Classifications

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  • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
  • G07F17/0014—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for vending, access and use of specific services not covered anywhere else in G07F17/00
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  • G11B31/00—Arrangements for the associated working of recording or reproducing apparatus with related apparatus
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  • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
  • G07F17/16—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for devices exhibiting advertisements, announcements, pictures or the like
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  • G07F7/00—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus
  • G07F7/005—Details or accessories
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  • G11B17/00—Guiding record carriers not specifically of filamentary or web form, or of supports therefor
  • G11B17/22—Guiding record carriers not specifically of filamentary or web form, or of supports therefor from random access magazine of disc records
  • G11B17/225—Guiding record carriers not specifically of filamentary or web form, or of supports therefor from random access magazine of disc records wherein the disks are transferred from a fixed magazine to a fixed playing unit using a moving carriage
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  • G11B27/00—Editing; Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Monitoring; Measuring tape travel
  • G11B27/02—Editing, e.g. varying the order of information signals recorded on, or reproduced from, record carriers
  • G11B27/031—Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
  • G11B27/034—Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals on discs
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  • G11B20/00—Signal processing not specific to the method of recording or reproducing; Circuits therefor
  • G11B20/10—Digital recording or reproducing
  • G11B2020/10861—Finalising a record carrier after a recording operation, e.g. to ensure compatibility with a ROM medium
• • G—PHYSICS
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  • G11B2220/00—Record carriers by type
  • G11B2220/20—Disc-shaped record carriers
  • G11B2220/21—Disc-shaped record carriers characterised in that the disc is of read-only, rewritable, or recordable type
  • G11B2220/215—Recordable discs
  • G11B2220/218—Write-once discs
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  • G11B2220/00—Record carriers by type
  • G11B2220/20—Disc-shaped record carriers
  • G11B2220/25—Disc-shaped record carriers characterised in that the disc is based on a specific recording technology
  • G11B2220/2537—Optical discs
  • G11B2220/2545—CDs
• • G—PHYSICS
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  • G11B2220/00—Record carriers by type
  • G11B2220/40—Combinations of multiple record carriers
  • G11B2220/41—Flat as opposed to hierarchical combination, e.g. library of tapes or discs, CD changer, or groups of record carriers that together store one title
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
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  • G11B27/00—Editing; Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Monitoring; Measuring tape travel
  • G11B27/10—Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel
  • G11B27/11—Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel by using information not detectable on the record carrier
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
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  • G11B27/00—Editing; Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Monitoring; Measuring tape travel
  • G11B27/10—Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel
  • G11B27/34—Indicating arrangements 

