JP2006050171A - Hard disk drive integrated dvd recorder and image recording reproducing device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily select a usable DVD, when an image-voice information permitting one-time copying is allowed is copied to the DVD. <P>SOLUTION: In a constitution, when the image voice information recorded on a hard disk 16 is copied to the DVD 17, when combination of a copy-limiting information and the DVD 17 permits the copy when the copy is conducted to the DVD 17 from the hard disk 16. In the constitution, the image voice information recorded on the hard disk 16 is not copied to the DVD 17, when the combination does not permit the copy. In the constitution, a usable-medium display means 11 displays a recording medium to be copied as the combination permitting the copy (the kind of the DVD 17 is displayed), when the combination does not permit copying. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a hard disk drive integrated DVD recorder and a video recording / reproducing apparatus for copying video / audio information to which copy restriction information indicating copy restriction is added from a copy source recording medium to a copy destination recording medium. When the combination of the copy restriction information and the copy destination recording medium is a combination that does not permit copying, the hard disk drive integrated DVD recorder and the video recording / playback display the copy destination recording medium in which the combination permits the copy It relates to the device.

  When a recorder equipped with a hard disk drive (hereinafter referred to as HDD) and a disk drive is connected to the output of a tuner that receives satellite digital broadcasts or terrestrial digital broadcasts, the desired digital broadcast program is transferred to the HDD or DVD. You can record with high image quality. It is also possible to copy a program recorded on the HDD and save it on a recording medium such as a DVD (first conventional technique).

  Moreover, the following technique is disclosed (referred to as a second conventional technique). That is, in this technique, for each of the audio / video information or the audio information or a file composed of the video information, the title, recording date, file format, copy permission information (copy restriction information), recording location , And the information on the barental lock are displayed in a list format. It is disclosed that the file format is MPEG, JPEG, or MP3, and there are four types of copy permission information: copy free, move only, copy once, copy prohibited. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

  Further, the following technique has been proposed (referred to as a third conventional technique). In other words, with this technology, if the audio / video signal to be copied is a copy-prohibited signal, “Recording was not possible because a copy-prohibited signal was included. ”,“ Cannot be displayed on this unit because a copy prohibition signal was present. Is displayed (for example, refer to Patent Document 2).

Further, the following technique has been proposed by the applicant of the present application (fourth conventional technique). In other words, this technique discloses a configuration that displays whether or not digital copying is possible for each program number recorded on a tape when an operation such as tape play, search, or fast forward is performed prior to dubbing. (For example, refer to Patent Document 3).
JP 2003-256285 A (paragraph 0057-0062, FIG. 2, FIG. 3) JP 2002-125187 A (paragraphs 0093-0095, FIG. 4) Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-103390 (paragraph 0007, FIG. 3)

  However, when the first prior art is used, the following problems have occurred. In other words, a copy control signal (copy restriction information) for restricting copying is added to a program in digital broadcasting for the purpose of protecting copyright. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 9, the digital broadcast program has no restrictions on recording and copying, and a program that can be recorded on all of the HDD, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, and DVD-R and once. Only a program that can only be recorded on a CPRM compatible DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, or HDD, with the limitation that only recording is possible (one-time copy permission or copy once) is added. The program is divided into three types of programs, which are prohibited from recording.

  As for the recorded program, as shown in FIG. 10, in the case of a program with no restrictions on copying, the DVD-RAM, the DVD-RW, and the DVD-R among the three types of DVD and HDD are: You can copy arbitrarily. However, for a program that is limited to be recordable only once, if the copy source program is recorded on the HDD, it is included in the DVD-RAM and DVD-RW that are compatible with CPRM (Content Protection for Recordable Media). Only copying is permitted, and after copying, the program to be copied is erased from the HDD. On the other hand, when a program to be copied is recorded on a DVD, the program can be moved to the HDD but cannot be reproduced.

  In other words, the copy is a very complicated system. For this reason, if the user is not familiar with the complicated system related to copying, when attempting to copy a program recorded on the HDD to a DVD, copying cannot be performed or copying is possible, but the hard disk of the copy source An unexpected situation was happening, such as the program that had disappeared.

