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Definitions

• the present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and method, a recording medium, and a program, and in particular, for example, manages information recorded on a recording medium such as an optical disk, and easily displays, sorts, or searches for the information.
• the present invention relates to an information processing device and method, a recording medium, and a program that can be performed. Background art
• the user can record favorite music data, image data, and the like on a recording medium, reproduce the recorded music data, image data, and the like, or edit the data.
• an arbitrary ID that can be identified by the user is replaced with a predetermined AV (Audio
• An information processing apparatus obtains reading means for reading identification information for specifying an information recording medium from an inserted information recording medium, and acquires related information relating to first content data recorded on the information recording medium. Acquisition means, recording means for associating the identification information read by the reading means with the related information acquired by the acquisition means, and recording the identification information read by the reading means in the recording means And comparing means for comparing identification information associated with the related information.
• the recording means associates the identification information with the related information acquired by the acquiring means. You can make it self-recorded.
• a display control means for controlling display of related information recorded in the recording means and a selection means for selecting related information whose display is controlled by the display control means can be further provided. The means can cause the identification information associated with the related information selected by the selection means to be compared with the identification information read by the reading means.
• the selecting means is read from the information recording medium.
• a reproducing means for reproducing the first content data corresponding to the selected related information can be further provided.
• the comparing means As a result of the comparison by the comparing means, it is determined that the identification information associated with the related information selected by the selecting means does not match the identification information read by the reading means.
• a storage unit that acquires the second content data to be recorded on the information recording medium and stores the second content data in association with the identification information of the information recording medium; the identification information read by the reading unit; Determining means for determining whether or not the identification information associated with the second content data is identical.
• the storage unit determines that the identification information matches the second content data.
• a writing means for reading the content data and writing the content data on the information recording medium can be further provided.
• the recording means may cause the additional information relating to the first content data, which is different from the related information recorded on the information recording medium, to be recorded in association with the identification information. .
• the information processing method includes a reading step of reading identification information for specifying the information recording medium from the inserted information recording medium, and an obtaining step of obtaining related information relating to the first content data recorded on the information recording medium.
• a step a recording step of associating the identification information read by the processing of the reading step with the related information acquired by the processing of the acquisition step, and an identification read by the processing of the reading step.
• a comparison step of comparing identification information associated with the related information recorded in the processing of the recording step.
• a writing step of reading out the second content data accumulated in the above process and writing the data into the information recording medium can be further provided.
• the program recorded on the recording medium of the present invention comprises: a read step of reading identification information for identifying the information recording medium from the inserted information recording medium; and a program related to content data recorded on the information recording medium.
• the program of the present invention comprises: a reading step of reading identification information for specifying an information recording medium from an inserted information recording medium; an obtaining step of obtaining related information relating to content data recorded on the information recording medium; A recording step for associating and recording the identification information read by the processing and the related information acquired by the processing of the acquisition step; an identification information read by the processing of the reading step; and a recording step. And a comparing step of comparing identification information associated with the recorded related information.
• identification information for identifying the information recording medium is read from the inserted information recording medium, and related information regarding the content data recorded on the information recording medium is obtained. Are recorded in association with each other.
• FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a digital video recorder to which the present invention has been applied.
• FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of current information stored in a storage unit.
• FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a data structure of current information stored in the storage unit.
• FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating the regular processing.
• FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating details of the duplexing process in step S2 of FIG.
• FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example of the library list screen.
• FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating details of the reproduction reservation process as a specific example of step S9 in FIG.
• FIG. 8A is a diagram showing a display example of a submenu of library list 1. As shown in FIG. 8A
• FIG. 8B is a diagram showing a display example of a submenu in the library list.
• FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a display example of a title list screen.
• FIG. 10A is a diagram showing a display example of a submenu of the title list.
• FIG. 10B is a diagram showing a display example of a submenu of the title list.
• FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a display example of the dialog screen.
• FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a display example of an error message screen.
• FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating details of a search process as a specific example of step S9 in FIG.
• FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a display example of the tool in the library list.
• FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a display example of a search condition setting screen.
• FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a display example of another search condition setting screen.
• FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a display example of another search condition setting screen.
• FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a display example of another search condition setting screen.
• FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a display example of a search result screen.
• FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a search setting confirmation screen.
• FIG. 21 is a flowchart illustrating details of the deletion process as a specific example of step S9 in FIG.
• FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a display example of a list registration selection / deletion screen.
• FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating a display example of another list registration selection / deletion screen.
• FIG. 24 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a dialog screen for list registration selection / deletion.
• FIG. 25 is a diagram showing a display example of a dialog box for list registration deletion.
• FIG. 26 is a flowchart illustrating details of the mode setting process as a specific example of step S9 in FIG.
• FIG. 27 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a dialog screen for setting a list registration mode.
• FIG. 28A is a diagram showing a display example of a message screen.
• FIG. 28B is a diagram showing a display example of the message screen.
• FIG. 29 is a diagram showing a display example of another message screen.
• FIG. 30 is a flowchart illustrating details of the duplex storage processing in step S12 of FIG.
• FIG. 31 is a diagram showing a display example of a title list tool.
• FIG. 32 is a diagram showing a display example of a disk information dialog screen.
• FIG. 33 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the AV system according to the present invention.
• FIG. 34 is a block diagram showing electrical connections of the digital video recorder shown in FIG.
• FIG. 35 is a block diagram illustrating functions of the system controller shown in FIG.
• FIG. 36 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the HDD illustrated in FIG.
• FIG. 37 is a diagram schematically showing the relationship between the data management memory and the HDD.
• FIG. 38 is a diagram schematically illustrating a relationship between the data management memory and the HDD of another example.
• FIG. 39 is a flowchart for explaining the regular processing.
• FIG. 40 is a diagram showing a display example of the disc information screen.
• FIG. 41 is a flowchart illustrating the recording process.
• FIG. 42 is a diagram showing a display example of a recording setting screen.
• FIG. 43 is a diagram showing a display example of the dialog screen.
• FIG. 44 is a diagram illustrating a display example of the dialog screen when the “No” button is selected on the dialog screen illustrated in FIG.
• FIG. 45 is a flowchart illustrating the recording process.
• FIG. 46 is a diagram illustrating a display example of the dialog screen.
• FIG. 47 is a diagram illustrating a display example of the disk change screen.
• FIG. 48 is a flowchart illustrating the priority setting process.
• FIG. 49 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a priority setting screen.
• FIG. 50 is a diagram showing a display example of a pull-down screen when a priority setting button is selected on the priority setting screen shown in FIG.
• FIG. 51A is a diagram for explaining setting of priorities.
• FIG. 51B is a diagram for explaining setting of priorities.
• FIG. 52 is a flowchart illustrating the search process.
• FIG. 53 is a diagram showing a display example of the dialog screen.
• FIG. 54 is a flowchart illustrating the display processing.
• FIG. 55 is a diagram showing a display example of the HDD reference screen.
• FIG. 56 is a diagram showing a display example of the disk reference screen.
• FIG. 57 is a diagram illustrating an example of the internal configuration of a general-purpose computer. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
• FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a digital video recorder according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
• the digital video recorder can reproduce content data such as video and audio recorded on the disc 1 or record predetermined information on the disc 1, for example.
• Disk 1, c the disk 1 inserted in the not shown drive digital video recorder for example, CD - R (Compact Disc- Recordable), CD-RW (CD- Rewritable), DVD-R (Digital Versati le Disc-Recordable) or DVD-
• CD - R Compact Disc- Recordable
• CD-RW CD- Rewritable
• DVD-R Digital Versati le Disc-Recordable
• One disc 1 can record a plurality of title names.
• a disc ID unique to each disc for example, consisting of 16 digits, is recorded in advance, and a predetermined digit of the disc ID (for example, the last four digits of the disc ID) Is visually displayed on the surface of Disk 1 as the cartridge ID.
• the information control unit 2 executes a predetermined control program based on an input signal corresponding to a user operation supplied from the input unit 11, and searches for a search unit 3, a sort unit 4, a recording / reproducing unit 5, a current disc information. Controls the management unit 6 or the storage information management unit 7. The information control unit 2 supplies the current information acquired from the current disk information management unit 6 to the storage information management unit 7.
• the information control unit 2 outputs a video corresponding to the content data supplied from the recording / reproducing unit 5 to the display unit 9 and outputs a corresponding audio to the speaker 10. Further, the information control unit 2 supplies various information (disk information and title information to be described later) supplied from the current disk information management unit 6 or the storage information management unit 7, or supplied from the search unit 3 or the sort unit 4. The search result and the sorting result are output to the display unit 9.
• the search unit 3 causes the current disk information management unit 6 and the storage information management unit 7 to search for predetermined information specified by the user, and returns the search results to the information control unit.
• Supply 2 The sorting unit 4 sends a new message to the current disk information management unit 6 and the storage information management unit 7 under the control of the information control unit 2. The information is sorted in the order specified by the user, and the sorting result is supplied to the information control unit 2.
• the recording / reproducing unit 5 records the content data supplied from the information control unit 2 on the disc 1 under the control of the information control unit 2, or reads out the content data recorded on the disc 1 and Supply 2
• the recording / reproducing unit 5 records various types of information input by the user on the disc 1 under the control of the information control unit 2.
• the current disk information management unit 6 obtains rent information from the inserted disk 1 and supplies the information to the information control unit 2.
