JP2822261B2 - Information recording / reproducing device - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention will be described in the following order.

A Industrial Fields B Overview of the Invention C Prior Art D Problems to be Solved by the Invention E Means for Solving the Problems (FIGS. 3, 12 to 14)
(Fig. 12) F operation (Fig. 12) G embodiment (G1) Overall configuration of video tape recorder (Fig. 1) (G2) Function block of video tape recorder (Fig. 12)
(G3) Video tape recording format (Figs. 3 to 6) (G4) Video tape recorder setting processing (Figs. 7 to 7)
(Fig. 11) (G5) Recorded flag writing process (Figs. 12 to 14) (G6) Other embodiments H Effect of the invention A Industrial application field The present invention relates to an information recording / reproducing apparatus, for example, a video tape. It is suitable for application to consumer devices such as recorders, so-called boomboxes.

B. Summary of the Invention The present invention is an information recording / reproducing apparatus, in which recording reservation information corresponding to a program is diverted to recorded information based on a recorded flag, whereby processing of recorded information and reservation information is further simplified. Can be

C Conventional Technology Conventionally, as a consumer information recording / reproducing apparatus, when recording a plurality of programs on a video tape extending in a longitudinal direction, a video cue signal is recorded at a head position of each program. For example, if the user wants to play a desired program from a recorded tape, the video tape recorder is temporarily set to the search mode, the video tape is fast-forwarded to a position where a cue signal can be played, and then played once. The mode is switched to a mode to check whether or not the program is desired to be watched.

D Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in this conventional video tape recorder, information about a plurality of programs is recorded only at the video tape position where each program is recorded. Therefore, when the user confirms a program to be reproduced, decides a program to be reproduced, or searches for a program to be reproduced, it is necessary to repeat the search of the video tape recorder until reaching the program to be reproduced. As a result, there is a complicated operation that requires the user to actually put off the video tape for a considerably long time.

Further, when managing a large number of recorded video tapes or unrecorded video tapes, or when managing a so-called series program recorded over a plurality of video tapes, it is actually recorded for each video tape. The user has to perform management tasks such as pre-writing the management information, such as the contents of the program being recorded, the recording time, and whether or not it needs to be saved, in a cassette or cassette case on a video tape. There is.

However, in practice, the trouble of writing these management information and the trouble of reading and judging the written management information are complicated, and the degree of the complexity is limited by the number of programs and video tapes to be recorded or reserved. As the weight increases, the weight is cumulatively increased. Therefore, it is desirable to simplify the operation as much as possible.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and when processing such as recording and reservation is performed on a program (this is recorded,
It is intended to propose an information recording / reproducing apparatus which can further simplify the processing of the recording and reservation information.

E. Means for Solving the Problem In order to solve the problem, in the present invention, one of the recording tracks TA, TB, CH1, and CH2 formed on the recording medium 36 is used.
In the information recording / reproducing apparatus 1 capable of recording one or a plurality of programs, management database recording areas F _AVA , F _AVV are formed at predetermined positions of the recording tracks TA, TB, CH1, CH2, and the management database recording areas are recorded. The management data D _AV corresponding to the program is recorded in F _AVA and F _AVV , and the recording reservation data indicating the recording reservation condition of the program and the recording indicating whether the recording of the program has been completed are recorded as the management data D _AV. Flag data F _REC
When the program ends recording on the recording tracks TA, TB, CH1, and CH2, the recorded flag data F
_REC is switched from a first signal state (logic "0") indicating that the recording of the program has not ended (logic "0") to a second signal state (logic "1") indicating that the recording of the program has ended. On the condition that the recorded flag data F _REC has _attained the second signal state (logic “1”), the recording reservation data is diverted as the recorded data representing the recording conditions at the time of recording the program.

The recorded flag data F _REC indicating whether or not recording of each program has been completed is stored in the management database recording areas F _AVA and F _AVV
When the recorded flag data F _REC is switched to a signal state (logic “1”) indicating that the recording of the program has been completed, the recording reservation data is
By diverting it as recorded data representing recording conditions at the time of recording, the processing of recording and reservation information can be further simplified.

G Example Hereinafter, an example in which the present invention is applied to a video tape recorder will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(G1) Overall Configuration of Video Tape Recorder In FIG. 1, 1 indicates a video tape recorder (VTR) as a whole, and supplies a recorded video signal S1 input via a video signal processing unit 2 to a video tape recorder main body 3. By recording this, the reproduced video signal S2
Is supplied to the monitor 4 via the video signal processing unit 2 as a video output signal S3.

In addition to this, a control management data processing unit 5 is provided, and an input / output information signal S4 supplied from a remote control controller 6 is taken into a control management data processing central processing unit (CPU) 8 via a remote control transceiver 7. Thus, the control information S5 is transmitted to the bus 9, thereby controlling the video signal processing unit 2 and the circuit elements constituting the video tape recorder main body 3, and the control information S6 is transmitted via the bus 10 to the video tape recorder main body 3. By communicating with the central processing unit (CPU) 11 for mechanism control, a control signal S7 for a mechanism element constituting the video tape recorder main body 3 is generated.

