JP2008028991A - Imaging apparatus, recording apparatus, and control method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To take precautions for vibrations transmitted on an HDD by opening and closing a disk cover of an optical disk in an imaging apparatus provided with the HDD and the optical disk. <P>SOLUTION: The imaging apparatus includes a first recording apparatus (an optical disk drive) for recording information in a detachable recording medium, and a second recording apparatus (HDD) for recording information in a built-in recording medium. The first recording apparatus includes an opening and closing cover for taking out the recording medium and means for opening and closing the cover, and during access to the second recording apparatus, opening operation of the cover by the cover opening and closing means is forbidden. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The technical field relates to a recording apparatus such as an imaging apparatus and a control method thereof, and more particularly to a technique for protecting a recording medium such as a hard disk from vibration and preventing destruction.

  An imaging device such as a video camera can shoot both moving images and still images, and has a recording unit suitable for both moving images and still images. Is popular.

As a conventional technique of this type of imaging apparatus, there is a technique described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-193678 (Patent Document 1). In this publication, a problem is described as “providing an imaging device with excellent operability and low power consumption.” As a means for solving the problem, “a plurality of shooting modes and different types of removable recordings for the shooting modes are provided. Depending on the shooting mode, one recording medium is prohibited from attaching / detaching, and one recording medium 1009 is housed in a cover that covers the other recording medium 1020. One recording medium 1009 is attached / detached. By prohibiting, it is excellent in operability, and low power consumption can be suppressed by eliminating useless movement of the storage portion or the like. "

JP 2004-193678 A

In recent years, various types of recording media have become widespread, including HDD (Hard Disk Drive).
Some are relatively vulnerable to vibrations such as When the HDD is not being accessed, the head is held in a head dedicated place other than on the disk, and the head is moved onto the disk only when the head is accessed for recording or reproducing operations. During access, the head is held on the disk at a slight distance of several tens of nanometers from the disk surface. For this reason, if vibration is applied during access, the head and the disk are likely to come into contact with each other, causing a malfunction. That is, the HDD is configured to be vulnerable to vibration during access. Therefore, in the case of a portable imaging device such as a video camera, it is necessary to consider vibration and impact.

  On the other hand, in the case of an imaging device incorporating an HDD, attention has been focused on easily moving or copying (dubbing) video data recorded on a hard disk to an optical disk. Therefore, an imaging apparatus having both an HDD and a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) drive is desired. Thus, even in the case of a portable imaging device such as a video camera having two drives, consideration for miniaturization is necessary. For this reason, when an HDD is built in a lid portion (hereinafter referred to as a disc cover) that opens and closes to take out a DVD, it is necessary to consider vibrations applied to the HDD due to opening and closing of the disc cover.

However, when the conventional technique described in Patent Document 1 is used, the DVD cover cannot be taken out even if the disc cover that covers the DVD that is another recording medium is opened. It is possible for the user to open it. For this reason, there is a problem that vibration is applied to the HDD when the disk cover as the lid is opened, and this vibration may cause not only malfunction of access to the HDD but also destruction of the HDD itself.

  Therefore, for example, in an image pickup apparatus including a first recording device and a second recording device, the first recording device prohibits the opening operation of the second recording device while the first recording device is accessing, thereby causing a second operation due to vibration of the opening operation. An imaging apparatus capable of preventing malfunction and destruction of one recording apparatus is provided.

  According to the above means, for example, the user can be relieved.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment suitable for the implementation of the present invention will be described.

  An example of the appearance of a video camera will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 as an example of the imaging apparatus of the present embodiment. The imaging device may be a digital still camera or the like other than a video camera. Further, it is suitable for a recording apparatus as well as an imaging apparatus.

  2 is a front perspective view of the imaging apparatus, and FIG. 3 is a rear perspective view of the imaging apparatus.

Reference numeral 201 denotes an optical lens, a lens block made up of an image pickup device such as a CCD, 202 a disk cover which is a lid that opens and closes for attaching and detaching a DVD, 203 an operation button, and 204 an LCD in which a liquid crystal panel display is housed Reference numeral 205 denotes a dubbing button (not limited to the LCD, but may be, for example, an organic EL display; collectively referred to as a side display section). In FIG. 2, the memory card slot for inserting the memory card is arranged inside, although it is hidden behind the LCD unit 204 and cannot be seen. Reference numeral 301 denotes an HDD cover serving as a cover for covering the hard disk; 302, an HDD serving as a second recording device; 303, a mode selection switch for mode selection such as HDD mode and DVD mode, and power on / off; 304, a disk cover An eject button 305 to be pressed when opening 202, and an access lamp 305 that is lit while the DVD drive or HDD 302 is being accessed. Although not visible in FIG. 3, a DVD drive serving as a first recording device is disposed inside the disc cover 202.

