JPH05314611A - Storage medium initializing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the discrepancy between a medium name written in the label of a storage medium thrown in an assembled type storage device and a medium name put to the storage medium. CONSTITUTION:A medium name written in the label stuck on the storage medium 8 by hand is read by a label reading means 7 included in the assembled storage device 1. A medium initializing means 3 put the read medium name to the storage medium 8 and initializes. Consequently, the medium name written in the label stuck on the storage medium 8 and the medium name put to the storage medium 8 are always equal.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a storage medium initialization method,
In particular, the present invention relates to a storage medium initialization method in a collective storage device in which a large number of storage media for storing information can be stored and the storage media can be read and written by moving the storage media without human intervention.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Storage media handled by a collective storage device are identified and selected by a media name given by a user. The process of assigning a medium name to such a storage medium is performed at the time of the initialization process of the storage medium. However, at this stage, the medium name of the storage medium to be initialized is not set yet, so the target storage medium The medium cannot be identified by the medium name.

Therefore, conventionally, a target storage medium is first stored in a collective storage device, and a user specifies a position in the collective storage device in which the target storage medium is stored. The storage medium is identified and the user
The location where the storage medium to be initialized is stored,
The storage medium is initialized by designating the medium name to be given to the storage medium.

[0004]

In the conventional storage medium initialization method described above, the method of identifying the storage medium to be initialized depends on the position number indicating the specific position in the collective storage device, and therefore, before processing. The storage position of the storage medium predicted by the user and the position where the input storage medium is actually stored are
You need to deal with it properly. However, especially when a plurality of storage media are loaded at the same time and the initialization process and the medium name giving process are performed, the program that stores the storage media in the collective storage device or the program that performs the initialization process of the storage media ends abnormally or The storage medium may not be stored at the predicted position due to a mistake in specification, and at this time, the storage medium and the medium name written on the label attached to the recording medium may be inconsistent. was there.

Also, when the user performs the initialization process, the correspondence between the position of the storage medium and the medium name is erroneously specified, and similarly, the storage medium and the label attached to the storage medium are filled in. There is a problem that the media names may be inconsistent.

[0006]

According to the method of the present invention, a large number of storage media for storing information can be stored, and the storage media can be read and written by moving the storage media without human intervention when necessary. In a storage medium initialization method for a portable storage device, a medium storage means for storing a large number of storage media, a medium moving means for moving a storage medium loaded in the collective storage device, and a specific position on an outer frame of the storage medium Label reading means for reading handwritten characters written on the affixed label by optical means and converting them into character attribute data, and whether the data converted by the label reading means is suitable as a medium name And a medium name recognition means for verifying the above, and when receiving a notification from the medium name recognition means, the designated medium name is given and the storage medium held by the medium moving means is initialized. A medium initialization means manages the association of the media name and storage location of the medium stored in the medium storage means, the specific position of the media storage unit,
It is characterized by further comprising a medium storage information management means capable of referring to a storage state of a storage medium and a position in the medium storage means with respect to a specific medium name from the medium initialization means and the medium movement means.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1 showing an embodiment of the present invention, in the present embodiment, a collective storage device 1, a medium name recognizing means 2, a medium initializing means 3, and a medium stored information managing means 4 are provided. The storage device 1 includes a medium storage unit 5, a medium moving unit 6, and a label reading unit 7, which store a plurality of storage media 8.

The storage medium 8 is a cartridge handled by the collective storage device 1, and a plurality of storage media 8 are stored in the medium storage means 5 and are moved by the medium moving means 6 without human intervention. The storage position of each storage medium 8 in the medium storage means 5 is managed by the medium storage information management means 4.

The medium moving means 6 moves the storage medium 8 loaded in the collective storage device 1 inside the collective storage device 1. The label reading means 7 is, for example, an OCR device, and optically reads handwritten characters written on a label attached to a specific position on the outer frame of the storage medium 8,
The data is converted into data having character attributes, and the converted data is notified to the medium name recognition means 2.

