JP4144649B2 - Display control apparatus and display method - Google Patents

Description

  When recording one or a plurality of data recorded on a first recording medium on a second recording medium different from the first recording medium, the first recording medium and the second recording The present invention relates to a display control apparatus for displaying a list of recorded contents of a medium and a method for displaying audio data.

  Conventionally, there is an information processing apparatus including a plurality of types of recording medium drives. For example, a personal computer includes a hard disk drive built in the apparatus main body and a disk drive of an optical disk that is detachable from the apparatus main body. For example, data recorded on the optical disk can be recorded on the hard disk, that is, copied. It is like that.

  When the personal computer copies the data recorded on the optical disk to the hard disk, the personal computer displays the progress on the monitor. For example, when a user selects data recorded on an optical disk with a mouse or the like and performs an operation of copying to a hard disk, the progress of copying all the selected data is displayed on the monitor as a percentage, remaining time, indicator, etc. It is displayed.

  However, such personal computers only indicate to the monitor the overall progress of the data to be copied, so when a user tries to copy multiple data at one time, It is impossible to know whether data copying has been completed, what data is currently being copied, how much data is being copied, how much data is to be copied, and so on.

  Also, when the personal computer becomes inoperable during the copying operation, the user cannot know how far the data has been copied, and after the personal computer returns to normal again. Sometimes you have to start over from the beginning.

JP 2001-250319 A

  An object of the present invention is to provide a display control device and a display method capable of improving the usability of the apparatus by displaying the overall progress information and the progress status of each data as the operation status during the copying operation on the display means. It is to provide.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the display control apparatus according to the present invention displays information related to the content data when the content data recorded on the first recording medium is recorded on the second recording medium. The control device includes display control means for displaying information relating to the content data of the first recording medium to be recorded on the second recording medium. The display control means performs selection / non-selection display and content name display of the content data of the first recording medium to be recorded on the second recording medium as information regarding the content data of the first recording medium. When the content data is recorded on the second recording medium, the list display includes a display indicating the content that has been recorded and a display indicating the content currently being recorded. indicate.

  Also, the display method according to the present invention provides a list of content data selection / non-selection and content name of the first recording medium to be recorded on the second recording medium as information on the content data of the first recording medium. A content information display step to be displayed; a selection step for causing the user to select content data of the first recording medium to be recorded on the second recording medium; and content data of the first recording medium selected by the selection step When the content data selected by the selection step and the content data selected by the selection step are recorded on the second recording medium, recording is performed in the list display. A recording display step for displaying a display indicating the completed content and a display indicating the content currently being recorded. To.

  According to the present invention, as information related to the content data of the first recording medium, a list display including selection / non-selection display and content name display of the content data of the first recording medium to be recorded on the second recording medium. When the content data is recorded on the second recording medium, the list display displays a display indicating the content that has been recorded and a display indicating the content currently being recorded. The audio data to be copied can be easily selected, and the degree of copying can be immediately recognized to improve usability.

  An information processing apparatus to which the present invention is applied will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, an information processing apparatus 1 to which the present invention is applied has substantially the same function as a personal computer, and includes an apparatus main body 2 and a CRT (Casord Ray) connected to the apparatus main body 2. Tube), LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), etc., monitor 3, speakers 10 and 10 connected to the apparatus main body 2, and keyboard, mouse, trackball, joystick, etc. for inputting operation signals to the apparatus main body 2 A device 4 and a remote operation device 5 for remotely operating the device main body 2 are provided.

  The apparatus main body 2 is provided with a hard disk drive (hereinafter referred to as HDD) 6 in which content data such as an operating system, browsing software, e-mail program, communication protocol, various application programs, audio data, movie data, and the like are stored. ing. Further, the apparatus main body 2 includes a disk cartridge drive 7 of a disk cartridge 11 that uses a magneto-optical disk as a recording medium, and an IC that uses a semiconductor memory as a recording medium. An IC card drive 8 for the card 12 and an optical disk drive 9 for an optical disk 13 such as a CD or a DVD are provided. Furthermore, the apparatus main body 2 is connected to a network 15 such as the Internet via an electric communication line 14 and has a built-in receiver for receiving television broadcasts and radio broadcasts. It is connected to the. An operation unit 17 including a plurality of push buttons for performing basic operations of the apparatus main body 2 is provided on the upper surface on the front side of the apparatus main body 2.

  The information processing apparatus 1 including the apparatus main body 2 includes, for example, an optical disk 13 such as a CD or a DVD mounted on the optical disk drive 9 and reads content data such as recorded audio data, or a disk cartridge 11. Is loaded into the disk cartridge drive 7 and the recorded audio data is read out. Further, the IC card 12 is loaded into the IC card drive 8 and the content data such as the recorded audio data is read out. The content data read from the storage device can be stored in the HDD 6. The HDD 6 can store content data such as audio data downloaded via the telecommunication line 14 using a music distribution service such as EMD (Electronic Music Distribution). Furthermore, the HDD 6 can also store television broadcast and radio broadcast programs. The information processing apparatus 1 can listen to various content data stored in the HDD 6 from the speakers 10 and 10 and can view the content data on the monitor 3.

