JP3046911B2 - Data writing method and apparatus - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data writing method and apparatus for writing a plurality of data on different recording media.

[0002] In recent years, information processing apparatuses such as personal computers, word processors, workstations, and terminals have been widely used. Such information processing apparatuses use the same programs and data in the case of the same model. When a new program is developed, a previous program is revised, or new data is created or updated, users of the same type of information processing device can use it. It is necessary to manufacture a large number of recording media such as a flexible disk (FD) in which such data is written.

When such a recording medium is produced, an operation of writing a large number of data in association with each individual recording medium is performed, and it is desired to efficiently perform the operation.

[0004]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when producing a recording medium on which data such as a program is written, an operation of copying to a recording medium using original data has been performed, and there has been a method as shown in FIG.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional example. FIG. 9A is called a master read system. In this configuration, drives A and B for a flexible disk (hereinafter referred to as FD) are connected to a host 80 such as a personal computer. A plurality of data such as programs are prepared in advance as the master FD. In this case, each FD
Are written with different types of master data. One of the master FDs is set in the drive A, and the copy FD is set in the other drive B. Under the control of the host, the drive A reads data in record units and writes the data into the buffer 81 of the host.

Subsequently, the record in the buffer 81 is output to the drive B, and the writing to the copy FD is performed. Hereinafter, each record of the master FD set in the drive A is sequentially read and written in the copy FD set in the drive B in order. A label indicating the content or type is affixed to the copy FD for which writing has been completed. For example, when the FD is a set of five software packages, when each master FD is replaced, the copy FD is changed to another one and the same process is repeated to create five copy FDs. it can.

FIG. 9B is called a download method. This method includes a host 82, a disk file 83, and a drive 84. In the disk file 83, data (master data) such as a program created in advance is written in accordance with each type of copy FD. D1, D2, D3,... Are stored at each position in the file,.
Is written to one copy FD, and the data D2 is written to another copy FD.

When writing the data of the disk file 83 to the copy FD, the host 82 is previously scheduled to select data to be written for each FD. For example, in the first copy FD, is written
The second copy FD is scheduled to write data, and the copy FD is stored in the drive 8.
4 and the host 82 is instructed to create the first copy FD, the data belonging to the data D1 is read from the disk file 83 and written by the drive 84 according to the scheduling. By executing this process for each type of copy FD, various types of copy FD can be created. An operation of applying a different label to each FD created in this manner for each type is performed.

[0009]

According to the above-mentioned conventional master read method, it is not necessary to perform scheduling (order management) of write data to the FD, but it is necessary to read from the master FD and copy FD in units of one record. There is a problem that it takes a long time to write data into the memory.

[0010] Further, according to the above-mentioned conventional download method, there is a problem in that a scheduling operation for selecting write data for each FD in advance is required, which takes time and effort. In addition, when registering master data in a disk file, it is necessary to perform registration for each product (for example, one software package), and there is a problem that registration takes time.

Further, in either case, the copy FD
Since it is necessary to apply different types of labels to each other so that the label and the data to be written coincide with each other, it is troublesome to avoid accidentally applying the labels.

An object of the present invention is to provide a data writing method and apparatus capable of efficiently writing data to a recording medium without taking time and effort.

[0013]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the principle of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a sign. In FIG. 1, 1 is a recording medium, 1a is a sign displayed on the outer surface of the recording medium,
2 is a sign reading means, 3 is a processing device, 4 is a file storage unit, 5 is a write data holding means for holding write data, and 6 is a recording medium driving means for writing and reading to and from a recording medium.

According to the present invention, the recording medium before writing is
When an automatically readable sign indicating the type of the recording medium or the content to be written is displayed, and the sign is read,
The file is searched using one or a plurality of indices corresponding to the read sign, and the searched data is taken out and written to the recording medium.

[0015]

The type of data to be written to the recording medium beforehand on a part of the external surface of the recording medium before writing,
Marker 1a indicating the nature or the meaning of the data (the area in the specific data is indicated by each character constituting the mark)
Is displayed directly or above the label. As the sign, an automatically readable sign such as a bar code, a character, or a mark is used. The file storage unit 4 is provided with an index for each recording medium in advance, and each data is stored together with each index.

