JP2003338166A - Reproducing device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To record the title or outline, etc., of a program on a slave storage medium when the program video-recorded in a master storage medium is video- recorded on the slave storage medium. <P>SOLUTION: A broadcasting reception recording and reproducing device 2 records the video and sound of the program on the storage medium 24 by an MPEG2 system, and records information of the title, etc., of the program in the storage medium 24 from EPG data in response to video data and sound data. In the case of reproduction, information such as the title of the program are read, and a video signal with the title, etc., described therein is outputted to a videocassette recorder 4. Continuously, the video data and sound data of the program are converted into signals, and the video signal and sound signal of the program are outputted to the videocassette recorder. Thus, the video of information such as the title of the program is recorded on a tape 5, and then, the video and sound of the program are recorded on the tape 5. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a reproducing apparatus which reads out video data and audio data from a storage medium storing video data and audio data of a program and reproduces video and audio of the program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, an electronic program guide (EPG) has been used in television broadcasting. The EPG data includes information such as a title, an outline, a broadcast start time, a broadcast end time, etc. about a program to be broadcast in the future, and the EPG data is superposed and transmitted on the broadcast signal. Also, a broadcast receiving / recording / reproducing apparatus for converting a received broadcast signal into a video and audio signal and recording a program by the video and audio has been widely used.
A broadcast receiving / recording / reproducing apparatus which uses G data and is linked to a broadcast program has been developed. For example, when a user sets a desired program, a broadcast receiving / recording / reproducing apparatus for recording the set program on a storage medium using the EPG data has been developed, or the set program is recorded and the set program is recorded using the EPG data. Broadcast receiving / recording / reproducing devices for recording titles, outlines, etc. in a storage medium have been developed.

On the other hand, conventionally, there is a technique of copying the recorded contents recorded in the master storage medium to the slave storage medium. For example, in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 9-231665, one compact disc is selected from a disc changer capable of storing a large number of compact discs.
An audio system for dubbing the recorded contents of the compact disc onto a mini disc is described. In this audio system, a title or the like is stored for each compact disc on the disc changer side, and the title of the selected compact disc is recorded in the UTOC area of the mini disc during dubbing.
Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 11-25595 describes a device in which a plurality of digital information is recorded in a storage medium of a parent machine, and digital information designated from the plurality of pieces is read and copied to the storage medium of a child machine. There is. In this apparatus, search information such as title and index is added and stored at the time of copying. Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2001-176174 describes an MD changer device for dubbing music data recorded on a master mini disc onto a slave mini disc. In this MD changer device, an album title or the like recorded on the master mini disc at the time of dubbing is recorded in the UTOC area of the slave mini disc.

[0004]

By the way, when dubbing a program recorded by the broadcast receiving / recording / reproducing apparatus in the master storage medium to the slave storage medium, the title and outline of the program should be recorded in the slave storage medium. Is desired. In particular, it is desired to record the title and outline of the program as an image on the slave storage medium. Therefore, the problem to be solved by the present invention is to record the title and outline of the program in the slave storage medium when recording the program recorded in the master storage medium in the slave storage medium.

[0005]

In order to solve the above problems, as shown in FIG. 2, the reproducing apparatus of the present invention (for example,
The broadcast receiving / recording / reproducing apparatus 2) reads the video data and audio data of the program from a storage medium that stores the video data and audio data of the program and the information data relating to the information of the program, and reproduces the video and audio of the program. In the reproducing device, the first reading means (for example, the controller 23) for reading the information data and a video in which the information of the program is described are generated according to the read information data, and the video signal is output to another device. By doing so, a first reproducing means (for example, the controller 23 and the output control section 27) for reproducing the information of the program from the read information data, and a second reading means (for example, the read means for reading the video data and the audio data) According to the controller 23) and the read-out video data after reproduction by the first reproduction means. Second playback means for playing back the video and audio of the program from the read video data and audio data by outputting the video signal and the audio signal according to the read audio data to another device. (For example, the controller 23 and the output control unit 27)
And are provided.

