JPH08167277A - Recording and reproducing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To eliminate the waste of a recording region by previously assuring a region for comment input in the prescribed region of the same recording medium as a data recording region only when a comment switch to add a comment on the recorded information of a recording medium is turned on. CONSTITUTION: A device 1 records the video input in the data recording region B of the assigned recording medium A of a memory card 4, FD 5 or HD 23 in accordance with the operation of an operation switch group 19 by control of a CPU 17a. The comment switch in the switch group 19 is previously pressed to assure the region C for comment input in the prescribed region of the medium A at the time of adding the comment to the recorded information of the medium A. The video input is thereafter recorded in the region B and the comment is inputted and recorded in the region C by a keyboard 6 and the operation switch group 19. As a result, the waste of the region C is eliminated and the state that the medium A is full and that the later input of the comment is infeasible is eliminated.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a recording / reproducing apparatus,
More specifically, the present invention relates to a recording / reproducing apparatus in which a comment input method associated with data recording is improved.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventionally used image recording / reproducing apparatus, a floppy disk, a memory card, a hard disk, an optical disk, a magnetic tape or the like is used as the recording medium. Then, these recording media have an area for inputting a comment in advance in the recording area of the data to be recorded.

The data referred to here is, for example, image data, audio data, or the like. In addition, a comment is data associated with the image, for example, if it is image data having a subject, color, material, size, date, shooting condition, environmental condition, and shooting conditions such as aperture value and shutter speed. ,
Furthermore, it also shows the content itself that briefly explained or commented on the history of obtaining image data, the background at that time, and the like.

[0004]

However, as described above, when the comment area is secured from the beginning in the recording area of the recording medium, there is a problem that the area is wasted unless it is used. Had.

In order to prevent the comment area prepared in advance from being wasted, there is also a system in which the comment area is added to the recording medium when the comment is input. However, the method of adding the comment area has a problem that the comment cannot be input when the recording medium is full in the data area or the like.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and when the comment area is secured in the recording area of the recording medium, the comment area is not wasted, and the recording medium is full, It is an object of the present invention to provide a recording / reproducing device in which a comment cannot be input.

[0007]

That is, the present invention provides a recording / reproducing apparatus for reproducing at least information recorded in a data recording area of a recording medium and recording the information in the data recording area of the recording medium. In this, selection means for selecting whether or not to add a comment to the information recorded on the recording medium, comment input means for adding the comment to the information based on the selection by the selection means, and this comment input Only when the comment is added by the means, there is provided a control means for controlling so as to previously secure the comment input area in a predetermined area of the same recording medium as the data recording area.

Further, the present invention is a recording / reproducing apparatus for reproducing information recorded in at least a data recording area of a recording medium and recording the information in the data recording area of the recording medium. Comment input means for inputting a comment to be added to the information recorded in a predetermined area of the same recording medium as the data recording area, and at least a comment of the information recorded in the data area of the recording medium and the comment. It is characterized by comprising erasable erasing means and control means for controlling to enable other recording in the comment input area erased by the erasing means.

Further, according to the present invention, at least the information recorded in the data recording area of the recording medium is reproduced, and the information is recorded in the data recording area of the recording medium. Selecting means for selecting whether or not to reproduce the comment added to the information on the recording medium, and reproducing the comment when reproducing the information recorded in the data recording area based on the selection by the selecting means. And a control means for controlling so as to do so.

The present invention is a recording / reproducing apparatus for reproducing information recorded in at least a data recording area of a recording medium and recording the information in the data recording area of the recording medium. When the data copying means capable of copying the information recorded on the recording medium to a recording medium different from the recording medium and the data copying mode for copying the information by the data copying means are set, the information of the recording medium is recorded. A selection means for selecting whether or not to copy the comment added to the item, and a control means for controlling to copy the information recorded in the data recording area and the comment based on the selection made by the selection means. It is characterized by doing.

[0011]

According to the present invention, in at least a recording / reproducing apparatus for reproducing information recorded in a data recording area of a recording medium and recording the information in the data recording area of the recording medium, The selection means selects whether or not to add a comment to the recorded information. Then, based on the selection made by the selecting means, the comment is added to the information by the comment inputting means. Only when the comment is added by the comment input unit, the control unit controls so as to secure the comment input region in a predetermined region of the same recording medium as the data recording region in advance.

Further, the present invention is a recording / reproducing apparatus for reproducing information recorded in at least a data recording area of a recording medium and recording the information in the data recording area of the recording medium. The comment added to the information recorded in is input to the predetermined area of the same recording medium as the data recording area by the comment input means. Then, of the information recorded in the data area of the recording medium and the comment, at least the comment is erased by the erasing means. Other recording can be performed by the control unit in the comment input area that is erased by the erasing unit.

Further, according to the present invention, at least the information recorded in the data recording area of the recording medium is reproduced, and the information is recorded in the data recording area of the recording medium by the selecting means. It is selected whether or not the comment added to the information of the recording medium to be reproduced is reproduced. Then, when the information recorded in the data recording area is reproduced based on the selection by the selecting means, the comment is reproduced by the control means.

The present invention is a recording / reproducing apparatus for reproducing information recorded in at least a data recording area of a recording medium and recording the information in the data recording area of the recording medium. The information recorded in (1) is copied by a data copying means onto a recording medium other than the above recording medium. When the data copying mode for copying the information is set by the data copying means, the selecting means selects whether or not to copy the comment added to the information on the recording medium. Then, based on the selection of the selecting means, the information recorded in the data recording area and the comment are copied by the control means.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 has an A / D conversion circuit 11 for A / D converting the captured video signal to write it in a VRAM 13c, which is a video RAM.
A D / A conversion circuit 12 for D / A converting the image output of the RAM 13c and outputting a video signal to a monitor or the like;
It has an image data storage unit 13 having a built-in M13c, a data address bus 14 and a video bus 15.