• the storage information management unit 7 stores the current information acquired from the information control unit 2 in the storage unit 8, or reads out the current information stored in the storage unit 8 and supplies the current information to the information control unit 2.
• the storage unit 8 includes, for example, a large-capacity hard disk drive, and stores current information acquired from the disk 1 under the management of the storage information management unit 7.
• the current information includes at least a disc ID and a title number associated with the disc ID.
• the current information is sequentially stored as long as the storage unit 8 has free space. If there is no free space in the storage unit 8, the information is automatically overwritten or new information is stored after a message is displayed and the user deletes unnecessary information. .
• the display unit 9 is composed of a display device such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), and plays (displays) content data recorded on the disc 1 or a library list screen 51 (FIG. 6) described later. And so on.
• a display device such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)
• the input unit 11 may be a button, a switch, a keyboard, a mouse, or a jog dial provided on the main body, or may be a remote commander configured separately from the main body.
• FIG. 2 shows an example of the current information stored in the storage unit 8.
• the storage unit 8 stores the title information 22-1 to 22-N (hereinafter referred to as the tag information) in association with the disc information 21. If it is not necessary to distinguish the title information 22-1 to 22-N individually, the title information is simply described as title information 22).
• the tag information the title information 22-1 to 22-N
• the title information is simply described as title information 22.
• Only one disk information 21 is shown in the example of FIG. 2, a plurality of disk information 21 can be stored, and the title information is associated with each disk information 21. 22 ⁇ 1 to 22 ⁇ N are stored, respectively.
• the disc information 21 includes a disc ID, disc name, disc flag, remaining disc capacity, total number of titles, recording date and time, and the like.
• the disc ID indicates an identifier unique to each disc 1, for example, consisting of 16 alphanumeric characters, and is recorded in the disc 1 in advance.
• the disc name indicates the name of the disc 1 that can be arbitrarily assigned by the user.
• the disc recording flag indicates a flag indicating whether or not the information recorded on the disc 1 is locked.
• the remaining disk capacity is
• the total title number indicates the total number of title information 22-1 to 22-N described later. At the time of recording, the oldest and latest date and time of the content data recorded on Disc 1 are shown.
• Title information 22-1 to 22 -N include the title No., title unique number, title name, channel name, recording date and time, unwatched flag, recording length, and the like.
• the title No. indicates a number that can be identified in the disc 1.
• the title unique number indicates a unique number for each content data.
• the title name indicates the name of the content data.
• the channel name indicates the broadcasting station on which the content data was broadcast.
• the recording date and time indicates the date and time when the content data was recorded.
• the unviewed flag indicates a flag indicating whether or not the content data has been viewed.
• the recording length indicates the length of the content data.
• FIG. 3 shows a data structure of the current information stored in the storage unit 8.
• 5 0 sheets of Disk 1 Disk Information 2 1 - 1 can store 2 1 one 5 0, and, associated with each disc information 2 1 _ 1 or 2 1- 5 0
• the storage unit 8 includes, for example, a total of 108 blocks of blocks 0 to 107, and each block has a capacity of 16 Kbytes.
• blocks 0 to 102 will be referred to as Storage areas
• blocks 103 to 107 will be referred to as Temp areas, as appropriate.
• Block 0 In Block 0 (Toe), 15Kbytes of power, Toru (Table of Contents), blue information, etc. are stored.
• Blocks 1 and 2 (Disc) store disc information 21-1 to 21 to 25 or disc information 21 to 26 to 21_50, respectively. Has a capacity of 60 Obyte.
• Blocks 3 to 10 2 (Title) have title information 2 2—1—1 to 2 2—1—100 and title information 2 2—1 — 1 0 1 to 2 2—1, respectively. — 2 0
• Title information 22-50-100-1 to 22-50-200, etc. are stored, and each title information has a capacity of 16 Obytes.
• Block 103 (Temp Header) stores the position information of the content data recorded on the insertion disk.
• Block 104 (Temp Toe) stores the Toe information of the input disk.
• Block 1 05 (Temp Disc) stores the disc information of the inserted disc.
• Block 1 0 6, 1 0 7 (Temp Header) stores the Toe information of the input disk.
• Titlel and Temp Title2 store the title information of the imported disc. These blocks 103 to 107 are provided as blocks for a duplexing process for eliminating information inconsistency.
• inconsistency means that one data is updated halfway, and the subsequent data becomes old data, because the power is inadvertently turned off while data is being written to the storage unit 8. That is.
• step S1 the information control unit 2 determines whether or not the power of the digital video recorder is turned on in response to a user operation, and waits until the power is turned on. If it is determined in step S1 that the power has been turned on, the process proceeds to step S2, where the information control unit 2 controls the storage information management unit 7 to perform a duplex process.
• the details of the duplexing process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
• step S21 the storage information management unit 7 reads information stored in the Temp Header (block 103) of the Temp area in the storage unit 8.
• step S22 the storage information management unit 7 determines whether the information of the Temp Header read out in the process of step S21 is clear, and the information of the Temp Header is clear. If it is determined, the process proceeds to step S23.
• step S23 the storage information management unit 7 determines that the various types of information stored in the storage area are valid by determining that the information in the Temp Header is clear, and The Toe information stored in the Toe (block 0) is read.
• step S24 the storage information management unit 7 determines that various information stored in the storage area is invalid.
• Judge read the Toe information stored in Temp Toe (Block 104) in the Temp area, and copy it to the Toe (Block 0) in the Storage area.
• step S25 the storage information management unit 7 reads out the disk information stored in the Temp Disc (Block 105) of the Temp area according to the information of the Temp Header, and For example, copy to block 1).
• step S26 the storage information management unit 7 reads the title information stored in the Temp Title 1 (block 106) of the Temp area according to the information of the Temp Header, and reads the title information in the Storage area. copy to le (eg block 3). If the Title information is also stored in Temp Title 2 (block 107), it is copied to the Title (eg, block 4) in the Storage area.
• step S27 the storage information management unit 7 clears the information of the Temp Header (Block 103) in the Temp area.
• step S23 or step S27 the process returns to step S3 in FIG.
• the information control unit 2 controls the storage information management unit 7 to acquire disk information and title information using the Toe information as a key. That is, the storage information management unit 7 acquires the disk information and the title information from the storage unit 8 based on the Toe information read by the processing of step S23 or step S24 described above with reference to FIG.
• step S4 the information control unit 2 determines whether or not the disk 1 is inserted into a drive (not shown), and when it is determined that the disk 1 is inserted, proceeds to step S5, The current disk information management unit 6 is controlled to read the current information from the inserted disk 1.
• step S4 If it is determined in step S4 that the disc 1 has not been inserted, the process in step S5 is skipped.
• step S6 the information control unit 2 determines whether or not the display of the library list is requested by the user, and waits until the display of the library list is requested.
• step S6 If it is determined in step S6 that the display of the library list has been requested, the process proceeds to step S7, where the information control unit 2 determines whether the current information acquired from the current disk information management unit 6 and the storage information management unit 7 The disc information obtained from the device is output to the display unit 9 and displayed as a library list.
• FIG. 6 shows a display example of the library list screen 51.
• the library list screen 51 includes a library list display area 52, a cursor 53, an insertion disc mark 54, a display order setting area 55, an enter button 56, a tool button 57, and a return button 58. Is displayed.
• the cartridge ID (part of the disk ID), the disk name, and the remaining disk amount of the disk information obtained from the current disk information management unit 6 and the storage information management unit 7 are displayed in a list.
• the inserted disc mark 54 indicates that the disc 1 having the disc information of “5281, AASTORY, 5.8 GB” has been inserted.
• the display order setting area 5 5 displays items of “number”, “name”, and “remaining amount”. When the user selects one of them, the item order (cartridge ID) is displayed. Order, disk name order, or remaining amount order) It has been made. In the case of the example in Fig. 6, it is sorted in the order of the number (cartridge ID).
• Buttons 56 through 58 respectively display the submenu 61 ( Figure 8A or 8B), the tool 12 1 ( Figure 14), or the library list screen 51. At the end, the selection is made by the user operating the input unit 11.
• step S8 the information control unit 2 determines whether or not a predetermined process (for example, reproduction reservation, search, or deletion, etc.) has been requested by the user, and determines that the predetermined process has been requested. Then, the process proceeds to step S9, where predetermined processing is performed.
• a predetermined process for example, reproduction reservation, search, or deletion, etc.
• step S9 the details of the reproduction reservation process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
• step S41 the information control unit 2 determines whether or not a predetermined title has been selected by the user and reproduction has been requested, and waits until reproduction of the predetermined title is requested.
• a predetermined title has been selected by the user and reproduction has been requested, and waits until reproduction of the predetermined title is requested.
• the user operates the input unit 11 on the library list screen 51 shown in FIG. 6 to select a predetermined item (in this case, “0134, Hamasaki XXX, 12.0 GBJ disc”) from the list. Information) is selected with the cursor 53, and the enter button 56 is depressed, and the information control unit 2 issues a sub-menu 6 1 of the library list 1 as shown in FIG. Is displayed on the display unit 9.
• a submenu 61 items such as "close”, “title list”, “disk information”, and "delete list registration" which can be selected by the user are displayed. ing.
• the information control unit 2 selects the title information from the title information acquired from the storage information management unit 7.
• Predetermined title information associated with the disc information selected by the user in this case, the title information of the disc information having a cartridge ID of “0134” and a disc name of “Hamasaki.XXX”). ) Is output to the display unit 9 and displayed as a title list.
