JP4935918B2 - Information recording device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a technique for recording information on a rewritable recording medium or a write-once recording medium.

A recording medium that uses magnetic tape has been generally used as a recording medium for recording information taken by a video camera. On the other hand, with the development of recording / reproducing technology for disc-shaped recording media and high-density technology, disc-shaped recording media have come into practical use as recording media. As an example, a video camera or an information recording device using a hard disk or an optical disk (DVD disk or the like) as a recording medium has appeared. A video camera, an information recording device, or an information reproducing device using this disk-shaped recording medium can easily perform random access and various editing operations compared to a conventional recording medium using a magnetic tape. There are advantages, such as being able to achieve downsizing.

JP-A-8-273304 JP-A-5-54518

However, this DVD-RAM is not compatible with the DVD-video format. In other words, it cannot be played back by an existing DVD playback device. DVD-RAM
The medium itself is still expensive, and it cannot be said that the prevalence rate of the dedicated player for RAM and the DVD playback device for RAM is not high at present. Even from the viewpoint of the diffusion rate, it is easily assumed that reproduction on a DVD reproducing apparatus is essential. Then, the medium recorded with the DVD-RAM camera is the existing DV.
There is a need for playback on a D playback device. There are DVD-RW and DVD-R options for the recording format, but the DVD-R becomes more competitive in terms of the cost of the plate and the possibility of playback on existing DVD playback devices. Considering marketability as mentioned above, DVD-RA
It is essential that the M camera has a DVD-R recording function.

By the way, there are two types of recording media for optical disks: a rewritable type and a write-once type. A rewritable type is, as its name suggests, rewritable. On the other hand, the write-once type can be written only once. As a rewritable type, DVD-RA
M, DVD-RW, PC-RW, and the like are known, and the write-once type is DVD-R. In any case, information can be recorded as an information recording medium. However, since the information recording method differs depending on the characteristics, the information recording apparatus needs to record based on the recording method.

A DVD-R can be recorded in the same UDF bridge format as a read-only disc. Accordingly, the DVD-R has almost the same characteristics as a read-only disc with respect to reproduction after recording, and can be reproduced by an existing DVD reproduction apparatus.

However, in order to reproduce what is recorded on the DVD-R with an existing DVD reproducing apparatus, it is necessary to perform end processing including finalization. Details of finalization will be described later. This finalizing process is not necessary for the DVD-RAM. For this reason DVD-R and D
In a video camera and information recording apparatus that record information with respect to the VD-RAM, the end processing after recording must be switched depending on the medium. The DVD-RAM end process is a process for writing information that conforms to the video recording standard to the disc in order to realize special reproduction of the captured video. On the other hand, the DVD-R end processing is information writing and finalization processing in accordance with the video format of the read-only disc defined in the DVD-video book. The logical format of the DVD is disclosed in JP-A-8-273304.

Next, finalize recording will be briefly described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the finalized recording. 200 VTS_0, VTS_
1. . . Is a set of video, audio, sub-audio, etc. and its management information.
I is an area where the capacity of data is recorded in the lead-in area, and 202 is an area indicating the end position of the recorded data. When recording on a DVD-R as shown in FIG.
Video title set: 99 at the maximum) Recorded in units called 200. VTS200
Is generated from three data: compressed video, audio or sub-picture packed data, information for reproducing them, and backup of the information for reproduction.
The upper part of FIG. 2 shows the recording state before finalization. In the state before finalization, the existing D
Since it cannot be played back by the VD playback device, it is recorded in the lead-in area 201 and the lead-out area 202 as shown in the lower part of FIG. Although not shown in FIG. 2, between the lead-in area and the VTS 200, video manager information (information for searching for a title, etc.) and information on the volume and file structure area are recorded simultaneously. Information for using the title set may be provided between the VTS 200 and the lead-out area 202 in some cases. The detailed data structure is also disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 8-273304. By recording in the format as described above, playback on an existing DVD playback device becomes possible.

In addition, when using a video camera, a battery (a rechargeable battery called a battery pack or a dry battery) is usually used, but in the first place, a battery (a rechargeable battery, a dry battery, a solar battery, etc.) is supplied. The amount of power that can be supplied is limited, or the amount of power that can be supplied may vary depending on environmental conditions such as temperature and sunshine conditions. For example, the amount of power that can be supplied may be smaller than the amount of power required for the finalizing process due to a decrease in temperature.

If the amount of power necessary for the finalizing process cannot be supplied as described above due to the battery running out during the finalizing process, the finalizing process will not be processed normally.

Further, at this time, there are cases where the finalization process is forcibly terminated even during the process, and information recorded on the disk cannot be reproduced or the disk is destroyed. In particular, in the case of a DVD-R, since it can be written only once, the finalizing process cannot be normally performed. For an information recording apparatus handling the DVD-R,
Very problematic.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an information recording apparatus that can satisfactorily write information on a rewritable or write-once recording medium, and does not cause a failure of the end processing of the recording medium. The purpose is to do so.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-54518 is given as a reference example of an optical disk recording apparatus that has a problem caused by a decrease in power supply voltage.

According to the above publication, “With such a configuration, even if the voltage of the battery (battery) 31 decreases during recording (recording), the TOC information of the recorded contents up to that time is stored and retained in the RAM 9, and then Since the TOC information is recorded on the optical disc 2 when the main power supply is restored, the recorded contents up to immediately before the main power supply can be reproduced can be reproduced later. In this case, the TOC information is not recorded on the disc, and the audio data on which the TOC information is not recorded cannot be reproduced because the head access for reproduction cannot be performed. However, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the TOC information until just before the recording is interrupted due to the power down is stored. , Thereby enabling it to record contents all playback. (Paragraph number: 0021) "made is described techniques.