Here, the marker 1a will be described with reference to FIG. A. of FIG. Indicates an example in which the marker 1a corresponds to an index. One index may correspond to one marker or a plurality of indexes may correspond to one marker. By providing a table storing information, these indexes can be obtained. In addition, FIG. Is sign 1
This is an example in which a has a meaning, and "B"
In each character of 23 R 53, the leading “B” indicates the type of index information, “23” is the start position of the large block, “R” is the type of selection, and “5” is the start position of the small block. , "3" has a meaning such as the number of data, and means a specific data area as a whole. Such a sign is decoded in the processing device 3.

At the time of writing, the sign 1a is read from the recording medium 1 by the sign reading means 2. The content read by the sign reading means 2 is supplied to the processing device 3. The processing device 3 obtains the read content as an index as it is, obtains the read content as an index (one or more) using a table or the like, or decodes the meaning of each character / symbol constituting the sign. Obtain a representation of a particular data area within the index, and use the resulting index or representation of the data area to
The file storage unit 4 is searched. When detecting the data (one or more) having the index or the data in the designated data area, the processing device 3 reads and edits all the detected data and stores the data in the write data holding unit 5. .

When the recording medium 1 is set in the recording medium driving means 6, writing is started, and all the data held in the write data holding means 5 are written in the recording medium 1 by the recording medium driving means 6, and the data is written. A recording medium 1 'is obtained. It should be noted that a mark indicating that writing has been completed can be printed on a part of the surface of the recording medium 1 '.

The configuration shown in FIG. 1 is also used when storing master data from a recording medium in the file storage unit 4. In this case, a mark 1a indicating an index assigned to the recording medium is set in advance on the recording medium 1, and data (master data) corresponding to the index assigned to the recording medium 1 is recorded. When the processing device 3 instructs the data storage operation, the indicator 1a of the recording medium 1
Is read by the sign reading means 2, the necessary index 130 is called and held in the processing device 3 based on the contents set in the sign 1 a, and when the recording medium 1 is set in the recording medium driving means 6, The data of the medium 1 is read, and the processing device 3 stores the data in the file storage unit 4 in combination with the previously called index. The recording medium 1 having a plurality of master data can be stored in the file storage unit 4 in this way.

[0020]

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of the first embodiment, FIG. 4 shows a data structure stored in a disk device, and FIG. 5 shows various display formats representing indexes.

FIG. Is the configuration of the first embodiment; Shows the operation flow of the first embodiment. FIG. In, 10
Numeral 15 corresponds to each unit or device represented by reference numerals 1 to 6 in FIG.
Is a bar code reader, 12 is a host including a CPU, a memory, and an input / output device, 13 is a large-capacity hard disk device,
Reference numeral 14 denotes an extension memory, and 15 denotes a drive for writing to the FD.

In the first embodiment, a bar code 10a is printed on a part of the outer surface of the flexible disk (FD) 10 before data is recorded thereon, as a mark indicating the content to be recorded on the FD. Label is attached.

Here, various display formats representing the index will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 shows an example of a flexible disk. Is displayed in the same bar code as in the first embodiment shown in FIG. Is OCR (Optical Charac
In the case of displaying with characters for “Tar Reader”, C is the case of displaying with a bit mark representing “0” or “1” by white circles or black circles. These A. ~ C. Each of the display formats can be automatically read by a reading mechanism.

As shown in FIG. 4, each hard disk drive 13 shown in FIG. 3 stores in advance each index 130 and its corresponding write data 131 (program, etc.).
., A1, A2, b and B..., And one or a plurality of write data correspond to one index.

The operation of the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. Referring to the processing flow shown in FIG. 3, first, the barcode 10a of the FD 10 is read (S1 in FIG. 3B). This is performed by passing the FD 10 under the barcode reader 11, and the read data (a plurality of characters or symbols) is supplied to the host 12. The host 12 converts this data into an index using a table (not shown) (in the case of A in FIG. 2).

The host 12 searches the hard disk drive 13 using the index (S2). When searched, the write data corresponding to the index is read, edited, and stored in the extended memory 14 (S
3). On the other hand, the FD 10 where the bar code 10a is read
Is set to the drive 15, the drive 15 writes the write data stored in the extension memory 14 to the FD 10 (S4).

