JP2007164942A - On-vehicle reproducing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an on-vehicle reproducing apparatus in which setting information and setting of display contents can be performed easily even if sources are increased and setting information and display contents are varied for multi-functions, and which can be customized easily in accordance with preference of a user. <P>SOLUTION: The on-vehicle reproducing apparatus 1 is provided with a plurality of read means 3 to 6 reading voice data stored in a medium based on setting information, an operating part 9 specifying read means, setting information, and selecting whether setting information is set individually or set commonly for read means, a storing part 10 storing each setting information set respectively for the read means, and a control part 2 controlling their operation based on setting information stored in the storing part 10, in the control part 2, when it is selected that setting information is set commonly to a plurality of read means, each setting information of the plurality of read means stored in the storing part 10 can be set commonly to set setting information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle-mounted playback device.

  An on-vehicle playback device such as a car audio usually includes reading means for reading and playing various audio data such as a CD (Compact Disc) drive, an MD (Mini Disc) drive, and an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) (for example, , See Patent Documents 1 and 2).

  In such an on-vehicle playback device, as the setting information for the reading means, in addition to the so-called normal playback in which the audio data stored in the medium such as a CD is read out in order from the beginning and played back, all stored audio data Some options can be set to perform random playback that is selected and read randomly, repeat playback that repeatedly plays back only the same audio data, or the like.

In many cases, the display screen of the in-vehicle playback device usually displays the time from the start of playback of the audio data being played, that is, the time code. Some options can be set to display names, artist names, file names, folder names, etc.
JP 2003-157665 A JP 2004-151756 A

  However, in such a conventional on-vehicle playback device, normally, setting information for each source such as a CD, MD, HDD, etc., that is, a normal playback, random playback, repeat playback, etc., is set individually. In addition, it is necessary to individually set whether to display the time code, song name, album name, artist name, file name, folder name, or the like on the display screen.

  For this reason, as the number of reading means mounted on the in-vehicle playback device increases, the sources become diversified, the setting information and display content option setting range expands and the functionality becomes more complex, and the setting work becomes more complicated. It is difficult to easily customize a playback device for a personal computer.

  Therefore, the present invention can easily set the setting information and display contents even if the number of sources is increased and the setting information and display contents are diversified to be multifunctional, and can be easily customized according to the user's preference. It is an object of the present invention to provide a vehicle-mounted playback device that can do this.

In order to solve the above problem, the on-vehicle playback device of claim 1
A plurality of reading means for reading audio data stored in the medium based on the setting information;
Specifying a reading means to read audio data from among the plurality of reading means, setting the setting information, and setting the setting information individually or commonly for the plurality of reading means An operation unit for selecting;
A storage unit for storing each setting information set for each of the plurality of reading means;
A control unit for controlling the operation of the reading means based on the setting information stored in the storage unit,
The control unit sets the setting information of the plurality of reading units stored in the storage unit when the setting information is selected to be set in common for the plurality of reading units via the operation unit. The setting information can be set in common.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the in-vehicle playback device according to the first aspect,
In the case where the setting unit sets the setting information in common for the plurality of reading units, the operation unit can further select which reading unit to be set in common among the plurality of reading units,
The control unit is configured to be able to commonly set the setting information stored in the storage unit to the set setting information for the reading means in the range selected to be set in common.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the in-vehicle playback device according to the first or second aspect,
It has a display unit that displays based on the set display content,
The operation unit is capable of selecting whether to set the display content and to set the display content individually or commonly for the plurality of reading means,
The storage unit stores the display contents set for the plurality of reading units,
The control unit sets each display content of the plurality of reading means stored in the storage unit when it is selected that the display content is commonly set for the plurality of reading units via the operation unit. The display content can be set in common.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the in-vehicle playback device according to the third aspect,
In the case where the operation content is set in common for the plurality of reading means, the operation unit can further select which reading means to be set in common among the plurality of reading means,
The control unit is configured to be able to set each display content stored in the storage unit to the set display content for the reading means in a range selected to be set in common.

The invention according to claim 5 is the in-vehicle playback device according to claim 4,
In the case where the operation unit sets the display content individually or in common for the plurality of reading means and sets the plurality of reading means in common for the setting information and the display content Furthermore, it is possible to independently select which reading means among the plurality of reading means is set in common,
Each of the setting information and each display of the plurality of reading means stored in the storage unit for the reading means of each range selected to be set in common for each of the setting information and the display content. It is characterized in that the contents can be set in common for the set information and the display contents.