The above publication aims to “because the TOC information until the recording is interrupted due to the power-down is saved, so that all the recorded contents can be reproduced”. Is interrupted, the TOC information is not recorded on the disc and the TOC
Audio data in which no information is recorded cannot be reproduced because head access for reproduction cannot be performed.

That is, when the power is turned off, if there is no means for holding the TOC information of the recorded contents that are currently being recorded, the TOC information is erased when the power is turned off, so that the TOC information is stored and held in the RAM 9. The above publication is characterized in that it does not disappear.

On the other hand, the problem with the present invention is that, as described above, the finalization process is forcibly terminated even during the process, and information recorded on the disk cannot be reproduced or the disk is destroyed. This point is not described in the above publication.

Further, there is no description regarding the fact that the finalizing process cannot be normally performed in the case of a DVD-R that can be written only once.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention switches the end process for each recording medium so as to determine the type of recording medium to be recorded and to perform the end process corresponding to each type of the recording medium. And Alternatively, the end process is switched so as to correspond to the recording method on the recording medium.

As a recording medium, a rewritable type, for example, a DVD-RAM end process is a process of writing information conforming to a video recording standard to a disc in order to realize special reproduction of a shot video.

On the other hand, in a write-once type DVD-R, for example, an end process is to perform information writing and finalization processing in accordance with the video format of a read-only disc defined in the DVD-video book.

Further, when the information recording apparatus performs the termination process, it is determined whether or not the power amount necessary to perform the termination process can be supplied, and the necessary power amount can be supplied. In addition,
Perform termination processing.

The determination as to whether or not the amount of power necessary to perform the termination process can be supplied is made by determining whether the power supply is supplied by a battery or a commercial AC power supply. Can be discriminated.

That is, if the power supply is supplied by a commercial AC power source, the termination process is performed on the assumption that the amount of power necessary to perform the termination process can be supplied. Therefore, when the battery is supplied, the end process cannot be performed.

However, even when the power supply is supplied by a battery, it is possible to determine the amount of power that can be supplied by the battery that supplies power, and to supply the amount of power necessary to perform the termination process.
(For example, if the amount of power that the battery can supply is greater than the amount of power used for the termination process)
It is also possible to perform termination processing.

Whether or not it is possible to supply the amount of power necessary for the finalizing process when the finalizing process is performed, particularly when performing the finalizing process after recording information on, for example, a DVD-R of a write-once recording medium in the present invention. When the necessary amount of power can be supplied, finalization processing is performed. Also in this case, it is assumed that the above-described means is used to determine whether or not the amount of power necessary for the finalizing process can be supplied.

In the above, when the power supply is a commercial AC power source, the termination process is performed, but this is limited to the amount of power that can be supplied, such as a battery (rechargeable battery, dry battery, etc.). On the other hand, a commercial alternating current power source is illustrated as an example of what the amount of power that can be supplied is not limited. Therefore, if there is any other amount of power that can be supplied, it can be used as a power supply source for performing the termination process. For example, electric power obtained from an automobile may be used as a power supply source. Further, although the battery is also a rechargeable battery or a dry battery, it is an example of a limited amount of power that can be supplied. For example, a configuration in which a solar battery or the like is used for supplying power as the above battery can be sufficiently realized, and the present invention. Can be implemented,
Depending on the amount of power that can be supplied, the termination process may not be performed.

In addition, batteries (rechargeable batteries, dry batteries, solar cells, etc.) are limited in the amount of power that can be supplied, but the amount of power that can be supplied may vary depending on environmental conditions such as temperature and sunshine conditions. It is what has.

On the other hand, a commercial AC power source has an unlimited amount of power that can be supplied.
Electric power can be stably supplied, and the supplied electric power hardly changes depending on environmental conditions such as a battery.

Therefore, even when taking into account fluctuations in power supplied on average, when power is supplied from a commercial AC power source, the data recorded in the information recording device is protected as an end process, and It is assumed that the reliability of the information recording apparatus is improved.

However, even when power is supplied from the battery, the stability of the supplied power is detected, and if the power necessary for the termination process can be stably supplied, the termination process is executed. It may be.

It should be noted that the detection or determination that the power necessary for the termination process can be stably supplied is that even if the change with respect to time of the supplied power is stable, the power can be stably supplied. good. For example, the supply power from the battery is continuously or discretely referenced with respect to time to obtain the change state and characteristics of the supply power, and is necessary for the termination process based on the change state and characteristics. It is possible to detect or determine that power can be supplied stably.

In addition, in detecting or judging the stability of power supply based on the state and characteristics of the above changes, refer to battery characteristics (including discharge characteristics), or measure and refer to temperature changes using a temperature sensor. In addition, a sensor or means for measuring environmental conditions such as measuring and referring to sunlight conditions by a sensor for light may be provided and executed.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a video compression means for compressing a video signal, an audio compression means for compressing an audio signal, video data output from the video compression means, and output from the audio compression means. Multiplexing means for multiplexing audio data in a predetermined format, determination means for determining the type of recording medium, read / write means for writing or reading according to the medium, power supply means for driving the apparatus, recording Control means for controlling the information recording apparatus, and monitoring or determining the connection state of the power source, and end processing in accordance with the standard of the recording medium based on the control of the control means. An information recording apparatus (combined with a camera) having an ending unit for performing and a notifying unit for notifying a warning message is configured. Note that the control means for monitoring or discriminating the connection state of the power supply does not necessarily have to be implemented by the control means, and may be provided with a means for carrying out separately.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, in an information recording apparatus for recording information on a recording medium, driver means for reading / writing information from / to the recording medium, and a recording medium for determining the type of the recording medium A discriminating unit; an end processing unit that performs an end process of the recording medium via the driver unit; and a control unit that controls the information recording apparatus. The end processing unit is based on the type of the recording medium. The end process is switched.