The video signal processing unit 2 receives a received video signal S11 received by the tuner 21, an external line video signal S12 supplied from an input line of an external video signal source, and an internal synchronization circuit 2.
2 to the input selection circuit 23.
To the superimposed feeder circuit 24, thereby obtaining a recorded video signal S1 at the output end of the superimposed feeder circuit 24.

The recording video signal S1 is supplied to the recording circuit 32 through the recording switching circuit 31.
And is recorded on the video tape 36 of the video cassette 35 by the magnetic head 34 via the electromagnetic conversion circuit 33 in the recording mode.

In the playback mode, the video signal recorded on the video tape 36 is picked up by the playback circuit 37 via the magnetic head 34 and the electromagnetic conversion circuit 33 in order, and is sent to the video signal processing unit 2 as the playback video signal S2 through the playback switching circuit 38. Is done.

The reproduced video signal S2 is further converted into a video output signal S3 in a video processing circuit 40 through an output selection circuit 39, and is displayed on a display screen 4A of the monitor 4.

CPU 8 for control management data processing of control management data processing unit 5
Is a basic data stored in the ROM-based basic data memory 43 and a RAM-based register based on the input / output information signal S4 input from the remote control controller 6 or the input information signal S8 input from the VTR keyboard 12. By processing the processing data stored in 44 based on the clock signal of the clock circuit 45, the bus 9 and the bus 9 are processed.
The control information S5 and S6 are transmitted to 10.

In this embodiment, a card reader 46 is connected to the bus 9, and the control management data processing CPU 8 stores the basic data read from the IC card 47 in the card reader 46 in the register 44.
It is made to be able to take in.

When it is necessary to notify the user of the processing result obtained by performing data processing in the control management data processing CPU 8 in this way, the control management data processing CPU 8 uses the video display as a part of the control information S5. The image display information signal S14 is supplied to the processor 41, and the image display signal S15 read from the video RAM 42 is supplied to the superimpose fader circuit 24 by the image display information signal S14, so that the input selection circuit 23 By supplying a superimposed output signal S17 obtained by superimposing the image display signal S15 to the supplied video signal S16 to the video processing circuit 40 through the output selection circuit 39, the display screen 4A of the monitor 4 is displayed. By displaying an image obtained by superimposing an image signal consisting of characters, characters, diagrams, etc. on the video signal, It is configured to interact.

In the case of this embodiment, the control management data processing CPU 8 displays an image composed of characters, characters, diagrams, and the like on the display screen 4A of the monitor 4 and sends an image signal representing the same image from the remote control transceiver 7 The input / output information signal S4 is supplied to the remote control controller 6 so that the same image as the display screen 4A of the monitor 4 is displayed on the display screen 6A of the remote control controller 6.

Here, the control management data processing CPU 8 writes, as a part of the control information S5, the write management data S25 related to the recording and reproduction operations of the video tape recorder main body 3 through the image recording encoder 51, further the recording switching circuit 31, and the recording switching circuit 31. The recording data is recorded on the video recording track of the video tape 36 through the circuit 32 and the electromagnetic conversion circuit 33 in order, and the management data written in the video recording track is converted to the electromagnetic conversion circuit.
When the data is read through the reproduction circuit 33, the reproduction circuit 37, and the reproduction switching circuit 38, it can be fetched as read management data S26 via the bus 9 via the image recording decoder 52.

In addition, in the case of this embodiment, the control management data processing CPU 8 transmits the write management data S27 similar to the write management data S25 given to the image recording encoder 51 to the electromagnetic conversion circuit 33 through the audio recording encoder 53. This is recorded on the audio recording track of the video tape 36 via the magnetic head 34, and the management data recorded on the audio track of the video tape 36 is supplied to the magnetic head in the playback mode.
The data is read out from the electromagnetic conversion circuit 33 via the memory 34 and is read out to the audio recording decoder 54 so as to be taken into the control management data processing CPU 8 as read processing data S28.

(G2) Function block of the video tape recorder The control management data processing CPU 8 controls the video tape recorder as a whole according to the function block as shown in FIG.

That is, when receiving a command input from the keyboard 12, the CPU 8 functions as an interrupt processing means in a block BK1, and then functions as a system schedule means and a database holding means in a block BK2. At this time, the system schedule means and the database holding means manage the time series of the entire system and block BK3.
It communicates with the timer reservation database creating means to execute the function as the artificial intelligence module indicated by the block BK4 and the function as the application processing means indicated by the block BK5.

In the artificial intelligence module BK4, the CPU 8 determines the content of the command input in the natural language according to the input of the command item expressed in the natural language by the natural language system BK4A.

The habit learning and inference system BK4B learns and infers the user's habit based on the manner of the instruction content in the natural language, and the habit database creation system BK.
Create a habit database by 4C.

In the application processing means BK5, the CPU 8 controls the management database module BK5B, the user's preference module BK5C, and the system setting module BK5D by the module processing means BK5A.
And executes the function of the timer reservation module BK5E.