  When the dubbing button 205 is pressed while the HDD mode is set by the mode selection switch 303, the dubbing mode is entered and a dubbing operation can be performed from the HDD 302 to the DVD drive. The mode selection switch 303 selects the HDD mode or the DVD mode when shooting a moving image, and selects the memory card mode when shooting a still image. Further, when turning off the power, the power off is selected.

  Here, when the HDD 302 is being accessed in the dubbing mode or the like, the access lamp 305 is lit. As described above, since the access lamp 305 is lit while the HDD 302 is being accessed, the user sees the access lamp 305 and notices that the disk cover 301 is not opened because the HDD 302 is being accessed. In addition, since the eject button 304 and the access lamp 305 are close to each other as shown in FIG. 3, the user can easily recognize whether the HDD 302 is being accessed.

  Next, an outline of the operation and signal flow of the imaging apparatus of the present embodiment will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of an imaging apparatus according to the present embodiment.

Reference numeral 100 denotes an imaging device (for example, a video camera) that digitally records a captured moving image or still image after data processing and compression. Reference numeral 101 denotes a lens, an image sensor (CCD (Charge-Coupled
Device), a CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor)), and an imaging unit (corresponding to 201 in FIG. 2) including an image processing circuit, and generates a predetermined video signal from an optical image from a subject. A data processing unit 102 digitizes the video signal generated and sent by the imaging unit 101 and compresses and encodes it into image data or decodes a reproduction signal from a recording medium. Reference numeral 103 denotes a memory that temporarily holds the compression-coded image data from the data processing unit 102. Reference numeral 104 denotes an optical disk drive that is a first recording device that records image data sent from the memory 103 on an optical disk that is a recording medium and reads a reproduction signal from the inserted optical disk. A detachable recording medium (optical disc) for recording. Optical discs include DVD and BD (Blu-ray Disc)
HD-DVD (High Definition DVD), and in this embodiment, a DVD will be described as an example. Reference numeral 106 denotes a control unit that controls the entire video camera 100. Reference numeral 107 denotes a display unit that displays various types of information such as video captured by the imaging unit 101, video reproduced by the DVD drive 104, and user operation guides (corresponding to 204 in FIG. In addition to the finder part. Reference numeral 108 denotes an operation unit for inputting user instructions. The operation unit may be a touch panel. Reference numeral 109 denotes an HDD which is a second recording device that records image data sent from the memory 103 on a built-in hard disk and reads a reproduction signal from the hard disk (corresponding to 302 in FIG. 3). Reference numeral 110 denotes an eject button (corresponding to 304 in FIG. 3) for opening a lid that opens and closes to attach / detach the DVD 105 to / from the DVD drive 104, and is included in the operation unit 108. Reference numeral 111 denotes a disk cover opening / closing mechanism which is a lid opening / closing means for opening the disk cover (202 in FIG. 3). Reference numeral 112 denotes a dubbing button (corresponding to 205 in FIG. 3) that is pressed when dubbing video image data recorded on the hard disk by the HDD 109 to the DVD 105 by the DVD drive 104 via the memory 103. It is. Reference numeral 113 denotes a memory card slot for recording the image data sent from the memory 103 on a memory card as a recording medium and reading a reproduction signal from the inserted memory card. Reference numeral 114 denotes a removable recording medium (memory card) for recording image data.

The user can select the DVD mode, the HDD mode, and the memory card mode with the mode selection switch of the operation unit 108. When the DVD mode is selected, the user can take an image when the operation unit 108 performs an operation for recording. The video image data captured by the unit 101 is recorded on the DVD 105 by the DVD drive 104 and is controlled by the control unit 106 so that the video image data read from the DVD 105 by the DVD drive 104 is played back during playback. Here, “being accessed by the DVD drive 104” means a state in which data is exchanged with the DVD disk. In the DVD mode, if the DVD drive 104 is not being accessed, when the eject button 110 is pressed, an eject command is issued by the control unit 106, the disc cover opening / closing mechanism 111 operates, the disc cover is opened, and the DVD 105 is attached / detached. Can do. Video information captured by the imaging unit 101 and audio information acquired by a microphone are temporarily stored in the memory 103, and power is saved when the information is accumulated on a DVD intermittently after a certain amount of information is accumulated. Is peeled off.

