JPH09198841A - Video tape recorder - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify the label editing operation of a video cassette by adding to a video tape recorder VTR the function of editing characters such as the title and the recorded information of a program recorded by the VTR and the function of printing the edited characters in the label surface of the video cassette. SOLUTION: The data and hour of the recording operation of a VTR and the recorded information of channel or the like, which are prepared by a recording information signal generating circuit 6, are written into a video tape or its built-in memory 7. At the same time, they are displayed by a display part 2 in its screen as an on-screen display and edited by a character converting and editing circuit 3 which is operated by an operating part 4. The edited characters are printed in the label surface of a video cassette by a printing part 5 installed in the VTR in the state that the video cassette is charged in a VTR main body.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a video tape recorder (VTR).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a built-in function of a VTR, VTR recording information such as the date, time and channel on which the VTR performed a recording operation is recorded in an information recording area other than the video and audio recording portions of a video tape or in a built-in memory. Doing is commonly done. For editing and writing characters such as a title to be printed on a label sheet of a video cassette, it is common to use handwriting or a word processor or the like and to print using a separate printer.
As in Japanese Patent No. 0937, a word processing function and a printing function are added to a VTR, characters are edited using an input key set on the VTR main body or a remote control operation unit, and the edited characters such as a title are edited. There is also a method of printing on the back label of the video cassette.

[0003]

In order to print a video cassette label, a device having a character editing function, such as a word processor, or a device having a printing function, such as a printer, is required separately, and a large number of devices are operated. It involved complicated work. The editing of characters performed in the conventional Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 4-60937 is displayed on the display unit provided on the VTR main body or the remote control transmitter by using the input key set on the VTR main body or the remote control transmitter. It is a type of editing characters, which requires a large number of input keys and many operations for selecting characters, resulting in poor operability. Also, V
The printing function built into the TR prints only on the back label of the video cassette, and detailed contents other than the title cannot be printed on the top label of the video cassette.

An object of the present invention is to solve these problems and provide a VTR incorporating a function relating to label editing of a video cassette.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention uses a printing means for printing characters or the like on the label surface of a video cassette on the VTR main body and an on-screen display generated from the VTR. Character conversion / editing means, recording information recording means for writing information such as date, time, channel, etc. of recording operation by VTR to video tape or internal memory, recording information recorded on video tape or internal memory at the time of recording A recording information reading means used as character information of the character converting / editing means is provided.

According to the present invention, the VTR is provided with a character converting / editing means using an on-screen display, a recording information recording means, a recording information reading means, and a printing means for printing characters on the label surface of the video cassette.
Characters can be converted and edited by a simple operation of the remote control transmitter, and detailed recording information and titles can be printed on the label of the video cassette without taking out the video cassette from the VTR body.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a VTR according to the present invention, in which 1 is an on-screen display generation circuit, 2 is a display circuit for displaying an on-screen display on a connected TV screen, and 3 is a display on a TV screen. A character conversion / editing circuit for editing characters on the displayed on-screen display, 4 is an operation unit of the character conversion / editing circuit, and 5 is a printing unit for printing characters on the label surface of the video cassette.

In FIG. 1, the character signal output from the on-screen display generating circuit 1 is displayed on the television screen to which the VTR is connected by the display circuit 2. The characters on the on-screen display displayed on the television screen are converted into arbitrary characters by the character conversion / editing circuit 3 controlled by the operation unit 4 such as a remote control transmitter. The converted characters are printed by the printing unit 5 on the label surface of the video cassette.

In the present invention, since the characters can be edited on the on-screen display displayed on the screen of the connected TV, only a small number of the operation unit 4 such as the remote control transmitter can be seen while watching the TV screen. By operation with the key,
Since the conversion function similar to a word processor can be realized,
It is not necessary to provide a character input key on the VTR main body or a character input key on the remote control transmitter. The printing unit 5 can print on the label surface on the upper surface and the back surface of the video cassette, and its mechanism may have two print heads, or one print head has a mechanism for moving to any label surface. It may be one or a mechanism for printing when the video cassette is taken out from the VTR main body.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of the VTR according to the present invention. 6 is a recording information signal generating circuit, 7 is a video tape or a built-in memory in which recording information is written, and 8 is recording information. A recording information recording unit to be written on the video tape or the built-in memory, 9 is a recording information reading unit for reading the information written on the video tape or the built-in memory, 10 is a recording information recording unit 8, a reading unit 9, or a printing unit 5. It is a control unit that does.

