JP2003242459A - File transfer system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic file transfer system, capable of automatically transferring a file of a recording medium mounted in an auxiliary storage device to a desired data processing system without external operation. <P>SOLUTION: When the auxiliary storage device 100 is mounted as a file system in a computer 200, according to a condition set in the computer 200, automatically all or some of mounted filed are transferred to a data processing system designated by the computer 200, whereby the file of the recording medium to be mounted on the auxiliary storage device is automatically transferred to a desired data processing system without providing the recording medium with a special mechanism and without external operation. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a file transfer system, and more particularly, to a file transfer system for transferring a file between a computer and an auxiliary storage device to which a recording medium for recording a file is detachably mounted. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, a memory card in which a semiconductor memory is housed in a card-shaped case has become popular as a recording medium for digital data. When this memory card is mounted in the card mounting portion of the data transfer device, data is written in the semiconductor memory, or recorded data is read and recorded or reproduced in another recording medium. .

As a technique for transferring data in a memory card to a computer, for example, an "automatic data transfer device for a memory card" in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-242310 is known. The "automatic data transfer device" of Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-242310 is provided with an automatic transfer setting mechanism capable of setting an automatic transfer request state and a non-request state of digital data in a memory card, and a memory card in a card mounting portion. With the installed state, a detection mechanism is provided to detect that the automatic transfer setting mechanism is in the automatic transfer request state, and based on the detection result, digital data is read from the memory card based on the detection result, It is configured to automatically transfer to the data processing system.

[0004]

However, in the technique disclosed in the above publication, it is necessary to provide the memory card with an automatic transfer setting mechanism capable of setting the automatic transfer request state and the automatic transfer non-request state of digital data. There is a problem that the cost of the memory card becomes high, and automatic transfer cannot be performed when a memory card having no automatic transfer setting mechanism is used.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and a recording medium mounted on an auxiliary storage device in a desired data processing system without any external operation without providing a special mechanism on the recording medium. It is an object of the present invention to provide a file transfer system capable of automatically transferring files.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 transfers a file between a computer and an auxiliary storage device to which a recording medium for recording a file is detachably mounted. In the file transfer system for performing, when the auxiliary storage device is mounted as a file system in the computer, all or a part of the automatically mounted files is designated by the computer according to the condition set in the computer. It is characterized in that it is transferred to a data processing system.

According to the above invention, when the auxiliary storage device is mounted on the computer as a file system, according to the conditions set in the computer,
Transfer all or part of the automatically mounted files to the designated data processing system of the computer.

The invention according to claim 2 is based on claim 1.
In the invention according to the first aspect of the invention, the computer automatically unmounts the auxiliary storage device after the file transfer is completed.

According to the above invention, the computer automatically unmounts the auxiliary storage device after the file transfer is completed.

The invention according to claim 3 provides the invention according to claim 2.
In the invention according to the first aspect, the computer ejects the recording medium from the auxiliary storage device after unmounting the auxiliary storage device.

According to the above invention, the computer ejects the recording medium after unmounting the auxiliary storage device.
To do.

The invention according to claim 4 is the same as claim 1.
In the invention according to the first aspect, the computer activates specified application software built in the computer when the auxiliary storage device is mounted as a file system in the computer.

According to the above invention, the computer activates the designated application software built in the computer when the auxiliary storage device is mounted on the computer as a file system.

[0014]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Preferred embodiments of a file transfer system according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of the file transfer system of the present invention. The file transfer system 1 shown in FIG. 1 includes a computer 200 and this computer 200.
Is connected to the auxiliary storage device 100.

The auxiliary storage device 100 includes a memory card 1
01 is detachably attached. Files such as digital image data are recorded in a semiconductor memory (not shown) built in the memory card 101.

The computer 200 includes a CPU 201, a main storage device 202, a fixed storage device 203, and an I / F circuit 20.
4, a keyboard 205, a signal processing circuit 206, an I / F circuit 207, a recording medium 208, a D / A conversion circuit 209, and a monitor 210.

The CPU 201 is a fixed storage device 203.
The operation of each unit of the computer is controlled according to the program stored in. The fixed storage device 203 has a CP
Various programs for operating the U201 are stored. For example, an operating system (OS) 2
03a, automatic transfer setting / execution application 203
b, an image editing management application 203c for editing and managing image data is stored.

The automatic transfer setting / execution application 203b assists when the file of the mounted auxiliary storage device 100 is transferred to the specified data processing system and the automatic transfer of the file of the mounted auxiliary storage device 100 is completed. When the storage device 100 is unmounted and the auxiliary storage device 100 is unmounted, the auxiliary storage device 100
To EJECT of memory card 101, auxiliary storage device 1
Automatically start application after mounting 00
It is a program to be executed by the PU 201.

In this automatic transfer setting / execution application 203b, the user sets whether or not to automatically transfer the files in the mounted auxiliary storage device 100, and automatically transfers the files in the mounted auxiliary storage device 100. In this case, designation of transfer conditions (for example, designation of a folder or file format in the memory card 101 of the transfer source, designation of a data processing system (recording medium 208, etc.) of the transfer destination, designation of a folder of the transfer destination, new transfer destination (When creating and recording a folder, specify a new folder name etc.)
When the automatic transfer of the file of the mounted auxiliary storage device 100 is completed, whether to unmount the auxiliary storage device 100 is set. When the auxiliary storage device 100 is unmounted, the memory card 101 is removed from the auxiliary storage device 100. Settings such as whether to perform EJECT and settings of an application that is automatically started when the auxiliary storage device 100 is mounted are performed. The automatic transfer setting / execution application 203b performs processing according to the set conditions.

The applications to be automatically started are (1) an application related to a file to be transferred (for example, an image editing management application 203c in the case of an image file), and (2)
There is an application for displaying a menu screen in which a plurality of applications are collectively registered.

If the automatic transfer setting / execution application 203b has not been set to any of the above items, the CPU 201 reads the digital still image read from the memory card 101 based on the operation of the keyboard 205 as in the conventional case. The data is transferred to various data processing systems such as the recording medium 208.

The file of the memory card 101 mounted on the auxiliary storage device 100 is read out via the I / F circuit 204 and taken into the computer 200. The operation of this I / F circuit 204 is controlled by the CPU 201.

Here, when the digital image data recorded on the memory card 101 is transferred to the recording medium 208 for recording, the auxiliary storage device 1 is operated via the I / F circuit 207.
The digital image data read from the memory card 101 mounted on the recording medium 2 is recorded on the recording medium 2 by the signal processing circuit 206.
The data is converted into a format required for writing in 08, transferred to the recording medium 208 via the I / F circuit 207, and recorded.

When the digital image data recorded in the memory card 101 is transferred to the image reproducing system and displayed on the screen, the auxiliary storage device 10 is operated via the I / F circuit 204.
The digital image data read from the memory card 101 attached to 0 is converted into a form required for image display by the signal processing circuit 206, converted into analog image data by the D / A conversion circuit 209, and displayed on the monitor 210. Let

FIG. 2 shows a file transfer system 1 for mounting the auxiliary storage device 100 on the computer 200.
6 is a flowchart for explaining the processing of step 1. The processing of the file transfer system 1 when the auxiliary storage device 100 is mounted on the computer 200 will be described with reference to FIG.

First, in the computer 200, the OS 20
When 3a is activated, the automatic transfer setting / execution application 203b registered at the time of activation is activated as resident software. Next, when the memory card 101 is attached to the auxiliary storage device 100 (step S1), the OS 203a
Performs a mount process using the auxiliary storage device 100 as a file system (step S2).

Next, the automatic transfer setting / execution application 203b displays the window of the automatic transfer setting / execution application 203b on the monitor 210 and starts the automatic transfer of the file of the memory card 101 according to the setting conditions (step S3). In this case, the automatic transfer setting / execution application 203b displays the set transfer conditions and transfer status on the monitor 210.

Automatic transfer setting / execution application 20
3b determines whether or not the file transfer is completed (step S4), and when the file transfer is completed, moves to step S5.

In step S5, the automatic transfer setting / execution application 203b determines whether or not the unmount execution of the memory card 101 is set. If the unmount of the memory card 101 is not set,
On the other hand, when the unmount of the memory card 101 is set while the process proceeds to step S7, the memory card 1
After unmounting 01 (step S6), the process proceeds to step S7.

In step S7, the automatic transfer setting / execution application 203b determines whether the EJECT execution of the memory card 101 is set at the end of the unmount, and the E of the memory card 101 is ended at the end of the unmount.
If JECT execution is not set, step S
On the other hand, if the execution of the memory card 101 is set to be executed at the end of unmounting while moving to 10,
Control goes to step S8.

In step S8, the automatic transfer setting / execution application 203b stores the EJ in the auxiliary storage device 100.
It is determined whether or not the ECT mechanism is installed, and if the EJECT mechanism is installed in the auxiliary storage device 100, the EJE of the memory card 101 of the auxiliary storage device 100 is determined.
While executing CT (step S9), the auxiliary storage device 1
If the EJECT mechanism is not installed in 00, the process proceeds to step S10.

In step S10, the automatic transfer setting / execution application 203b determines whether or not the image editing management application 203c is set to be executed at the time of mounting, and the image editing management application 203c is not set to be executed at the time of mounting. In this case, while ending the flow, if execution of the image edit management application 203c is set at mount,
The image editing management application 203c is activated (step S11).

As described above, in this embodiment, when the auxiliary storage device 100 is mounted on the computer 200 as a file system, automatic transfer setting / setting is performed.
According to the transfer conditions set by the execution application 203b, all or part of the automatically mounted files are transferred to the data processing system specified by the computer, so that a special mechanism is not provided on the recording medium. It is possible to automatically transfer a file to a desired data processing system without using an external operation such as a keyboard.

Further, in the automatic transfer setting / execution application 203b, automatic transfer conditions (setting of whether or not to automatically transfer the file of the mounted auxiliary storage device 100, automatic transfer of the file of the mounted auxiliary storage device 100) are performed. When specifying the transfer conditions, performing the automatic transfer of the files in the mounted auxiliary storage device 100, setting whether to unmount the auxiliary storage device 100, and when unmounting the auxiliary storage device 100, EJE the memory card from the auxiliary storage device 100
Since it is possible for the user to set whether to perform CT or not, setting of an application which is automatically started when the auxiliary storage device 100 is mounted, etc., the file is automatically transferred under the transfer condition desired by the user. It is possible to improve the usability of the user.

In the present embodiment, the computer 200 automatically unmounts the auxiliary storage device 100 after the file transfer is completed.
The auxiliary storage device 100 can be automatically unmounted without performing an external operation such as a keyboard.
For example, when transferring all digital still image data recorded in a plurality of memory cards 101 to another recording medium 208 for recording, simply attach / detach each memory card 101 to / from the auxiliary storage device 100, The digital still image data of the memory card 101 is automatically recorded on the recording medium 20.
The data is transferred to and recorded in the storage device 8, and the usability for the user is improved.

Further, in the present embodiment, since the computer 200 decides to eject the memory card 101 after unmounting the auxiliary storage device 100,
The memory card 101 can be automatically ejected without manually operating the eject switch. For example, when transferring all digital still image data recorded in a plurality of memory cards 101 to another recording medium 208 for recording, simply attach each memory card 101 to a data transfer device (automatic The digital still image data of the memory card 101 is automatically transferred to and recorded in the recording medium 208, which improves the usability for the user.

Further, in this embodiment, the computer 200 uses the auxiliary storage device 100 as the computer 20.
Since it was decided to start the specified application software when mounted as a file system on 0,
When the auxiliary storage device 100 is mounted on the computer as a file system, the specified application software built in the computer 200 can be automatically started without any external operation, which improves the usability for the user. For example, when the image editing management application 203c is activated, it is possible to easily perform continuous operations in the image editing management application 203c after transferring the image file.

In the above embodiment, the case where the memory card 101 is used as the recording medium has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the FD and M are used.
It is also applicable to other recording media such as O and CD-RW, and an auxiliary storage device that drives these recording media. Further, the auxiliary storage device in the present specification is not limited to a storage device (FDD drive, MO drive, etc.) dedicated to reading / writing data of a recording medium, and for example, reading the data of the recording medium. An information processing device such as a digital camera capable of writing / writing is also included.

Further, in the above embodiment, the automatic transfer of the file from the memory card 101 to the computer 200 side has been described, but the automatic transfer of the file from the computer 200 side to the memory card 101 may be performed.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but can be carried out by appropriately modifying it without changing the gist of the invention.

[0042]

As described above, according to the file transfer system of the first aspect, the file is transferred between the computer and the auxiliary storage device to which the recording medium for recording the file is detachably mounted. In the transfer system, when the auxiliary storage device is mounted as a file system on the computer, all or part of the automatically mounted files is transferred to the computer's designated data processing system according to the conditions set on the computer. Therefore, the file transfer system capable of automatically transferring the file of the recording medium mounted in the auxiliary storage device to the desired data processing system without any external operation without providing a special mechanism for the recording medium. There is an effect that it is possible to provide.

According to the invention of claim 2, in the invention of claim 1, the computer automatically unmounts the auxiliary storage device after the file transfer is completed. In addition to the effects of the present invention, it is possible to provide a file transfer system capable of automatically unmounting the auxiliary storage device after the file transfer is completed without depending on an external operation.

According to the invention of claim 3, in the invention of claim 2, since the computer ejects the recording medium after unmounting the auxiliary storage device, the effect of the invention of claim 3 is obtained. In addition to,
It is possible to provide a file transfer system capable of ejecting a recording medium after unmounting the auxiliary storage device without an external operation.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, when the computer mounts the auxiliary storage device as a file system on the computer, the specified application software built in the computer is installed. Since it was decided to start, when the auxiliary storage device is mounted as a file system in the computer, the specified application software built into the computer can be automatically started without any external operation. It is possible to provide a system.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a file transfer system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining processing of the file transfer system when mounting an auxiliary storage device on a computer.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 File transfer system 100 auxiliary storage 101 memory card 200 computers 201 CPU 202 main memory 203 Fixed storage device 203a Operating system (OS) 203b Automatic transfer setting / execution application 203c Image editing management application 204 I / F circuit 205 keyboard 206 signal processing circuit 207 I / F circuit 208 recording medium 209 D / A conversion circuit 210 monitor

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A file transfer system for transferring a file between an auxiliary storage device to which a recording medium for recording a file is detachably mounted and a computer, when the auxiliary storage device is mounted on the computer as a file system. In addition, according to the conditions set in the computer, all or part of the automatically mounted files are transferred to a data processing system designated by the computer. 2. The file transfer system according to claim 1, wherein the computer automatically unmounts the auxiliary storage device after file transfer is completed. 3. The file transfer system according to claim 2, wherein the computer ejects the recording medium from the auxiliary storage device after unmounting the auxiliary storage device. 4. The computer according to claim 1, wherein when the auxiliary storage device is mounted as a file system on the computer, the computer activates designated application software built in the computer. File transfer system.