JP3140972B2 - Information processing device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus capable of writing various kinds of information on an information recording medium such as a flexible disk and a magneto-optical disk.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An information processing apparatus of this kind has a function of automatically writing all or a part of large-capacity data to a flexible disk and automatically reading data recorded on a large amount of flexible disk. The one provided with is general. Normally, such an information processing apparatus has a function of storing a plurality of flexible disks in a stacked state in the vertical direction, unloading the stacked flexible disks one by one, and writing or reading the various types of information. It is provided with.

Here, the procedure will be described focusing on the case where all or a part of the large-capacity data among the above functions is automatically written to a flexible disk.

A. Each flexible disk is initialized in advance in a predetermined format (write format such as MSDOS or JIS standard) according to data to be written.

B. The initialized flexible disks are aligned according to the writing order of the data to be written, and these are stacked and stored.

C. This initialized flexible disk is unloaded one by one and its format (writing format)
Read the contents.

D. If the read format (write format) is correct, the data is written. On the other hand, if the content is not correct, the fact is notified and the operator waits until the flexible disk is replaced.

[0008]

As described above, in the conventional apparatus, it is necessary to initialize each flexible disk in advance, and prior to writing data, the format (write format) contents are accessed one by one. You also need to confirm. In addition, if the data to be written does not correspond to the format (writing format) contents, the operator must process each time. As described above, in the conventional apparatus, the preparation work until the data writing is performed and the work during the writing operation are complicated, and therefore, there is no problem that the time required to complete the writing is unnecessarily long. It remained a solution.

In the conventional apparatus, the integrated flexible disks are taken out one by one from the flexible disks stacked on the uppermost stage. However, the flexible disks must be moved toward the lower stage. It is difficult to carry them out one by one by the method.
The mechanism must be complicated.

[0010]

Therefore, the present invention provides a recording medium which can be easily used.
Data can be written reliably, and the written recording medium can be
It is an object of the present invention to provide an information processing device that can selectively store information.

[0012]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a plurality of integrated information recording media are sequentially carried out one by one, and a predetermined number of information recording media are taken out of the carried out information recording media. In an information processing apparatus capable of writing information, write information specifying means provided on each of the plurality of information recording media and having specific information indicating a format for the write information to be written on the information recording medium, Detecting means for detecting the specific information before writing the write information on the information recording medium; writing means for receiving the unloaded information recording medium and writing predetermined information on the information recording medium; Means for giving an initialization instruction corresponding to the format specified by the identification information detected by the information processing apparatus, and the writing means in response to the initialization instruction, Means for initializing the information recording medium received by the writing means, control means for controlling the writing means to write predetermined information on the initialized information recording medium, and completion of writing by the writing means. A storage unit for selectively storing the information recording medium and a control unit for controlling the selective storage of the information recording medium in the storage unit are provided.

(Operation) In the operation of the present invention having the configuration for achieving the above object, the specific information attached to the information recording medium is detected by the detecting means. The control means initializes the format specified by the detected specific information and writes the write information.
Information recording medium. In addition, the control means
Selective storage of the inserted information recording medium is performed.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information processing apparatus as one embodiment, FIGS. 2 and 3 are perspective views showing the external configuration, FIG. 2 is a front view, FIG. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an internal configuration of the information processing apparatus illustrated in FIG. 5.

