JP3531650B2 - Recording / reproducing apparatus for information recording medium - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a recording / reproducing apparatus for recording / reproducing an information recording medium for carrying information (hereinafter, may be simply referred to as " recording medium " ) .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a recording medium on which information is recorded, a compact disk (hereinafter, simply referred to as a CD) is widely known. Recently, in housed in the housing unit called a magazine a plurality of CD, accommodated player fitted with the magazine in a car trunk, CD auto-changer apparatus to place the body unit near the driver's seat has been widely .

On the other hand, in recent years, a mini-disk cartridge (hereinafter, referred to as MD) of a magneto-optical recording system has been proposed as a recording medium in which an information recording disk is housed in a protective cartridge case. This MD not only reproduces recorded information, but also allows new recording and rewriting of already recorded information.

[0004]

Various products are currently being planned for a recording / reproducing apparatus for an information recording medium for recording or reproducing information on or from the MD.

An object of the present invention is to provide a recording / reproducing apparatus for an information recording medium capable of improving the simplicity in handling an MD or the like.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a medium storage means capable of storing a plurality of information recording media, and the information storage area in each of the medium storage means. a conveying means for conveying a recording medium, a recording / reproducing means for recording or reproducing the information recording medium, those
When a plurality of the information recording media are stored in the device
Of the plurality of recording media to be operated
In an information recording medium recording / reproducing apparatus having a plurality of operation modes capable of specifying a body, an operation mode designating means for selectively designating any one of the plurality of operation modes for the information recording medium; Medium specifying means for specifying a medium; and control means for sequentially switching, by the medium specifying means, an information recording medium for executing the predetermined operation mode while the predetermined operation mode is set by the operation mode specifying means. It is characterized by having done.

[0007] The invention according to claim 2, Keru to claim 1
Attachment of the information recording medium to the recording / reproducing means
However , the transporting means may be a medium storage medium at an end portion of the medium storage means.
From the state in a position facing the position, said conveying means and
By approaching the relative position of the recording / reproducing means
Is performed .

[0008] The invention according to claim 3, that to claim 1 or 2 <br/> Contact Keru said control means, by the re-designation of the operation mode and the same operation mode set to release the operation mode It is characterized by.

The invention according to claim 4 is the invention according to claim 1, 2 or 3.
The Contact Keru said control means specifies the operation mode different from the set operating mode, release the operation mode in which the set, then, and sets the different operating modes.

The invention according to claim 5 is the invention according to claims 1, 2, and 3
Or our Keru the control means 4, the information recording medium in the recording / reproducing means within there is only one times, the operating mode
After the specified operating mode by de-designation means, prior to further
Even if there is no medium designation by the medium designation means ,
Executes the specified mode operation for the information recording medium.
And characterized in that.

[0011] The invention according to claim 6 is the invention according to claims 1, 2, 3, and 4.
Or our Keru the control means 5, when the information recording medium in the recording / reproducing apparatus there is only one, said information recording medium
After performing the body movement, a subsequent release command of the operation mode is issued.
At least, the operation mode is released.

[0012]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the operation mode is designated.
Set the mode of said operating by the operation mode specified by the means, by the by that media specified in the subsequent media specified means, order the operation of the specified for the specified information recording medium mode
Since the next execution is performed , if the operation mode is being set, it is possible to perform only the operation of specifying the storage medium without operating the operation command again, so that good operability can be obtained. .

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the medium driving means is displaced together with the conveying means in the first aspect, it is possible to quickly carry out from mounting of the recording medium to driving.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect, the operation mode being set is released in response to an operation command for setting the same operation mode as the operation mode being set. Therefore, it is not necessary to newly provide an operation means for canceling the operation mode.

According to the invention according to claim 4, claim 1,
In 2 or 3, since the different operation mode is set according to an operation command for setting an operation mode different from the operation mode being set, when the operation mode is switched, the operation mode being set is released. After that, two operations such as switching to a new operation mode can be covered by one operation, and further, it is not necessary to newly provide an operation means for canceling the operation mode.

According to the invention according to claim 5, claim 1,
In 2, 3, or 4, when there is only one recording medium in the medium recording / reproducing apparatus, an operation mode is set in accordance with the operation command, and even if the recording medium is not specified by the storage medium specification, Since the medium drive unit or the transport unit is operated in the set operation mode for one recording medium, if access to only one recording medium is considered, the storage medium designation It does not require any operation, and can be effectively used as a single player even though it is an autochanger.

According to the invention of claim 6, according to claim 1,
In 2, 3, 4 or 5, when there is only one recording medium in the medium recording / reproducing apparatus, the operation mode is released after the operation mode being set is completed.
When access to the single recording medium is considered only once, the operation for canceling the operation mode is not required, and it can be effectively used as a single player even though it is an autochanger.

[0018]

EXAMPLES The following vehicle MD auto-changer device is serial <br/> recording / reproducing device for a recording medium of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings
An embodiment (hereinafter, simply referred to as an MD device) will be described.

The MD device inserts the MD and inserts it into the MD .
It records information or reproduces information recorded on the MD .

First, a general M used in the MD apparatus is used.
D will be described. FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a configuration of a general MD.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 201 denotes a cartridge case; 202, a disk body for recording information which is a magneto-optical disk having a diameter of about 6 cm accommodated in the cartridge case 201; 203, a disk body provided in the cartridge case 201; An access hole 204 for accessing the access hole 202 is a slide shutter (hereinafter simply referred to as a shutter) for opening and closing the access hole 203.
Since the shutter 204 is closed except during use, the disk body 202 is protected from the external environment, and is excellent in practicality and durability.

The type of MD is a read-only premastered (PRE-M) in which fixed information is recorded in advance.
M) type and writable recordable (RECORD)
ABLE) type. The pre-mastered type shutter 204 is provided only on one side of the cartridge case 201, and can irradiate a disk surface of the disk body 202 with a light beam from a pickup described later. Recordable type shutters 204 are provided on both surfaces of the cartridge case 201, and when recording on the disk body 202, a magnetic head for applying a magnetic field contacts the disk surface irradiated with the light beam and the disk surface on the opposite side. It has a structure.

Hereinafter, unless otherwise specified, for convenience of explanation, the cartridge case 201 and the disk main body 2 will be described.
The recording medium including the file No. 02 is generally called a disk.

Next, a description will be given of an MD apparatus for reproducing / recording the disc in this embodiment. Arrows X1 and X2 in the drawings indicate the front-back direction of the MD device, and arrows Y1 and Y2 indicate the vertical direction of the MD device. Therefore, the arrow X1 side is the front side, the arrow X2 side is the rear side, the arrow Y1 side is the lower side, and the arrow Y2 side is the upper side.

