JP2005302128A - Information editing apparatus, information editing method, information editing program, recording medium with the program recorded thereon, and editing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a recording and reproducing apparatus appropriately recording a part required for broadcasting information. <P>SOLUTION: A voice system of broadcasting information is recognized by a kind recognizing means, switching of the voice system is recognized by a kind change recognizing means, a discrimination signal is related to a switching position of the voice system by a discrimination signal giving means, and recorded in a HD together with the broadcasting information. When a dubbing request signal is recognized by a request recognizing means, partial information of a multiple voice system being not CM between discrimination signals in which the discrimination signal is related by a transfer means or a monaural voice system is recorded in a disk type recording medium as program information. The program information can be recorded in the disk type recording medium skipping CM, a recording region can be effectively utilized, and necessary program information can be appropriately recorded. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an information editing apparatus for recording broadcast information having a commercial message and program information recorded on a first recording medium on a second recording medium, a method thereof, a program thereof, a recording medium on which the program is recorded, and The present invention relates to an editing device.

  Conventionally, a configuration in which a commercial message (CM) of broadcast information is skipped and reproduced is known. As a configuration for reproducing the broadcast information by skipping the CM, the CM portion of the broadcast information is discriminated by, for example, sound, and the discriminated CM portion is skipped and reproduced (for example, Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2).

  According to the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, if any one of stereo, multiplex, and monaural of an audio broadcast signal changes during recording of a broadcast program on a magnetic tape, a position detection signal is recorded on the magnetic tape being recorded at that time. Record. When a broadcast program is played back, if the position detection signal is played back from the magnetic tape, the content of the recording is judged based on the position detection signal, and if it is judged as CM, the traveling speed of the magnetic tape is increased. It is taken.

  In the one described in Patent Document 2, a program selected by a tuner is processed by a video / audio signal processing circuit, converted into digital video and audio data, and compression-encoded by an MPEG encoder. The compressed encoded data subjected to the compression encoding process is modulated and then recorded in the recording area for compressed encoded data on the magneto-optical disk. When the audio data processed by the video / audio signal processing circuit is received by the CM discriminating circuit during the bilingual broadcast, the stereo broadcast portion is determined to be CM and is synchronized with the audio data output from the MPEG encoder. And input to the MPU. Based on the discrimination signal, the MPU assigns a code for identifying whether the video / audio data being recorded is a CM or a program, and records it in the recording area for file management data corresponding to the address being recorded. Then, when reproducing according to the selection to skip the CM, the data recorded at the address to which the code corresponding to the CM is added is skipped, and only the data to which the code corresponding to the program is added is reproduced. Configuration is adopted.

JP-A-3-177175 (page 4, lower right column-page 9, upper right column) JP 2000-11488 (Page 2 left column-Page 3 left column)

  By the way, in the conventional configuration in which the CMs are skipped and reproduced as described in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 described above, CMs that are not reproduced on the recording medium are also recorded. For this reason, there is a problem that the recording area for recording the program to be reproduced decreases.

  In view of such circumstances, the present invention provides an information editing apparatus, a method thereof, a program thereof, a recording medium on which the program is recorded, and an editing apparatus that appropriately record a necessary portion of broadcast information. Objective.

  The invention according to claim 1 is an information editing apparatus for recording broadcast information recorded on a first recording medium on a second recording medium, wherein at least out-of-program information and program information of the broadcast information are recorded. A type recognizing unit for recognizing one of the types, and an identification signal related to the type in the broadcast information recognized by the type recognizing unit in association with the partial information for each type of the broadcast information together with the broadcast information. An identification signal providing means for recording on a recording medium, a request recognition means for recognizing a request signal for recording the program information recorded on the first recording medium on the second recording medium, and the request recognition means By recognizing the request signal, the partial information associated with the identification information related to the program information based on the identification signal is transferred from the first recording medium to the second information. A transfer means for recording on the recording medium, an information editing apparatus characterized by comprising a.

  The invention according to claim 3 is an information editing apparatus for recording the broadcast information recorded on the first recording medium on the second recording medium, and includes at least out-of-program information and program information in the broadcast information. Type recognition means for recognizing one of the types, type change recognition means for recognizing that the type recognized by this type recognition means is switched, and switching of types in the broadcast information recognized by this type change recognition means Identification signal giving means for associating an identification signal with a position; request recognition means for recognizing a request signal for recording the program information of the broadcast information recorded on the first recording medium onto the second recording medium; Then, by recognizing the request signal by the request recognition means, the program information between the identification signals in the broadcast information associated with the identification signal is converted into the second information. A transfer means for recording on the recording medium, an information editing apparatus characterized by comprising an information editing apparatus characterized by comprising a.

  According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information editing apparatus according to any one of the first to thirteenth aspects of the present invention, and a variety of information that is controlled by the information editing apparatus and readable on the first recording medium. An editing apparatus comprising: 1 recording means; and second recording means that is controlled by the information editing apparatus and records various information in a readable manner on the second recording medium.

  The invention according to claim 15 is an information editing method in which broadcast information recorded on the first recording medium is recorded on the second recording medium by the computing means, wherein the computing means includes the broadcast information. And recognizes an identification signal related to the recognized type in association with the partial information for each type of the broadcast information on the first recording medium together with the broadcast information. And recognizing a request signal for recording the program information of the broadcast information recorded on the first recording medium onto the second recording medium, the program information in the broadcast information based on the identification signal. In the information editing method, the partial information associated with the identification signal is recorded on the second recording medium.

  The invention according to claim 16 is an information editing method in which the broadcast information recorded on the first recording medium is recorded on the second recording medium by the calculating means, wherein the calculating means includes the broadcast information. Is recognized on the first recording medium by recognizing the type of the recognized type, recognizing the switching of the recognized type, and associating the identification signal with the recognized type switching position. When the request signal for recording the program information of the broadcast information on the second recording medium is recognized, the program information between the identification signals in the broadcast information associated with the identification signal is changed to the second information. An information editing method is characterized by recording on a recording medium.

