the management information corresponding to the information group on the management data area, and a control means to control the recording means.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information recording apparatus and a recording medium, and more particularly to an information recording apparatus and a recording medium suitable for recording digital data compressed by a variable transfer rate coding method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Currently, video and audio media widely used include an analog type laser disk (registered trademark) (LD) and video, and a digital type such as a compact disk (CD). On the other hand, technology for the practical use of rewritable digital video discs (hereinafter abbreviated as DVD-R / W) capable of recording and reproducing for a long time with high image quality and sound quality as next-generation package media. Development is actively underway. DVD-R
In / W, an information data piece such as a movie is recorded on a high-density disc. For an image, a high-efficiency encoding method based on MPEG2 is used, and for audio, PCM or AC3 is used.
Recording and playback are performed by compressing the data. In this specification, a set of data such as one program or one movie is referred to as an information data piece, and data obtained by collecting one or more of the information data pieces is referred to as an information data group.

In a conventional recordable and erasable digital data recording / reproducing apparatus, for example, an MD recording / reproducing method, an audio information data piece is further divided into a plurality of pieces, and a reproduction time display and a data search are performed based on address information of each piece. Was.
That is, in the case of MD, since the compression ratio of audio data is constant, the actual reproduction time required can be uniquely obtained by multiplying the data amount by the reproduction time per unit time. And no playback time information was included.

[0004] However, in DVD-R / W, as a method of extending the recording time of an image, instead of the conventional “Constant Bit Rate Coding (CBR)”, the information amount of the image is newly increased. The variable transfer rate coding method (Variable Bit
Rate Coding: VBR), and the actual required reproduction time cannot be directly obtained from the data amount after compression. That is, the conventional method of obtaining the reproduction time from the address of the reproduction position cannot be used. In addition, the recording medium has the characteristic that it is an erasable recording medium, but when the user erases a desired portion, the time information becomes discontinuous, causing problems in time search, reproduction time display, and the like.

[0005]

As described above, when recording / reproducing digital data compressed using the variable transfer rate coding method, it is not possible to directly determine the required reproduction time from the address of the reproduction position. However, there is a problem that a problem occurs in the time search, the reproduction time display, and the like. The present invention has been made in view of such a point, and an object of the present invention is to reproduce information data that has been edited such as chapter setting or erasure after recording from the middle position thereof, even if it is reproduced. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information recording apparatus and a recording medium which can obtain the reproduction time information of the information recording apparatus.

[0006]

A recording medium according to the present invention is a recordable and erasable recording medium having a management data area for recording management data and an information data area for recording information. Is characterized in that an information group in which one or a plurality of information data pieces are collected is recorded, and management information corresponding to each information group is collectively recorded in the management data area.

Further, an information recording apparatus of the present invention is a recording apparatus for recording information on a recordable and erasable recording medium having a management data area for recording management data and an information data area for recording information. , One information data piece
One or more collected information groups are recorded in the information data area,
Recording means for recording management information corresponding to the information group in a management data area; control means for controlling the recording means;
It is characterized by having.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 schematically shows the configuration of a digital data recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention. The digital data recording / reproducing apparatus in FIG. 1 uses, for example, analog audio signals and image signals from a television tuner or the like as sources. The input audio signal is supplied to the A / D converter 2
Is supplied to the audio encoder 3 while the image signal is digitized by the A / D converter 4 and supplied to the image encoder 5.

The audio encoder 3 performs predetermined code conversion (for example, compression processing) on the digital audio signal, and supplies the code conversion output to a first input of the multiplexer 8. The image encoder 5 performs predetermined code conversion (for example, compression processing) on the digital image signal, and supplies the code conversion output to a second input of the multiplexer 8. A management data signal generated by the system control circuit 10 is supplied to a third input of the multiplexer 8. Multiplexer 8
Performs time division multiplexing of the first, second, and third input signals to generate a multiplexed information signal of an audio and video information data signal and a management data signal. This multiplexed information signal is supplied to the recording / reproduction control circuit 15, and is recorded on a rewritable recording medium such as a rewritable DVD-R / W.

In the reproduction mode for reproducing the information recorded on the recording medium 17, the recording / reproduction control circuit 15 converts the multiplexed information signal read by the recording / reproduction head 19 into a demultiplexer 22.
Supplied to The demultiplexer 22 performs time division multiplex separation on the supplied multiplexed information signal, and outputs an audio signal, an image signal, and a management data signal equivalent to the format at the input of the multiplexer 8 in individual systems.