Further, the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 has a recording / reproducing control unit 17 connected to the data address buses 14 and 16.
And a remote control light receiving portion 18 that receives infrared light transmitted from the remote control (remote control) transmitter 2 and outputs the transmission signal to the CPU 17a, and its operation button on the front panel 1a (see FIG. 2) of the apparatus body. , A display unit 20 provided on the panel 1a, which is an LED group for displaying the operating state of the recording / reproducing apparatus 1, and a serial interface circuit connected to the modem 3. RS232C I / F21, a memory card I / F22 of a memory card interface circuit to which the memory card 4 is connected, and a hard disk (HD)
23 drive unit and floppy disk (FD) 5
Floppy disk drive (FDD) 2 to which is connected
4, a keyboard controller 25 to which the keyboard 6 is connected, a voice recognition synthesizing unit 26 to which the microphone 7 and the speaker 8 are connected, a battery 27 and a regulator 28 that constitute a power source unit for DC9V system and DC5V system. It is composed.

The image data storage unit 13 has a RAM-A 13a in which image data is temporarily taken in via a data address bus 14 or a coder circuit 13b, a coder circuit 13b for compressing or expanding the image data, and a video. It is composed of a VRAM 13c which receives a video signal via the bus 15 or the coder circuit 13b.

The data address buses 14 and 16 are
The memory card I / F 22 and the like and the control unit 17, and the control unit 17 and the RAM-A 13a of the image data storage unit 13,
A bus for signal transmission between the A / A conversion circuit 12 and the A / D conversion circuit 11.

The video bus 15 includes the VRAM 13c of the image data storage unit 13 and the D / A conversion circuit 12 or A.
A bus for transmitting a video signal between the / D conversion circuits 11.
The recording / reproducing control unit 17 controls the control elements of each unit of this apparatus, and the remote control light receiving unit 18
From the control switch group 19 and the output signal of the operation switch group 19 are input, a CPU 17a for controlling the built-in interval recording means and the like, a character generator (CG) circuit 17b for outputting character data to be superimposed on a video signal, and a temporary RAM-B1 for storing various data
7c and a ROM that stores various control processing algorithms
17d and an EEPROM 17e that stores various data such as recording time intervals for interval recording when the power is turned off.
And a floppy disk drive controller (FDC) 17f for controlling the FDD 24.

FIG. 2 shows the arrangement of the switch keys of the operation switch group 19, the LED display section 20, the memory card 4 and the eject key insertion openings 1b and 1c of the FD 5 on the front panel 1a of the recording / reproducing apparatus 1. FIG.

In addition to the insertion ports 1b and 1c of the recording medium, as keys and a display unit provided on the operation panel 1a, image data of one screen recorded on one recording medium is recorded on another recording medium. A switch (SW) key (“COPY”) 19a for copying and a switch key (“ALL COPY”) 19b for copying all of all image data recorded on a recording medium to another recording medium.
And a switch key (“FORMAT”) 19c for formatting the recording medium and a switch key (“ERASE”) 19d for erasing one screen of image data.
And a switch key ("ALL ERASE") 19e for erasing all of the image data, and a recording designation mode switch key ("REC") 1 for recording the image data.
9f, a comment switch key (“COMMENT”) 19g for adding a comment, and a switch key (INT.RE) for setting the interval recording mode.
C ") 19h and switch key (" P
LAY ") 19k and the above switch keys 19a to 19h
And a start key ("START") 19i for starting each operation after pressing a switch key such as 19k to put it in a standby state, and a switch key ("STOP") 19j for stopping the above operation are provided. There is.

On the operation panel 1a, a switch key ("FLD / FRM") 19l for instructing whether to record the image data by field recording or frame recording.
And a (COMP2) key 19m for performing two-screen display setting in the multi-screen display in the playback mode, and a (COMP4) key 19n for performing four-screen display setting, 1
A 6-division display (“MULTI16”) key 19o and a switch key for selecting a recording medium (“CARD / F
D / HD ") 19p and general-purpose arrow selection switch key 1
9q, 19r, 19s, and 19t are arranged. These arrow selection switch keys 19q, 19r, 19s, 1
In 9t, the upward designation key is 19q, the downward designation key is 19s, the left designation key is 19r, and the right designation key is 19t.

Further, on the operation panel 1a, a character display switch key ("DISP") 19u, a switch key ("SET") 19v for setting, for example, image data compression / non-compression conditions, and a power A switch key (“POWER”) 19w is provided.

The operation panel 1a also includes an LED display section 20a for displaying reproduction and recording frame numbers and the like, an LED 20b for displaying a selected medium, and a transfer source and a transfer destination in the image data copy process. Transfer direction display LED 20c for displaying a recording medium and the switch keys 19a to 1
LED 20d for displaying the operation state of each key of 9g
And an LED display section showing a state of image data compression and non-compression processing, which is a fixed (1) display LED 20e and a fixed (2) display LED when performing compression under respective conditions.
20f, LED 20 for variable display when performing variable length compression
g, an uncompressed display LED 20h when not compressed is provided.

FIG. 3 is a logical structure diagram of a recording medium showing what kind of recording is contained therein. As the file format, the DOS format is used as an example.

In the figure, a recording medium 30 is provided with a boot sector 31, a FAT sector 32, a directory sector 33, an image file 34 and a comment file 35. Each of these sectors and files represents that such an area is secured for one of the recording media 30, for example.

The boot sector 31 is the recording medium 3
It is for starting the system in which 0 is inserted. The FAT sector 32 is for managing where each data file exists. Further, the directory sector 33 manages the name of each file.