  The invention according to claim 17 is an information editing program characterized in that the calculation means causes the calculation means to function as the information editing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 13.

  According to an eighteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information editing program characterized by causing a calculation means to execute the information editing method according to the fifteenth or sixteenth aspect.

  A nineteenth aspect of the present invention is a recording medium on which an information editing program is recorded, wherein the information editing program according to the seventeenth or eighteenth aspect is stored so as to be readable by an arithmetic means.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, the recording / reproducing apparatus including the editing apparatus of the present invention is described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the recording / reproducing apparatus may be used only as an editing apparatus. Also, a configuration for so-called dubbing processing of broadcast information recorded on an HD to a disc-shaped recording medium will be described. However, the configuration may also be applied to a configuration for performing dubbing processing from a disc-shaped recording medium to an HD, and a configuration capable of both. it can. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the CPU.

[Configuration of recording / reproducing apparatus]
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 100 denotes a recording / reproducing apparatus. The recording / reproducing apparatus 100 receives broadcast information and appropriately records and outputs, that is, reproduces the broadcast information. The recording / reproducing apparatus 100 includes an output unit 200 that reproduces at least a part of broadcast information, and an editing apparatus 300. The “information editing apparatus” in the present invention is an apparatus including at least the editing apparatus 300, and examples thereof include a recording / reproducing apparatus such as a DVD recorder equipped with an HD.

  The output unit 200 outputs sound information such as audio data and music data, that is, a sounding device including a speaker (not shown) that reproduces the sound as sound, and an image data such as image data and video data that is reproduced by outputting, that is, display. A display device, and the like. The output unit 200 is connected to the editing device 300 and reproduces sound information output from the editing device 300 on a sound generation device or reproduces image data output from the editing device 300 on a display device. . Examples of the display device include a liquid crystal display panel, an organic EL (Electro Luminescence) panel, a PDP (Plasma Display Panel), a CRT (Cathode-Ray Tube), an FED (Field Emission Display), and an electrophoretic display panel.

  The editing apparatus 300 includes a remote controller (hereinafter referred to as a remote controller) 310 as an operation means, and an editing apparatus main body 320. The remote controller 310 has various operation buttons and operation knobs (not shown), and outputs a predetermined signal via a wireless medium in response to input operations of these operation buttons and operation knobs. Here, examples of the wireless medium include light such as infrared rays, sound waves, radio waves, and electromagnetic waves.

  The editing apparatus main body 320 can receive broadcast information and process it so as to be reproducible, and can appropriately perform recording processing. The editing apparatus main body 320 includes a broadcast receiving unit 321, an encoder 322, a hard disk drive (HDD: Hard Disk Drive) 323 as a first recording unit, a disk drive 324 as a second recording unit, and a recording / reproduction. A control unit 325, a decoder unit 329, an output control unit 326 that can also function as a control unit, a memory 327, and a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 328 as an information editing device that also functions as a calculation unit. Yes.

  The broadcast receiving unit 321 is connected to an antenna 321A that receives a broadcast wave having broadcast information. This broadcast receiving unit 321 is connected to the CPU 328, and acquires the broadcast information by appropriately processing the broadcast wave received by the antenna 321A under the control of the CPU 328.

  The encoder 322 is connected to the CPU 328, and encodes broadcast information acquired by the broadcast receiving unit 321 into a digital signal under the control of the CPU 328.

  The HDD 323 records various information in a readable manner on a hard disk (HD) (not shown) as a first recording medium. The HDD 323 deletes information recorded on the HD as appropriate. The HDD 323 is preferably configured to be randomly accessible.

  For example, a disk-shaped recording medium as a first recording medium is detachably mounted on the disk drive 324. Here, as a disc-shaped recording medium, for example, a DVD-R (Digital Versatile Disc-Recordable), a DVD-RW (Digital Versatile Disc-ReWritable), a DVD-ROM (Digital Versatile Disc-Read Only Memory), a CD-ROM ( For example, Compact Disc-Read Only Memory). Then, the disk drive 324 records various information on the loaded disk-shaped recording medium so as to be readable. Note that the disk drive 324 may be configured such that information recorded on the disk-shaped recording medium can be appropriately deleted.

  The recording / playback control unit 325 is connected to the CPU 328 and to the HDD 323 and the disk drive 324. Under the control of the CPU 328, the recording / playback control unit 325 outputs the broadcast information encoded by the encoder 322 to the HDD 323 or the disk drive 324, and appropriately records the information on the HD or disk-shaped recording medium. Also, the recording / playback control unit 325 outputs at least part of the broadcast information recorded on the HD or the disk-shaped recording medium to the disk drive 324 or the HDD 323 under the control of the CPU 328, and appropriately records the information on the disk-shaped recording medium or the HD. Process. Further, the recording / playback control unit 325 controls the HDD 323 based on the control of the CPU 328 and performs processing for deleting predetermined information recorded on the HD.

  The decoder unit 329 is connected to the CPU 328 and, under the control of the CPU 328, decodes the digital signal obtained by the recording / playback control unit 325 of the broadcast information recorded and read on the HD or disk-shaped recording medium.

  The output control unit 326 is connected to the CPU 328, and adds, for example, an OSD (On-Screen Display) or a GUI (Graphical User Interface) to the decoded signal output from the decoder unit 329 under the control of the CPU 328, The output means 200 performs processing so that playback is possible. Then, the output control unit 326 outputs the broadcast information processed so as to be reproducible to the output unit 200 and causes the output unit 200 to reproduce the broadcast information.

  The memory 327 is connected to the CPU 328 and stores various information acquired from the CPU 328 so that the CPU 328 can acquire the information. Further, the memory 327 stores various programs and the like developed on an OS (Operating System) that controls the operation of the editing apparatus 300 as a whole so as to be appropriately readable. Note that the memory 327 may have a configuration including a drive, a driver, and the like that are readable and stored in various recording media such as an HD, an optical disk, and a memory card.