  The information processing apparatus 1 can copy various content data stored in the HDD 6 to the disk cartridge 11, the IC card 12, or the optical disk 13, which is an external storage device. The content data can be played back using a portable playback device.

  Furthermore, since the information processing apparatus 1 can store a large amount of content data in the HDD 6, it can easily search for desired content data. A microphone 18 is connected to the information processing apparatus 1 so that content data can be searched by voice.

  Furthermore, the information processing apparatus 1 can browse various web pages by connecting to the network 15 such as the Internet via the telecommunication line 14 and can send or receive e-mails. Can be done.

  Next, the circuit configuration of the information processing apparatus 1 as described above will be described with reference to FIG. 2. The information processing apparatus 1 includes a computer unit 21 that performs various types of information processing, and a system that controls the computer unit 21. And a control unit 22.

  First, the computer unit 21 will be described. A CPU (central processing unit) 23 performs overall control of the computer unit 21. The memory 24 is composed of, for example, a RAM (random access memory). For example, data stored in a hard disk is loaded and executed by the CPU 23. A GMCH (Graphic memory control hub) 25 serving as a control unit that performs access control of the memory 24 and display control of the monitor 3 incorporates a monitor cache and an image display controller, and controls image display of the monitor 3. Control access to. The GMCH 25 serves as an interface between the CPU 23 and other circuits such as the ICH 26. The monitor driver 9 converts the video signal into a predetermined signal format and outputs it to the monitor 3.

  An ICH (I / O controller hub) 26 serving as an input / output control unit that performs data input / output control includes an IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) interface 27 and a USB (Universal serial bus) interface 28. The IDE interface 27 is an interface with the HDD 6 and the optical disk drive 9, and the USB interface 28 is an interface with a USB-connected device, for example, a microphone 18 is connected thereto. The serial interface 29 controls serial communication, is connected to the input device 4 such as a keyboard, and is connected to the system microcomputer 43, and outputs inputs from these to the ICH 26.

  A PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) bus 30 is connected to a TV tuner 31, a modem 32, and the like in addition to the ICH 26. The TV tuner 31 is connected to the TV antenna 16 a, receives an RF signal from the TV antenna 16 a, demodulates it, and outputs it to the PCI bus 30. For example, the TV signal is recorded on the HDD 6 via the PCI bus 30. The TV tuner 31 switches between the input from the video / audio / video input unit 42 and the input from the TV antenna 16 a and selectively outputs it to the PCI bus 30. The modem 32 performs signal conversion such as digital / analog conversion and analog / digital conversion and line control for communicating with an external communication device through a telephone line. The network interface 33 enables communication via Ethernet (registered trademark). The sound interface 34 switches the input audio signal and outputs it to each unit. The FM tuner 35 receives and demodulates the FM broadcast signal from the FM antenna 16 b and outputs it to the sound interface 34.

  The disk cartridge drive 7 is loaded with a disk cartridge using a magneto-optical disk or optical disk as a recording medium, and is controlled by the system microcomputer 43. Data input / output of the disk cartridge drive 7 is performed via the USB interface 36. This input / output may be performed using an I2C interface which is a serial input / output bus. The IC card drive 8 is loaded with an IC card using a semiconductor memory as a recording medium, and data input / output and control are performed via the USB interface 36. The IEEE 1394 interface 37 controls communication in the IEEE 1394 format and serves as an interface with the PCI bus 30.

  A DIR (Digital audio interface receiver) 38 that switches the input of audio data switches an audio signal output to the outside. For example, the audio signal output from the disk cartridge drive 7 or the sound interface 34 is switched and output to the audio DSP. An audio DSP (digital signal processor) 39 serving as a data processing unit that performs data processing of audio data performs predetermined signal processing such as equalization on the audio signal input from the DIR 38 and performs digital amplifier 40 and audio output unit 41. Output to. The digital amplifier 40 amplifies the audio signal to a level emitted from the speaker 10. The audio output unit 41 performs processing such as signal level adjustment in order to output an audio signal to an external device.

  The system microcomputer 43 constituting the system control unit 22 is connected to the serial interface 29, and outputs inputs from the operation unit 17, the remote operation device 5, and the like to the CPU 23 and the like via the serial interface 29. The power supply unit 44 supplies power to each circuit in addition to the system microcomputer 43. Further, the power supply unit 44 is controlled by the system microcomputer 43 to turn on / off the power supply to the computer unit 21.

  Next, a case where audio data recorded on the optical disk 13 mounted on the optical disk drive 9 is copied to the HDD 6 of the information processing apparatus 1 as described above will be described with reference to the drawings.

  First, the information processing apparatus 1 has an application program for copying audio data from the optical disk drive 9 to the HDD 6 under the control of the CPU 23 when the user operates the operation unit 17, the remote operation apparatus 5, the input apparatus 4, and the like. Load into memory 24. In the information processing apparatus 1, a predetermined optical disk 13 is mounted on the optical disk drive 9 by the user.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 3, in step S <b> 1, the information processing apparatus 1 drives the optical disc drive 9, searches for the TOC (table of contents) and the like of the optical disc 13 loaded therein, and records it on the optical disc 13. Extract data catalogs. In step S <b> 3, the CPU 23 searches for audio data stored in the HDD 6. The GMCH 25 displays a list of search results on the monitor 3 under the control of the CPU 23 in step S3. That is, the monitor 3 displays a list of audio data recorded on the optical disc 13 and audio data stored in the HDD 6.