In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, the recording medium for recording information is a rewritable recording medium or a write-once recording medium.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention comprises power supply means for supplying power to the information recording apparatus, and power supply determination means for determining the supply state of the power supply means, wherein the power supply determination means is Then, it is determined whether the power supply is supplied by a battery or a commercial AC power source, and when the power supply is supplied by a commercial AC power source, the termination processing means performs a termination process.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention comprises power supply means for supplying power to the information recording apparatus, and power supply determination means for determining the supply state of the power supply means, wherein the power supply determination means is Then, it is determined whether the power supply is supplied by a battery or a commercial AC power supply, and when the power supply is supplied by the battery, the end processing means does not perform the end processing.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention comprises power supply means for supplying power to the information recording apparatus, and power supply determination means for determining the supply state of the power supply means, wherein the power supply determination means is The amount of power that can be supplied by the battery that supplies power is determined, and when the amount of power that can be supplied by the battery is greater than the amount of power that is used for the end processing, the end processing means performs the end processing.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, notification means is provided, and the notification means notifies that power is supplied by a commercial AC power supply.

In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, in an information recording apparatus for recording information on a rewritable recording medium or a write-once recording medium, driver means for reading / writing information on the recording medium, and the recording A recording medium discriminating unit for discriminating whether the type of the medium is a rewritable recording medium or a write-once recording medium, and the rewritable recording medium or the write-once type via the driver unit An ending processing unit that performs an ending process on the recording medium; and a control unit that controls the information recording apparatus. Based on the determination by the recording medium determining unit, the recording medium is a rewritable recording medium and a write-once recording medium. Then, the termination processing means switches the termination processing.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, in an information recording apparatus for recording information on a write-once recording medium, driver means for reading / writing information from / on the write-once recording medium, and via the driver means An end processing means for performing an end process based on a recording method on the write-once recording medium, a power supply means for supplying power to the information recording apparatus, a power supply determining means for determining a supply state of the power supply means, Control means for controlling the information recording device, wherein the power supply determining means determines whether the power supply is supplied by a battery or a commercial AC power source, and the power supply is supplied by the commercial AC power source. The termination processing means
Perform termination processing.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, in an information recording apparatus for recording information on a write-once recording medium, driver means for reading / writing information from / on the write-once recording medium, and via the driver means An end processing means for performing an end process based on a recording method on the write-once recording medium, a power supply means for supplying power to the information recording apparatus, a power supply determining means for determining a supply state of the power supply means, Control means for controlling the information recording device, wherein the power supply determining means determines whether the power supply is supplied by a battery or a commercial AC power source, and the power supply is supplied by a battery. In addition, the termination processing means does not perform termination processing.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, in an information recording apparatus for recording information on a write-once recording medium, driver means for reading / writing information from / on the write-once recording medium, and via the driver means An end processing means for performing an end process based on a recording method on the write-once recording medium, a power supply means for supplying power to the information recording apparatus, a power supply determining means for determining a supply state of the power supply means, Control means for controlling the information recording device, wherein the power supply determining means determines the amount of power that can be supplied by the battery that supplies power, and when the amount of power that can be supplied by the battery is greater than the amount of power used for the termination process The termination processing means performs termination processing.

In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, in an information recording apparatus for recording on a rewritable recording medium or a write once recording medium, a power monitoring means for monitoring means for supplying power to the information recording apparatus is provided. And when the power monitoring means determines that power is supplied from an AC power source, the termination processing means performs termination processing on the write-once recording medium.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a rewritable recording medium or an information recording apparatus for recording on a write-once recording medium is provided with notification means, and the power monitoring means is powered by a battery. If it is determined that the recording medium is present, the end processing unit does not perform end processing on the write-once recording medium, and the notification unit notifies the AC power supply to supply power.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an information recording apparatus capable of switching the end process according to the type of recording medium (rewritable type, write-once type recording medium).

In addition, when the information recording device performs the termination process, it is determined whether or not the amount of power necessary to perform the termination process can be supplied, and when the necessary amount of power can be supplied, Since the termination process is performed, the termination process can be performed normally.

Therefore, it is possible to prevent the information recorded on the disk from being forcibly terminated even if the termination process is in progress, or the disk from being destroyed or being destroyed,
Data recorded in the information recording apparatus can be protected, and the reliability of the information recording apparatus can be improved. Since the termination process can be normally performed by the present invention, the present invention is very useful for a write-once recording medium such as a DVD-R that can be written only once.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the write-once recording medium, but can be applied to a recording medium that requires an end process after recording. For example, the present invention is useful for a rewritable recording medium such as a DVD-RAM. It is a thing.

Moreover, although it demonstrated also to the Example based on this invention, according to this invention, DVD-RAM and DVD
For example, an information recording apparatus such as a camera-integrated type in which -R is integrally mounted can be provided.

It is a system diagram showing an embodiment according to the present invention. It is a figure explaining finalization. It is a figure explaining the finalize processing flow. It is a figure explaining the finalize processing flow. It is a figure explaining the finalize processing flow. It is a figure explaining the finalize processing flow. It is a figure explaining a display screen. It is a figure explaining the flow of switching of the end process accompanying Disc discriminating. It is a figure explaining the video camera which can be recorded on DVD-RAM and DVD-R. It is a figure explaining the video recorder which can be recorded on DVD-RAM and DVD-R. It is a figure explaining the finalize processing flow.

  Examples to which the present invention is applied will be described below.

A first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. DVD-RAM as system of embodiment
And a DVD-R optical disc.