  The CPU 328 controls the operation of the editing apparatus 300 as a whole. The CPU 328 includes, as various programs, content information generation means 401, output control means 402, selection recognition means 403, operation recognition means 404, type recognition means 405, type change recognition means 406, and identification signal provision means. 407, request recognition means 408, transfer means 409, and timing means 410 are provided.

  The content information generation unit 401 is content information that represents the content of partial information that is a chapter between identification information in broadcast information that is encoded by the encoder 322 and acquired by the recording / playback control unit 325 and associated with identification information. A thumbnail image indicating a representative portion of information, a chapter image at any position of the partial information, and the like are generated. The thumbnail image may be an image indicating the first part of the partial information. Then, the internal information generation unit 401 performs processing for storing content information such as the generated thumbnail image and chapter image in the HD in association with the partial information. The content information generation unit 401 may be configured to execute processing for generating and storing content information by recognizing a signal based on an input operation for generating content information by the remote controller 310, for example.

  The output control unit 402 performs processing for causing the output unit 200 to reproduce a part of the partial information or the content information based on a signal corresponding to a predetermined input operation on the remote controller 310, for example, when power is supplied to the editing apparatus 300. Further, the output control means 402 inputs so-called dubbing processing in the remote controller 310 that requests execution of so-called dubbing processing for recording predetermined broadcast information recorded on the HD or disc-shaped recording medium on the disc-shaped recording medium or HD. When a predetermined signal corresponding to the operation is recognized, the content information for each piece of broadcast information is displayed as a list.

  The selection recognition unit 403 has selected predetermined content information in response to a predetermined input operation on the remote controller 310, that is, an input operation for selecting the content information displayed on the output unit 200 by the output control unit 402. Recognize the selection signal. The selection recognition unit 403 recognizes partial information corresponding to the selected content information.

  The operation recognizing means 404 is a timing at which the input operation is performed based on a predetermined input operation in the remote controller 310, for example, a predetermined signal in which the predetermined input operation is performed in response to broadcast information reproduced by the output means 200. The position of the broadcast information corresponding to is set as the switching position. For example, a process of recognizing the time from the start of the broadcast information and outputting information related to the time to the type change recognition unit 406 is performed.

  The type recognizing means 405 is at least one of information outside the program (for example, a commercial message) that is information other than the main part in the broadcast information received by the broadcast receiving unit 321 and appropriately acquired, and program information that is the main part. Recognize either type. Specifically, the type recognizing means 405 recognizes the sound system that is the characteristic of the sound information included in the broadcast information, for example, a stereo sound system, a multi-audio system such as bilingual, or a monaural sound system. Note that the voice recognition process may not be performed when a signal corresponding to an input operation not performed by the remote controller 310 is recognized, for example.

  The type change recognizing unit 406 recognizes a change in the characteristics of the sound information recognized by the type recognizing unit 405. For example, it recognizes the switching of the audio system such as switching from the stereo audio system to the multiplex audio system or the monaural audio system, or switching from the multiplex audio system or the monaural audio system to the stereo audio system. Then, when the type change recognition unit 406 recognizes the switching, it outputs a switching signal indicating that. In addition, when the type change recognition unit 406 recognizes a predetermined signal output from the remote controller 310 in response to a predetermined input operation, the type change recognition unit 406 can recognize a predetermined position of the broadcast information as a switching position based on the predetermined signal. It has become. That is, when the type change recognizing unit 406 acquires information about the time from the start of the broadcast information output from the operation recognizing unit 404, the type change recognizing unit 406 recognizes the position of the time as the switching position. Note that this voice system switching recognition process may not be performed when a signal corresponding to an input operation not performed by the remote controller 310 is recognized, for example.

  When the identification signal providing unit 407 recognizes the switching signal output from the type change recognition unit 406, the identification signal providing unit 407 controls the recording / reproduction control unit 325 and broadcasts acquired by the recording / reproduction control unit 325 after being encoded by the encoder 322. A process of associating an identification signal indicating that the audio system is switched to a corresponding switching position of information and recording broadcast information on the HD together with the identification signal is performed. For example, when the broadcast receiving unit 321 acquires broadcast information as stream data, the switching position associated with this identification signal corresponds to the time measured by the time measuring unit 410, and the switching position is recognized based on this time. In addition to the configuration for recognizing the switching position based on this time, any method can be used. Alternatively, the identification signal may be immediately associated when the switching position is recognized, and then encoded by the encoder 322. Note that the process of associating and recording the identification signal on the HD may not be performed when a signal corresponding to an input operation indicating that the identification signal is not performed by the remote controller 310 is recognized, for example.

  The request recognizing means 408 outputs from the remote control 310 in response to a predetermined input operation, that is, an input operation for requesting execution of so-called CM cut dubbing for recording program information excluding CM in the broadcast information on the disc-shaped recording medium. It recognizes CM cut dubbing request information, which is a predetermined signal. Further, the request recognition unit 408 can also recognize a predetermined signal corresponding to an input operation for dubbing broadcast information as it is. Furthermore, when the request recognition unit 408 recognizes a selection signal corresponding to an input operation for selecting and deleting the partial information and content information reproduced by the output unit 200, the part selected by the input operation It is also possible to recognize a signal requesting execution of a semi-automatic dubbing process for dubbing other partial information excluding partial information corresponding to information and content information. Then, the request recognition unit 408 outputs a dubbing request signal corresponding to the recognized various dubbing requests to the transfer unit.

  When the transfer unit 409 recognizes the dubbing request signal corresponding to the dubbing request from the request recognizing unit 408, the transfer unit 409 controls the recording / playback control unit 325 to control the HDD 323, and the identification signal is associated with the dubbing request signal. At least a part of the corresponding partial information between the identification signals in the broadcast information recorded on the HD is acquired. Further, the transfer unit 409 performs processing for recording the acquired partial information as a series of broadcast information on the disk-shaped recording medium under the control of the disk drive 324 by the recording / playback control unit 325.