  Here, a list display screen of audio data recorded on the optical disc 13 and the HDD 6 will be described with reference to FIG. 4. In this list display screen 50, recorded contents of the optical disc are displayed on one side of the screen. An optical disk display unit 51 is provided, and a hard disk display unit 52 for displaying the recorded contents of the hard disk is provided adjacent to the optical disk display unit 51. The list display screen 50 also includes a copy time display portion 57 for displaying a copy time required to copy all the selected audio data, and a substantially bar-like shape indicating the progress status when the selected audio data is being copied. The first indicator portion 58 is provided. Further, the list display screen 50 includes a scroll button 62 for scrolling audio data displayed on the optical disc display section 51 and a scroll button 63 for scrolling audio data displayed on the hard disk display section 52. Is provided.

  The optical disc display unit 51 includes a selection state display unit 53 that displays selection / non-selection of audio data to be copied, and an order display unit that displays a track number indicating the recording order of audio data recorded on the optical disc 13. 54, a song name display unit 55 for displaying the song name, and a playback time display unit 56 for displaying the playback time of each audio data recorded on the optical disc 13 are provided. The selection state display unit 53, the order display unit 54, and the reproduction time display unit 56 are displayed so as to be in a line for each audio data recorded on the optical disc 13, that is, in a band shape. Further, in the optical disc display unit 51, the order display unit 54 is displayed so that the number of the order display unit 54 is “1”, and the number of the order display unit 54 is “2” and “ 3 ”,“ 4 ”... Are displayed on the upper side in order from the last number (“ 9 ”in FIG. 4) to“ 8 ”,“ 7 ”. Is done. That is, in the optical disc display unit 51, a part of the data string that is sorted in the order of number and connects the leading number “1” and the last number “9” in a ring shape, the data of the leading number “1” is in the central part. It is displayed to become. Therefore, on the optical disc display unit 51, the audio data is displayed in the order of the number from the audio data having the number of the order display unit 54 in the center to the lower side, and the number of the order display unit 54 in the center is displayed. The audio data is displayed on the upper side from the audio data of “1” and back from the last number. When selecting data that is not displayed, it can be displayed on the optical disc display unit 51 by operating the scroll button 62 with the operation unit 17, the remote control device 5, the input device 4, or the like. By switching the selection state display unit 53, the data can be switched to “selected” or “non-selected”.

  The selection state display unit 53 indicates whether or not audio data is selected, and is switched by the operation unit 17, the remote operation device 5, the input device 4, or the like. For example, when data is selected, “●” is displayed, and when data is not selected, “◯” is displayed.

  The hard disk display unit 52 is provided with a song name display unit 59 that displays the song names stored in the HDD 6 and a size display unit 60 that displays the data size of each audio data.

  As a result of searching the recording contents of the optical disc 13 and the HDD 6, the information processing apparatus 1 displays the above-described predetermined audio data of the display units 51 and 52 on the monitor 3, and the user is stored in the optical disc 13 and the HDD 6. So that the audio data can be visually recognized.

  In step S4, the information processing apparatus 1 selects audio data to be copied to the HDD 6 from the audio data on the optical disc 13 in accordance with a user operation. That is, the CPU 23 detects this when the user clicks the selection state display unit 53 with a mouse or the like, and switches between selection “●” and non-selection “◯”.

  In step S5, the information processing apparatus 1 starts copying under the control of the CPU 23 when the user operates the operation unit 17, the remote operation apparatus 5, the input apparatus 4, or the like. The information processing apparatus 1 reads out audio data recorded on the optical disc 13 in the order of the number of the order display unit 54 from the audio data selected by the selection state display unit 53 as “●”, and copies the data to the HDD 6. Of course, the recording order may be the order specified by the user, not the number order of the order display section 54.

  Here, the list display screen 50 during the copying operation will be described with reference to FIG. 5. The first indicator 58 showing the progress of the entire data to be copied is changed from the left to the right according to the progress. The color changes in order toward. The first index section 58 displays the name of the song currently being copied, the total data size of the audio data that has been copied, and the copy speed.

  In addition, the information processing apparatus 1 always displays the audio data being copied on the central portion of the optical disc display unit 51 so that the user can immediately notice which data is being copied. In the example shown in FIG. 5, since the number of the order display section 54 of “2” is being copied, this audio data is displayed at the center of the optical disk display section 51.

  Further, the information processing apparatus 1 sets the audio data block 64 being copied, that is, the central audio data block, as the second index unit 61 indicating the progress of copying of each audio data. That is, in the example shown in FIG. 5, since the audio data with the number “1” in the order display section 54 has already been copied, the second indicator section with the number “1” in the order display section 54 Reference numeral 61 indicates that all colors have changed and copying has been completed. Also, the audio data whose number is “2” in the order display section 54 is audio data that is currently being copied, and the color changes halfway depending on the progress status. Note that the audio data that has been copied (the audio data “1” in FIG. 5) is transferred from the optical disk display unit 51 to the hard disk display unit 52, and the user visually recognizes that the copying of the audio data has been completed. Can be done.