  According to the present invention, in an in-vehicle playback device such as a car audio, setting information and display contents can be easily set even if the number of sources is increased and the setting information and display contents are diversified to be multi-functional. It can be easily customized according to the user's preference.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an on-vehicle playback device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the in-vehicle playback apparatus according to the present embodiment. The in-vehicle playback apparatus 1 of the present embodiment is provided with a control unit 2 that controls each reading unit and each driving unit. The control unit 2 includes a CD drive 3, an MD drive 4, an HDD 5, External media reading means 6, output unit 7, display unit 8, and operation unit 9 are electrically connected. In this embodiment, the CD drive 3, MD drive 4, HDD 5, and external media reading means 6 constitute a plurality of reading means of the present invention.

  The control unit 2 is provided with a storage unit 10 composed of an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory) or the like, and the memory area designated by the predetermined addresses 3A, 4A, 5A, 6A of the storage unit 10 is provided. The setting information respectively set for each of the reading means 3 to 6 is stored, and each of the reading means 3 to 3 is stored in a memory area designated by another address 3B, 4B, 5B, 6B of the storage unit 10. Display contents to be displayed on the display unit 7 set for 6 are stored.

  In the present embodiment, one of normal playback, random playback, and repeat playback can be selected as the setting information, and the display contents include time code, song name, album name, artist name, and file name. One or a plurality of folder names can be selected.

  When the reading unit for reading and reproducing the audio data from the CD drive 3, the MD drive 4, the HDD 5, and the external media reading unit 6 is designated, the control unit 2 receives setting information about the reading unit from the storage unit 10. Reading is performed and transmitted to the reading means to control the operation of each reading means.

  Further, when the reading means to be reproduced is designated, the control section 2 reads the display content set from the storage section 10, and transmits the audio data transmitted from the designated reading means to the output section 7, In addition, information corresponding to the display contents is transmitted to the display unit 8 from the incidental information transmitted at the same time.

  The CD drive 3, the MD drive 4, and the HDD 5 include control units 3 a, 4 a, and 5 a, respectively. When the control information is transmitted from the control unit 2 to the control units 3 a, 4 a, and 5 a, the setting is performed. Based on the information, audio data and supplementary information stored in a medium such as a CD-ROM are read out and transmitted to the control unit 2.

  In the case where the external media reading means 6 has a control unit (not shown), the audio stored in the external medium based on the setting information transmitted from the control unit 2 is also controlled by the control unit. Data and supplementary information are read out and transmitted to the control unit 2, and if the external media reading means 6 does not include a control unit such as a USB memory connected to a USB (Universal Serial Bus) terminal, control is performed. The unit 2 reads audio data and supplementary information from the external medium based on the setting information stored in the memory area designated by the address 6A of the storage unit 10.

  In the present embodiment, the HDD 5 stores a plurality of audio data grouped according to the same conditions such as artist, album, and genre. The HDD 5 stores the audio data and accompanying information of the audio data, that is, the artist name, album name, genre name, song name, storage date, etc., in association with the audio data.

  Further, the reading means is not limited to the CD drive 3 or the like, but may read audio data stored in various media such as a cassette tape and a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc). The external media reading means 6 is not limited to a USB memory connected to a USB terminal, and a plurality of external media reading means can be provided.

  The output unit 7 includes an earphone or headphones (not shown) or a speaker built in the main body. The output unit 7 amplifies the audio data transmitted from the control unit 2 by an amplifier circuit (not shown) and outputs the reproduced audio signal as an external reproduced audio signal. To output.

  The display unit 8 includes a display screen (not shown) composed of a light emitting means such as a fluorescent display tube, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), etc., and is displayed on the display screen based on the display content information transmitted from the control unit 2. The time code, artist name, album name, genre name, song name, storage date / time, file name, folder name, etc. are displayed.

  The operation unit 9 includes various keys such as a reproduction key, a stop key, and a cursor key, and outputs an operation signal generated by a user's key operation to the control unit 2. The operation unit 9 can designate a reading unit from which audio data is to be read out of the CD drive 3, the MD drive 4, the HDD 5, and the external media reading unit 6 by source selection.

  Further, the operation unit 9 selects whether the setting information and display contents are set individually or in common for the CD drive 3, MD drive 4, HDD 5 and external media reading means 6 as reading means. In the case of setting in common, it is possible to select which reading means among the reading means is set in common.

  Furthermore, the operation unit 9 can set any one of normal reproduction No, random reproduction Ra, and repeat reproduction Re by selecting setting information for reading means individually or commonly set. Further, one or more of time code Ti, song name Pr, album name Al, artist name Ar, file name Fi, and folder name Fo can be set by selecting display contents.