FIG. 1 is a system diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 100 denotes a control unit that controls the timing of starting and ending recording, confirming the determination of the recording medium, and monitoring the power supply state,
101 is a video input terminal unit for a digital video signal, 102 is a video compression unit for compressing a video signal output from the video input terminal 101, 103 is an audio input terminal unit for a digital audio signal, and 104 is an audio signal. An audio compression unit for compressing an audio signal output from the input terminal 103;
A multiplexing unit 105 multiplexes data output from the video compression unit 102 and the audio compression unit 104 into a system stream compliant with a standard such as MPEG, and 106 determines a recording medium from the system stream generated by the multiplexing unit 105. A driver unit 107 that performs writing and reading later according to the medium is a recording medium that is read and written by the driver unit 106.
D-RAM and DVD-R, 108 is an end processing unit that switches the end processing when the recording medium 107 is a DVD-RAM or DVD-R, and 109 is a battery (charging) for driving the video camera. A power supply unit to which a commercial AC power supply (hereinafter referred to as an AC power supply) is connected.

The control unit 100 monitors the determination of the recording medium and monitors the power state. However, what confirms the discrimination of the recording medium (in another expression, a recording medium identification means for determining the type of the recording medium), and what monitors the state of the power supply (in another expression, the power supply monitoring means or the power supply means The power supply determining means for determining the supply state may be provided separately from the control unit 100.

First, the recording method will be described. When the user wishes to record, the control unit is the driver unit 1
In 06, it is confirmed whether the recording medium 107 is a DVD-RAM or a DVD-R. The discriminating result of the disk is stored in the flag. The flag is 2-bit judge_disc_flg.
For example, if the flag value is 00b, DVD-RAM, 01b DVD-R, and 10b
And 11b, media other than the above are used. Since the flag only needs to be able to identify the disk, 2
It is not limited to bits. After that, initialization of each block is performed as necessary, and recording preparation is started. Disc discrimination may be performed when the disc is inserted into the system. After the initialization, an A / D converter (not shown in FIG. 1) is operated to capture video data and audio data, and video digital data is input from the video input terminal 101 and audio digital data is input to the audio input terminal. 103. The input digital video signal is subjected to luminance and color signal processing as necessary, and is compressed by the video compression unit 102 in accordance with the MPEG standard. You may install the buffer which stores data before and behind a video compression part as needed. Also, the digital audio signal input from the audio input terminal 103 is converted into an MPEG standard or Dolby Digital (Dolby Digital (
AC3) Audio compression conforming to the standard is performed. In the case of linear PCM recording, no compression is performed. The multiplexing unit 105 generates a system stream that complies with the MPEG standard from the compressed video data and the compressed audio data generated by the video compression unit 102 and the audio compression unit 104, and also packetizes it according to the designated DVD format. Do. For DVD-RAM, packetization is performed according to the video recording standard, and for DVD-R, the video format of the read-only disc is used. At this time, a buffer is often provided before and after the multiplexing unit. The system stream generated by the multiplexing unit 105 is recorded on the recording medium 107 via a buffer or the like not shown in FIG. Thereafter, when the user gives an end instruction (for example, pressing a system button (recording and recording stop may be the same button)), the control unit issues an end instruction to each block. An A / D converter or the like not shown in FIG. 1 is also stopped. At this time, D
Finalization is not performed when recording is performed in the VD-RAM format. If D
In the case of recording with VD-R, the final DVD recording can be performed on an existing DVD playback device. However, finalization is not always performed because once it can no longer be added to the disc, it is generally better to allow the user to specify whether or not to finalize. Of course, finalization may be automatically performed at the end of DVD-R recording.

Next, the termination process when the user requests finalize will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 3, and 8. FIG. FIG. 3 shows a flow of finalizing processing, and FIG. 8 explains a flow of switching end processing accompanying disc discrimination.

After DVD-R recording, finalization processing must be performed in order to reproduce the data on an existing DVD reproducing apparatus. However, if the battery runs out during the finalizing process (when the amount of power supplied from the battery is smaller than the amount of power required for the finalizing process), the finalizing process will not be processed normally.

In this case, the finalizing process is forcibly terminated even if it is in the middle, and there is a possibility that the reproduction cannot be performed again unless the last written position is remembered. In the worst case, the disk may be destroyed.

When the user selects finalization processing to avoid the above problem, the control unit 100 checks the connection state of the power supply unit 109 and the connected one. The control unit 100 stores the current power connection state in a 1-bit flag. This flag is set to connect_flg. If this value is 0b, the battery is connected, and if this value is 1b, the AC power supply is connected. The flag need not be limited to 1 bit, as long as the connection state of the battery or the AC power source is known.

Here, processing in the end processing unit 108 will be described with reference to FIG.
The end processing unit 108 receives the end processing command from the control unit, and at the same time, the recording medium 107
A flag connect_flg representing VD-RAM or DVD-R is also received. Processing is started at START (800), and in order to perform Disc discrimination, the flag is discriminated to determine what the recording medium is (801). If it is DVD-R (801-DVD-R), DVD-R end processing 802 is performed. In the case of DVD-RAM (801-DVD-RAM), DVD-RA
A termination process 803 is performed to perform a termination process corresponding to M.

An end process 803 writes IFO information that conforms to the video recording standard of DVD-RAM. The IFO information is information for performing special reproduction or the like.

On the other hand, in the DVD-R end processing 802, IFO information conforming to the playback-only video format is written, and finalized as necessary. FIG. 3 shows a processing flow related to finalization performed in the DVD-R end processing 802 at this time.

In the following description, it is assumed that processing is started from START 300 after writing IFO information.