  When all the copying is completed, the information processing apparatus 1 displays a screen informing the user that the copying is completed, for example, on the monitor 3 in step S7.

  According to the above example, the user can visually check the overall progress status and the progress status of each audio data, and to what audio data is currently copied during copying, It is possible to immediately recognize whether audio data is copied or how much audio data remains before copying. In addition, even when the personal computer becomes inoperable during the copying operation, the user can immediately visually check which audio data has been copied.

In the above example, the case where the audio data of the optical disk 13 is copied to the HDD 6 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to the following cases.
1. 1. When copying from the disk cartridge 11 to the HDD 6 2. When copying from the IC card 12 to the HDD 6 3. When copying from the HDD 6 to the disk cartridge 11 4. When copying from the HDD 6 to the IC card 12 5. When copying from the HDD 6 to the optical disc 13 6. When copying from the disk cartridge 11 to the IC card 12. 7. When copying from the disk cartridge 11 to the optical disk 13 8. When copying from the IC card 12 to the disk cartridge 11 9. When copying from the IC card 12 to the optical disk 13 When copying to HDD 6, disk cartridge 11, IC card 12, optical disk 13 by EMD By the way, the information processing apparatus 1 as described above copies, for example, audio data recorded on the IC card 12 to the HDD 6 as described above. You can also At this time, in the information processing apparatus 1, when one audio data is selected from the list-displayed audio data, and this audio data is copied, the selection state display portion is “selected”. When this is switched to “Non-selected”, the remaining audio data is also switched to “Non-selected”. When this audio data is copied, the selected state display section is “Non-selected”. By switching to “Select”, the remaining audio data is also switched to “Select”, thereby reducing the number of user selection operations and simplifying the selection operation.

  Specifically, with reference to FIG. 6, in the information processing apparatus 1, each audio data of the IC card 12 mounted in the IC card drive 8 is selected as audio data to be copied to the HDD 6 in the memory 24. A selection state holding unit 71 that holds the state of the selection state display unit 53 is selected, and the CPU 23 receives a selection change input input from the operation unit 17, the remote operation device 5, the input device 4, or the like. Accordingly, the audio data held in the selection state holding unit 71 is changed. Further, in the information processing apparatus 1, when the selection position change input is input from the operation unit 17, the remote operation device 5, the input device 4, or the like, the CPU 23 changes the audio data stored and held in the selection state holding unit 71. It is like that.

  Here, a list display screen of audio data recorded on the IC card 12 when the audio data of the IC card 12 is copied to the HDD 6 will be described with reference to FIG. A selection state display unit 73 for displaying selection / non-selection of audio data to be copied stored in the IC card 12, a song name display unit 74 for displaying the song name of the audio data stored in the IC card 12, An artist name display section 75 that displays the artist name of the audio data and a playback time display section 76 that displays the playback time of the audio data are provided. On the list display screen 72, a designation button 77 for selecting data to be copied, an all designation button 78 for selecting all data to be copied, a copy start button 79 for starting copying, and a scrolling list display. A scroll button 80 is provided. Such a list display screen 72 changes the color of the block 81 of the data at the center (data of the song name “AAAAAA” in the example of FIG. 7A) from the other data on the initial screen, and the user pays attention to it. This makes it easy to select this.

  Further, the selection state display unit 73 can be switched by clicking the designation button 77 and all the designation buttons 78 with the operation unit 17, the remote operation device 5, the input device 4, etc. after selecting the data to be switched. it can. When the designation button 77 is clicked, the data in the selected state can be switched to “selected (●)” or “non-selected (◯)”. When the all selection button 78 is clicked, the selection state data is switched to “selection (●)” or “non-selection (◯)”, and the remaining data is “selected” according to the selection state data. ●) ”or“ Non-selected (O) ”.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 7A and 8, when the display data is scrolled by the scroll button 80, the data at the center of the list is always selected. Further, when a block 81 of data other than the central portion is selected in the list by the operation unit 17, the remote control device 5, the input device 4, etc., the selected data is positioned in the central portion. In the example shown in FIG. 8, the scroll button 80 scrolls the list so that the data of the song name “DDDDD” is in the center, or the data of the song name “DDDDD” is selected, so that the data of the song name “DDDDD” is listed. Located in the center of the.

  Next, the operation when selecting data to be copied will be described with reference to FIG. 9. First, the information processing apparatus 1 is operated by the user operating the operation unit 17, the remote operation apparatus 5, the input apparatus 4, and the like. Under the control of the CPU 23, an application program for copying audio data from the IC card 12 mounted in the IC card drive 8 to the HDD 6 is loaded into the memory 24. In step S11, the CPU 23 searches the audio data stored in the IC card 12, and the GMCH 25 displays the list display screen 72 shown in FIG. 7A on the monitor 3 under the control of the CPU 23. At this time, under the control of the CPU 23, the GMCH 25 changes the color of the data block 81 in the central portion, that is, the block 81 with the song name “AAAAA” in the figure, to the selected state by changing the color. Further, the selection state holding unit 71 of the memory 24 stores and holds the state of the selection state display unit 73 of each data. For example, the selection state display unit 73 sets all data as “selected (●)” as an initial state, and holds this. Of course, the initial state is not limited to this. For example, all may be “non-selected (◯)”, and only the data at the center is “non-selected” as shown in FIG. (○) ”, the rest are all“ selected (●) ”, and conversely, only the data at the center is“ selected (●) ”, and the rest are all“ non-selected (○) ”. It is good.