  As shown in FIG. 2A, the memory areas designated by the addresses 3A, 4A, 5A, and 6A of the storage unit 10 of the control unit 2 are in the initial state, as shown in FIG. 2A, the CD drive 3, the MD drive 4, the HDD 5, and the external Normal reproduction No is set as setting information for each reading means of the media reading means 6, and a time code Ti is displayed as display contents for each reading means in the memory area designated by the addresses 3B, 4B, 5B, 6B. Is set.

  The control unit 2 uses the operation unit 9 to set setting information, for example, the CD drive 3 and the MD drive 4 are set to random reproduction Ra in common, and the HDD 5 and the external media reading means 6 are individually repeated with normal reproduction No. When it is selected to set to playback Re, as shown in FIG. 2 (B), the setting information “of the memory area designated by the addresses 3A and 4A of the storage unit 10 for the CD drive 3 and the MD drive 4” “Normal playback No” is rewritten to “Random playback Ra” and set in common, and the setting information “Normal playback No” in the memory areas designated by the addresses 5A and 6A for the HDD 5 and the external media reading means 6 is set to “Normal playback”. "No" and "Repeat Re" are rewritten. In this case, since the setting information of the HDD 5 is rewriting from “normal reproduction No” to “normal reproduction No”, the rewriting is not actually performed.

  In addition, the control unit 2 is the operation unit 9 and the display contents are set to the song title Pr for the CD drive 3, MD drive 4 and HDD 5 in common, and the album name Al is individually set for the external media reading means 6. 2B, as shown in FIG. 2B, the display contents of the memory area designated by the addresses 3B, 4B, and 5B of the storage unit 10 for the CD drive 3, the MD drive 4, and the HDD 5 "Time code Ti" is rewritten to "Song name Pr" and set in common, and the display content "Time code Ti" in the memory area designated by address 6B for external media reading means 6 is rewritten to "Album name Al" It has become.

  Note that one or both of the setting information and the display contents can be selected as a common setting of a plurality of reading means as shown in FIG. 3, and all the readings can be selected as shown in FIG. It is also possible to select the means to be set in common. Also, the hatched portions in FIGS. 2B to 4 represent ranges selected to be set in common for the setting information and display contents.

  Next, the operation of the in-vehicle playback device 1 according to this embodiment will be described.

  In the initial state of the in-vehicle playback device 1, setting information and display as shown in FIG. 2A are displayed in the memory areas designated by the addresses 3A to 6A and 3B to 6B of the storage unit 10 of the control unit 2. The contents are stored.

When the user selects setting information and display contents by setting the reading means 3 to 6 in common or individually by operating the keys of the operation unit 9, the operation signal is output to the control unit 2. As shown in FIGS. 2B to 4, the setting information and display contents of the memory areas designated by the respective addresses 3A to 6A and 3B to 6B of the storage unit 10 are rewritten to the set setting information and display contents. The common range is set in common.
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  Subsequently, when the user designates a reading means to read out voice data by operating the key of the operation unit 9, the operation signal is output to the control unit 2, and the control unit 2 designates a predetermined address of the storage unit 10 accordingly. The setting information set for the designated reading means is read from the designated memory area and transmitted to the designated reading means.

  The reading means to which the designated setting information is transmitted reads out the audio data and the accompanying information stored in a medium such as a CD-ROM based on the transmitted setting information and transmits it to the control unit 2.

  Further, when the external media reading means 6 that does not include a control unit such as a USB memory connected to the USB terminal is designated, the control unit 2 is stored in the memory area designated by the address 6A of the storage unit 10. Audio data and incidental information are directly read from external media based on the set information.

  When the supplementary information is transmitted from the reading means or the supplementary information is read from the external media reading means 6, the control unit 2 displays the display set for the designated reading means from the memory area designated by the predetermined address of the storage unit 10. The contents are read out, and information corresponding to the display contents in the supplementary information is transmitted to the display unit 8 and displayed on the display screen. When the audio data is transmitted from the reading unit or the audio data is read from the external media reading unit 6, the control unit 2 transmits the audio data to the output unit 7 to be output from the built-in speaker or the like.

  In this way, the display screen of the display unit 8 displays one or more display contents of the time code, song name, album name, artist name, file name and folder name selected by the user for the reading means. In addition, the audio data is reproduced from the output unit 7 with the setting information selected from the normal reproduction, random reproduction, and repeat reproduction selected by the user.

  The user can reset the setting information and display contents by operating the keys of the operation unit 9, and the setting information and display contents are set in common or individually for each reading means 3 to 6 in exactly the same manner as described above. Can be selected.

  As described above, according to the vehicle-mounted playback device 1 according to the present embodiment, the setting information and display contents can be set for each reading unit 3 to 6, that is, for each source. By making it possible to set setting information and display contents in common in the source, it is not necessary to make settings for each source. Therefore, the troublesomeness of setting each source one by one is eliminated.