  The transfer unit 409 includes a time length recognition unit 409A that can also function as a control unit, and a type determination unit 409B. Then, the time length recognizing unit 409A calculates, for example, the total time length of the partial information for each type recognized by the type recognizing unit 405, that is, for each characteristic of the sound information. Then, the time length recognizing unit 409A controls the output control unit 326 to perform processing for causing the output unit 200 to reproduce the recognized total time length for each type as sound or display. On the other hand, the type determining unit 409B automatically recognizes the partial information corresponding to the characteristics of the predetermined sound information as CM based on a predetermined input operation of the remote controller 310, for example. For example, the partial information of the stereo sound system is automatically recognized as CM. In addition, the type determining unit 409B automatically recognizes, for example, partial information corresponding to the characteristic of sound information having a short total time length as a CM by the time length recognizing unit 409A based on a predetermined input operation of the remote controller 310, for example. . Further, the type determining means 409B is based on a predetermined signal corresponding to a predetermined input operation of the remote controller 310 for selecting either the characteristics of the sound information of the total time length reproduced by the output means 200 or the content information. The partial information corresponding to the characteristic or content information of the sound information is recognized as CM. Then, the type determining unit 409B performs a process of associating a signal indicating that it is CM with the partial information recognized as CM and storing it in the HD together with the broadcast information. Then, based on the dubbing request signal, the transfer unit 409 performs dubbing processing on partial information other than the partial information recognized as CM by the type determination unit 409B. Note that the type determination unit 409B may be configured to automatically recognize corresponding partial information as a CM without being based on a predetermined input operation of the remote controller 310.

  The time measuring means 410 recognizes the current time based on a reference pulse such as an internal clock. Then, time information regarding the recognized current time is output as appropriate.

[Operation of recording and playback device]
Next, the operation of the recording / reproducing apparatus 100 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the CM cut dubbing process. The recording operation is recorded on the HD, and the CM cut dubbing process is a process of dubbing the broadcast information recorded on the HD to the disk-shaped recording medium. As described above, the HD or the disk-shaped recording medium is described. Recording may be performed on any of these, and dubbing from a disc-shaped recording medium to HD may be performed.

(Broadcast program recording process)
First, when the recording / reproducing apparatus 100 recognizes an input operation to start recording an arbitrary program by the user after the power is turned on, the CPU 328 controls the broadcast receiving unit 321 to generate a predetermined broadcast wave. Broadcast information is acquired by receiving with the antenna 321A. Then, the CPU 328 controls the encoder 322 to perform processing such as encoding processing on the broadcast information sequentially acquired by the broadcast receiving unit 321. Further, the CPU 328 recognizes the recording request condition set by the input operation, and determines whether or not the playback mode by CM skip is set by the predetermined input operation by the remote controller 310 in advance as shown in FIG. (Step S101). If it is determined in step S101 that the CM skip playback mode is not set and the request is a normal dubbing request, normal dubbing processing is performed (step S102). As this normal dubbing process, for example, the recording / playback control unit 325 is controlled to record broadcast information by associating an identification signal with an HD or a disk-shaped recording medium based on the setting of the recording destination. Further, as a normal dubbing process, recording may be performed on both the HD and the disk-shaped recording medium. Note that a dubbing process may be performed in which broadcast information recorded on the HD at the end of the recording is recorded on the disc-shaped recording medium based on the setting by the input operation.

  When the CPU 328 determines that the CM skip playback mode is set in step S101, the type recognition unit 405 recognizes the audio system in the broadcast information received by the broadcast receiving unit 321 and appropriately acquired. . Then, when the type change recognizing unit 406 recognizes the switching of the audio system recognized by the type recognizing unit 405, the CPU 328 outputs a switching signal indicating that the audio system has been switched. When the identification signal providing unit 407 recognizes the switching signal output from the type change recognition unit 406, the recording / reproduction control unit 325 is controlled, and the broadcast information acquired by the recording / reproduction control unit 325 after being encoded by the encoder 322 is controlled. An identification signal indicating that the audio system is switched is associated with the corresponding switching position, and broadcast information is recorded on the HD together with the identification signal. As the corresponding switching position of the broadcast information associated with this identification signal, for example, the time at which the switching position is recognized based on the time information related to the time counted by the clock means 410 associated with the broadcast information at the time of reception, and the broadcast information Compared with the associated time information, the position at the same time is recognized as the switching position, and the identification signal is associated.

  Further, the CPU 328 controls the recording / playback control unit 325 and the output control unit 326 to exclude the subsequent partial information associated with, for example, the stereo audio system, and the portion recorded on the HD by the recording / playback control unit 325. The information is sequentially read and output to the output control unit 326, decoded as appropriate, output to the output means 200, and reproduced. As a result, the broadcast information is reproduced with the CM skipped. Note that, for example, when the CM skip playback mode is set to 30 seconds, 1 minute, 1 minute, 30 seconds, etc. as a CM skip by a predetermined input operation by the remote controller 310, a stereo audio system identification signal is set. Processing may be performed in which subsequent partial information associated with is not reproduced for a set time length.

  Then, the CPU 328 calculates the total time length for each audio method in the partial information between the identification signals of the broadcast information by the time length recognition unit 409A of the transfer unit 409 while executing the process of the CM skip reproduction mode (step S103). ). Information regarding the calculated total time length for each audio method is stored in the memory 327 as appropriate. In addition, when recording broadcast information on the HD, the CPU 328 generates a thumbnail image or a chapter image of partial information by the content information generation unit 401, and records it on the HD together with the broadcast information in association with the partial information.