First, the power supply connected in the power connection check 301 is checked. As a result, if the connect_flg flag indicating the connection state of the power supply is 0b, the battery is connected, and if it is 1b, the AC power supply is connected. Based on the power connection check 301, if the AC power connection is (302-YE
S) Finalize process 303 is executed. If the battery is connected (302-NO), the process is terminated without performing the finalize process (304).

A battery such as a rechargeable battery is connected to a portable information recording device such as a video camera. In the first place, a battery (a rechargeable battery, a dry battery, a solar battery, or the like) has a limited amount of power that can be supplied, or the amount of power that can be supplied varies depending on environmental conditions such as temperature and sunshine conditions. Although there are battery capacity displays on video cameras, there are cases where the battery life (the amount of remaining power that can be supplied) is not known accurately because it is displayed in several steps. For this reason, there are many cases where the battery runs out on the way even though it can still be used. That is, when a battery is connected and power is supplied from the battery, the battery cannot always supply power necessary until the finalizing process is completed. Therefore, executing the finalizing process while power is supplied from the battery has a possibility that the finalizing process cannot be executed normally due to a shortage of power that can be supplied by the battery. Therefore, it is considered better not to execute the finalizing process while power is supplied from the battery.

On the other hand, the AC power supply is not limited in the amount of power that can be supplied, and even if environmental conditions such as temperature and sunshine conditions change, fluctuations in the power that can be supplied do not easily occur. Therefore, the power supply is AC
If the power is supplied from the power source, the amount of power necessary for performing the finalizing process can be supplied. Therefore, the finalizing process can be completed normally even if the finalizing process is executed. Therefore, it is considered that the finalizing process may be executed as long as power is supplied from the AC power source.

In the above embodiment, when the information recording apparatus such as a video camera performs the finalizing process, it is determined whether or not the electric energy necessary for performing the finalizing process can be supplied. Finalization processing is performed when the image can be supplied.

Whether or not the amount of power necessary for performing the finalizing process can be supplied is determined by determining whether the power supply is supplied by a battery or an AC power supply. Is.

That is, if the power supply is supplied by an AC power supply, the finalizing process is performed on the assumption that the amount of power necessary for performing the finalizing process can be supplied. Therefore, the finalizing process cannot be performed when the battery is supplied.

If the finalization process is executed with the battery as the power source and power is supplied from the battery, it may not be possible to supply power midway and the finalization process may not be completed normally. In order to give priority to protecting the data recorded on the recording medium and the recording medium, it is inevitable that the finalizing process is not performed when the battery is used as a power source.

On the other hand, when the AC power source is connected to an information recording device such as a video camera and the power is supplied from the AC power source, the power necessary for the finalizing process is always supplied from the AC power source in the normal case. Can be completed normally, data recorded in the information recording apparatus can be protected, and the reliability of the information recording apparatus can be improved.

As described above, in the above embodiment, when the user wants to finalize, there is a risk that the finalizing process is forcibly terminated by monitoring the power supply connection state and not allowing finalization except for the AC power supply. Can avoid the situation.

In the above-described embodiment, the end process for the DVD-R has been described as an example. However, the present embodiment can be applied to a recording medium that requires the end process after recording. For example, the DVD-RAM May also be implemented.

Next, as a second embodiment, an embodiment in which the finalizing process is executed even when the power supply is other than the AC power supply will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 4. FIG. 4 also shows the flow of the finalizing process, and the description of what overlaps with FIG. 3 is omitted. The system configuration is the same as in the first embodiment. In the first embodiment, when the power supply is monitored, the power supply is discriminated, and when the AC power supply is connected, the finalization process is executed and the finalization process cannot be normally executed. It can be avoided.

However, in the case of a portable information recording device such as a video camera, generally, there are many cases in which shooting is performed outdoors, and in this case, the AC power supply is not connected and used. In this case, in the first embodiment, since the AC power source is not connected, the finalizing process cannot be performed, which may be inconvenient. For example, some users have already recorded on the entire disk, and may wish to finalize processing outdoors.

Here, the second embodiment improves the inconvenience, and is an embodiment in which the finalizing process can be executed even when a battery is connected. In the second embodiment, the power source connected in the power source connection check 301 is checked, and if it is AC power source connection (302-Y
ES) and thereafter, the same processing as in the first embodiment is executed.

On the other hand, if the result of the power connection check (301) is battery connection (302-NO), the power supply unit 10
The amount of power that can be supplied by the battery connected to the battery 9 is checked (401), and the amount of power necessary for performing the finalizing process can be supplied (for example, the amount of power that can be supplied by the battery performs the termination process). (402-YES), the finalizing process 303 is executed. On the other hand, when the power required to execute the finalizing process cannot be supplied (402-NO) ) And finish without finalizing (304)
.

In the above embodiment, even when a battery is connected, the finalization process is executed when the amount of power supplied from the battery is larger than the amount of power necessary to execute the finalization process. is there.

Here, other points to consider when using a battery will be described, and a new corresponding technology will be described.

As for batteries (rechargeable batteries, dry batteries, solar cells, etc.), the amount of power that can be supplied is limited as described above, but the amount of power that can be supplied depends on changes in environmental conditions such as temperature and sunshine conditions. It has characteristics that may change.

Therefore, when the finalizing process is started, even if the amount of power stored in the battery is large and the amount of power supplied from the battery is larger than the amount of power required to execute the finalizing process, Due to a change in conditions or the like, at a certain point in time, there is a possibility that the supplied power becomes smaller than the power necessary for executing the finalizing process, and the process cannot be normally executed.

In this case, it is detected whether or not the amount of power remaining in the battery without being discharged, that is, the amount of power that can be supplied from the battery, is greater than the amount of power required to execute the finalizing process. It is not enough to just determine. That is, it is necessary to additionally perform a process for detecting and determining whether or not the necessary power can be stably supplied and continued to be supplied during the finalizing process. In other words, in addition to checking whether or not the total amount of power necessary for the finalizing process can be supplied, the power necessary to continue the finalizing process from moment to moment can be supplied stably until the end of the process. It is also necessary to determine whether or not the connected battery can do this.