  In step S12, the CPU 23 selects the selection state display unit from the operation unit 17, the remote operation device 5, the input device 4 and the like with respect to the selection state data at the center of the list (data of the song name “AAAAAA” in FIG. 7A). It is determined whether or not there are 73 change inputs, that is, whether or not all the designation buttons 78 have been clicked. When there is a change input, the process proceeds to step S13. When there is no change input, the process proceeds to step S17.

  In step S <b> 13, the CPU 23 refers to the selection state holding unit 71 and determines whether or not the block 81 of the selected state data in the center of the list is “selected (●)”. When it is “selection (●)”, the process proceeds to step S14, and when it is not “selection (●)”, the process proceeds to step S15.

  In step S14, the CPU 23 determines that the data block 81 in the selected state at the center of the list is “selection (●)”, and selects “selection (●)” in response to the selection change input. Change to “Non-select (○)”.

  In step S15, the CPU 23 determines that the block 81 of the currently selected data in the center of the list is “non-selected (◯)”, and in response to the selection change input, “non-selected (◯)”. "To" Select (●) ".

  In step S <b> 16, the CPU 23 changes the contents of the selection state display unit 73, and changes the selection state display unit 73 of the remaining data block 81 according to the state after the change of the block 81 of the selection state data at the center of the current list. Switch the state. That is, as shown in FIG. 7B, the CPU 23 changes the block 81 of the currently selected data in the center of the list from “non-selected (◯)” to “selected (●)”. All the blocks 81 are set to “select (●)”. Further, as shown in FIG. 7C, the CPU 23 changes the block 81 of the currently selected data in the center of the list from “selected (●)” to “non-selected (◯)”. All the blocks 81 are set to “unselected (◯)”.

  When there is no change input in step S12, the CPU 23 changes from the data block 81 at the center of the list to the data block 81 at another position from the operation unit 17, the remote control device 5, the input device 4, etc. in step S17. It is determined whether an instruction to change the selection state has been input, that is, whether the scroll button 80 has been clicked or data at a position other than the data at the center of the list has been selected. If there is a change instruction, the process proceeds to step S18. If there is no change instruction, the process ends.

  In step S18, the CPU 23 changes the content of the selection state display unit 73 so that the selected data is positioned at the center of the list. That is, when the scroll button 80 is clicked, the data block 81 at the center of the list is always selected. Further, when the data block 81 at a position other than the data at the center of the list is selected, the selected data is positioned at the center and is selected.

  As described above, when the data to be copied is almost all of the data stored in the IC card 12, the selection state display unit 73 selects the data block 81 of “non-selected (◯)” and the all designation button 78 is pressed. By clicking, all are switched to “selection (●)”, and a block 81 of data not to be copied is selected and a designation button 77 is clicked to individually make “non-selection (◯)”. When the data to be copied is a small amount of data stored in the IC card 12, the selection state display unit 73 selects the data block 81 of “selection (●)” and the all designation button 78. By clicking, all are switched to “non-selection (O)”, and a block 81 of data to be copied is selected and clicked on the designation button 77 to individually select “Select (●)”. To do. Thereafter, the data stored in the IC card 12 is copied to the HDD 6 by clicking the copy start button 79. According to such a method, the number of selection operations can be reduced as compared with the case of individually selecting data to be copied, and the selection operation of data to be copied can be simplified. In addition, the information processing apparatus 1 can improve the visibility by displaying the data that the user always pays attention at the center of the list that is most easily viewable by the user.

  Even when not all data is displayed on the monitor 3, the data of the portion not displayed is switched from “Select (●)” to “Non-select (O)” or “Non-select (O) ) ”Can be switched to“ selection (●) ”, the user's operation of scrolling the screen can be omitted, and operability can be improved.

In the above example, the case where the audio data of the IC card 12 is copied to the HDD 6 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this and can be applied to the following cases.
1. 1. When copying from the optical disk 13 to the HDD 6 2. When copying from the disk cartridge 11 to the HDD 6 3. When copying from the HDD 6 to the disk cartridge 11 4. When copying from the HDD 6 to the IC card 12 5. When copying from the HDD 6 to the optical disc 13 6. When copying from the disk cartridge 11 to the IC card 12. 7. When copying from the disk cartridge 11 to the optical disk 13 8. When copying from the IC card 12 to the disk cartridge 11 9. When copying from the IC card 12 to the optical disk 13 When copying to HDD 6, disk cartridge 11, IC card 12, optical disk 13 by EMD As described above, data recorded on optical disk 13, data downloaded by EMD, data stored in IC card 12 are stored in HDD 6 of information processing apparatus 1. Data of various media such as data can be stored. The HDD 6 is composed of a large-capacity hard disk of about 40 gigabytes, for example, and can store audio data of about 5000 songs.