The output audio signal of the demultiplexer 22 is
The data is supplied to the audio decoder 23 and subjected to a conversion process (for example, a decompression process) reverse to the code conversion performed in the encoder 3. This inverse conversion output is supplied to the D / A converter 24.
, And is derived as an analog audio output. The output image signal of the demultiplexer 22 is supplied to the image decoder 25, and is subjected to a conversion process (for example, a decompression process) reverse to the code conversion performed in the encoder 5, and the inverse conversion output is D / A Converter 26
, And is derived as an analog image output.

In the recording mode for recording audio / video signals, the recording / reproducing head 19 writes a multiplexed information signal on the recording medium 17 in a predetermined format under the control of the recording / reproducing control circuit 15 in accordance with an instruction from the system control circuit 10. . At this time, the multiplexed information signal is simultaneously output to the demultiplexer 2
2 is also supplied. The flow of signal processing of the subsequent system including the demultiplexer 22 after the recording / reproduction control circuit 15 in the recording mode is the same as described above.

As the recording medium 17 to be loaded, the D
In addition to VD-R / W, a recording medium on which information can be overwritten is possible. The system control circuit 10 also issues a command signal for controlling the read operation and the write operation to the recording / reproduction control circuit 15. Each of these command signals includes address information indicating the actual recording position or area of the loaded recording medium. With this address information, information can be written at an arbitrary recording position on the recording medium, and information at an arbitrary recording position can be read. In short, the system control circuit 10 performs address control for accessing an arbitrary recording position of the recording medium in the information reproduction and recording mode of the recording medium.

Further, the system control circuit 10 controls other units according to a command signal from the operation unit 30 as a user interface. A typical example of such a command signal is a recording / reproducing command or an editing command such as a chapter setting command or a deleting command during a reproducing or recording operation. Therefore, the operation unit 30 serves as a change command unit that generates a change command in the editing function.

The system control circuit 10 uses the memory 35 for storing the data indicating the recording / reproducing or editing command and the data read from the recording medium 17 to perform operations corresponding to the operation contents of the operation unit 30 in each unit. Can be performed. In the above description, a digital data recording / reproducing apparatus having a TV tuner or the like as a source has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to such a form, and does not include the TV tuner, the A / D converters 2 and 4, and the encoders 3 and 5. , An external input terminal for audio and video directly leading to the multiplexer 8, and an audio digital signal or an image digital signal subjected to code conversion in advance in the encoders 3 and 5 can be supplied to the external input terminal. It may take a form.

Further, the system control circuit 10 and the recording / reproduction control circuit 15 serve both as recording control means and reproduction control means. Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 shows a configuration of an information data group and management data to be recorded on a recording medium. The VMGI is data for managing the entire disk, and stores disk common data relating to an information data group, for example, menu data of the disk. The VOBS is one of VOBs, which is a set of information data pieces such as one program, one movie, and the like.
One or more information data groups. VTSI is V
This is management data on OBS. BUP is VT
This is a backup of the SI and contains the same contents as the VTSI. The VOB is further divided into a plurality of segments (fragments), which are hereinafter referred to as cells.

FIGS. 3 and 4 are schematic diagrams for explaining an example of a data structure to be recorded on an optical disk using the optical disk as a recording medium in the digital data recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention. In the present invention, as shown in FIG. 3, each of the cells is divided into a series of a plurality of units, and the reproduction required from the head position (time T = 0) of the information data piece to which the cell belongs to the head position of the unit is reached. The time (ts _{, u} ) is added to each of the units as the unit head time and recorded. Further, a cell head time (T _S ) equal to the required reproduction time from the head position of the information data piece to which the cell belongs to each of the cells, and the unit head time
Record (ts _{, u} ) in VTSI. Further, it recorded in the VTSI also each reproduction time required for cell (P _S).

In the present invention, when a plurality of information data groups are recorded, as shown in FIG.
The TSI #i (i = 1, 2,...) Are collectively recorded in a predetermined position of the disk, for example, in a management data area defined in an inner peripheral portion. Also, backup data BUP #i (i =
1, 2,. . . Is recorded in the recording area in the same manner. In this case, it is preferable to record continuously in the recording area of VTSI #i. Further, the disk common data VMGI is also recorded in this management data area. In the management data area, a sufficient recording area for recording the assumed maximum VTSI #i and BUP #i is prepared in advance. The information data group is recorded in the information data area, and the VOB is the corresponding VTSI
In this order, and there may be empty areas.

In the present invention, the management data VTSI further includes attribute information data indicating each reproduction method of the information data group VOBS. The attribute information data includes image display information such as an encoding method for convenience of decoding and a scanning speed / number of scanning lines and an aspect ratio for convenience of reproduction display. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 5, the attribute information data is classified into 12 types of modes. The information data group is recorded or reproduced based on this attribute information data, but it is preferable that the same type of attribute information data be recorded in the same VTSI.