(Dubbing process)
Further, the CPU 328 determines whether or not the request recognition unit 408 has recognized a dubbing request signal for requesting execution of the dubbing process (step S104). If the dubbing request signal is not recognized, that is, if it is determined that the dubbing start instruction has not been set, the time counting unit 410 determines whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed (step S105). If it is determined in step S105 that the predetermined time has not elapsed, the recording process in the CM skip playback mode has not yet been completed, or the recording process in the CM skip playback mode has ended, and is within the waiting time for the dubbing request. Judge. Specifically, after the CM skip playback mode ends, the CPU 328 calculates the total time length of all the broadcast information (this broadcast time among the information related to the total time length for each audio method calculated in step S103 and stored in the memory 327). Information related to the total time length of all the information is referred to as total time information) and the total time length of a multiplexed audio system or monaural audio system other than the stereo audio system (information about the total time length of audio systems other than this stereo audio system) Is referred to as main part time information), a process for controlling the output control unit 326 and causing the output means 200 to display the screen is performed for a predetermined time, and prompts the user to input a dubbing request. If it is determined in step S105 that a steering request input operation has not been performed within a predetermined period of time, for example, 5 seconds, the process ends.

  On the other hand, when the request recognition unit 408 recognizes the dubbing request signal in step S104, the transfer unit 409 recognizes the audio system of the first partial information of the broadcast information that is being recorded or has been recorded (step S106). Then, the transfer means 409 determines whether or not the first partial information is CM based on the identification signal (step S107). In step S107, when recognizing that the program information is not CM, that is, the program information of the multiplex audio system or the monaural audio system, the transfer means 409 performs a process of listing up the first partial information in the dubbing list for performing the dubbing process ( Step S108).

  Thereafter, the transfer unit 409 determines whether or not the partial information determined in step S107 is the last partial information (step S109). If it is determined in step S109 that it is not the last partial information, the next partial information is read (step S110), and the process returns to step S107 to determine the next partial information. If it is determined in step S109 that the information is the last partial information, it is determined that the execution of the determination as to whether or not all the partial information of the broadcast information is CM has been completed. The transfer means 409 controls the recording / playback control unit 325 to read the partial information listed in the dubbing list from the HD and output it to the disk drive 324 to record it as a series of broadcast information on the disk-shaped recording medium. (Step S111), and the dubbing process is terminated. For example, when a process for deleting broadcast information recorded on the HD after the dubbing process is set by a predetermined input operation on the remote controller 310, the dubbing process is completed or parallel to the execution of the dubbing process. Then, the broadcast information recorded on the transfer source HD may be deleted.

  In step S104, it is not appropriate based on the display contents of the total time length of all the broadcast information times and the total time length of the multiplex audio system or monaural audio system corresponding to the program information, for example, corresponding to the program information. If it is determined that the total time length is extremely short, the program information is a stereo audio system. For this reason, if the CM is also a stereo audio system, the type determination process based on the audio system is not appropriate. For this reason, for example, a dubbing request is not set, or a dubbing request is interrupted if it has already been requested. Further, as will be described later, the user manually determines and sets the CM, and appropriately sets the partial information. What is necessary is just to change to the process to classify. In addition, by displaying the total time length, for example, by determining that the total time length of the multiplexed audio system or monaural audio system corresponding to the program information is longer than the total time length of the stereo audio system, a predetermined input operation Regardless of this, processing for automatically recording partial information of a multiplex audio system or monaural audio system on a disk-shaped recording medium may be performed.

  On the other hand, when the request recognition unit 408 recognizes a dubbing request signal indicating that the broadcast information already recorded in the HD is to be dubbed by CM skip, the CPU 328 controls the recording / playback control unit 325 to record it in the HD. Content information such as thumbnail images and chapter images of broadcast information being acquired is acquired, and the content information acquired by controlling the output control unit 326 is displayed on the screen of the display device. When a plurality of broadcast information is already recorded on the HD, the content information is acquired for each broadcast information and displayed on the display device as a list. When CPU 328 recognizes a selection signal corresponding to an input operation for selecting any content information on remote controller 310, CPU 328 recognizes broadcast information corresponding to the selected content information. Thereafter, the CPU 328 determines, based on the dubbing request signal, whether to perform dubbing processing with CM skip by an automatic or manual method. If the setting is to automatically perform the dubbing process, the process from step S106 is performed as described above, and the selected broadcast information is dubbed to the disc-shaped recording medium with CM skip.

  If the setting is to manually perform the dubbing process, the output control means 402 of the CPU 328 performs a process of sequentially displaying the contents information of each partial information of the selected broadcast information from the first partial information. In addition, not only content information but the process which reproduces | regenerates the first part of partial information for about 10 seconds, for example may be performed. The selection recognizing means 403 of the CPU 328 outputs a selection signal corresponding to an input operation for selecting predetermined content information on the remote controller 310 or an input operation for selecting while partial information to be sequentially reproduced is reproduced. When recognized, the partial information corresponding to the content information is recognized as program information. As a result, the type determination unit 409B of the transfer unit 409 lists the partial information recognized as program information by the selection recognition unit 403 in the dubbing list. Then, based on an input operation for performing dubbing, the partial information listed is dubbed onto the disc-shaped recording medium in the same manner as in step S111.

  If the recorded broadcast information or CM and program information are the same audio system without determining the type of audio system, and if there is a request for dubbing processing by CM skip, the CPU 328, for example, the output control unit 326 The output means 200 performs a process of displaying on the screen that a dubbing process by CM skip cannot be performed or that a manual dubbing process is promoted. In the case of this manual operation, while the target broadcast information is reproduced by the output means 200, the input operation for setting the switching position in the remote control 310 is set to a standby state, and the input operation for setting the switching position by the remote control 310 is performed by the operation of the CPU 328. When the recognizing means 404 recognizes, the position of the broadcast information corresponding to the position is output to the type change recognizing means 406. Thereafter, the type change recognition unit 406 associates an identification signal indicating the switching position with the position of the broadcast information corresponding to the switching position recognized by the operation recognition unit 404. Then, based on the input operation to stop the reproduction of the broadcast information or stop the reproduction by the remote controller 310, the content information generation unit 401 generates the content information and causes the output control unit 402 to display a list. Thereafter, as in the case where the manual dubbing process is performed as described above, the content information is appropriately selected, so that the partial information corresponding to the selected content information is dubbed.

