Recording/reproducing apparatus and picture recording reservation method of recording/reproducing apparatus

• US 20020172496A1
• Filed: 05/28/2002
• Published: 11/21/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Gunji, Masanori, Yoneyama, Takahisa, Kataoka, Hideo
• Granted Patent: US 7,212,725 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/46
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/211 Discs having both read-only and rewritable or recordable areas containing application data; Partial ROM media
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/213 Read-only discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2516 Hard disks
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2562 DVDs [digital versatile discs]; Digital video discs; MMCDs; HDCDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/455 said record carriers being in one device and being used as primary and secondary/backup media, e.g. HDD-DVD combo device, or as source and target media, e.g. PC and portable player
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/3027 used signal is digitally coded
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/329 on a disc [VTOC]
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/781 on disks or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/782 on tape
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 on discs or drums

Abstract

The remaining capacity of a recording medium is calculated when picture recording reservation is made so as to permit the user to easily understand the reservation status and whether the reservation recording is possible or not. An apparatus of this invention can record and reproduce compressed video information on a contained hard disk in a format of the same DVD standard and can record and reproduce compressed video information on a removable DVD. Further, it is possible to specify a disk and make picture recording reservation and a reservation table thereof is stored in a memory. Then, picture recording reservation time information and the remaining capacity of the disk are calculated and whether or not reservation picture recording can be made can be displayed in a list form.

Claims

1. In a recording/reproducing apparatus which records information on a recording medium or reproduces information from the recording medium and can display the reproduced information on a monitor, the recording/reproducing apparatus comprising:

means for storing picture recording reservation information,

means for displaying a list of the reservation information on the monitor,

calculation means for calculating required reservation capacity when one or a plurality of picture recording reservation items are selected from the list, and

result displaying means for displaying result information which indicates possible or impossible picture recording and is obtained from the relation between the reservation capacity and the remaining capacity of the recording medium which is a to-be-recorded object on the monitor.

2. In a recording/reproducing apparatus which records information on a first recording medium contained in the apparatus or reproduces information from the first recording medium or records information on a second recording medium which is removably attachable to the apparatus or reproduces information from the second recording medium and can display the reproduced information on a monitor, the recording/reproducing apparatus comprising:

means for storing picture recording reservation information,

means for displaying a list of the reservation information on the monitor,

calculation means for calculating required reservation capacity when one or a plurality of picture recording reservation items are selected from the list, and

result displaying means for displaying result information which indicates possible or impossible picture recording and is obtained from the relation between the reservation capacity and the remaining capacity of the recording medium which is a to-be-recorded object on the monitor.

3. The recording/reproducing apparatus capable of controlling a plurality of recording media according to claim 2, wherein said calculation means calculates the remaining capacity of any one recording/reproducing medium among the above recording/reproducing media.

4. The recording/reproducing apparatus capable of controlling a plurality of recording media according to claim 2, wherein said calculation means calculates the remaining capacities of all of the recording/reproducing media among the above recording/reproducing media.

5. The recording/reproducing apparatus capable of controlling a plurality of recording media according to claim 2, wherein said calculation means calculates at least the remaining capacity of a recording/reproducing medium among the above recording/reproducing media which is previously specified as a picture recording destination.

6. The recording/reproducing apparatus capable of controlling a plurality of recording media according to claim 2, wherein said calculation means derives the recorded capacity, the capacity required for reservation picture recording and the remaining capacity of the recording/reproducing medium.

7. The recording/reproducing apparatus capable of controlling a plurality of recording media according to claim 2, wherein said result displaying means displays at least the remaining capacity of the recording/reproducing medium in a bar graph form.

8. The recording/reproducing apparatus capable of controlling a plurality of recording media according to claim 2, wherein said means for storing the picture recording reservation information is a memory or the first recording/reproducing medium.

9. In a recording/reproducing apparatus which records information on a first recording medium contained in the apparatus or reproduces information from the first recording medium or records information on a second recording medium which is removably attachable to the apparatus or reproduces information from the second recording medium and can display the reproduced information on a monitor, the recording/reproducing apparatus comprising:

means for storing picture recording reservation information,

means for displaying a list of the reservation information on the monitor,

calculation means for calculating required reservation capacity when one or a plurality of picture recording reservation items are selected from the list,

result displaying means for displaying result information which indicates possible or impossible picture recording and is obtained from the relation between the reservation capacity and the remaining capacity of the recording medium which is a to-be-recorded object on the monitor,

result redisplaying means for redisplaying result information which indicates possible or impossible picture recording on the monitor after the picture recording reservation item has been corrected according to operation input in a state in which said result displaying means displayed the result information on the monitor, and

inquiry displaying means for displaying an inquiry as to whether or not the contents of respective display items displayed on the monitor by said result redisplaying means are set and registered on the monitor.

