Optical disc reproducing apparatus

Abstract: An optical disc reproducing apparatus for display­ ing, for easier understanding, which musics have been edited for recording on the A face or the B face of the recording tape when a plurality of musics recorded on a disc are edited, recorded on the recording tape by the use of a magnetic record reproducing apparatus such as a tape record­ er or the like. The optical disc reproducing apparatus is provided with an A face editing display portion and a B face editing portion, which respectively display the musics to be recorded on the A face of the recording tape and the musics to be recorded on the B face of the recording tape indepen­ dently.

Description: The invention relates to a programming device of an optical disc reproducing apparatus, the optical disc reproducing apparatus being adapted for reproducing recorded information recorded on an optical disc, the recorded information including a plurality of discrete audio selections and index numbers identifying each of the plurality of discrete audio selections and playing time information indicating the playing time of each of the plurality of discrete audio selections; the optical disc reproducing apparatus having signal detection means for detecting the recording information recorded on the optical disc, and display means for displaying index numbers and playing time; the programming device being adapted for programming the playing sequence of the plurality of discrete audio selections for recording onto a magnetic recording medium having first and second recording faces; further comprising recording time input means for inputting of a recording time of the magnetic recording medium; and recording memory means, coupled to said recording time input means, for storing the recording time of the magnetic recording medium; arithmetic means coupled to said signal detecting means, and said recording time memory means, for determining how many of the discrete audio selections can be recorded on the first recording face of the magnetic tape in accordance with the recording time of the magnetic tape and the playing time information of the discrete audio selections. An optical disc reproducing apparatus having such a programming device, is already known from JP-A-62-66491. A microcomputer judges whether or not all audio selections can be recorded on one side of a magnetic tape. If an audio selection is longer than the remaining space on the first face of the magnetic tape, the magnetic tape recorder is switched into reverse operation in order to record the remaining audio selections on the other side. It is an object of the present invention to provide an optical disc reproducing apparatus which is capable of displaying edited information on both faces simultaneously, and to provide the possibility to edit both sides independently. For solving this problem, a programming device as defined above is characterized by the arithmetic means being adapted for calculating respectively for each of the first and second recording faces of the magnetic tape first and second remainder times denoting a difference between the recording time of the first and second recording faces and a total of the playing times of the discrete audio selections to be recorded on the first and second recording faces; a first face audio selection memory means, coupled to said arithmetic means, for storing the index numbers of the discrete audio selections determined by said arithmetic means to be recorded on the first face of the magnetic recording medium; a second face audio selection memory means, coupled to said arithmetic means, for storing the index numbers of the discrete audio selections determined by said arithmetic means to be recorded on the second face of the magnetic medium; audio selection deletion inputting means, coupled to said first and second face audio selection memory means, for inputting of an index number of a discrete audio selection to be deleted from one of said first face audio selection memory means and said second face audio selection memory means; and audio selection addition inputting means, coupled to said first and second face audio selection memory means, for inputting of an index number of a discrete audio selection to be added to one of said first face audio selection memory means and said second face audio selection memory means; wherein said arithmetic means includes means for recalculating the first and second remainder times upon at least one of an addition and a deletion of a discrete audio selection stored in at least one of said first and second face audio selection memory means ; further comprising a first face display memory means, coupled to said arithmetic means and said first face audio selection memory means, for storing as first face display information at least one of the first remainder time calculated by said arithmetic means and the index numbers stored in said first face audio selection memory means; a second face display memory means, coupled to said arithmetic means and said second face audio selection memory means, for storing as second face display information at least one of the second remainder time calculated by said arithmetic means and the index numbers stored in said second face audio selection memory means; a display means, having a first display region and a second display region and coupled to said first and second face display memory means, for displaying in said first display region the first face display information stored in said first face display memory means and for displaying in said second display region the second face display information stored in said second face display memory means; and wherein the recalculated first and second remainder times are stored in said first and second face display memory means, respectively. Whereas in the patent claims the term "first and second recording faces" has been used, these two faces hereinafter will be termed "A and B faces". These and other objects and features of the present invention will become clear from the following description taken in conjunction with the preferred embodiment thereof with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which; Fig. 1 is a block diagram of an optical disc reproducing apparatus in all embodiment of the present invention; Fig. 2 is a block diagram of the essential portions thereof; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the appearance thereof; and Fig. 4 is a flow-chart for the simultaneous display of the A face and B face editing information of the same apparatus. Before the description of the present invention proceeds, it is to be noted that like parts are designated by like reference numerals throughout the accompanying drawings. Referring now to the block diagrams, there is shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, an optical disc reproducing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, which includes a signal detection unit 21 and a signal output unit 22 each having the same function as that in conventional devices. It further includes a control unit 23 for controlling the signal detection unit 21 and the signal output unit 22, with an A/B face editing arithmetic unit 26 and an A/B face display control unit 27 to be fully described later being provided in one portion thereof, a display unit 24 for displaying the performance time and the edited information, having an A face editing display unit 35 and a B face editing display unit 36. A key switch unit 