[Function and effect of recording / reproducing apparatus]
As described above, in the above embodiment, the type recognizing unit 405 recognizes at least one of the types of CM and program information in broadcast information, that is, the audio system of the broadcast information, and the type change recognizing unit 406 recognizes the type. The recognition unit 405 recognizes the switching of the audio system, and the identification signal applying unit 407 associates the identification signal with the switching position of the audio system recognized by the type change recognition unit 406 and records it in the HD together with the broadcast information. When the dubbing request signal for the dubbing process for recording the broadcast information recorded on the HD on the disc-shaped recording medium is recognized by the request recognizing unit 408, it is not a CM between the identification signals associated with the identification signal by the transfer unit 409. Processing for recording partial information of an audio system, for example, a multiple audio system or a monaural audio system, as program information on a disc-shaped recording medium is performed. For this reason, the program information in which the CM is skipped is recorded on the disc-shaped recording medium, the area for recording the CM can be used as an area for recording program information, etc., and the recording area can be effectively used, which is necessary. Program information can be recorded appropriately.

  Further, the HD broadcast information that has been dubbed is appropriately deleted, for example, based on an input operation for deleting the broadcast information of the transfer source after dubbing by the remote controller 310. Therefore, a recording area for recording new broadcast information in HD can be secured, and necessary program information can be recorded appropriately. Furthermore, by automatically deleting the broadcast information of the transfer source, the operation for deleting becomes unnecessary, and the convenience can be further improved. Further, it is possible to prevent the broadcast program from being duplicated and to appropriately protect the broadcast program.

  Then, at the time of recording the broadcast information, the audio system of the broadcast information acquired by receiving the broadcast wave is recognized, and when the broadcast information is recorded, an identification signal is recorded in association with the HD. For this reason, since the discrimination between the CM and the program information is performed while the broadcast information is processed for recording, it is not necessary to separately perform a process for recognizing and discriminating the audio system, and the processing can be performed efficiently.

  Furthermore, at the time of the process of associating the identification signal, for example, the time when the switching position is recognized based on the time information related to the time measured by the time measuring unit 410 associated with the broadcast information at the time of reception, and the time associated with the broadcast information Compared with the information, the position at the same time is recognized as the switching position, and the identification signal is associated. For this reason, even when the encoding process or the like is performed without recording the broadcast information acquired by the broadcast receiving unit 321 as it is, it becomes possible to associate the identification signal later, and the identification signal is immediately displayed when the switching position is recognized. The processing load can be reduced and the identification signal can be associated with the switching position with higher accuracy than in the case of providing the program information, and the program information after the CM skip can be smoothly connected to obtain a good dubbing.

  In addition, the broadcast information recorded on the HD is read to recognize the audio system, and the identification signal can be associated and recorded. For this reason, it becomes possible to perform dubbing processing of the broadcast information recorded without performing the processing for associating the identification signal with CM skip, and the convenience can be further improved.

  As a process for associating the identification signal, a manual process for setting a switching position by an input operation using the remote controller 310 and partitioning broadcast information into a plurality of pieces of partial information is also possible. For this reason, even with broadcast information recorded without executing the process of associating the identification signal, or broadcast information in which the change of the audio system could not be recognized by the type change recognition unit 406, the dubbing process can be performed by CM skip based on the manual setting. It becomes possible, and convenience can be improved. Furthermore, it is possible to manually change the switching position recognized by the type change recognition unit 406 and re-partition it separately to perform dubbing processing. This can further improve convenience, and the type recognition unit 405 and the type change recognition unit. The switching of the audio system recognized in 406 can be made more appropriate, and good dubbing can be obtained.

  In addition, it is possible to perform a process of reproducing part of the content information or partial information and dubbing partial information corresponding to part of the content information or partial information selected by the input operation. For this reason, a dubbing process corresponding to the user's preference can be obtained by manual selection of contents to be dubbed, for example, some program information is not dubbed or some CMs are dubbed. Convenience can be improved and usage can be easily expanded. In addition, the contents of the partial information can be confirmed at the time of manual selection by an input operation, and a more appropriate dubbing process can be obtained.

  Further, the content information to be reproduced when manually selecting the partial information to be dubbed is the first part of the partial information. For this reason, the content of the partial information can be easily recognized, and more appropriate partial information can be selected.

  Also, a process for recognizing the total time length of the broadcast information and the total time length of the partial information for each audio system and informing the user, for example, displaying the total time length corresponding to the program information so that the user can confirm doing. For this reason, the user can easily recognize whether or not the section for each audio method that is divided in association with the identification signal is appropriate, and a more appropriate dubbing process can be obtained. Specifically, as described above, for example, when the CM is a monaural audio system and the program information is a stereo audio system, even if it is determined that the program information is a monaural audio system, the total time length is extremely short. It can be easily recognized that the program information is recognized incorrectly, and the desired program information can be appropriately dubbed. Furthermore, for example, when a recorded broadcast program includes a stereo audio system, a multiple audio system, and a monaural audio system, for example, in addition to CM, weather information and a part of the next broadcast program are recorded together. Even if it has been done, desired program information can be easily recognized based on the total time length, and an appropriate dubbing process can be obtained. Then, it becomes possible to automatically dub the recognized partial information of the audio system having a long total time length, and this configuration can further improve convenience.

  Broadcast information that is not associated with an identification signal is configured not to be dubbed from the HD to the disk-shaped recording medium even if a dubbing process request is set. For this reason, it is possible to prevent the CM from being recorded regardless of the setting of the dubbing request in the CM skip. In this case, as described above, the dubbing process can be performed manually, that is, the dubbing process can be performed by manually partitioning and associating the identification signal.

  Then, the switching of the audio system is recognized as the recognition of the switching of the type between the broadcast information CM and the program information. For this reason, it is possible to appropriately recognize the switching between the types of CM and program information with a simple configuration, and it is easy to simplify the configuration and speed up the processing.

  In addition, since the HDD 323 is configured to be randomly accessible, dubbing processing can be performed in parallel while recording. Therefore, the convenience can be further improved.