  When the HDD mode is selected, when an operation for recording (for example, pressing of the shooting button) is performed by the operation unit 108, access is made and image data of the video shot by the imaging unit 101 is transferred to the hard disk in the HDD 109. When the operation unit 108 performs an operation for reproduction, the control unit 106 controls the video image data read from the hard disk in the HDD 109 to be reproduced.

  Here, even if the eject button 110 is pressed while the HDD is being accessed, the control unit 106 does not issue an eject command, and the disc cover opening / closing mechanism 111 does not operate, so the disc cover is not opened. At the time of recording operation and reproducing operation of the HDD 109, the head moves from a dedicated head saving place other than on the hard disk to the hard disk for recording or reproduction. In the present embodiment, “accessing to the HDD 109” means, in a narrow sense, a state in which the head is not in a head-only retreat area.

However, video information captured by the imaging unit 101 and audio information acquired by the microphone are temporarily stored in the memory 103, and intermittently after a certain amount of information (for example, determined by the buffer capacity) is accumulated. If the HDD 109 is used for recording, power saving can be achieved. Further, even during reproduction, a certain amount of information is temporarily stored in the memory 103 from the HDD 109 for reproduction, and power can be saved by intermittent reading from the hard disk drive. In these cases, when the recording or reproduction is not intermittently performed, it is preferable that the head of the HDD is retracted to a head dedicated place because the impact resistance of the recording apparatus is improved.

  As described above, there are two types of processing when information is recorded from the imaging unit 101 or the like but the head is retracted (a state where the head is retracted during intermittent recording). One is to allow the disk cover to open because the head is retracted. However, in this case, it is required to store information such as input video and audio in the memory 103 while the disc cover is open. The other is that even if the head is retracted, it is regarded as being accessed and the disk cover is prohibited from being opened. In view of this case, in the present embodiment, “accessing to the HDD 109” includes not only the state where the head of the HDD 109 is not in the save position in the broad sense, but also includes intermittent recording and intermittent reproduction with respect to the HDD 109. “Medium” has a broad meaning. Note that intermittent recording indicates a series of operations in which information is stored in the memory 103 and information is recorded in the HDD 109 at a predetermined timing or capacity in response to a user's recording start instruction (for example, a photographing instruction). For example, when the user's recording stop instruction is received, the intermittent recording is canceled. “Intermittent reproduction” indicates a series of operations in which information is accumulated from the HDD 109 to the memory 103 at a predetermined timing or capacity in response to a user's reproduction start instruction or dubbing start instruction.

The video image data recorded on the hard disk in the HDD 109 can also be dubbed to the DVD 105 by the DVD drive 104. When the user presses the dubbing button 112 on the operation unit 108 in the HDD mode, the dubbing mode is entered. The video image data recorded on the hard disk is read out and recorded on the DVD 105 by the DVD drive 104. In the dubbing mode, if the HDD is not being accessed (in either a narrow sense or a broad sense), when the eject button 110 is pressed, an eject command is issued by the control unit 106, the disc cover opening / closing mechanism 111 operates, and the disc cover is opened. . However, if the HDD is being accessed, even if the eject button 110 is pressed, the control unit 106 does not issue an eject command, the disk cover opening / closing mechanism 111 does not operate, and the disk cover is not opened. Can be prevented when the HDD 109 is accessing, and malfunction of the HDD 109 and destruction of the disk and data can be prevented.

The opening and closing of the disk cover of the image pickup apparatus of the present embodiment will be further described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 4 shows a cross-sectional example in a state where the disk cover of the imaging apparatus is closed, and FIG. 5 shows a cross-sectional example in a state where the disk cover of the imaging apparatus is opened. 4 and 5 show a state in which a cross section cut along a plane perpendicular to the imaging direction is viewed from the imaging direction. In other words, a state cut from the upper left to the lower right in FIG. 3 is viewed from the lower left to the upper right in FIG.