FIG. 1 is a sectional view schematically showing the internal structure of the MD device when a disc is inserted.

Referring to FIG. 1, the MD apparatus includes a rectangular parallelepiped device case 1 and a main part described later provided inside the device case 1.

An insertion slot 212 for inserting a disc is formed in the upper edge of the front of the equipment case 1 and an opening / closing door 217 for preventing entry of foreign matter into the MD apparatus is opened / closed in the insertion slot 212. Mounted freely.

The main parts provided in the equipment case 1 include a carrier 3 as a transport means for transporting and holding the inserted disc, and a player section as a medium driving means for rotating and driving the inserted disc. 4 and a stocker 5 which is a medium storing means for storing the inserted disk.

The carrier 3 is arranged so as to be able to move up and down behind the insertion opening 212, and the inserted disc is mounted (loaded) on the upper part of the carrier 3. A roller 215, which will be described later, for storing a disc in the stocker 5 or ejecting the disc from the insertion slot 212 is rotatably provided.

The carrier 3 is provided with various sensors for detecting insertion, mounting, ejection, etc. of the disk, a disk insertion sensor 216a for detecting insertion of the disk, and detecting completion of mounting of the disk. Loading complete sensor 216b and eject sensor 2
16c and a disk removal sensor 216d for detecting whether or not the disk has been removed.

The loading completion sensor 216b
Is to detect that the end of the disc inserted and loaded by the roller 215 reaches the position A in FIG. 1 and is completely mounted. The eject sensor 216c detects that the disc has been ejected to a position where the disc can be removed from the stocker 5 (reload position). The disk removal sensor 2
16d is provided near the insertion slot 212 and detects whether or not the disc ejected from the carrier 3 to the insertion slot 212 (movement to the reload position, that is, a state where a part of the disc is protruded) is removed. is there.

Further, the carrier 3 is provided with a carrier position sensor (not shown) for accurately detecting the position at which the carrier 3 is raised and lowered, and the position of the carrier 3 and the insertion port are detected by the carrier position sensor. 212 and stocker 5
By making the positions of the respective storage portions described later oppose each other, the horizontal movement of the disk in the front-rear direction can be smoothly performed.

The player section 4 is disposed below the carrier 3 so as to face the carrier 3, and the player section 4 is movably attached to the equipment case 1 by a damper and an anti-vibration spring (not shown). Installed.
For this reason, when the disk is rotationally driven, the disk is in a floating state by the damper and the vibration isolating spring, and it is possible to prevent the vibration received from outside to the device case 1 from being transmitted to the player unit 4. When the disk is not driven to rotate, the player section 4 is fixed to the device case 1.

In the player section 4, reference numeral 219 denotes a spindle motor for driving the rotation of the disk, and reference numeral 220 denotes a turntable on which the disk (the disk body 202) is mounted. Reference numeral 221 denotes a pickup unit (PU) for irradiating the disk with a light beam and reading information, and has a structure that slides in the radial direction of the disk mounted on the turntable 220. The turntable 2 is brought into contact with the player section 4 by abutting the cartridge case 201.
A disk mounting completion sensor 216e for detecting that a disk has been mounted is provided on the device 20.

The stocker 5 is a rectangular parallelepiped case in which storage sections 50a to 50d, which are four storage areas for storing disks, are vertically stacked.
As viewed from 12, it is arranged to be able to move up and down further behind the carrier 3. The storage sections 50a to 50d
Are identified by identification numbers # 1 to # 4, and the storage unit 50a is
1, the storage unit 50b is # 2, the storage unit 50c is # 3, and the storage unit 50d is # 4.

Each of the storage sections 50a to 50d has an opening at the front side into which a disk can be inserted, and a space at a rear side of each of the openings to allow horizontal storage of the disk. Each of the storage units 50a to 50d has a stock completion sensor (51a to 51d) for detecting completion of storage of the disk.
d) and a disk discharge / suction mechanism (not shown) for discharging or sucking a disk by the biasing force of a spring are provided.

The opening / closing door 217 provided in the insertion opening 212 so as to be openable and closable is provided with the carrier 3 in the storage section 50a.
When the carrier 3 is located at a position opposite to the opening of the storage section 50a, the locked state is established. Therefore, when the carrier 3 is in the standby state, the carrier 3 is located at a position facing the opening of the storage portion 50b, and the opening / closing door 217 is locked, so that the inside of the MD device in the carrier standby state is set. To prevent foreign substances from entering the system.

Further, a front panel having an operation means for inputting an operation or an information display function is provided on a front portion of the equipment case 1. FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the front panel.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 102 denotes a stock key for inputting a storage command for storing the inserted disk in the stocker 5 in the apparatus. Numerals 103 to 106 denote MD specification keys (hereinafter simply referred to as No. keys) for specifying storage media for specifying four disks, and 107 denotes a fifth disk which is a spare recording medium. Is a spare MD designation key α (hereinafter simply referred to as α key). Reference numerals 103a to 107a denote LED indicators (hereinafter simply referred to as No. lamps) provided on each key.

Reference numeral 108 denotes a play / pause key for inputting a performance command when playing a disc. When this key is pressed when the player is not playing, a play mode is set.
Pressing this key during play of the disc enters pause mode or stop mode. Reference numerals 109 to 111 denote input keys for setting a special play mode, and an RPT key 109 denotes a repeat performance mode in which the performance is repeated.
The M key 110 activates a random performance mode for randomly playing each disk and / or each track (song).
The CN key 111 is used to set a scan (search) performance mode in which only the first portion of each track is played one after another.

Reference numeral 112 denotes a key for inputting a command for playing the next track, and reference numeral 113 denotes a key for inputting a command for playing the next track. Reference numerals 114 and 115 denote a fast-forward key and a fast-reverse key. When these keys are pressed during the play mode, a so-called cue / review search performance is performed. An eject key 116 is used to eject a disc, that is, to input an ejection command to eject the disc.
Reference numeral 117 denotes an LCD display for displaying the operation state of the apparatus. The display 117 displays, for example, up to 15 digits of characters, symbols,
Numbers can be displayed.

Now, the carrier 3 described above will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a plan view showing the structure of the carrier 3 and shows a state where a disk is mounted. In FIG. 4, reference numeral 21 denotes a chassis which forms a skeleton of a carrier; 22, a guide for smoothly loading or ejecting a disk; and 215, a roller described with reference to FIG. 24 roller shaft for rotating the roller 215, 25 is a support arm which rotatably supports an end portion of the roller shaft 24, spring 26 is pulling the support arm 25 to press the cartridge case 201, the 27 support arm 25 The fulcrum shaft is rotatably engaged with the chassis 21.