The information processing apparatus shown in FIGS.
U, etc., a control unit 1 serving as a control center of the entire apparatus, stabilizing power supplies 2 and 3 for supplying power, an unloading means 31 described later, and a flexible disk FD as an inserted information recording medium. (Hereinafter, simply referred to as a flexible disk FD), a disk driver 4 for recording and reproducing various information, a gear motor 9 for driving a set mechanism 37 for setting the flexible disk FD in the disk driver 4, and an operation for performing various input instructions. Panel 27,
A sensor 14 disposed on the unloading means 31, a stacking unit 28 for stacking and stacking the flexible disks FD in a substantially vertical direction, and a sensor 15 disposed on the transport path of the flexible disk FD discharged from the stacking unit 28 Or 1
7, a pinch roller 47 disposed in front of the disk driver 4 so as to sandwich the transport path, a motor 7 for driving the pinch roller 47, and a flexible disk FD on which write processing and read processing have been performed. Sensors 18 to 21 arranged in storage sections 29 and 30 for storage
And a sensor 23 arranged near the disk driver 4
25, a sensor 33 disposed in the stacking unit 28 and detecting a stacking state of the stacked flexible disks FD, interfaces 13, 22, 26 between the sensor group and the control unit 1, and the writing process. And the flexible disk FD on which the reading process has been performed is stored in the storage unit 2.
A solenoid 10 for driving the selection member 34 so as to be housed in one of the discs 9 and 30; a solenoid 11 for driving a discrimination member 35 for discriminating the flexible disk FD carried to the disc driver 4; 4 includes a solenoid 12 for driving a discharge member 36 for carrying out the flexible disk FD in the storage unit 4 and a storage unit 46 such as a ROM and a RAM for storing programs, data, and the like.

As shown in FIG. 5, the flexible disk FD contains write data (data to be written) to be written on the flexible disk FD and format.
Information that can identify the
) Is provided.

The flexible disk FD shown in FIG.
A label 38 on which barcode information 38a is printed as specific information is attached to one surface, and this label 38 is a write information specifying means in this embodiment.

Incidentally, the specific information is not limited to the above bar code information.
D having a plurality of cutouts at the end thereof, characters, symbols, or the like may be used as long as the information to be written to the flexible disk FD can be specified.

Such specific information is detected by the sensor 16 among the sensors 15 to 17 arranged on the transport path of the flexible disk FD discharged from the stacking unit 28. That is, in this embodiment, the sensor 16 is a detecting unit that detects the specific information during the conveyance.

If the magnetic tape, the flexible disk FD having a plurality of cutouts at its ends, or the like is used as the specific information, the detection means may be changed accordingly.

The control unit (control means) 1 functions as a control center of the entire apparatus, and also has a format (MSDOS, JIS standard or the like) corresponding to the type of write data specified by the detection result of the sensor 16. It is provided with a function of reading format information corresponding to (write format) from the storage means, giving an initialization instruction, and writing the write data to each flexible disk FD.

That is, the control means determines the format (write format) of the specified write information and issues an initialization instruction corresponding to the format. Here, the specified write information and the format corresponding to the write information may be stored in the ROM or RAM in the storage unit 46, or may be stored in an externally connected microcomputer or the like described later. Is also good. In any case, when the write information is specified by the specifying means, the control means determines the format of the write information and issues an initialization instruction corresponding to the format.

Next, detailed configurations of the carrying-out means 31 and the stacking unit 28 are shown in FIGS.

The unloading means 31 biases the flexible disk FD ₁ disposed at the bottom of the stacking unit 28 in the unloading direction, and, above the other flexible disk FD which is laminated on the flexible disk FD ₁ And two urging members 39, 39 for urging the
9 and 39 are reciprocated in the unloading direction to sequentially unload the flexible disk FD.

[0026] The biasing member 39 has a contact portion 39a which abuts the lower surface of the other of the flexible disk FD ₂ are stacked on the flexible disk FD ₁ disposed at the bottom, it is arranged in the bottom and one that has a contact portion 39b which abuts against the one end of the flexible disk FD _1, is made of substantially trapezoidal shape.

Further, the carrying-out means 31 will be described in detail.

The illustrated carrying-out means 31 includes the urging member 39,
39 is attached to the upper surface of the support member 43, and two belts 41c, 41c to which the support member 43 is attached
And four pulleys 41a supporting the belts 41c, 41c, a motor 5 for driving the pulley 41a to rotate forward and reverse, a sensor member 44 attached to one end of a support member 43, and a sensor member The sensor 14 includes a sensor 14 for detecting the reference numeral 44 and a disk mounting plate 40 disposed on the belts 41c and 41c.