  In the second conventional technique, for each file, it is displayed which attribute is given to each of the files: copy free, move only, copy permitted once, and copy prohibited. However, for users who are not familiar with the complicated system related to copying described in the first prior art, the attribute of the program to be copied is any attribute of copy free, move only, copy once, copy prohibited. Even if it is displayed, the actual copy operation cannot be copied, or the program can be copied, but the program on the hard disk of the copy source has disappeared. Will occur.

  In the third conventional technology, when a copy prohibition signal is included, “Recording was not possible because a copy prohibition signal was included. Is just displayed. For this reason, when copying a digital broadcast program whose copy is restricted, the content of the displayed message is insufficient. As a result, in an actual copy operation, an unexpected situation may occur in which copying cannot be performed or copying has been performed, but the program on the hard disk of the copy source has disappeared.

  The fourth prior art merely displays whether digital copying is possible or not for each program number of the tape. For this reason, when copying a digital broadcast program whose copy is restricted, the content of the displayed message is insufficient. As a result, in an actual copy operation, an unexpected situation may occur in which copying cannot be performed or copying has been performed, but the program on the hard disk of the copy source has disappeared.

  The present invention was devised to solve the above problems, and its purpose is to facilitate selection of a DVD to be used when copying video / audio information that is permitted to be copied only once to a DVD. And can preferably indicate that the displayed recording medium can be used, and can prevent occurrence of a situation in which the copy source program disappears unintentionally. It is possible to suitably notify that the DVD stored in the disk drive unit is not an appropriate DVD, and reproduction is impossible even if a copy permission program is copied from the DVD to the HDD. An object of the present invention is to provide a hard disk drive-integrated DVD recorder capable of informing before copying.

  In addition, when the combination of the copy restriction information and the copy destination recording medium is a combination that does not permit copying, the object of the present invention is to display the copy destination recording medium that is a combination that permits copying by displaying 1 An object of the present invention is to provide a video recording / reproducing apparatus capable of facilitating selection of a DVD to be used when copying audio / video information for which copying is permitted only once to a DVD.

  In addition to the above purpose, when displaying a copy destination recording medium that is a combination that permits copying, the displayed recording medium can be used by displaying a message instructing use of the displayed recording medium. It is an object of the present invention to provide a video recording / reproducing apparatus capable of preferably showing the above.

  In addition to the above purpose, when a copy-permitted program is copied, a message indicating that the audio / video information recorded on the copy source recording medium will disappear is displayed, so that the copy source program is An object of the present invention is to provide a video recording / reproducing apparatus capable of preventing the occurrence of a situation where it disappears against the intention.

  In addition to the above purpose, when the combination is a combination that does not permit copying, the copy destination display area is left blank, so that the DVD stored in the disk drive unit is suitably informed that it is not an appropriate DVD. An object of the present invention is to provide a video recording / reproducing apparatus that can handle the above.

  In order to solve the above problems, a DVD recorder integrated with a hard disk drive according to the present invention includes a disk drive unit for recording video / audio information on a DVD and reproducing the video / audio information recorded on the DVD, and a video / audio information on the hard disk. A hard disk drive unit for recording video and audio information recorded on the hard disk and copying video / audio information to which copy restriction information indicating copy restrictions are added from the hard disk to a DVD. The video / audio information recorded on the hard disk is copied to the DVD when the combination of the DVD and the type of DVD is a combination that permits copying, and the video / audio recorded on the hard disk is copied when the combination is a combination that does not permit copying. DV information It is applied to the configuration you do not want to copy to. When the combination is a combination that does not permit copying, usable medium display means that displays a type of DVD that is a combination that permits copying and displays a message instructing use of the displayed DVD. When the combination indicates permission for copying and the copy restriction information indicates one-time copying permission, when the audio / video information recorded on the hard disk is copied to a DVD, the audio / video information recorded on the hard disk is copied. Information loss warning means for displaying a message indicating that the information is erased, and when the audio / video information recorded on the hard disk is copied to a DVD stored in the disk drive unit, the combination is a combination that permits copying. In the copy source display area. A character indicating the disc is displayed and a character indicating the type of DVD stored in the disc drive unit is displayed in the copy destination display area. When the combination is a combination that does not permit copying, a hard disk is displayed in the copy source display area. In the copy destination display area, the copy source display means for canceling the display of the character indicating the type of DVD, the copy source recording medium is a DVD, the copy destination recording medium is a hard disk, and the copy restriction information is 1 In the case of indicating permission for one-time copying, a non-reproducible warning means for displaying a message indicating that the video / audio information recorded on the DVD can be moved to the hard disk, but the video / audio information moved to the hard disk cannot be reproduced; It has.