With this configuration, the roller 215 is
6 and the disc cartridge case 20
It is pressed against 1. Therefore, when the roller 215 is rotated by a roller driving mechanism (not shown), the disk slides along the guide 22 in the X1 and X2 directions in the figure. As can be seen in FIG.
Is provided so as to be biased to a position that does not come into contact with. Therefore, it is possible to avoid the problem that the shutter 204 is opened by the roller 215 during the conveyance and the disk surface is damaged. Further, it is possible to prevent the shutter 204 from being deformed due to the pressure contact of the roller 215 and hindering opening and closing.

The MD apparatus constructed as described above is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Nos. 4-329694 and 4-28 by the present applicant.
0052 and Japanese Utility Model Application No. 4-82016.

Next, a control unit for controlling the MD device,
And the signal processing unit will be described. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the control unit and the signal processing unit.

Since the spindle motor 219, the turntable 220, the pickup unit 221, the disk body 202, and the display 117 have already been described, their description will be omitted. In FIG. 5, reference numeral 222 denotes an RF amplifier for amplifying a high-frequency signal output from the pickup 221;
Is a signal processing unit that converts a signal obtained from the RF amplifier 222 into audio data of a digital signal and performs predetermined processing. A memory controller 224 writes the audio data from the signal processing unit 223 to the memory 225 and extends the time axis of the audio data read from the memory 225. Reference numeral 226 denotes a digital filter for performing various acoustic corrections on the audio data, and 227 a digital filter for converting audio data, which is a digital signal, into an analog signal.
A / A converter 228 is an audio amplifier that amplifies this analog audio signal, and 229 is a speaker that emits audio by supplying this audio signal.

Reference numeral 230 denotes a servo processing unit that receives a read synchronization signal component and other signals from the RF amplifier 222 and generates a drive control signal. 231 is the servo processing unit 2
The drive control signal from the pickup unit 2
A driver 232 for generating drive signals for driving the light beam irradiating means, the tracking actuator, and the focus actuator (none of which is shown), and a drive control signal from the servo processing unit 230 controls the operation of the spindle motor 219 and the like. It is a driver that generates a drive signal for driving the mechanical drive mechanism.

[0048] 233 to control the device, this
CPU as control means for communicating with a body device (not shown)
It is. A key input interface 234 receives a key input provided on the front panel shown in FIG. 3 and supplies the input data to the CPU 233. 235 is a CPU
A disk loading mechanism controlled by the controller 233 includes the above-described various sensors (216a to 216e), an actuator, and the like, and controls the operation of the carrier 3. Reference numeral 236 denotes a disk stock mechanism controlled by the CPU 233, and a stock completion sensor (5)
1a to 51d) and an actuator or the like,
The operation of the stocker 5 is controlled. 237 is CPU 2
The display 117 based on the display data output from the
Is a display driver for driving the display. Although this example is intended only for reproduction, it goes without saying that if a magnetic head is provided, the configuration of a recording / reproduction system is obtained.

Next, the operation of the CPU 233 in the MD device will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. In the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 6 to 19, the storage units 50a to 50d are collectively referred to as a stocker, and the entire stocker is referred to as a stocker 5.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a main routine showing main processing operations in the CPU 233 of the MD device.

In FIG. 6, when the power supply to the MD device is turned on, it is determined whether or not the disk data relating to the disks in the stocker 5 and the carrier 3 is held in the memory 225 by the backup power supply of the vehicle. Is determined (step S1).

If the disk data is not held,
The discs in the stocker 5 and the carrier 3 are detected by sensors such as the disc insertion sensor 216a, the loading completion sensor 216b, the ejection sensor 216c, the disc removal sensor 216d, the disc loading completion sensor 216e, and the stock completion sensors (51a to 51d). The disk data is created upon detection, and the disk data (data indicating where the disk is stored in the stocker 5) is stored in the memory 225 (step S2).

Next, it is determined whether or not the stock key 102 has been pressed (step S3). If the stock key 102 has not been pressed, it is determined whether the eject key 116 has been pressed (step S4). If the eject key 116 has not been pressed, it is determined whether or not the play pause key 108 has been pressed (step S).
5). If the play pause key 108 has not been pressed, the process proceeds to step S3.

If it is determined in step S1 that the disk data is held, the process proceeds to step S3.

In step S3, the stock key 10
2 is pressed, the disk is loaded into the stocker 5
After shifting to the stock mode for storing in
6) The process proceeds to step S4.

In step S4, the eject key 1
If the button 16 has been pressed, the process shifts to the eject mode for ejecting the disc from the MD device (step S7), and then shifts to step S5.

If the play pause key 108 has been depressed in step S5, the process shifts to a play mode for playing a disc or the like (step S8), and then shifts to step S3.

Next, the processing operation of the CPU 233 in each of the eject mode, the stock mode, and the play mode will be described.

Now, the processing operation of the CPU 233 in the eject mode of the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

In FIG. 7, it is determined whether or not the .alpha. Flag is "1" (step S11). Note that the α flag is “1”
Indicates that a disk (α disk) directly mounted on the player unit 4 without being stored in the stocker 5 exists in the device.

If the .alpha. Flag is "1" in step S11, "EJE" indicating that the mode has shifted to the eject mode.
"CT MODE" is displayed (step S12), and it is determined whether or not the disc in the carrier 3 is being played (step S13).

If the disc is being played, the play operation is stopped (step S14), the disc is ejected, and the disc is made to stand by at the reload position (step S14).
15). Next, “E” indicating that the ejection process has been completed.
JECT END "is displayed (step S16), a timer (not shown) inside the CPU 233 is started (step S17), and the process shifts to E1 shown in FIG.
It is assumed that the timer monitors a predetermined time, for example, 10 seconds.

At E1 shown in FIG. 8, it is determined whether or not the disk currently at the reload position has been pulled out (step S22). If the disk at the reload position has not been pulled out, it is determined whether or not the disk at the reload position has been pushed (step S23). If the disc has been pressed, "STOK LOAD" indicating completion of loading preparation is displayed (step S2).
4) The disc is loaded and accommodated in the carrier 3 (step S25), and it is determined whether the α flag is “1” (step S26). If the α flag is “1”, the flow shifts to P1 shown in FIG.

If the disk has been pulled out in step S22, the flow shifts to E2 shown in FIG. 9 to be described later.