  When the audio data recorded on the disk cartridge 11, the IC card 12, and the optical disk 13 is stored in the HDD 6, the audio data is recorded for each audio data stored in the HDD 6, as shown in FIG. Album name, audio data song name, audio data artist name, and recording date and time of audio data on the HDD 6 are associated with each other. The album name, song name, artist name, and recording date and time associated with each audio data are search keywords when searching for audio data stored in the HDD 6.

  Next, a procedure for storing audio data in the HDD 6 will be described with reference to FIG. 11. Audio data input from the audio / video input unit 42, the disk cartridge drive 7, the IC card drive 8, or the optical disk drive 13 is: It is stored in the HDD 6 through the sound interface 34. At this time, the audio data is converted into a storage format in the HDD 6 by the ripping unit 91 provided in the sound interface 34 or configured by software, and the album name, song name, artist name, and recording date / time are associated with each other. And stored in the HDD 6. Specifically, the audio data is compressed in the ATRAC3 (Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding 3: trademark) format and then stored in the HDD 6.

  Note that this compression format is not limited to this. For example, MPEG-2 AAC (Motion Picture Expert Group 2 Advanced Audio Coding: Trademark), MP3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer3: Trademark), TwinVQ (Transform-Domain) You may make it carry out by methods, such as Weighted Interleave Vector Quantization (trademark), MS Audio (WMA: Windows Media Audio: trademark), Ogg Vorbis (trademark).

  Also, the album name, song name, and artist name associated when the compressed audio data is stored are input by the operation unit 17, the remote operation device 5, the input device 4, and the like. Note that the album name, song name, and artist name may be acquired by accessing an external database via the network 15 in addition to being input by the operation unit 17, the remote control device 5, the input device 4, etc. Further, it may be obtained by referring to a database built in the HDD 6. The recording date and time is a date and time when the audio data is stored with reference to a clock built in the apparatus main body 2.

  When the audio data stored in the HDD 6 is reproduced, when the audio data to be reproduced is selected by the user, the CPU 23 reads the selected audio data from the HDD 6 and performs reproduction processing. This reproduction process is performed by a reproduction unit 92 including a sound interface 34 audio DSP 39, a digital amplifier 40, and the like. The reproducing unit 92 decompresses the compressed audio data, performs predetermined signal processing such as equalizing, and then outputs the audio data from the speaker 10.

  In the information processing apparatus 1, search software is stored in the HDD 6 so that the user can find desired audio data from among the many audio data stored in the HDD 6 in this way. The information processing apparatus 1 will be described in terms of functions. As shown in FIG. 11, the information processing apparatus 1 includes a sorting unit 93 and a search unit 94 configured by software.

  Sorting conditions are input to the sorting unit 93 from the operation unit 17, the remote operation device 5, the input device 4, and the like. Specifically, when the sorting condition is input, the sort unit 93 selects the album name, the song name, or the artist name from the data stored in the HDD 6 when the sort condition is input. Referring to and sorting according to conditions such as alphabetical order, 50-sound order. In addition, when the recording date / time is selected as the sorting condition, the sorting unit 93 refers to the recording date / time of each data, and sorts the data stored in the HDD 6 in the newest or oldest recording order of the audio data. Then, the sorting unit 93 displays the sorted data list on the monitor 3 as shown in FIG. The sorted data is arranged in a ring shape by connecting the first and last data.

  A search keyword is input to the search unit 94 as character data from the operation unit 17, the remote control device 5, the input device 4, and the like. Further, a search keyword obtained by performing voice recognition processing on the voice data input from the microphone 18 is input to the search unit 94. The search unit 94 performs a search by comparing the input search keyword with the album name, song name, or artist name of each audio data stored in the HDD 6, and displays the search result on the monitor 3. When character data is input as a search keyword from the operation unit 17, the remote operation device 5, the input device 4, or the like, the search unit 94 displays a character string of album name, song name, or artist name as shown in FIG. Matching is performed from the beginning, and the search result is displayed on the monitor 3. When a search keyword is input by voice from the microphone 18, the search unit 94 compares the character string of the album name, song name or artist name with the recognition result, and displays the search result on the monitor 3.

  At this time, the search unit 94 displays the audio data that matches or is closest to the search keyword in the center of the list, changes the color of the other audio data and changes the selected data, and displays it on the monitor 3. The audio data that matches or is closest to the search keyword is displayed in the center of the list because this position is the position that is most easily seen by the user. The selected state is the possibility that this data will be played back in the next operation. Is the highest data. The search unit 94 rotates the substantially ring-shaped data string sorted by the sort unit 93 so that the audio data that matches or is closest to the search keyword is located at the center of the list, and the data in the vicinity thereof is monitored 3. To display. Therefore, the data after the data sorted by the sorting unit 93 is displayed in the forward direction below the data at the center of the list, and the data preceding the data sorted by the sorting unit 93 is displayed above the data at the center of the list. Are displayed side by side in the reverse direction. The number of data displayed in the search result list is not particularly limited to the number shown in the figure.