It should be noted that FIG. When the marker shown in FIG. In step S2, the host 12 decodes each character of the read sign to obtain
Obtain the data representing the data area of the specific index,
A process of extracting corresponding data from the hard disk device 13 is performed.

When the writing is completed, the FD 10 is taken out of the drive 15. After this, another F before writing
Read the bar code 10a of D10, and
When a different bar code is read, the host 12 detects the corresponding index and detects the corresponding index.
Then, the search is performed using the index, the corresponding write data is read and stored in the extension memory 14, and the drive 15 writes the data of the extension memory 14 into the FD 10.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of the second embodiment. Is a block diagram of the second embodiment; Is a processing flow of the second embodiment.
In the second embodiment, a mark indicating an index is printed or a printed label is attached to a recording medium on which master data is recorded, and the recorded data is registered in a disk device.

FIG. In the figure, reference numeral 20 denotes an FD on which master data is written, and a bar code corresponding to the content of the master data is added to 20a. 21-
Reference numeral 25 denotes the same name as each of the reference numerals 11 to 15 in the configuration of the first embodiment (see A in FIG. 3). However, as shown in the following description of the operation, an apparatus having a different function from the first embodiment is used. is there.

FIG. While referring to B. First, the bar code 20a of the FD 20 on which the master data is recorded is passed under the bar code reader 21 to read the bar code of the FD (S1 in FIG. 6B). The host 22 generates the corresponding index information based on the read code and stores it in the disk device 23 (S2). In this case, one or more indexes are generated corresponding to the barcode. On the other hand, the FD 20 is set in the drive 25, and the data of the FD is read and stored in the extension memory 24 (S3). Next, the data is registered in the data area (area associated with the previously written index information) of the disk device 23 from the extended memory (S4).

In this manner, a large number of FD data on which master data is recorded can be registered in the disk device 23 together with the respective indexes, and each data is stored in a format as shown in FIG. Using the registered master data, data corresponding to the index can be written to the FD before writing by the configuration of the first embodiment (FIG. 2).

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view of the third embodiment. Is a block diagram of the third embodiment; And C.I. Is FD
Represents different print contents. The third embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that a printing unit controlled by a host is added. That is, as in FIG. 3, 10 is an FD, 11 is a barcode reader 11, 12 is a host (or personal computer), 13 is a hard disk drive,
4 is an extended memory, 15a and 15b are drives, 2
The reason is that writing is performed in parallel to a plurality of FDs. Reference numeral 16 denotes a printing unit added in the third embodiment.

In the present invention, since a mark such as a bar code is printed on a recording medium before writing and data corresponding to the mark is written, it is impossible to distinguish between the recording medium after writing and the recording medium before writing. Therefore, printing that indicates that writing has been completed is performed on the surface of the recording medium on which writing has been completed.

When the FD 10 is used as a recording medium, if data in the extension memory 14 is written in the drive 15a or 15b by the same operation as in the first embodiment, the FD 10 is moved to the printing unit 16 for printing. .

An example of the print contents in this case is shown in FIG. And C. Shown in B. In the example, a barcode, an alphanumeric character (OCR), a bit mark, or the like is printed in order to indicate that writing has been completed at a position adjacent to the barcode representing the index. In this case, at the same time as the indicator indicating the index,
Machine reading of the recorded state becomes possible. C. In the example, the character “complete” indicating the completion of writing is printed by the printing unit 16 or a character (for example, “unfinished”) is printed on the surface of the FD before writing, and after the writing is completed, This is a method in which characters are painted out by printing the erased characters (for example, the character of ■) by the printing unit 16.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a system for writing data to a large amount of recording media. In FIG. 8, 70 is a host, 71 is a medium supply unit for storing a large amount of recording media (FD) before writing, 72 is a barcode reader, 73 and 74 are drives, 75 is a printing unit, and 76 is a writing unit. Is a medium storage unit for storing the FD for which the completion has been completed, 77 is a belt conveyor, and 78 is an F mounted on the belt conveyor.
D and 79 are housings in which a control unit, an operation unit, and a mechanism for supporting the entire system are stored, 80 is a control unit, and 81 is an operation unit including a keyboard for inputting instructions.