If it is determined in step S23 that the disc has not been pressed, it is determined whether or not the timer started in step S17 has elapsed for 10 seconds (step S27). If 10 seconds have not elapsed, step S
22 and if 10 seconds have passed,
Display “STOK LOAD” (Step S2
8) Then, the disc is loaded and accommodated in the carrier 3 (step S29), and it is determined whether or not the α flag is “1” (step S30).

If the α flag is “1”, the carrier 3
The disc stored in the player is mounted on the player section 4 (step S31), and the currently displayed “STOK LOA” is displayed.
D "is turned off (step S32), and the process proceeds to the main routine. If the? Flag is" 1 "in step S30, the disc is mounted on the player unit 4 in step S31. The disc may be arranged at a position other than the player unit 4.

If the α flag is not “1” in step S 30, the disk stored in the carrier 3 is stored in the original stocker (previously the disk) based on the disk data stored in the memory 225. (Step S33), and the position of the carrier 3 is moved to the position # 2 (the position immediately before the lock of the opening / closing door 217 is released) (Step S3).
4) “EJECT MODE” is displayed (step S35), and the process shifts to E3 shown in FIG. Step S
If the disc is returned to the original stocker in step S33, the carrier 3 may be made to stand by at that position. If the α flag is not “1” in step S26, the process proceeds to step S33. If the α flag is “1” in step S26, the process shifts to P1 shown in FIG.
1 may be set.

At E3 shown in FIG. 9, it is determined whether or not the eject key 116 has been pressed (step S3).
6). If the eject key 116 has not been pressed, it is determined whether or not the play pause key 108 has been pressed (step S37). If the play pause key 108 has not been pressed, it is determined whether or not the stock key 102 has been pressed (step S38).

At step S37, the play pause key 10
If the button 8 has been pressed, the flow shifts to the play mode (step S8) in FIG. If the stock key 102 has been pressed in step S38, the process shifts to the stock mode (step S6) in FIG.

If the stock key 102 has not been pressed in step S38, the No. Key (1
03 to 107) are determined (step S41). No. If the key (103 to 107) has not been pressed, the process proceeds to step S36. Also, in step S41, No. If the key (103 to 107) is pressed, the pressed No. Key (103 ~
It is determined whether there is a stocker disk or α disk corresponding to (107) (step S42).

The above No. If there is no disk of the stocker corresponding to the key (103 to 107) or α disk, “NO DISC” indicating that there is no corresponding disk is displayed (step S43), and the process proceeds to step S36.

At step S42, the No. If there is a disk of the stocker corresponding to the key (103 to 107), it is determined whether or not a disk is present in the carrier 3 (step S44).

If there is a disc in the carrier 3, the disc in the carrier 3 and the pressed No.
It is determined whether the disk of the stocker corresponding to the key (103 to 107) is the same (step S45).

If the discs in the carrier 3 are not the same, the discs in the carrier 3 are stored in the original stocker (step S46). The disk of the stocker corresponding to the key (103 to 107) is accommodated in the carrier 3 (step S47), and the process shifts to E4 shown in FIG.

If there is no disc in the carrier 3 in step S44, the process proceeds to step S47. If the discs in the carrier 3 are not the same in step S45, the process shifts to E4 shown in FIG.

In step S11 in FIG.
If the flag is not "1", it is determined whether there is a disk in the MD device (step S18). If there is a disk, "EJECT MODE" is displayed (step S19), and it is determined whether or not there are a plurality of disks in the MD device (step S20). If there are a plurality of such disks, the process proceeds to E3 shown in FIG. If it is determined in step S20 that the number of disks is not plural, the process proceeds to step S13.

If there is no disc in the MD device in step S18, "NO" indicating that there is no disc
DISC "is displayed (step S21), and the routine shifts to the main routine.

Further, step S2 in FIG.
If the disk is pulled out in step 2, the E shown in FIG.
2, but in E2 shown in FIG. 9,
The carrier 3 is moved to the position of # 2 (step S4
8) It is determined whether the disk pulled out in step S22 is an α disk (step S49). If the disk is an α disk, the current α flag is set to “0” (step S50) and the No.
Turn off the lamps (103a to 107a) (Step S)
51), it is determined whether there is a disk in the MD device (step S52).

If there is a disk in the MD device, the flow shifts to step S36. If there is no disk in the MD device, "EJECT MODE" being displayed is turned off (step S53), and the flow shifts to the main routine. If the eject key 116 has been pressed in step S36, the process proceeds to step S53.

However, according to the eject mode of the first embodiment, when the discs stored in the stockers # 1 to # 4 are subjected to the ejection processing, empty stockers, which are empty storage areas, are generated between the respective stockers. I will.

Therefore, in order to prevent such empty stockers between the stockers, that is, omission of teeth, an eject mode of the second embodiment as described below can be considered.

Next, the processing operation of the CPU 233 in the eject mode of the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
It will be described based on. Note that the same reference numerals are given to the processing operations that are the same as those in the first embodiment, and description thereof will be omitted.

C in the eject mode of the second embodiment
As the processing operation of the PU 233, the processing operation of the first embodiment is performed by adding a disk alignment processing for sequentially aligning the disks in the stocker 5 and preventing empty stockers between the stockers.

In FIG. 10, if the eject key 116 is depressed in step S36, a disk alignment process is performed (step S54). Although not shown, even if a positive determination is made in steps S37 and S38, the disc alignment process is executed, and then the play mode (step S37) shown in FIG.
8) Or shift to the stock mode (step S6).

In the disk alignment processing, as shown in FIG. 11, it is determined whether or not there is a disk in # 1 (step S61). If there is a disk in # 1, it is determined whether there is a disk in # 2 (step S62).
If there is a disk in # 2, it is determined whether there is a disk in # 3 (step S63). If there is a disk in # 3, the process proceeds to the main routine.

If there is no disk in # 1 in step S61, it is determined whether or not there is a disk in # 2 (step S64). If there is a disk in # 2, the disk is stored in # 1 and the disk data is corrected (step S65), and it is determined whether there is a disk in # 3 (step S66).

If there is a disk in # 3, the disk is stored in # 2 and the disk data is corrected (step S67), and it is determined whether there is a disk in # 4 (step S68). . If there is a disk in # 4, the disk is stored in # 3 and the disk data is corrected (step S69).

If there is no disk in # 2 in step S64, it is determined whether there is a disk in # 3 (step S70). If there is a disk in # 3, the disk is stored in # 1 and the disk data is corrected (step S71), and it is determined whether there is a disk in # 4 (step S72). If there is a disk in # 4, the disk is stored in # 2 and the disk data is corrected (step S73).

Further, it is determined whether or not there is a disk in # 4 (step S74). If there is a disk in # 4, the disk is stored in # 1 and the disk data is corrected (step S75).