25 is composed of a play key 25a for instructing the performance start to the control unit 23, an editing specification key 25b for specifying the editing operation, an edited time input key 25c for inputting the editing time period, an A/B face change-over key 25d for exchanging the editing face, a program input key 25e for inputting a reserved music for reservation of a piece to be performed, a program detection key 25f for deleting the reserved music and so on. An A/B face editing arithmetic unit 26 and an A/B face display control unit 27 includes an automatic editing control unit 28 having the same function as that in conventional devices, reserved performance music editing means 29, an editing arithmetic unit 30, an A face editing music memory unit 31 and a B face editing music memory unit 31', an A/B face change-over means 32 for exchanging the editing face, an A face display information memory unit 33 for storing as the A face display information the A face edited information about the remaining time and the number of the musics obtained in the editing arithmetic unit 30, and the music or the like stored in the A face edited music memory unit 31, and a B face display information memory unit 34 for similarly storing the edited information on the B face. The functions of the present invention will be described with reference to the flow chart of Fig. 4. At a step 1, it is judged whether or not an editing specification key 25b has been depressed. The step moves to the step 2 if the key has been depressed. When the key has not been depressed, the editing processing is completed. At the step 2, the inputting of the edited time period is received by an edit time input key 25c. At the step 3, it is judged whether or not the inputting operation of the edit time period has been completed. When it has been completed, the step moves to the step 4. When it has not been completed, the step moves to the step 2 to repeat the steps 2 through 3 till the inputting of the edit time period is completed. At the step 4, the audio selections which may be performed by the A face are calculated by the automatic editing control unit 28 and the editing arithmetic unit 30 based on the inputted edit time period so as to store the edited audio selections in the A face editing memory unit 31. At the step 5, the A face edited information about the A face edited audio selections obtained by the automatic editing, the number thereof, and the remaining time period or the like is stored as the display information in the A face display information memory unit 33, and is displayed by the A face editing display unit 35. At the step 6, the automatic editing for the B face is effected as in the same manner as at the step 4. At the step 7, the B face edited information is stored as the display information in the B face display information memory unit 34 and is displayed by the B face editing display unit 36 as at the step 5. In this state, the edited information of the A face and the B face is to be displayed at the same time. At the step 8, it is set that the subsequent operation by the reserved performance music editing means 29 may be received as the A face editing. At the step 9, it is judged whether or not the A/B face change-over key 25d has been depressed. When it has been depressed, the mode becomes the B face editing one, with the step moving to 11. When it has not been depressed, the step moves to 10. At the step 10, it is judged whether or not the play key 25a has been depressed. When it has not been depressed, the step moves to 15. When it has been depressed, the editing process is completed. At the step 11, the inputs of the program input key 25e and the program deletion key 25f are received so as to edit the optional musics in the optional order about the B face. The calculation is effected by the editing arithmetic unit 30 about the B face edited audio selections edited through the inputs. At the step 12, the B face edited information obtained at the step 11 is stored in the B face display information memory unit 34 so as to display it by the B face editing display unit 36. At this time, as the A face display information memory unit 33 does not change, the A face editing display 35 continues its display as it is. At the step 13, it is judged whether or not the A/B change-over key 25d has been depressed again. When it has been depressed, the mode becomes an A face editing one, with the step moving to 15. When it has not been depressed, the step moves to 14. At the step 14, it is judged whether or not the play key 25a has been depressed. When it has not been depressed, the step returns to 11 to continue the optional editing for the B face. When it has been depressed, the editing process is completed. At the step 15, the optional editing about the A face is received as at the step 11, so that the calculation is effected about the A face edited audio selections by the editing arithmetic unit 30. At the step 16, the A face edited information obtained by the step 15 is stored in the A face display information memory unit 33. It is displayed by the A face editing display unit 36, with the step returning to 9. According to the present embodiment, during the second editing operation for the disc, the A face edited information is stored in the A face display information memory unit to display the information by the A face editing display unit. Furthermore, the B face edited information is stored in the B face display information memory unit to display the information by the B face editing display unit, so that the editing information for the A face and B face may be simultaneously displayed. As is clear from the foregoing description, the present invention comprises a signal detection unit for detecting music information, TOC (Table of Contents) information and so on recorded on the disc, an automatic editing control unit for automatically setting the reserved performance music so that the audio selections on the disc may be performed within the A face and B face editing time period of the tape when the information on the disc is edited, recorded on the magnetic recording tape or the like, a reserved performance music editing means for adding or deleting the reserved performance audio selections when the optional selections are edited manually at the optional order, an editing arithmetic unit for obtaining the performance time period of the edited selections for the TOC information detected by the signal detection unit during the editing to further calculate the difference as the remaining time period between it and the editing time period, an A face edited music memory unit for storing the edited selections on the A face during or after the editing, a B face edited music memory unit for similarly storing the edited selections on the B face, an A/B face change-over means for changing over the editing face, an A face display information memory unit for storing, as the A face display information, the A face edited information about the remaining time obtained by the editing arithmetic unit, the number of the selections, and the selections or the like stored in the A face edited music memory unit, a B face display information memory unit for similarly storing the edited information on the B face, an A face editing display unit for displaying the A face display information, a B face editing display unit for displaying the B face display information, with the A face and the B face edited information being capable of the simultaneous display.