In this case as well, the stability of the power supplied from the battery is detected, and when the power necessary for the finalizing process can be stably supplied, the finalizing process may be executed. In other words, even if the amount of power that can be supplied by the battery can supply the total amount of power required for the finalization process, the power necessary to continue the finalization process from moment to moment is stable until the end of the process. If the supply cannot be continued, the finalize process is not executed.

This process is illustrated in FIG. FIG. 11 is obtained by adding a power supply stability check 410 that detects the stability of the supplied power to the processing of FIG. 4, and therefore the added processing will be described.

In other words, in FIG. 11, the stability of the power that can be supplied is checked (410), and if the amount of power necessary for performing the finalizing process can be supplied stably (YES at 412).
The finalizing process 303 is executed. On the other hand, if the amount of power necessary for performing the finalizing process cannot be stably supplied (NO in step 412), the process is terminated without performing the finalizing process (304).

It should be noted that the detection or determination that the power necessary for the finalizing process can be stably supplied is that even if the change with respect to time of the supplied power is stable, the power can be stably supplied. good. For example, referring to the power supplied from the battery continuously or discretely with respect to time, the state and characteristics of the change in the power supply are obtained, and based on the state and characteristics of the change,
It is possible to detect or determine that the power necessary for the finalizing process can be supplied stably.

In addition, in the detection or determination of the stability of power supply based on the state and characteristics of the change, the battery characteristics (including discharge characteristics, etc.) are referred to (in this case, the type of battery to be connected It may be necessary for the user to detect or determine the initial setting or set the initial setting.) Measure, refer to the temperature change with the temperature sensor, measure and refer to the sunshine condition with the sensor for light, etc. A sensor or means for measuring environmental conditions may be provided and executed.

Although related to the matters described in the first embodiment, the AC power source is not limited in the amount of power that can be supplied, and normally, the power can be stably supplied, such as a battery. As described above, the supplied power hardly changes depending on the environmental conditions.

Therefore, when power is supplied from an AC power source, the finalization process is performed in the information recording device even if the fluctuation of the power supplied on average and the stability of power supply are taken into account. Data can be protected, and the reliability of the information recording apparatus can be improved.

Next, as a third embodiment, an embodiment for notifying the processing contents when executing the end processing in the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 1, FIG. 5, and FIG.

The system configuration is the same as in the first embodiment. 5 shows a confirmation screen display 500 in FIG.
A flow 501 is added. FIG. 7 shows the operation GUI of this system. 70
Reference numeral 1 denotes a thumbnail image. A thumbnail image is a reduced image of a recorded image. The first image is displayed so that you can immediately see what is recorded. Reference numeral 702 denotes a portion for displaying the type of the recording medium. Reference numeral 703 denotes a display indicating the current state. All programs are all recorded images in this case.

When the user tries to finalize, a pull-down menu 71 is displayed on the screen 700.
0 is displayed. The finalize item is selected from the pull-down menu 710. Then, a processing item is displayed in the display area 720, and it is understood that the process has shifted to finalization processing. At the same time, a finalization confirmation screen is displayed. This is 721. The message “Do you want to finalize” on the confirmation screen 721 prompts the user to confirm, for example, “Do you want to finalize after returning home?” Or “Are you sure? If there is, it is not limited to the above message. The user can view the confirmation screen 721 only when finalization is performed.

Displaying the confirmation screen 721 is a confirmation screen display 501 in FIG. If it is desired to stop the finalization, No can be selected, and Yes can be selected when finalizing. If finalization is not performed because the AC power supply is not connected, the confirmation screen 721 may not display “Do you want to finalize?”, And display a message to inform the user to that effect. May be. If you do,
The confirmation screen display 500 of FIG. For example, a message that prompts the user to connect the AC power source such as “Cannot finalize because the AC power source is not connected” or “Please connect the AC power source” may be used.

As described above, the operability is improved by notifying the user of the processing contents during the finalizing process.

Next, also in the fourth embodiment, an embodiment for notifying the processing contents when executing the end processing in the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 6, and 7. FIG.

The system configuration is the same as in the first embodiment. 6 is a confirmation screen display 600 in FIG.
A flow 601 is added. FIG. 7 shows the operation GUI of this system. 70
Reference numeral 1 denotes a thumbnail image. The thumbnail image is the first image of the input image. 70
Reference numeral 2 denotes a part for displaying the type of the recording medium. Reference numeral 703 denotes a display indicating the current state. When the user tries to finalize, a pull-down menu 710 is displayed on the screen 700. The finalize item is selected from the pull-down menu 710. Then 720
As you can see, the finalization process has been confirmed, and a confirmation screen for finalization is displayed at the same time. This is 721. For example, “Do you want to finalize?” On the confirmation screen 721, for example, “Do you want to finalize after returning home?”, “
Can I really do it? Anything can be used as long as it confirms to the user, such as “The user can view the confirmation screen 721 only when finalization is performed. Confirmation screen 7
21 is the confirmation screen display 601 in FIG. If it is desired to stop the finalization, No can be selected, and Yes can be selected when finalizing. In addition, when finalization is not performed because the amount of power of the battery is smaller than the amount of power necessary for performing the finalizing process, a display notifying the user of that may be performed. If so, the confirmation screen display 600 in FIG. 6 is used. For example, “Insufficient power capacity to finalize”, “Please charge” or “Replace with new batteries and finalize”, “Connect AC power And so on.

As described above, in the finalizing process, the operability is improved as in the third embodiment by notifying the user of the processing contents.