If there is no disk in # 2 in step S62, the process proceeds to step S66, and the process proceeds to step S6.
If there is no disc in # 3 at 6, the process proceeds to step S72, and if there is no disc in # 4 at step S72, the process proceeds to the main routine. Step S74
If there is no disc in # 4, the process similarly shifts to the main routine. If there is no disk in # 3 in step S63, the process proceeds to step S68, and the process proceeds to step S68.
If there is no disc in # 4 at 68, the processing shifts to the main routine.

Therefore, according to the eject mode of the second embodiment, even if a disk is removed from the stocker between # 1 and # 4 by the disk alignment process, the empty stocker from which the disk was removed is replaced with the empty stocker from # 1. Since the discs are sequentially packed, it is possible to overcome a situation in which empty stockers between the stockers, that is, missing teeth, occur.

Next, the processing operation of the CPU 233 in the stock mode of the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

In FIG. 12, it is determined whether or not the α flag is “1” (step S81). α flag is “1”
If not, it is determined whether the disk is full in the MD device, that is, in each of the stockers # 1 to # 4 of the carrier 3 and the stocker 5 (step S82). If the disk is not full in the MD device, "STOK MO
DE "is displayed (step S83), and it is determined whether or not there is a disk in the carrier 3 (step S84).

If there is a disk in the carrier 3, "WA
IT ”is displayed (step S85), and it is determined whether or not the player is currently playing (step S86). If the player is playing, the play operation is stopped (step S87).
The disc is stored in the original stocker (the stocker stored before the disc was taken out) (step S8).
8).

Next, the carrier 3 is moved to the position of # 2 (step S89), and "STO" indicating the completion of the stock preparation is obtained.
CK STANDBY "is displayed (step S9
0), and proceeds to S1 shown in FIG.

In S1 of FIG. 13, the stock key 10
2 is pressed (step S10).
1). Unless the stock key 102 was pressed,
It is determined whether the play pause key 108 has been pressed (step S102). If the play pause key 108 has not been pressed, it is determined whether or not the eject key 116 has been pressed (step S103). If the eject key 116 has not been pressed, N including the α key
o. It is determined whether a key (103 to 107) has been pressed (step S104).

No. If the keys (103 to 107) have not been pressed, the process proceeds to step S101, and the process proceeds to step S104. If the key (103 to 107) is pressed, the No. Key (103-107)
It is determined whether there is a stocker disk or α disk corresponding to (1) (step S105). The pressed No. If there is a disk of the stocker corresponding to the key (103 to 107) or the α disk, “DISC” indicating that there is a disk stored in the stocker is displayed (step S106), and the process proceeds to step S101. In addition, the pressed No. Key (103-107)
If there is no disk of the stocker corresponding to the stocker or the α disk, “STOK LO” indicating that the stocker is an empty stocker and a disk can be stored in the stocker
AD "is displayed (step S107), the carrier 3 is moved to the position of # 1 (step S108), and it is determined whether or not a disc has been inserted from the insertion slot 212 (step S109). If
The process proceeds to S2 shown in FIG.

If the stock key 102 has been depressed in step S101, the displayed "STOCK"
STANDBY ”is turned off (step S110),
Move to the main routine. If the play pause key 108 has been pressed in step S102, the flow shifts to the play mode (step S8) in FIG. Also,
If the eject key 116 is depressed in step S103, the ejection mode (step S103) shown in FIG.
Go to 7).

If the disc is inserted in step S109, the disc is loaded and accommodated in the carrier 3, and the process proceeds to S2 shown in FIG. 12, but in S2 shown in FIG. Then, it is determined whether or not the inserted disk is an α disk (step S93). If it is an α disc, set the α flag to “1”
(Step S94), and N corresponding to the α key 107
o. The lamp 107a is turned on (step S95), and the process shifts to P1 shown in FIG.

If the inserted disk is not an α disk in step S93, the No. Key (103
The disc is stored in a stocker corresponding to the stocker (step S96). No. corresponding to the key (103-106) Lamp (103a
To 106a) are turned on (step S97), and it is determined whether or not the current position of the carrier 3 is the position of # 2 (step S98).

If the position of the carrier 3 is the position of # 2,
Move to step S90. If the position of the carrier 3 is not the position of # 2, “WAIT” is displayed (Step S
99), and proceed to step S89.

If there is no disc in the carrier 3 in step S84, the flow shifts to step S98.

If the .alpha. Flag is "1" in step S81, the .alpha.-DISC indicating that the disc is not stored in the stocker 5 and is directly mounted on the player section 4 (.alpha. Disc) is used. Display (step S9
1) If the disk is full in the MD device in step S82, that is, if the disk is stored in all the storage units and the disk is also stored in the carrier 3, the disk is stored in the MD device. "FULL DISC" indicating that is full is displayed (step S9).
2) Move to the main routine.

However, according to the stock mode of the first embodiment, since the music is immediately reproduced from the beginning of the music after loading the α disk, the music cannot be selected by the user, and there is a problem in usability. Occurs.

In order to overcome such a situation, the stock mode of the second embodiment can be considered.

Next, the processing operation of the CPU 233 in the stock mode of the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. Note that the same reference numerals are given to the same processes as those in the stock mode of the first embodiment, and the description thereof will be omitted.

In the processing operation in the stock mode of the second embodiment, in addition to the processing operation in the stock mode of the first embodiment, TOC information, which is identification information on the α disk, is stored in the memory 225 in advance, and then put into the pause state. It is to keep.

In FIG. 14, after performing the processing operations of steps S81 to S92, the process shifts to S1 shown in FIG. 13, performs the processing operations of steps S101 to S110 in S1 of FIG. 14 is inserted into the insertion slot 212, FIG.
The process proceeds to S3 shown in FIG.

In S3 shown in FIG. 14, it is determined whether or not the inserted disk is an α disk (step S121). If the inserted disk is an α disk, the α flag is set to “1” (step S122),
No. corresponding to the key 107 The lamp 107a is turned on (step S123), and the α disk is mounted on the player unit 4 (step S124).

Next, the TOC information of the α disk mounted on the player section 4 is read, and the TOC information is stored in the memory 22.
5 (step S125), and pause at the address of the beginning of the song on the disc (step S12).
6) Start the timer (step S127),
"Please release the pause" prompting release of the pause is displayed (step S128).