  Next, the audio data search operation will be described with reference to FIG. 12. First, when the search program is activated, the information processing apparatus 1 displays a list display screen 101 as shown in FIG. Is displayed on the monitor 3. The list display screen 101 displays a list of audio data stored in the HDD 6. For each audio data, the name of the album in which the audio data is recorded, the song name of the audio data, and the audio data are displayed. The name of the artist performing and the recording date and time stored in the HDD 6 are displayed. The list display screen 101 displays a list of audio data arranged irregularly.

  In step S21, the sort condition is input to the sort unit 93 from the operation unit 17, the remote operation device 5, the input device 4, and the like. In step S <b> 22, the sorting unit 93 sorts the audio data according to the input sorting condition, and displays it on the monitor 3. In the example of FIG. 1313 (B), an artist name is input as a sorting condition, and in response to this input, the sorting unit 93 refers to the artist name and sorts in alphabetical order, for example. The sorted data is arranged in a ring shape by connecting the first and last data. That is, in the example of FIG. 13B, the song name “AAAAAA” of the first artist name “Ann” and the song name “YYYYY” of the artist name “Tom” are connected.

  In step S23, the search keyword is input to the search unit 94 as character data from the operation unit 17, the remote control device 5, the input device 4, and the like. Further, a search keyword obtained by performing voice recognition processing on the voice data input from the microphone 18 is input to the search unit 94. In step S 24, the search unit 94 performs a search by comparing the input search keyword with the album name, song name, or artist name of each audio data stored in the HDD 6, and displays the search result on the monitor 3. For example, FIG. 13C is a screen showing a search result obtained by performing a search using the search keyword as the song name “QQQQQQ”. The song name “QQQQQQ” that matches the search keyword is displayed in the center of the list, and other colors are selected. The status is displayed. In the lower part of the list, the subsequent data of the list center data sorted by artist name is displayed in the forward direction (in the order of John and Tom in the downward direction), and in the upper part of the list, The preceding data in the center of the list sorted by artist name are displayed side by side in the reverse direction (upward in the order John, Bob).

  In the above example, since the search is performed by the keyword of the song title after sorting by the artist name, the target audio data can be searched and the audio can be searched on the screen of FIG. You can see the artist's song in the data.

  As a search method, in addition to sorting and searching in different fields as described above, sorting and searching may be performed in the same field. For example, after sorting song names in alphabetical order and alphabetical order, and performing a search based on the search keyword for the song name, the search keyword is displayed in the vertical direction of the audio data that matches or is closest to the search keyword in the center of the list. Since the near data is displayed, even if the data at the center of the list is different from the desired data, the desired data can be found by looking near the data. Furthermore, in the above example, the search is performed after sorting, but conversely, after the search is performed with the search keyword, the search result list may be sorted according to a predetermined sort condition. Good. In the above example, the case where the HDD 6 is searched has been described. However, this sort and search is performed on the data stored in the disk cartridge 11, the IC card 12, the optical disk 13, and the server connected via the network. You may make it use for a search.

  By the way, the above-described list display screens 50, 71, 101 and the like are displayed so as to be superimposed on the background image. When the audio data searched based on the search results as described above is reproduced, the monitor 3 displays the spectrum of the audio data being reproduced as a background image. For example, all audio data to be reproduced is output via the sound interface 34. The sound interface 34 performs processing such as fast Fourier transform on the audio data being reproduced, and performs frequency analysis. A background image corresponding to the obtained spectrum is generated and displayed on the monitor 3.

  Then, on the list display screens 50, 71, 101, etc. displayed on the background image, in order to make the displayed data easy to see, the transparency of the background image is changed and displayed in each block of the displayed data. I am doing so.

  That is, as illustrated in FIG. 14, the information processing apparatus 1 includes a first mixer 111 and a second mixer 112 that are realized by software or the like. The list display screen 101 for displaying the search result list will be described as an example. The first mixer 111 has the transmittance of the background image of each block read from the transmittance table stored in the HDD 6 or the like as the storage means. Data and background image data are input. Here, as shown in FIG. 15, the transmittance data has 0% transmittance in the background image 110 of the block 102a in the center of the list in which audio data that matches or is closest to the search keyword is displayed. The upper and lower blocks adjacent to each other block 102a are set such that the transmittance of the background image 110 increases toward the both ends. Then, the first mixer 111 outputs background image data according to the transmittance to the second mixer 112.

  The second mixer 112 receives background image data in accordance with the transmittance and character data such as an album name, a song name, an artist name, and a recording time displayed in each block 102. Then, the second mixer 112 superimposes the character data and the background image data according to the transmittance, and outputs this to the monitor 3.

  The screen displayed on the monitor 3 will be described with reference to FIG. 15. The block 102a at the center of the list in which audio data matching or closest to the search keyword is displayed has a transmittance of 0%, and the background image Is displayed so that the user can pay attention most. The upper and lower blocks 102b and 102b adjacent to the central block 102a have the transmittance that does not transmit the most background image 110, the background image 110 is displayed lightly, character data is clearly displayed, and the list is displayed. The user pays attention after the central block 102a. The next blocks 102c and 102c adjacent to the upper and lower sides of the blocks 102b and 102b have the transmittance that does not transmit the background image 110 next to the blocks 102b and 102b, and have the brightness next to the blocks 102b and 102b. , 102b, the user pays attention. The next blocks 102d and 102d adjacent to the upper and lower sides of the blocks 102c and 102c have the transmittance that does not pass through the background image 110, that is, the highest transmittance, the lowest transmittance, and the darkest. It has become the least noticeable. That is, the blocks other than the block 102a at the center of the list are set such that the transmittance of the background image 110 increases toward the both ends, and the character data becomes harder to see as it goes to both ends.