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a recording apparatus, and more particularly to a recording apparatus adapted to allow a user to select a music for recording same on a compact disc and the like.
• one sheet of long-play LP record or compact disc CD or a cassette tape is recorded with songs by one singer or one group.
• one sheet of LP record, CD or a cassette tape is marketed containing only the singer's or group's songs when the record, CD or tape is cranked out through a recording or tape manufacturing company.
• an omnibus CD or cassette tape containing musics by several singers or groups lists musics selected by the company.
• the present invention is disclosed to solve the aforementioned problems and it is an object of the present invention to provided a recording apparatus by which only music liked by a listener can be selected to thereafter by recorded on an CD or the like.
• a recording apparatus comprising: a case; a money inserting unit mounted at the case through which money can be inserted; a display unit mounted at the case and exposed for being externally viewed so that a user can select a music therethrough; a selecting unit disposed at the display unit for selection of a music when the user presses a button at a screen; an extracting unit formed beneath the case for extraction of a recorded CD or the like when recording is completed; a guide mounted in the extracting unit for inserting the extracted CD and the like into the extracting unit; a door formed at the case for insertion of blank CD and the like into a magazine; a recording unit for recording music on the blank CD; a transport means for feeding the blank CD and recorded CD to the recording unit, magazine and the guide; a control unit for controlling the money inserting unit, recording unit, transport means and the like; and a storing unit connected to the control unit for storing a predetermined number of musics.
• Figure 1 is a perspective view for illustrating a recording apparatus according to the present invention
• Figure2 is a sectional view of Figure 1 ;
• Figure 3 is a block diagram for illustrating the recording apparatus according to the present invention
• Figure 4 is a partially enlarged perspective view of transport means in
• Figure 5 is a perspective view for illustrating a state of a blank CD accommodated in. a magazine in Figure 2;
• Figure 6 is a flow chart for illustrating an operation state of the recording apparatus according to the present invention.
• Figures 1 , 2 and 3 are respectively perspective view, sectional view and block diagram of the recording apparatus according to the present invention, where the apparatus includes a case 1, A money inserting unit 2 mounted at the case through which money such as a bank note can be inserted, a display unit 3 mounted at the case 1 and exposed for being externally viewed so that a user can select a music therethrough, a selecting unit 4 such as a touch screen disposed at the display unit 3 for selection of a music when the user presses a button at a screen, an extracting unit 5 formed beneath the case 1 for extraction of a recorded CD or the like when recording is completed, a guide 6 mounted in the extracting unit 5 for inserting the extracted CD and the like into the extracting unit 5, a door 8 formed at the case 1 for insertion of blank CD and the like into a magazine 7, a recording unit 9 such as a CD writer for recording music on the blank CD, transport means 10 for feeding the blank CD and recorded CD to the recording unit 9, magazine 7 and the guide 6, a control unit 11 such as a micro
• music data is transmitted to the recording unit 9 through transmission means such as cable or optical cable to thereby allow a user to record only the desired music on a CD.
• music data can be transmitted to a CD recording place (a place where the case is installed) from a far distance through communication cables such as telephone cable, optical cable and exclusive line to hereby enable a recording on a CD.
• the money inserting unit 2 serves to check the amount of money inserted and it should be noted that a card reader (not shown) and the like can be used instead of the money inserting unit to thereby obtain the same effect as the money inserting unit.
• the control unit 11 is connected to a counter 13 for checking that musics are selected at the selecting unit 4 and how many times the musics are selected.
• the transport means as illustrated in Figures 2, 3 and 4 is arranged with a loadless cylinder 14 disposed between the recording unit 9, magazine 7 and the guide 6, a slider 16 accommodated on the loadless cylinder 14 for horizontal movement and having therein a motor 15, a first plate 19 screwed to the ball screw 17 for lift when the ball screw 17 is rotated and formed at one side thereof with a guide protruder 18, a rotary cylinder 20 disposed one the first plate 19, a guide 21 insertedly formed for lift with the guide protruder 18 in order to prevent the first plate 19 from being rotated when it is lifted, a second plate 22 fixed to the rotary cylinder 20 for horizontal rotation, a cylinder 23 fixed to the second plate 22, and an arm 27 connected at one end to an axle 24 of the cylinder 23 and so disposed as to move along the guide 25 mounted at the second plate 22 and disposed at the other end with a gripper
• the gripper 26 of a relatively weak gripping power should be chosen lest there occurs any scratch on the CD.
• the magazine 7 is disposed with, as illustrated in Figure 5, a box-shaped housing 28, a partitioning unit 29 for partitioning the housing 28 into a plurality of sections for accommodation of CD's thereinto, a sensor 30 disposed at each section for checking whether each section is accommodated with a CD, and a support pad 31 for supporting CD's while a space is formed underneath the CD's to thereby allow the gripper 26 to grip the CD's.
• the sensor 30 is connected to the control unit 11 and although in the present invention, Bruun tube is used for the display unit 3, but a liquid crystal display unit or the like can be used for the identical effect.
• a key board can be used instead of a touch board.
• the case 1 is provided with a ticket issuing unit 34 formed with a ticket inlet 32 and a ticket outlet 33 for issuing a ticket when a CD is picked up later and for extracting the corresponding recorded CD when the ticket is inserted.
• This system is designed to issue a reserved ticket at the control unit 11 through the ticket issuing unit 34 which is similar to a cash disposer installed at a bank when a user selects a "later pick-up" button through the selecting unit 4.
• An advance listening unit 35 is disposed at the case 1 for listening in advance to a selected music for approximately 10 seconds.
• the case 1 is externally disposed with a headphone 36 or a speaker for listening in advance to a music the user has selected.
• a CD label printer (not shown) is installed inside the case 1 and connected to the control unit 11, and when a user selects a label from the storing unit 12 where label samples are stored, the label is printed by the printer where the printed label can be extracted at the same time a recorded
• CD is extracted, to thereby allow the user to stick the label thereto.
• identical effect can be obtained if a separate device is used for printing a photograph or a picture on a surface of a CD or for directly sticking a label on the surface of the CD.
• a user pushes the touch screen 4 to select a music, song or the name of the singer.
• a time needed for recording is display, where the control unit 11 moves the loadless cylinder 14 to allow the arm 27 to be positioned in front of the magazine, concurrently with the display of the time needed for recording.
• the control unit 11 checks through the sensor 30 which section houses a blank CD, where the motor 15 is operated to lift the arm 27, such that the arm 27can be positioned in front of the CD.
• the guide protruder 18 formed at the first plate 19 is lifted while being inserted into the guide 21, such that the first plate 19 is not rotated for smooth lifting operation.
• the cylinder 23 When the arm 27 is positioned in front of the blank CD, the cylinder 23 is operated to advance the arm 27 and to simultaneously allow the gripper 26 to grip the CD. At this time, the CD is lifted up to a predetermined space by the support pad 31, such that the gripper can easily grip the CD.
• the gripper 26 grips the CD, the cylinder is retracted to extract the CD from the magazine 7. After the CD is extracted, the rotary cylinder 20 is operated to accommodate the CD on the recording unit 9.
• control unit 11 extracts through the outlet 33 a ticket printed through the ticket issuing unit 34 with a predetermined lettering, and the user keeps the ticket for later pick-up.
• the transport unit 10 transmits the recorded CD to the magazine 7 again.
• Section of the magazine 7 where the CD is accommodated is stored by the control unit 11.
• the control unit 11 discriminates which section of the magazine 7 houses the recorded CD when a user inserts a ticket into the inlet 32 and the recorded CD is dispatched to the extracting unit 5 through the transport unit 10.
• the user can extract the recorded CD from the extracting unit 5.
• information such as item on a musical program, composer, song writer, lyrics and the like according to the recorded musical data can be extracted from the storing unit 12 and transmitted to the label printer for printing thereof.
• the printed label is extracted at the same time as the recorded CD is extracted, and the user attaches the label on the surface of the CD.
• the door 8 mounted at the case 1 is opened and each section of the magazine 7 is filled with the blank CD's.

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  • 1998-11-13 KR KR1019980048506A patent/KR19990046221A/ko not_active Application Discontinuation
• 1999
  • 1999-03-31 WO PCT/KR1999/000156 patent/WO2000030085A1/en active Application Filing
  • 1999-03-31 AU AU30569/99A patent/AU3056999A/en not_active Abandoned

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