Next, it is determined by the timer whether a predetermined time has elapsed (step S129). If the predetermined time has elapsed, the flow shifts to P1 shown in FIG. 18 described later.
If the predetermined time has not elapsed, it is determined whether or not the play pause key 108 has been pressed (step S).
130). If the play pause key 108 has not been pressed, it is determined whether or not the stop key has been pressed (step S131). If the stop key has been pressed, the pause operation is released, that is, stopped (step S132), and the process proceeds to the main routine. If the predetermined time has elapsed in step S129, the process shifts to P1 shown in FIG. 18 described later, but the process may stop.

If the play pause key 108 is depressed in step S130, the flow shifts to P1 shown in FIG. 18 described later, and the stop key is depressed in step S131.
If has not been pressed, the process moves to step S129.

If the disk inserted in step S121 is not an α disk, the N disk specified in steps S104 and S105 in FIG.
o. The disc is stored in the stocker corresponding to the key (103 to 106) (step S133), and the No. corresponding to the stocker is stored. N corresponding to the key (103 to 106)
o. The lamps (103a to 106a) are turned on (step S134), and it is determined whether the current position of the carrier 3 is the position of # 2 (step S135).

If the position of the carrier 3 is the position of # 2,
Move to step S90. If the position of the carrier 3 is not the position of # 2, “WAIT” is displayed (Step S
136), and the routine goes to Step S89.

If there is no disc in the carrier 3 in step S84, the process proceeds to step S135.

Therefore, according to the stock mode of the second embodiment, when the player section 4 of the α disk is mounted, the TOC information of the α disk is read and the TOC information is stored in the memory 2.
25, the user is allowed to pause, so that, for example, a music selection operation can be performed before performing the play, which is convenient.

According to the stock mode of the first embodiment, the TOC of each disc stored in each stocker is
When reading the information, the TOC information was read when each disc was reproduced. Therefore, at least when the discs were stored, the TOC reading time was required for the first reproduction.
It took time.

In order to overcome such a situation, a stock mode of the third embodiment has been considered.

Next, the processing operation of the CPU 233 in the stock mode of the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. Note that the same reference numerals are given to the same processes as those in the stock mode of the first embodiment, and the description thereof will be omitted.

The processing operation in the stock mode of the third embodiment is performed by storing the TOC information of each disk stored in each stocker in the memory 225 in addition to the processing operation in the stock mode of the first embodiment. is there.

In FIG. 15, after performing the processing operations of steps S81 to S92, the process shifts to S1 shown in FIG. 13, performs the processing operations of steps S101 to S110 in S1 of FIG. 15 is inserted into the insertion slot 212, FIG.
The process proceeds to S7 shown in FIG.

In S7 shown in FIG. 15, step S1
At 09, it is determined whether or not the inserted disk is an α disk (step S141). If it is an α disk, the α flag is set to “1” (step S142),
No. corresponding to the key 107 The lamp 107a is turned on (step S143), and the process shifts to P1 shown in FIG.

If the disc is not an α disc in step S141, the disc is mounted on the player unit 4 (step S144), and the TOC information on the disc and whether the disc is of the PRE-M type or RECORD is used.
The disk information for identifying whether it is the ABLE type is read and stored in the memory 225 (step S14).
5) The content of the stored TOC information, for example, the album name recorded on the disc, the total playing time thereof, and the like are displayed (step S146).

Next, the No. designated in steps S104 and S105. The disk is stored in the stocker corresponding to the key (103 to 106) (step S147), and the N
o. No. corresponding to the key (103-106) The lamps (103a to 106a) are turned on (step S14).
8) It is determined whether the current position of the carrier 3 is the position of # 2 (step S149).

If the position of the carrier 3 is not the position of # 2, "WAIT" is displayed (step S150), and the flow shifts to step S89. If the position of the carrier 3 is the position of # 2, the process proceeds to step S90. If there is no disc in the carrier 3 in step S84, the process proceeds to step S149. Of course, in the third embodiment as well, after the α disk is inserted, the TO
The C information may be read and the pause state may be set.

Therefore, according to the stock mode of the third embodiment, the TOC information of each disc is read when the player in each stocker is mounted on the stocker, and the TOC information is stored in the memory 225. The memory 22
Based on the TOC information stored in No. 5, music selection function operation and the like using the TOC information can be performed promptly.

According to the stock mode of the first embodiment, when a disc is stored in the stocker 5, N
o. A situation has arisen in which a desired stocker 5 must be designated using the keys (103 to 106).

In order to overcome such a situation, the stock mode of the fourth embodiment can be considered.

Next, the processing operation of the CPU 233 in the stock mode of the fourth embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. Note that the same reference numerals are given to the same processes as those in the stock mode of the first embodiment, and the description thereof will be omitted.

The processing operation in the stock mode of the fourth embodiment is different from the processing operation in the stock mode of the first embodiment in that each disk is sequentially stored in each stocker in a predetermined order.

After performing the processing operations of steps S81 to S88 in FIG. 16, the position of the carrier 3 is moved to the position of the insertion port 212 (step S161).
“STOK LOAD” is displayed (step S16
2) The process proceeds to S4 shown in FIG.

In S4 shown in FIG. 17, it is determined whether or not stock key 102 has been pressed (step S17).
1). Unless the stock key 102 was pressed,
It is determined whether or not the play pause key 108 has been pressed (step S172). If the play pause key 108 has not been pressed, it is determined whether the eject key 116 has been pressed (step S173). If the eject key 116 has not been pressed,
Then, it is determined whether or not a disc has been inserted into the disc 2 (step S174).

If a disk has not been inserted, the flow shifts to step S171. If a disk has been inserted, the flow shifts to S6 in the figure.

In S6, it is determined whether the disk inserted in step S174 is an α disk (step S175). If the disc is an .alpha. disk, the .alpha. flag is set to "1" (step S176), and the No. corresponding to the .alpha. Turn on the lamp 107a (step S
177), and the program shifts to P1 shown in FIG. 18 described later.

Also, in step S175, the disc is set to α.
If it is not a disk, it is determined whether there is a disk in the stocker of # 1 (step S178). If there is no disc in # 1, the inserted disc is stored in # 1 (step S179), and the No. corresponding to the stored # 1 stocker is stored. The lamps (103a to 106a) are turned on (step S180).

Next, it is determined whether or not the stocker 5 for storing a disk is full (step S181). If the stocker 5 is full, the displayed “STOK LOA”
D "is turned off (step S182), and it is determined whether or not the current position of the carrier 3 is the standby position (step S183). If the current position of the carrier 3 is not the standby position, the position of the carrier 3 is changed. It moves to the standby position (step S184) and shifts to the main routine, and if the current position of the carrier 3 is the standby position in step S183, shifts to the main routine.

At step S171, the stock key 102
If is pressed, the process moves to step S182.

