JPH11355699A - Image recording and reproducing disk drive - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To quickly and simply notify information proper to a photographic image and to quickly and simply retrieve and reproduce a desired photographic image by associating each genre record position information of a photographic image with each genre proper information and recording them as genre management information on a disk. SOLUTION: Each genre record position information that designates a position (address) at which a photographic image divided in each genre is recorded and each genre proper information that is associated with a photographic image to be recorded are mutually associated to be 'genre management information' in a genre management information circuit 14 and are written and recorded on a disk 1 by a pickup 3 controlled by a driver 8. Each genre code of photographic information which is recorded on the disk 1 is shown on the screen of a display device 16 due to the setting of a 'reproduction mode'. Desired genre information is selected from each genre code shown on the screen and desired genre management information is read.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image recording / reproducing disk device for recording a photographed image including a moving image, a still image and the like and reproducing the recorded image.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional photographed images (moving images, still images, etc.)
For example, in an image recording / reproducing disk device that records and reproduces recorded information, as described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-105268, recorded image information and time stamp (date) information associated with the captured image are recorded and reproduced. An image recording / reproducing disk device is known. There is also known an image recording / reproducing disk device for recording / reproducing photographed image information and comment text associated with the photographed image.

[0003]

In the conventional image recording / reproducing disk device as described above, what kind of captured image is recorded on the disk, that is, information specific to the recorded captured image is known. To do so, the captured image associated with the time stamp information must be displayed as an index (multi), or the captured image must be known from the reproduced image itself, or must be understood from the comment sentence associated with the reproduced image. did not become. However, even with the index display, when the number of captured images to be displayed increases, the display area of each captured image becomes narrower, and it is difficult to identify information unique to the captured image such as the genre of the captured image. Even if it is reproduced, it is difficult to reproduce and display many photographed images at once. Further, it is also troublesome to attach a comment sentence to each of many photographed images. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems in the related art, and enables the user to quickly and easily know information specific to a captured image recorded on a disc, and to search and reproduce a desired captured image quickly and easily. It is an object (object) to provide an image recording / reproducing disk device that can perform the following.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image recording / reproducing disk device for recording and reproducing a photographed image using a disk as a recording medium, wherein the genre of the photographed image which is recorded by being classified by genre is recorded. Means for associating separate recording position information with genre-specific information associated with the photographed image and recording the genre management information on the disc as genre management information; reading the genre management information recorded on the disc; Means for reproducing a photographed image related to the genre management information and displaying the reproduced image on a display screen by a setting based on the genre management information.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the genre-specific information includes a genre code, a genre title, time stamp (date) information, photographing place information, photographing time information, photographed person information, and the like. It is characterized by consisting of.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect, the genre management information is read by searching the genre-specific recording position information or the genre-specific information. Things.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the setting based on the readout information of the genre management information includes displaying the genre-specific information on a graphic user interface (GUI) or the like. It is characterized by being executed by using setting means.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to fourth aspects of the present invention, the photographed image reproduced by the setting based on the genre management information read information is an index image of the photographed image. It is a characteristic.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of an image recording / reproducing disk device according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIGS. 1 and 2 show an embodiment of an image recording / reproducing disk device according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, an optical disk (hereinafter, simply referred to as a "disk") 1 capable of high-density recording / reproduction as a recording medium is provided with a photographic image classified and recorded according to genre and input to a recording input terminal 11 '. The data is written and recorded by the pickup 3 controlled by the driver 8 via the input processing circuit 11, the encoder / error correction circuit 10, and the modulation circuit 9. The disc 1 also stores genre-specific recording information that specifies a position (address) at which a photographic image classified by genre is recorded, and genre-specific information associated with the recorded photographic image. Information circuit 1
At 4, the information is written and recorded by the pickup 3 controlled by the driver 8 via the encoder / error correction circuit 10 and the modulation circuit 9 in association with each other as “genre management information”. FIG. 2 illustrates the genre-specific information displayed on the display device 16. The genre-specific information is input from the genre title / specific information input unit 17 and displayed by the system controller 15 on the display device 16 in the genre code setting information (display screen 1) shown in FIG. A desired genre code (for example, (01),
(1H)) and selected and set.