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In addition, this invention is not limited to embodiment mentioned above, The deformation | transformation shown below is included in the range which can achieve the objective of this invention.

  That is, not only the output unit 200 connected to the editing apparatus 300 but also a recording / reproducing apparatus in which the editing apparatus 300 and the output unit 200 are integrated, for example, can be targeted. Furthermore, as described above, the editing apparatus 300 can be used independently, for example, automatically dubbing as the editing apparatus 300. Further, although the HDD 323 and the disk drive 324 are provided, the editing apparatus main body 320 may be configured by connecting separate HDDs or disk drives 324. In addition, as described above, the configuration is not limited to the dubbing process from the HD to the disc-shaped recording medium, and the dubbing process from the disc-shaped recording medium to the HD may be performed. Furthermore, the configuration is not limited to HD recording, but may be recorded on a disk-shaped recording medium.

  Moreover, although broadcast information acquired by receiving broadcast waves is targeted, the broadcast waves can be targeted for various broadcast programs such as radio broadcasts in addition to television broadcasts. Furthermore, any content can be targeted, for example, content recorded in advance on a disc-shaped recording medium as broadcast information, and CMs included in the broadcast information are deleted and dubbing is performed.

  Furthermore, as described above, the first recording medium and the second recording medium are not limited to HD, and any recording medium such as a disk-shaped recording medium or a memory can be targeted. The first recording medium preferably has a configuration that can be deleted.

  In the above description, the identification signal is associated with the switching position of the audio system. For example, the data structure that recognizes the type of CM or broadcast program, associates the identification signal related to the type with the partial information of the type, and partitions it as partial information. In the dubbing process, any method can be applied such as dubbing the partial information associated with the identification signal of the program information based on the identification signal. As described above, by associating the identification signal at the switching position, the partial information can be processed independently, such as selectively dubbing, by simple processing. Furthermore, although the description has been made by recognizing the audio system and the CM and the program information, the program information may be specified by recognizing only one of them.

  Further, the editing apparatus 300 including the remote controller 310 has been described as a configuration for setting various items by input operation. However, instead of the remote controller 310, for example, operation buttons and operation knobs are provided at positions facing the outer surface of the editing apparatus 300 for input. Operation means that can be operated and outputs a signal corresponding to the input operation may be provided, or a configuration including both may be employed.

  Then, the configuration for recognizing the audio system and processing the switching of the audio system as the switching position of the CM and the program information has been described. For example, when a commercial identification signal indicating a commercial message is included in the broadcast wave, Any method can be applied as a method of recognizing the type of CM and program information, such as determining the type based on a commercial identification signal.

  The type recognizing unit 405 measures the recognized broadcast information by the encoder 322 and acquires the broadcast information acquired by the recording / playback control unit 325 by the time measuring unit at the timing when the characteristic of the sound information is recognized. A process of synchronizing the times and outputting them to the HDD 323 for recording on the HD is performed.

  Then, in the dubbing process, for example, the content information of the partial information may be displayed on the output unit 200, and a process for prompting a setting for permitting the partial information to be dubbed may be performed.

  Further, the output unit 200 is configured to display various information such as the total time length and guidance for prompting an input operation. However, for example, the editing device 300 may be provided with a display device and displayed on the display device. Good.

  Each function described above is constructed as a program, but may be configured by hardware such as a circuit board or an element such as a single integrated circuit (IC), and can be used in any form. Further, the editing device 300 may be configured by reading the above functions in a configuration in which a personal computer or a plurality of computers are connected in a network, for example. By configuring the information editing apparatus of the present invention as such a program configuration, it is possible to easily expand the use such as causing a general-purpose personal computer to function as the editing apparatus 300. Furthermore, the above-described configuration can be easily obtained by recording a program in an existing recording / reproducing apparatus. The information editing apparatus according to the present invention may have a distribution form using a circuit board as described above.

  In addition, the specific structure and procedure for carrying out the present invention can be appropriately changed to other structures and the like within a range in which the object of the present invention can be achieved.

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As described above, at least one of the types of CM and program information in broadcast information, that is, the audio system of the broadcast information is recognized, the switching of the audio system is recognized, and the identification signal is associated with the switching position of the audio system. And recorded on the HD together with the broadcast information. When the dubbing request signal for the dubbing process for recording the broadcast information recorded on the HD on the disc-shaped recording medium is recognized, the audio system is a non-CM audio system between the identification signals associated with the identification signal, for example, a multiple audio system or monaural system A process of recording the audio system partial information on the disc-shaped recording medium as program information is performed. For this reason, the program information in which the CM is skipped is recorded on the disc-shaped recording medium, the area for recording the CM can be used as an area for recording program information, etc., and the recording area can be effectively used, which is necessary. Program information can be recorded appropriately.

  In addition, at least one of the CM and program information in the broadcast information is recognized, a type signal relating to the type is associated with the partial information for each type of broadcast information, stored together with the broadcast information in the HD, and recorded in the HD When the dubbing request signal for the dubbing process for recording the broadcast information on the disc-shaped recording medium is recognized, the partial information associated with the identification signal related to the program information in the broadcast information is recorded on the disc-shaped recording medium based on the identification signal. For this reason, the program information in which the CM is skipped is recorded on the disc-shaped recording medium, the area for recording the CM can be used as an area for recording program information, etc., and the recording area can be effectively used, which is necessary. Program information can be recorded appropriately.

