JP4951038B2 - Folder management apparatus and folder management method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a folder management apparatus and a folder management method for managing titles recorded on DVDs, HDDs, and the like in folders.

  Recorders that can record titles on DVDs, HDDs, and the like are widespread. For example, such a recorder also has a dubbing function for dubbing a title recorded on the HDD to a DVD. In recent years, this dubbing function improvement has been demanded.

  For example, when the recorder changes the encoding rate of the title recorded on the HDD and dubs the title with the changed encoding rate to a DVD, the DVD drive occupancy time becomes longer and the user's dubbing experience time becomes longer. There is a tendency. Therefore, the recorder changes the encoding rate of the dubbing-designated title recorded on the HDD during the idle time, records the encoding rate changed title on the HDD, and responds to the input of the dubbing start instruction. The data with the changed coding rate recorded on the DVD is recorded on the DVD (see Patent Document 1). Thereby, the occupation time of the DVD drive can be reduced and the dubbing experience time of the user can be reduced.

JP2007-243414

  Further, not only the above-mentioned dubbing time problem but also improvement in response to dubbing interruption is required. For example, if dubbing is interrupted, there will be titles that have not been dubbed, but the user cannot easily know the presence or absence of titles that have not been dubbed, which is inconvenient.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a folder management apparatus and a folder management method capable of notifying the presence / absence of a title being processed easily in a folder when processing such as dubbing is interrupted.

  According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a folder management apparatus for generating a dubbing waiting folder to which the scheduled dubbing title or the dubbing suspended title belongs, in response to the occurrence of the scheduled dubbing title or the dubbing suspended title, and a title list And an output means for outputting display information for displaying a screen including a dubbing waiting folder.

  A folder management method according to an embodiment of the present invention generates a dubbing waiting folder to which the dubbing scheduled title or the dubbing interruption title belongs in response to the occurrence of the dubbing scheduled title or the dubbing interruption title, and includes a title list and a dubbing waiting folder. Outputs display information for displaying the screen including the folder.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a folder management apparatus and a folder management method that can easily notify the presence / absence of a title being processed by a folder when processing such as dubbing is interrupted.

It is a figure which shows an example of the dubbing waiting folder display screen while explaining the procedure of dubbing. It is a figure which shows an example of the dubbing waiting folder non-display. It is a figure which shows the case where rate conversion dubbing (image quality designation dubbing) and high-speed dubbing are completed without interruption / interruption. It is a figure which shows the case where cancellation / interruption generate | occur | produces during rate conversion dubbing. It is a figure which shows the case where rate conversion dubbing is completed without cancellation / interruption, and cancellation / interruption occurs during high-speed dubbing. It is a flowchart which shows an example of a dubbing process. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the display / non-display process of a dubbing waiting folder. It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the video recording / reproducing apparatus (folder management apparatus) which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of an edit waiting folder display screen while explaining the procedure of a title or chapter edit.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a video recording / playback apparatus (folder management apparatus) according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the video recording / playback apparatus 1 includes a user operation input unit 101, a signal light receiving unit 102, a control module 104, a tuner unit 105, an OSD control module 107, a recording / playback signal processing module 108, and a composite output processing module 109. A disk drive unit 111 and a hard disk drive unit 112.

  Further, the control module 104 includes a dubbing mode determination module 1041, a dubbing processing module 1042, a dubbing waiting folder generation module 1043, a dubbing waiting folder display / non-display processing module 1044, a dubbing waiting folder display position determination processing module 1045, and a dubbing waiting file storage. A processing module 1046 is provided.

  The tuner unit 105 selects a broadcast signal of a designated channel and inputs the selected broadcast signal to the recording / playback signal processing module 108. When the recording process is designated, the recording / playback signal processing module 108 inputs a video signal and an audio signal corresponding to the broadcast signal to the disk drive unit 111 or the hard disk drive unit 112. The disk drive unit 111 records the input video signal and audio signal on the optical disk. Alternatively, the hard disk drive unit 112 records the input video signal and audio signal on the hard disk. When the playback process is designated, the recording / playback signal processing module 108 outputs a video signal and an audio signal corresponding to the broadcast signal to the monitor 2 via the composite output processing module 109.

  Next, an example of dubbing processing by the remote controller 102a will be described with reference to FIGS. In the present embodiment, the dubbing process performed by the remote controller 102a will be described. However, the user operation input unit 101 can also perform the dubbing process.