  That is, when the copy restriction information added to the video / audio information to be copied indicates restrictions on copying, copying to the copy destination recording medium used at that time is prohibited. Copy destination recording media that are not prohibited are displayed. In addition, it is indicated that the displayed recording medium should be used. In addition, when copying is executed, it is notified from the copy source recording medium that the audio / video information that is the copy source is lost before the copy is executed. In addition, a blank in the copy destination display area indicates that the optical disk stored in the disk drive unit is an optical disk that cannot copy the designated video / audio information. In addition, when moving from the DVD to the hard disk, it is notified before moving that the moved video / audio information cannot be reproduced.

  The video recording / playback apparatus according to the present invention also copies copy restriction information and copy destination recording when copying video / audio information to which copy restriction information indicating copy restriction is added from a copy source recording medium to a copy destination recording medium. When the combination with the medium is a combination that permits copying, the video / audio information recorded on the copy source recording medium is copied to the copy destination recording medium, and when the combination is a combination that does not permit copying, it is stored on the copy source recording medium. The recorded video / audio information is not copied to a copy destination recording medium. When the combination is a combination that does not permit copying, a usable medium display unit that displays a copy destination recording medium that is a combination that permits copying is provided.

  That is, when the copy restriction information added to the video / audio information to be copied indicates restrictions on copying, copying to the copy destination recording medium used at that time is prohibited. Copy destination recording media that are not prohibited are displayed.

  In addition to the above-described configuration, the usable medium display means displays a message instructing use of the displayed recording medium when displaying the copy destination recording medium whose combination permits the copying. Yes. That is, it is indicated that the displayed recording medium should be used.

  In addition to the above configuration, when the combination indicates permission for copying and the copy restriction information indicates one-time copying permission, the audio / video information recorded on the copy source recording medium is copied to the copy destination recording medium. In some cases, information loss warning means for displaying a message indicating that the video / audio information recorded on the copy source recording medium is deleted is provided. That is, when copying is executed, it is notified from the copy source recording medium that the video / audio information as the copy source is lost before the copy is executed.

  In addition to the above configuration, when a disk drive unit for recording video / audio information on an optical disk is provided, and the optical disk stored in the disk drive unit is a copy destination recording medium, the combination is a combination that permits copying. The characters indicating the copy source recording medium are displayed in the copy source display area and the characters indicating the type of the optical disk are displayed in the copy destination display area. When the combination is a combination which does not permit copying, the copy source display area Characters indicating the copy source recording medium are displayed, and the copy destination display area is provided with copy source destination display means for canceling display of characters indicating the type of the optical disk. That is, it is indicated by a blank in the copy destination display area that the optical disk stored in the disk drive unit is an optical disk on which the designated video / audio information cannot be copied.

  According to the present invention, since the copy restriction information added to the video / audio information to be copied indicates restrictions on copying, when copying to the copy destination recording medium used at that time is prohibited, A copy destination recording medium that is not prohibited from being copied is displayed. In addition, it is indicated that the displayed recording medium should be used. In addition, when copying is executed, it is notified from the copy source recording medium that the audio / video information that is the copy source is lost before the copy is executed. In addition, a blank in the copy destination display area indicates that the optical disk stored in the disk drive unit is an optical disk that cannot copy the designated video / audio information. In addition, when moving from the DVD to the hard disk, it is notified before moving that the moved video / audio information cannot be reproduced. For this reason, it is possible to facilitate selection of a DVD to be used when copying video / audio information that is permitted to be copied once to a DVD, and that the displayed recording medium can be used. It is possible to prevent the occurrence of a situation in which the copy source program disappears unintentionally, and the DVD stored in the disk drive unit is not an appropriate DVD. In addition, it is possible to inform the user that copying cannot be performed even if a one-time copy permission program is copied from the DVD to the HDD.