  According to the display method as described above, the transmittance of the background image 110 of the block 102a in the center of the list is set to 0%, and the transmittance of the background image 110 of the blocks 102b to 102d on both sides thereof is increased in order. Display, i.e., darkening toward both ends, the user first pays attention to the block 102a in the center of the list, and then the user is in order of decreasing transmittance, i.e., from the center. Attention is paid toward the outside, and visibility can be improved.

  The control of the transmittance of the background image 110 may be applied to the list display screens 50, 71, 101 described above. Further, the transmittance of the background image 110 of the central block 102a is limited to 0% as long as the user is most noticeable on the screen as in the list display screens 50, 71, 101. It is not a thing. In addition to changing the transmittance in units of blocks, the transmittance of the background image 110 may be gradually increased from both sides of the central block 102a.

  The control for increasing the transmittance of the background image 110 of the blocks 102b to 102d toward both ends is performed according to the transmittance table provided in the HDD 6 as described above, and the information processing apparatus 1 is similar to a personal computer. Therefore, various list screens may be displayed depending on the installed software. Therefore, the transmittance is calculated according to the distance from the central block, and this calculation result A list display screen in which the transmittance of the background image 110 is changed according to the above may be displayed.

  Note that the functions of the information processing apparatus 1 described above can also be realized by hardware. Further, when realized by software, the disk cartridge 11, IC card 12, and optical disk 13 in which software having these functions is recorded are mounted on the disk cartridge drive 7, IC card drive 8, and optical disk drive 9 and installed in the HDD 6. do it. Alternatively, the software may be downloaded to the HDD 6 via the network 15 and installed.

1 is an external perspective view of an information processing apparatus to which the present invention is applied. It is a block diagram of the said information processing apparatus. It is a flowchart explaining the operation | movement when copying the data of an optical disk to a hard disk. It is a figure explaining the list display screen before copying operation start. It is a figure explaining the list display screen during copying operation. It is a figure explaining the function of the information processing apparatus which can select the data to copy. (A)-(C) are the figures explaining the list display screen for selecting the data to copy. It is a figure explaining the list display screen when the data to copy are changed. It is a flowchart explaining the operation | movement at the time of selecting the data to copy. It is a figure explaining the data format preserve | saved at a hard disk. It is a block diagram explaining the function of the information processing apparatus which can search the data recorded on the hard disk. It is a flowchart explaining the search procedure of data. (A)-(C) is a figure explaining change of a search screen. It is a block diagram explaining the function of the information processing apparatus which changes the transmittance | permeability for every block of a list display screen. It is a figure explaining the list display screen which changed the transmittance | permeability for every block.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information processing apparatus, 50 list display screen, 51 Optical disk display part, 52 Hard disk display part, 53 Selection status display part, 54 Order display part, 55 Song name display part, 56 Play time display part, 57 Copy time display part, 58 First index section, 59 Song name display section, 60 Size display section, 61 Second index section, 62, 63 Scroll buttons, 72 List display screen, 73 Selection status display section, 74 Song name display section, 75 Artist name display Part, 76 playback time display part, 77 designation button, 78 all designation button, 79 copy start button, 80 scroll button, 81 block, 101 list display screen

Claims (8)

In a display control apparatus for displaying information related to the content data when content data recorded on the first recording medium is recorded on the second recording medium.
Display control means for displaying information relating to the content data of the first recording medium to be recorded on the second recording medium,
The display control means includes selection / non-selection display and content name display of the content data of the first recording medium to be recorded on the second recording medium as information relating to the content data of the first recording medium. List,
When the content data is recorded on the second recording medium, the list display displays a display indicating content that has been recorded and a display indicating content that is currently being recorded. Display control device.   The display control means displays the recording progress status of the content data currently being recorded so that the color of the display portion changes from one side to the other side in accordance with the recording progress status. The display control apparatus according to claim 1.   The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the content data is audio data, and the content name is a song name.   4. The display control apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the display control means displays a list including information regarding the content data of the first recording medium, further including a reproduction time. A content information display step for displaying a list of content data selection / non-selection and content name of the first recording medium to be recorded on the second recording medium as information on the content data of the first recording medium;
A selection step for allowing the user to select content data of the first recording medium to be recorded on the second recording medium;
A recording start step for starting recording of the content data of the first recording medium selected by the selection step onto the second recording medium;
When the content data selected in the selection step is recorded on the second recording medium, in the list display, a display indicating content that has been recorded and a display indicating content that is currently being recorded A display method comprising: a recording-time display step for displaying. In the recording-time display step, the recording progress of the content data currently being recorded is displayed such that the color of the display portion changes from one side to the other according to the recording progress. The display method according to claim 5. 6. The display method according to claim 5, wherein the content data is audio data, and the content name is a song name. 8. The display method according to claim 7, wherein, in the content information display step, a list including the reproduction time is further displayed as information relating to the content data of the first recording medium.

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