As described above, according to the present invention, the video in which the program information is described is generated by the first reproducing means, and the signal of the video is output to the other equipment by the first reproducing means. A video describing program information can be recorded in the slave storage medium. After the reproduction by the first reproduction means, the video signal and the audio signal of the program are output from the video data and the audio data of the program to the other device by the second reproduction means. In this device, the video describing the video and audio of the program can be recorded in the slave storage medium. As described above, according to the present invention, a video of program information,
The video and audio of the program can be dubbed to the slave storage medium. Therefore, when the contents of the slave storage medium are reproduced, a video describing the information of the dubbed program is output, and the video and audio of the program are subsequently output.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Specific embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. However, the scope of the invention is not limited to the illustrated examples.

As shown in FIG. 1, a dubbing system 1 to which the present invention is applied includes an EPG-compatible broadcast receiving / recording / reproducing apparatus 2, a television 3, and a video deck 4. The video output terminal of the broadcast receiving recording / reproducing apparatus 2 (for example, composite terminal, S terminal, component terminal,
The D terminal) is connected to the video input terminals of the television 3 and the video deck 4, and the audio output terminal of the broadcast receiving / recording / reproducing apparatus 2 is connected to the audio input terminals of the television 3 and the video deck 4. The output terminal of the video deck 4 may be connected to the input terminal of the television 3 or the broadcast receiving / recording / reproducing apparatus 2, and the output terminal of the television 3 may be the input terminal of the video deck 4 or the broadcast receiving / recording / reproducing apparatus 2. May be connected to.

The television 3 has a function of inputting a video signal output from the broadcast receiving / recording / reproducing apparatus 2, a function of displaying an image according to the input video signal, and a function of outputting from the broadcast receiving / recording / reproducing apparatus 2. A function to input a voice signal,
It has a function of outputting a voice according to an input voice signal. That is, the television 3 has a function of displaying a video and outputting a sound, and may be a generally popular one.

The video deck 4 has a function of inputting a video signal output from the broadcast receiving / recording / reproducing apparatus 2 and a video tape 5 as a storage medium for storing a video according to the input video signal.
A function of recording (recording), a function of inputting an audio signal output from the broadcast receiving / recording / reproducing apparatus 2, and a function of recording (recording) audio according to the input audio signal on the video tape 5. Have. In other words, VCR 4
It has a function of recording video and audio on the video tape 5, and may be a generally popular one.

FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of the broadcast receiving / recording / reproducing apparatus 2. The broadcast receiving / recording / reproducing apparatus 2 includes a receiving unit 21, an EPG decoder 22, and a controller 23.
A storage medium 24, an input unit 25, and an input control unit 26.
And an output control unit 27.

The input unit 25 is composed of a switch, a button, a remote controller, or the like, and outputs a signal according to the operation content of the user to the controller 23. As a result, the user receives various data from the broadcast receiving / recording / reproducing apparatus 2
Can be input, and the broadcast receiving / recording / reproducing apparatus 2 can be operated and used.

The storage medium 24 is capable of reading and writing data, and is, for example, a hard disk, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, or the like.

The receiver 21 includes a tuner and a separator, and the broadcast signal received by the antenna 6 is input to the receiver 21. The received broadcast signal may be a digital signal or an analog signal, but the broadcast signal may be a video signal (however,
In the case of digital broadcasting, MPEG2 video data) and audio signals (however, in the case of digital broadcasting, MPEG2 audio data) are superimposed, and EPG data is also superimposed.

The broadcast signal received by the receiver 21 is input to the input controller 26. In the case of analog broadcasting, the video signal (analog signal) and the audio signal (analog signal) are extracted from the broadcast signal by the input controller 26. It The extracted video signal is output from the video output terminal to the television 3 and the VCR 4 via the output control unit 27, and the extracted audio signal is output from the audio output terminal to the television 3 and the video deck via the output control unit 27. Output to deck 4. That is, the flow of signals flowing through the receiving unit 21, the input control unit 26, and the output control unit 27 in order is the same as that of a normal TV.

