JPH11176136A - Information recording device and information recording method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information recording device which can record identification information on an information record medium easily when information is recorded. SOLUTION: A plurality of disc titles and the numbers of times of information writing operations in the respective disc titles are recorded in a RAM 60. If an MD player 100 is set in a recording possible state, a required disc title is selected among the plurality of disc titles displayed on a display unit 80. If a recording key on an operation unit 30 is pressed after one disc title is selected, the selected disc title and its number of times of writing operations are written in an MD 25 with a music. With this constitution, identification information for the identification of the MD 25 can be recorded in the MD 25 easily at the time of recording.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information recording apparatus / information recording method, and more particularly, to facilitating an operation for storing identification information in an information recording medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Information recording apparatuses include a DAT (digital audio tape) player and an MD (mini disc).
There are various things such as players.

In these information recording apparatuses, content information (for example, music or the like) to be recorded on an information recording medium is recorded.
In addition, there is an apparatus having a function of recording identification information (for example, a genre of music to be recorded) unique to the medium.

[0004] Using an MD player as an example, an information storage medium (M
A procedure for recording music and MD identification information for D) will be described. Here, it is assumed that an MD for recording is prepared in the MD player, and music is recorded on the MD from another sound source (source sound source).

[0005] First, the operator prepares for recording. That is, the reproduction of the source sound source is enabled, and the MD player is set in a recordable state.

[0006] When the MD player is set to be in a recordable state, the operator inputs information for identifying the content of the music to be recorded using a numeric keypad or the like provided on an operation unit (controller) of the MD player. . For example, "Keith Jarrett Europe Tour '97" is input.

Next, the operator inputs a recording start command to the MD player by operating the controller. When a recording start command is input, the MD player inputs the command before starting to record music from the source sound source. "
Keith Jarrett Europe Tour '97 ", MD
Write to the UTOC area of After writing the identification information, the MD player records music from the source sound source in a predetermined area (program area) of the MD.

[0008] In this way, by recording the unique identification information together, and displaying the MD at the time of reproducing the MD, it is possible to identify the content of the recorded music.

[0009]

However, the conventional MD player has the following problems. For example, in order to input information for identifying the content of the music to be recorded by the operator, use the numeric keypad or the like provided on the controller of the MD player, and enter the above-mentioned characters such as "Keys Jarrett Europe Tour '97". I had to enter each one.

That is, a corresponding character from a numeric keypad or the like,
I had to find out the symbols and numbers and type them exactly in order. Therefore, there is a problem that the input operation itself is troublesome even if the user is accustomed to inputting using the numeric keypad of the controller.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an information recording apparatus which can easily record identification information on an information recording medium when recording information.

[0012]

According to the present invention, the information recording apparatus records content information on the information recording medium under the control of the control unit based on the operation of the operation unit. An information recording device that records the identification information of the information recording device, comprising a storage unit that stores a plurality of classification information determined based on the content information recorded on the information recording medium, the control unit, the storage unit A plurality of stored classification information is displayed on a display unit, and when any one of the classification information displayed on the display unit is selected by operating the operation unit, the selected classification information and the information recording medium are displayed. It is characterized in that the continuous information assigned to each of them is written on an information recording medium together with the content information as identification information.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the information recording apparatus according to the first aspect, the continuous information is the number of times information is recorded for each classification information.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the information recording apparatus according to the first aspect, the continuous information is the number of times information is recorded on an information recording medium.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the information recording apparatus according to the first, second or third aspect, the control unit selects the classification information stored in the storage unit by operating the operation unit. An information recording apparatus characterized in that the information is obtained by changing the classification information and storing the changed classification information in a storage unit.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the information recording apparatus according to the fourth aspect, when the classification information is changed, the control unit sets the continuous information corresponding to the classification information to an initial value. It is characterized by doing.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information recording method for recording content information on an information recording medium and recording identification information of the information recording medium. Storing a plurality of classification information determined based on, displaying a plurality of stored classification information,
When any one of the displayed classification information is selected, the selected classification information and the continuous information attached to each information recording medium are written to the information recording medium together with the content information as identification information. And

[0018]

According to the information recording apparatus / information recording method of the present invention, a plurality of stored classification information are displayed, and one of the displayed classification information is selected. Then, the selected classification information and the continuous information attached to each information recording medium are written as identification information together with the content information into the information recording medium.

Therefore, by simply selecting desired classification information from a plurality of classification information stored in advance, when writing the content information to the information recording medium, the selected classification information is automatically identified as identification information together with continuous information. Can be written Thereby, when recording the content information, the identification information can be easily recorded on the information recording medium.

In the information recording apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, the continuous information is the number of times information is recorded for each classification information or the number of times information is recorded on an information recording medium.