  Further, according to the present invention, the copy restriction information added to the video / audio information to be copied indicates restrictions on copying, and therefore copying to the copy destination recording medium used at that time is prohibited. In some cases, copy destination recording media that are not prohibited from being copied are displayed. Therefore, when copying audio / video information that is permitted to be copied only once to a DVD, the selection of the DVD to be used can be facilitated. it can.

  Furthermore, since it is indicated that the displayed recording medium should be used, it can be suitably indicated that the displayed recording medium can be used.

  Further, when copying is performed, it is notified from the copy source recording medium that the audio / video information that is the copy source is lost before the copy is performed. , It is possible to prevent the occurrence of a situation of disappearing against the intention.

  Furthermore, since the copy destination display area indicates that the optical disk stored in the disk drive unit cannot copy the specified video / audio information, the DVD stored in the disk drive unit. Can be suitably informed that the DVD is not an appropriate DVD.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of an embodiment of a video recording / playback apparatus according to the present invention, and specifically shows a hard disk drive integrated DVD recorder compatible with CPRM.

  In the figure, a tuner unit 1 receives an analog commercial broadcast of a channel designated by a microcomputer (hereinafter simply referred to as a microcomputer) 7. Then, the video / audio signal in the analog signal format obtained by reception is output to the recording / reproducing signal processing unit 4.

  The disc drive unit 2 performs predetermined processing on the video / audio information output from the recording / playback signal processing unit 4, and then performs a DVD (an optical disc according to claim, such as DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM) 17. To record. In addition, information recorded on a DVD (DVD-video, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM, etc.) 17 is reproduced, and video / audio information obtained by predetermined processing of the reproduced information is recorded / reproduced. Output to the processing unit 4. The DVD 17 stored in the reproduction position outputs information indicating which DVD is DVD-Video, DVD-R, DVD-RW, or DVD-RAM to the microcomputer 7. When the DVD 17 is a DVD-RW or DVD-RAM, information indicating whether CPRM is supported is also output to the microcomputer 7.

  A hard disk drive unit (hereinafter referred to as HDD unit) 3 records the video / audio information output from the recording / playback signal processing unit 4 on a hard disk 16 provided therein. Further, the audio / video information recorded on the hard disk 16 is reproduced and output to the recording / reproducing signal processing unit 4. Also, information (program name, added copy restriction information, etc.) about each recorded video / audio information is output to the microcomputer 7.

  The digital tuner 18 is a receiving device provided outside the apparatus main body, receives satellite digital broadcast and terrestrial digital broadcast, and records and reproduces the audio / video information in the digital signal format obtained by the reception. Output to.

  When receiving the analog broadcast, the recording / playback signal processing unit 4 sends the video / audio signal output from the tuner unit 1 to the television receiver 19 provided outside the apparatus main body. When recording an analog broadcast, the audio / video signal output from the tuner unit 1 is A / D converted and then encoded and output to the disk drive unit 2 or the HDD unit 3. To do. When receiving digital broadcast, the video / audio signal obtained by D / A converting the video / audio information output from the digital tuner 18 is output to the television receiver 19. Further, the audio / video information output from the digital tuner 18 is encoded and then output to the disk drive unit 2 and the HDD unit 3.

  When the audio / video information recorded on the HDD unit 3 or the DVD 17 is reproduced, the video / audio information output from the HDD unit 3 or the video / audio information output from the disk drive unit 2 is decoded, The video / audio signal obtained by the A conversion is output to the television receiver 19. When dubbing is performed, video / audio information output from the disk drive unit 2 is transferred to the HDD unit 3, or video / audio information output from the HDD unit 3 is transferred to the disk drive unit 2.

  The input unit 8 includes a key switch such as a power key provided on a front panel (not shown) of the apparatus main body, a light receiving unit that receives an infrared signal transmitted from a remote controller (hereinafter referred to as a remote controller) 9, and the like. When an instruction from the user is input, the input instruction is output to the microcomputer 7.

