JPH02149084A - Image reproducing device and system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To execute the remote control of a storage means by reading out a remote control code from a remote control code storage means and emitting light corresponding to a remote control code from a light emitting means. CONSTITUTION:When a picture recording command is inputted by an operator from an input operation part 42, a control part 30 sends a control signal indicating the start of a picture recording state to respective parts in a reproducing device 12. A remote control code storage part 34 reads out a remote control code for a REC in accordance with the control signal sent from the control part 30 and outputs the code to a remote control code sending part 36. The sending part 36 outputs the code to a remote control code emitting part 38 and light corresponding to the remote control code of the REC is emitted from the emitting part 38. A light receiving part 40 in a DAT 16 receives the light and the REC state is started. Thus, the system can be used as a file for storing image data without modifying or changing a digital audio tape recorder (DAT).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an image reproducing device and system, and more particularly to an image reproducing device having means for controlling input/output of image data to a storage medium, and a reproducing system including this device.

11 String 1 For example, in response to an image signal read out from a small and lightweight storage medium such as a memory card, the image is displayed on a display device such as a CRT, and the data of this image is stored in a large capacity storage such as a digital audio tape. A playback system for storing information on a medium has been proposed.

In such a reproduction system, a display device and a storage device are connected to a processing device that receives an image signal and performs necessary processing on the image signal. For example, when storing image data in a digital audio device (DATl), a digital audio tape recorder is connected to the processing device,
Image data is exchanged via a digital audio interface. By connecting a digital audio chip recorder through a digital audio interface in this manner, a general-purpose digital audio tape recorder can be used as a storage means.

However, in order to control operations such as recording, playback, and image search on a digital audio tape recorder, an operator must normally operate the digital audio tape recorder directly. The disadvantage is that the operator has to wait for the operator to operate the digital audio tape recorder each time, and data cannot be stored or read out smoothly.

1. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to overcome the drawbacks of the prior art and to provide a playback device that can control the operation of a storage device and a system including these devices.

Moxibustion [ ] J117) n Indication According to the present invention, an image reproducing device that receives image data, outputs the image data to a storage means, stores the image data in the storage medium, and reads out the image data from the storage medium. a remote control code storage means for storing a remote control code for controlling the means by remote control, a light emitting means for generating light in accordance with the remote control code read from the remote control code storage means, and controlling input/output of image data to and from the storage medium. The control means remotely controls the storage means by reading the remote control code from the remote control code storage means and emitting light according to the remote control code from the light emitting means when inputting and outputting image data to and from the storage medium. It is something to do.

Further, according to the present invention, there is provided an image reproduction system including a reproduction device that receives image data and reproduces the image data, and a storage device that stores the image data processed by the reproduction device. It has a remote control light emitting means for generating light for remote control control, the book/shoji stage has a light receiving means for receiving light from the remote control light emitting means, and the storage means is controlled by the remote control by the playback device.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments of an image reproducing apparatus and system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a still image reproduction system according to the present invention.

The still image playback system in this embodiment includes an image playback device 12, and has a video monitor 14, a digital audio tape recorder (DATI 16, and a DAT recorder 18). It is a playback device into which a recorded memory card 20 can be attached, and converts an image signal read from the card 20 into a signal that can be displayed on a video monitor 14.The image playback device 12 also converts an image signal read from the card 20 into a signal that can be displayed on a video monitor 14 The signal is sent to a digital audio recorder (DATl 16) and recorded on a digital audio tape attached to the DATl 16.

The video monitor 14 is a display device that displays the image signal sent from the image reproduction device 12 on a monitor screen. In addition,
Although not shown, a printer that prints a hard copy of the image displayed on the video monitor 14 may be connected to the digital-to-analog converter 28 of the image reproduction device 12 together with the video monitor 14 as needed. As this printer, for example, a thermal transfer type printer is used that records a color image on recording paper using a thermal transfer type thermal head.

OAT ID1g1tal Audio Tapere
The recorder 16 records the image data from the image reproducing device 12 on the installed digital audio tape, reads the image data from the tape, and sends it to the image reproducing device 12.

The image reproducing device 12 includes a card reading section 22 .

The card reading unit 22 reads the installed memory card 20.
This is a reading unit that reads the image signal of the image. That is, when the card 20 is inserted, the card reading section 22 notifies the control section 30 of this, and also sends the read image signal to the signal processing section 24 under the control of the control section 30.

The signal processing unit 24 performs, for example, white balance adjustment, gradation correction,
The image signal that has been subjected to 0 image data processing, which is a functional unit that performs various image data processing such as pixel signal synchronization, edge enhancement, and framing, is sent to the frame memory 26.

The frame memory 26 has a storage capacity capable of storing image signals for one frame for each color component RGB.
The image signals stored in the frame memory 26 for each component RGB, which is AM, are sent to the digital-to-analog converter 28 by a control signal from the control section 3D. The frame memory 26 also sends the image signal subjected to image data processing to the DAT 16 via a digital audio interface (AlNTl 32) according to a control signal from a control unit 30.

The digital-to-analog converter 28 is a conversion circuit that converts the input image signal into a corresponding analog signal and outputs it to the video monitor 14.

The digital audio interface 32 is an interface for sending digital image signals read from the frame memory 26 to the OAT 16, and for sending image data read from the DAT 16 to the frame memory 26.