At the same time, in the application processing means BK5, the CPU 8 executes the message display processing in the message system BK5F, and performs the display processing of the monitor 4 in the moniblock BK5G.

When processing the artificial intelligence module BK4 and the application processing means BK5, the CPU 8 executes the common data area processing block.
At BK6, processing such as timer reservation packet and flag processing is executed.

The processing in the application processing means BK5 is performed by the input / output driving means BK7.
Are connected to a video tape recorder main body 3, a monitor 4, a remote control transmitter / receiver 7, and a remote control controller 6 as external devices via the PC.

(G3) Recording Format of Video Tape As shown in FIG. 3, the video tape 36 is composed of video recording tracks TA and TA having different azimuth angles formed along the head scanning direction b obliquely crossing the tape running direction a. TBs are formed so as to be adjacent to each other in the direction of the tape running direction a, and the control signal (CTL) recording track is formed along the longitudinal direction of the video tape 36 on the outer edges of the video recording tracks TA and TB at the entry side ends thereof. A TCT is formed to record the control signal CT, and a video tape 36
The audio recording tracks CH1 and CH2 for two channels are formed at the detaching side edge of the recording medium.

Over a period of video recording tracks TA and TB of the predetermined number of tracks in the recording start head portion connexion management database video tiger poke recording region F _AVV is provided a video tape 36, subsequent to the management database video tiger poke recording region F _AVA,
A video signal recording area F _VD in which one field of video signal is recorded in each of the video recording tracks TA and TB.
Are formed.

The management data D _AV having the configuration shown in FIG. 4 is recorded in the recording tracks TA and TB belonging to the management database video track recording area A _AVV .

Also at a predetermined track position in the example Teputotsupu portion of audio recording tracks CH1 and CH2 are formed management database audio tiger poke recording region F _AVA,
This management database audio track recording area F _AVA
Similarly, the management data _DAV having the configuration shown in FIG. 4 is recorded.

The management data D _AV is configured to sequentially record the volume information block D _VM and the program information block D _PR in that order from the head of the recording track.

The volume information block D _VM is management information on the video cassette 35 mounted on the video tape recorder main body 3, and includes, for example, items A1 to A15 as shown in FIG.
It is recorded as volume information D _VMX for 35 [bytes].

The information of item A1 represents "format version",
The version number of the management data D _AV is recorded by one [byte] data, and the format version is identified when the video cassette 35 is mounted, so that the management data D _AV of the old version is identified. Set up the system to handle this even.

Item A2 when recording the management data D _AV for the "number of times of repetitive recording" represents, for example, 1 by the data [bytes] connexion management database audio tiger poke recording region F _AVA, and records the number of times of repetitive recording. Thus, the number of times the management data D _AV has been recorded using the audio signal recording method is recorded as reference data.

Item A3 represents “number of screens used”, for example, 1 [byte]
The I connexion management data D _AV in the data record the number of recording tracks that use the number of screens (i.e. the management database video tiger poke recording region F _AVV occupies when recording the video cassette 35, and thereby the video signal recording area F _VD The system can determine the position of the first track.

The item A4 indicates the “number of used programs”, and records the number of reserved or recorded programs and the presence or absence of a recording space in the video cassette 35 using, for example, 1 [byte] data.

In this embodiment, the number of programs reserved or recorded by the 0th to 6th bits can be recorded up to a maximum of 32 programs, and the recording space can be recorded by the 7th bit (logic " Record whether there is no recording space (represented by logic "1") or recording space (represented by logic "1"). In this way, even if the number of used programs is less than the maximum of 32 programs depending on the tape length of the video cassette 35 or the length of the reserved or recorded program, if there is no recording space, this is used as the first program. This can be confirmed by the seventh bit.

The item A5 indicates “generation date and time”. For example, the management data D _AV is first transferred to the video cassette 3 using 5 [bytes] of data.
Record the date and time written in 5.

In this embodiment, the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth bytes are "minute", "hour", "day", "month", "year", respectively.
Is recorded as a two-digit binary coded decimal number, and thus the video cassette 35 is obtained by using the volume information D _{VM of the} item indicating the date and time of generation.
It has been made to be able to judge the age of.

Item A6 represents the "update date and time", to record the date and time you change the by go-between management data D _AV in the data, for example, 5 [bytes].

In the case of this embodiment, the update date and time data are sequentially stored in the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth bytes as "minute", "hour",
"Day", "month", recorded in binary-coded decimal the "year", thus are management data D _AV that are currently in use have been made so as to be able to confirm whether the one that is always changing.

Item A7 represents "system volume number". For example, when the video cassette 35 is a so-called series of 8 [byte] data, the series number is recorded using 8 [byte] data. While the video cassette 35 currently installed is a Shiruzu thing and the series number can be confirmed,
A system volume number is added to the recording reservation information of the video tape recorder main body 3 so that it can be displayed on a monitor, whereby the user can be notified of the video tape 36 to be reserved and recorded.

