JP2007317332A - Disk recording/reproducing device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide disk recording/reproducing device having a label printing function capable of facilitating management of an optical disk. <P>SOLUTION: The disk recording/reproducing device capable of recording television broadcast is provided with a label printing function. When the start condition of a label printing process is set, a title candidate display frame 41 displaying a list of candidates of a plurality of printing contents, and a printing setting screen 40 including displaying of a disk image 44 of a state where a label is stuck to an optical disk are output. When one of the plurality of printing contents displayed in the title candidate display frame 41 is selected by a key operation of an operation input part, the printing content is displayed in the label drawing 44a (not shown) of a disk drawing 44 (not shown), and label printing is carried out by a label printing mechanism based on the content displayed in the label drawing 44a. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an optical disc recording / reproducing apparatus that can receive, for example, a television broadcast, record it on an optical disc, and reproduce it.

  2. Description of the Related Art Devices that record television broadcast recording data on an optical disc such as a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) such as a DVD recorder have been distributed. In recent years, optical discs capable of recording larger volumes of data using a blue-violet laser, such as HD-DVDs (high density DVDs) and Blu-ray discs, have been developed. Various other content data may be recorded.

  Conventionally, when recording data and various other content data are recorded on an optical disk, what data is stored on which optical disk by the user describing the contents of the recorded data on the upper surface of the optical disk with a dedicated oil pen or the like. It was common to display whether it was recorded.

Further, the following disclosure has been made as a prior art related to the present invention. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a software technique for outputting a file name recorded on a disc in a personal computer that can handle flexible discs and CDs (compact discs). Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-228561 discloses a device for label printing of music titles recorded on an MD in a mini disc device that records and reproduces music data on an MD (mini disc).
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-167477 Reissue WO99 / 003102

  When displaying the recorded content by entering a title or the like on the upper surface of the optical disc, first, the content data to be recorded is selected in the recording / reproducing apparatus to start data recording, and then a relatively long time is passed for data recording. This process is very complicated for the user, such as taking care not to forget the title to be entered during this relatively long data recording period, since the optical disc is taken out from the optical disc. It will be something. For example, even if the program name of the content to be recorded is not forgotten, it is easy to forget what the content is, the subtitle of the content, and the like.

  Therefore, the user often takes time and effort to write down a title to be written before data recording, or to replay the data once after data recording and check the title.

  Also, it is conceivable that various content data of various patterns are recorded together on such a large-capacity optical disk. For example, it is conceivable to record broadcast program content data with program information data, broadcast program content data without program information data, music data, and other various content data. Therefore, as in the systems disclosed in Patent Documents 1 and 2, in the configuration in which the content to be printed on the label is specified in advance, it is flexible to various content data of various patterns recorded on the optical disc, user's preference, etc. I can't respond.

  Furthermore, unlike personal computers, home appliances such as DVD recorders do not have a highly flexible input means such as a keyboard or a mouse, and mainly use cursor keys and decision keys provided on a remote controller or the like. Since the configuration accepts input from the user, there is also a problem that it is a burden on the user if it requires editing with a high degree of freedom.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a disc recording / reproducing apparatus having a label printing function that facilitates management of an optical disc on which content data is recorded.

  It is another object of the present invention to provide a label printing function of a disc recording / reproducing apparatus that can flexibly cope with the type of content data to be recorded on an optical disc, user preferences, and the like, and can easily perform operations up to printing.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention digitally records a video signal or an audio signal based on, for example, a TV broadcast signal or an input from an external input terminal on an optical disc, or reads data from the optical disc and decodes it into a video signal or an audio signal. In a disc recording / reproducing apparatus capable of output, a display processing means (for example, OSD: on-screen display processing circuit) capable of inserting a character or design display signal into an output video signal, and printing on a set label A label printing unit for performing operation, an operation input unit (for example, a remote controller) provided with a plurality of keys for inputting an operation command from the outside, and a control unit for controlling each unit. When the processing start conditions are met, a display signal of the print setting screen from which the print contents of the label print can be selected is displayed. Is output by, after printing content in the printing setting screen by the input from the operation input means is selected, and configured to execute a label print of print content selected by the label printing means.

  According to such means, by sticking the printed label to the optical disk or its case, the data content recorded on the optical disk can be easily confirmed, and the management of the optical disk becomes easy. In addition, since the content to be printed on the label is selected while looking at the print setting screen, a plurality of print content candidates are provided to the user corresponding to various cases, and various content data and user preferences can be obtained through simple operations. The corresponding label printing can be performed.

