JPS6174158A - Controller for cassette tape - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain a continuous reproduction repeatedly and to eliminate the need for a means stopping the reproduction for the purpose by detecting the replacing of other deck while one deck is in the reproduction and reproducing other deck after the end of the reproduction of one deck. CONSTITUTION:A controller 3 checks whether or not a cassette is loaded to the 1st deck and the 2nd deck through on/off of switches 6, 7, and every loading is stored in a cassette memory 10 when the cassette is replaced into the 1st deck 1 and the 2nd deck is in the reproduction, it is discriminated that a continuous reproduction is possible repeatedly and an ON state is stored in a continuous memory 11. When the 1st deck 1 is in the reproduction and when the cassette is replaced in the 2nd deck 2, the 2nd deck is brought immediately into the reproduction after the reproduction of the 1st deck 1. Thus, it is possible to repeat continuous reproduction and a means stopping the continuous reproduction is eliminated.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Industrial Field of Application What is the invention? A cassette tape in which the plurality of cassette tape decks described above are operated continuously in a recording and/or reproducing device such as a cassette type tape recorder in which one of the cassette tape decks of MW& is configured to operate selectively. The present invention relates to a control device.

BACKGROUND ART Conventionally, there has been known a double deck cassette tape recorder in which two sets of tape decks are integrated into one housing.

Many of these tape recorders have a continuous playback function, and generally when the playback of the cassette tape loaded on the first deck is finished, the first deck is shut off and the second deck is automatically turned off. The cassette tape loaded on the deck is played back, and when the playback is finished, the second deck is shut off. Therefore, after the second deck has been shafted off, if the first deck is to be used again for regeneration, manual operation is required.

In addition, if a continuous playback switch is provided, by turning on this switch, the first deck key, second deck key, first deck key, etc.
-- and continuous playback is performed forever. Therefore, in order to stop the reproduction, some kind of manual operation such as turning off the above-mentioned switch is required.

Means for Solving the Problems In the present invention, during playback of one deck, it is detected whether or not a cassette has been replaced on the other deck, and only when a cassette has been replaced, one of the decks is After the deck is regenerated, the other deck is regenerated.

If the cassette is replaced, continuous playback will be performed automatically as many times as possible, and if the cassette is not replaced,
Once the regeneration of one deck is completed, no further regeneration will be performed.

Example In the one-way playback of the double-decker type cassette tape recorder mentioned above, the same track may be played again, but generally after playing the A side of the cassette, the cassette is turned over and played back. In many cases, the cassette is played back or replaced with a different cassette. In either case, after taking out the cassette from the cassette mounting section, a cassette "swapping operation" is always performed on the cassette mounting section, such as turning it over and mounting it again, or mounting another cassette.

In the present invention, when the above-mentioned switching operation is performed on the other deck while one deck is being regenerated, the other deck is regenerated after the above-mentioned regeneration is completed.

FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of a double deck type cassette tape recorder controlled by a microcomputer to which the present invention is applied.

In the figure, a first deck 1 and a second deck 2 are operated in a designated mode based on instructions from a controller 3 using a microcomputer. The first operation button 4 is a variety of operation buttons for instructing the operation mode of the first deck 1, and the second operation button 5 is a various operation button for instructing the operation mode of the second deck 2.

Further, the first cassette detection switch 6 is connected to the first cassette detection switch 6.
The second cassette detection switch 7 is a switch that turns ON when the first cassette is installed in the cassette installation part of the second deck 2. This is a switch that is turned on when the The amplifier 8 amplifies the reproduction signal reproduced by the first deck 1 or the second deck 2 and applies it to the speaker 9. Further, in the present invention, the controller 3 is provided with a cassette memory 10 and a continuous memory 11. In the present invention, when the above-mentioned cassette replacement operation is performed, the switch 6 or switch 7 is turned OFF from the ON state and then turned ON again, so this operation is used to detect the replacement operation. I am using it.

Assuming that the second cassette is currently being played on the second deck, the operation will be explained using the flowchart in FIG. do.

