KR20070099117A - Optical recording system and recording method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

An optical recording system and a recording method thereof are provided to execute backup for a plurality of recorded substances simply by informing insertion of an optical disc via automatically opening a tray of a disc loader if the recording is completed. An optical recording system and a recording method thereof comprise the steps of displaying(S12) the list of recorded substance to select the recorded substance to be recorded with an optical disc, displaying(S13) the number of optical disc required for recording the recorded substance selected from the list, and repeating methods of automatically opening(S14) a tray of a disc loader to insert the optical disc if the recording is completed, and of recording the recorded substance with the optical disc if the recording command of the selected recorded substance is input.

Description

Optical recording system and recording method

1 is a view showing the configuration of a TV set-top box system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a recording method of an optical recording system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a view showing an example of a menu window for recording to an optical disc according to an embodiment of the present invention.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an optical recording system, and more particularly to a recording method of an optical recording system that allows a plurality of selected recordings to be simultaneously recorded on an optical disc.

Recently, with the development of digital technologies such as digital image compression and digital modulation / demodulation, the standardization and commercialization of digital television broadcasting is rapidly progressing. Also, in the conventional terrestrial, satellite, and cable broadcasting, MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group) Based on this trend, digitalization is on the rise.

In digital broadcasting, a plurality of broadcast programs encoded on the basis of MPEG are multiplexed and transmitted in the form of a transport stream, which is a digital broadcast receiver such as a set-top box installed at a receiving side. The multiple broadcast programs received by and included in the transport stream are demultiplexed.

Therefore, only one broadcast program desired by a user can be selected. Also, in a digital broadcast receiver such as a set-top box, a general television after restoring the selected broadcast program to an original audio and video signal using an MPEG decoder included in the receiver. It transmits to A / V output device such as

In general, a DVR is mainly used as a device for recording a video signal photographed by a surveillance camera.

The DVR (Digital Video Recorder) system was developed by Ikegami, a Japanese manufacturer of broadcast ENG cameras, and uses the VCR (Video Cassette Recorder) to repeat the recording several times. It was cumbersome to use and was developed to solve it.

These DVR systems use hard disks (HDDs) or digital video disks instead of video tapes, so they are easy to play or search for stored screens, and are also stored as digital signals. MPEG-4, which is a standard, can be compressed and stored and transmitted to about a hundredth of a picture.

Recently released DVR system is equipped with a large-capacity hard disk in a digital broadcast receiver such as a set-top box and implements to record the broadcast program transmitted to the A / V output device, such as a television on the optical disk.

However, in the related art, since a recording list of broadcast programs stored in a hard disk is selected and recorded on an optical disk one at a time, a plurality of stored broadcast programs cannot be simultaneously selected and recorded on the optical disk.

In addition, in order to record the stored broadcast program on the optical disc, there is a problem in that the broadcast programs are selected one by one, and the recording command to the optical disc must be input every time the selection is made.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and provides a recording method of an optical recording system which simultaneously selects a plurality of recording lists desired to be recorded on an optical disc, and records the selected recording list at once with the optical disc. have.

The recording method of the optical recording system according to the present invention for achieving the above object comprises the steps of: displaying a list of recordings to select the recording desired to record to the optical disk;

Displaying the number of optical discs required for recording the recordings selected from the list;

When the recording command of the selected recording is input, recording the recording to the optical disc and repeating the process of automatically opening the tray of the disc loader to insert the next optical disc when recording is completed until the recording of the selected recording is completed. Characterized in that it comprises a.

In the present invention, a plurality of recordings can be selected from the recording list.

In the present invention, the number of optical discs required for recording is determined according to the optical disc type.

In the present invention, the number of the optical disc on which the recording is recorded is displayed.

An optical recording system according to the present invention for achieving the above object, and a storage unit for storing a broadcast program transmitted through a tuner;

A disc loader for recording a broadcast program stored in the storage unit on an optical disc;

And a controller configured to detect a list of broadcast programs stored in the storage unit, and detect an optimal number of optical discs for recording a broadcast program selected from the list and display the same on the video display device.

In the present invention, the control unit is characterized in that the tray of the disc loader is automatically opened so that the next optical disc can be inserted when recording of the optical disc is completed.

In the present invention, the encoder / decoder unit for compressing / restoring the broadcast program transmitted through the tuner;

A video processor for processing the list of the broadcast program, the total number of optical discs for recording the broadcast program selected from the list, and an image signal of the broadcast program to be output to the video display device;

An audio processor configured to process an audio signal of the broadcast program to be output to an image display device;

A nos bridge for outputting the image signal to a video processor and controlling data exchange by being connected to a controller;

It further comprises a south bridge for controlling data exchange by providing an interface including an IDE, PCI and USB connected to the storage unit or a disk loader.