Here, as an example, a set of image file 34 and comment file 35 is shown. An image file 34a exists in the image file 34 that is one management unit. Further, in the comment file 35, which is another area and is also one management target, there are files such as a voice file 35a, a text file 35b, and a relational file 35c. The voice file 35a, the text file 35b, and the relational file 35c are all recorded with the same recording capacity in this embodiment, but the recording capacity is set in advance according to the type of the file, for example. Is also good.

The relational file 35c includes the image file 34a, the voice file 35a, and the text file 3
5b is for declaring that they are related to each other in the file.

For example, when there are plural image files 34a, plural image file areas exist in the recording medium.
When a comment is attached to each of them, there are a plurality of files equivalent to the comment file 35.

Therefore, since there are a plurality of image files 34a and a plurality of sound files 35a and text files 35b, respectively, in order to indicate which file is related to which file, It needs to be clarified in the relational file 35c.

The subordinate name of each file and the nature of its data will be described below. When a comment input, which will be described later, is designated, the comment area of these is secured.

For example, "J6I" is the image file 34a.
"J6S" means audio file 35a, "J6L"
Represents a text file 35b, and "J6R" represents a relational file 35c. As mentioned above,
In the relational file 35c, the relationship between the files is designated such that the comment "J6I" is input by voice as "J6S".

Next, the main routine of this recording / reproducing apparatus will be described with reference to FIG. When this main routine is started, while the power is on, the on / off state of the switches is determined while going through a loop of steps S1 → S2 ... S7 → S1 described later.

Then, in step S1, it is judged whether the recording designation mode switch key (REC SW) 19f is on or off. Here, if the REC SW 19f is in the off state, the process proceeds to step S2. On the other hand, if it is in the ON state, the process proceeds to step S8, the recording designation (REC) operation is performed, and after completion, the process proceeds to step S2.

In step S2, the on / off state of the switch key (ERASE SW) 19d for erasing one screen is determined. Here, if the ERASE SW 19d is in the off state, the process proceeds to step S3. On the other hand, if it is in the ON state, the process proceeds to step S9 to erase one screen (ERASE).
The operation is performed, and after completion, the process proceeds to step S3.

Next, in step S3, the on / off state of the switch key (ALL ERASE SW) 19e for erasing the entire screen is determined. Where ALL ERASE
If the SW 19e is off, the process proceeds to step S4. On the other hand, if it is in the on state, the process proceeds to step S10 to perform the all-erase operation (ALL ERASE), and after completion, the process proceeds to step S4.

In step S4, the on / off state of the reproduction mode designation switch key (PLAY SW) 19k is determined. Here, if the PLAY SW 19k is in the off state, go to step S5, and if it is in the on state, step S5.
After shifting to 11 and performing the reproduction mode (PLAY) operation, the process proceeds to step S5.

Then, in step S5, the on / off state of the comment switch key (COMMENT SW) 19g is determined. Here, COMMENT SW19
If g is in the off state, the process proceeds to step S6, and if it is in the on state, the process proceeds to step S12 and the comment mode (CO
After performing the (MMENT) operation, the process proceeds to step S6.

Next, in step S6, the on / off state of the setting switch key (SET SW) 19v is determined. Here, if the SET SW 19v is in the off state, go to step S7, and if it is in the on state, step S7.
Then, the process proceeds to step 13 and the setting mode (SET) operation is performed.
Then, it progresses to step S7.

Finally, in step S7, the on / off state of the switch key (COPY SW) 19a for copying the image data of one recording medium to another recording medium is determined. Here, if the COPY SW 19a is in the off state, the process returns to step S1. On the other hand, if it is in the ON state, the process proceeds to step S14, the copy (COPY) operation is performed, and after completion, the process returns to step S1. The processing of other switches is omitted because it is included after step S7.

Next, the operation of each subroutine of steps S8 to S14 will be described. First, the subroutine of the recording designation operation will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In step S1 above, REC SW
When 19f is pressed and the process proceeds to step S8, this recording designation operation subroutine is executed. Then, first, in step S21, the LED for recording designation operation is turned on. That is, the LED 20d located above the REC SW 19f shown in FIG. 2 is turned on to inform the operator that the recording designation (REC) operation is being performed.

Next, in step S22, a freeze image is formed. At the stage before this freeze image, the input screen called a through image is output as it is, but when the REC SW 19f is pressed in step S21, the image captured at that time is recorded. It is fixed as a scheduled image and is output to a monitor (not shown).

Then, in step S23, it is determined whether or not the switch of another mode is turned on.
Here, the switches in other modes are REC SW19.
Other than f, such as ALL ERASE SW19e,
Other ALL COPY SW19b, FORMAT
SW19c, or STOP SW19j, PLAYS
W19k, COMP2 SW19m, COMP4
SW19n, MULT SW19o, etc.

In step S23, if another mode switch is pressed, the procedure goes to step S28 to exit the REC mode. Next, in step S24, the on / off state of the START SW 19i is determined. Here, if the START SW 19i is not pressed, the loop of steps S23 and S24 is repeated. When the START SW 19i is pressed in step S24, the process proceeds to step S25 and the image data J6
An I file (data file) is created.

The J6I file creation subroutine will now be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. After entering this subroutine, first in step S31, C
It is determined whether the LED for OMMENT is on. If it is not turned on here, the process proceeds to step S32 and the image file is 64K (kilobytes).
Is compressed to. On the other hand, if it is turned on, the process proceeds to step S33 and the image file is 48K (kilobytes).
Is compressed to.