Next, embodiments of a video camera and a DVD recorder as an information recording / reproducing apparatus incorporating the system configuration described in the first to fourth embodiments will be described.

First, a video camera capable of recording both DVD-RAM and DVD-R optical disks will be described with reference to FIG. 9 as a fifth embodiment.

Reference numeral 900 denotes a lens. Reference numeral 901 denotes a CCD that converts an optical signal obtained through the lens 900 into an electric signal. Reference numeral 902 denotes an A / D converter that converts an analog electric signal converted by the CCD 901 into a digital signal. Reference numeral 903 denotes a digital signal converted by the A / D converter 902 that is converted into a format that enables MPEG compression. Or NTS during playback
A signal processing unit 904 that performs format conversion to C or the like is a video compression / decompression unit that performs MPEG compression on the video signal converted by the signal processing unit 903. At the time of reproduction, the compressed signal is decompressed and sent to the signal processing unit 903. Reference numeral 906 denotes a microphone, and reference numeral 907 denotes a microphone 9.
An AMP unit that amplifies the audio signal from 06, 908 is an A / D and D / A converter that converts the audio signal amplified by the AMP unit 907 into a digital signal, and 915 is an LCD such as a liquid crystal monitor
A panel 916 is a speaker.

Also, a control unit 905, a driver unit 911, a recording medium 912, a power source unit 913,
The end processing unit 14 performs the same processing as in the first to fourth embodiments. The same processing as in the first to fourth embodiments is performed for 904 and 909, but expansion is also performed during reproduction. 910
The same multiprocessing as in the first to fourth embodiments is performed, but the packetized compressed signal may be separated during reproduction.

The video signal input from the lens 900 is input to the AD converter 902 through the CCD 901 and is converted into a digital signal here. The converted digital signal is converted into a format that allows MPEG recording by the signal processing unit 903 and MPEG compressed by the video compression / decompression unit. This video compression / decompression unit corresponds to the video compression unit 102 of FIG. The compressed data is also decompressed during reproduction. Also, the audio signal input from the microphone 906 is amplified by the AMP 907 and then converted into a digital signal by the A / D and D / A converter 908. The converted digital signal is compressed by an audio compression / decompression unit 909 such as MPEG or Dolby Digital. This audio compression / decompression unit corresponds to the audio compression unit 104 in FIG. The compressed data is also decompressed during reproduction. The processing after the video compression / decompression unit 904 and the audio compression / decompression unit 909 is as described in the first to fourth embodiments.

Next, processing during reproduction will be described with reference to FIG.
When the user gives a playback instruction, the driver unit 911 displays the recording medium as a DVD-RAM or DVD.
-R is judged, data is read according to the medium, and the data is sent to the multiplexer / demultiplexer 910 via a buffer or the like. The sent data is separated because it is packetized,
The video elementary stream is sent to the video compression / decompression unit 904, and the audio elementary stream is sent to the audio compression / decompression unit 909.

The expanded video signal is converted into a format such as NTSC by the signal processing unit 903 and then displayed on the LCD panel 915.

The voice is decompressed by the voice compression / decompression unit 909, converted into an analog voice signal by the A / D and D / A converter 908, and amplified by the AMP 907 unit. The amplified audio signal is output through the speaker 916. At this time, the video / audio is synchronized by the multiplexing / demultiplexing unit 910.

As described above, in a video camera capable of recording on both DVD-RAM and DVD-R optical discs, the finalizing process can be performed by switching the finalizing recording depending on the connection state of the power source and the battery capacity during DVD-R recording. It is no longer possible to perform normal processing, and it is possible to prevent the optical disc from being reproduced and the optical disc from being destroyed. Also, by displaying a warning message, it is possible to know the processing contents currently being executed, and to know what to do next, so that the operability is improved.

Next, a video recorder capable of recording both DVD-RAM and DVD-R optical disks will be described as a sixth embodiment with reference to FIG. The recorder here is not necessarily limited to a portable type or portable type, and includes a stationary deck.

1001 is a video input terminal such as a line input, 1002 is an A / D converter that converts an analog electric signal from the video input terminal 1001 into a digital signal, and 1003 is a digital signal converted by the A / D converter 1002. A signal processing unit 1004 converts the signal into a format capable of MPEG compression, and converts the format to NTSC or the like during reproduction. 1004 compresses the video signal converted by the signal processing unit 1003 to perform MPEG compression It is an extension part.

At the time of reproduction, the compressed signal is decompressed and sent to the signal processing unit 1003. Also 1006
Is an audio input terminal for audio input, 1007 is an AMP unit that amplifies the audio signal from the audio input terminal 1006, and 1008 is an A / D that converts the audio signal amplified by the AMP unit 1007 into a digital signal. A D / A converter, 1015 is an LCD panel such as a liquid crystal monitor, and 1016 is a speaker. Further, a control unit 1005, a driver unit 1011, and 101
The second recording medium, the power source unit of 1013, and the end processing unit of 1014 perform the same processing as in the first to fourth embodiments. The same processing as in the first to fourth embodiments is performed for 1004 and 1009, but expansion is also performed during reproduction. For 1010, the same multiprocessing as in the first to fourth embodiments is performed, but the packetized compressed signal may be separated during reproduction.

A video signal input from the video input terminal 1000 is input to the AD converter 1002 where it is converted into a digital signal. The converted digital signal is converted into M by the signal processing unit 1003.
The video data is converted into a format that enables PEG recording and is compressed by the video compression / decompression unit 1004. The video compression / decompression unit 1004 corresponds to the video compression unit 102 of FIG. The compressed data is also decompressed during reproduction. The audio signal input from the audio input terminal 1006 is an AM signal.
After being amplified in P1007, it is converted into a digital signal by an A / D and D / A converter 1008. The converted digital signal is compressed by an audio compression / expansion unit 1009 such as MPEG or Dolby Digital. The audio compression / decompression unit 1009 corresponds to the audio compression unit 104 in FIG. The compressed data is also decompressed during reproduction. The processing after the video compression / decompression unit 1004 and the audio compression / decompression unit 1009 is as described in the first to fourth embodiments.