The host 70 shown in FIG. 8 includes a personal computer 70a, a disk device 70b, and an extended memory 70c, and these devices are connected to a bar code reader 72, drives 73, 74.
Is the same as that of the third embodiment (FIG. 6) according to 11-16.

In the medium supply unit 71, a label (bar code or the like) corresponding to the content to be written is affixed to a label on each FD group before writing, in advance. In the disk device 70b of the host 70, data is read from the FD in which a plurality of master data labeled with a barcode is recorded by the operation shown in FIG. 6, and many types of master data are registered. I have.

When the operation is started by controlling the operation unit 81,
The control unit 80 drives the belt conveyor 77. As a result, FDs are taken out one by one from the lower side of the FD group superimposed on the head of the medium supply unit 71 and
After passing through, the barcode is read. When the index represented by the barcode is input to the personal computer 70a, the personal computer 70a fetches the corresponding data from the disk device 70b by the same operation as in the first embodiment and stores it in the extension memory 70c. When the FD from which the barcode has been read arrives at the drive 73, the drive 73
Writes the data stored in the extension memory 70c. The drive 74 writes data in the FD having the same barcode as the drive 73 in parallel with the drive 73.

When the FD on which data has been written is moved to the belt conveyor 77 and reaches the printing unit 75, printing is performed in any of the formats described with reference to FIG. It is carried to the storage part 76 and stored in the form of being pushed up from the lower side in order.

[0042]

According to the present invention, the operation of writing data such as various types of programs on a large number of recording media can be performed accurately and efficiently, and a recording medium on which a large amount of data has been written can be created. Further, the recording of the master data and the creation of the recording medium on which the data is copied can be efficiently executed in cooperation with each other.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a principle configuration diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a sign.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a data configuration stored in a disk device.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing various display formats representing indexes.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a third embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a configuration diagram of a system for writing data to a large amount of recording media.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Recording medium 1a Mark displayed on the outer surface of the recording medium 2 Mark reading means 3 Processing device 4 File storage unit 5 Write data holding means 6 Recording medium driving means

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Claims (6)

(57) [Claims] In a data writing method for writing a plurality of data to different recording media determined respectively, an index and data to be written are stored in a file storage unit connected to a processing device, and an outer portion of the recording medium before writing is stored. A label corresponding to the index that is automatically readable, and reading the label on the recording medium,
A data writing method, wherein one or a plurality of data to which an index corresponding to the indicator is added are taken out from the file storage unit, arbitrarily organized, and written on a recording medium. 2. The data writing method according to claim 1, wherein when the writing of the data is completed, printing indicating the completion of the writing is performed outside the recording medium on which the writing is completed. 3. The file storage unit according to claim 1, wherein an externally readable marker is attached to an outer portion of each recording medium on which the master data is written, and an index corresponding to data obtained by reading the marker is stored in the file storage unit. Write to
A data writing method comprising: reading data on a recording medium on which the master data is written; and storing the data in the file storage unit in association with the written index. 4. A mark according to claim 1, wherein the mark attached to the recording medium is one of a barcode, an OCR character, and a bit mark printed thereon. A data writing method characterized by having a meaning. 5. A data writing apparatus for writing a plurality of data to different recording media, each of which has a recording medium before writing with an index indicating an index on an external surface, wherein the index is read from the recording medium. The recording medium comprising: a reading unit; a file storage unit in which a large number of write data corresponding to an index is stored in advance; a recording medium driving unit for writing to the recording medium; and a processing device for controlling the operation of each unit. When the sign is read by the sign reading means, the processing device obtains an index based on the read data, searches the file storage unit by the index, and writes the searched write data by the recording medium driving means. A data writing device for writing data on a recording medium. 6. The recording medium according to claim 5, further comprising: a recording medium on which an index indicating an index is displayed on an external surface, wherein the recording medium on which the master data is written is read by the marker reading means. , The processing device stores the data as index information in the file storage unit, and when the recording medium drive reads data from the recording medium on which the master data is written, the processing device stores the index in the file storage unit. A data writing device for storing data in association with information.