When the processes of steps S32 and S33 are completed, the process proceeds to step S34 and RAM-A1.
Data is transferred from 3a to the recording medium 30. This RE
The sub-routine C is an example of a recording / reproducing apparatus in which, in the case of fixed-length recording of data, the content of data recording is compressed or a compression ratio is changed when a comment is added so that the capacity of the total recording unit is approximately constant. In this example, it is set to 64K in step S32 and 48K in step S33,
The difference of 16K corresponds to the size of the comment.

This will be explained with reference to FIG. 1. An image comes in from a video input, and its frozen image goes into a VRAM 13c. The contents of the VRAM 13c are transferred to the RAM-A 13a in a compressed form through the coder 13b. In other words, the coder 13b is instructed by the CPU 17a as to how much transfer and compression rate should be used, and the compressed data is stored in the RAM-A 13a.

Further, the contents of the RAM-A 13a are the contents of the memory card 4 or FD 5 shown in FIG.
Of the designated recording medium. Here, the LED 20 provided on the switch key 19p for selecting a recording medium indicates which recording medium is designated.
It is determined by which of the cards, FD, and HD in b is selected. Each time the switch key 19p is pressed once, the card, FD, and HD are switched in order.

Returning to the flowchart of FIG. 5, step S
At 26, it is determined whether the comment LED provided on the COMMENT SW 19g is turned on. The on / off state of the comment LED will be described later.

In step S26, the LE for comment is used.
If D is not turned on, the process proceeds to step S28.
On the other hand, if the comment LED is turned on, the process proceeds to step S27, and J6S, J6L, and J6R file areas are further created. 3 in step S27
The individual files are audio files 35a shown in FIG.
It corresponds to the text file 35b and the relational file 35c.

Then, in step S28, a through image is output. As a result, the image that was the freeze image in step S22 returns to the through image again. Further, in step S29, the LED for the recording designation operation is turned off, and this subroutine ends.

Next, referring to the flowchart of FIG.
The subroutine of the ERASE operation of step S9 of FIG. 4 will be described. In step S2 of FIG. 4, ERASE SW
When 19d is pressed, the ERASE operation is performed.

First, in step S41, ERASE
LED for erasing one screen provided on SW19d
(ERASE LED) is turned on. Then, in step S42, one frame is reproduced. Here, one frame playback is E
When the RASE SW 19d is pressed, the image of the frame number displayed on the LED display section 20a of the recording medium designated by the LED 20b is reproduced. The frame numbers displayed on the LED display unit 20a are numbered from 1 at the time of recording on the recording medium.

When one frame is reproduced in step S42,
Next, in step S43, it is determined whether or not the switch of another mode is turned on. Here, if the switch of another mode is turned on, the process proceeds to step S48. Then, after the through image is formed, in step S49, 1
The screen erasing LED is turned off, and this subroutine is exited.

On the other hand, if the other mode switch is not pressed in step S43, the process proceeds to step S44. In this step S44, the start switch (ST
The state of ART SW) 19i is determined. If the start switch 19i is not pressed, the process returns to step S43, and unless any switch is pressed, step S4 is performed.
3, the loop of S44 is repeated.

When the start switch 19i is pressed in step S44, the process proceeds to step S45 to erase the J6S, J6L and J6R files in the reproduced image.
That is, the file in the comment part is deleted.

Next, in step S46, if the comment LED is turned on, only the comment is erased and the process proceeds to step S48. On the other hand, if the comment LED is not turned on, all files are erased. Therefore, step S
Proceeding to 47, the J6I file of the image being reproduced is deleted. That is, the image file is deleted.

After this, the process proceeds to steps S48 and S49, the above-mentioned termination process is performed, and this subroutine is exited. Next, referring to the flowchart of FIG.
The full screen erasing operation subroutine of step S10 will be described.

In step S3 of FIG. 4, ALL ERAS
When the E SW 19e is pressed and the process proceeds to step S10, the full screen erasing operation is executed. Then, first, in step S51, the switch key (ALL ERASE S
W) The LED for erasing the entire screen provided on 19e is turned on. Then, one frame is reproduced in step S52. This is the same as the one-frame reproduction process in step S42 of FIG. 7 described above.

Next, in step S53, it is determined whether or not a switch in another mode is pressed. Here, if the switch in another mode is pressed, the process proceeds to step S58. On the other hand, when the switch in the other mode is not pressed, the state of the start switch 19i is determined in the subsequent step S54. If the start switch 19i has not been pressed, the process returns to step S53, and steps S53 and S54 are performed until one of the switches is pressed.
The loop of is repeated.

In step S54, the start switch 1
When 9i is pressed, the process proceeds to step S55, and all J6S, J6L, J6R files in the recording medium are erased. That is, at this stage, although the image file remains, all the files in the recording medium of the comment file are deleted.

Thereafter, if the comment LED is turned on in step S56, only the comment file is erased and the process proceeds to step S58. In contrast,
If the comment LED is not turned on, the process proceeds to step S57, and all J6I files in the recording medium are also erased. In this case, the J6I image file and the comment file are deleted, and the files of other formats are not deleted.

After this, the flow proceeds to step S58 to form a through image, and in step S59, the LED for erasing the entire screen is turned off and the process exits from this subroutine. Next, referring to the flowchart in FIG. 9, PL in step S11 in FIG.
The subroutine of the AY operation will be described.

In step S4 of FIG. 4, PLAY SW
When 19k is pressed, the PLAY operation is performed. PLA
In the Y operation, first, in step S61, one frame is reproduced. Then, in step S62, it is determined whether or not a switch in another mode is turned on. If it is turned on here, the process proceeds to step S68, and after the through image is displayed, the process exits from this subroutine. On the other hand, if no other mode switch is pressed in step S62, the process proceeds to step S63.