If the play pause key 108 is depressed in step S172, the flow shifts to the play mode (step S8) in FIG. 6, and step S173 is performed.
If the eject key 116 is depressed in step, the process shifts to the eject mode (step S7) in FIG.

If there is a disk in # 1 in step S178, it is determined whether there is a disk in # 2 (step S185). If there is no disk in # 2, the inserted disk is stored in # 2 (step S186), and the process proceeds to step S180. Also,
If there is a disk in # 2 in step S185, # 3
It is determined whether or not there is a disk (step S18).
7). If there is no disc in # 3, the inserted disc is stored in # 3 (step S188), and the process proceeds to step S180. If there is a disc in # 3 in step S187, the inserted disc is stored in # 4 (step S189), and step S1 is executed.
Move to 80.

If the stocker 5 is not full at step S181, the flow shifts to S5 shown in FIG.

In S5 shown in FIG. 16, it is determined whether or not the current position of the carrier 3 is the position of the insertion slot 212 (step S163). If it is the position of the insertion slot 212,
The process proceeds to step S162, and if it is not the position of the insertion slot 212, “WAIT” is displayed (step S164),
It moves to step S161. If there is no disc in the carrier 3 in step S84, step S16
Move to 3.

Therefore, according to the stock mode of the fourth embodiment, the No. The disks can be promptly stored in the stocker 5 in a predetermined order without requiring key selection by the keys (103 to 106).

In the stock mode of the fourth embodiment, the first stocker is # 1, the second stocker is # 2, the third stocker is # 3, and the fourth is Is # 4. Thus, when storing a small number of discs, the insertion slot 21
Since the disk is stored from the stocker close to 2, the storage time can be shortened. In addition, a favorable effect can be obtained even in the following order.

First, the first stocker is # 4, the second stocker is # 3, and the third stocker is #
2. When the storage order of the fourth stocker is # 1, by storing a small number of disks such as one or two in the third and fourth stockers from the top,
Since the third and fourth stockers are closer to the player unit 4, the discs stored in these stockers can be quickly mounted on the player unit 4. In addition, said 1
The reason why the fourth stocker is # 4 is that the lock of the opening / closing door 217 may be released when the disc is stored in the carrier 3 from the first stocker.

Also, the first stocker is # 4, the second stocker is # 1, and the third stocker is # 4.
2. If the fourth stocker is placed in the storage order of # 3, disks can be stored in each stocker promptly.

Also, the first stocker is # 4, the second stocker is # 3, and the third stocker is # 4.
1. The same effect can be obtained even when the fourth stocker is # 2.

Next, the CPU 2 in the play mode will be described.
The processing operation of 33 will be described with reference to FIGS. When the play pause key 108 is pressed during the reproduction of the disc, a stop or pause is set, and when the play pause key 108 is further pressed, the reproduction is performed again. If another mode key is pressed during stop or pause, the mode shifts to that mode.

In FIG. 18, it is determined whether or not the α flag is “1” (step S201). If the α flag is “1”, “PLAY MODE” is displayed (step S202), and it is determined whether or not there is a disc on the player unit 4 (step S203). If there is no disc on the player section 4, the disc is inserted into the player section 4.
(Step S204), and shifts to a play operation (Step S205), and displays “PLAY MOD”.
E "is turned off (step S206), and the routine shifts to the main routine.

In step S203, the player unit 4
If there is a disk above, the process proceeds to step S205.

If the α flag is not “1” in step S201, it is determined whether or not there is a disk in the MD device (step S207). If there is no disc in the MD device, "NO DISC" is displayed (step S208), and the process proceeds to the main routine.

If there is a disc in the MD device in step S207, "PLAY MODE" is displayed (step S209), and it is determined whether or not there are a plurality of discs (step S210). If there are not a plurality of disks, it is determined whether or not there are disks in the carrier 3 (step S211). If there is a disc in the carrier 3, the process proceeds to step S203. If there is no disc in the carrier 3, the disc is accommodated in the carrier 3 (step S212), and the process proceeds to step S204.

If there are a plurality of disks in step S210, the program shifts to P2 shown in FIG.

At P2 shown in FIG. 19, it is determined whether or not the play pause key 108 has been pressed (step S2).
221). If the play pause key 108 has not been pressed, it is determined whether or not the stock key 102 has been pressed (step S222). If the stock key 102 has not been pressed, it is determined whether the eject key 116 has been pressed (step S223). If the eject key 116 has not been pressed, N including the α key
o. It is determined whether or not a key (103 to 107) has been pressed (step S224). No. Key (103-10
If No. 7) is pressed, the corresponding No. Key (103 ~
It is determined whether there is a corresponding disk of the stocker corresponding to (107) or the α disk (step S225).
If there is a corresponding disk or α disk, it is determined whether there is a disk in the carrier 3 at present (step S
226). If there is no disc in the carrier 3, the corresponding disc of the stocker designated in steps S224 and S225 or the α disc is accommodated in the carrier 3 (step S227), and the disc is mounted on the player unit 4 (step S227). (Step S228), the process is shifted to the play operation (Step S229), and the process shifts to Step S221.

If the play pause key 108 has been pressed in step S221, the P3 shown in FIG.
Move to If the stock key 102 has been pressed in step S222, the process proceeds to the stock mode (step S6) in FIG. 6, and if the eject key 116 has been pressed in step S223, the process proceeds to step S223.
To the ejection mode (step S7).

In step S224, No. If the key (103 to 107) has not been pressed, the process proceeds to step S221. If there is no corresponding disk in step S225, "NO DISC" indicating that there is no corresponding disk is displayed (step S2).
32), and proceed to step S221.

If there is a disk in the carrier 3 in step S226, it is determined whether or not the disk in the carrier 3 is the same as the corresponding disk of the stocker specified in steps S224 and S225. (Step S233). If they are the same, step S22
Move to 8. If they are not the same, the disc in the carrier 3 is stored in the original stocker (step S23).
4) The process proceeds to step S227.

In the play mode, it is provided immediately before step S221 whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed since the process shifts to the process of P2 in FIG. 19, and it is determined that the predetermined time has elapsed. (Ie, when there is no key input or when the key input is not accepted), the disc stored in the first stocker or the disc stored in the fourth stocker is automatically automatically arranged in a predetermined order. You may play in order from.

In the above embodiment, the carrier 3 and the player section 4 are configured independently of each other. However, as another embodiment, the player section 4 is integrated into the carrier 3 to form an integral structure. With such a configuration, the player unit 4
Since the MD is displaced in the directions 1 and Y2, the MD mounted on the carrier 3 can be rapidly rotated.