Hereinafter, the recording and reproducing operations of the digital data recording and reproducing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to flowcharts. FIG. 6 shows a procedure of an example of a recording operation processing routine executed by the system control circuit 10. The system control circuit 10 fetches from the memory 35 setting values such as a recording command such as a recording mode and a recording time using the operation unit 30 by the user (step 11). In the desired recording mode, audio / video data (hereinafter A
Abbreviated as V data. ) And a command to record the unit start time (ts _{, i} , i = 1, 2,...) Are issued (step 12). The system control circuit 10 determines whether or not a cell division instruction by the user using the operation unit 30, that is, an interrupt instruction such as chapter setting has been input (step 13). Referring to FIG. 3, when an interrupt instruction such as a chapter setting is input, the system control circuit 10
Is the unit start time (t _{s, u} ) at that time (the time of unit #u in cell #S) is the start time (T _{s, 2} ) of the new cell, and the new preceding cell after division is The memory 35 is stored in the memory 35 together with the required reproduction time (P _{s, 1} ) of (units # 1 to # u-1) (step 14). Next, the system control circuit 10 determines whether or not the recording of the AV data has been completed based on the recording setting value by the user (step 15), and terminates the recording operation if the recording has been completed (step 16). Next, the system control circuit 10 fetches the management data stored in the memory 35 from the memory 35 (Step 17). In the digital data recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present embodiment, all the management data in the management data area of the disk is read when the disk is loaded, and the memory 3
5, and the management data is managed on the memory while the disk is loaded. Next, the system control circuit 10 determines whether or not the attribute information data of the recorded AV data already exists in the management data (step 18). If the attribute information data already exists, the same attribute information data as the recorded AV data is deleted. The management information is overwritten on the included VTSI (step 19). If the same attribute information data does not yet exist, a VTSI including the attribute information data and the management data is newly added to the existing VTSI and recorded (step 20), and the recording operation process is completed.

FIG. 7 shows an example of a procedure of a reproduction operation processing routine executed by the system control circuit 10. The system control circuit 10 fetches, from the memory 35, the set values of the desired reproduced program and the like input by the user (step 31). Next, management data read and stored from the disk when the disk is loaded is fetched from the memory 35 (step 32), and a mode and management data relating to a desired reproduction program are identified from the fetched management data (step 33). Next, a command to reproduce the AV data of the desired program is issued to the recording / reproduction control circuit 15 based on the identified mode and management data (step 34). The system control circuit 10 determines whether or not the reproduction of the AV data based on the set value has been completed (step 35). If the reproduction has been completed, the system control circuit 10 issues a reproduction stop command (step 36), and completes the reproducing operation processing. .

FIG. 8 shows an example of the procedure of a cell division processing routine for performing editing such as chapter setting and erasing. The system control circuit 10 calls a reproduction routine and instructs a disk reproduction operation (step 41). Referring to FIG. 3, when a cell division signal is input from the operation unit 30 during reproduction, the system control circuit 10 fetches the signal (step 42) and returns the unit start time at that time.
(ts _{, u} ) is fetched from the reproduced data (step 4
3). Next, the playback required time (P _s ) and the cell start time (T _s ) of the cell to which the unit belongs before the division are taken from the memory 35 that was read from the disk when the disk was loaded and stored (step 44). Next, from these three values (P _s , T _s , t _{s, u} ), the playback time required for the two divided cells (P _{s, 1} , P _{s, 2} respectively) is calculated (referred to as P _{s, 1} , P _{s, 2} respectively) ( Step 45). Time required for cell regeneration before division (P _s )
And the cell start time (T _s ) is deleted from the memory 35 (step 46), and the required cell reproduction time after division (P _{s, 1,.}
P _{s, 2} ) and the cell start time (T _{s, 1} and T _{s, 2} respectively) are stored in the memory 35 (step 47). The system control circuit 10 determines whether or not the cell division processing has been completed (step 48). If not completed, the flow from the signal acquisition (step 42) is repeated. If the cell division processing has been completed, the reproduction is stopped. Issue a command (Step 4
9) A command to record the management data stored in the memory 35 in the management data area of the disk is issued to the recording / reproduction control circuit 15 (step 50), and the cell division processing is completed.

FIG. 9 shows an example of a procedure of a cell erasure processing routine at the time of editing. The system control circuit 10 fetches the desired cell erase setting value input by the user from the memory 35 (step 61), and deletes the reproduction time and cell start time of the cell designated to be erased from the management data in the memory (step 62). ). Next, the system control circuit 10 determines whether or not the erasing process of the designated cell has been completed (step 63), and if not, repeats the flow from data deletion on the memory (step 62), If the erasing process has been completed, a command to record the management data stored in the memory 35 in the management data area of the disk is issued to the recording / reproduction control circuit 15 (step 64), and the cell erasing process is completed.