The disk mounting plate 40 has guide grooves 45 formed in parallel with the unloading direction, and the urging members 39 are arranged so as to protrude upward in the drawing.

Further, on the disk mounting plate 40, an accumulating portion 28 is arranged with a gap substantially equal to the thickness of the flexible disk FD.

The stacking section 28 includes a guide member 28 having a substantially U-shaped horizontal cross section so that a large number of flexible disks FD can be stacked in a substantially vertical direction. The protruding portions 28a, 28a are formed so as to prevent the flexible disk FD from being pulled to the outside by the return movement of the urging members 39, 39.

The operation of the information processing apparatus having the above configuration,
The effect will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, the operator stacks the uninitialized flexible disk FD in the storage unit 28.

The urging members 39, 39 are driven in the right direction in the figure (in the unloading direction) by the unloading instruction signal from the control unit 1. At the time of this driving, the contact portions 39a of the urging members 39, 39
Is the flexible disk FD ₁ stacked at the bottom
In contact with the lower surface of the flexible disk FD ₂ are stacked on top of those, the other contact portion 39a remains in this contact state is brought into contact with one end of the flexible disk FD _1. Thus, while maintaining this state, only the flexible disk FD ₁ which has been laminated to the bottom is discharged from the accommodating portion 28.

That is, in this embodiment, the weight of the other flexible disk stacked on the upper side is
39 is borne, since the discharge urges the flexible disk FD ₁ which has been laminated to the bottom while maintaining this state, it is possible to perform a reliable discharge of the flexible disk. Therefore, a large number of flexible disks can be accumulated in the accumulation section.

[0036] The movement of such biasing member 39, the flexible disk FD ₁ which has been laminated to the bottom of the stacking unit 28 is urged out direction, the pinch roller 4
One end is clamped by 6 (see FIG. 8).

The transport state of the flexible disk FD ₁ is detected by the sensors 15 and 17 during the transport, and the bar code information of the attached label 38 is detected by the sensor 16. Control unit 1 by the bar code information identifies the write information to be written to the flexible disk FD _1. In this embodiment, the write information is stored in a microcomputer or the like externally connected to the apparatus.

[0038] Then, by detecting the conveying state by the sensor 15 and 17, discrimination member 35 becomes the permission state of insertion into the disk driver 4 of the flexible disk FD ₁ is driven by a solenoid 11. As a result, the motor 7 is further driven, and the flexible disk FD ₁ having one end held by the pinch roller 46 is moved to the disk driver 4.
(See FIG. 9).

By this insertion, the solenoid 12 drives the discharge member 36 rightward in the figure, and this displacement is detected by the sensor 25.
Is detected. At the same time, to secure the flexible disk FD ₁ Disk fixing member 48 is inserted is driven by a motor 9. This fixed state is detected by the sensor 23, and the controller 1 receives an insertion completion signal from the sensor 23.

In response to the insertion completion signal, the control unit 1 issues an initialization instruction corresponding to the format of the write information to the disk driver 4, and after this initialization processing, writes the write information to the flexible disk. Write instruction to FD ₁ (see FIG. 10). As described above, in this embodiment, it is not necessary to initialize all the flexible disks in advance as in the conventional apparatus, and it is not necessary to access and confirm the contents of the initialization each time. Therefore, the time required for the processing can be reduced.

As described above, the flexible disk F
When writing of information to D ₁ is finished, the motor 9 is driven again, the fixed state by the disk fixing member 48 is released. Following the release of this fixed state, the solenoid 1
2 drives the ejection member 36, and the ejection member 36 causes the flexible disk FD _{1 to}
Is discharged from The discharged flexible disk FD ₁ was is backhaul halfway conveyance path further by the pinch roller 46. During the reverse feeding, if the transport state is detected by the sensors 15 and 17, the solenoid 10
As a result, the selection member 34 is driven to the storage section 29 side. The selection of the storage sections 29 and 30 is based on the write information,
A preset storage unit 29 or 30 is selected (see FIG. 11).