Therefore, the number of times of recording information for each classification information or for the information recording medium can be recorded on the information recording medium. This makes it possible to identify information recording media on which the same classification information is recorded.

In the information recording apparatus according to claim 4,
While selectively extracting the classification information stored in the storage unit by operating the operation unit, changing the content of the classification information,
The changed classification information is stored in the storage unit.

Therefore, the contents of the classification information can be changed in accordance with the change of the stored contents information, and the changed classification information can be stored in the storage unit. Thereby, it is possible to easily record the classification information according to the content information to be recorded on the information recording medium.

In the information recording apparatus according to claim 5,
When the classification information is changed, the continuous information corresponding to the classification information is set to an initial value.

Therefore, each time the classification information is changed, the continuous information is automatically set to the initial value. This makes it possible to record accurate continuous information on the information recording medium.

[0026]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of an information recording apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, the MD player 100 using a CPU will be described as an example. The MD player 100 includes an operation unit 30, a CPU 40 serving as a control unit, a ROM 50, a playing unit 90, a display unit 80, and a RAM 60 serving as a storage unit, and the units are interconnected by a bus line 110. The playing section 90 houses an MD 25 as an information recording medium.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing the operation unit 30 and the display unit 80. The operation unit 30 includes a numeric keypad 32, an operation key 33, a jog selector 35, and a pointer movement key 3.
6, 37, a feed key 38, and a return key 39, and the display unit 80 is configured by an LCD. Note that both the operation unit 30 and the display unit 80
It is provided on the front of the D player 100 (not shown).

Next, an outline of the operation of the MD player 100 will be described. In the present embodiment, a case will be described in which music, which is content information from a source sound source (not shown), is recorded on the MD 25 using the MD player 100. In addition, RAM
In the column 60, a plurality of disk names as classification information and the number of times of writing of information for each disk name as continuous information are stored in a state where storage numbers are respectively assigned (FIG. 3).

When the MD player 100 is set to the recording enabled state, the operator selects a desired disc name from the disc names displayed on the display unit 80. When the recording key is pressed after any one of the disc names is selected by the operator, the selected disc name and the number of times of writing are written to the MD 25 together with the music as identification information.

Hereinafter, a part of the program stored in the ROM 50 and the operation of the MD player 100 which operates correspondingly will be described. The CPU 40 has a ROM
Each unit is controlled based on the program stored in the unit 50.

FIG. 4 shows a flowchart which is a part of the program stored in the ROM 50, and FIG. 5 shows an example of a display state of the display unit 80. Note that the program is in a recordable state by the MD player by the operation of the operator (RECORD and PA of the operation keys 33 shown in FIG. 2A).
When both of USE are set at the same time, the operation is started.

When the MD player 100 is set to the recording enabled state, the CPU 40 displays the disk name of the stored storage number and the number of times of writing on the display unit 80 (FIG. 4, step S10). That is, R shown in FIG.
The contents of the AM 60 are displayed on the display unit 80 (see FIG. 5).

At this time, the CPU 40 positions the pointer at the displayed first storage number (FIG. 4, step S2).
0). That is, the first storage number No. displayed on the display unit 80. The pointer 55 is positioned at No. 1 (FIG. 5A).

After displaying the pointer 55, it is determined whether or not a key operation has been performed (FIG. 4, step S3).
0). That is, CPU 40 determines whether any of the keys provided on operation unit 30 has been operated. If it is determined that any key has been operated, the process proceeds to step S40.

In step S40, the CPU 40
Determine which key was operated. That is, C
The PU 40 performs different processing thereafter by recognizing which key has been operated.

For example, if it is determined in step S40 that either of the pointer movement keys 36 or 37 has been operated, the CPU 40 determines whether the storage number No. It recognizes that the pointer 55 is moved to a storage number other than 1. In addition,
By operating one of the pointer movement keys 36 and 37, the pointer 55 moves in the direction of the arrow 120 or the arrow 13
Move in any of the 0 directions (see FIG. 5B).

Here, the storage number No. The pointer 55 set to 1 is stored in the storage number N using the pointer movement key 37.
o. Assume that the operation of moving to 3 has been performed. Set the pointer to the storage number No. When it is determined that the operation of moving to the storage No. 3 has been performed, the process proceeds to step S50, and the CPU 40 moves the pointer 55 to the operated storage number (FIG. 5).
B).

The storage number No. After moving the pointer 55 to 3, the CPU 40 returns to step S30, and determines whether any of the keys has been operated. Here, if no key is operated, the process is not performed until the operation is performed.

For example, here, the operator operates the operation key 33.
It is assumed that the "RECORD" key has been operated. With this operation, the CPU 40 proceeds to step 40, determines that the “RECORD” key has been operated in this step, and proceeds to step S60. In step S60, recording is started. That is, music from the source sound source is recorded on the MD 25 stored in the performance unit 90 (see FIG. 1).