In addition, the optical recording system according to the present invention includes a series burning function of displaying a list of recorded recordings and recording the selected recordings from the list to an optical disc;

A notification function for displaying the number of optical discs required for recording the selected recording and the number of optical discs currently being recorded;

When the recording to the optical disc is completed, the disc loader is automatically opened to provide a user interface including an insert function for indicating the optical disc insertion to insert the next optical disc.

In the present invention, a DVR set-top box system will be described as an example to describe the recording method of the optical recording system.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a view showing the configuration of a TV set-top box system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, a tuner 11 for tuning a broadcast signal input through an antenna and tuning to a specific frequency to output a video / audio signal of a broadcast program; An encoder / decoder unit 12 for compressing and reconstructing the input video / audio signal; A memory 13 for storing data necessary for the processing of the encoder / decoder section 12; A video processor 14 for converting the video signal output digitally into an analog signal and outputting the analog signal to the video port 15; An audio processor (16) for converting the digital audio signal into an analog signal and outputting the analog signal to an audio port (17); A storage unit 18 including a hard disk (HDD) for storing a large amount of data; A disc loader 19 for recording recordings on an optical disc such as a CD-ROM or a DVD-ROM; A controller 20 for controlling the overall operation of the TV set-top box system; A north bridge 22 connected to the control unit 20 and the memory 21; And a South Bridge 24 connected to an interface including the hard disk drive 18, the disk drive 19, and the USB 23.

The tuner 11 tunes a broadcast signal input through an antenna and tunes to a specific frequency to output a video / audio signal of a broadcast program to the encoder / decoder unit 12, and the encoder / decoder unit 12 is input. The video / audio signal is compressed or decompressed and output to the north bridge 22 and the south bridge 24 through the PCI bus.

The north bridge 22 and the south bridge 24 are connected through a PCI bus, which is a type of system bus, to collectively manage the DV set-top box system, and the north bridge includes a control unit 20 and a memory 21 such as RAM. ), While the south bridge 24 is connected to the storage unit 18 or the disk loader 19, etc., while controlling data exchange between devices having a relatively high data transfer rate such as a video processor 14 for processing an image signal. It is connected to Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE), Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI), and Universal Serial Bus (USB) to control data exchange.

Accordingly, the broadcast program output from the tuner is compressed by the encoder / decoder unit 12 and stored in the storage unit 18 or recorded on an optical disc (eg, DVD or CD) through the disk loader 19. The video / audio signal of the broadcast program is output to the video processor 14 and the audio processor 16, respectively, and converts the digitized video / audio signal into analog and connects the video port 15 and the audio port 17 to each other. By outputting to a video display device such as a TV through the user can watch or record a broadcast program.

In addition, the storage unit 18 stores the video / audio data output from the encoder / decoder unit 12, that is, a broadcast program that is stored in a broadcast program or a scheduled recording set through an electronic program guide (EPG). Can be.

In addition, the disk loader 19 may be used as an auxiliary storage means for backing up the data stored in the storage unit 18 by recording the broadcast program stored in the storage unit 18 to the optical disk.

In addition, by using the USB 23, it is possible to read video data and the like connected to an external storage means and stored in the storage means, and to record it on an optical disc through the disk loader 19 of the optical recording system.

Here, the DV set-top box system may operate based on an electronic program guide (EPG) of Microsoft.

For example, you can use the electronic program guide provided by Microsoft to easily search for and reserve desired programs within a schedule of a predetermined period of time, as well as to schedule and record specific dramas as a series. You can watch when you want.

In addition, if a list of a plurality of recordings stored in a series such as drama or foreign currency is simultaneously selected and selected to be stored on an optical disc, under the control of the controller 20, the optimal number of recordings that can be stored on the optical disc and the number of optical discs required for recording are displayed. When the recording to the optical disc is completed, the tray of the disc loader 19 can be automatically opened to remove the optical disc having been recorded and to insert the next optical disc.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a recording method of an optical recording system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, a series burning function is selected so that a broadcast program or the like stored in the storage unit 18 including a hard disk can be recorded on the optical disk (S11).

Thereafter, a list of broadcast programs stored in the storage unit 18 is displayed to select a broadcast program to be recorded on the optical disc (S12).

For example, if a series burning function is selected, the controller 20 detects a broadcast program stored in the storage unit 18, and extracts a title of the detected broadcast program to process it to be displayed in a list.

Subsequently, in order to display the optimal number of optical discs capable of recording the selected plurality of broadcast programs to the user, the type of the optical disc is determined. For example, when a DVD program is recorded using the DVD as an optical disc, the DVD is a single type ( It determines whether it is a single type or a double type, grasps the optimal number of recordings to be recorded in the storage space of the optical disk and displays the number of optical disks required for recording the recording so that the user can know (S13). .

In other words, by grasping the size of broadcast programs selected for recording on an optical disc, the number of broadcast programs that can be optimally recorded in the storage space of the inserted DVD is automatically determined and the user can know how many DVDs are required. Displayed on a video display device such as a TV.

