JPH0378153A - Auto changer device for video tape recorder - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reserve consecutive recording of long hours and recording through a telephone circuit at a place where a user is staying by automatically feeding a tape cassette to a magazine to a VTR according to reserved contents. CONSTITUTION:A magazine part 10 is a place to store a tape cassette 101 fed to the VTR 100 and serves to send the selected tape cassette 101 to a lifter part 200 and also to take in the cassette from the lifter part 20 as well. When the user operates through a telephone circuit, an exclusive wireless remote controller and the console panel of an auto changer device main body, the device is controlled by reservation management, magazine management, and magazine control and VTR control are performed. As for reservation management, input reservations (data, channel, recording time, etc.,) are controlled. In the case of magazine management, the presence or absence of a tape, residual recording time, etc., are controlled. Thus, the tape cassette can be automatically inserted into and ejected from the VTR according to contents reserved through the operations of the wireless remote controller, the telephone circuit, etc.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to an auto changer for automatically supplying and removing materials for tape cassettes in remote-controlled VTR tape cassettes used in industry. [Technology] In conventional technology, the tape cassette is inserted and removed automatically from the tape insertion slot of the VTR body to the inside of the VTR, and the operations before and after loading and unloading the tape cassette are all done by the operator. was done each time.

[Problem to be solved by the invention] However, in such conventional technology, the maximum processing time for recording and playback is for one tape cassette, so it is necessary to increase the length of the VTR tape or adopt a 5x mode, etc. Although this technology was designed to support long-term recording and playback, it naturally had its limitations due to a drop in recorded image quality and difficulty in managing the strength of the tape. For this reason, in recent years, when people often go out for long periods of time, such as when traveling overseas, it is not possible to record for long periods of time, and it is difficult to make recording reservations etc. from outside the home over a telephone line. However, there were problems in making recording reservations, such as the need for a tape cassette to be set in advance.

In order to solve these conventional problems, the present invention automatically inserts and inserts a tape cassette into a VTR based on the contents reserved by operating a wireless remote control, telephone line, etc. from a magazine prepared in advance. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an autochanger device that performs take-out.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above problems, the autochanger device of the present invention transfers the tape cassettes loaded in the magazine to the VTR based on the contents reserved by operating the wireless remote control. [Embodiment] The embodiment of the present invention is characterized by automatic insertion, removal, and ejection.Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on the drawings. In FIG. 1, an autochanger device 1 according to the present invention includes a magazine section 10. Lift section 20. It consists of a supply/removal material unit section 30.

The main packaging outer box 2 in which these are integrated is supported by height adjustment screws 3, and has a structure that can be freely adjusted to match the height of the tape insertion port of the VTR 100.

To explain each part in simple terms, the magazine part 10 is
It is a place to store tape cassettes 101 necessary for supplying material to 00, and at the same time has the function of sending the selected tape cassette 101 to the lifter part 20 and the function of taking it in from the lifter part 20. . The number of tape cassettes 101 that can be set in the magazine is not particularly limited, but it is preferably about 4 to 5 tape cassettes in view of the mounting dimensions.

The lifter part 20 fixes and holds the tape cassette 101 sent out from the magazine part 10, and moves to the tape insertion opening of the VTR 100 by vertically parallel movement of the lifter, and positions it at a position where the tape can be inserted. When removing the tape cassette, this is the case (reverse operation is performed).

The supply/removal material unit section 30 inserts the tape cassette 101 that has been positioned or placed on the lid into the VTR 100, and
Take out one item from inside the TR onto the lifter. To explain the supply/removal material unit 60 in more detail, as shown in FIG.
4, the tape is transported to just before the tape insertion slot of the VTR 100 and the material is removed. When inserting the tape cassette 10, the motor 32 rotates the cassette holding claw 31 in the direction of arrow A through the gears 33 and 35.
1 can be pushed out in the direction of arrow B. At this time, by setting the length C of the cassette holding claw 31 to about 50 rran, a stroke for inserting the tape cassette can be secured.

As shown in Figure 6, these functions are connected to telephone lines and
Operations are performed using a dedicated wireless remote control and the operation panel on the autochanger device itself. Inside the device,
It is controlled by reservation management/magazine management, magazine control/VTR control. In reservation management, entered reservations (date and time, channel recording time, etc.) are managed, and in magazine management (presence of tape, remaining recording time, etc.)
is managed. This data is backed up by a battery so that it will not be lost even in the event of a power outage. In the magazine control, based on the management data, the drive wheel K of part of the lifter controls the drive of the material supply/removal unit, from loading and unloading of tape cassettes from the magazine. In the VTR control, controls such as ON/OFF of the VTR, tape running control, and ejection of the tape cassette are performed, and specifically, control is performed from the device 1 to the VTR 100 via a wireless remote control signal. The wireless remote control generally used for VTRs is an infrared wireless remote control.
A control hood signal consisting of 38 KHz 12 bits with 55 KHz oscillation is used. VT'R is controlled by transmitting the control code signal. This control code is different for each manufacturer, so this device provides an engineering C card that corresponds to each manufacturer's control code, and sends the converted code to the VTR 100 to ensure compatibility between devices. and control.

In the above-described embodiment, the tape cassettes set in the magazine are automatically loaded and unloaded, and recording and playback can be freely performed at any time while controlling the VTR according to the reserved contents.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, the video tape cassette autochanger device of the present invention automatically feeds the tape cassettes set in the magazine to the VTR based on the reserved contents, so that the video tape cassette changer device of the present invention can be used for long periods of time. It has the effect of allowing continuous recording and recording reservations from outside the home using a telephone line.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an autochanger device of the present invention. FIG. 2(α) is a diagram showing the state of the supply/removal material unit of the autochanger device of the present invention during transportation. FIG. 2(b) is a diagram showing the state of the tape cassette inserted into the material supply/removal unit of the autochanger device of the present invention. FIG. 3 is an operational configuration diagram of the autochanger device of the present invention. 1... Auto changer device body 2.
..... Device outer box 3 ..... Height adjustment screw 10 ..... Magazine section 20 ..... Lift section 30 ...... Supply and removal material unit section 61...
...Cassette holding claw 32 ...Motor 100 ...VIR main body 101 ...Tape cassette image) (g) Father-in-law Z mouth

Claims (1)

[Claims] When loading and unloading tape cassettes for video tape recorders (hereinafter referred to as VTRs), the tape cassettes set in the magazine are automatically inserted into the VTR based on the reservations made using the wireless remote control, telephone line, etc.・An autochanger device for a video tape recorder, which is characterized by an ejecting function.