  The microcomputer 7 controls the main operation as a CPRM compatible hard disk drive integrated DVD recorder. That is, in the DVD mode in which the DVD 17 is used as a recording medium, when a playback instruction is input to the remote controller 9, the operation of the recording / playback signal processing unit 4 and the disk drive unit 2 is controlled to record on the DVD 17. After the reproduced video / audio information is reproduced, the video / audio signal obtained by the predetermined processing is output to the television receiver 19 (the video / audio information recorded on the DVD 17 is displayed on the television receiver 19). When a recording instruction is input to the remote controller 9, the digital audio / video information output from the digital tuner 18 or the analog / audio video / audio signal output from the tuner unit 1 is converted into audio / video information. To record on the DVD 17.

  In the HDD mode in which the hard disk 16 is used as a recording medium, when a playback instruction is input to the remote control 9, the operation of the recording / playback signal processing unit 4 and the HDD unit 3 is controlled, so After the recorded video / audio information is reproduced, the video / audio signal obtained by the predetermined processing is output to the television receiver 19 (the video / audio information recorded on the hard disk 16 is displayed on the television receiver 19). When a recording instruction is input to the remote controller 9, the digital audio / video information output from the digital tuner 18 or the analog / audio video / audio signal output from the tuner unit 1 is converted into audio / video information. To the hard disk 16.

  Further, the microcomputer 7 performs control for dubbing the video / audio information recorded on the hard disk 16 to the DVD 17 and control for dubbing the video / audio information recorded on the DVD 17 to the hard disk 16.

  That is, when the video / audio information designated as the target of dubbing is video / audio information to which copy restriction information is not added, or the added copy restriction information is video / audio information indicating copy free, it is designated by the user. The recorded audio / video information is reproduced from the copy source recording medium (one of the DVD 17 and the hard disk 16) and output to the recording / playback signal processing unit 4 is performed. In addition, control is performed to record the video / audio information guided through the recording / reproducing signal processing unit 4 on the copy destination recording medium (the other of the DVD 17 and the hard disk 16).

  In addition, when the audio / video information to which the copy restriction information is added is copied from the hard disk 16 as the copy source recording medium to the DVD 17 as the copy destination recording medium, the combination of the copy restriction information and the type of the DVD 17 permits copying. When the combination is to be performed, control for copying the video / audio information recorded on the hard disk 16 to the DVD 17 is performed. However, when the combination of the copy restriction information and the type of DVD 17 is a combination that does not permit copying, the video / audio information recorded on the hard disk 16 is not copied to the DVD 17.

  Moreover, the microcomputer 7 forms the usable medium display means 11, the information loss warning means 12, the copy source destination display means 13, and the unreproducible warning display means 14 depending on a part of the functions. When the combination is a combination that does not permit copying, the usable medium display unit 11 displays the type of DVD that is a combination that permits copying and a message that instructs the use of the displayed DVD. Are also displayed together (see 44 and 53 in FIG. 7B).

  The information loss warning means 12 is the video / audio recorded on the hard disk 16 when the combination indicates permission of copying and the copy restriction information indicates one-time copying permission (recording only once or copying once). When the information is copied to the DVD 17, a message indicating that the video / audio information recorded on the hard disk 16 is deleted is displayed (see 52 in FIG. 7A).

  The copy source display means 13 copies the video / audio information recorded on the hard disk 16 to the DVD 17 housed in the disk drive unit 2, and when the combination is a combination that permits copying, the copy source display area ( For example, “HDD”, which is a character indicating a hard disk, is displayed in 32) of FIG. In addition, characters (for example, “compatible with DVD-RAM CPRM”) indicating the type of the DVD 17 stored in the disk drive unit 2 are displayed in the copy destination display area (for example, 33 in FIG. 7). On the other hand, when the combination is a combination that does not permit copying, characters indicating a hard disk are displayed in the copy source display area 32, but display of characters indicating the type of DVD is canceled in the copy destination display area (FIG. 7 ( B) 33) indicates that the DVD 17 accommodated in the disk drive unit 2 is not a suitable recording medium.

  When the copy source recording medium is the DVD 17 and the copy destination recording medium is the hard disk 16 and the copy restriction information indicates a one-time copy permission, the unreproducible warning display means 14 displays the video / audio information recorded on the DVD 17. A message (indicated by 54 in FIG. 8A) indicating that the video / audio information moved to the hard disk 16 but cannot be reproduced is displayed.

  2 to 4 are flowcharts showing the main operation of the embodiment when the audio / video information is copied from the copy source recording medium to the copy destination recording medium. The operation of the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  When the recording menu is displayed using the remote controller 9, the microcomputer 7 uses the on-screen display circuit (not shown) of the recording / playback signal processing unit 4 to perform three recordings as shown in FIG. The options are displayed on the television receiver 19. When dubbing is designated from this option (step S1), next, dubbing from the hard disk 16 to the DVD 17 or dubbing from the DVD 17 to the hard disk 16 is performed as shown in FIG. Are displayed on the television receiver 19.

  When dubbing from the hard disk 16 to the DVD 17 is designated (step S2), the operation shifts to steps S3 and S4, and the microcomputer 7 is recorded on the hard disk 16 as shown in FIG. Displays a list of programs (video / audio information). In this display, the contents of the copy restriction information added to each program are also displayed.

  When a program to be dubbed is designated from the list of programs (step S5), the microcomputer 7 displays the program name designated as a dubbing target in a program name display area (for example, 31 in FIG. 6) (step S5). S6). Further, the character “HDD” indicating the hard disk 16 as the copy source recording medium is displayed in the copy source display area 32 (step S7). Thereafter, it is checked whether or not the copy restriction information added to the program designated as the target is one-time copy permission (step S8).

  When the copy restriction information indicates that there is no copy restriction (or when copy restriction information is not added), the microcomputer 7 is a disc in which the DVD 17 housed in the disk drive unit 2 can record video / audio information. (Information on the disc type acquired when the DVD 17 is stored is checked) (step S9). When the DVD 17 stored in the disk drive unit 2 is a DVD-RW, it becomes a recordable disk. Therefore, the microcomputer 7 displays “DVD-RW” in the copy destination display area 33 as characters indicating the copy destination recording medium. Is displayed (see FIG. 6A) (steps S10 and S11). At this time, a list of other disks (DVD-RAM and DVD-R) that can be used is also displayed (indicated by 41) (step S12).

  From the above, assuming that the program designated as the dubbing target in step S5 is “AAAA”, the content shown in FIG. 6A is displayed on the screen of the television receiver 19. When the user operates the dubbing button 38 displayed on the television receiver 19, the microcomputer 7 performs control to copy the program “AAAA” recorded on the hard disk 16 to the DVD 17 (steps S 13 and S 14). . Therefore, the program “AAAA” recorded on the hard disk 16 is copied to the DVD 17.

  On the other hand, when the disc stored in the disc drive unit 2 is a disc that cannot be recorded, such as DVD-video, the operation proceeds from step S10 to step S21. Accordingly, at this time, the type of the copy destination recording medium is not displayed in the copy destination display area 33 and is left blank (see 33 in FIG. 6B). In addition, a list 42 of usable DVDs is displayed (step S22). Thereafter, the process proceeds to a loop operation for checking whether or not the disk has been replaced and whether or not to end (whether or not the cancel button 39 has been operated) (steps S23 and S24).

  In the loop operation described above, when it is detected that the disc has been replaced, the operation proceeds from step S23 to step S9, and it is checked whether or not the replaced disc is a recordable disc. Thereafter, the same operation is repeated. On the other hand, when it is detected that the cancel button 39 is operated in the loop operation, the dubbing operation is terminated.

  When the program “BBBB” is designated in step S5, the added copy restriction information indicates a one-time copy permission. For this reason, the operation following step S8 is the operation of step S31. Accordingly, at this time, it is checked whether or not the DVD 17 stored in the disk drive unit 2 is a CPRM compatible disk.

  When the DVD 17 stored in the disk drive unit 2 becomes a CPRM compatible DVD-RAM, the microcomputer 7 displays the characters “DVD-RAM CPRM compatible” indicating the copy destination recording medium in the copy destination display area 33. (See FIG. 7A) (Steps S32 and S33). At this time, other available discs (DVD-RW CPRM compatible) are displayed (indicated by 43) (step S34). When dubbing is performed, a message 52 indicating that the program “BBBB” is deleted from the hard disk 16 is also displayed (step S35).