In step S63, the LE for comment is used.
It is determined whether D has been turned on. Here, if it is not turned on, the loop of steps S62 and S63 is repeated.

If the comment LED is turned on in step S63, the process advances to step S64 to determine whether the start switch 19i is turned on. In step S64, the start switch 19
If i is not turned on, the above step S62 is performed again.
Then, the loop of steps S62 to S64 is repeated.

If the start switch 19i is pressed in step S64, the flow advances to step S65 to enter the comment input acceptance mode. To enter a comment, a character entered by the keyboard 6 is entered in the comment, or a number is entered in the comment by using the remote control transmitter 2. Further, a comment can be input with the upward designation key 19q and the downward designation key 19s. These direction designating keys are general-purpose switches for the device, and will be described in detail later.

It is to be noted that a comment can be input at the time of reproduction after recording the image currently reproduced by these, but at the same time, the character display of the character comment is performed. The character display here means that the input character is transmitted to the CPU 17a, the CPU 17a generates a character in the CG circuit 17b, and the character is weighted and output to the video output.

Further, in step S65, the keyboard 6
The data of the comment input by the ten key, the upward designation key 19q, or the downward designation key 19s is temporarily stored in the RAM-B17 as the character data by the CPU 17a.
It is stored in c.

Thereafter, in step S66, it is determined whether or not the start switch 19i has been pressed. here,
When the start switch 19i is pressed, the above step S
The input of comments at 65 and the reception are ended. On the other hand, if the start switch 19i is not pressed, the comment character input can be accepted until the switch is pressed,
The loop of steps S65 and S66 is repeated.

When the start switch 19i is turned on in step S66, the process proceeds to step S67 and RA
From M-B17c, memory card 4, FD5, or H
In D23, the data is transferred to the recording medium which is currently being reproduced. The medium currently playing is indicated by LED 20b.

When the data is transferred, the process proceeds to step S68, and a reproduction process is performed as a through image. afterwards,
Exit this subroutine. Here, the processing operation of step S65 will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

When a key is input from the keyboard 6, the character of the pressed key is input. In addition, the numeric keypad is input corresponding to only numbers. Therefore, here, the upward designation key 19q and the downward designation key 1
The operation according to 9s will be described.

When either the upward direction designating key 19q or the downward direction designating key 19s is pressed, the process proceeds to step S71. Then, as shown in FIG. 11, the underbar 3
7 is displayed together with “1” on the screen of the monitor 38. The character indicated by the underbar 37 is the up-direction designation key 1
It can be selected with 9q and the downward designation key 19s.

That is, when the upward designation key 19q is turned on in step S72, the process proceeds to step S73. Then, the next character is displayed on the underbar 37. Here, the next character represents "2" when it is "1", for example. Of course, it is possible to select not only numbers but also alphabets, symbols, and the like.

Next, in step S74, it is determined whether or not the downward designation key 19s is turned on. When the downward direction designating key 19s is turned on, the process proceeds to step S75, and the opposite character is displayed on the underbar 37 contrary to step S73.

In step S76, the right direction designation key 1
It is determined whether 9t is pressed. Here, if the right direction designation key 19t is pressed, the process proceeds to step S77, where the underbar 37 is moved rightward by one digit. That is, since the setting of the character of the digit set in steps S72, S74 and the like is completed and the underbar 37 is present at the position "1" now, when the right direction designating key 19t is pressed here, "1" is set. The setting of is completed, and the digit moves to the right one digit.

Then, in step S78, it is determined whether or not the start switch 19i is turned on. That is,
The processing operations of steps S72 to S77 described above are repeated until the start switch 19i is pressed. When the start switch 19i is turned on in step S78, this routine ends there.

In the above example, the underbar is described, but the underbar is not particularly limited, and for example, an arrow with a different color is used to change the color of the character being set or to add a special symbol. There are many other examples, such as a cursor that reverses a portion to be displayed and a portion not to be displayed.

Next, the reproducing operation of the characters input in FIG. 9 will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG.
Character display switch key (DISP SW) 19
When u is pressed, the display mode advances one by one among the five types. That is, in step S81, no display is performed. Here, the non-display is a state in which the CG circuit 17b is not working. Therefore, in video output, only images are output and no characters are output during reproduction.

Next, in step S82, the piece number is displayed. This piece number means that the information of the LED display unit 20a is displayed on the character. In step S83, the date is displayed. This date display is the date when the reproduced image was recorded if it is being reproduced, and the current date is otherwise displayed. In addition, the date may include the hour, minute, and second.

Further, in step S84, the capacity is displayed. In this capacity display, the remaining capacity of the recording medium and the recorded capacity are displayed. Finally, in step S85, a comment is displayed. The comment display depends on the mode in which the input character information is output. When the comment display is selected, the output as shown in FIG. 11 is displayed. However, in this case, the underbar is not displayed and only the input character is displayed. Therefore, it is possible to select whether nothing is displayed or a comment is displayed.

The above-mentioned five types of display forms are not limited to this, and the display order is not limited to this. Next, the COMMENT SW operation subroutine of step S12 of FIG. 4 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

At step S5 in FIG.
When the SW 19g is pressed, the COMMENT SW operation is performed. First, in step S91, it is determined whether the comment LED has already been turned on.
If the LED is turned on, the process proceeds to step S92 and the comment LED is turned off. on the other hand,
If it is not turned on in step S91, that is, if it is turned off, the process proceeds to step S93, and the LED is turned on. That is, LE for comments
D is inverted.

Since the inverted state is retained as it is, it is retained until the comment switch 19g is pressed again. Therefore, the state of the comment LED described in each mode described above is determined by the comment switch 19g.