  For example, if the user likes the random playback function, when setting the setting information for one source, select all the sources or some of the favorite sources, and set the setting information for the random playback in common. If set, random playback can be enjoyed without worrying about whether or not the set source is set to random playback.

  As for the display contents, for example, if the user is concerned about the title of the song being played, when setting the display contents with one source, select all sources or some favorite sources and select them. If the display content is set to the song name in common, the song name can be displayed without worrying about whether or not the set source is set as the song name.

  In this way, it is possible to select whether to set the setting information and display contents individually for each source or to set them in common, so that a more flexible setting method can be selected and the user's preference can be selected. Can be easily played back.

  On the other hand, the user wants to display the artist name on the display unit 8 because the music of various artists is stored in the MD, HDD, etc., but for the CD, the artist's album is known as the CD inserted in the drive. If you don't want to display the artist name, you can set your own preference so that only the song name is displayed for the CD drive 3 and the artist name and song name are displayed for the MD drive 4 and HDD 5. Information and display contents can be selected.

  In this way, since it is possible to easily select setting information and display content that suits the user's preference, the in-vehicle playback device 1 can be easily customized, and at the same time, more detailed customization can be performed. Thus, the convenience and operability for the user can be improved.

  In this embodiment, the case where the storage unit 10 for storing setting information and display contents is provided in the control unit 2 has been described. However, the storage unit 10 is provided on each reading unit side, and each reading unit has a storage unit 10. The control unit may be configured to directly read information from the storage unit, and the installation position of the storage unit 10 is not limited as long as the control unit 2 of the in-vehicle playback device 1 can rewrite and set the information in common. .

  In this embodiment, normal playback, random playback, and repeat playback are set as setting information, and time code, song name, album name, artist name, file name, and folder name are listed as display contents. As can be seen, the present invention is not limited to these, and other setting information and display contents may be included.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the vehicle-mounted reproducing | regenerating apparatus concerning this embodiment. (A) shows an example of setting the initial state in the storage unit, and (B) is a diagram illustrating the storage unit when setting information and display contents are set in common. It is the figure which illustrated the memory | storage part at the time of setting each of the setting information and the display content in the some reading means in common. It is the figure which illustrated the memory | storage part at the time of setting setting information and display content in common about all the reading means.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vehicle-mounted reproducing apparatus 2 Control part 3 CD drive 4 MD drive 5 HDD
6 External media reading means 9 Operation unit 10 Storage unit

Claims (5)

A plurality of reading means for reading audio data stored in the medium based on the setting information;
Specifying a reading means to read audio data from among the plurality of reading means, setting the setting information, and setting the setting information individually or commonly for the plurality of reading means An operation unit for selecting;
A storage unit for storing each setting information set for each of the plurality of reading means;
A control unit for controlling the operation of the reading means based on the setting information stored in the storage unit,
The control unit sets the setting information of the plurality of reading units stored in the storage unit when the setting information is selected to be set in common for the plurality of reading units via the operation unit. A vehicle-mounted playback device characterized in that it can be set in common to the set information. In the case where the setting unit sets the setting information in common for the plurality of reading units, the operation unit can further select which reading unit to be set in common among the plurality of reading units,
The control unit is configured to be able to commonly set each setting information stored in the storage unit to the set setting information with respect to a reading unit in a range selected to be set in common. 1. A vehicle-mounted playback device according to 1. It has a display unit that displays based on the set display content,
The operation unit is capable of selecting whether to set the display content and to set the display content individually or commonly for the plurality of reading means,
The storage unit stores the display contents set for the plurality of reading units,
The control unit sets each display content of the plurality of reading means stored in the storage unit when it is selected that the display content is commonly set for the plurality of reading units via the operation unit. The in-vehicle playback device according to claim 1, wherein the display content can be set in common. In the case where the operation content is set in common for the plurality of reading means, the operation unit can further select which reading means to be set in common among the plurality of reading means,
The control unit is configured to be able to set each display content stored in the storage unit in common to the set display content with respect to the reading means in a range selected to be set in common. 4. The in-vehicle playback device according to 3. In the case where the operation unit sets the display content individually or in common for the plurality of reading means and sets the plurality of reading means in common for the setting information and the display content Furthermore, it is possible to independently select which reading means among the plurality of reading means is set in common,
Each of the setting information and each display of the plurality of reading means stored in the storage unit for the reading means of each range selected to be set in common for each of the setting information and the display content. 5. The on-vehicle playback device according to claim 4, wherein the content can be set in common for the set information and the display content.

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