Item A8 represents “screen display color”, for example, 2 [bytes]
For example, when a list is displayed, the display color can be designated according to the data of this item. When the user wears the video cassette 35 to display the list display screen, the color of the displayed screen is displayed. Thus, it is possible to immediately determine which cassette the user has worn.

Item A9 represents “various flags”, for example, 1 [byte]
According to this data, a plurality of types of flag data can be recorded.

In this embodiment, the user can record a "recording prohibited" flag in the 0th bit, so that the recorded contents of the video cassette 35 can be retained.

Further, a "format completed" flag can be input to the first bit by the system, so that it can be confirmed whether or not the entire recording area of the video tape 36 has been completely formatted. .

Further, an "address mode" flag indicating the type of the program end address can be input by the system using the second and third bits, whereby the program end address is recorded in different modes by the video cassette 35. In such a case, it is ensured that this can be detected.

Item A10 represents "type of video cassette", and the length and type of tape can be recorded using, for example, 2 bytes of data.

In this embodiment, the first byte can be automatically set by the system, while the second byte can be set by the user as needed.
Thus, when the video cassette 35 is mounted, the type and length of the tape can be confirmed so that the hub diameter to be used can be confirmed.

Item A11 represents a "password", and allows a user to register a password represented by a 4-digit binary coded decimal number using, for example, 2 [byte] data.

Thus, when the user attaches the video cassette 35 with the registered password to the video tape recorder body 3 and the user cannot correctly input the password registered in the video cassette 35, the recording and reproduction of the video cassette 35 is prohibited. Thus, the contents of the video tape 36 cannot be viewed.

The item A12 indicates "user volume number". For example, the user can record a video cassette rearranging number, that is, a volume number in the video cassette 35 according to his / her preference by using 2 bytes of data. In the case of the embodiment, a volume number can be assigned in the range of 0 to 64000 in a binary-coded decimal number, and can be displayed on a monitor by adding a user volume number to the recording reservation information of the video tape recorder body 3. So that the videotape to schedule recording
36 is made available to the user.

Item A13 represents "playback order", for example, 32 (bytes)
In the so-called program playback mode, the program recorded in the order from the first byte to the 32nd byte in the program playback mode can be recorded as required by the data of the maximum 32. Are sequentially designated for playback.

Item A14 represents "recording order", for example, 32 (bytes)
According to this data, a maximum of 32 program numbers can be recorded in 32 recording order positions.

Thus, in the so-called program reproduction, the programs of the program numbers recorded in that order from the first byte to the 32nd byte can be sequentially reproduced by the program.

Item A15 represents "Volume label", for example, 40
[Byte] data allows the user to add a label such as a title to the video cassette 35 as necessary, and also adds a volume label to the recording reservation information of the video tape recorder body 3. The addition allows the video tape 36 to be displayed on the monitor, thereby informing the user of the video tape 36 to be reserved for recording.

In this embodiment, a maximum of 4 when using ASCII code
0 characters can be recorded, up to 20 when using S-JIS code
Character labels can be recorded.

This as the program information block D _PR shown in FIG. 4 with respect to, so as to correspond to the video is recorded on the tape 36 or recording reserved program information of the video cassette 35, the program information as shown in FIG. 6 It is composed of D _PRX .

Item B1 represents a "start address". For example, the start address value of each program is set to a video cassette based on the start address of the video tape 36 by 3 [bytes] of data.
After a program is recorded in 35 video signal recording areas F _VD ,
Written by the system.

In the case of this embodiment, a time mode is used as a mode of the address value ("second", "minute", and "hour" are represented by binary coded decimal numbers).
And the program number mode (VASS (VHS), video address sig
nal search (VHS) standard)
Control signal mode (CTL (β)
(Represented by the number of pulses) can be selectively applied.

Item B2 represents an "end address", and records a program end address value from the head position of the video tape 36 using, for example, 3 [bytes] of data.

In the case of this embodiment, the time mode, the program number mode, and the control signal mode can be selected as the program end address value in the same manner as the program start address value.

Item B3 represents “various flags”, for example, 1 [byte]
The information indicating the handling state of the program information is recorded by the data of (1).

In the case of this embodiment, "recorded information" (indicating whether or not the program is in a recording state) is written in the 0th bit and the first bit is written.
In addition, "recording end status information" (representing an end state when recording is completed) is written in the second bit, and a "recording permission flag" (representing whether or not recording should be prohibited) is written in the third bit. 4 bit "saw flag information"
(Indicating whether the user has viewed the recorded program at least once).

Item B4 represents “system program number”, for example, 1
A series of serial numbers assigned by the system to the program are recorded by the data of [byte].

In the case of this embodiment, "0" is sequentially
A series of numbers consisting of "1", "2",... Is written as a system number.

Item B5 indicates “program number”, for example, 1 [byte]
According to the above data, the number of times of a series program (for example, a serial drama) can be input by a user.

Item B6 represents a "category code", and records the category of the program contents (for example, sports, news, drama, etc.) using, for example, 1 [byte] data.