  From the above, assuming that the program designated as the dubbing target in step S5 is “BBBB”, the content shown in FIG. 7A is displayed on the screen of the television receiver 19. When the user operates the dubbing button 38 displayed on the television receiver 19, the microcomputer 7 copies the program “BBBB” recorded on the hard disk 16 to the DVD 17 (steps S36 and S37). Further, the program “BBBB” as the copy source is deleted from the hard disk 16 (step S38). Accordingly, the program “BBBB” recorded on the hard disk 16 is copied to the DVD 17 and the program “BBBB” is erased from the hard disk 16.

  However, if the DVD 17 stored in the disk drive unit 2 is not a CPRM compatible disk, the operation proceeds from step S32 to step S41. For this reason, in the copy destination display area 33, the type of the copy destination recording medium is not displayed and is kept blank, and the DVD 17 stored in the disk drive unit 2 copies the designated program. Is not suitable (see 33 in FIG. 7B). At this time, a list 44 of usable DVDs 17 is displayed (step S42). Thereafter, the process proceeds to a loop operation for checking whether or not the disk has been replaced and whether or not to end (whether or not the cancel button 39 has been operated) (steps S43 and S44).

  In the loop operation described above, when it is detected that the disk has been replaced, the operation proceeds from step S43 to step S31, and it is checked whether or not the replaced disk is a CPRM compatible disk. Thereafter, the same operation is repeated. On the other hand, when it is detected that the cancel button 39 is operated in the loop operation, the dubbing operation is terminated.

  If dubbing from the DVD 17 to the hard disk 16 is designated in the operation of step S2, the operation proceeds from step S3 to step S51, and a list of programs recorded on the DVD 17 is displayed. When a program to be dubbed is designated from the program list (step S52), the microcomputer 7 displays the program name designated as a dubbing target in the program name display area 31 (step S53).

  Thereafter, characters (“DVD”) indicating the DVD 17 of the copy source recording medium are displayed in the copy source display area 32 (step S54). Further, the characters “HDD” indicating the hard disk 16 are displayed in the copy destination display area 33 (step S55). Thereafter, it is checked whether or not the copy restriction information added to the program designated as the target is one-time copy permission (step S56).

  If the copy restriction information indicates that copying is permitted only once, a message indicating that the designated program can be moved from the DVD 17 to the hard disk 16 but the program moved to the hard disk 16 cannot be reproduced (FIG. 8A). ) Is displayed (step S57). Thereafter, the process proceeds to a loop operation (steps S58 and S59) for checking whether the dubbing button 38 is operated and whether the cancel button 39 is operated. When the dubbing button 38 is operated, the microcomputer 7 moves the designated program from the DVD 17 to the hard disk 16 (step S60). When the cancel button 39 is operated, the dubbing operation is terminated.

  On the other hand, when the copy restriction information added to the designated program indicates copy free, or when the copy restriction information is not added to the designated program, the operation proceeds from step S56 to step S65. Therefore, when the process proceeds to step S65, the display on the television receiver 19 is the display shown in FIG. That is, the program name display area 31 displays the program name designated as the object of dubbing, “DVD” is displayed in the copy source display area 32, and “HDD” is displayed in the copy destination display area 33. The

  Thereafter, the process proceeds to a loop operation consisting of steps S65 and S66. When the dubbing button 38 is operated, the microcomputer 7 copies the designated program from the DVD 17 to the hard disk 16 (the copy source program recorded on the DVD 17 is not erased) (step S67). Therefore, the program “FFFF” copied to the hard disk 16 can be designated and reproduced thereafter. Further, it is possible to specify and reproduce the program “FFFF” left on the DVD 17 without being erased. In the loop operation described above, when the cancel button 39 is operated, the operation relating to dubbing ends.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and the optical disk has been described as being a DVD. However, the present invention can be similarly applied to other optical disks (for example, a Blu-ray disk).