Next, processing during reproduction will be described with reference to FIG.
When the user instructs playback, the driver unit 1011 displays whether the recording medium is a DVD-RAM or DV.
The D-R is judged, data is read according to the medium, and the data is sent to the multiplexer / demultiplexer 1010 via a buffer or the like. The sent data is separated because it is packetized, and the video elementary stream is sent to the video compression / decompression unit 1004 and the audio elementary stream is sent to the audio compression / decompression unit 1009. The expanded video signal is the signal processing unit 1
After being converted into a format such as NTSC at 003, it is displayed on the LCD panel 1015.

The voice is decompressed by the voice compression / decompression unit 1009, converted into an analog voice signal by the A / D and D / A converter 1008, and amplified by the AMP 1007 unit. The amplified audio signal is output through the speaker 1016. At this time, the video and audio are synchronized by the multiplexing / demultiplexing unit 1010.
It will be done in.

As described above, in a video recorder capable of recording on both DVD-RAM and DVD-R optical discs, finalization processing is performed by switching finalization recording depending on the state of power supply connection and battery capacity during DVD-R recording. However, it is not possible to perform normal processing in the middle of the process, and it is not forcibly terminated. For example, it is possible to prevent the disk from being destroyed. Also, the operability is improved by displaying a warning message.

In the above-described embodiment, the end process for the DVD-R has been described as an example. However, the present embodiment can be applied to a recording medium that requires the end process after recording. For example, the DVD-RAM May also be implemented.

Further, as described in the embodiments, the present invention is also implemented in an information recording apparatus (camera-integrated information recording apparatus) for recording a signal from a video camera, a portable information recording apparatus, and a stationary information recording apparatus. Is possible.

Further, the configuration described in JP-A-5-54518 as a reference example may be used in combination with the present invention.

  Now, another effect of the embodiment according to the present invention will be described.

If the end process is performed after recording on the write-once type recording medium, the recording medium cannot be taken out during the end process, so that the recording cannot be performed and the process waits.

Depending on the recording standard to be employed, data is written to an area not recorded in the termination process. Therefore, the shorter the information recording time, the larger the area that is not recorded, the larger the amount of data written at the time of termination processing to that area, and the longer it takes to wait. Therefore, the longer it takes to complete the process, the longer it takes to replace the recording medium with a new one and wait until recording starts.

However, when the above-described embodiment in which the termination process is performed when an AC power source is connected to a portable information recording device such as a camera, the portable information recording device such as a camera normally uses a battery. Thus, the power is supplied and the AC power source is not connected, so the termination process is not performed. Therefore, there is an effect that there is no need to wait for data writing in the end process.

Also, the recordable recording medium has a large unrecorded area (that is, a lot of recordable areas remain).
Nevertheless, for example, it can be avoided by the above embodiment that additional recording cannot be performed and the write-once type recording medium cannot be used effectively as a result of termination processing due to an erroneous instruction.

100 Control Unit 101 Video Input Terminal 102 Video Compression Unit 103 Audio Input Terminal 104 Audio Compression Unit 105 Multiplexing Unit 106 Driver Unit 107 Recording Medium 108 Termination Processing Unit 109 Power Supply Unit 200 VTS (Video Title Set)
201 Lead-in area 202 Lead-out area 300 Finalization processing 301 Power connection check unit 302 Determination unit 303 Finalize recording unit 304 END
400 Finalization processing 401 Electric energy check unit 402 Determination unit 403 Finalize recording unit 404 END
500 Confirmation screen display 501 Confirmation screen display 600 Confirmation screen display 601 Confirmation screen display 700 Display screen 701 Thumbnail image 702 Disc discrimination display 703, 720 Processing content display bar 710 Pull down menu 721 Finalization confirmation screen 800 Disc discrimination portion 801 Disc judgment portion 802 DVD -R end processing unit 803 end processing unit 900 lens 901 CCD
902 AD converter 903 signal processing unit 904 video compression / decompression unit 905 control unit 906 microphone 907 AMP
908 A / D and D / A converter 909 Audio compression / decompression unit 910 Multiplex / separation unit 911 Driver unit 912 Recording medium 913 Power supply unit 914 Termination processing unit 915 LCD panel 916 Speaker 1001 Video input terminal 1002 AD converter 1003 Signal processing unit 1004 Video compression / decompression unit 1005 Control unit 1006 Audio input terminal 1007 AMP
1008 A / D and D / A converter 1009 Audio compression / decompression unit 1010 Multiplexing / demultiplexing unit 1011 Driver unit 1012 Recording medium 1013 Power supply unit 1014 Termination processing unit 1015 LCD panel 1016 Speaker

Claims (2)

In a recording apparatus for recording video on a recording medium,
Medium type determining means for determining the type of the recording medium;
A power source discriminating means for discriminating whether or not an AC power source is connected;
An end processing means for performing an end process for allowing the recorded video to be played back by a playback-only device when the medium type determining means determines that the recording medium is a predetermined recording medium;
A display unit for displaying the video;
When it is determined that the AC power source is not connected by the power source determination unit, the end processing unit is stored in the predetermined recording medium even when a battery having an amount of power for performing the end process is connected. A control unit that controls not to perform termination processing;
A recording apparatus comprising: The recording apparatus according to claim 1,
Recording device that does not perform termination processing when AC power is not connected.

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