Item B7 represents “input source”, for example, 1 [byte]
An input source indicating where the program was obtained from is recorded by the data of (1).

In the case of this embodiment, the channel number selected in the channel 21 (FIG. 1) and the external line number of the external line video signal S12 are written as information representing the contents of the source.

Item B8 represents a "recording / operation mode", in which the recording mode for the video cassette 35 and the operation mode at the time of the recording are written by, for example, 1 [byte] data.

In this embodiment, the video cassette is used as the recording mode.
When 35 is recorded by a video tape recorder of “β system”, “VHS system” or “8 mm video system”, the recording mode is written. ”,“ Β II mode ”, and“ β III mode ”are written. In the case of the VHS system, the types of“ SP system ”,“ LP system ”, and“ EP system ”are written. Write the type of “SP mode” and “LP mode”. As the operation mode at the time of recording, for example, types such as "normal recording mode" and "mode in which only the reference signal is written in advance" are written.

Item B9 represents "recording start time", and records the start time of a reserved or recorded program using, for example, 5 [bytes] of data.

In this embodiment, "minute", "hour", "day", "month", and "year" are sequentially stored in the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth bytes, respectively.
The user writes in an evolved decimal number.

Item B10 represents "recording end time", and records the end time of a reserved or recorded program using, for example, 2-byte data.

In this embodiment, the first and second bytes include "minute" and "hour".
Write data in binary coded decimal.

Item B11 represents “reserved recording control information”, for example, 10
The [byte] data is used to make the video tape recorder main unit 3 (FIG. 1) perform the scheduled recording operation at the time of executing the scheduled recording, and record information for controlling peripheral devices to be operated in response thereto.

Item B12 represents "title", for example, 40 (bytes)
The user writes character information indicating the title of the program using the data of (1).

(G4) Video tape recorder setting processing CPU 8 is remote control controller 6 or keyboard
The control management data processing unit 5, the video signal processing unit 2, and the video tape recorder main unit 3 are processed based on the command signal input from the processing program shown in FIGS. 7, 8 and 9.
By performing processing in accordance with RT0, RT, and RT31, control is performed to an operation state specified by the user.

In the case of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 10, the remote control controller 6 has a display screen 6A in which a touch panel is provided on a liquid crystal plate on an operation panel on the surface of the case, and designated items are displayed on the display screen 6A. When is displayed as a list,
By directly pressing each display item and performing a click input, a designation signal relating to the display item can be input. In addition to this, the cursor displayed on the display screen 6A is moved by the four-directional cursor key 6B to designate a predetermined display item, and then the execution key 6C is operated to send a designation signal relating to the display item. It is made to be able to input.

Further, the remote control controller 6 includes a normal operation command key 6D, a menu display command key 6E, a management data mode command key 6F, a reservation 1 and a reservation 2 operation mode designation key 6G.
And 6H, and the operation mode of the video tape recorder 1 can be designated to the CPU 8 by these mode designation keys.

In step SP1 of the input information processing program RT0 in FIG. 7, the CPU 8 waits for the power-on operation, and when a positive result is obtained, in step SP2, determines whether or not the power-on operation is the first time. The first time, the processing of steps SP3, SP4 and SP5 is sequentially executed to display the message "Set the time" on the display screen 4A of the monitor 4 and the display screen of the remote control controller 6.
After displaying on 6A, the current time is set by the system setting operation mode and the display of "Time set" is displayed on display screen 4A.
And 6A.

Thus, the video tape recorder 1 enters a command standby state in which the current time is set.

This command standby state is maintained even when a negative result is obtained in step SP2. Thus, in the command standby state, the “management database”, “system setting”, “favorite setting” and “timer reservation” items are set. Is ready to be specified.

Actually, in this command waiting state, when the menu display mode designation key 6E is operated on the remote control controller 6 (or the keyboard 12), the display screen is displayed.
6A and 4A "Management database", "System settings",
By displaying operation mode designations of "favorite setting" and "timer reservation", the user can designate one of the operation modes by a click operation.

In the "management database" mode, the management database video track recording area _FAVV of the video tape 36 (FIG. 3) is used.
Or management database audio track recording area F _AVA
In this operation mode, the CPU 8 records the management data D _AV (FIG. 4) or drives and controls the video tape recorder body 3 using the recorded management data D _AV.
SP6 whether the video cassette 35 is excisional having a tape management data D _AV in step SP7 when the "management database" item is clicked is recorded (referred to as management data tape this) among menus display items in After performing various processes of the management database in subroutine RT1 when it is set, it is determined whether or not the contents of the management database have been changed in step SP8. executes Bideotoratsuku recording region F _AVV or the management database audio tiger poke recording area F as rewrite recording data of _AVA in the management data after the change processing.

This completes the process for the management database,
In step SP10, it is determined whether the power has been turned off or not. When a negative result is obtained, the process returns to the command waiting state. When a positive result is obtained, the input information processing program is terminated in step SP11. .

Upon entering the various processing routines RT1 of the management database described above, the CPU 8 displays the management data list on the display screen 6A of the remote control controller 6 and the display screen 4A of the monitor 4 in step SP21 as shown in FIG. , And enters a command standby state.