On the other hand, in the case of digital broadcasting, MPEG
The 2 video data and the MPEG 2 audio data are extracted by the input control unit 26 and output to the output control unit 27.
Then, the MPEG2 video data is decoded (decompressed) into a video signal by the output control unit 27, and the MPEG2 video data is
The audio data is decoded into an audio signal by the output control unit 27, and the video signal (analog signal) and the audio signal (analog signal) are output from the output control unit 27 to the television 3 and the video deck 4 via the output terminals. .

Further, at the time of recording, a video signal and an audio signal are extracted from the broadcast signal by the input control unit 26, but in the case of analog broadcasting, the video signal is MPEG by the input control unit 26.
In addition to being encoded into 2 video data, an audio signal is encoded into MPEG2 audio data. Then, the generated MPEG2 video data and MPEG
The 2 audio data is output from the input control unit 26 to the controller 23.

On the other hand, in the case of digital broadcasting, MPEG2 video data and MPE extracted by the input control unit 26
The G2 audio data is output from the input control unit 26 to the controller 23.

The broadcast signal received by the receiver 21 is E
The EPG data is output to the PG decoder 22, and the EPG data is extracted from the broadcast signal by the EPG decoder 22. In the EPG data, information such as program title, program outline, program broadcast start time, program broadcast end time, program genre, program keyword (for example, program performer name) is associated with each program. Has been. EPG decoder 22
The EPG data extracted in step 3 is output from the EPG decoder 22 to the controller 23.

The controller 23 includes a CPU 23a and an R
It is composed of an AM 23b and a ROM 23c. R
The OM 23c stores a program for controlling the entire broadcast receiving / recording / reproducing apparatus 2. The CPU 23a can perform an operation according to a program stored in the ROM 23c or a signal from the input unit 25 using the RAM 23b as a work area, and the controller 23 can control the entire broadcast reception recording / reproducing apparatus 2 by the operation of the CPU 23a. In addition, the EPG decoder 22 to the controller 23 to the EPG
Although the data is always output, the RAM 23b is constantly updated with new EPG data.

As a control of the controller 23, there is a program guide display control. The program guide display control is the following processing. That is, when the program guide display command signal is input from the input unit 25 to the controller 23, the EPG decoder 22
The controller 23 generates video data of the program guide according to the EPG data input to the controller 23 from the controller 23 and outputs the video data to the output control unit 27. The output control unit 27, which has input the video data of the program table, decodes the video data of the program table into a video signal, and the video signal of the program table is transmitted from the output control unit 27 to the television 3 and the video deck 4 via the video output terminal. Is output. As a result, the program guide can be displayed on the television 3 and the video of the program guide can be recorded on the VCR 4.

Recording control is performed as control of the controller 23. Recording control means that when a recording command signal is input from the input unit 25 to the controller 23, the controller 23 records the MPEG2 video data and the MPEG2 audio data input from the input control unit 26 to the controller 23 in the storage medium 24. Processing. This allows the user to record a desired program on the broadcast receiving / recording / reproducing apparatus 2.

Here, when the controller 23 uses EPG data for recording, information data such as the title, outline, broadcast start time, broadcast end time, genre, and keyword of the program to be recorded is extracted from the EPG data. Then, the extracted information data is converted into MPE of the program.
It is recorded in the storage medium 24 in association with the G2 video data and the MPEG2 audio data. As a result, the user can record, with the broadcast receiving / recording / reproducing apparatus 2, information of a desired program, as well as information such as the title, outline, broadcast start time, broadcast end time, genre, and keyword of the program.