Next, the SET operation subroutine of step S13 of FIG. 4 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. This is about a voice comment input method.

In step S6 of FIG. 4, when the switch key (SET SW) 19v is pressed, the SET operation is performed. Then, first, in step S101, SET
The screen is displayed. FIG. 16 shows a display example of the SET screen, in which each item is written line by line. In this display example, the top is INT REC, the next is INT PLA
Y, SOUND REC, SOUND PLAY, IN
Such as PUT SELECT. One of these lines is displayed in red and the others are displayed in white. The line of red characters can be moved by the upward designation key 19q and the downward designation key 19s.

Voice recording is SOUND REC, which is a mode in which a comment can be input by voice. In step S102, this SOUND RE
If C is not selected, the process proceeds to step S108 described below. On the other hand, in step S102 above, SOUND
When REC is selected, the process proceeds to step S103, and it is determined whether or not the start switch 19i is turned on.

If the start switch 19i is not turned on, the process proceeds to step S104 and the SET SW19
It is determined whether v is turned on. This SET SW
If 19v is pressed, this mode is exited and step S107 is entered. However, if the SET SW 19v is not pressed and the start switch 19i is not pressed, the loop of steps S103 and S104 is repeated.

If the start switch 19i is turned on in step S103, the process proceeds to step S105 and the microphone input is enabled for n seconds. The data input by the microphone 7 is stored in the RAM-B17c. In other words, from the microphone 7 through the voice recognition synthesis portion 26, R
Data enters the AM-B17c. This is temporary RAM
-It is only stored in B17c, and n seconds is a time determined by the recording / reproducing device.

When n seconds have elapsed in step S105, the process proceeds to step S106, the data is transferred from the RAM-B17c to the recording medium and recorded as a J6S file. Then, it progresses to step S107 and SET.
The screen is closed.

By the way, at step S102, SO
If UND REC is not selected, it is subsequently determined in step S108 whether SOUND PLAY has been selected. Here, when the SOUND PALY is selected, the process proceeds to step S109, and it is determined whether or not the start switch 19i is pressed.

In step S109, if the start switch 19i is not pressed, the following step S1
At 10, it is determined whether or not the SET SW 19v is turned on. If the SET SW 19v is not pressed and the start switch 19i is not pressed, the loop of steps S109 and S110 is repeated.

If the start switch 19i is pressed in step S109, the process proceeds to step S111, and the J6S file is reproduced by the speaker 8. The voice comment of J6S corresponding to the designated image file is stored in the RAM, contrary to the case of being recorded by the CPU 17a.
-B17c, and then output to the speaker 8 via the voice recognition synthesis unit 26. That is, the sound of the comment sounds.

After completion of step S111, the process proceeds to step S107. Further, the above step S110
Then, if the SET SW 19v is pressed, the process proceeds to step S107. In other words, SOUND PLAY
The process of is ended.

Note that the processing operation in the case of selecting another part of the SET screen will be omitted because it is included during the end of the SET screen after step S107.

Next, the subroutine of the COPY operation in step S14 of FIG. 4 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In step S7 of FIG. 4, when the copy switch key (COPY SW) 19a is pressed, the copy (COPY) operation is performed.

First, in step S121, the LED 20d for displaying the operation state is turned on, and then in step S122.
Will play one frame. This one piece is a piece designated in the same manner as described above.

Then, in step S123, it is determined whether or not a switch in another mode is pressed.
Here, if a switch in another mode is pressed, the process proceeds to step S128 and the end process is performed. On the other hand, if no other switch is pressed, then step S124 is performed.
Then, it is determined whether or not the start switch 19i is pressed. If the start switch 19i is not pressed, the loop of steps S123 and S124 is repeated. When the start switch 19i is pressed,
It proceeds to step S125.

In step S125, the LED 20c
The J6I file is copied in the direction specified by. That is, only the image file is copied first. Incidentally, when the mode is changed to the copy mode, the LED 20b goes out and the LED 2
Any of 0c is turned on. The change of the LED 20c is performed by the switch key 19p.
When 9p is pressed, the LEDs 20c are sequentially turned on.

Next, in step S126, it is determined whether or not the comment LED 19g is turned on. Here, if the LED 19g is not turned on, the process proceeds to step S128, and the copy process ends. on the other hand,
If the comment LED 19g is turned on, the comment is copied, so that the step S1 is performed.
Proceed to 27.

Then, in this step S127, LE
J6S, J6L, and J6R files, that is, files with comments are copied in the direction indicated by D20c.

After the copying is completed, the process proceeds to the ending process. That is, in step S128, the reproduced image is changed to the through image,
After that, the copying LED 20d is turned off and the processing is ended. Therefore, when copying is performed, it is possible to select whether to copy with the comment included or only the image file without the comment.

By the way, as described above, when the character display switch key 19u is pressed, the display is switched each time the switch key 19u is pressed. Here, regarding the capacity display therein, FIG. And FIG. 19 will be described.

FIGS. 18A and 18B show an example of capacity display, in which the recording medium is displayed only on the card and the FD. In FIGS. 18A and 18B, the card (CARD) has a currently used area of 1
At 216k, there are 19 pictures in it, 2 in total
It is displayed that there is a capacity of 140K. For floppy disk (FD), the type of FD currently used is 2HD and the used area is 6
4k, one image in it, 122 in total
It is displayed that there is a capacity of 1k.

Here, the method of calculating the numerical value will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the processing for displaying the remaining frames is started, first, in step S131, it is determined whether or not the comment LED 19g is turned on. In other words, the display method differs depending on whether the comment LED 19g is turned on or not.

