JP2003259266A - Reservation management device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reservation management device which reduces user's load for timer reservation setting operation to reduce a probability of erroneous timer reservation setting. <P>SOLUTION: A recording and reproducing is selected on the basis of a recording mode set by the user, so that the user need not select a recording and reproducing device at the time of timer reservation setting operation to a recording and reproducing means having a plurality of recording and reproducing devices and a probability of erroneous timer reservation setting can be reduced. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a reservation management device for making a reservation for a plurality of recording / reproducing devices. 2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, an integrated product of a hard disk recorder and a video tape recorder and an integrated product of a hard disk recorder and a DVD recorder have been put on the market. Have been released one after another. In these products, conventional VT
Compared to products that have only one recording and playback device, such as R,
Although timer reservation information inevitably increases, it is emphasized that the timer reservation information setting operation is as easy as possible. A conventional reservation management device will be described below with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional reservation management device. In FIG. 3, the recording / reproducing device setting means 11 sets the recording / reproducing device information for executing the timer reservation and outputs the set recording / reproducing device information by the user's operation. The timer reservation information setting unit 12 collectively outputs, as timer reservation information, the start date and time, the end date and time, the channel, the recording mode, and the like set by the user, together with the recording / reproducing device information output from the recording / reproducing device selecting unit 11. . The timer reservation information management unit 13 stores therein the timer reservation information received from the timer reservation information setting unit 12. And
Based on the stored timer reservation information, a command for executing the timer reservation is transmitted to the timer reservation executing means 14. The timer reservation executing means 14 having received the command,
Based on the recording / reproducing device information included in the timer reservation information, the recording / reproducing unit 15 is controlled for recording on the recording / reproducing device A151 or the recording / reproducing device B152. Thereby, recording is performed by the recording / reproducing device A151 or the recording / reproducing device B152. [0004] However, in the above-described conventional configuration, the user must select not only the recording mode but also the recording / reproducing apparatus when setting the timer reservation, so that the setting operation by the user is complicated. There is a problem that there is a possibility that an incorrect timer reservation is set. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and provides a reservation management apparatus which reduces the load on a user's timer reservation setting operation and reduces the possibility of making an incorrect timer reservation setting. Aim. [0006] In order to achieve this object, a reservation management apparatus according to the present invention executes recording mode and recording with a recording / reproducing means having a plurality of recording / reproducing apparatuses having different recording media. Timer reservation information setting means for setting timer reservation information for; and recording / reproducing apparatus selecting means for selecting a corresponding recording / reproducing apparatus of the recording / reproducing means based on a recording mode included in an output of the timer reservation information setting means. A timer reservation information managing means for storing an output of the timer reservation information setting means and an output of the recording / reproducing apparatus selecting means; and a timer for controlling execution of timer reservation based on the output of the timer reservation information managing means. It has a configuration provided with a reservation executing means. With this configuration, the recording / reproducing device is selected based on the set recording mode, so that the timer reservation setting operation in the recording / reproducing means having a plurality of recording / reproducing devices is performed by the user during the timer reservation setting operation. This eliminates the need for selection and reduces the possibility of making erroneous timer reservation settings. According to the first aspect of the present invention, a recording / reproducing means having a plurality of recording / reproducing devices having different recording media, a recording mode and timer reservation information for executing recording are set. Timer-reservation-information setting means, recording / reproduction-device selection means for selecting a corresponding recording / reproduction apparatus of the recording / reproduction means based on a recording mode included in an output of the timer reservation-information setting means, and timer-reservation-information setting means A timer reservation information managing means for storing an output of the timer recording information and an output of the recording / reproducing apparatus selecting means, and a timer reservation executing means for performing control for executing the timer reservation based on the output of the timer reservation information managing means. By selecting a recording and playback device based on the set recording mode, a plurality of recording and playback devices The timer reservation setting operation for the recording / reproducing means has an effect that the user does not need to select the recording / reproducing device at the time of the timer reservation setting operation, and the possibility of making an erroneous timer reservation setting can be reduced. An embodiment of a reservation management apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. (Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a reservation management apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. The reservation management device includes: a recording / reproducing device selecting unit 111;
It comprises timer reservation information setting means 112, timer reservation information management means 113, timer reservation execution means 14, and recording / reproduction means 15. The recording / reproducing means 15 includes a recording / reproducing device A151 and a recording / reproducing device B152. Next, the function of each block will be described.