At this time, “Label”, “Cancel reservation”,
Items such as "automatic reproduction", "manual reservation", "program information confirmation" and "management data reservation" are displayed, so that one of the items can be designated.

Here, the “label” item is a volume information block D _VM or a program information block D _PR (fourth of the management data D _AV ).
FIG. 4 shows an operation mode in which one of the volume information or the program information included in FIG.
When the "Label" item is clicked at 22, one of the items is selected by displaying the "Password", "Recording mode", "Tape type", "Category" and "Title" items on the display screen You can do it.

Here, when the user clicks the "password" item, the CPU 8 allows the user to rewrite the password data recorded in the item A11 of the volume information D _VMX (FIG. 5) in step 23.

Similarly, the CPU 8 executes the program information D _PRX in step SP24.
The recording / operation mode recorded in item B8 of FIG. 6 can be designated to write the recording mode data.

The CPU 8 can rewrite the tape type data in the data indicating the type of the video cassette recorded in the item A10 of the volume information D _VMX (FIG. 5) in step SP25.

In step SP26, the CPU 8 executes the program information D _PRX (the sixth
The category code data recorded in item B6 of FIG. 7 can be rewritten.

Further, the CPU 8 can rewrite the title data recorded in the item B12 of the program information D _PRX (FIG. 6) in step SP27.

After rewriting the data of the "password" item to the "title" item in steps SP23 to SP27 in this way, when the "end" item is specified in step SP28, the CPU 8 ends the processing of the management database and proceeds to step SP29. Then, the process returns to the management database processing loop shown in FIG. 7 to enter the processing of step SP8.

On the other hand, if the user clicks the "cancel reservation" item in the command standby state in which the management data list is displayed in step SP21 of FIG. 8, the CPU 8 proceeds to step SP21.
In SP30, all program reservations recorded in the management data list are canceled.

Also, when the user clicks on the "auto play" item,
The CPU 8 determines the volume information D _VMX (step 5) in step SP31.
The reproduction order data of the item A13 shown in the figure) is reproduced in a fixed order and rewritten as necessary.

When the user clicks on the "manual reservation" item, the CPU 8 sequentially accepts manual settings for a predetermined number of programs and inputs these as management data.

When the processing of steps SP30, SP31 and SP32 ends, the CP
U8 returns to the management database processing loop (FIG. 7) through the above-mentioned steps SP28 and SP29.

When the user clicks the "program information confirmation" item in the command standby state for displaying the management data list in step SP21 of FIG. 8, the CPU 8 enters the processing of step SP33 and displays the display screen in step SP34. Switch the display of step SP35 or SP36 or SP3
7, or SP38, the recorded contents of the "recording permitted" item, the "watch flag" item, the "category" item, and the "title" item of the volume information D _VMX (FIG. 5) and the program information D _PRX (FIG. 6) Becomes a display mode in which can be confirmed or rewritten.

In the case of this embodiment, a predetermined picture display, that is, a character is used as the data of the “recording permission” item, the “seen flag” item, the “category” item, and the “title” item. Thus, information recorded on a plurality of reserved programs can be confirmed and changed.

When the processing of steps SP35 to SP38 is completed, the CP
U8 returns to the management database processing loop (FIG. 7) via steps SP28 and SP29.

Further, when the user clicks the "reservation of management data" item in the command standby state displaying the management data list, the CPU 8 enters the management data subroutine RT3 and forms a part of the processing procedure as shown in FIG. The management data reservation processing procedure RT31 for switching the reservation mode is executed.

At this time, the CPU 8 allows the user to select the timer reservation mode in step SP41.

In the case of this embodiment, as a specification item list that can be presented to let the user specify and select the specification item of the management data,
As shown in FIG. 11, a word specification item list table TBL consisting of word input items representing the specification item using natural language, and the specification item is represented using graphic elements such as Roman letters, numbers, symbols, etc. as usual. A graphic specification item list, which is a graphic input item, is prepared. At step SP41, the CPU 8 allows the user to select and specify either a word input or a graphic input as a reservation screen to be used.

As a result, when the word input is selected, the CPU 8 executes the step.
The process proceeds to SP42, where the word designation item list TBL is displayed on the display screen, and the data corresponding to the word entry item designated by the user is loaded into the register 44.

Conversely, if graphic input is selected, CP
U8 proceeds to step SP43 to display a graphic specification item list on the display screen, and fetches data corresponding to the graphic input item specified and operated by the user into the register 44.

Thus, when the user's designation input operation is completed, the CPU 8 ends the management data reservation input processing and returns to the processing loop of the management database in FIG.

At this time, the CPU 8 subsequently displays a “register” item, a “change” item, and an “inquiry” item on the display screen, and proceeds to step SP51,
In SP52 and SP53, the user clicks on the "registration" item, "change" item, or "inquiry" item to enter a process of executing this.