When a comment is entered, the above step S
Since the comment LED 19g is turned on in 131, the process proceeds to step S132. In this case, boot + FAT + DIR from the capacity of the recording medium including the comment part
If the image capacity and the comment are added to the remainder after the sector capacity is subtracted, the value of the remaining frame can be easily calculated.

At step S131, the comment L
ED19g is not turned on (do not enter comments)
In this case, the process proceeds to step S133. In this case, the number of remaining frames is calculated from the capacity of the recording medium by boot + FAT + DIR.
Sector capacity is subtracted. Then, it can be easily calculated as the number of remaining frames by dividing it by the capacity of one image.

Then, in step S134, the respective numerical values are displayed. Here, when FIG. 18A is not in the comment input mode (calculation method in step S133)
18B is a display example in the case of the comment input mode (calculation method of step S132).

The comment mode described above is the LED mode.
When 19g is turned on, the remaining capacity is the same as when it is not turned on, but the comment input mode is smaller because the number of remaining sheets is the number of comments.

Since the FD is the same as the above-mentioned calculation method, its explanation is omitted. Incidentally, the technical idea including the above-described embodiment of the present invention can be summarized as follows. (1) In a recording / reproducing apparatus for reproducing at least information recorded in a data recording area of a recording medium and recording the information in the data recording area of the recording medium,
Selection means for selecting whether or not to add a comment to the information recorded on the recording medium, comment input means for adding the comment to the information based on the selection by the selection means, and comment by the comment input means Only when added,
A recording / reproducing apparatus comprising: control means for controlling in advance to secure a comment input area in a predetermined area of the same recording medium as the data recording area.

(2) The predetermined area is an area to be managed independently of the data recording area which is one management unit of the recording medium.
The recording / reproducing device according to.

(3) The recording / reproducing apparatus as described in (1) above, wherein the comment input means is composed of a plurality of input means. (4) The recording / reproducing apparatus according to (3), wherein the comment recording capacity of any of the plurality of comment inputting means is substantially constant.

(5) The recording / reproducing apparatus described in the above (3), wherein the comment recording capacity is set according to each of the plurality of comment inputting means. (6) In the recording / reproducing apparatus described in (2) above, when displaying the remaining recording unit, when the comment is added, a display for displaying the recording unit amount including the comment input area. A recording / reproducing apparatus further comprising means.

(7) In the recording / reproducing apparatus described in (2) above, the control means compresses the data recording contents recorded in the data recording area or changes the compression rate when the comment is added. A recording / reproducing apparatus characterized in that the capacity of the total recording unit is made substantially constant.

(8) In the recording / reproducing apparatus described in the above (1), when the comment input is selected by the selection means, the control means performs the operation premised on the input and then records the data. A recording / reproducing apparatus characterized by receiving a comment input by the comment input means after securing an area and a comment area.

(9) The recording / reproducing apparatus described in the above (8), wherein the comment inputting means is performed in a state where the reproducing mode of the apparatus is set. (10) Information recorded on the recording medium in a recording / reproducing apparatus that reproduces at least the information recorded in the data recording area of the recording medium and records the information in the data recording area of the recording medium. Comment input means for inputting a comment to be added to a predetermined area of the same recording medium as the data recording area, and erasing means capable of erasing at least the comment of the information recorded in the data area of the recording medium and the comment And a control means for controlling so that another area can be recorded in the comment input area erased by the erasing means.

(11) At least the information recorded in the data recording area of the recording medium is reproduced, and at the same time, the recording is reproduced in the recording / reproducing apparatus in which the information is recorded in the data recording area of the recording medium. Selecting means for selecting whether or not to reproduce the comment added to the information on the medium, and for reproducing the comment when reproducing the information recorded in the data recording area based on the selection by the selecting means. A recording / reproducing apparatus comprising: a control unit for controlling.

(12) At least in the recording / reproducing apparatus for reproducing the information recorded in the data recording area of the recording medium and recording the information in the data recording area of the recording medium. When the data copying means for copying the recorded information to a recording medium other than the recording medium and the data copying mode for copying the information by the data copying means are set, It is provided with selection means for selecting whether or not to copy the added comment, and control means for controlling to copy the information recorded in the data recording area and the comment based on the selection by the selection means. A recording / reproducing apparatus characterized by the above.

(13) The above (1) is characterized in that the data to be recorded or reproduced is image data.
The recording / reproducing apparatus according to any one of (1) to (12). According to the configuration of the above (1), when there is no comment input, the comment input area does not exist, and when there is a comment input, the comment input area exists, so the area of the recording medium is wasted. There is nothing to do. According to the configuration of (2), the editing process of only the comment can be easily handled separately from the data. Further, according to the above configuration (3), the input means can be selected according to the purpose. According to the configuration of (4) above, a constant comment recording capacity can always be ensured regardless of the type of comment inputting person out of the plurality, so that the management of the data amount becomes easy. With configuration (5) above, optimal comment recording can be performed for each of the plurality of comment inputting means, and the advantages of each means can be maximized. According to the configuration of (6), when the comment is input, the remaining number of records when the comment is input can be displayed, and when the comment is not input, the number of remaining records when the comment is not input can be displayed. According to the configuration of (7), even if a comment is input, the recording capacity is constant, there is no waste, and it is easy to manage the number of sheets. According to the configuration of (8), it is possible to input a comment at any time after recording data or the like. According to the above configuration (9), it is possible to reliably input a comment without confusing pieces.

According to the above configuration (10), when the comment is erased, each comment area is erased, so that another data can be recorded in that area. Therefore,
The capacity of the medium can be effectively used.

According to the above configuration (11), since the reproduction can be selected, it is possible not to reproduce the data or the like which should not be known to other operators in the recording medium. Becomes

According to the above configuration (12), the editing / arranging process at the copy destination can be easily performed. Further, according to the configuration of (13) above, comments are added to each image as needed, so that management such as storage, editing, and organization of image data can be performed easily, and more than the management of other general data. It is advantageous.