Further, there is reproduction control (or dubbing control) as control of the controller 23. The reproduction control is performed by the controller 2 when the user instructs a desired program from the several programs recorded in the storage medium 24 with the input unit 25.
3 is MPEG2 video data and MPEG of the desired program
This is a process of reading the 2 audio data from the storage medium 24 and outputting it to the output control unit 27. As a result, the desired program can be displayed on the television 3 or the desired program can be dubbed on the video tape 5 by the VCR 4.

When the user instructs the input unit 25 to display information such as the title, outline, broadcast start time, broadcast end time, genre, and keyword of the reproduced program, the controller 23 performs the following processing. I do.
That is, the controller 23 stores the MPEG2 video data and MPEG2 audio data of the reproduced program in the storage medium 24.
Before reading from the storage medium 24, data of information such as the title, outline, broadcast start time, broadcast end time, genre, and keyword of the reproduced program is read from the storage medium 24, and the title, outline, broadcast start time, broadcast end time, genre of the reproduced program The video data in which information such as a keyword is described (drawn) is output to the output control unit 27. Then, the output control unit 27 decodes the video data into a video signal, and the video signal is output from the output control unit 27 to the television 3 and the video deck 4 via the video output terminal. As a result, the title, outline, broadcast start time, broadcast end time, genre, keyword, etc. of the reproduced program are displayed on the television 3, and the title, outline, etc. of the reproduced program of the reproduced program are displayed.
Information such as a broadcast start time, a broadcast end time, a genre, and a keyword can be dubbed as a video on the VCR 4.

Next, the method of using the dubbing system 1 and the operation of each of the devices 2 to 4 will be described. First, when recording a broadcast program, the user operates the input unit 25 to input a program guide display command signal from the input unit 25 to the controller 23. As a result, the controller 23 outputs the video data of the program guide to the output control unit 27, the video signal of the program guide is output from the output control unit 27 to the television 3, and the program guide is displayed on the television 3.

When the user operates the input unit 25 to select a desired program from the program list and instruct recording, the controller 23 causes the title of the program,
Data of information such as an outline, a broadcast start time, a broadcast end time, a genre, a keyword, etc. is acquired from the EPG data, and the information is recorded in the storage medium 24 as data. Next, at the broadcast start time, the broadcast signal of the selected program is input to the input control unit 26 via the reception unit 21, and the MPEG2 video data and MPEG2 audio data of the program are input from the input control unit 26 to the controller 23. Is entered.

Then, the controller 23 records the MPEG2 video data and MPEG2 audio data of the selected program in the storage medium 24. The program title, outline, broadcast start time, broadcast end time, genre, keyword, etc. are recorded. MPEG associated with information data
2 Video data and MPEG2 audio data are recorded. That is, the controller 23, as shown in FIG. 3, shows the title of the selected program, the outline, the broadcast start time,
Program data 50 including data of information such as broadcast end time, genre, keyword, etc., MPEG2 video data of the program, and MPEG2 audio data of the program is stored in the storage medium 24. The program data 50 is composed of a header area 51 and a data area 52. The header area 51 stores information such as program title, outline, broadcast start time, broadcast end time, genre, and keyword, and the data area 52. MPEG2 audio data and MPEG2 video data are stored. In addition,
The controller 23 gives the program data 50 an ID unique to the program (for example, an ID number or a file name).

As described above, every time the user operates the input section 25 to specify a desired program, the controller 23 records the program data 50 as shown in FIG. 3 in the storage medium 24. As a result, as shown in FIG.
Is added, and a data table in which the program data 50 is associated with each ID is generated. The data table shown in FIG. 4 schematically shows the program data 50 of all the programs stored in the storage medium 24.

In order to dubb the video and audio recorded on the storage medium 24 with the dubbing system 1, the video tape 5 is set on the VCR 4 and the VCR 4
To enable recording.

Next, the user operates the input unit 25 to select one program from the plurality of programs recorded in the storage medium 24. Then, the controller 23 outputs the video data to the output control unit 27, the output control unit 27 outputs the video signal to the television 3, and the television 3
An image as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the screen.

In the image shown in FIG. 5, the user
"Playback with added information such as title, outline, broadcast start time, broadcast end time, genre, and keyword of selected program"
It is possible to select either "playback of only video / audio of selected program".

When the user operates the input unit 25 to select "playback of only video / audio of selected program", the fact is input from the input unit 25 to the controller 23. The controller 23, which has received the notice, selects M of the selected program.
The PEG2 video data and the MPEG2 audio data are read from the storage medium 24, and the MPEG2 video data and the MPEG2 audio data of the selected program are output to the output control unit 2.
Output to 7.

As a result, the output control unit 27 outputs the MPEG2 video data and MPEG2 audio data of the selected program.
The video signal and the audio signal of the selected program are output from the broadcast receiving / recording / reproducing apparatus 2 to the television 3 and the video deck 4. Therefore, the video and audio of the selected program are output from the television 3, and the video and audio of the selected program are recorded on the video tape 5 by the VCR 4.
This is normal dubbing.

On the other hand, when the user operates the input unit 25 to select "playback with information such as title, outline, broadcast start time, broadcast end time, genre, and keyword of selected program added", that effect Is input to the controller 23 from the input unit 25. Controller 23 that has received that effect
Reads from the storage medium 24 information data such as the title, outline, broadcast start time, broadcast end time, genre, and keyword of the selected program. And the controller 23
Generates MPEG2 video data of a video in which information such as the title, outline, broadcast start time, broadcast end time, genre, and keyword of the selected program is described.
The EG2 video data is output to the output control unit 27. After that, the controller 23 reads the MPEG2 video data and the MPEG2 audio data of the selected program from the storage medium 24, and the MPEG2 video data and the MP of the selected program.
The EG2 audio data is output to the output control unit 27.

As a result, the output control unit 27 decompresses the MPEG2 video data of the video in which information such as the title, outline, broadcast start time, broadcast end time, genre, keyword, etc. of the selected program is decompressed, and the video signal is output. Only the first one frame or several frames are output from the broadcast receiving / recording / reproducing apparatus 2 to the television 3 and the video deck 4. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, during the first one frame or several frames, the television 3 outputs an image in which information such as the title, outline, broadcast start time, broadcast end time, genre, and keyword of the selected program is described. Then, an image in which information such as the title, outline, broadcast start time, broadcast end time, genre, keyword, etc. of the selected program is described is recorded on the video tape 5 by the VCR 4.

Subsequently, the output control unit 27 outputs the MPEG2 video data and the MPEG2 audio data of the selected program.
The video signal and the audio signal of the selected program are output from the broadcast receiving / recording / reproducing apparatus 2 to the television 3 and the video deck 4. Therefore, the title, outline,
Following the video in which information such as the broadcast start time, the broadcast end time, the genre, the keyword, etc. is described, the video and audio of the selected program are output from the television 3, and the video and audio of the selected program are recorded on the video tape 5 by the VCR 4.
Recorded in.

As described above, the video and audio of some programs are recorded in the storage medium 24 by the broadcast receiving / recording / reproducing apparatus 2, and the titles, outlines, broadcast start times, broadcast end times, genres, and keywords of these programs are recorded. Data of information such as is recorded in the storage medium 24 by the broadcast receiving / recording / reproducing apparatus 2 in association with each program.

When the broadcast receiving / recording / reproducing apparatus 2 reproduces a desired program, information such as the title, outline, broadcast start time, broadcast end time, genre, and keyword of the desired program is first described. The video is reproduced by the broadcast receiving / recording / reproducing apparatus 2, and subsequently, the video and audio of the desired program are reproduced by the broadcast receiving / recording / reproducing apparatus 2. The video of the information such as the title, outline, broadcast start time, broadcast end time, genre, and keyword of the desired program is recorded on the videotape 5 by the VCR 4, and subsequently the video and audio of the desired program are recorded on the videotape 5. Dubbed.