• FIG. 9 shows a display example of the title list screen 71.
• a title list display area 72 On the title list screen 71, a title list display area 72, a cursor 73, a close button 74, an enter button 75, a tool button 76, and a return button 77 are displayed.
• the title list display area 72 contains the title No., title name, and recording date of the title information associated with the disc ID having the cartridge ID of “0134” and the disc name of “Hamasaki XXX”. The list is displayed,
• Buttons 74 to 77 are used to close the title list screen 71 and return to the library list screen 51 (Fig. 6), respectively, when the title list submenu 8 1 (Fig. 10A or 10 When displaying (B), the title list tool 2 7 1
• the user operates the input unit 11 on the title list screen 71 to select a predetermined item from the list (in this case, the title of “26, Title A, 99/11/30”).
• Information is selected with the cursor 73 and the enter button 75 is pressed, the information control unit 2 displays a title list submenu 81 as shown in FIG. 1 OA based on an instruction from the user.
• This submenu 81 contains Items that can be selected, such as "Close”, “Play J”, and "Cue playback", are displayed.
• a submenu 81 as shown in FIG. 1OB is displayed.
• items that can be selected by the user such as "close” and “stop playback", are displayed.
• step S41 of FIG. 7 the information control unit 2 determines that the reproduction of the predetermined title has been requested, and proceeds to step S42.
• step S42 the information control unit 2 determines whether or not the user has selected a title (content data) not recorded on the inserted disc, and selected a title not recorded on the inserted disc. If it is determined that the playback has been performed, the process proceeds to step S43, and the recording / playback unit 5 is set to the automatic playback mode.
• step S44 the information control unit 2 causes the display unit 9 to display a message urging the insertion of the selected disk.
• a dialog screen 91 as shown in FIG. 11 is displayed.
• a message prompting the user to insert a disc, and the disc name 92 of the selected disc are displayed.
• the dialog screen 91 shown in FIG. 11 displays a stop button 93, a return button 94, and the like. These buttons 93 and 94 are selected by the user when stopping the reproduction of the content data and returning to the library list screen 51 (FIG. 6).
• the information control unit 2 determines whether or not the stop button 93 or the return button 94 has been pressed by the user. If the information control unit 2 determines that the stop button 93 or the return button 94 has been pressed, Proceeding to step S46, the automatic playback mode set in the recording / playback unit 5 in the process of step S43 is released.
• step S45 If it is determined in step S45 that the stop button 93 and the back button 94 have not been selected, the process proceeds to step S47, where the recording / reproducing unit 5 selects the selection disk (in the case of the example in FIG. 11). , A cartridge ID of 0134, and a disk having a disk name of Hamasaki XXX), and if it is determined that the selected disk is not inserted, the flow returns to step S45 to return to step S45. Repeat the process. If it is determined in step S47 that the selected disc has been inserted, the process proceeds to step S48, where the recording / reproducing unit 5 adds the selected disc to the inserted disc 1 in the process of step S41. It is determined whether or not a title (contents data) is recorded. If it is determined that the selected title is recorded on the inserted disc, the process proceeds to step S53.
• step S48 If it is determined in step S48 that the selected title has not been recorded on the inserted disc, the process proceeds to step S49, where the recording / reproducing unit 5 releases the automatic reproduction mode set by the information control unit 2. Notify the information control unit 2 that no selection title is recorded on the inserted disc.
• step S50 the information control unit 2 receives the notification from the recording / reproducing unit 5, and causes the display unit 9 to display, for example, an error message screen 101 as shown in FIG.
• step S50 After the processing in step S50, the process returns to step S45, and the above-described processing is repeatedly executed.
• step S42 If it is determined in step S42 that the title recorded on the inserted disc has been selected, the process proceeds to step S51, where the information control unit 2 causes the recording / reproducing unit 5 to change the current title to another title. Determines whether or not a title is being played, and plays another title. If it is determined that there is not, the process proceeds to step S53. On the other hand, if it is determined that another title is being played, the process proceeds to step S52, where the information control unit 2 controls the recording / playback unit 5 to stop the playback of another title / record.
• step S53 the recording / playback unit 5 plays back the title selected by the user under the control of the information control unit 2.
• the recording / reproducing unit 5 sets the title information (“26, Title A, 99/11/30”) selected on the title list screen 71 shown in FIG. Start playback of the content data corresponding to the
• the cartridge As described above, since the disc information of the disc 1 inserted before is displayed in a list, the user can instruct the title reproduction by a simple operation from there. If title playback of an undisclosed disk is instructed, the cartridge
• the user Since the user is prompted to insert the selected disk by presenting the ID, the user can easily search for the desired disk from the cartridge ID visually displayed on the disk.
• step S9 the details of the search processing will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG.
• the information control unit 2 displays the library list tools 1 2 1 as shown in Fig. 14 on the display unit 9 based on the instruction from the user. Let it.
• the tool 122 displays items that can be selected by the user, such as "close”, “title search”, “select and delete list registration”, and "registration mode setting".
• search condition setting screen 13 1 as shown in FIG. 15 is displayed on the display unit 9.
• This search condition setting screen 1 3 1 includes a search condition setting area 1 3 2, cursor 1 3 3, search start button 1 3 4, stop button 1 3 5, All Cancel button 13 6, Enter button 13 7, Return button 13 8 etc. are displayed.
• buttons 1 3 4 to 1 3 8 are selected by the cursor 1 3 3 when starting the search with the set search conditions, when stopping the search, when canceling all the set search conditions, respectively. It is selected by the user when setting items, or when exiting the search condition setting screen 13 1 and returning to the library list screen 51 (FIG. 6).
• a pull-down menu 14 1 as shown in FIG. 16 is displayed.
• This pull-down menu 14 1 is configured so that the item “not set” or “not viewed” can be selected by the cursor 14 2.
• a pull-down menu 15 1 as shown in FIG. 17 is displayed.
• the pull-down menu 15 1 allows the user to select the item “not set” or “set” using the cursor 15 2.
• step S62 the information control unit 2 displays whether the search condition has been set by the user and whether the search has been started, that is, is displayed in the search condition setting area 13 2 of the search condition setting screen 13 1. Search conditions are set for each item Then, it is determined whether or not the search start button 1 3 4 has been pressed, and the process waits until setting of search conditions and an instruction to start the search are instructed.
• step S62 If it is determined in step S62 that the setting of the search condition and the start of the search are instructed, the process proceeds to step S63, where the information control unit 2 controls the search unit 3 and sets the search condition set by the user.
• the search processing of the information matching with is performed.
• the search unit 3 causes the current disk information management unit 6 and the storage information management unit 7 to search for predetermined information specified by the user, and compares the search result with the information control unit 2. To supply.
• step S64 the information control unit 2 displays a search result screen 171, as shown in FIG. 19, on the display unit 9 based on the search result supplied from the search unit 3.
• This search result screen 1 7 1 has a search result display area 17 2, cursor 17 3, unviewed mark 1 7 4, close button 1 7 5, search condition button 1 7 6, decision button 1 7 7, and Back button 1 7 8 etc. are displayed.
• the search result display area 17 2 lists the number of detected items and the cartridge ID, title No., title name, and recording date of the search results obtained from the search unit 3. "0134, 26, title a, 9 9/11/30" result is selected by the car Sonore 1 7 3.
• the unviewed mark 174 indicates that the content is unviewed.
• Buttons 17 5 to 17 8 display the search setting confirmation screen 19 1 (Fig. 20) when exiting the search result screen 17 1 and returning to the library list screen 51 (Fig. 6).
• Fig. 20 When displaying the title list submenu 8 1 (Fig. 10A or 10B) or exiting the search result screen 17 1 and returning to the library list screen 51, Selected.
• the information control unit 2 issues a search setting confirmation screen as shown in FIG. 20 based on an instruction from the user.
• 1 9 1 is displayed on the display unit 9.
• a set search condition display area 192, a close button 1993, and the like are displayed on the display unit 9.
• search condition display area 1992 search conditions such as a viewing state, a period, a keyword, and a search method are displayed.
• Button 1993 is selected by the user when returning to search result screen 171 (FIG. 19).
• step S9 the details of the deletion process will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG.
• step S 71 the information control unit 2 Based on instructions from the user, the current information obtained from the current disk information management unit 6 and the disk information obtained from the storage information management unit 7 are output to the display unit 9 and displayed as a list registration selection / deletion screen. Let me do it.
• FIG. 22 shows a display example of the list registration selection / deletion screen 201.
• the list registration selection / deletion screen 201 has a deletion setting area 202, a cursor 202, a check box 204, a confirm button 205, a stop button 206, and a delete list button 206.
• Select All button 208, Unselect button 209, Enter button 210, and ⁇ Return button 211 are displayed.
• the deletion setting area 202 a list of the cartridge ID, the disk name, and the remaining amount of the disk information obtained from the current disk information management unit 6 and the storage information management unit 7 is displayed.
• the disk information of 0.2GBJ is selected by the cursor 203.
• Buttons 205 to 211 are used to confirm the disc information to be deleted, to close the list registration selection / deletion screen 201, and to return to the library list 51 (Fig. 6).
• To display a list of information to select all the disk information to be deleted, to cancel the selection, to select the disk information to be deleted, or to exit the list registration selection / deletion screen 2 When returning to 1, selected by the user.
• the information control unit 2 Check box 204 based on instructions.