It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the recording / reproducing apparatus which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of CPU in the said embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the CM cut dubbing process in the one embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

200 Output Unit 300 Editing Device 323 HDD as First Recording Unit
324: Disk drive as second recording means 326: Output control unit 328 that can also function as control means 328: CPU as information editing device that also functions as calculation means
402 output control means 403 selection recognition means 404 operation recognition means 405 type recognition means 406 type change recognition means 407 identification signal assignment means 408 request recognition means 409 transfer means 409A time length recognition means 409B type determination means that can also function as control means

Claims (19)

An information editing apparatus for recording broadcast information recorded on a first recording medium on a second recording medium,
A type recognizing means for recognizing at least one of the information outside the program and the program information in the broadcast information;
An identification signal providing means for associating an identification signal related to the type in the broadcast information recognized by the type recognition means with the broadcast information in the first recording medium in association with the partial information for each type of the broadcast information;
Request recognition means for recognizing a request signal for recording the program information recorded on the first recording medium onto the second recording medium;
By recognizing the request signal by the request recognizing means, the partial information associated with identification information related to the program information based on the identification signal is recorded from the first recording medium to the second recording medium. Transfer means
An information editing apparatus characterized by comprising: The information editing apparatus according to claim 1,
A type change recognizing unit for recognizing that the type recognized by the type recognizing unit is switched,
The information editing apparatus characterized in that the identification signal giving means associates the type signal with a type switching position in the broadcast information recognized by the type change recognition unit. An information editing apparatus for recording broadcast information recorded on a first recording medium on a second recording medium,
A type recognizing means for recognizing at least one of the information outside the program and the program information in the broadcast information;
A type change recognizing unit for recognizing that the type recognized by the type recognizing unit is switched;
An identification signal providing means for associating an identification signal with the type switching position in the broadcast information recognized by the type change recognition means;
Request recognition means for recognizing a request signal for recording the program information of the broadcast information recorded on the first recording medium onto the second recording medium;
Transfer means for recording the program information between the identification signals in the broadcast information associated with the identification signal onto the second recording medium by recognizing the request signal by the request recognition means;
An information editing apparatus characterized by comprising: An information editing apparatus according to claim 2 or claim 3, wherein
The type recognition means recognizes the type when receiving the broadcast information,
The information editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the type signal providing unit records the broadcast information in the first recording unit in association with the identification signal. The information editing apparatus according to claim 4,
Equipped with a time measuring means for measuring time,
The type recognizing means records the received broadcast information in the first recording medium in association with the time measured by the time measuring means while recognizing the type,
The type change recognizing means recognizes a time associated with the broadcast information at the time of recognizing the switching of the type,
The information editing apparatus, wherein the type signal providing unit recognizes the position of the broadcast information corresponding to the time recognized by the type change recognition unit as a switching position and associates the identification signal. An information editing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
And further comprising control means for controlling the display of the broadcast information on a display device,
The control means, when recording the program information recorded on the first recording medium to the second recording medium,
Total time information of broadcast information recorded on the first recording medium;
An information editing apparatus, characterized in that control is performed to display on the display device main program time information obtained by removing the non-program information from the broadcast information. An information editing apparatus according to claim 2 or claim 3, wherein
The type recognizing means reads the broadcast information stored in the first recording medium to recognize the type,
The information editing apparatus characterized in that the type signal providing means records the identification signal in the first recording medium in association with the broadcast information stored in the first recording medium. The information editing apparatus according to claim 7,
Operation recognition means for recognizing a predetermined signal output from the operation means in response to an input operation based on the output broadcast information by the output means for outputting the broadcast information,
The information editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the type change recognizing unit recognizes that the type is switched based on the predetermined signal recognized by the operation recognizing unit. An information editing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
Output control means for outputting partial information between the identification signals in the broadcast information associated with the identification signal by an output means, and output from the operation means by an input operation corresponding to the partial information output from the output means Selection recognition means for obtaining a selection signal to be performed,
The information editing apparatus, wherein the transfer unit records the partial information corresponding to the selection signal acquired by the selection recognition unit as the program information on the second recording medium. An information editing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 9,
The transfer means includes a time length recognition means for recognizing a total time length for each type between the identification signals, and the type having a long time length among the total time length recognized by the time length recognition means as the program information. An information editing apparatus comprising: a type determining means for determining. An information editing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 9,
The transfer means includes a time length recognition means for recognizing the total time length for each type between the identification signals, and a notification control means for causing the notification means to notify the total time length for each type recognized by the time length recognition means. And a selection confirmation means for acquiring a selection signal output from the operation means in response to an input operation for selecting the type based on the total time length notified by the notification means, and based on the selection confirmation signal, the selection confirmation means An information editing apparatus comprising: a type determining unit that determines the selected type as the program information. An information editing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 11,
The information editing apparatus, wherein the transfer unit does not record the broadcast information not associated with the identification signal onto the second recording medium. An information editing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 12,
The information recognizing apparatus, wherein the type recognizing means recognizes the non-program information based on a non-program identification signal included in the broadcast information and indicating the non-program information. An information editing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 13,
A first recording unit controlled by the information editing apparatus to record various information on the first recording medium in a readable manner;
A second recording means controlled by the information editing device to record various types of information in a readable manner on the second recording medium;
An editing apparatus characterized by comprising: An information editing method for recording broadcast information recorded on a first recording medium on a second recording medium by an arithmetic means,
The computing means is
Recognizing at least one of the outside information and the program information of the broadcast information,
An identification signal relating to the type to be recognized is associated with the partial information for each type of the broadcast information and recorded together with the broadcast information on the first recording medium,
When the request signal for recording the program information of the broadcast information recorded on the first recording medium to the second recording medium is recognized, the identification of the program information in the broadcast information based on the identification signal An information editing method comprising: recording the partial information associated with a signal on the second recording medium. An information editing method for recording broadcast information recorded on a first recording medium on a second recording medium by an arithmetic means,
The computing means is
Recognizing at least one of the outside information and the program information of the broadcast information,
Recognize this type switching,
An identification signal is associated with the recognized switching position of the type,
When the request signal for recording the program information of the broadcast information recorded on the first recording medium to the second recording medium is recognized, the identification signal in the broadcast information associated with the identification signal The program information is recorded on the second recording medium. An information editing method comprising: An information editing program characterized by causing an arithmetic means to function as the information editing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 13. An information editing program for causing an arithmetic means to execute the information editing method according to claim 15 or 16. 19. A recording medium on which an information editing program is recorded, wherein the information editing program according to claim 17 is stored so as to be readable by an arithmetic means.

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