First, it is checked in step (2) whether or not the first cassette is mounted on the first deck. If the first cassette is installed, the process proceeds to step (2), where it is checked by referring to the cassette memory 10 whether the first cassette was not present at the time of the previous check. If the 10th cassette was not present at the previous check, it can be seen that the first cassette checked in step (2) is the one that was just installed, that is, the one that was installed by the swapping operation. Then, in step ①, cassette memory 1
Make 0 memorize [existence]. Next, by step ■, the second
Check whether the deck is being regenerated. If the first cassette has been loaded by a replacement operation and the second deck is being played, it is assumed that continuous playback is possible, and CoN) is stored in the continuous memory 11 in step (2).

When this step (2) is completed, the first deck 1 enters the standby state fG and waits for the reproduction of the second deck 2 to be completed. In this standby state, the first operation button 4
You can perform necessary processing such as rewinding the tape by operating the .

If the first cassette is not installed in step ■, proceed to step ■ and turn off the continuous memory 11.
(Continuous playback not possible) and cassette memory 10
Set to [None] to enter the standby state described above. In addition, in step ■, if the first cassette is installed in the 011th check, and in step ■, the second cassette
Even if the deck is not being played, it will be in the standby state.

Next, in the above standby state, according to step
When it is detected that the second deck 2 has finished playing and has been shut off, first, in step
Check whether it is [ON] or not. When the continuous memory 11 is (C0N), the continuous memory 11 is set to (O
After resetting to FF), it is checked in step [phase] whether or not the first deck 1 is in a standby state.

If the first deck 1 is in standby state, step ■
As a result, the first cassette on the first deck 1 is immediately played back, and the second deck 2 is placed in the stop mode.

Incidentally, if the second deck 2 is not shut off in step (2), the standby state continues.In step @, necessary processing such as rewinding can be performed using the first operation phase 4. In addition, in step ■, if the continuous memory 11 is (OFF), and in step [
If the first deck 1 is not in the standby state, the process proceeds to step 0, and the shut-off second deck 2 remains in the stop mode. Then, necessary processing can be performed by operating the second operation button 5.

In step (2), when the first cassette on the first deck I is being played, the second cassette on the second deck 2 is
When the cassette exchanging operation is performed, the second cassette in the second deck 2 is immediately played back after the above-mentioned playback is completed. Therefore, after step 2 in FIG.
'', where "second" is replaced with "first", so the explanation will be omitted.

The above describes the case of performing one-way playback, but
The present invention can also be applied when performing auto-reverse. Furthermore, not only continuous playback but also continuous recording can be performed.

Furthermore, three or more decks may be used to perform continuous playback or continuous recording. Furthermore, after the first deck 1 is finished being regenerated, the second deck may be regenerated only once.

Effects of the Invention While one deck is playing, simply swap the cassettes on the other deck, and when the playback ends, the swapped cassette will automatically start playing, so you can play the cassettes several times in a row. But it can be done repeatedly. Therefore, the conventional continuous regeneration switch can be omitted.

Further, if the cassette is not replaced, no further playback will be performed once the current playback ends, so there is no need for any operation or means to stop continuous playback. There is nothing unnatural about the operation since the word for changing the cassette is determined by the intention to play the cassette. Also, the replacement operation may be performed at any time until the reproduction of the other skeins and throats is completed. Continuous playback is performed simply by changing the cassette, making it very convenient to use.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flow chart. In addition, in the symbols used in the drawings, 1-・-1---1-----...-First deck 2-
---1.--Second deck 3-----------Controller 6--
---・----1-------First cassette detection switch 7-------Second cassette detection switch 11--・−・−Continuous memory.

Claims (1)

[Claims] When a plurality of cassette tape decks, a plurality of detection means detecting whether or not a cassette is installed in each tape deck, and the corresponding detection means detects that a cassette replacement operation has been performed in one tape deck; , a storage means for storing that the tape is being run in the other tape deck, and when the tape in the other tape deck has finished running, the cassette is stored in the cassette according to the memory contents of the storage means. A cassette tape control device that runs the tape in the tape deck that has been replaced.