  Specifically, the print setting screen is provided with a title candidate display frame displaying a list of a plurality of print content candidates, and a plurality of prints displayed in the title candidate display frame by a key operation of the operation input unit. It is good to comprise so that either can be selected from the contents.

  The print setting screen displays a disc image with a label on the optical disc, and when the print content is selected, the print content is controlled to be displayed on the disc image label. It is good to configure as follows

  With such a configuration, the print contents can be selected by a few key operations such as a cursor key and an enter key, and the actual state where the print label is attached to the optical disk can be confirmed. Edit without mistakes.

  More specifically, when the content data and title data associated with the content data are recorded on the inserted optical disk, the print data that can be selected on the print setting screen is the title data. It is preferable to include the title of the content data based on the above.

  In addition, when recording recorded data of a broadcast program on the inserted optical disc, it is used for receiving a data broadcast accompanying the program broadcast, downloading program information data via the Internet, or inputting program title data from the user. Based on this, it is preferable to include the title of the broadcast program.

  Further, when one or a plurality of music content data is recorded in a data folder on the inserted optical disk, the folder name of the data folder may be included.

  With such a configuration, it is possible to flexibly cope with various content data recorded in various patterns on the optical disc, and to perform label printing useful for optical disc management.

  More specifically, the label printing unit may be configured to be connected to a main body unit that is loaded with an optical disc and performs processing of the optical disc, and is detachable and communicable.

  With this configuration, the label printing function can be provided as an option only to users who need it, and can be omitted for users who do not need it.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the label printing function makes it possible to easily create a printed label indicating the contents to be recorded on the optical disk, and this label is attached to the optical disk or case to facilitate management of the optical disk. I can do it.

  Also, since the user can select the content to be printed on the label on the print setting screen, it is possible to flexibly respond to the type of content data to be recorded, the file pattern, the user's preferences, etc. There is also an effect that can be performed with a simple operation.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the disk recording / reproducing apparatus of this embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the disk recording / reproducing apparatus and the label printing unit.

  The disc recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of this embodiment receives a television broadcast, encodes the video signal and audio signal into a predetermined digital format and records them on a hard disk or an optical disc, or records the recorded data recorded on the hard disc on an optical disc. It is a device that outputs video and audio by transferring or decoding these recorded data and outputting them to an external display.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the disc recording / reproducing apparatus 1 includes a tuner unit 11 that selectively receives a television broadcast signal received from an antenna AN from a plurality of channels, and a signal processing unit that performs a demodulation process on the television broadcast signal. 12, an encoder 13 that encodes video signals and audio signals into, for example, MPEG2 video data and digital audio data, a buffer control unit 14 that controls input / output timing of the video data and audio data via the buffer memory 14a, and video A decoder 15 for decoding data and audio data, an OSD processing unit 16 for overwriting display data of characters and symbols on the video signal, a video signal processing unit 17 for converting the video signal into a signal for a television receiver, and an audio signal And an audio signal processing unit 18 for performing processing such as amplification for external output.

  Further, the disc recording / reproducing apparatus 1 stores the encoded content data (video data and audio data), reads the content data, and outputs the content data to the buffer control unit 14, and the buffer control unit 14 An optical disc drive processing unit 20 for writing and reading content data to and from the optical disc D1, and a system control unit for performing overall control of the drive processing unit 20 and the hard disk 19 from the tuner unit 11 to the OSD processing unit 16 21 and a sub-control unit 22 that performs control processing such as a user interface by inputting and outputting signals between the segment display unit 25 and the operation panel 26 provided on the front surface of the apparatus main body, and a line thermal head, for example Print head 31 and platen for feeding the label paper L Driver 32A of over La 32, etc., and a composed label printing mechanism 30 or the like from the printing control unit 33 to perform these drive control.

  Of the above configuration, the system control unit 21 and the sub-control unit 22 constitute control means for performing label printing control processing. The system control unit 21 and the sub control unit 22 are each equipped with a memory storing a control program, a CPU (central processing unit) for executing the memory, and the like.

  The operation panel 26 is provided with a remote control signal light receiving portion 26a to receive an operation signal from a remote controller 28 (hereinafter referred to as a remote controller). The remote controller 28 is provided with up / down / left / right cursor keys and an enter key, as well as various operation keys.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the disk tray 4 into which the optical disk is inserted, the segment display section 25, the operation panel 26, and the like described above are provided on the front surface of the apparatus main body. Further, a label discharge port 36 through which the label paper L is discharged from the label printing mechanism 30 is provided on the front surface of the apparatus main body. The label printing mechanism 30 includes a print head 31 and a platen roller 32. For example, the set roll-shaped label paper L is driven between the platen roller 32 and the print head 31 by driving the platen roller 32 or the like. In addition, printing is performed on the label paper L by driving the print head 31 during this passage.