FIG. 10 shows an example of the procedure of a reproduction time calculation routine used by the system control circuit 10 during the reproduction operation. The system control circuit 10 fetches the required reproduction time (P _i ) and cell start time (T _i ) of each cell of the information data piece designated for reproduction from the management data in the memory 35 (step 71). The unit start time (t _{s, u} ) of the unit being reproduced is fetched (step 72), and the sum of the required reproduction time of the cell before the cell being reproduced (P _i ; i = 1, 2,...,
s-1) and a value obtained by subtracting the cell start time of the cell being reproduced from the unit start time of a unit in the playback (t _s, and _u -T _S) the sum of the reproduction time (step 73). Therefore, a cell that was before the cell being reproduced, for example, cell #k (1 <k
Even if <S) has already been erased, the reproduction time (P _k ) of the erased cell is not included in the sum (ΣP _i ) of the cell reproduction time, so that the reproduction time is correctly set. You can ask. After completing the above steps, the reproduction time calculation process is completed.

FIG. 11 shows an example of a procedure of a time search routine for searching a reproduction position by a reproduction time. The system control circuit 10 stores the set desired reproduction time in the memory 3.
5 (step 81), the recording / reproduction control circuit 1
5 is instructed to perform a reproduction operation near the desired reproduction time (step 82). Next, the reproduction time calculation routine is called, and from the unit head time (ts _{, u} ) of the unit currently being reproduced,
The playback time at the current position is calculated, and a search is performed so that the playback time matches the set time (step 83). It is determined whether or not the calculated reproduction time is equal to the set time (step 84), and when they become equal, the time search process is completed.

As described above with reference to FIG. 3, according to the present invention, the start time of the unit read from the reproduction position and the time recorded on the recording medium are set using the start position of the information data piece being reproduced as the reference time. By using the cell start time stored in the memory and the required reproduction time of the unit, even when the information data piece edited after editing such as chapter setting or erasing is reproduced from the middle position, any arbitrary It is possible to realize a digital data recording / reproducing apparatus capable of easily calculating a reproduction elapsed time of a reproduction position and performing a time search. In addition, the management data includes attribute information data indicating a method of reproducing the information data group, and the information data group is recorded or reproduced based on the attribute information data, whereby one or more information data groups having different attributes can be freely set. It is possible to perform processes such as recording, reproduction, and editing.
Furthermore, management data is collectively recorded in a predetermined management data area, and information data groups having different attributes are successively recorded in the predetermined information data area. Time recording becomes possible.

In the above embodiment, an apparatus for handling a DVD-R / W has been described. However, the present invention is applicable to an apparatus for handling other disk-shaped recording media or an apparatus such as a semiconductor memory.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of a digital data recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating the structure of data recorded on a disc.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a data structure and time information recorded on a disc according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a data structure and a recording area according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing attribute information data according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the procedure of a recording operation processing routine according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a reproduction operation processing routine according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a cell division processing routine according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the procedure of a cell erase processing routine according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a reproduction time calculation routine according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a time search routine according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2,4 A / D converter 3,5 encoder 8 multiplexer 10 system control circuit 15 recording / reproduction control circuit 17 recording medium 19 recording / reproduction head 22 demultiplexer 23,25 decoder 24,26 D / A converter 30 operation unit 35 memory

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Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A recordable and erasable recording medium having a management data area for recording management data and an information data area for recording information, wherein one or more pieces of information data are collected in said information data area. A recording medium, wherein an information group is recorded, and management information corresponding to each of the information groups is collectively recorded in the management data area. 2. The recording medium according to claim 1, wherein management information for managing the entire recording medium is further recorded in the management data area. 3. The recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the management information corresponding to the information group and the information group are not continuous. 4. The recording medium according to claim 1, wherein backup data of management information corresponding to the information group is recorded in the management data recording area. 5. The management data area is prepared in advance so as to be sufficient to record management information corresponding to an assumed maximum number of the information groups. An information recording medium according to any one of the above. 6. The information group is video information, and the management information corresponding to the information group includes attribute information data of a reproduction method of the information data group.
6. The recording medium according to any one of items 5 to 5. 7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the attribute information data is a scanning speed, the number of scanning lines, or an aspect ratio.
A recording medium according to claim 1. 8. A recording apparatus for recording information on a recordable and erasable recording medium having a management data area for recording management data and an information data area for recording information, comprising: Recording means for recording a plurality of collected information groups in an information data area and recording management information corresponding to the information groups in a management data area; and control means for controlling the recording means. Recording device.