Reference numeral 401 denotes a DVD drive, and 402 denotes a claw for locking the disc cover 202 constituting a disc cover opening / closing mechanism for opening the disc cover 202. Note that the disc cover opening / closing mechanism (corresponding to 111 in FIG. 1) of this embodiment includes a tab 402, a locking portion (not shown) of the DVD drive 401 for engaging the tab 402 and locking the disc cover 202, Loading motor (not shown) for releasing the engagement between the tab 402 and the lock portion
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  When the DVD mode 401 is set by the mode selection switch 303 and the DVD drive 401 is not being accessed, when the user presses the eject button 304, the disc cover 202 is opened as shown in FIG. . Further, when the dubbing button 205 is pressed while the HDD mode is set by the mode selection switch 303, the dubbing mode is set. When the HDD 302 is not being accessed, when the user presses the eject button 304, the disc cover 202 is displayed as shown in FIG. Opens, and the DVD 105 can be attached and detached. In FIG. 5, when opened, the boss 403 through which the center hole of the optical disk passes is exposed.

Here, a mechanism for opening the disc cover 202 will be described. When the disc cover 202 is closed, the tab 402 is engaged with the lock portion of the DVD drive 401. When the user presses the eject button 304, the loading motor constituting the disc cover opening / closing mechanism 111 operates so that the tab 402 is detached from the lock portion of the DVD drive 401, and the disc cover 202 is opened as shown in FIG. The disc cover 202 naturally opens to a predetermined position and stops. At that time, vibration is applied to the HDD 302. Therefore, when the HDD 302 is being accessed, the disk cover 202 is not opened even when the user presses the eject button 304, so that vibration is not applied to the HDD 302. It is possible to prevent malfunction and destruction of the HDD 302 due to vibration caused by opening. Opening / closing of the disk cover is detected by a sensor or switch for detecting opening / closing of the disk cover, software for detecting depression of the eject button 304, etc.

  Next, the flow of processing when the eject button of the image pickup apparatus of the present embodiment is operated will be described.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a processing example when the eject button of the imaging apparatus is operated in the first embodiment.

  When the user presses the eject button 304 in step 601, the process proceeds to step 602. In step 602, it is determined whether the current mode is the HDD mode, the DVD mode, the card mode, or the power is OFF. If it is the HDD mode, the process proceeds to step 604, if it is the DVD mode, the process proceeds to step 603, and if it is the card mode and the power is off, the process proceeds to step 607. The loading motor operates to remove the tab 402, the disc cover 202 is opened, and the DVD 105 can be attached and detached.

  In step 603, it is determined whether the DVD drive 104 is being accessed. If the DVD drive 104 is being accessed, the process proceeds to step 606 and the eject command from the user is ignored, and the eject process is terminated. If the DVD drive 104 is not being accessed, the process proceeds to step 607 where an eject command from the user is accepted, the loading motor constituting the disc cover opening / closing mechanism 111 operates to remove the tab 402, the disc cover 202 is opened, and the DVD 105 It can be attached and detached.

  In step 604, it is determined whether the current dubbing mode is set. If it is in the dubbing mode, the process proceeds to step 605. If it is not in the dubbing mode, the process proceeds to step 606, and the ejection command from the user is ignored and the ejection process is terminated. In addition, it is better to display a message that the disc cover cannot be opened instead of ignoring.

  In step 605, it is determined whether the HDD 302 is currently being accessed. If the HDD 302 is being accessed, the process proceeds to step 606, where the ejection command from the user is ignored and the ejection process is terminated. If the HDD 302 is not being accessed, the process proceeds to step 607, where an eject command from the user is accepted, the loading motor constituting the disk cover opening / closing mechanism 111 operates to remove the tab 402, the disk cover 202 is opened, and the DVD 105 is attached / detached. It can be carried out.

Note that the reason why the disc cover is specifically allowed to open in the dubbing mode is that DVD is also used for dubbing unlike the shooting and playback to the HDD, and for example, the capacity of the DVD is insufficient. This is because the need to open the disc cover such as replacement is generated during the dubbing process. Further, when not accessing in the dubbing mode, for example, a list of thumbnails of data recorded in the HDD and a free space of the DVD are displayed and a dubbing start instruction is awaited. If there is not enough free space on the DVD, there is a need to replace the disc.

  As described above, since the disk cover 202 is not opened when the HDD 303 is being accessed, vibration due to the opening operation of the disk cover 202 is not applied to the HDD 303 while the HDD 303 is being accessed. Can be prevented. Also, an accident can be prevented when the user accidentally presses the eject button 110.

  In the imaging apparatus of the present embodiment, there are two recording devices, a DVD drive that is a first recording device and an HDD that is a second recording device, but each of the first and second recording devices includes a plurality of recording devices. You may have a recording device. Moreover, it is not limited to the combination of an optical disk drive and HDD.