When the recording is started, the CPU 40 writes the disk name and the number of times of writing of the storage number where the pointer is located (FIG. 4, step S70). That is,
The disk name of the storage number (storage number No. 3) where the pointer is located and the number of times of writing related to the disk name are M
Write to D25 (see FIG. 5B).

FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram showing the recording structure of the MD 25. Through the operations in steps S30 to S70 described above, the selected disc name and the number of times of writing related to the disc name are written in the UTOC area 22 of the MD 25, and music from the source sound source is written in the program area 27. FIG. 7 shows the state of the disk name and the number of times of writing in the UTOC area 22.

After the disc name and the number of times of writing have been written in step S70, the CPU 40
Increments the number of times of writing and stores the number of times after the increment (FIG. 4, step S80). That is, the number of times of writing related to the disk name on which writing has been performed is increased, and the increased number of times of writing is stored as the number of times of writing of the disk name.

In this embodiment, when "JAZZ Ver. 3" is written in the UTOC area 22 of the MD 25, the CPU 40 sets "Ver" which is the number of times of writing related to the written disk name "JAZZ". .3 "is incremented once to" Ver.4 "and then stored in the RAM 60. FIG. 8 shows a state of the RAM 60 after the number of times of writing in the disk name “JAZZ” is increased.

As described above, in the MD player 100 according to the present embodiment, only by selecting a desired disk name from a plurality of disk names stored in advance,
At the time of recording from the source sound source to the MD 25, the selected disc name can be automatically written as identification information together with the number of times of writing. This makes it possible to easily record the disc name and the number of times of writing on the MD 25 during recording.

Incidentally, there is a case where it is desired to change the disc name stored in advance in accordance with a change in the type of music to be recorded. An operation for selectively changing the disk name stored in the RAM 60 will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a program for selectively changing the disc name. When the operator presses “CHANGE” of the operation key 33, the program starts.
Start. In the present embodiment, the storage number No. The case where the disk name “ROCK” of No. 4 is changed to another disk name (“ENKA”) will be described.

When "CHANGE" of the operation key 33 is pressed, the CPU 40 displays the disk name of the stored storage number and the number of times of writing on the display section 80 (see FIG. 9, step S110, FIG. 5A). .

After displaying the disk name and the number of times of writing, the CPU 40 selects the storage number of the disk name to be changed (FIG. 9, step S120). That is, the operator presses one of the pointer movement keys 36 and 37 of the operation unit 30 to position the pointer 55 at the storage number (No. 4) storing the disk name to be changed (No. 4). (See FIG. 5B).

After the movement of the pointer 55, the disk name is taken out and the name is changed (FIG. 9, step S130).
That is, the CPU 40 takes out only the disk name of the storage number where the pointer is located from the RAM 60 and displays it on the display unit 80, and changes the displayed disk name to a desired name by the operation of the operator. FIG. 10A shows a state where the changed disk name “ROCK” is displayed on the display unit 80.

When such a display is performed, the operator turns the jog selector 35 in FIG. 2A in the direction of arrow 140 to select a desired character, and presses the feed key 38 to sequentially change the character to be changed to the right. Move to That is, the characters are changed one by one in order from the leftmost “R” of the disk name “ROCK” to be changed. In FIG. 10B,
The changed disk name “ENKA” is displayed on the display unit 80.

After changing the disk name, the changed disk name is stored in the selected storage number (FIG. 9, step S140). That is, when the change of the disk name is completed, the operator presses “CHANGE” of the operation key 33 to instruct the CPU 40 to change the disk name “EN”.
KA "is stored in the storage number No. 4 in the RAM 60.

When storing the changed disk name, the number of times of writing in the storage number storing the changed disk name is set to an initial value (FIG. 9, step S15).
0). That is, when the disk name is changed, the CP
U40 sets the number of times of writing to the initial value "1", whereby the number of times of writing is automatically set to the initial value every time the disc name is changed, so that the accurate number of times of writing is recorded in the MD25. It is to be noted that the storage number No. in the RAM 60 is shown in FIG.
4 shows the changed disk name “ENKA” and the number of times of writing “1” stored in FIG.

As described above, in the MD player 100 according to the present embodiment, when recording music, the MD 25 can not only easily record the disc name and the number of times of writing, but also record the disc name once stored. Can be selectively changed to a desired name.

The above embodiment has been described using the MD player 100 that records music (content information) from a source sound source as an example of an information recording device. However, the present invention is applicable to any information recording device that records identification information of an information recording medium when recording content information. For example, a DVD (Digital Video Disc) player, a DAT player And the like.