Claims: A programming device of an optical disc reproducing apparatus, the optical disc reproducing apparatus being adapted for reproducing recorded information recorded on an optical disc, the recorded information including a plurality of discrete audio selections and index numbers identifying each of the plurality of discrete audio selections and playing time information indicating the playing time of each of the plurality of discrete audio selections; the optical disc reproducing apparatus having signal detection means (21) for detecting the recording information recorded on the optical disc, and display means (24) for displaying index numbers and playing time; the programming device being adapted for programming the playing sequence of the plurality of discrete audio selections for recording onto a magnetic recording medium having first and second recording faces; further comprising recording time input means (25c) for inputting of a recording time of the magnetic recording medium; and recording memory means, coupled to said recording time input means (25c), for storing the recording time of the magnetic recording medium; arithmetic means (23, 28, 30), coupled to said signal detecting means (21), and said recording time memory means, for determining how many of the discrete audio selections can be recorded on the first recording face of the magnetic tape in accordance with the recording time of the magnetic tape and the playing time information of the discrete audio selections, characterized by the arithmetic means (23, 28, 30) being adapted for calculating respectively for each of the first and second recording faces of the magnetic tape first and second remainder times denoting a difference between the recording time of the first and second recording faces and a total of the playing times of the discrete audio selections to be recorded on the first and second recording faces; a first face audio selection memory means (31), coupled to said arithmetic means (23, 28, 30), for storing the index numbers of the discrete audio selections determined by said arithmetic means to be recorded on the first face of the magnetic recording medium; a second face audio selection memory means (31'), coupled to said arithmetic means (23, 28, 30), for storing the index numbers of the discrete audio selections determined by said arithmetic means to be recorded on the second face of the magnetic medium; audio selection deletion inputting means (25f), coupled to said first and second face audio selection memory means (31, 31'), for inputting of an index number of a discrete audio selection to be deleted from one of said first face audio selection memory means (31) and said second face audio selection memory means (31'); and audio selection addition inputting means (5e), coupled to said first and second face audio selection memory means (31, 31'), for inputting of an index number of a discrete audio selection to be added to one of said first face audio selection memory means and said second face audio selection memory means (31, 31'); wherein said arithmetic means (23, 28, 30) includes means for recalculating the first and second remainder times upon at least one of an addition and a deletion of a discrete audio selection stored in at least one of said first and second face audio selection memory means (31, 31'); further comprising: a first face display memory means (33), coupled to said arithmetic means (23, 28, 30) and said first face audio selection memory means (31), for storing as first face display information at least one of the first remainder time calculated by said arithmetic means and the index numbers stored in said first face audio selection memory means (31); a second face display memory means (34), coupled to said arithmetic means (23, 28, 30) and said second face audio selection memory means (31'), for storing as second face display information at least one of the second remainder time calculated by said arithmetic means and the index numbers stored in said second face audio selection memory means (31'); a display means (24), having a first display region (35) and a second display region (36) and coupled to said first and second face display memory means (33, 34), for displaying in said first display region (35) the first face display information stored in said first face display memory means (33) and for displaying in said second display region (36) the second face display information stored in said second face display memory means (34); and wherein the recalculated first and second remainder times are stored in said first and second face display memory means (33, 34), respectively.

Inventors: SHIMADA YASUOMI, TOMODA HARUHISA, SHIMADA, YASUOMI, TOMODA, HARUHISA
Applicants: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD, MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Application year: 1988
Main classification: G11B27
IPC codes: G11B27