• the information control unit 2 displays only the disk information for which the check box 204 is currently checked based on the instruction from the user. To be displayed.
• the list registration selection / deletion screen 201 is switched to a display as shown in FIG. 23, and the selected disk information is displayed in a list.
• the display all button 2 1 2 is displayed instead of the delete list button 2 07 (Fig. 22), and the list registration selection / deletion screen shown in Fig. 22 is displayed.
• the display section 9 displays a dialog box 22 1 for selection and deletion of list registration as shown in FIG.
• the dialog screen 2 2 1 shown in Fig. 24 contains a message asking whether to delete the selected disk information from the list, the items of “Yes”, “No”, and “Stop”, and the OK button. 2 2 3 and the back button 2 2 4 are displayed. These items are displayed when the user deletes the disc information, does not delete the disc information, or exits the dialog screen 22 1 and returns to the library list screen 51 (Fig. 6). By moving 2, any one of them can be selected (in the example of Fig. 24, the item of "No") Is selected by the cursor 2 2 2). Buttons 2 2 3 and 2 2 4 are selected by the user when deciding the item selected by the cursor 22 2 or when exiting the dialog screen 2 2 1 and returning to the library list screen 5 1 respectively. Is done.
• a list registration deletion dialog screen 231 is displayed on the display unit 9. .
• the dialog screen 231, shown in Figure 25, contains a message asking if you want to delete the oldest disk information from the list, "Yes" and "No” items, and a decision button. , And the back button 2 3 4 are displayed. Each of these items can be selected by deleting the oldest disk information or not deleting the disk information by moving the cursor 2 32 2 by the user. In the case of the example in Figure 25, the item “No” is selected by the cursor 232). Buttons 2 3 3 and 2 3 4 are used to determine the item selected by cursor 2 3 2 or to exit dialog screen 2 3 1 and return to library list screen 5 1 (Fig. 6). At this time, it is selected by the user.
• step S72 the information control unit 2 determines whether or not the disk information to be deleted has been selected by the user and whether or not the deletion has been performed, that is, the deletion setting of the list registration selection and deletion screen 201 (FIG. 22). Check the checkbox 204 of the disk information to be deleted among the disk information displayed in the area 202, and check whether the confirm button 205 has been pressed, or the dialog box screen 2 of the list registration deletion. 31 The item of “Yes” in 1 (Fig. 25) is selected by the cursor 2 3 2 and it is determined whether or not the decision button 2 3 3 is pressed.
• step S73 the information control unit 2 controls the storage information management unit 7 and selects the disk selected by the user. Execute the information deletion process.
• the storage information management unit ⁇ deletes the disk information selected by the user stored in the storage unit 8 under the control of the information control unit 2.
• the user can delete unnecessary disk information by a simple operation.
• step S9 the details of the mode setting process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
• step S 81 the information control unit 2 On the basis of an instruction from the user, a list registration mode setting dialog screen 241 as shown in FIG. 27 is displayed on the display unit 9.
• the dialog screen 2 41 shown in Figure 27 shows the message “Overwrite registration” and “Do not overwrite registration” with a message prompting you to set a new disk registration method when the number of registrations is full.
• a decision button 243 and a return button 244 are displayed.
• the user can select one of these items by moving the cursor 242 when overwriting or not overwriting the oldest disk information ( Figure 2).
• the item “Do not overwrite” is selected by the cursor 24 2.
• Buttons 2 4 3 and 2 4 4 are used to determine the item selected by the cursor 2 4 2, respectively, or when exiting the dialog screen 2 4 1 and returning to the library list screen 5 1 (Fig. 6). Selected by the user.
• step S82 the information control unit 2 determines whether or not the mode has been selected by the user, that is, the item of “I overwrite registration I” or “Don't overwrite registration” on the dialog screen 2 41 of the list registration mode setting. Is selected by cursor 2 4 2 and It is determined whether or not the OK button 2 4 3 has been pressed, and waits until a mode selection is instructed.
• step S82 If it is determined in step S82 that the mode selection has been instructed, the process proceeds to step S83, where the information control unit 2 controls the storage information management unit 7 to set the mode selected by the user. At the same time, a message indicating the completion of the setting is displayed on the display unit 9.
• the information control unit 2 performs the operation shown in FIG. Is displayed on the display unit 9 as shown in FIG. This allows the user to know that a new disk has been set to overwrite and register if the list of disks is full.
• the information control unit 2 returns to FIG. 28 based on an instruction from the user. Display the message screen 25 2 as shown in B on the display unit 9. This allows the user to know that the mode has been set so that a new disk will not be automatically registered even if the disk list registration is full.
• the information control unit 2 displays a message screen 261, as shown in FIG. And tell that effect. This allows the user to know that the registration of the disk list is full, and to have an opportunity to delete unnecessary disk information.
• step S9 the process proceeds to step S10, and the information control unit 2 requests the removal of the disc 1. It is determined whether or not the ejection of the disc 1 has been requested. No. On the other hand, if it is determined that the removal of the disk 1 has been requested, the process proceeds to step S11, and the information control unit 2 controls the current disk information management unit 6 to read the current information from the inserted disk 1. . That is, the information control unit 2 acquires the latest information in step S11 in consideration of the fact that the information on the disk 1 has been rewritten by recording or editing.
• step S12 the information control unit 2 controls the storage information management unit 7 to perform a dual storage process based on the current information obtained from the current disk information management unit 6.
• step S91 the storage information management unit 7 stores the Toe included in the acquired current information in Temp Toe (block 104) of the Temp area of the storage unit 8.
• step S92 the storage information management unit 7 stores the block in which the changed disk information exists in the Temp Disc (block 105) of the Temp area.
• the disk information exists in block 1 or block 2 of the storage area, and may be any one block.
• step S93 the storage information management unit 7 determines whether the title information included in the changed disk information is 100 titles or less, and determines that the title information is 100 titles or less. In this case, the flow advances to step S94 to store the title information in Temp Title 1 (block 106) of the Tetnp area.
• step S93 If it is determined in step S93 that the title information included in the changed disc information is not less than 100 titles, that is, it is determined that there is more than 101 titles, the process proceeds to step S95, and storage information management is performed.
• Part 7 stores the title information up to the title of 100 in the Temp Title of the Temp area, and stores the title information of the title after the title in Temp Title 2 (block 107) in step S96. Stores title information.
• step S97 the storage information management unit 7 stores the position information of the stored data in the Temp Header (block 103) of the Terap area. .
• step S98 the storage information management unit 7 reads the Toe stored in the Temp Toe (block 104) of the Terap area and writes it in the Toe (block 0) of the Storage area (that is, the Tempe of the Tem area). Copy Toe to Toe in Storage area).
• step S99 the storage information management unit 7 replaces the Temp Disc (block 105) in the Temp area with the Disc (block 1) in the Storage area based on the positional information of the data stored in the Terap Header. Or copy to block 2).
• step S100 the storage information management unit 7 stores the Temp Title of the Temp area based on the position information of the data stored in the Temp Header in the Title of the Storage area (for example, block 1003). ), And if the title information is also stored in Temp Title2 of the Temp area, it is copied to the Title (for example, block 104) of the Storage area.
• step 101 the storage information management unit 7 clears the Terap Header information in the Temp area, and returns to step S13 in FIG.
• step S13 the information control unit 2 determines whether or not the power of the digital video recorder is turned off in response to a user operation, and if it is determined that the power is not turned off, returns to step S8. The above-mentioned processing is repeatedly executed. If it is determined in step S13 that the power has been turned off, the process ends.
• the storage area 8 is provided with the storage area and the temp area, and when the inserted disc is removed, the information written on the inserted disc is stored in the temp area. Temporarily stored, and then copied to the Storage area, and when all copying to the Storage area was completed, the Temp Header in the Temp area was cleared. As a result, the next time the disk information is read from the storage unit 8, the Temp Header is referenced and the information is cleared. If the information is stored, the information stored in the Storage area can be determined to be correct. If the information is not cleared, the information stored in the Temp area can be determined to be correct. Therefore, correct information can always be read from the storage area or the temp area, and data inconsistency can be prevented.
• the library list is displayed according to the instruction from the user.
• the library list is automatically displayed. May be displayed.
• the information control unit 2 executes the title list as shown in FIG. 31 based on an instruction from the user.
• This tool 271 displays items that can be selected by the user, such as "Close” and "Disc Info".
• the information control unit 2 performs a predetermined disk information based on an instruction from the user. Is output to the display unit 9 to display a disk information dialogue screen 2 81 as shown in FIG. On this dialog screen 281, detailed information of disk information 282, a close button 2832, a return button 2884, and the like are displayed.
• Detailed information 282 shows information such as the disc name, the number of titles, the disc ID, the recording date, and the remaining capacity of the disc.
• Buttons 283 and 284 are respectively selected by the user when returning to the library list screen 51 (FIG. 6).
• the dialog screen 281 shown in FIG. 32 is also displayed when the item of “disk information” is selected in the submenu 61 of the library list shown in FIG. 8A.
• the disc 1 is mounted on a drive of a digital video recorder, and disc information and title information are read therefrom and sequentially stored in the storage unit 8, but the present invention is not limited to this.
• the present invention can be widely applied to various electronic devices to which the disc 1 can be mounted.
• disc information and title information are directly written to the disc 1, and the information is managed by associating the disc information with the disc ID recorded in the disc 1 in advance.