The timer reservation information setting unit 112 creates timer reservation information including a recording mode based on a user operation and outputs the timer reservation information. An example of the timer reservation information setting unit 112 is a remote controller with a liquid crystal. In this case, the user sets the timer reservation based on the timer reservation information displayed on the liquid crystal. There is also a method of outputting a screen from the timer reservation information setting means 112 to a television monitor, setting a timer reservation on the screen, and creating timer reservation information collectively. In this case, the user performs a timer reservation setting operation based on the screen information output to the television monitor. The timer reservation information management means 113 stores the timer reservation based on the reservation information input from the timer reservation information setting means 112 and the recording / reproducing apparatus selecting means 111 described later. At the time of executing the timer reservation, the timer control unit 14 instructs the timer reservation executing unit 14 to control the power of the reservation management device and to control the recording / reproducing device to perform a recording operation. The recording / reproducing apparatus selecting means 111 selects a recording / reproducing apparatus based on the recording mode information input from the timer reservation information managing means 113. Then, it has a function of outputting the selected recording / reproducing device to the timer reservation information management means 113 again. The timer reservation executing means 14 has a function of instructing the recording / reproducing means 15 and the like on recording based on a command from the timer reservation information managing means 113. In the recording / reproducing means 15, a recording / reproducing apparatus A151 is provided based on an instruction from the timer reservation executing means 14.
Alternatively, it controls the recording / reproducing device B152. Recording / reproducing apparatus A151 and recording / reproducing apparatus B1
52 performs recording and reproduction based on control from the recording / reproduction means 15. Next, the operation of the recording / reproducing apparatus selecting means 111 according to the present invention will be described with reference to a flowchart. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of the recording / reproducing device selecting means 111 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In S201 of FIG. 2, the recording / reproducing device selecting means 1
Numeral 11 inputs a recording mode from the timer reservation information management means 113. The recording mode uses different recording modes for the recording / reproducing device A 151 and the recording / reproducing device B 152. [Table 1] For example, as shown in (Table 1), recording modes such as XP, SP, LP, and EP are defined for the recording / reproducing apparatus A151, and standard, triple, for the recording / reproducing apparatus B152. Recording mode is defined. In S202, a determination is made regarding the input recording mode. If the recording mode corresponds to any of XP, SP, LP, and EP defined for the recording / reproducing device A151, the recording is performed in S203.
It is set to be performed at 51. If the recording mode does not correspond to the recording mode defined for the recording / reproducing apparatus A151, that is, if the recording mode is standard or triple, the recording is performed in S204.
Set to perform in step 2. In S205, the information of the selected recording / reproducing device is output to the timer reservation information management means 13. According to such a flow, the recording / reproducing apparatus can be selected only by selecting the recording mode without the user having to select the recording / reproducing apparatus for performing the recording. As described above, according to the present invention, the timer reservation setting operation for the recording / reproducing means having a plurality of recording / reproducing devices can be performed by selecting the recording / reproducing device based on the recording mode set by the user. Eliminates the need for the user to select a recording / playback device during timer reservation setting operations,
Also, an excellent effect that the possibility of making an incorrect timer reservation setting can be reduced can be obtained.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a reservation management device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 represents processing contents of a recording / reproducing device selecting unit according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Flowchart [FIG. 3] Block diagram showing the configuration of a conventional reservation management device [Description of reference numerals] 111 Recording / reproducing device selecting means 112 Timer reservation information setting means 113 Timer reservation information managing means 14 Timer reservation executing means 15 Recording / reproducing means 151 Recording Reproduction device A 152 Recording / reproduction device B

Claims (1)

Claims: 1. A recording / reproducing means having a plurality of recording / reproducing devices having different recording media, a timer reservation information setting means for setting a recording mode and timer reservation information for executing recording, A recording / reproducing apparatus selecting means for selecting a corresponding recording / reproducing apparatus of the recording / reproducing means based on a recording mode included in an output of the timer reservation information setting means; an output of the timer reservation information setting means and the recording / reproducing apparatus selecting means A reservation management device comprising: timer reservation information management means for storing the output of the timer reservation information; and timer reservation execution means for performing control for executing the timer reservation based on the output of the timer reservation information management means.