  In response to the dubbing designation operation, the remote controller 102a transmits a control signal for designating dubbing, and the signal light receiving unit 102 receives the control signal transmitted from the remote controller 102a, and responds to the received control signal. The control module 104 is notified of the received information. As a result, the control module 104 outputs display information for displaying the title selection screen to the OSD control module 107, and the OSD control module 107 outputs this display information to the monitor 2 via the composite output processing module 109. To do. Thereby, the monitor 2 displays the title selection screen S11 shown in FIG.

  The title selection screen S11 displays, for example, a plurality of titles in the upper row, and displays a dubbing candidate title selected as a dubbing candidate from the plurality of titles via the remote controller 102a in the lower row. When dubbing from the HDD to the DVD and the dubbing mode are designated via the remote controller 102a, the control module 104 executes the dubbing designated in the designated dubbing mode (ST101 in FIG. 1) (FIG. 4). ST301).

  For example, if the dubbing mode determination module 1041 determines that it is in the no-rate conversion dubbing mode (NO in ST302), the dubbing processing module 1042 performs high-speed dubbing of the HDD dubbing candidate title to a DVD without converting the rate. (ST303). If dubbing is interrupted / interrupted before high-speed dubbing is completed (ST304, NO), dubbing is canceled / interrupted. When dubbing restart is designated again via the remote controller 102a (ST306, YES), the dubbing processing module 1042 continues the high speed dubbing until the high speed dubbing is finished. The stop of dubbing is mainly due to a user operation, and the interruption of dubbing is mainly due to a power failure.

  Also, the copyright information of the dubbing candidate title is changed by dubbing, or the dubbing candidate title is deleted. For example, when the number of possible dubs included in the copyright information of the dubbing candidate title indicates 9, when the dubbing candidate title is dubbed once, the dubbing included in the copyright information of the dubbing candidate title is possible. The number of times is changed to 8. In addition, when the possible number of dubbing included in the copyright information of the dubbing candidate title indicates 0, when this dubbing candidate title is dubbed once, this dubbing candidate title is deleted.

  If the dubbing mode determination module 1041 determines that the rate conversion dubbing mode is selected (ST302, NO), the dubbing processing module 1042 converts the rate of the dubbing candidate title of the HDD and dubbes it to the HDD (ST307). If the dubbing is interrupted / interrupted (ST310) before the end of the rate conversion dubbing (ST308, NO), the dubbing is interrupted / interrupted. When dubbing restart is designated via the remote controller 102a again (ST312, YES), the dubbing processing module 1042 continues rate conversion dubbing until the rate conversion dubbing is completed.

  When the rate conversion dubbing is finished (ST308, YES), the dubbing processing module 1042 next dubbes (moves) the rate-converted title of the HDD to the DVD (ST309). If dubbing cancellation / interruption occurs (ST314, NO) before the high-speed dubbing ends (ST314, NO), the dubbing waiting folder generation module 1043 generates a dubbing waiting folder, and the dubbing waiting file storage processing module 1046 stores the HDD. The rate converted title is stored in this dubbing waiting folder (ST315).

  Alternatively, when the rate conversion dubbing is completed (YES in ST308), the dubbing waiting folder generation module 1043 generates a dubbing waiting folder, and the dubbing waiting file storage processing module 1046 displays the HDD rate-converted title. Store in dubbing folder. Subsequently, the dubbing processing module 1042 dubbes the rate-converted title of the HDD stored in the dubbing waiting folder to the DVD at a high speed. If the dubbing is interrupted / interrupted before the high-speed dubbing is finished, the rate-converted title of the HDD waiting for dubbing remains in the dubbing waiting folder.

  Here, an example in which dubbing is stopped by the remote controller 102a will be supplemented. For example, before dubbing stop is instructed via the remote controller 102a before the end of high-speed dubbing (ST311, NO), the control module 104 performs OSD control on the display information for displaying the dubbing stop guidance. The OSD control module 107 outputs the display information to the monitor 2 via the composite output processing module 109. Thereby, the monitor 2 displays the dubbing stop confirmation screen S12 shown in FIG. Further, when it is selected to accept dubbing cancellation via the remote controller 102a (ST102), the control module 104 instructs to stop dubbing in response to this, and the dubbing processing module 1042 cancels dubbing, and As described above, the dubbing waiting folder generation module 1043 generates a dubbing waiting folder, and the dubbing waiting file storage processing module 1046 stores the HDD rate-converted title in this dubbing waiting folder (ST103). Alternatively, the rate-converted title of the dubbing-waiting HDD remains in the dubbing-waiting folder generated in advance.