  The label paper L has, for example, a form in which an adhesive label having a predetermined shape having a printing surface on one surface and an adhesive surface on the back surface is attached to a continuous backing paper at predetermined intervals. Further, cut lines are provided on the backing paper at predetermined intervals in advance, and the adhesive labels can be separated one by one by separating the backing paper at the cutting lines. The adhesive label is formed in a size that can be attached to the upper surface of the optical disk or a disk case.

Next, a label printing process executed by the disc recording / reproducing apparatus 1 having the above configuration will be described.
FIG. 3 is an image diagram showing an example of a label print setting screen displayed on a display externally connected by the disk recording / reproducing apparatus of this embodiment.

  In the disc recording / reproducing apparatus of this embodiment, for example, the label printing process can be started by operating the remote controller 28 and selecting the item of the label printing process from the menu screen.

  When the label printing process is started, first, a print setting screen 40 as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on an externally connected display. In the print setting screen 40, a title candidate display frame 41 displaying a list of candidates for contents to be printed on the label is provided on the left side of the screen, and a disc image 44 showing a state where the label is attached to the optical disc is displayed on the right side of the screen. Is done. The print setting screen 40 also includes an edit menu frame 47 for performing simple editing operations such as changing the arrangement of characters to be printed on the label, an OK button 48 for executing printing, and a cancel button for canceling print setting processing. 49 etc. are also provided.

  In the title candidate display frame 41, various print content candidates are displayed corresponding to various cases. For example, when the optical disc D1 on which the previous recorded data is recorded is set on the disc tray 4 for additional recording or rewriting of the recorded data, the title of the recorded program recorded accompanying the previous recorded data Data (program name, number of broadcasts, subtitle, etc.) is displayed as print content candidates. Such title data is acquired from, for example, a data broadcast transmitted along with a television broadcast and recorded in association with recorded data, or program column data if the recording / playback apparatus has an Internet connection function. Is downloaded from a specific site on the Internet, and when recording a broadcast program, title data corresponding to the recorded data is extracted from the program column data and recorded. In addition, title data can be generated by allowing a user to input a title or the like using a software keyboard at the time of broadcast recording or recording reservation, and the title data can be recorded on the optical disc D1 in association with the recording data.

  In the title candidate display frame 41, other print content candidates are also displayed. For example, when music data recorded by another device is recorded on the optical disc D1, the folder name of the music data is displayed as a candidate for the contents to be printed. The music data is recorded in a folder for each music album, and the album name is often written in the folder.

  In the title candidate display frame 41, after setting a recording reservation on the optical disc D1, after a real-time recording operation, or after setting to move recording data recorded on the hard disk 19 to the optical disc D1. The title data associated with these broadcast programs and recorded programs is displayed as print content candidates.

  If there are many print content candidates that do not fit in the title candidate display frame 41, the contents of the display frame 41 can be scrolled with the up and down keys so that all print content candidates can be viewed.

  The disc image 44 displays a label diagram 44a showing a label pasted on the disc, and the printed content selected in the title candidate display frame 41 is an actual print pattern on the label diagram 44a. It is displayed.

  In the edit menu frame 47, for example, edit items for manipulating the arrangement of characters to be printed on the label, such as “left-justified”, “center”, and “right-justified”, are displayed. The user can select these items by operating the remote controller 28. It is in a state. By selecting these editing items, the print pattern displayed in the label diagram 44a is changed according to the editing content.

  In addition, the number of items in the edit menu frame 47 is increased to move the print line (line feed), change the character size (character large, medium, small character, etc.), change the number of label print lines, etc. An editing operation that can be realized by a simple selection operation may be performed in the same manner. Further, an editing operation may be performed in which the label attaching position is changed to the top, bottom, left, or right of the optical disc. In this case, for example, when “left” is selected, the label diagram 44a may be displayed vertically on the left side of the disc, and the print character may be changed to vertical writing.

  When the print setting screen 40 as described above is displayed, the user selects desired print contents from the title candidate display frame 41 using the up and down keys and the enter key of the remote controller 28. That is, when the cursor frame 51 is moved up and down to match the desired print content, this print content can be selected by pressing the enter key.

  When the print contents are selected in this way, the print contents are displayed in an actual print pattern on the label diagram 44a on the right side of the screen. Such printing content selection can be repeated any number of times until the line in the label FIG. 44a is filled.