The remote control code storage section 34 stores a remote control code used to remotely control the DAT 16, and outputs the remote control code to the remote control code transmitting section 36 in response to a control signal from the control section 30. The remote control code is D
It is input by the operator from the AT remote control 18 and propagated to the remote control code storage section 34 by means such as light or radio waves. The remote control code transmission unit 36 outputs the remote control code sent from the remote control code storage unit 34 to the remote control code emission unit 38. The remote control code light emitting unit 38 generates light according to the sent remote control code.

The DAT 16 is provided with a light receiving section 40 . The light receiving section 40 receives light from the remote control code light emitting section 38, and generates a control signal for controlling the operation of the mouth Aτ16 in accordance with the received light.

Returning to the image reproducing device 12, the control section 30 is a central processing section that centrally controls each section of the image reproducing device 12.

In particular, in this embodiment, the transmission of remote control codes to the DAT 16 is controlled. That is, the control unit 30 selects a necessary code from among the remote control codes stored in the remote control code storage unit 34 when outputting image data read from the memory card 2G and stored in the frame memory 26 to the DAT 16, for example. and remote control code transmitter 3
The operation of the DAT 16 is controlled by outputting light to the DAT 16 and causing the remote control code light emitting section 38 to generate light in accordance with this.

An input operation section 42 is also connected to the control section 30 . An operator's instructions regarding the operation of the image reproduction device 12 are inputted from the input operation unit 42 .

The operation of this system will be explained.

First, the remote control code used to control the operation of the DAT 16 is initialized. In response to an instruction input by the operator from the input operation section 42, the image reproduction device 12 is placed in the remote control code recording mode. The operator inputs remote control codes in a predetermined order from the DAT remote control 18. Remote control code and Shiteha 2 For example, RECf recording), PLAY (playback), FwD (fast forward)
, REV (rewind), 5RCI (search)
etc. are input. The remote control code input from the DAT remote control 18 is sent to the remote control code storage section 5
, will be remembered.

For example, DAT (digital audio tape)
Recording (recording) of image data is performed.

This operation will be explained using the flowchart shown in FIG.

When the operator inputs a recording instruction from the input operation section 42, the control section 30 sends a control signal to each section of the playback device 12 indicating that the recording (REC) state is to be entered. In response to a control signal sent from the control section 30, the remote control code storage section 34 reads out the remote control code of the RECf recording) and outputs it to the remote control code transmission section 36. The remote control code transmitter 36 sends this code to the remote control code emitter 3.
8, and the remote control code light emitting unit 38 generates light corresponding to the remote control code for REC (recording) (104
) The light receiving section 40 of the DAT 16 receives this light, and the DAT 1
6 is f106) where the REC (recording) state starts,
In the playback device 12, image data is read from the frame memory 26 in response to a control signal sent from the control unit 30, transferred to the DAT 16 via the digital audio interface 32, and recorded on a digital audio tape. At the same time as or after the end, the control section 30 sends a control signal indicating the end of recording to the remote control code storage section 34. The remote control code for recording 5TOP is read out from the remote control code storage section 34 and sent to the remote control code transmitting section 36, and the remote control code transmitting section 36 outputs this code to the remote control code emitting section 38.
The light receiving section 40 of the DAT 16 receives this light, and the DAT 1
6 stops the operation (1l12), and the recording operation of the image data onto the digital audio tape is completed.

When the DAT 16 reads image data from a digital audio tape and displays it on the video monitor 14, it reads the remote control code from the remote control code storage section 34 and displays it on the remote control code light emitting section 3 in the same way as described above.
8 to the light receiving section 40 of the DAT 16, the DAT 16 is operated.

According to the above system, the image reproducing device 12 sends the remote control code to the DAT 16.
controls the operation of Therefore, the operator only needs to manually input instructions to the input operation section 42 of the reproduction device 12, and there is no need to operate the DAT 16 in order to operate the DAT 16 in accordance with the operation of the image reproduction device 12.

In this way, this system does not require any modifications or changes to the DATf Digital Audio Cheap Record.
Use as a file to store image data. Therefore, commercially available DATs can be used as they are, and the operation is easy.

According to the present invention, a digital audio tape recorder can be used as an image data file by connecting a digital audio tape recorder to a playback device without any modifications or changes. Moreover, since the playback device can control the operation of the DAT,
There is no need to operate the AT separately from the playback device,
Easy to operate.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the still image reproduction system according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the recording operation to the DAT shown in FIG. Description of C'' of main parts 12, , Playback device 14, , Video monitor 16, , DAT 18, , DAT remote control 26, , Frame memory 32, , Digital audio interface 340. Remote control code storage section 36, , , Remote control code transmitter 38° Remote control code emitter 40° Light receiver

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. An image reproducing device that receives image data, outputs the image data to a storage means to store the image data in a storage medium, and reads the image data from the storage medium, the device a remote control code storage means for storing a remote control code for controlling the storage means by remote control; a light emitting means for generating light in accordance with the remote control code read from the remote control code storage means; and the storage of the image data. control means for controlling input/output to the medium, the control means reads the remote control code from the remote control code storage means and reads the remote control code from the light emitting means when inputting/outputting the image data to/from the storage medium; An image reproducing device characterized in that the storage means is controlled by remote control by generating light according to a code. 2. The image reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a display device, and an image based on the image data is displayed on the display device. 3. The image reproducing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the storage means is a digital audio tape recorder, and the storage medium is a digital audio tape. 4. An image playback system comprising a playback device that receives image data and plays back the image data, and storage means that stores the image data processed by the playback device,
In the system, the playback device includes a remote control light emitting device that generates light for controlling the storage device by remote control; the storage device includes a light receiving device that receives light from the remote control light emitting device; An image reproducing system characterized in that the storage means is remote controlled by the reproducing device.