Thereafter, the flexible disk FD1 is stored in the storage section 29. At this time, the storage state is detected by the sensors 18 and 19 provided in the storage section 29, and the _first flexible disk FD1 is detected by this detection. Disc FD
All the processing for ₁ is completed (see FIGS. 12 and 13).

In this embodiment, the sensors 18 and 19 are the flexible disks FD sequentially stored in the storage section 29.
_It also has a function as means for detecting the full state of ₁ .

FIGS. 14 and 15 show a state in which another flexible disk on which writing has been completed is stored in the storage section 30. FIG.

That is, when the flexible disk FD ₂ is stored in the storage section 30, when the transport state of the flexible disk FD ₂ is detected by the sensors 15 and 17 during the reverse transport of the flexible disk FD _{2 from} the disk driver 4, The selection member 34 is not driven.

Then, the flexible disk FD
₂ is stored in the storage unit 30. At this time, the storage unit 3
The storage state is detected by the sensors 20 and 21 provided on the flexible disk F.
All operations on D ₂ is completed.

In this embodiment, the sensors 20, 21
Has a function as means for detecting the full state of the flexible disks sequentially stored in the storage section 30.

As described above, the writing process for all the flexible disks accumulated in the accumulation unit 28 is repeated.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the invention.

For example, in the above embodiment, a flexible disk has been described as an example of an information recording medium. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be an IC card, a magneto-optical disk, an optical disk, a magnetic tape, or the like. In these cases, it is necessary to change the disk driver and the like correspondingly. In this case, the same effect as in the above embodiment can be obtained.

[0051]

According to the information processing apparatus of the present invention described in detail above, the specific information is detected to specify the type of the write data, etc.
Read the corresponding format information and write data
To automatically perform initialization and write processing
Therefore, data can be easily and reliably written. Also,
Selectively store the information recording medium for which writing has been completed.
Can be selectively taken out.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information processing apparatus as one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the external configuration of the apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the external configuration of the apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an internal configuration of the information processing apparatus shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of an information specifying unit provided on an information recording medium.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a detailed configuration of a transport unit and an accumulation unit.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a detailed configuration of a transport unit and an accumulation unit.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a processing state of an information recording medium.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a processing state of an information recording medium.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a processing state of an information recording medium.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing a processing state of an information recording medium.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing a processing state of an information recording medium.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing a processing state of the information recording medium.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing a processing state of an information recording medium.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram showing a processing state of the information recording medium.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 writing support means 16 detecting unit 31 unloading unit 38 writes information specifying means 38a specifying information FD _1, FD ₂ information recording medium

Continuation of front page (56) References JP-A-58-51366 (JP, A) JP-A-57-33411 (JP, A) JP-A-61-39979 (JP, A) JP-A-62-137726 (JP, A) JP-A-60-115052 (JP, A) JP-A-62-45764 (JP, U) JP-A-64-52163 (JP, U) JP2639472 (JP, B1) JP-A-60-500469 (JP, B1) JP, A)

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] The method according to claim 1 condensing the product is a plurality of sheets of recording medium are sequentially carried out one by one, in an information processing apparatus capable of writing predetermined information to the unloading information recording medium, wherein the plurality pieces of information A format for write information provided on each of the recording media and written to the information recording medium.
Write information specifying means having specific information for instructing the information recording medium, detecting means for detecting the specific information before writing the write information to the information recording medium, and receiving the unloaded information recording medium , Record
Writing means for writing predetermined information on a medium; and identification information specified by the identification information detected by the detection means.
Means for performing an initialization instruction corresponding to formats were, in response to the initialization instruction, by the writing means,
The information recording medium received by the writing means is initialized.
Means for writing predetermined information on the initialized information recording medium
Control means for controlling the writing means, and an information recording medium which has been written by the writing means.
A storage means for selectively storing the body, an information processing apparatus characterized by comprising a control means for controlling the selective housing to said housing means of said information recording medium. 2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the specific information is bar code information provided on each information recording medium.
An information processing apparatus according to claim 1.