Here, in processing the clicked item, the CPU 8 can display the calendar reservation table, the weekly reservation table, and the daily reservation table in steps SP54, SP55, and SP56, respectively, according to the user's selection. The start time and / or end time of the reserved program is written on a calendar reservation table, a one-week reservation table, or a one-day reservation table.

When such processing is completed, the CPU 8 terminates the processing program of the management database in the above-mentioned step SP28,
Step SP29 to the management database processing loop (7th
Return to figure).

The above steps are performed in the initial command standby state shown in FIG.
In SP6, the management data can be recorded, changed,
In the initial command standby state, if the user clicks another specified item, that is, a “system setting” item, a “preference setting” item, or a “timer reservation” item, the CPU 8 Executes a process of setting operating conditions of each unit of the video tape recorder 1.

That is, when the user clicks "system setting" in step SP61 of FIG. 7, the "current time" item, the "sleep timer" item, and the "recording mode" are displayed on the display screen.
Item, "Noise Elimination" item, "BS Online" item,
The “Auto-set” item, the “Preset” item and the “Line input” item are displayed, and these items are changed to steps SP62, SP63, SP64, SP65, SP66, SP67, SP
By clicking at 68 or SP69, the operating conditions of each part of the system can be set. When the setting processing is completed, the CPU 8 ends the system setting processing loop and proceeds to the above-mentioned step SP10.

On the other hand, when the CPU 8 clicks the “Preference setting” item in step SP71, the “screen display” item, “management database” item, “user set” item, “character” item, and “timer reservation” item are displayed on the display screen. "item,
The "user level" item, the "message" item and the "voice" item are displayed on the display screen, and these items are step SP72, SP73, SP74, SP75, SP76, SP77, SP, respectively.
When clicked in step 78 or SP79, the CPU 8 executes the processing of each item, and when the processing is completed, proceeds to step SP10 described above.

Further, in the initial command standby state, when the user clicks the “timer reservation” item in the subsequent step SP81, the CPU 8 displays the “registration” item, the “change” item, and the “inquiry” item on the display screen, and the user Step SP82, SP83
Alternatively, when each item is clicked in SP84, a "calendar reservation table" item, a "one week reservation table" item, and a "one day reservation table" item are displayed on the display screen. Subsequently, when one of them is designated by the user, the CPU 8 executes steps SP85 and SP85.
At 86 or SP87, a calendar reservation table, a one-week reservation table, or a one-day reservation table is displayed, and a program is reserved using the reservation table.

When the CPU 8 finishes the processing of the timer reservation processing loop, it proceeds to the above-mentioned step SP10.

By executing the input information processing program RT0 in FIG. 7 in this way, the CPU 8 can reliably control the video tape recorder main body 3 based on the input data input by the user.

(G5) Recorded Flag Writing Process The video cassette 35 is mounted on the video tape recorder main body 3 and the remote control controller 6 (10th
When the management data mode command key 6F in the drawing) is turned on, the control management data processing CPU8 enters from step SP90 to read mode for reading management data D _AV (Figure 12), in step SP91, the video tape 36 The management data D _{AV of the} formed management database video track recording area F _AVV or the management database audio track area F _AVA
Is read out via the electromagnetic conversion circuit 33, the reproduction circuit 37, the reproduction switching circuit 38, and the image recording decoder 52, and is read into the register 44.

Subsequently, in step SP92, the CPU 8 selects the program information D out of the management data D _AV read into the register 44.
"Recording start time" of item B9 which constitutes _PRX (Fig. 6),
When it is determined whether the same reservation information as the reservation information written in the “recording end time” of item B10 is stored in the reservation memory provided in the video tape recorder body 3, and a negative result is obtained. In step SP93,
The reservation information of the register 44 is written to the reservation memory of the mechanism control CPU 11 as the reservation recording data, and step SP94 is executed.
Move on to

On the other hand, if a positive result is obtained (this means that the reservation information written in the register 44 has already been written in the reservation memory of the mechanism control CPU 11), the control management data processing CPU 8 is a step SP
From 92, immediately proceed to step SP94.

In step SP94, the control management data processing CPU 8 writes the reservation information of, for example, four registered programs stored in the reservation memory of the mechanism control CPU 11 as shown in FIG. Graphic display as a list HYO composed of display elements, and the reservation status is displayed to the user.

When the current time finally reaches the recording start time written in the register 44, the control management data processing CPU 8 sends out the control information S6 to the video tape recorder main body 3 via the bus 10 in step 95, and controls the mechanism control CPU 11. through to execute the recording of a program of the video tape 36, the recording of the program is completed, the "flags" of the management data D _AV item B3 recorded in the register 44 CPU 8 (14
In the first bit and the second bit in FIG. 9), it is written whether the recording has been completed normally or whether there is an abnormality.

Subsequently, in the control management data processing CPU8 it is step SP96, the management data D video recording from the _AV recording end status recorded in the item B3 of determining whether or not successful, abnormality has occurred during the recording When step SP97
In step S98, an error message is displayed on the display screen 4A of the monitor 4 and the display screen 6A of the remote control controller 6, and the process proceeds to step SP98.