  Further, the dubbing waiting folder display position determination processing module 1045 determines the display position of the dubbing waiting folder, and the dubbing waiting folder display / non-display processing module 1044 displays the dubbing waiting folder at a predetermined position. For example, the dubbing waiting folder display / non-display processing module 1044 displays the dubbing waiting folder together with the title list. That is, the composite output processing module 109 of the video recording / playback apparatus 1 outputs display information for displaying a screen including a title list and a dubbing waiting folder. Thereby, the monitor 2 displays the dubbing waiting folder display screen S13 shown in FIG. For example, this dubbing waiting folder display screen S13 is a screen including a system folder, and in this dubbing waiting folder display screen S13, the dubbing waiting folder is arranged at a position adjacent to the system folder. As an example of the adjacent position, the dubbing waiting folder may be arranged before or after the system folder or on the left and right sides. Note that the system folder is, for example, a trash folder for temporarily storing a deleted title.

  When a dubbing waiting folder in the dubbing waiting folder display screen S13 is selected via the remote controller 102a, the control module 104 performs OSD control on display information for displaying the dubbing waiting folder content screen. The OSD control module 107 outputs the display information to the monitor 2 via the composite output processing module 109. Thereby, the monitor 2 displays the dubbing waiting folder content screen S14 shown in FIG.

  Further, when dubbing resumption of the dubbing-waiting title in the dubbing-waiting folder content screen S14 is designated via the remote controller 102a (ST316, YES), the dubbing processing module 1042 will wait for the dubbing-waiting stored in the dubbing-waiting folder. Resume high-speed dubbing (moving) of titles. When high-speed dubbing (moving) of all the dubbing-waiting titles stored in the dubbing-waiting folder is finished (ST311, YES), the dubbing processing module 1042 deletes all the dubbing-waiting titles stored in the dubbing-waiting folder. The dubbing wait folder generation module 1043 deletes the dubbing wait folder (ST313). Alternatively, the dubbing waiting folder display / non-display processing module 1044 controls the dubbing waiting folder to be hidden.

  Further, when all the dubbing-waiting titles stored in the dubbing-waiting folder are deleted or moved via the remote controller 102a (see title deletion confirmation screen S21 in FIG. 2) (title movement screen S22 in FIG. 2). (Refer to ST201 in FIG. 2) In other words, when there are no more titles stored in the dubbing waiting folder, the dubbing waiting folder generation module 1043 deletes the dubbing waiting folder. Alternatively, the dubbing waiting folder display / non-display processing module 1044 controls the dubbing waiting folder to be hidden (ST202) (see the title list screen S23 in FIG. 2).

  The generation, display, and non-display of the dubbing waiting folder will be further described with reference to FIGS. 3A to 3C. FIG. 3A is a diagram illustrating a case where rate conversion dubbing (image quality designation dubbing) and high-speed dubbing are completed without interruption / interruption. For example, as shown in FIG. 3A, the video recording / playback apparatus 1 converts the rate of the title to be dubbed and starts recording the rate-converted title on the HDD when rate conversion dubbing starts. At this time, the copyright information of the title to be dubbed is updated (for example, the number of copies allowed 9 → the number of copies allowed 8). Further, the video recording / playback apparatus 1 generates a dubbing waiting folder on the HDD, and stores the rate converted title (copy x) in the dubbing waiting folder. Further, the video recording / playback apparatus 1 performs high-speed dubbing (moving) of the rate-converted title (copy x) stored in the dubbing waiting folder to the DVD, and dubbing of all titles in the dubbing waiting folder is completed (moved) Completed) deletes all titles in this dubbing waiting folder and deletes the dubbing waiting folder. Alternatively, the dubbing waiting folder is hidden.

  FIG. 3B is a diagram illustrating a case in which cancellation / interruption occurs during rate conversion dubbing. For example, as shown in FIG. 3B, when the video recording / playback apparatus 1 converts the rate of the title to be dubbed and starts recording the rate-converted title on the HDD when rate conversion dubbing starts (during rate conversion dubbing). ), The video recording / reproducing apparatus 1 waits for the rate conversion dubbing to resume in this state. In this case, the copyright information is not updated.