• disc information and title information written on Disc 1 it is also possible to input management information unique to each digital video recorder (or each user) and manage it with an internal HDD (hard disk drive).
• the disc 1 on which content data is to be recorded is not mounted on the digital video recorder, the user is prompted to insert the selected disc.
• the present invention is not limited to this.
• the content data is temporarily stored on the HDD. Later, when the selected disc is inserted, the content data temporarily stored in the HDD can be read and recorded on the disc 1.
• FIG. 33 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the AV system according to the present invention.
• digital video recorders 301-1 to 301-3 are connected via a network 302, and each of the digital video recorders 301-1 to 301-3 is provided with:
• Each of the disks 1_1 to 113 can be inserted.
• the digital video recorders 301-1 to 310-3 play, for example, content data such as video and audio recorded on the discs 1-1 to 113, and the discs 111 to 111. 3 or the content data to be recorded on disks 11 to 13 was temporarily stored in HDD 330 (Fig. 34), and the selected disk was inserted. At this time, the content data stored in the HDD 330 can be read and recorded on the disc 1.
• the digital video recorders 301-1 to 310-3 provide management information (such as a local disk ID and a local disk ID) unique to each digital video recorder with respect to the inserted disks 111 to 113. Name, etc.) to create a disk management table and perform disk management based on the table (details will be described later).
• management information such as a local disk ID and a local disk ID
• the network 302 is connected to a wire such as IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 1394 or USB (Universal Serial Bus), or
• It may be wireless by Bluetooth (trademark), or may be a network such as the Internet.
• digital video recorders 301-1 to 310-1-3 when it is not necessary to distinguish the digital video recorders 301-1 to 310-1-3 individually, they are simply referred to as digital video recorders 301, and the discs 111 to 1-3 are individually distinguished. If not necessary, simply refer to disk 1.
• FIG. 34 is a block diagram showing the electrical connection of the digital video recorder 301.
• the tuner 312 receives the television broadcast wave received by the antenna 311, demodulates the television broadcast wave, and outputs a composite video signal and an analog audio signal to the line selector 316.
• V input terminals 3 1 3 A composite video signal is input from the outside, a so-called YC-separated component video signal is input to the S input terminal 314, and an audio signal is input to the audio input terminal 315.
• the signals input to these terminals are output to the line selectors 316 respectively.
• the line selector 316 selects a video signal or an audio signal input from the tuner 312 to the audio input terminal 315 based on the switching setting by the user, and converts the selected audio signal to audio A / A.
• the selected video signal is output to the D converter 3 222 and the Y / C separation circuit 3 17 respectively.
• the Y / C separation circuit 317 separates the luminance and chrominance components of the supplied video signal, converts them into component signals, and converts them to NTSC (National Television System System).
• decoder 3 18 If the supplied video signal is a component video signal input from the S input terminal 314, the separation processing is not performed because the luminance and chrominance separation processing has already been performed.
• the NTSC decoder 318 performs A / D (Analog to Digital) conversion and chroma code processing on the video signal that has been subjected to the luminance and color difference separation processing, and converts the digital signal component data (hereinafter simply referred to as image data). ) Is output to the pre-video signal processing circuit 320.
• the NTSC decoder 318 supplies a clock generated based on the horizontal synchronizing signal of the input video signal, a horizontal synchronizing signal, a vertical synchronizing signal generated by synchronizing and synchronizing, and a field discriminating signal to the synchronizing control circuit 319. .
• the synchronization control circuit 319 converts various synchronization signals and the like supplied from the NTSC decoder 318 into timing signals corresponding to the respective circuits. For example, an MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group) video encoder 321 etc. To each circuit.
• MPEG Motion Picture Experts Group
• the pre-video signal processing circuit 320 performs various kinds of video signal processing such as filtering processing on the input image data and supplies it to the MPEG video encoder 321 or the post video signal processing circuit 333.
• the MPEG video encoder 321 performs MPEG encoding on the image data, generates an MPEG video stream, and supplies it to the multiplexing / demultiplexing / selecting circuit 326. Pay.
• the MPEG compression method is used, but of course, other compression methods can be used.
• the audio A / D converter 322 converts the audio signal supplied from the line selector 316 into digital data and supplies the digital data to the MPEG audio encoder 323 or the audio D / A converter 338.
• the PEG audio coder 323 performs MPEG encoding processing on the input audio data, generates an MPEG audio stream, and supplies it to the multiplexing / demultiplexing / selecting circuit 326.
• the MPEG compression method is used as in the case of the image data, but it is needless to say that other compression methods can be used.
• the digital input / output terminal 3 2 4 is connected to an external IRD (Integrated Receiver Decoder) via a predetermined digital interface such as IEEE1394, and receives a transport stream (TS) defined by the MPEG system.
• the digital interface 325 performs data format conversion between the data transmission format of the digital video recorder 301 and the digital interface. That is, the digital interface 325 converts the TS input from the digital input / output terminal 324 into a format and supplies it to the multiplexing / demultiplexing / selecting circuit 326.
• the multiplexing / demultiplexing / selection circuit 326 is used to record the MPEG video stream input from the MPEG video encoder 321, the MPEG audio stream input from the MPEG audio encoder 323, and the system controller 3 2 7 during recording. It buckets various control information supplied from such as, and multiplexes them to generate TS specified by the MPEG system.
• the multiplexing / demultiplexing / selecting circuit 326 rewrites control data and the like as necessary and outputs the TS.
• Multiplexing / separation / selection circuit 3 2 6 upon reproduction, extracts PES (Packetized Elementary Stream) Nono 0 packets from the TS reproduced from the HDD 3 3 0, and supplies the MPEG AV decoder 3 3 2.
• the multiplexing / demultiplexing / selection circuit 3 2 6 When input via the terminal 324, control data and the like are rewritten as necessary, and the reproduced TS is output from the HDD 330.
• the system controller 327 executes a predetermined control program stored in the program memory 328 B of the memory 328 based on an input signal corresponding to a user operation supplied from the input unit 11. Generate control data to be executed and multiplexed in TS, control of drive controllers 329 and 331, and digital video recorder 3
• system controller 327 refers to or updates the data management memory 328 A of the memory 328 based on the user operation signal supplied from the input unit 11, and reads the file system of the HDD 330.
• the management information of the TS and the data management information of the TS are generated and recorded in the data management information storage area 36 1 (FIG. 36) of the HDD 330.
• the TS is recorded in the actual data storage area 362 of the HDD 330, or is read from the data management information storage area 361 'or the actual data storage area 362 as appropriate.
• the system controller 327 accesses the HDD 330 and the TS according to the file system management information and the data management information, and stores the information in the data management memory 328 A. It is managed as a disk management table (Fig. 37).
• the memory 328 is, for example, a non-volatile memory that can be electrically rewritten and erased, and includes a data management memory 328 A and a program memory 328 B.
• the data management memory 328A stores a disk management table as described later with reference to FIG. 37
• the program memory 328B stores a digital video recorder 301 for various kinds of processing. A predetermined control program required for execution is stored.
• the drive controller 329 controls writing the TS continuously input from the multiplexing / separation / selection circuit 326 to the HDD 330 during recording. In addition, the drive controller 329 performs control to read the TS from the HDD 330 and supply the TS to the multiplexing / separation / selection circuit 326 during reproduction.
• the drive controller 331 controls writing of the TS continuously input from the multiplexing / demultiplexing / selecting circuit 326 to the disk 1 during recording. During playback, the drive controller 331 reads the TS from the disc 1 and controls the multiplexing / demultiplexing / selection circuit 326 to supply the disc ID and disc information from the disc 1. Controls supply to the system controller 327.
• the MPEG AV decoder 332 separates the input PES packet into MPEG video data and MPEG audio data, performs MPEG decoding processing on each, and then converts the baseband image data to the post-video signal processing circuit 333. Then, the baseband audio data is supplied to the audio D / A converter 338.
• the post-video signal processing circuit 3 33 switches, combines, and filters image data from the MPEG AV decoder 3 32 and image data from the pre-video signal processing circuit 320, and performs 0SD (on-screen Display) Supply to section 3 3 4.
• the 030 unit 334 generates graphics for image display, performs processing such as combining the generated graphics with the image data, and supplies the processed data to the NTSC encoder 335.
• the NTSC encoder 335 converts the input image data into digital composite data, performs D / A conversion, generates an analog composite signal, and displays the display unit via the V output terminal 336. (Fig. 35) or D / A conversion of the input image data (digital component data) to generate analog component signals, and the display unit 9 via the S output terminal 337 Output to The audio D / A converter 338 selects and inputs audio data from the MPEG AV decoder 332 and audio data from the audio A / D converter 322, and performs D / A conversion. To generate an analog audio signal and output it to the speaker 10 (FIG. 35) via the audio output terminal 339.
• various video signals are input from the tuners 31 to S input terminals 3 14 or the digital interface 3 25.
• any one of these signals is input.
• Selected as TS The data is recorded in the actual data storage area 36 2 (FIG. 36) of the HDD S 3 ⁇ .
• the TS output from the HDD 330 is decoded and output from the V output terminal 336 or the S output terminal 337, or the digital output from the digital input / output terminal 324. Output as data.
• FIG. 35 is a block diagram illustrating functions of the system controller 327. This function is realized by the system controller 327 executing a predetermined control program stored in the program memory 328B.
• the information control section 351 controls the current disk information management section 353 and the storage information management section 354 based on an input signal corresponding to a user operation supplied from the input section 111,
• the input content data (TS) is supplied to the current disc information management unit 353 or the storage information management unit 354.