  Further, during the above operation, when the user operates the left and right keys of the remote controller 28, the cursor frame 51 is moved from the title candidate display frame 41 to the edit menu frame 47, or is moved to the OK button 48 or the cancel button 49 to select them. It is possible to perform.

  When such print content selection or simple editing operation is performed, the OK button 48 is selected, and the actual label print processing is performed with the content displayed in the label diagram 44a of the disc image 44. The label after printing is discharged from the discharge port 36. The user can easily manage the content data recorded on the optical disc by attaching the label to the optical disc.

Hereinafter, the control process related to the label printing process will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.
The control process related to the label printing process includes a process for updating candidate data displayed in the title candidate display frame 41 and a print setting process for accepting an operation from the user to edit and execute label printing. Also, the candidate data update process is started based on the insertion operation of the optical disk D1, and is executed when the recording data is set to be recorded on the optical disk D1.

FIG. 4 shows a flowchart of candidate data update processing executed by the CPU of the sub-control unit 22 when a disc is inserted.
When insertion of the optical disc D1 is detected by the opening / closing operation of the disc tray 4, the candidate data update process of FIG. 4 is started. First, in step S1, the previous print title stored in the memory of the sub-control unit 22 is started. Delete candidate data. This is for updating the candidate data corresponding to the newly inserted optical disc D1.

  Next, the drive processing unit 20 is operated via the system control unit 21 to acquire file information of the optical disc D1 and confirm what file is recorded (step S2). Then, the presence or absence of previously recorded video data and title data recorded accompanying it is confirmed in this file (step S3). As a result, if there is title data, it is read and data such as the program name and subtitle is added as candidate data and stored in the memory (step S4).

  Further, it is confirmed whether or not there is a data folder storing music data in the file on the optical disc D1 (step S5). If there is, the folder name is added as candidate data and stored in the memory (step S6). Then, the candidate data update process ends.

FIG. 5 shows a flowchart of candidate data update processing executed by the CPU of the sub-control unit 22 when recording setting of recording data is performed on the optical disc.
This processing is started when a recording reservation operation to the optical disc D1, a real-time recording operation to the optical disc D1, and a moving setting of recording data from the hard disk 19 to the optical disc D1 are performed by operating the remote controller 28 or the like. In step S1, the presence / absence of title data attached to the recorded data is determined. That is, it is confirmed whether or not there is the title data corresponding to the downloaded program column data or the hard disk 19. If they exist, the title data is added to the candidate data (step S12), and the candidate data update process is terminated.

  As a result of the candidate data updating process as described above, the candidate data of the print contents corresponding to the optical disc D1 are displayed in a list in the title candidate display frame 41 as soon as the user calls the print setting screen 40.

FIG. 6 shows a flowchart of print setting processing for editing and executing label printing executed by the CPU of the sub-control unit 22.
This print setting process is started, for example, when the user selects an item for the label print process from the menu screen by operating the remote controller 28. When this processing is started, first, a command is issued to the OSD processing unit 16 via the system control unit 21 to cause the print setting screen 40 as shown in FIG. 3 to be displayed (step S21). Further, the print title candidate data is read from the memory and output, and is displayed in the title candidate display frame 41 (step S22).

  Then, after such a display is performed, an operation input from the remote control 28 is waited for and branch processing according to the operation content is performed (step S23). That is, if there is an operation signal for the up / down / left / right key of the remote control 28 or an operation signal for the enter key, the cursor is moved accordingly, the selected title is displayed on the label diagram 44a, or the edit menu frame 47 is selected. Accordingly, display processing such as changing the layout of the title display of the label diagram 44a is performed (step S24).

  If the OK button 48 is selected in the branch process of step S23, the process proceeds to step S25, where the print data is transmitted to the control unit 33 of the print mechanism 30 and the print process is performed with the print contents of the label diagram 44a. Let it run. Further, an update process such as rearranging the selected print contents to be printed in the candidate data array is performed (step S26), and then the display output of the print setting screen 40 is terminated (step S27). This print setting process is terminated.

  If the cancel button 49 is selected in the branching process of step S23, the process jumps to step S27 as it is, the display output of the print setting screen 40 is terminated, and the print setting process is terminated.

  Through the print setting process as described above, the user can perform desired label printing with a simple operation.

  As described above, according to the disk recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of this embodiment, a print label corresponding to the optical disk D1 can be created by a simple operation, whereby the data management of the optical disk can be easily performed. I can do it. Further, when setting the label printing, the actual state where the printing label is attached to the optical disc can be confirmed, so that the label can be created easily and without error.