In the above embodiment, the α key 10
The α flag is set to “1” by the input of 7, but the CPU 233 detects a state where the stocker 5 cannot be stored, for example, when all the stockers are full, or when the stocker 5 breaks down for some reason or the like. The α flag may be set to “1”. In particular, when it is detected that the stocker 5 has failed, a failure detecting means for detecting a failure state of the stocker 5 is provided in the MD device. And the α flag may be set to “1” in response to a detection signal from the failure detection means.

In the above embodiment, the disc identification information is the TOC information. However, the disc identification information may be information such as a disc serial number.

Further, in the above embodiment, the reproduction-only MD device has been described. However, the same effect can be obtained by using the same configuration for the MD device capable of recording. Moreover, the play port Zuki 108 may be a play / stop key, or may be provided separately from the play key stop key or pause key.

In the above embodiment, the recording medium is an MD, so that the present invention is applied to an MD device. However, the recording medium is an optical recording medium such as a CD or a video disk, or a magnetic recording medium such as a floppy disk. By doing so, it goes without saying that the present invention can be similarly applied to an apparatus that handles these recording media.

[0163]

Effect of the Invention According to the invention according to claim 1, sets the mode <br/> of said operating the operation mode specifying by the operation mode specifying means, by by that medium specified in subsequent medium specifying means,
The operation of the specified mode for the specified information recording medium
Since the operations are sequentially performed , if the operation mode is being set, it is possible to perform only the operation of designating the storage medium without having to operate the operation command again, thereby obtaining good operability. Can be.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the medium driving means is displaced together with the conveying means in the first aspect, it is possible to quickly carry out from the loading of the recording medium to the driving.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect, the operation mode being set is released in response to an operation command for setting the same operation mode as the operation mode being set. Therefore, it is not necessary to newly provide an operation means for canceling the operation mode.

[0166] According to the invention of claim 4, according to claim 1,
In 2 or 3, since the different operation mode is set according to an operation command for setting an operation mode different from the operation mode being set, when the operation mode is switched, the operation mode being set is released. After that, two operations such as switching to a new operation mode can be covered by one operation, and further, it is not necessary to newly provide an operation means for canceling the operation mode.

According to the invention of claim 5, claim 1, claim 1,
In 2, 3, or 4, when there is only one recording medium in the medium recording / reproducing apparatus, an operation mode is set in accordance with the operation command, and even if the recording medium is not specified by the storage medium specification, Since the medium drive unit or the transport unit is operated in the set operation mode for one recording medium, if access to only one recording medium is considered, the storage medium designation It does not require any operation, and can be effectively used as a single player even though it is an autochanger.

[0168] According to the invention of claim 6, claim 1,
In 2, 3, 4 or 5, when there is only one recording medium in the medium recording / reproducing apparatus, the operation mode is released after the operation mode being set is completed.
When access to the single recording medium is considered only once, the operation for canceling the operation mode is not required, and it can be effectively used as a single player even though it is an autochanger.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing an internal structure when a disc is inserted in a vehicle-mounted MD autochanger device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a configuration of a general MD.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a front panel of the in-vehicle MD autochanger device.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a structure of a carrier.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the in-vehicle MD autochanger device.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a main routine of a CPU in the in-vehicle MD autochanger device.

FIG. 7 illustrates a CPU in an eject mode according to the first embodiment.
6 is a flowchart showing the processing operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a CPU in an ejection mode according to the first embodiment;
6 is a flowchart showing the processing operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 9 illustrates a CPU in an ejection mode according to the first embodiment.
6 is a flowchart showing the processing operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 10 illustrates a CP in an eject mode according to a second embodiment.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a processing operation of U.

FIG. 11 illustrates a CP in an eject mode according to a second embodiment.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a processing operation of U.

FIG. 12 is a CPU in a stock mode according to the first embodiment;
6 is a flowchart showing the processing operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 13 illustrates a CPU in a stock mode according to the first embodiment.
6 is a flowchart showing the processing operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 14 illustrates a CPU in a stock mode according to a second embodiment.
6 is a flowchart showing the processing operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 15 illustrates a CPU in a stock mode according to a third embodiment.
6 is a flowchart showing the processing operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 16 illustrates a CPU in a stock mode according to a fourth embodiment.
6 is a flowchart showing the processing operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 17 illustrates a CPU in a stock mode according to a fourth embodiment.
6 is a flowchart showing the processing operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a processing operation of a CPU in a play mode.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing a processing operation of a CPU in a play mode.

[Explanation of symbols]

3 carrier (transportation means) 4 Player section (medium drive means) 5. Stocker (medium storage means) 50a to 50d storage unit (storage area) 102 Stock key (operation means) 103-106 MD designation key (operation means) 108 play pause key (operation means) 116 Eject key (operation means) 233 CPU (control means)

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Claims (6)

(57) [Claims] 1. A medium storing means capable of storing a plurality of information recording media, a conveying means for conveying the information recording medium to each storage area of the medium storing means, and a recording apparatus for recording or reproducing the information recording medium. / Reproducing means, and the
When multiple information recording media are stored,
Of the number of storage media can be specified
In the recording / reproducing apparatus of the information recording medium has a capacity of several modes of operation, the plurality of operation mode noise with respect to the information recording medium
And operation mode designating means for designating choose Re, a medium specifying means for specifying the information recording medium, while it is set to a predetermined operation mode by the operation mode designating means, the information for executing the predetermined operation mode A recording / reproducing apparatus for an information recording medium, comprising: control means for sequentially switching a recording medium by the medium designating means. 2. The mounting of the information recording medium on the recording / reproducing means starts from a state in which the transporting means is located at a position opposed to an outermost medium storing position of the medium storing means. 2. The recording / reproducing apparatus for an information recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the recording / reproducing is performed by approaching a relative position of the reproducing means. 3. The recording / reproducing of the information recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the control means cancels the operation mode by redesignating the same operation mode as the set operation mode. apparatus. 4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit cancels the set operation mode by designating an operation mode different from the set operation mode, and thereafter sets the different operation mode. 4. The recording / reproducing apparatus for an information recording medium according to 1, 2, or 3. 5. When there is only one information recording medium in the recording / reproducing means, after the operation mode is specified by the operation mode specifying means, the control means sets a medium by the medium specifying means. 5. The recording / reproducing apparatus for an information recording medium according to claim 1, wherein an operation of a designated mode is executed for the one information recording medium, at least. 6. When there is only one information recording medium in the recording / reproducing apparatus, the control means executes the operation of the information recording medium, even if there is no subsequent operation mode release command. 6. An information recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the operation mode is canceled.
Playback device.