Thereafter, when the optical disc is inserted, recording starts, and when the recording is completed, the tray of the disc loader 19 is automatically opened so that the next optical disc can be inserted (S14).

After that, it is determined whether the optical disk is to be recorded last (S15), and if it is not the last optical disk, the number of the optical disk to be recorded and the total number of optical disks to be inserted for recording are displayed on the screen (S16), and the disk loader 19 Step S14 is repeated until the recording is completed (S17), and if the last optical disk, the series burning is completed after the recording is completed (S18).

As described above, the present invention has an advantage in that an optimal number of optical discs for recording a plurality of selected recordings at the same time is determined so that the selected recordings can be easily backed up to the optical disc with one setting.

In particular, a plurality of broadcast programs recorded in series can be easily backed up to an optical disc by dividing by day or time zone such as a specific drama or entertainment program.

3 is a view showing an example of a menu window for recording to an optical disc according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, a series burning menu 31 for simultaneously selecting and recording a plurality of recordings stored on a hard disk, an insert menu 32 for notifying insertion of an optical disc, an optical disc number to be recorded next, And a notification menu 33 for displaying the number of remaining optical discs to be inserted.

For example, when a series burning menu is selected by the user, a list of broadcast programs stored in the storage unit 18 of the optical recording system is displayed on the screen of the video display device.

In this case, when a plurality of broadcast programs to be recorded are selected, the number of optical discs required for recording the selected broadcast program is displayed on the screen.

After the optical disk recording command is input, the total number of optical disks required for recording and the number of optical disks currently being recorded are displayed.

For example, the number of optical discs currently being recorded and the total number of optical discs required for recording are displayed on the screen, such as Current 2 / Total 6 (33).

In addition, when the recording of the first optical disk is completed in sequence, the tray of the disk loader 19 is automatically opened and displayed so that the next optical disk can be inserted, such as Please Insert 2'nd Disk 32.

In this way, a user interface is provided which enables a plurality of recordings to be simply recorded on an optical disc with one setting.

So far, the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains to the detailed description of the present invention and other forms of embodiments within the essential technical scope of the present invention. Could be implemented. Here, the essential technical scope of the present invention is shown in the claims, and all differences within the equivalent range will be construed as being included in the present invention.

The recording method of the optical recording system according to the present invention displays the required number of optical discs for recording a plurality of selected recordings at the same time, and automatically opens the tray of the disc loader until the recording of the recordings selected with the optical disc is completed. By notifying the insertion of a new optical disk, it is possible to simply back up a plurality of recordings to the optical disk without a separate selection process.

In addition, it is possible to easily back up a plurality of broadcast programs recorded in series by day or time zone, such as a specific drama or entertainment program, to an optical disc.

In addition, there is an effect of providing a user interface that allows a plurality of selected recordings to be simply recorded on an optical disc with one setting.

Claims (8)

Displaying a list of recordings to select recordings desired to be recorded on the optical disc; Displaying the number of optical discs required for recording the recordings selected from the list; When the recording command of the selected recording is input, recording the recording to the optical disc and repeating the process of automatically opening the tray of the disc loader to insert the next optical disc when recording is completed until the recording of the selected recording is completed. Recording method of the optical recording system comprising a. The method of claim 1, The recording method of the optical recording system, characterized in that a plurality of recordings can be selected from the recording list. The method of claim 1, And determining the number of optical discs required for recording in accordance with the optical disc type. The method of claim 1, And a number of the optical disc on which the recording is being recorded. A storage unit which stores a broadcast program transmitted through the tuner; A disc loader for recording a broadcast program stored in the storage unit on an optical disc; And a controller configured to detect a list of broadcast programs stored in the storage unit, and detect an optimal number of optical discs for recording the broadcast program selected from the list and display the same on the video display device. . The method of claim 5, And the control unit controls to automatically open the tray of the disc loader so that the next optical disc can be inserted when recording of the optical disc is completed. The method of claim 5, An encoder / decoder unit for compressing and restoring a broadcast program transmitted through the tuner; A video processor for processing the list of the broadcast program, the total number of optical discs for recording the broadcast program selected from the list, and an image signal of the broadcast program to be output to the video display device; An audio processor configured to process an audio signal of the broadcast program to be output to an image display device; A nos bridge for outputting the image signal to a video processor and controlling data exchange by being connected to a controller; And an south bridge for controlling data exchange by providing an interface including an IDE, a PCI, and a USB connected to the storage unit or the disk loader. A series burning function of displaying a list of recorded recordings and recording the recording selected in the list to an optical disc; A notification function for displaying the number of optical discs required for recording the selected recording and the number of optical discs currently being recorded; And a user interface including an insert function for indicating the insertion of the optical disc to automatically open the disc loader when the recording to the optical disc is completed and to insert the next optical disc.

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