Recorder equipped with dubbing function

• US 20050265169A1
• Filed: 02/24/2005
• Published: 12/01/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Maxell, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Ono, Hiroaki, Watanabe, Katsuyuki, Furui, Maki, Yoshimaru, Takashi, Takeda, Hidekazu, Nagai, Kyuichirou
• Granted Patent: US 8,073,312 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 369/47.120
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/10 Digital recording or reproducing
• 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 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 5/86 Re-recording, i.e. transcribing information from one magnetisable record carrier on to one or more similar or dissimilar record carriers by varying the order of the information G11B27/029, G11B27/036
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 7/28 Re-recording, i.e. transcribing information from one optical record carrier on to one or more similar or dissimilar record carriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/781 on disks or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 on discs or drums

Abstract

A recording condition and a dubbing condition of a desired program that is to be broadcast are designated by using a remote controller. These conditions are stored in the information storage unit. In accordance with the recording condition, a controller permits a tuner to receive a program for which unattended recording is designated, and to record the program on an HDD. When a DVD is set in a dubbing unit and the dubbing operation is instructed by using the remote controller, a recorded program for which a dubbing condition stored in the information storage unit is applied can be dubbed. Then, the information for this program is displayed on a monitor so as to confirm the program and the dubbing condition, and to examine or correct CM skip if the CM skip is included in the dubbing condition. Thereafter, the dubbing operation is performed.

Claims

1. A recorder with a dubbing function comprising:

a tuner for receiving program information;

a control signal receiver for receiving control signals;

a hard disk on which received broadcasting programs are to be recorded;

a dubbing unit for dubbing, to a removal recording medium, the broadcasting programs recorded on the hard disk; and

a controller for controlling the individual sections,

wherein, based on a control signal received by the control signal receiver, the controller designates a recording condition in which a recording scheduled program selected from broadcast scheduled programs is to be recorded on the hard disk, and designates unattended recording for the recording scheduled program that is selected,

wherein, for the recording scheduled program for which unattended recording is designated, the controller designates a dubbing condition for dubbing the recording scheduled program from the hard disk to the removable recording medium, and sets unattended dubbing,

wherein, for unattended recording, setup of a recording condition is enabled collectively for a series of programs that are included in a program pack and that are broadcast with the same title, on the same channel, at the same time slot and at every predetermined interval.

2. A recorder according to claim 1, wherein, for unattended recording, setup of the recording condition is enabled, so that numbers representing the recording order are provided for the series of programs that form the program pack.

3. A recorder according to claim 1, wherein, for unattended dubbing, setup of the dubbing condition is enabled, so that the series of programs that form the program pack are divided into sets of a predetermined number of programs, and the programs in the same set are dubbed into the same removable recording medium.

4. A recorder according to claim 2, wherein, for unattended dubbing, setup of the dubbing condition is enabled, so that the series of programs that form the program pack are divided into sets of a predetermined number of programs, and the programs in the same set are dubbed into the same removable recording medium.