Further, before the desired program is reproduced by the broadcast receiving / recording / reproducing apparatus 2, a selection screen as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed, and "the program title, outline, broadcast start time,
It is possible for the user to select "reproduction with addition of information such as broadcast end time, genre, and keyword" or "reproduction of only video / audio of program". Therefore, when there is no need, a video describing information such as the title, outline, broadcast start time, broadcast end time, genre, keyword, etc. of the desired program is not recorded on the video tape 5, and when necessary, that video is recorded. It is recorded on the tape 5.

Further, a video signal describing information such as a program title, outline, broadcast start time, broadcast end time, genre, and keyword is output from the broadcast receiving / recording / reproducing apparatus 2 to the VCR 4 for one frame. If the video and audio signals of the program are output from the subsequent frame to the VCR 4, the recording capacity of the video tape 5 can be saved.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various improvements and design changes may be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, it may be an integrated broadcast receiving recording / reproducing apparatus with a video re-recording function in which the broadcast receiving recording / reproducing apparatus 2 and the video deck 4 are integrated. Also, not limited to the VCR 4,
A DVD recorder having a function of recording on a DVD, or
It may be a hard disk recorder having a function of recording on a hard disk.

[0043]

As described above, according to the present invention, a video in which program information is described is generated and the signal of the video is output to another device. Therefore, the program information is described in another device. The recorded image can be recorded in the slave storage medium. After that, since the video signal and audio signal of the program are output from the video data and audio data of the program to another device, the video and audio of the program are described in the other device after the video describing the program information. The recorded image can be recorded in the slave storage medium. As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to copy the video of the program information and the video and audio of the program onto the slave storage medium.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a view showing a dubbing system to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing a control system of a broadcast receiving / recording / reproducing apparatus included in the dubbing system.

FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing a data structure of program data stored in a storage medium of the broadcast receiving / recording / reproducing apparatus.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a data table composed of a plurality of program data.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an image displayed by an image signal output from the broadcast receiving / recording / reproducing apparatus.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing, in a frame order, images displayed by a video signal output from the broadcast receiving / recording / reproducing apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Dubbing System 2 Broadcast Reception Recording / Reproducing Device (Reproducing Device) 3 Television 4 VCR (Other Equipment) 5 Video Tape 21 Receiving Unit 22 EPG Decoder 23 Controller (First Reproducing Means, First Reading Means, Second Reproducing Means) , Second reading means) 24 storage medium 25 input section 26 input control section 27 output control section (first reproducing means, second reproducing means)

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. Video data and audio data of the program are read from a storage medium storing video data and audio data of the program and information data relating to the information of the program,
In a reproducing device for reproducing the video and audio of the program, a first reading means for reading the information data, a video describing the information of the program according to the read information data is generated, and a signal of the video is generated by another device. First reproducing means for reproducing the information of the program from the read information data by outputting to the second reading means for reading the video data and the audio data, and reading after the reproduction by the first reproducing means. The video and audio of the program are output from the read video and audio data by outputting the video signal according to the video data and the audio signal according to the read audio data to another device. A reproducing apparatus comprising: a second reproducing unit for reproducing. 2. Video data and audio data of the program are read from a storage medium that stores video data and audio data of the program and information data relating to the information of the program,
In a reproducing device for reproducing video and audio of the program, first reading means for reading the information data, first reproducing means for reproducing information of the program from the read information data, the video data and the audio data And a second reproducing means for reproducing the video and audio of the program from the read video data and audio data. 3. The first reproducing means generates a video in which the information of the program is described in accordance with the read information data, and outputs the video signal to another device. Playback device. 4. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the first reproducing means reproduces the information of the program before the second reproducing means reproduces the video and audio of the program. . 5. The second reproduction means outputs a video signal according to the read video data and audio data, and a sound signal according to the read audio data to another device. The reproducing apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 4.