The medium name recognizing means 2 verifies whether the data received from the label reading means 7 is appropriate as a medium name. When the number of characters and the type of character of the received data are appropriate as the number of characters and the type of character specified as the medium name, the data is notified to the medium initializing means 3. The medium initialization unit 3 gives the specified medium name to the storage medium 8 held by the medium movement unit 6 to initialize it.

The medium storage information management means 4 distinguishes between the position in the medium storage means 5, whether the storage medium 8 is stored or not yet stored, and the position of the medium storage means 5. , Medium names of the stored storage medium 8 are stored as a pair. Medium storage information management means 4
With the information held by, the storage status of the storage medium 8 can be referred to for the specific position of the medium storage unit 5, and the position in the medium storage unit 5 can be referred to for the specific medium name.

Referring to FIG. 2 showing the external appearance of the storage medium 8, a label 9 on which a medium name is written by handwriting is attached at a specific position on the outer frame of the storage medium 8. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the label 9 has a guideline for entering standard characters (MEDIA2 in FIG. 3) that are easy to read by the label reading means 7.

Next, a description will be given of the operation at the time of medium initialization according to the present embodiment, which is configured as described above.

First, all storage media 8 are affixed with labels in which the media names are written in handwritten characters and put in the collective storage device 1. The medium moving unit 6 moves the input storage medium 8 and causes the label reading unit 7 to read the handwritten character portion written on the label attached to a specific position on the outer frame of the storage medium 8.

The label reading means 7 reads the character portion written on the label attached to the storage medium 8, converts the read character into character attribute data, and passes it to the medium name recognizing means 2. The medium name recognizing means 2 verifies whether the number of characters of the passed data or the type of character used is appropriate as a medium name, and if so, notifies the medium initializing means 3 of the data content.

When the data content is appropriate as the medium name, the medium initializing means 3 initializes the storage medium 8 held by the medium moving means 6. At that time, the medium initializing means 3 gives the storage medium 8 the data notified by the medium name recognizing means 2 as a medium name.

After the medium initialization processing is completed, the medium initialization means 3 notifies the medium storage information management means 4 of the medium name of the initialized storage medium 8 and stores it in the medium storage information management means 5. Request to return the storage position of the medium 8.

The medium storage information management means 4 selects an empty position in the medium storage means 5 in which no storage medium is currently stored and notifies the medium initialization means 3 of the position information. Also, the selected position information is recorded as a storage position of the storage medium 8 in pairs with the medium name given to the storage medium 8.

The medium initialization means 3 notifies the medium movement means 6 of the storage position of the storage medium 8 notified from the medium storage information management means 4. The medium moving means 6 moves the held storage medium 8 to the storage position notified by the medium initializing means 3 and stores it.

[0021]

As described above, according to the present invention, the label reading means is provided, the characters of the label attached to the storage medium are read, and the read characters are given as the medium name at the time of initialization of the medium to store the data. There is an effect that the medium name given to the medium and the medium name written on the label attached to the outer frame of the storage medium are not inconsistent with each other.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external view showing an example of the storage shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a label.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Collective storage device 2 Medium name recognition means 3 Medium name initialization means 4 Medium storage information management means 5 Medium storage means 6 Medium movement means 7 Label reading means 8 Storage medium 9 Labels

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A large number of storage media for storing information are stored,
In a storage medium initialization method for a collective storage device, which can read and write the storage medium by moving the storage medium without human intervention when necessary, a medium storage means for storing a large number of storage media, and a collective storage device The medium moving means for moving the storage medium put in and the handwritten characters written on the label attached to the specific position on the outer frame of the storage medium are read by the optical means and converted into the data of the character attribute. A label reading unit, a medium name recognizing unit for verifying whether the data converted by the label reading unit is suitable as a medium name, and a notification from the medium name recognizing unit, the designated medium name is displayed. A medium initializing means for giving and initializing the storage medium held by the medium moving means, and a medium name and a storage position of the medium stored in the medium storing means. It is possible to refer to a specific position of the medium storage means, a storage state of a storage medium and a position in the medium storage means for a specific medium name from the medium initialization means and the medium movement means. A storage medium initialization method, comprising: