Recording and reproduction apparatus and recording method

• US 20040223727A1
• Filed: 05/04/2004
• Published: 11/11/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Orion Electric (Orion Denki KK)
• Original Assignee: Orion Electric (Orion Denki KK)
• Inventors: Ohnishi, Tsuginori
• Application Number:
  US10/838,115
• Publication Number:
  US 20040223727A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/46
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/02 Control of operating function, e.g. switching from recording to reproducing
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/10 Digital recording or reproducing
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/218 Write-once discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2516 Hard disks
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2545 CDs
• 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 2220/61 wherein solid state memory is used for storing A/V content storing computer data in solid state memories G06F
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/90 Tape-like record carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/032 on tapes G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• 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: G11B 27/36 Monitoring, i.e. supervising the progress of recording or reproducing for digital recording G11B20/00 and s.gr.; for monitoring, testing or measuring of TV recorders of the type covered by H04N5/76 and subgroups, see H04N17/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42646 for reading from or writing on a non-volatile solid state storage medium, e.g. DVD, CD-ROM
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42661 for reading from or writing on a magnetic storage medium, e.g. hard disk drive
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4424 Monitoring of the internal components or processes of the client device, e.g. CPU or memory load, processing speed, timer, counter or percentage of the hard disk space used error monitoring in general G06F11/30; arrangements for monitoring conditions of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/32; diagnosis, testing or measuring for television receivers H04N17/04
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/781 on disks or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 on discs or drums

Abstract

This invention facilitates an operation after save recording of data in a hard disc if a residual capacity of a DVD is lessened while the data is recorded in the DVD. If it is detected that the residual capacity of the DVD is lessened while a program is recorded in the DVD, then save recording of the program in the hard disc is started, and the recording of the program in the DVD is stopped. If it is detected that the DVD is ejected and exchanged to a new DVD, the recording of the program in the new DVD is automatically started. While continuing the save recording of the program in the hard disc, the save-recorded program is time-shift reproduced from the beginning. The program reproduced from the hard disc is splice-recorded in the DVD.

Claims

1. A recording and reproduction apparatus for recording and reproducing data in and from a plurality of recording media, comprising:

save recording means for, if it is detected that data cannot be recorded in a first recording medium while the data is being recorded in the first recording medium, continuously recording the data in a second recording medium; and

splice recording means for recording the data, which is recorded in the second recording medium, in one of the recording media other than the second recording medium while the data is being recorded in the second recording medium.

2. A recording and reproduction apparatus using a plurality of recording media, the recording media including at least one detachable recording medium, the apparatus comprising:

capacity detection means for detecting a residual capacity of one of the recording media;

save recording means for, if it is detected that the residual capacity of a detachable first recording medium is lessened while data is being recorded in the first recording medium, stopping recording the data in the first recording medium, and continuously recording the data in a second recording medium; and

splice recording means for recording the data, which is recorded in the second recording medium, in one of the recording media other than the second recording medium while the data is being recorded in the second recording medium.

3. The recording and reproduction apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

recording medium detection means for detecting whether one of the recording media is present, wherein

if it is detected that the first recording medium is exchanged to another recording medium, the splice recording means records the data in the another first recording medium.

4. A recording and reproduction apparatus comprising:

a first recording and reproduction section which records and reproduces data in and from a detachable first recording medium;

a second recording and reproduction section which records and reproduces the data in and from a fixed second recording medium;

a capacity detection section which detects a residual capacity of the first recording medium;

a recording medium detection section which detects whether the first recording medium is present; and

a controller which controls the first and the second recording and reproduction sections, wherein

the controller comprises;

means for, if it is detected that the residual capacity of the first recording medium is lessened while the data is being recorded in the first recording medium, stopping the first recording and reproduction section, actuating the second recording and reproduction section, and carrying out save recording of the data in the second recording medium; and

means for, if it is detected that the first recording medium is exchanged to another recording medium, actuating the first and the second recording and reproduction sections, and carrying out splice recording of the data, which is recorded in the second recording medium, in the another first recording medium while the data is being recorded in the second recording medium.

5. The recording and reproduction apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising:

setting means for making a setting as to whether the splice recording is started automatically or by an manual operation, wherein

if the setting is made such that the splice recording is started by the manual operation, and a start signal is input by the manual operation, then the controller starts the splice recording.

6. The recording and reproduction apparatus according to claim 4, wherein

the controller comprises display means for displaying information on the data, which is save-recorded in the second recording medium, in a different state from an state of information on normally recorded data.

8. The recording and reproduction apparatus according to claim 5, wherein

the controller comprises display means for displaying information on the data, which is save-recorded in the second recording medium, in a different state from an state of information on normally recorded data.

7. A recording method for a recording and reproduction apparatus using a plurality of recording medium which include at least one detachable recording medium, the method comprising:

a step of, if capacity detection means for detecting a residual capacity of one of the recording media detects that the residual capacity of a detachable first recording medium is lessened while data is being recorded in the detachable first recording medium, starting save recording of the data in a second recording medium, and stopping recording of the data in the first recording medium; and

a step of, when the first recording medium is exchanged to another recording medium, starting splice recording of the data, which is recorded in the second recording medium, in the another first recording medium while the data is being recorded in the second recording medium.