In FIG. 2, the recording information such as the date, time, channel, recording mode, etc. at which the VTR performed the recording operation is as follows:
It is created by the recording information signal generation circuit 6. The created recording information is written in an information recording area other than the video and audio recording areas of the video tape 7 at any time, and is also written in the built-in memory 7 at the same time. The recording information is sent to the on-screen display generating circuit 1 and converted into a character signal. The recording information converted into the character signal is displayed on the television screen as characters of the on-screen display by the display unit 2. The displayed recording information is the character conversion / editing circuit 3
Can be used as character data in. Since the recorded information is displayed as characters on the on-screen display and can be used as characters for printing, the characters can be edited easily.

Since the recording information is written on the video tape which has been recorded once, the recording information can be read out at any time even during or immediately after recording. A part of the recording information read from the video tape at the time of reproduction is collated with the recording information stored in the built-in memory, and the same recording information recorded on the video tape is read from the built-in memory. Therefore, the recorded recording information can be instantly read from the built-in memory without being read from the video tape.

The character edited by the character converting / editing circuit 3 is stored in the built-in memory through the control unit 10 operated by the operation unit 4. The edited characters are stored in the built-in memory as data separate from the recording information.
It can be used as an R recording library.

FIG. 3 is a view showing an example of an on-screen display of the VTR according to the present invention. 11 is a display screen, 12 is a recording information display section, 13 is a character palette for editing, 14 is a character editing section, and 15 is a character editing section. These are operation buttons.

In FIG. 3, the recording information displayed on the recording information display section 12 on the display screen 11 by the on-screen display of the VTR and the editing character palette 1 are displayed.
The characters, symbols and the like that can be set by 3 are displayed on the character editing unit 14 to create a title or the like to be printed on the label of the video cassette. Printing on the label surface can be performed by the operation button 15. The characters such as the created title are saved as a recording library by selecting the operation button 15. The stored recording library or the recording information of the video cassette loaded in the VTR can be displayed as a library screen of a format different from the display screen 11 by selecting the operation button 15.

[0016]

According to the VTR of the present invention, an arbitrary character is edited on the on-screen display displayed on the screen, and the edited character is displayed on the label surface on the upper surface and the rear surface of the video cassette. It is possible to print while it is loaded in.

According to the VTR of the present invention, the VT
The recording information such as the date, time, channel, etc. when R performed the recording operation can be used in the character conversion / editing circuit, and the edited character can be newly stored in the internal memory as data different from the recording information. Library can be created.
The edited characters can be printed on the label surfaces on the top surface and the back surface of the video cassette with the video cassette loaded in the main body.

Further, according to the present invention, since the conversion / editing operation of characters and the control of printing are performed on the on-screen display by using very few operation keys installed on the remote control transmitter or the VTR main body, Remote control transmitter and VT
There is no need to newly provide a key for character input or operation on the R body.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of a VTR according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of another embodiment of the VTR according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a display screen of an on-screen display in the embodiment of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... On-screen display generation circuit, 2 ... On-screen display display circuit, 3 ... Character conversion / editing circuit, 4 ... Operation part, 5 ... Printing part, 6 ... Recording information signal generation circuit, 7 ... Video tape or built-in memory, 8 ... Recording information recording unit, 9 ... Recording information reading unit, 10 ... Control unit.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. In addition to the basic functions of a video tape recorder,
Using the on-screen display generated from the video tape recorder, a character conversion / editing means for editing arbitrary characters such as a recorded program title, and a character conversion / editing means built in the video tape recorder were used for editing. A video tape recorder having a printing means for printing characters such as a recording title on a label surface of a video cassette. 2. A recording information recording means for recording recording information such as date, time and channel when the video tape recorder performs a recording operation in an information recording area of a video tape or a built-in memory, and a recording information recording means generated from the video tape recorder. The on-screen display has a character conversion / editing means for editing arbitrary characters, and the recording information recorded by the recording information recording means is arbitrarily read and edited as the character information of the character conversion / editing means. A video tape recorder having a printing means for printing the printed characters on the label surface of the video cassette.