When it is desired to know in advance the information specific to the photographed image recorded on the disk 1, the pickup 3 reads out the genre-specific information associated with the photographed image also recorded on the disk 1, and demodulates the information. 5, through the decoder / error correction circuit 6 and the disc control information circuit 13, the system controller 15 can reproduce and display the information on the display device 16 to know the information.

Next, "genre management information" recorded on the disc 1 will be described with reference to FIG. The “genre management information” in FIG. 3 includes genre-specific recording position information 101 that specifies a position (address) at which a photographic image classified by genre is recorded, and genre-specific information 107 associated with the photographic image. , 10
The information is recorded in the arbitrary area 202 of the disc 201 as "genre management information" in association with each other. The genre-specific information is stored in the genre information areas 102 and 10.
4, 106, and a genre code (for example, "01") 107 and a genre title (for example,
“Leisure”) 108 and index specific information 10
9 and the index unique information 109
Is "disc recording position information" 110 indicating the recording position (address) of the index unique information 109, "time stamp" 111 indicating the shooting date, "recording time" 112 indicating the shooting time, and "person" indicating the person to be shot. Information "11
3, "Shooting place" 114, and other "specific information"
Etc. In the genre information areas 102, 104, and 106, representative index images 103, 10 of captured images recorded on the disc 201 are stored.
5 (indexes 1 to n) are recorded.

Next, the recording / reproducing operation of the "genre management information" will be described with reference to the recording / reproducing operation flowcharts of FIGS. First, the disc 1 is mounted in a predetermined place, the power is turned on (step S1), and each circuit is activated, and then, the recording mode is first set (step S2). In the next step, the setting display of the genre code (FIG. 2, display screens 1, 2, etc.) is displayed on the screen of the display device 16 (step S3), and then the disc is displayed from the genre code displayed on the screen. A predetermined genre-specific code (for example, “01”) associated with the captured image to be recorded in No. 1 is selected and set (step S4). Here, as a method of setting and inputting a predetermined genre code, any method such as a method of selecting and inputting with a pointing device or a touch panel and a method of directly inputting a predetermined genre code can be used. In step S3, when the setting display of the genre-based code is not performed (NO), the process immediately proceeds to the start of shooting in step S7 described below.

In the next step, the system controller 15 recognizes the set predetermined genre code (step S5), and then sets the predetermined genre code (for example, "01") and the associated code. The genre title (for example, “leisure”) is
Genre information area (10) in optional area (202) of 1)
2) is recorded (step S6). In the next step, shooting of a subject corresponding to a predetermined genre title (for example, "leisure") is started, and the shot image information is input to the recording input terminal 11 '(step S).
7). Then, the first captured image is created as a representative index image (103) of genre information, and the representative index image information is recorded in the genre information area (102) of an arbitrary area (202) of the disk 1 (201). (Step S8). In creating the representative index image, a still image such as a still camera can be obtained by releasing a shutter, and a moving image such as a movie camera can be obtained by extracting the first image. Then, after the representative index image is created and the representative index image information (103) is recorded on the disk 1, the shooting of the subject ends (step S9), and in the next step, the index unique information (109) is Similarly, disk 1 (20
Genre information area (10) in optional area (202) of 1)
2) is recorded (step S10).

In a subsequent step, when a new index is created to create a new representative index image (step S11), the process returns to the step S7 (start photographing), and thereafter, the same recording operation flow as described above is performed. Be executed. In the next step, the genre is changed, a new genre-specific code (for example, “02”) is set, and shooting of a subject corresponding to a predetermined genre title (for example, “sports”) is continued (step S10). S
In the case of 12), the process returns to step S3, and thereafter, the same recording operation flow as described above is executed. Then, if “NO” is set in the step S11 and the step S12, the series of the recording operation flow ends immediately (step S13).