  FIG. 3C is a diagram illustrating a case where rate conversion dubbing is completed without occurrence of interruption / interruption, and interruption / interruption occurs during high-speed dubbing. For example, as shown in FIG. 3C, the video recording / playback apparatus 1 converts the rate of the title to be dubbed and starts recording the rate-converted title on the HDD when rate conversion dubbing starts. At this time, the copyright information of the title to be dubbed is updated (for example, the number of copies allowed 9 → the number of copies allowed 8). Further, the video recording / playback apparatus 1 generates a dubbing waiting folder on the HDD, and stores the rate converted title (copy x) in the dubbing waiting folder. The video recording / playback apparatus 1 starts high-speed dubbing (movement) of the rate-converted title (copy x) stored in the dubbing waiting folder to the DVD. When the cancellation / interruption occurs during the high-speed dubbing (movement), the video recording / playback apparatus 1 displays the dubbing waiting folder including the title being dubbed and waits for the high-speed dubbing to resume. At this time, the title in the middle of dubbing stored in the folder waiting for dubbing is not deleted, and the copyright information of the title in the middle of dubbing stored in the folder waiting for dubbing is not changed. However, the title in the middle of dubbing on the DVD is deleted. When high-speed dubbing is resumed, the video recording / playback apparatus 1 resumes dubbing (moving) of titles in the dubbing waiting folder and dubbing is completed (moving completed) for all titles in the dubbing waiting folder. ), All the titles in this dubbing waiting folder are deleted, and the dubbing waiting folder is deleted. Alternatively, the dubbing waiting folder is hidden.

  Now, with reference to FIG. 5, the dubbing waiting folder display / non-display processing module 1044 will display the dubbing waiting folder display / non-display processing. For example, when title thumbnail list display is designated via the remote controller 102a, title thumbnails are displayed in a list (ST401). The dubbing waiting folder display / non-display processing module 1044 determines whether there is a dubbing waiting folder, and displays the dubbing waiting folder if the dubbing waiting folder has been generated as described above and has not been deleted. Judge whether or not to do.

  For example, it is assumed that a large number of title thumbnails are included in the title thumbnail list display and cannot be displayed on one screen. In such a case, all title thumbnails can be viewed by scrolling the screen via the remote controller 102a. Therefore, the title thumbnail list display includes the trash folder (system folder), but the currently displayed one screen does not necessarily include the trash folder. In other words, there are cases where the trash folder cannot be viewed unless screen scrolling is used.

  Therefore, the dubbing waiting folder display / non-display processing module 1044 determines whether or not the currently displayed one screen includes a trash folder (ST402), and the currently displayed trash folder in one screen. Is included (ST402, YES), a dubbing waiting folder is displayed at a position adjacent to the trash folder (ST403), and if the currently displayed one screen does not include the trash folder (ST402, NO). ), The dubbing waiting folder is hidden (ST404).

  In the above description, a case has been described in which the video recording / playback apparatus 1 generates a dubbing waiting folder and easily notifies the presence / absence of a dubbing waiting title, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the video recording / playback apparatus 1 can generate an edit waiting folder, which will be described below, and easily notify the presence / absence of an edit wait title.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an editing procedure and an example of an editing waiting folder display screen. In response to the editing operation, the remote controller 102a transmits a control signal for designating editing, and the signal light receiving unit 102 receives the control signal transmitted from the remote controller 102a, and responds to the received control signal. Information is notified to the control module 104. As a result, the control module 104 outputs display information for displaying the editing screen to the OSD control module 107, and the OSD control module 107 outputs this display information to the monitor 2 via the composite output processing module 109. . As a result, the monitor 2 displays the editing screen S31 shown in FIG. Through the editing screen S31, titles can be divided and combined, and chapters can be divided and combined.

  For example, when the editing of the editing target title is interrupted (ST501), the quick menu display screen S32 is displayed via the remote controller 102a, and the editing interrupt is selected from the quick menu (ST502). Corresponding to this, the control module 104 instructs to suspend editing, generates a folder waiting for editing, and stores the title to be edited in this folder waiting for editing (ST503). In addition, the control module 104 determines the display position of the editing waiting folder, and displays the editing waiting folder at a predetermined position. For example, the control module 104 displays a folder waiting for editing together with the title list. That is, the composite output processing module 109 of the video recording / playback apparatus 1 outputs display information for displaying a screen including a title list and a folder waiting for editing. As a result, the monitor 2 displays the edit waiting folder display screen S33 shown in FIG. For example, the editing waiting folder display screen S33 is a screen including a system folder, and the editing waiting folder is arranged at a position adjacent to the system folder in the editing waiting folder display screen S23.

  When an edit pending folder is selected in the edit pending folder display screen S23 via the remote controller 102a, the control module 104 correspondingly displays the display information for displaying the edit pending folder content screen by OSD control. The OSD control module 107 outputs the display information to the monitor 2 via the composite output processing module 109. As a result, the monitor 2 displays the edit waiting folder content screen S34 shown in FIG.