  Further, the print setting screen displays a list of a plurality of print content title candidates that match the optical disc D1 inserted in the disc tray 4, and allows the user to select a desired title from the list. Even when various content data is recorded in a simple pattern, it is possible to flexibly cope with the creation of useful labels useful for managing the optical disc D1.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made. For example, the candidate data displayed in the title candidate display frame 41 is not limited to that shown in the embodiment, and may include various data. Further, the display form of the title candidate display frame 41 and the screen configuration of the print setting screen 40 are not limited to the form of FIG. 3, and various changes can be made.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the label print setting process is started when the item of the label print process is set from the menu display. However, at the start of recording on the optical disc, at the end of recording, or Alternatively, the label printing setting process may be automatically started at the time when the reserved recording is set as a start condition.

  In the above embodiment, the configuration in which the printing mechanism 30 is built in the apparatus main body has been exemplified. However, the printing mechanism 30 is separated from the apparatus main body as an external device by cable connection or wireless or infrared communication connection. May be.

It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the disc recording / reproducing apparatus of embodiment of this invention. It is the perspective view which showed the external appearance structure and label printing part of the disc recording / reproducing apparatus. It is an image figure which shows an example of the label printing setting screen displayed by the disc recording / reproducing apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the candidate data update process performed by CPU of a sub control part at the time of disk insertion. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the candidate data update process performed by CPU of a sub-control part when recording setting of recording data to an optical disk is performed. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the print setting process performed by CPU of a sub control part.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Disc recording / reproducing apparatus D1 Optical disk 16 OSD process part 19 Hard disk 20 Drive process part 21 System control part 22 Sub-control part 28 Remote control 30 Printing mechanism 31 Print head 32 Platen roller 33 Print control part 36 Label discharge port 40 Print setting screen 41 Title Candidate display frame 44 Disc image 44a Label figure 47 Edit menu display frame

Claims (8)

In a disc recording / reproducing apparatus capable of inputting a TV broadcast signal to digitally record a video signal or an audio signal on an optical disc, or reading out data from the optical disc and decoding it into a video signal or an audio signal and outputting it.
Display processing means capable of inserting character and design display signals into the output video signal;
Label printing means for printing on the set label;
An operation input unit provided with a plurality of keys for inputting operation commands from the outside;
Control means for controlling each part,
The control means includes
When the label print processing start condition is reached, a title candidate display frame displaying a list of a plurality of print content candidates and a print setting screen display signal including a disk image with a label attached to the optical disk Output by the display processing means,
It is possible to select any one of a plurality of print contents displayed in the title candidate display frame by a key operation of the operation input unit, and when any one of the print contents is selected, the disc image is labeled. Display the print contents,
A disc recording / reproducing apparatus characterized in that the label printing means can execute the same label printing as the printing content displayed on the label of the disc image. In a disc recording / reproducing apparatus capable of digitally recording a video signal and an audio signal on an optical disc, or reading data from an optical disc and decoding it into a video signal and an audio signal,
Display processing means capable of inserting character and design display signals into the output video signal;
Label printing means for printing on the set label;
An operation input unit provided with a plurality of keys for inputting operation commands from the outside;
Control means for controlling each part,
The control means includes
When the start condition of the label printing process is reached, a display signal of a print setting screen capable of selecting the printing contents of the label printing is output by the display processing means, and the input from the operation input means causes the print setting screen to be displayed. A disc recording / reproducing apparatus, wherein after a print content is selected, a label print of the print content selected by the label printing means is executed. In the print setting screen,
A title candidate display frame that lists a plurality of print content candidates is provided,
3. The disc recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein any one of a plurality of print contents displayed in the title candidate display frame can be selected by a key operation of the operation input unit. In the print setting screen,
The disc image with the label attached to the optical disc is displayed,
4. The disc recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the disc content is controlled to be displayed on a label of the disc image when the print content is selected. The print contents that can be selected on the print setting screen include:
The title of the content data is included based on the title data when content data and title data associated with the content data are recorded on the inserted optical disc. 5. The disk recording / reproducing apparatus according to any one of 4 above. The print contents that can be selected on the print setting screen include:
When recording the recorded data of a broadcast program on the inserted optical disc, based on the reception of the data broadcast accompanying the program broadcast, the download of program information data via the Internet, or the input of program title data from the user 6. The disc recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a title of the broadcast program is included. The print contents that can be selected on the print setting screen include:
The folder name of the data folder is included when one or a plurality of music content data is recorded in a data folder on the inserted optical disk. Disc recording / playback device. The label printing means is
8. The disk recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the disk recording / reproducing apparatus is connected to a main body unit that performs processing of the optical disk when the optical disk is mounted.

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