[0127]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the comment area is secured in the recording area of the recording medium, the comment area is not wasted, and the recording medium is full and the comment is recorded later. It is possible to provide a recording / reproducing apparatus in which the input cannot be input.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention.

2 is a switch key of an operation switch group 19 on the front panel 1a of the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of FIG.
Insert slot 1 with eject key for memory card 4 and FD5
It is the figure which showed the arrangement state of b, 1c, etc.

FIG. 3 is a logical structure diagram of a recording medium showing what kind of recording is contained inside.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a main routine of this recording / reproducing apparatus.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a subroutine of a recording designation operation in step S8 of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a J6I file creation subroutine in step S25 of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a subroutine of ERASE operation of step S9 of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a subroutine of an entire screen erasing operation of step S10 of FIG.

9 is a flowchart illustrating a subroutine of a PLAY operation in step S11 of FIG.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating the processing operation of step S65 of FIG. 9 in detail.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a display example of an underbar.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a reproducing operation of the character input in FIG. 9.

13 is a COMMENT S of step S12 of FIG.
It is a flow chart explaining a subroutine of W operation.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating a SET operation subroutine of step S13 of FIG.

15 is a flowchart illustrating a SET operation subroutine of step S13 of FIG.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a display example of a SET screen.

17 is a flowchart illustrating a subroutine of a COPY operation in step S14 of FIG.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing an example of displaying only a card and an FD as a recording medium, and FIG. 18A is a diagram showing an example of capacity display when not in a comment input mode (calculation method of step S133);
(B) is in the comment input mode (step S132
6 is a diagram showing an example of capacity display according to the calculation method of FIG.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart illustrating a remaining frame display processing operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Recording / reproducing apparatus, 1a ... Front panel, 4 ... Memory card, 5 ... Floppy disk (FD), 6 ... Keyboard, 7 ... Microphone, 8 ... Speaker, 11 ... A / D conversion circuit, 12 ... D / A conversion Circuit, 13 ... Image data storage unit,
13a ... VRAM-A, 13b ... coder, 13c ... VR
AM, 14, 16 ... Data address bus, 15 ... Video bus, 17 ... Recording / reproduction control unit, 17a ... CPU, 17b
... character generator (CG) circuit, 19 ... operation switch group, 20 ... display section, 25 ... keyboard controller, 26 ... voice recognition synthesis section, 30 ... recording medium, 31 ... boot sector, 32 ... FAT sector, 33 ... directory sector , 34, 34a ... Image file, 35 ... Comment file, 35a ... Voice file, 35b ... Text file, 35c ... Relational file.

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Claims (13)

[Claims] 1. A recording / reproducing apparatus for reproducing information recorded in at least a data recording area of a recording medium and recording the information in the data recording area of the recording medium. Selection means for selecting whether to add a comment to the information to be added, comment input means for adding the comment to the information based on the selection of the selection means, and comment input only when the comment is added by the comment input means A recording / reproducing apparatus, comprising: a control unit for controlling a recording area in advance to be secured in a predetermined area of the same recording medium as the data recording area. 2. The recording / reproducing according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined area is an independent management target area different from a data recording area which is one management unit of the recording medium. apparatus. 3. The recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the comment input means is composed of a plurality of input means. 4. The recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the comment recording capacity of any one of the plurality of comment inputting means is substantially constant. 5. The recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the comment recording capacity is set according to each of the plurality of comment inputting means. 6. The recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein when the remaining recording unit is displayed, when the comment is added, the recording unit amount is displayed including the comment input area. A recording / reproducing apparatus, further comprising display means. 7. The recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the control means compresses the data recording content recorded in the data recording area or changes the compression rate when the comment is added. A recording / reproducing apparatus characterized in that the capacity of a total recording unit is substantially constant. 8. The recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the comment input is selected by the selection unit, the control unit performs the operation based on the input, and then the data recording area and A recording / reproducing apparatus characterized by receiving a comment input by the comment input means after securing a comment area. 9. The recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the comment inputting means is performed in a state where a reproducing mode of the apparatus is set. 10. A recording / reproducing apparatus for reproducing at least information recorded in a data recording area of a recording medium and recording the information in the data recording area of the recording medium, the information being recorded on the recording medium. Comment input means for inputting a comment added to the information to be recorded in a predetermined area of the same recording medium as the data recording area, and at least the comment recorded in the data area of the recording medium and the comment can be deleted. A recording / reproducing apparatus comprising: an erasing means and a control means for controlling to allow another recording in a comment input area erased by the erasing means. 11. A recording medium which is reproduced at least in a recording / reproducing apparatus which reproduces information recorded in a data recording area of a recording medium and records the information in the data recording area of the recording medium. Selection means for selecting whether or not to reproduce the comment added to the information, and control for reproducing the comment when the information recorded in the data recording area is reproduced based on the selection by the selection means. And a control unit for controlling the recording and reproducing apparatus. 12. A recording / reproducing apparatus for reproducing information recorded in at least a data recording area of a recording medium and recording the information in the data recording area of the recording medium, wherein the information is recorded in the data recording area. When the data copying means for copying the stored information to a recording medium different from the recording medium and the data copying mode for copying the information by the data copying means are added to the information on the recording medium Selection means for selecting whether or not to copy the comment, and control means for controlling to copy the information and the comment recorded in the data recording area based on the selection of the selection means. Recording / reproducing apparatus characterized by. 13. The data to be recorded or reproduced is image data.
The recording / reproducing apparatus according to any one of 1.