• the information control section 35 1 controls the communication section 35 2 to perform communication processing with another digital video recorder.
• the information control unit 351 refers to the data management memory 328A based on the disk ID of the disk 1 supplied from the current disk information management unit 353, and converts the disk management table to the disk ID. Read the corresponding information and update the disc management table.
• the current disk information management unit 353 acquires a disk ID, disk information, and the like from the inserted disk 1, and supplies the information to the information control unit 351.
• the storage information management unit 354 stores the data management information obtained from the information control unit 351 in the HDD 330, or reads out the data management information stored in the HDD 330 to obtain the information. It is supplied to the control unit 351.
• the HDD 330 includes, for example, a data management information storage area 361 and an actual data storage area 362, as shown in FIG.
• the data management information stored in the data management information storage area 362 is associated with the disk management table stored in the data management memory 328A and is stored in the actual data storage area 362. Associated with actual data (ie TS).
• FIG. 37 is a diagram schematically showing the relationship between the data management memory 328 and 1 ⁇ 0330.
• the disk management tape stored in the data management memory 328A has the disk name, additional information, flags, recording ID, etc., associated with the disk ID of disk 1. Is registered.
• the disc ID indicates an identifier recorded on the disc 1 and assigned to the disc 1.
• the disc name indicates the name of the disc 1 recorded on the disc 1.
• the additional information includes, for example, data format, creator, date of data creation, recordable capacity, local disc ID, low power disc name, and title (content data) information recorded on this disc.
• the local disc ID is different from the disc ID recorded on the disc 1, and indicates an identifier of the disc 1 that can be arbitrarily assigned to each digital video recorder 301.
• the local disk name is different from the disk name recorded on the disk 1 and indicates the name of the disk 1 that can be arbitrarily assigned to each digital video recorder 301.
• the flag indicates whether or not the content data to be recorded on the disc 1 corresponding to the disc ID is stored in the HDD 330 of the digital video recorder 301.
• the flag When the flag is 0, it indicates that the content data to be recorded on the disk 1 is not stored in the HDD 330, and when the flag is 1, the content data to be recorded on the disk 1 is the HDD 330 Indicates that it is stored in
• the recording ID is information recorded only when the flag is 1, and indicates an identifier of content data to be recorded on the disc 1. Therefore, HDD 330 Manage content data based on I'D. If there are a plurality of pieces of content data to be recorded on the disc 1, the recording ID is set to the recording priority. In the case of the example of FIG.
• the data management information stored in the data management information storage area 361 includes the entry cluster, sector number, file name, and recording in association with the recording ID linked to the disk management table in the data management memory 328 A. Information such as date and time and data size are included.
• the entry cluster indicates a cluster number indicating the location of the cluster in the actual data storage area 362 in which the head data of the target file (content data) corresponding to the recording ID is stored.
• the sector number indicates the sector number in the actual data storage area 362 where the file index of the target file is stored.
• the file name indicates the name of the target file stored in the actual data storage area 365. At 3:00, the date and time when the target file was recorded is shown.
• the data size indicates the capacity of all data included in the target file.
• the target file is stored in the corresponding cluster in the actual data storage area 362 according to the value indicated in the entry cluster included in the data management information of the data management information storage area 361.
• the target file is recorded in the actual data storage area 362 and, at the same time, is associated with the recording ID in the data management information storage area 361.
• Recorded data management information is recorded.
• an entry cluster in which the target file is stored is read from the data management information in the data management information storage area 361, and is read from the disk management. You can write on the table.
• FIG. 38 shows the relationship between the data management memory 328 A and the HDD 330 in that case.
• the data management information can be managed in association with the entry cluster without determining the recording ID.
• step S111 the information controller 351 controls the current disk information manager 353 to determine whether the disk 1 is inserted therein, and the disk 1 is inserted. Wait until. If it is determined in step S1 that the disc 1 has been inserted, the process proceeds to step S112, where the information control unit 351 is inserted into the current disc information management unit 353. Read the disc ID and disc information (data format, creator, date of data creation, recordable capacity, etc.) from Disc 1. The information control unit 351 refers to the disk management table of the data management memory 328 A, and checks whether the disk ID read by the current disk information management unit 353 is already recorded. .
• step S113 the information control unit 351 determines whether or not the disc is a previously inserted disc as a result of the comparison in the processing of step S112, that is, the disc control table It is determined whether or not the read disk ID is registered. If it is determined that the disk ID has been inserted before, the process proceeds to step S114.
• step S114 the information control section 351 reads the information already recorded in the disk management table of the data management memory 328A based on the disk information read in the processing of step S112. Update. That is, the inserted disc 1 may have content data newly recorded (added) by another digital video recorder, and the recording may change the data creation date or recordable capacity. Therefore, each time the disc 1 is inserted, it is updated to the latest information.
• step S113 the disk ID read from disk 1 is not registered in the disk management table, that is, the disk ID is not the previously inserted disk. If it is determined that the information has not been read, the process proceeds to step S115, and the information control unit 351 executes the data management memory 32 based on the disk ID and the disk information read in the processing of step S112. 8 Add information to the A disk management table.
• the disc management table is updated based on the result of the check.
• the user can freely enter a unique roll disk ID and a unique roll disk name for each digital video recorder with respect to the disc 1, so that the information is added to the additional information. Is registered in the disk management table. For example, in the disk management table shown in Fig. 37, the disk name of "disk A" is recorded on the disk 1 having the disk ID of "0001". In recorder 3 0 1-1,
• a low power disk ID of “0010” and a local disk name of “Father ,,” can be assigned.
• the digital video recorder 301-2 has a low power disk ID of “0005” and a low power disk ID of “Papa”. You can give a local disk name.
• the disk ID refers to the disk management table (data management memory 328A), and Additional information (local disk ID of "0010" and local disk name of "father") are read.
• the disc management table is referred to from the disc ID and the corresponding additional information ("0005"
• the local disk ID and the local disk name of "dad” are read.
• FIG. 40 shows a display example of a disk information screen 371 created based on the disk management table of the data management memory 328A.
• the line shown in Fig. 6 Portions corresponding to the library list screen 51 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted as appropriate.
• the low-power disk ID and the low-power disk name newly added by the digital video recorder 301, that is, the low-power disk ID that can be identified by the digital video recorder 301 are displayed.
• the local disk ID of “0001” is assigned to the disk 1 having the disk ID of “0007”.
• the local disk ID of "0002” is assigned to the disk 1 having the disk ID of "0104”, and the "Document” is separate from the disk name of " ⁇ Special Feature 1" (see Fig. 6).
• a disc 1 having each disc ID has an arbitrary password and a local disc name.
• the item of “local” is displayed in addition to the items of “number”, “name”, and “remaining amount”.
• the user selects one of them, the user can select one of them. It is possible to sort the items in order. In the case of the example in Fig. 40, it is sorted by local disk ID.
• the disc ID written on the disc 1 and the local disc ID newly assigned by the digital video recorder 301 may be mixedly displayed, or only the disc ID is displayed as shown in FIG. It may be displayed, or only the local disk ID may be displayed although illustration is omitted. Also, the disc name written on the disc 1 and the local disc name newly assigned by the digital video recorder 301 may be mixedly displayed.
• Step S121 the information control unit 351 determines whether the user has requested the recording of the predetermined content data, and waits until the recording of the predetermined content data is requested. Then, in Step S 1 2 1, if the recording of a given con Tenddeta is determined to have been requested, the process proceeds to Step S 1 2 2, information control unit 3 5 1, the data management memory 3 2 8 A disk
• a recording setting screen 401 as shown in FIG. 42 is displayed on the display unit 9 based on the disk management table.
• a list display area 402 an input disc mark 400, a cursor 404, an enter button 405, a stop button 406, and the like are displayed.
• the list display area 402 lists the local disk ID, cartridge ID (part of the disk ID written to disk 1), and local disk name among the disk information registered in the disk management table.
• the disk information “0003 (local disk ID), 0134 (cartridge ID), favorite XXX (local disk name)” is selected by the cursor 404.
• the input disk mark 4003 indicates that the disk 1 having the disk information of “0003, 0134, favorite XXX” has been inserted.
• Buttons 405 and 406 are used when the user decides to record on disc 1 corresponding to the disc information selected by the cursor 404 or cancels recording, respectively. Selected by manipulating 1.
• the information control unit 351 controls the recording / reproducing unit 5 to determine whether or not a predetermined disc 1 for recording content data has been inserted. That is, for example, in the recording setting screen 401 shown in FIG. 42, as indicated by the input disk mark 4003, the disk 1 having the disk information of “0003, 0134, favorite XXX” is inserted. Then, it is determined whether or not recording to this disk 1 has been requested.
• step S123 If it is determined in step S123 that the predetermined disk 1 for recording the content data is inserted, the process proceeds to step S124, and the recording / reproducing unit is performed.
• Reference numeral 5 records the content data supplied from the information control section 351 on the inserted disc.
• step S123 If it is determined in step S123 that the predetermined disk 1 for recording content data is not inserted, that is, in the recording setting screen 401 shown in FIG.
• the process proceeds to step S125, and the information control unit 351 updates the disk management table of the data management memory 328A.
• the recording ID to be associated with the data management information storage unit 361 of the HDD 330 is determined, and the recording ID in the disk management table is determined. Is set and the flag is set to 1.