In the above embodiment, the control unit is constituted by the CPU 40 and the program.
Some or all of them may be configured only by hardware logic.

In the above embodiment, the case where the content information is music has been described. However, the content information is not limited to music, and may be any type of information as long as the information is recorded by an optical, magnetic, electrical, or other method. For example, it may be a computer program, a text, a movie, or the like.

Further, in the above embodiment, the case where the classification information is the genre of music has been described. However, the classification information is not limited to the genre of music. If the content information is music, it may be a player or a singer, a recording date, a recording person (user of the player), or the like.
When the content information is a computer program, the classification information may be a function (use) of the program, a name of the program, or the like. Further, when the content information is a sentence, the classification information includes the author, content, purpose,
The date and the like may be used, and the classification information when the content information is a movie may be the title, content, director name, leading actor name, and the like of the movie.

In the above embodiment, the number of times of storing information for each disk name (classification information) is set as continuous information. That is, identification information as shown in FIG. 12A is written in the MD 25 together with music (content information), and the disc names “POPS”, “CLASSIC” and “J” are written.
The number of times of writing to the MD 25 for each AZZ "was used as the continuous information.

However, regardless of the disc name (classification information), the number of times of recording information on the MD 25 (information recording medium) may be continuous information. That is, as shown in FIG.
May be continuously assigned to the disc name, and the number of times of writing may be used as continuous information.

In the above embodiment, the display section 80 is set to L
It is composed of a CD (see FIG. 2B). But C
Other display means such as an RT and a plasma display may be used.

In the above embodiment, the operation unit 3
The description has been given of the MD player 100 in which 0 is provided on the front. However, the operation unit 30 does not necessarily need to be located on the front surface of the main body of the MD player 100, and may be provided at another location on the main body, or may be provided as a remote controller separately from the main body.

Further, in the above embodiment, the operation section 30 is composed of the ten keys 32, the operation keys 33, the jog selector 35, the pointer movement keys 36 and 37, the feed key 38 and the return key 39 (see FIG. 2A). ).
However, other input means such as a touch panel may be used, and the jog selector 35 may be provided with a function such as a numeric keypad to reduce the number of keys.

In the above embodiment, the disc name is
It is stored in the RAM 60 at random. However, the disc name may be stored in the RAM 60 using a fixed reference such as the order of the number of writings or the alphabetical order.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of an MD player 100 which is an information recording device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing an operation unit 30 and a display unit 80 shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a state of a disk name and the number of times of writing stored in a RAM 60.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a part of a program stored in a ROM 50;

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display state of a display unit 80.

FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram showing a recording structure of the MD 25.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a storage state of a disk name and the number of times of writing written in the UTOC area 22;

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the number of times of writing of a disk name after writing stored in a RAM 60.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a part of a program stored in a ROM 50;

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a state where a changed disk name and a changed disk name are displayed on a display unit 80;

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a changed disk name and the number of times of writing stored in a RAM 60.

FIG. 12 is a conceptual diagram for explaining other continuous information.

[Explanation of symbols]

 25 ... MD 30 ... Operation unit 60 ... RAM 80 ... Display unit 100 ... MD player

Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Kenichi Ohtsubo 2-1 Nissincho, Neyagawa-shi, Osaka Onkyo Corporation (72) Inventor Hiroshi Nakanishi 2-1 Nissincho, Neyagawa-shi, Osaka Onkyo Corporation

Claims (6)

[Claims] An information recording apparatus for recording content information on an information recording medium and recording identification information of the information recording medium under control of a control unit performed based on an operation of an operation unit, A storage unit for storing a plurality of classification information determined based on the content information recorded on the information recording medium, wherein the control unit causes the display unit to display the plurality of classification information stored in the storage unit. When any one of the classification information displayed on the display unit is selected by the operation of the operation unit, the selected classification information and the continuous information attached to each information recording medium are used as identification information, An information recording device, which is written on an information recording medium together with information. 2. The information recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said continuous information is the number of times information is recorded for each classification information. 3. The information recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the continuous information is the number of times information is recorded on an information recording medium. 4. The information recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit selectively retrieves classification information stored in a storage unit by operating the operation unit, and further includes the classification information. An information recording device characterized by changing the contents of (1) and causing the storage unit to store the changed classification information. 5. The information recording device according to claim 4, wherein, when the classification information is changed, the control unit sets the continuous information corresponding to the classification information to an initial value. Information recording device. 6. An information recording method for recording content information on an information recording medium and recording identification information of the information recording medium, the method comprising: determining a plurality of pieces of information determined based on the content information recorded on the information recording medium. And displaying a plurality of stored classification information. When any one of the displayed classification information is selected, the classification information is added to each of the selected classification information and the information recording medium. An information recording method comprising: writing continuous information as identification information together with content information on an information recording medium.