1 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a hard disk drive integrated DVD recorder which is an embodiment of a video recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the main operation | movement of embodiment when copying audiovisual information from a copy source recording medium to a copy destination recording medium. It is a flowchart which shows the main operation | movement of embodiment when copying audiovisual information from a copy source recording medium to a copy destination recording medium. It is a flowchart which shows the main operation | movement of embodiment when copying audiovisual information from a copy source recording medium to a copy destination recording medium. It is explanatory drawing which shows a menu screen when designating dubbing. It is explanatory drawing which shows the display content when a copy free program is designated as a dubbing object. It is explanatory drawing which shows a display content when copy restriction information designates the program which shows copy permission only once as a dubbing object. It is explanatory drawing which shows the display content when copying a program from DVD to a hard disk. It is explanatory drawing which shows the restriction | limiting in video recording. It is explanatory drawing which shows the restriction | limiting in the copy of a copy free program and the program of copy permission of one time.

Explanation of symbols

11 usable medium display means 12 information loss warning means 13 copy source destination display means 14 unreproducible warning display means 16 hard disk 17 DVD
31 Program display area 32 Copy source display area 33 Copy destination display area 38 Dubbing button 39 Cancel buttons 41 to 44 List of usable DVDs

Claims (5)

A disc drive unit for recording video / audio information on a DVD and reproducing the video / audio information recorded on the DVD;
A hard disk drive unit for recording video / audio information on the hard disk and reproducing the video / audio information recorded on the hard disk;
When video / audio information to which copy restriction information indicating copy restriction is added is copied from the hard disk to a DVD, the combination of the copy restriction information and the DVD type is a combination that permits copying, and the information recorded on the hard disk is recorded. In a hard disk drive integrated DVD recorder that copies video / audio information to a DVD and does not copy the video / audio information recorded on the hard disk to a DVD when the combination is a combination that does not permit copying,
When the combination is a combination that does not permit copying, usable medium display means that displays a type of DVD that is a combination that permits copying and displays a message instructing use of the displayed DVD;
When the combination indicates permission of copying and the copy restriction information indicates one-time copying permission, when the video / audio information recorded on the hard disk is copied to a DVD, the video / audio information recorded on the hard disk is An information loss warning means for displaying a message indicating that it will be erased;
When copying video / audio information recorded on the hard disk to a DVD stored in the disk drive unit, if the combination is a combination that permits copying, characters indicating the hard disk are displayed in the copy source display area and the copy destination is displayed. When characters indicating the type of DVD stored in the disk drive unit are displayed in the area and the combination is a combination that does not allow copying, characters indicating a hard disk are displayed in the copy source display area. Is a copy source destination display means for canceling the display of characters indicating the type of DVD,
When the copy source recording medium is a DVD, the copy destination recording medium is a hard disk, and the copy restriction information indicates one-time copy permission, the video / audio information recorded on the DVD can be moved to the hard disk, but is moved to the hard disk. A DVD recorder integrated with a hard disk drive, comprising: an unreproducible warning means for displaying a message indicating that the reproduced video / audio information cannot be reproduced. When video / audio information to which copy restriction information indicating copy restriction is added is copied from the copy source recording medium to the copy destination recording medium, the combination of the copy restriction information and the copy destination recording medium is a combination that permits copying. Sometimes the video / audio information recorded on the copy source recording medium is copied to the copy destination recording medium, and when the combination is a combination that does not permit copying, the video / audio information recorded on the copy source recording medium is copied to the copy destination recording medium. In a video recording / playback device that does not copy,
An image recording / reproducing apparatus comprising: usable medium display means for displaying a copy destination recording medium whose combination is permitted to be copied when the combination is not permitted to be copied.   3. The usable medium display means displays a message instructing use of the displayed recording medium when displaying a copy destination recording medium whose combination permits copying. Video recording / playback device.   When the combination indicates copy permission and the copy restriction information indicates one-time copy permission, when the audio / video information recorded on the copy source recording medium is copied to the copy destination recording medium, the copy source recording medium 4. The video recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising information loss warning means for displaying a message indicating that the video / audio information recorded in the video is deleted. A disc drive unit for recording video / audio information on an optical disc is provided.
When the optical disk stored in the disk drive unit is a copy destination recording medium, and the combination is a combination that permits copying, characters indicating the copy source recording medium are displayed in the copy source display area and the copy destination display area is displayed. Characters indicating the type of the optical disc are displayed on the screen, and when the combination is a combination that does not permit copying, characters indicating the copy source recording medium are displayed in the copy source display area. 5. The video recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising copy source destination display means for canceling display of characters indicating types.

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