• step S125 the information control unit 351 causes the display unit 9 to display, for example, a dialog screen 4111 as shown in FIG.
• a dialog screen 4111 As shown in FIG.
• Yes button 4 1 2 and No button 4 13 are displayed together with a message asking whether or not the content data is temporarily recorded on the HDD 3 30.
• These buttons 4 12 and 4 13 are selected by the user when the content data is temporarily recorded on the HDD 330 or when the content data is not recorded.
• the user can be made to select whether to temporarily store the data on the hard disk.
• step S 126 the information control unit 35 1 controls the storage information management unit 35 4 Temporarily record (store) content data.
• content data to be recorded on the selected disk is stored in the actual data storage area 362 of the HDD 330.
• step S127 the information control unit 351 stores additional information (such as date of data creation and recordable capacity, etc.) in the disk management table of the data management memory 328A due to the newly recorded content data. ) Is updated.
• Step S 1 2 When the processing of step 6 is executed, the entry cluster, sector number, file name, data size, etc., which are the storage locations of the actual data storage area 36, are further stored in the data management information storage area 361, Recorded in data management information.
• the information control unit 35 1 displays, for example, a dialog screen 4 2 1 shown in FIG. Is displayed further.
• a message prompting you to insert a disc and the disc name 4 2 2 of the disc to be inserted (0134, Hamasaki XXX, and the local disc name is “Favorite XXX”) are displayed. ing.
• the content is temporarily stored in the HDD 330, and the disc ID and the content data (recording) are temporarily stored. ID) is associated and registered in the disk management table.
• ID is associated and registered in the disk management table.
• step S141 the information control unit 351 controls the current disk information management unit 353, determines whether the disk 1 has been inserted therein, and waits until the disk 1 is inserted. I do. If it is determined in step S141 that one disk has been inserted, the process proceeds to step S142, where the information control unit 351 is inserted into the current disk information management unit 353. Reads the disc ID, disc information, etc. from Disc 1 that is being read.
• step S143 the information control unit 351, based on the disk ID read by the current disk information management unit 353 in the processing of step S142, stores the data Referring to the disk management table, it is determined whether or not the disk is a disk associated with the content data temporarily recorded on the HDD 330. That is, when the flag corresponding to the read disk ID is set to 1 in the disk management table, it is determined that the HDD 330 has content data to be recorded on the disk 1. For example, if the read disk ID power is S "0002", the flag corresponding to the disk ID of "0002" is set to "1" as shown in the disk management table shown in FIG. Therefore, it is determined that the disc 1 has content data to be recorded.
• step S144 If it is determined in step S144 that the disc is not a disc associated with the content data temporarily recorded on the HDD 330, the process proceeds to step S148. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S143 that the disk is associated with the content data temporarily recorded on the HDD 330, the process proceeds to step S144.
• the information control section 35 causes the display section 9 to display a dialog screen 431 as shown in FIG.
• a record button 4 32, delete button 4 3 3, change button 4 3 4, etc. are displayed along with a message indicating that the data is stored in 0. These buttons 4 3
• the content data recorded on the HDD 330 When the content data recorded on the HDD 330 is read out and recorded on the disc 1, the content data recorded on the HDD 330 This is selected by the user when erasing data or when recording content data recorded on the HDD 330 on another disk.
• step S 1 45 the information control unit 3 51 operates the recording screen 4 3 2, the erase button 4 3 3, or the change button 4 3 4 by the user on the dialog screen 4 3 1 shown in FIG. It is determined whether or not any of them has been selected, and if it is determined that the user has selected the record button 432, the process proceeds to step S146.
• step S146 the information control unit 351 controls the storage information management unit 354, and the disk 1 temporarily stored in the real data storage area 361 of the HDD 340.
• the information control unit 351 supplies the content data obtained from the storage information management unit 354 to the recording / reproducing unit 5 and records the content data on the disc 1.
• the content data S is output from the HDD 330 and recorded on the disk 1, the content data is automatically erased from the HDD 330.
• step S145 when it is determined that the user has selected the delete button 433 so as to be manually deleted according to an instruction from the user, the process proceeds to step S147, and the information control unit 35 1 is Storage Information Management Department
• step S145 If it is determined in step S145 that the user has selected the change button 434, the process proceeds to step S148. At this time, the information control unit 351, for example,
• the list display area 4 41 displays a list of local disk IDs, cartridges, and local disk names among the disk information registered in the disk management table.
• the disc information of the car Sol 4 4 3 has been selected. That is, when the cursor 1 is the disc to be recorded corresponding to the currently selected disc information and the user wants to change the disc to be recorded, the user moves the cursor 4 43 and moves the cursor to the desired one. It can be changed by selecting the disk information and pressing record button 4 4 4.
• the cancel button 445 is selected by the user when canceling a disk change operation.
• step S148 the information control unit 351 determines the power of recording the content data on the disc 1 or the fact that the content data to be recorded on the disc 1 has been erased from the HDD 330, Updates additional information (data creation date, recordable capacity, etc.) and flags in the disk management table of the management memory 328 A.
• the disc management table since the content data to be recorded on the disc 1 and the disc ID are associated and registered in the disc management table, when the disc 1 is inserted, the disc ID is read and the disc management table is referred to. By doing so, it is possible to easily determine whether the content data to be recorded on the disc 1 is stored in the HDD 330 or not.
• the dialog screen 431 shown in FIG. 46 is displayed.
• the content data may be automatically recorded from the HDD 330 to the disc 1 without displaying a message.
• a priority order for recording on the disc 1 can be set. That is, for example, when a user selects Yes button 4 12 on the dialog screen 4 11 1 shown in FIG. 43 displayed when recording to a disc that has not been inserted is requested. If the content data to be recorded on the disc has already been temporarily stored in the actual data storage area 362 of the HDD 330, Priority can be set for content data to be recorded and previously recorded content data.
• step S1661 the information control unit 351 refers to the disk management table of the data management memory 328A, and based on the disk management table, for example, a priority as shown in FIG.
• the order setting screen 4 5 1 is displayed on the display unit 9.
• a priority order setting button 452 is displayed together with a message indicating that there are a plurality of content data to be recorded on the selected disc.
• the content data of title A is set in priority 1 and the content data of title B is set in priority 2, and these content data are recorded on the selected disc.
• the data to be stored is already stored in the HDD 330. Then, based on the display of the priority setting screen 451, the user examines the priority of the content data to be temporarily stored in the HDD 330 from now on, and selects the priority setting button 452. Priority can be set.
• the information control unit 351 displays a pull-down screen 461 as shown in FIG. 50, for example.
• the items “1” to “3” are displayed on the pull-down screen 461, and the item “2” is selected by the force solver 462.
• the user moves the cursor 462 and selects a predetermined priority item, whereby the priority order of the data to be temporarily stored in the HDD 330 can be set.
• the information control unit 351 determines whether or not the user has set the priority order of the content data to be recorded. That is, the priority setting button 452 is selected on the priority setting screen 451, shown in FIG. 49, the pull-down screen 461, shown in FIG. 50, is displayed, and the item of the predetermined priority is displayed. Judge whether the cursor is selected by the cursor 4 62 or not, and wait until the priority is set.
• step S 162 If it is determined in step S 162 that the priority order of the content to be recorded is set, the process proceeds to step S 163, and the information control unit 351 sets the data management memory 3 2 8 Update the recording ID in the A disk management table.
• the setting of the priority order will be further described with reference to an example of the disk management table of the data management memory 328 A of FIGS. 51A and 51B.
• the recording ID is shown with the lower 3 bits combined as the priority after the upper 3 bits of the recording ID for simplicity of explanation (ie, "001" for "0x001001”).
• the content data having the recording ID of “0x001001” is set to the priority 1 for the disc 1 having the disc ID of “0134” and the disc name of “Hamasaki XXX”.
• Content data with a recording ID of "0x010010” is set for priority 2. That is, when the selected disc is inserted, the first content data having a recording ID of "0x001001" is recorded on the disc 1, and the second content data having a recording ID of "0x010010" is recorded on the disc.
• the content data with the recording ID of "0x011010” (the recording ID of "011” + the priority of “010") is set to the priority 2
• the content data (recording ID of “0x010010”) set to degree 2 is set to priority 3 as the recording ID of “0x010011” (recording ID of “010” + priority of “011”) (priority level)
• the lower 3 bits are updated with the change of the degree). If the storage capacity of the HDD 330 is exhausted due to the new storage of the priority 2 content data in the HDD 330, the lower priority content data (in this case, the priority 3) may be automatically deleted.
• the content data to be temporarily stored in the HDD 330 (in this case, the priority 2 content data) must be recorded to the end. If this is not possible, the user may be informed of this, and the priority may be re-examined, or the recording may be interrupted due to insufficient capacity.
• the information control unit 351 may use other devices connected via the network 302. It is inquired whether or not recording is possible, and if recording is possible, the content data may be moved (recorded) to another device.
• a plurality of pieces of content data to be recorded on the disc 1 are stored in the HDD 330 in descending order of priority. Then, later, when it is determined that the predetermined disc 1 is inserted and that the content data to be recorded is stored in the HDD 330 (step S144 in FIG. 45), as shown in FIG. A dialog screen 431 is displayed (step S144 in FIG. 45), and when recording is instructed by the user, a plurality of contents data stored in the HDD 330 are determined to have a higher priority. And recorded on the disk 1 (step S146 in FIG. 45).