  In addition, the disk cover portion is suitable for the HDD placement position. This is because the heat from the main body side, which generates a large amount of heat, is less likely to be transmitted to the hard disk drive side, which generates a small amount of heat, and the temperature rise on the hard disk drive side is kept lower than the internal space on the main body side. In addition, the temperature of one side of the optical disk rises due to the heat from the heat generating part such as the substrate on the main body side, but the temperature rises due to the heat of the hard disk drive that also generates heat on the opposite side. This also solves the problem that the optical disk warps due to the temperature difference between the front and back sides. Also, since the hard disk drive is arranged on the grip side, the center of gravity of the camera on the LCD side moves closer to the grip side, so that the user can easily hold the video camera and it is easy to handle. Further, since the hard disk drive is arranged on the grip side, the hard disk cover has a bulging shape, fits to the user's hand, is easy to hold, and has the effect of correcting camera shake during recording (Japanese Patent Application No. 2006-2006). No. 162964).

  However, when the HDD is arranged in other movable parts, the operation of the movable part being accessed by the HDD may be prohibited. Further, even if the HDD is located at a non-movable part, there is a possibility that the impact of the movable part may be applied. Therefore, the operation of the movable part such as a disk cover may be prohibited while the HDD is being accessed. In particular, the present invention is effective because the impact is great in the open / close disc cover shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 instead of the slide type or slot-in type. The openable disc cover is a disc cover that exposes the boss 403 through which the center hole of the optical disc passes when opened.

  In the first embodiment, when the HDD mode is not the dubbing mode, even if the eject button 110 is pressed, the control unit 106 does not issue an eject command, and the disc cover opening / closing mechanism 111 does not operate, so the disc cover is not opened. Even if the HDD 109 is not being accessed even in the HDD mode, when the eject button 110 is pressed, the control unit 106 may issue an eject command, the disk cover opening / closing mechanism 111 operates, and the disk cover may be opened. In this case, step 604 in FIG. 6 is omitted. According to the second embodiment, the user can attach and detach the DVD 105 without switching the mode selection switch of the operation unit 108 even when the mode selection switch of the operation unit 108 is set to the HDD mode. .

  When the disc cover is opened after the disc cover is opened, playback, shooting, and dubbing instructions to the HDD are not accepted. This is because an impact is applied when the disc cover is closed. If a playback, shooting, or dubbing instruction is received on the HDD while the disc cover is open, a caution message may be displayed on the display unit 107 to close the disc cover. If the disc cover has been opened for a long time, a caution message may be displayed on the display unit 107 to close the disc cover.

  In the second embodiment, the disk cover is not operated during access. However, unlike shooting that cannot miss the shutter timing, even when HDD data is played back, even if playback is stopped and the HDD head is temporarily retracted, it can be played back later. It may be good.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a processing example when the eject button is operated in the third embodiment. The same steps as those in FIG.

If the HDD mode is set in step 602, the process proceeds to step 605 with step 604 in FIG. Here, when shooting in the HDD mode, the disc cover is not opened in step 606. On the other hand, when the reproduction is performed in the HDD mode, the process proceeds to step 802, where the access to the HDD 109 is stopped (intermittent reproduction is stopped) and the head is retracted. At this time, it is preferable to display on the display unit 107 a message to pause playback of the HDD because an instruction to eject the DVD has been issued. Before stopping, it is better to ask for confirmation by issuing a confirmation message asking whether playback is paused and the disc cover can be opened. When access is stopped in step 802, the process proceeds to step 607 and the disc cover 202 is opened.

  When it is detected that the disc cover is closed again, the reproduction is resumed from the position where the reproduction (access) is stopped.

  It is not desirable to open the disc cover of the DVD because data is being dubbed from the HDD to the DVD at the time of dubbing, not at the time of shooting or playback, but when the HDD eject button 110 is pressed, the dubbing is stopped. A confirmation message such as whether the disc cover may be opened or not may be displayed on the display unit 107.

  According to the third embodiment, the DVD can be exchanged without stopping the reproduction of the HDD each time during reproduction or dubbing on the HDD. However, during shooting unique to the imaging apparatus, shooting can be prevented from being paused even when the eject button 110 is pressed so as not to miss the shutter timing.