Next, a case where the "genre management information" recorded on the basis of the recording operation flow chart as described above is reproduced to obtain information specific to the photographed image recorded on the disc 1 will be described. First, the disk 1 is mounted in a predetermined place, the power is turned on (step S1), and each circuit is activated, and then the mode is set to "play" (step S2). By the setting of the "play mode", the genre code of the photographic information recorded on the disc 1 is displayed on the screen of the display device 16 (step S14). In the next step, when desired genre information (for example, leisure) is selected and set from the genre codes displayed on the screen (step S15), the representative index images (1 to n) of the selected genre information are displayed. Is started. Next, desired genre management information is read (step S16), and in the next step, the representative index image (103) of the genre information area (102) is read (step S17), and the information is stored in a demodulation circuit. 5, via the decoder / error correction circuit 6 and the disk control information circuit 13 to be displayed on the screen of the display device 16 (display example, see FIG. 6) (step S18).

In the next step, if the reproduction of the index-specific information of the displayed representative index image (1 to n) is set to "YES" (step S19), the reproduction is associated with the representative index image recorded on the disk 1. The reproduced image data (index-specific information) reproduces the image information (step S20), is displayed on the screen of the display device 16, and the series of reproduction operation flow ends (step S21). ,
If there is no desired representative index image or if another genre is selected, the operation flow returns to step S14, and the above-described reproduction operation flow is executed again.

In step S1, the display of the representative index image reproduced and read is shown in FIG.
A GUI (graphic user interface) display shown in (Part 1) can also be displayed. FIG. 6 (part 2) shows the representative index images in time stamp order (time axis) when recording is performed without setting a genre-specific code (when “NO” is selected and set in recording operation flow step S3). 2 shows a display example arranged in FIG.

By executing the above-described reproduction operation flow, it is possible to easily know the information specific to the photographed image recorded on the disk 1, so that the reproduction of a desired photographed image thereafter can be performed quickly.

[0019]

As described above, according to the image recording / reproducing disk device of the present invention, desired information specific to a captured image can be easily obtained only by searching for recording position information for each genre of the captured image or specific information for each genre. , You can easily know. In addition, since a GUI-displayed index image can be used as the genre-specific information, it is possible to further easily identify desired information specific to the captured image.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of an image recording / reproducing disk device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing an example of a display screen of a display device in the embodiment of the image recording / reproducing disk device according to the present invention shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram of management information recorded on a disk by the image recording / reproducing disk device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart (part 1) of an operation of recording and reproducing unique information of a recorded and captured image in the embodiment of the image recording and reproducing disk device according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an operation flowchart (part 2) for recording and reproducing unique information of a recorded and captured image in the embodiment of the image recording and reproducing disk device according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a display example of unique information of a recorded image in the embodiment of the image recording / reproducing disk device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Recording / reproducing disk 2 ... Disk motor 3 ... Optical pickup 5 ... Demodulation circuit 6 ... Decoder / error correction circuit 7 ... Reproduction output processing circuit 7 '... Reproduction output terminal 8 ... Pickup driver 9 ... Modulation circuit 10 ... Encoder Error correction circuit 11 ... Record input processing circuit 11 '... Record input terminal 12 ... Servo processor 13 ... Disk control information circuit 14 ... Management information (disk control information + image specific information) circuit 15 ... System controller 16 ... Display device 17 ... Genre Title / image specific information input means

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An image recording / reproducing disk device for recording and reproducing a captured image using a disk as a recording medium, wherein a genre recording position information of the captured image classified and recorded according to a genre is associated with the captured image. Means for recording on the disc as genre management information in association with the genre-specific information thus read, and reading out the genre management information recorded on the disc, and setting based on the read information, thereby setting the genre management information related to the genre management information. Means for reproducing the photographed image and displaying the reproduced image on a display screen. 2. The image recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the genre-specific information includes a genre code, a genre title, a time stamp information, a photographing place information, a photographing time information, a photographed person information, and the like. Disk device. 3. The genre management information is read out by searching for the genre-specific recording position information or the genre-specific information.
Or the image recording / reproducing disk device according to 2. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the setting based on the readout information of the genre management information is executed by using display setting means such as a graphic user interface (GUI) for the genre-specific information. 3. The image recording / reproducing disk device according to any one of 3. 5. The image recording / reproducing disk according to claim 1, wherein the photographed image reproduced by the setting based on the genre management information read information is an index image of the photographed image. apparatus.