• step S144 of FIG. 45 it is determined that the inserted disk 1 is not a disk associated with the content data temporarily recorded on the HDD 330.
• the information control section 351 can also search through the network 302 whether or not the content data to be recorded on the disc 1 exists in another digital video recorder.
• step S 171 the information control unit 351 controls the current disk information management unit 353, determines whether the disk 1 has been inserted therein, and waits until the disk 1 is inserted. (Corresponding to step S141 of FIG. 45). Then, when it is determined in step S171 that the disc 1 has been inserted, the process proceeds to step S172, and the information control unit 351 inputs the current disc information management unit 353 to the current disc information management unit 353. Read the disk ID, disk information, etc. from the loaded disk 1 (corresponding to step S144 in FIG. 45).
• step S173 the information control unit 351 controls the communication unit 352 to establish communication with another device connected via the network 302.
• the information control unit 35 with respect to the other digital video recorders connected via the network 302, performs the processing of step S 17 2 to the remote disk information management unit 35 1
• the other digital video recorder refers to the disk management table of its own data management memory 328A, and determines whether or not the content data corresponding to the queried disk ID is stored in the HDD 330. Search, and send the search result and your device ID to the inquiry source.
• the information control unit 351 receives a response (search result) from another device, and in step S175, the content data to be recorded on the insertion disc is held in the other device. Is determined.
• step S175 If it is determined in step S175 that the content data to be recorded on the insertion disc is not held in another device, the process proceeds to step S180. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S 175 that the content data to be recorded on the input disc is held in another device, the process proceeds to step S 176 and the information control unit
• step S51 a dialog screen 471 as shown in FIG. 53 is displayed on the display unit 9, for example.
• This dialog screen 4 7 1 contains a message indicating that data to be recorded on the inserted disc has been found in another device, as well as a recording button 4 7 2, an erase button 4 7 3, and a change button 4 7 4. Is displayed.
• 4 7 2 to 4 7 4 are used when acquiring content data from another device and recording it on disk 1, when erasing content data recorded on another device, or It is selected by the user when recording (changing) recorded content data on a disc other than the imported disc.
• step S177 the information control unit 351 operates the recording button 472, the erase button 473, or the change button 474 on the dialog screen 471 shown in FIG. It is determined whether or not any of them has been selected, and if it is determined that the user has selected the recording button 472, the process proceeds to step S178.
• step S 178 the information control unit 351 obtains content data to be recorded on the input disc from another device via the network 302 and the communication unit 352. It is supplied to the recording / reproducing unit 5 and recorded on the disc 1. Then, after the content data obtained from the other device is recorded on the disc 1, the content data held by the other device is automatically erased or manually erased according to a user's instruction. You. If it is determined in step S177 that the user has selected the delete button 473, the process proceeds to step S179, where the information control unit 351 communicates with the communication unit 352 and the network 302. The content data is erased by another device holding the data to be recorded on the insertion disk via the.
• step S177 If it is determined in step S177 that the user has selected the change button 474, the process proceeds to step S180, and the information control unit 351 displays the disk change screen as shown in FIG. 4 4 1 is displayed on the display unit 9. Then, the user can change the disk to be recorded as described above.
• step S180 the information control unit 351 determines whether the content data is to be recorded on the disc 1, or whether the content data to be recorded on the disc 1 is erased from another device, or should be recorded. Due to the change of the disk, the additional information (data creation date, recordable capacity, etc.) and the flag of the own disk management table are updated, or the disk of another device is connected via the network 302. Update additional information and flags in the management table.
• the disk is managed for each device, and the data to be recorded on disk 1 Can be temporarily stored in the HDD 3′30 and managed.
• the data recorded on the HDD 330 necessarily includes not only the content data to be recorded on the disc 1 but also data not associated with the disc 1.
• data that is not scheduled to be recorded on Disk 1 or data that has been temporarily evacuated due to accidental power-off, etc. are recorded on HDD 330.
• data not associated with the disk 1 can be associated with the disk 1 by a simple operation.
• the information control unit 351 refers to the disk management table of the data management memory 328A and the data of the HDD 330 based on the user's operation.
• the disk management table basically stores the disk information relating to the previously inserted disk 1, and the data management information includes all the data stored in the actual data storage area 362. Contains information about Therefore, by referring to these, it is possible to acquire the content data to be recorded on the disc 1 and the data not associated with the disc 1 (to acquire all the data stored in the HDD 330). Can be).
• step S193 the information control unit 3551 associates the information of the disk management table obtained in the processing of step S191 with the data management information obtained in the processing of step S192, For example, an HDD reference screen 481 as shown in FIG.
• folders 482-1 to 482-2-3 and files 483-1, 4883_2 are displayed.
• folder 482_1 for example, in the disk management table shown in FIG. 37, a disk 1 having a disk ID of "0001" (the name of the oral disk of this disk is "father") is recorded.
• Folder 4 8 2—2 indicates that the content data to be recorded on Disc 1 with the disc ID of “0002” (the local disc name of this disc is “Travel”) This indicates that data is stored.
• FONO REDA 4 8 2—3 indicates that the computer to be recorded on disk 1 with a disk ID of “0003” (the local disk name of this disk is “horse”) Data is stored.
• Files 483-1 and 483-2 show data not associated with disk 1.
• a pull-down screen 4 8 4 By displaying a pull-down screen 4 8 4 and selecting a predetermined item, not only can a file be associated with a predetermined disk (folder), but also, for example, a file 4 8 By simply dragging and dropping to 1, you can easily associate it with a given disc.
• the content data stored in each folder can be further added. It can also be displayed.
• a disk reference screen 492 as shown in, for example, FIG. 56 is displayed.
• the disk reference screen 491 includes a file 492 which is content data stored in the folder 482-1 (that is, data to be recorded on the disk corresponding to the disk ID of "0001"). — 1 and 4 9 2— 2 are displayed.
• the user can also set or change the priority order of the content data to be recorded on the disc on the disc reference screen 491.
• the user right-clicks the mouse to display a pull-down screen 493.
• This pull-down screen 4 9 In item 3, items “1” and “2” are displayed, and in this case, item “2” is selected (priority is set to 2).
• the user can change the priority of the file 492-2-2 to 1 by selecting the item "1".
• the file 4 9 2—1 whose priority was set to 1 is changed to priority 2 and the recording ID in the disk management table is also updated.
• the content data to be recorded on the disc 1 is temporarily recorded on the HDD 330, but the content data is not limited to the HDD 330, but may be a magnetic disc, an optical disc, a magneto-optical disc, or a semiconductor memory. It is also possible to apply to other recording media.
• a series of processes described above (for example, the regular process in Fig. 4, the duplication process in Fig. 5, the playback reservation process in Fig. 7, the search process in Fig. 13, the deletion process in Fig. 21, and the mode setting in Fig. 26) Processing, duplicate storage processing in Fig. 30, regular processing in Fig. 39, recording processing in Fig. 41, recording processing in Fig. 45, priority setting processing in Fig. 48, search processing in Fig. 52, or The display processing in Fig. 54) can be executed by hardware, but can also be executed by software. When a series of processes are executed by software, the programs that make up the software execute various functions by installing a computer built into dedicated hardware or by installing various programs For example, it is installed from a program storage medium to a general-purpose personal computer or the like.
• FIG. 57 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a part of a general-purpose computer.
• the CPU (Central Processing Unit) 501 of the computer is a program stored in a ROM (Read Only Memory) 502 or a memory (Random Acces Memory) 503 executes various processes according to the program loaded.
• the RAM 503 also appropriately stores data necessary for the CPU 501 to execute various processes.
• the CPU 501, R0M502, and RAM503 are interconnected via a bus 504.
• the bus 504 is also connected to an input / output interface 505.
• the input / output interface 505 is composed of an input unit 506 composed of buttons, switches, a keyboard, a mouse, etc., a display such as a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) and LCD, and speakers.
• An output unit 507, a storage unit 508 composed of a hard disk and the like, and a communication unit 509 composed of a modem and a terminal adapter are connected.
• the communication unit 509 performs communication processing via a network including the Internet.
• a drive 510 is connected to the input / output interface 505 as necessary, and a magnetic disk 511, an optical disk 511, a magneto-optical disk 513, or a semiconductor memory 514 is connected. Are installed as appropriate, and the computer program read therefrom is installed in the storage unit 508.
• the program storage medium that stores the programs installed in the computer and made executable by the computer is a magnetic disk 511 (including a flexible disk) and an optical disk.
• 5 1 2 including CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read Only Memory), DVD (Digital Versatile Disc)), magneto-optical disk 5 13 (including MD (Mini-Disc) (registered trademark)), or semiconductor
• ROM 502 which is provided to the user in a state of being pre-installed in the computer and temporarily or permanently records the program, It is composed of a storage unit 508 and the like.
• the program can be stored in the program storage medium via a public line network, local area network, It is performed using wired or wireless communication media such as the Internet and digital satellite broadcasting.
• the steps of describing a program stored in a program storage medium are not limited to processing performed in chronological order in the order described, but are not necessarily performed in chronological order. Alternatively, it also includes processing executed individually.
• a system refers to an entire device including a plurality of devices.
• information recorded on a plurality of discs can be managed, and a list display, sorting, search, or the like of the information can be performed.
• additional information different for each user or for each device is attached to a disk, and when a recording disk is not inserted, data is temporarily stored and managed in the device. be able to.

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