The combination of the hard disk drive and the optical disk drive has been described above. The present invention is particularly suitable for a hard disk that is not resistant to impact and is installed on a movable part, but the combination is not limited to this. For example, the present invention can be applied to a semiconductor memory and an optical disk, a semiconductor memory and a hard disk, a semiconductor memory and a semiconductor memory, and a hard disk and a hard disk. The hard disk may be removable such as iVDR.

Block diagram of configuration example of imaging device Front perspective view of appearance example of imaging device Rear perspective view of appearance example of imaging device Sectional view of an example of a state in which the disc cover of the imaging device is closed Sectional view of an example of a state where the disc cover of the imaging device is opened Flow chart of a processing example when the eject button of the image pickup apparatus is operated (1) Flow chart of a processing example when the eject button of the imaging apparatus is operated (2)

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Imaging device, 101 ... Imaging part, 102 ... Data processing part, 103 ... Memory, 104 ... DVD drive, 105 ... Recording medium (DVD), 106 ... Control part, 107 ... Display part, 1
08 ... Operation unit 109 ... HDD, 110 ... Eject button, 111 ... Eject motor, 112 ... Dubbing button, 113 ... Memory card slot, 114 ... Recording medium (memory card), 201 ... Lens block, 202 ... Disc cover, 203 ... operation buttons, 2
04 ... LCD unit, 205 ... dubbing button, 301 ... HDD cover, 302 ... HDD, 303 ... mode selection switch, 304 ... eject button, 305 ... access lamp, 401 ... DVD drive, 402 ... tab

Claims (14)

An imaging apparatus having an imaging unit, a first recording unit that records information on a first recording medium, and a second recording unit that records information on a second recording medium,
An imaging apparatus comprising: a removal monitoring unit that prohibits removal of the first recording medium while the second recording unit is accessing the second recording medium. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1,
The first recording unit has a lid that opens when the first recording medium is removed,
The image pickup apparatus, wherein the take-out monitoring unit prohibits the removal of the first recording medium by prohibiting the lid from opening. The imaging apparatus according to claim 2,
The second recording unit is an imaging device disposed on the lid. The imaging device according to claim 1, wherein
The take-out monitoring unit is an image pickup apparatus that prohibits removal of a recording medium by ignoring an instruction to remove the recording medium from a user at an operation unit. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
The term “during access” refers to an imaging apparatus that is a period from when a recording start instruction is received by a user through the operation unit until a recording stop instruction is received. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
The take-out monitoring unit is an image pickup apparatus that displays a message on a display unit when the removal of the recording medium is prohibited. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
The second recording unit is an imaging apparatus which is a hard disk drive. A method for controlling an apparatus having a first recording unit that reads and writes information from and to a first recording medium and a second recording unit that reads and writes information from and to a second recording medium,
In the dubbing mode of information from the second recording medium to the first recording medium, removal of the first recording medium is prohibited while the second recording unit is accessing the second recording medium And permitting the removal of the first recording medium while the second recording unit is not accessing the second recording medium,
A control method for prohibiting removal of the first recording medium when not in a dubbing mode of information from the second recording medium to the first recording medium. The control method according to claim 8, comprising:
In the recording mode in which information is recorded in the second recording unit, removal of the first recording medium is prohibited. The control method according to claim 8 or 9, wherein
The access is a period from the start of dubbing in the dubbing mode to the completion of the started dubbing. A first recording unit for reading and writing information on a first recording medium;
A second recording unit that reads and writes information from and on a second recording medium;
In the dubbing mode of information from the second recording medium to the first recording medium, removal of the first recording medium is prohibited while the second recording unit is accessing the second recording medium And permitting removal of the first recording medium while the second recording unit is not accessing the second recording medium,
And a control unit that prohibits removal of the first recording medium when not in a dubbing mode of information from the second recording medium to the first recording medium. A method for controlling an apparatus having a first recording unit that reads and writes information from and to a first recording medium and a second recording unit that reads and writes information from and to a second recording medium,
When the second recording unit is accessing the second recording medium and recording information on the second recording medium, the second recording unit prohibits removal of the first recording medium,
A control method for permitting removal of the first recording medium when the second recording unit is reproducing information from the second recording medium while accessing the second recording medium. The control method according to claim 12, comprising:
A control method for stopping reproduction of information from the second recording medium when permitting removal of the first recording medium. The control method according to claim 12, comprising:
A control method for outputting a confirmation message as to whether or not the first recording medium can be removed when permitting the removal of the first recording medium.

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