  Further, when editing resumption of the editing pending title in the editing pending folder content screen S14 is designated via the remote controller 102a, the control module 104 resumes editing of the editing pending title stored in the editing pending folder. . When the editing of all the editing waiting titles stored in the editing waiting folder is completed, the control module 104 deletes all the editing waiting titles stored in the editing waiting folder and deletes the editing waiting folder. Alternatively, the control module 104 controls the folder waiting for editing to be hidden.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, when high-speed dubbing (movement) is interrupted or stopped after rate conversion dubbing, it is possible to easily notify the user of the presence or absence of titles for which dubbing has not been completed. Similarly, when the editing of a title or chapter is interrupted or stopped, the user can be easily notified of the presence or absence of a title or chapter that has not been edited.

  In the above description, a case where a dubbing standby folder or a dubbing stop title is generated in response to the occurrence of a dubbing interruption title has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, a dubbing schedule by dubbing reservation is performed. A dubbing waiting folder may be generated in response to the occurrence of a title. Similarly, an editing waiting folder may be generated in response to the occurrence of an editing scheduled title due to an editing reservation.

  The module described above may be realized by hardware, or may be realized by software using a CPU or the like.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. In addition, the embodiments may be appropriately combined as much as possible, and in that case, the combined effect can be obtained. Further, the above embodiments include inventions at various stages, and various inventions can be extracted by appropriately combining a plurality of disclosed constituent elements. For example, even if some constituent requirements are deleted from all the constituent requirements shown in the embodiment, the problem described in the column of the problem to be solved by the invention can be solved, and the effect described in the column of the effect of the invention Can be obtained as an invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Video reproduction apparatus, 101 ... User operation input part, 102 ... Signal light-receiving part, 104 ... Control module, 105 ... Tuner part, 107 ... OSD control module, 108 ... Recording reproduction signal processing module, 109 ... Composition processing module, 111 ... Disk drive unit, 112 ... Hard disk drive unit, 1041 ... Dubbing mode determination module, 1042 ... Dubbing processing module, 1043 ... Dubbing waiting folder generation module, 1044 ... Dubbing waiting folder display / non-display processing module, 1045 ... Dubbing waiting folder display Position determination processing module, 1046... Dubbing waiting file storage processing module

Claims (7)

In response to the occurrence of a dubbing scheduled title or a dubbing interruption title, generating means for generating a dubbing waiting folder to which the dubbing scheduled title or the dubbing interruption title belongs,
Corresponding to the absence of the dubbing scheduled title or the dubbing interruption title, a deletion means for deleting the dubbing waiting folder;
In response to generation of said dubbing scheduled title or the interrupted dubbing title, title folder and, system folders and, first display information for displaying a first screen including a dubbing wait folder adjacent the System Folder And outputting second display information for displaying a second screen including the title folder and the system folder in response to the absence of the dubbing scheduled title or the dubbing interrupted title. Means,
A folder management device.   The folder management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the system folder is a trash box folder for temporarily storing a deletion title.   Corresponding to a screen scrolling operation during the display of the first screen, there is provided display processing means for hiding the dubbing waiting folder when the system folder is not included in the first screen. The folder management apparatus according to claim 1.   The display processing means displays the dubbing-waiting folder at a position adjacent to the system folder when the system folder is included in the first screen in response to the screen scrolling operation. Item 4. The folder management apparatus according to Item 3.   Corresponding to the occurrence of an edit interrupted title, generating means for generating an edit waiting folder to which the edit interrupted title belongs,
  Corresponding to the absence of the editing suspended title, a deletion means for deleting the folder waiting for editing;
  In response to the occurrence of the editing interrupted title, first display information for displaying a first screen including a title folder, a system folder, and a folder waiting for editing adjacent to the system folder is output, Output means for outputting second display information for displaying a second screen including the title folder and the system folder in response to the absence of the editing interrupted title;
  A folder management device.   6. The folder management apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the system folder is a trash folder for temporarily storing a deletion title. In response to the occurrence of dubbing scheduled title or interrupted dubbing title, the generated dubbing scheduled titles or the dubbing waiting folder interrupted dubbing title belongs, a title folders, and the system folders, and dubbing wait folder adjacent the System Folder It outputs the first display information for displaying a first screen including a
In response to the absence of the dubbing scheduled title or the dubbing interruption title, second display information for deleting the dubbing waiting folder and displaying a second screen including the title folder and the system folder Folder management method to output .

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