On the other hand, when the recording is completed normally, the CPU 8 moves from step SP96 to step SP98, deletes the reservation information stored in the reservation memory of the mechanism control CPU 11, and stores the information in the register 44 in step SP99. Administration "recording end time" of the "recording start time" and item B10 of the data D items of _AV B9 logic to the data of the 0th bit representing the recorded flag remains item B3 retained (Figure 14) ""0" data (indicating that the program is currently in a reserved state) is rewritten into logical "1" data (indicating that the program is in a recorded state). "And" recording end time "are rewritten to" recording start time "and" recording end time "as recorded information of the recorded program.

Here, when the user operates the eject key of the video tape recorder main body 3 and instructs the removal of the video tape 36, the control management data processing CPU 8 rewinds the video tape 36 to the tape top position in step SP100, and then stores it in the register 44. The stored management data D _AV is recorded and recorded by an encoder 51, an electromagnetic conversion circuit 33, and a magnetic head 34.
Video recording tracks TA and TB on video tape 36
It is recorded in the management database video track recording area _FAVV formed above.

Thus, the control management data processing CPU 8 proceeds to step SP101.
Then, the video tape 36 is ejected, and the process is terminated.

According to the above configuration, after the recording flag F _REC is overwritten from the logical “0” data indicating the reserved state to the logical “1” data indicating the recorded state after the recording of the program is completed, for example, the items B9 and B10 The "recording start time" and "recording end time" written as the reservation information can be directly used as "recording start time" and "recording end time" as recorded information. Thus, it is not necessary to have a data area corresponding to each of the reservation information and the recorded information, and the rewriting of data is minimized, so that the data processing can be further simplified.

(G6) Other Embodiments (1) In the above-described embodiment, a case where “recording start time” and “recording end time” as recording reservation information are managed as recorded information based on the recorded flag F _REC. As described above, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to recording reservation information such as “channel”, “category”, and “title”.

(2) In the above-described embodiment, the case where the reservation information is present in step SP94 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The present invention may be applied to a case where data written in the management data memory of the register 44 via the register 44 is used as reservation information.

(3) In the above-described embodiment, as the configuration of the management data D _AV , the volume configuration block D _VM and the program information block D _PR are written in that order from the head position of the recording track. Various changes may be made, such as changing the order of the arrangement or, if necessary, mixing the pieces in a finely divided manner.

(4) In the above embodiment, the management database audio tiger poke recording region F _AVA was provided in Teputotsupu portion of the video tape 36, the insertion position is not limited thereto, may be changed to another position .

(5) In the above embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to a video tape recorder has been described. However, the present invention may be applied to a consumer electronic device such as a so-called radio-cassette recorder. The same effect as in the case of can be obtained.

H Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, recorded flag data indicating whether recording of each program has been completed is written as management data in a management database recording area, and the recorded flag data is When switching to a signal state indicating that the recording of the program has ended, the recording reservation data is diverted as recorded data indicating recording conditions at the time of recording, so that the processing of recording and reservation information can be further improved. It can be simplified.

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FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of an information recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing its functional blocks, FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a recording format on a video tape, and FIG. 6 to 6 are schematic diagrams and tables showing the configuration of the management database, FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the input information processing procedure of the video tape recorder, and FIGS. 8 and 9 show the processing procedure of the management database. FIG. 10 is a front view showing a configuration of a remote control controller, FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a configuration of a word designation item list, FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a recorded flag data writing process, FIG. The figure is a chart for explanation of registered programs,
FIG. 14 is a chart showing various flags. 1. Video tape recorder 2. Video signal processing unit
3 ... Video tape recorder body, 4 ... Monitor, 5 ...
... Control management data processing unit, 6 ... Remote control controller, 8 ... Central processing unit (CPU) for control management data processing, 12 ... Keyboard, 32 ... Recording circuit, 33 ...
Electromagnetic conversion circuit, 35 ... Video cassette, 36 ... Video tape, 37 ... Reproduction circuit.

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁶ Identification code FIG11B 27/10 E (72) Inventor Tetsuo Nishigaki 6-35, Kita-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo Inside Sony Corporation (56) References JP-A-2-91875 (JP, A) JP-A-1-241082 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) G11B 27/00 G11B 27/10 G11B 15 / 02 G11B 20/10

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] A recording track formed on a recording medium;
In an information recording / reproducing apparatus capable of recording one or a plurality of programs, a management database recording area is formed at a predetermined position of the recording track, and management data corresponding to the program is recorded in the management database recording area. The management data includes recording reservation data indicating recording reservation conditions of the program, and recorded flag data indicating whether recording of the program has been completed, and records the program in the recording track. When the recording is completed, the recorded flag data is changed from a first signal state indicating that recording of the program is not completed to a second signal state indicating that recording of the program is completed. The recording reservation data is changed to a recording condition at the time of recording the program on condition that the recorded flag data is in the second signal state. An information recording / reproducing apparatus characterized in that the information recording / reproducing apparatus is diverted as recorded data representing the information.