10. In a recording/reproducing apparatus which records information on a first recording medium contained in the apparatus or reproduces information from the first recording medium or records information on a second recording medium which is removably attachable to the apparatus or reproduces information from the second recording medium and can display the reproduced information on a monitor, the recording/reproducing apparatus comprising:

means for storing picture recording reservation information,

means for displaying a list of the reservation information on the monitor,

calculation means for calculating required reservation capacity when one or a plurality of picture recording reservation items are selected from the list,

result displaying means for displaying result information which indicates possible or impossible picture recording and is obtained from the relation between the reservation capacity and the remaining capacity of the recording medium which is a to-be-recorded object on the monitor,

warning means for determining whether or not the second recording medium is loaded in the apparatus after the picture recording reservation item has been corrected according to operation input in a state in which said result displaying means displayed the result information on the monitor and displaying a warning message to the effect that the remaining capacity calculation is made by assuming that the whole capacity of the second recording medium is preset capacity on the monitor when it is not loaded,

result redisplaying means for redisplaying result information which indicates possible or impossible picture recording on the monitor in a case where it is permitted to make the remaining capacity calculation by assuming that the whole capacity of the second recording medium is preset capacity in a state in which the warning message is displayed by said warning means, and

inquiry displaying means for displaying an inquiry as to whether or not the contents of respective display items displayed on the monitor by said result redisplaying means are set and registered on the monitor.

11. The recording/reproducing apparatus capable of controlling a plurality of recording media according to claim 9 or 10, comprising means for causing said storing means to store picture recoding reservation information with the contents displayed by said result redisplaying means if operation input for selecting setting and registration is made in a state in which said inquiry displaying means makes a display.

12. The recording/reproducing apparatus capable of controlling a plurality of recording media according to claim 9 or 10, comprising means for causing said storing means to store picture recoding reservation information with the original contents displayed by said result displaying means if operation input for denying setting and registration is made in a state in which said inquiry displaying means makes a display.

13. In a picture recording reservation method of a recording/reproducing apparatus which records information on a recording medium or reproduces information from the recording medium and can display the reproduced information on a monitor, the picture recording reservation method of the recording/reproducing apparatus comprising:

storing picture recording reservation information,

displaying a list of the reservation information on the monitor,

calculating required reservation capacity when one or a plurality of picture recording reservation items are selected from the list, and

displaying result information which indicates possible or impossible picture recording and is obtained from the relation between the reservation capacity and the remaining capacity of the recording medium which is a to-be-recorded object on the monitor.

14. In a picture recording reservation method of a recording/reproducing apparatus which records information on a first recording medium contained in the apparatus or reproduces information from the first recording medium or records information on a second recording medium which is removably attachable to the apparatus or reproduces information from the second recording medium and can display the reproduced information on a monitor, the picture recording reservation method of the recording/reproducing apparatus comprising:

storing picture recording reservation information,

displaying a list of the reservation information on the monitor,

calculating required reservation capacity when one or a plurality of picture recording reservation items are selected from the list, and

displaying result information which indicates possible or impossible picture recording and is obtained from the relation between the reservation capacity and the remaining capacity of the recording medium which is a to-be-recorded object on the monitor.

15. In a recording/reproducing apparatus which records information on a first recording medium contained in the apparatus or reproduces information from the first recording medium or records information on a second recording medium which is removably attachable to the apparatus or reproduces information from the second recording medium and can display the reproduced information on a monitor, a picture recording reservation method of the recording/reproducing apparatus comprising:

storing picture recording reservation information,

displaying a list of the reservation information on the monitor,

calculating required reservation capacity when one or a plurality of picture recording reservation items are selected from the list,

displaying result information which indicates possible or impossible picture recording and is obtained from the relation between the reservation capacity and the remaining capacity of the recording medium which is a to-be-recorded object on the monitor,

redisplaying result information which indicates possible or impossible picture recording on the monitor after a picture recoding reservation item has been corrected according to operation input in a state in which the result information was displayed on the monitor, and

inquiry displaying means for displaying an inquiry as to whether or not the contents of respective display items redisplayed on the monitor are set and registered on the monitor.

16. In a picture recording reservation method of a recording/reproducing apparatus which records information on a first recording medium contained in the apparatus or reproduces information from the first recording medium or records information on a second recording medium which is removably attachable to the apparatus or reproduces information from the second recording medium and can display the reproduced information on a monitor, the picture recording reservation method of the recording/reproducing apparatus comprising:

storing picture recording reservation information,

displaying a list of the reservation information on the monitor,

calculating required reservation capacity when one or a plurality of picture recording reservation items are selected from the list,

displaying result information which indicates possible or impossible picture recording and is obtained from the relation between the reservation capacity and the remaining capacity of the recording medium which is a to-be-recorded object on the monitor,

determining whether or not the second recording medium is loaded in the apparatus after the picture recording reservation item has been corrected according to operation input in a state in which the result information was displayed on the monitor and displaying a warning message indicating that the remaining capacity calculation is made by assuming that the whole capacity of the second recording medium is preset capacity on the monitor when it is not loaded,

redisplaying result information which indicates possible or impossible picture recording on the monitor in a case where it is permitted to make the remaining capacity calculation by assuming that the whole capacity of the second recording medium is preset capacity in a state in which the warning message is displayed, and

inquiry displaying an inquiry as to whether or not the contents of respective display items displayed on the monitor by the result redisplaying are set and registered on the monitor.