Recording and playback device and programmed recording program

• US 20060140582A1
• Filed: 12/23/2005
• Published: 06/29/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Orion Electric (Orion Denki KK)
• Original Assignee: Orion Electric (Orion Denki KK)
• Inventors: Shibata, Masaru
• Application Number:
  US11/315,211
• Publication Number:
  US 20060140582A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/246
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/775 between a recording apparatus and a television receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 on discs or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal

Abstract

To provide a recording and playback device for simplifying setting operation of programmed recording of a series of programs associated with each other (for example, drama series) and enabling to associate the plural recording media each other when the series of programs are recorded across the plural recording media. The present invention records “programmed recording setting information” on a disc at the programmed recording setting process, obtains the “programmed recording setting information” from the disc and performs programmed recording setting process by using the information at the following programmed recording setting process. When discs are exchanged, the present invention records a disc ID of each one of the new and old discs on the other disc and records “programmed recording setting information” carried over from the old disc on the new disc to simplify programmed recording setting operation and associate a plurality of discs each other when discs are exchanged.

Claims

1. A recording and playback device for recording programs regularly broadcasted or sent, which consists of a series of programs associated with each other, on a recording medium;

wherein, when each program of the series of programs is recorded, each program of the series of programs is given serial number information and recorded in the recording medium.

2. The recording and playback device according to claim 1, wherein when capacity required for recording the programs consisting of the series of programs associated with each other exceeds capacity of a single unit of the recording medium and the programs are divided and recorded on a plurality of recording media, each of the programs to be recorded on the plurality of recording media is serially given the serial number information and recorded on each of the plurality of recording media.

5. The recording and playback device of of claim 1, wherein the serial number information is used as a part of title information when the program is recorded on the recording medium.

6. The recording and playback device of claim 2, wherein medium identifying information for identifying a medium, on which programs immediately before or after are recorded, is recorded on each of the plurality of recording media.

7. The recording and playback device of claim 1, wherein the recording and playback device is a recording and playback device for recording a program on a recording medium in a recording method complying with a DVD Video Recording format, and the serial number information or the programmed recording setting information or the medium identifying information or a combination of the information are stored in Manufacturer'"'"'s Information Table area in the DVD Video Recording format.

9. The recording and playback device of claim 2, wherein the serial number information is used as a part of title information when the program is recorded on the recording medium.

13. The recording and playback device of claim 2, wherein the recording and playback device is a recording and playback device for recording a program on a recording medium in a recording method complying with a DVD Video Recording format, and the serial number information or the programmed recording setting information or the medium identifying information or a combination of the information are stored in Manufacturer'"'"'s Information Table area in the DVD Video Recording format.

16. The recording and playback device of claim 5, wherein the recording and playback device is a recording and playback device for recording a program on a recording medium in a recording method complying with a DVD Video Recording format, and the serial number information or the programmed recording setting information or the medium identifying information or a combination of the information are stored in Manufacturer'"'"'s Information Table area in the DVD Video Recording format.

17. The recording and playback device of claim 6, wherein the recording and playback device is a recording and playback device for recording a program on a recording medium in a recording method complying with a DVD Video Recording format, and the serial number information or the programmed recording setting information or the medium identifying information or a combination of the information are stored in Manufacturer'"'"'s Information Table area in the DVD Video Recording format.

3. A recording and playback device for enabling recording operation of a program on a recording medium to be performed by programmed recording operation by previously setting and storing start date and time of recording and finish date and time of recording and selection of an input source of image signals to be recorded;

wherein when the programs are the programs consisting of a series of programs regularly broadcasted or sent associated with each other, programmed recording setting information such as the start date and time of recording and the finish date and time of recording and the input source of the image signals is recorded on the recording medium so that the recorded programmed recording setting information is used in setting the next programmed recording; and

wherein when the recording medium is exchanged with another recording medium in the case where capacity required for recording the programs consisting of a series of programs associated with each other exceeds capacity of a single unit of the recording medium and the programs are divided and recorded on the plurality of recording media, the programmed recording setting information is carried over and recorded on the next recording medium.

4. The recording and playback device according to claim 3, wherein when each program of the series of programs are recorded, each program is given serial number information and recorded on the recording medium;

and wherein when capacity required for recording the programs consisting of the series of programs associated with each other exceeds capacity of a single unit of the recording medium and the programs are divided and recorded on the plurality of recording media, programs to be recorded on the plurality of recording media are serially given the serial number information and recorded on the plurality of recording media.

10. The recording and playback device of claim 4, wherein the serial number information is used as a part of title information when the program is recorded on the recording medium.

11. The recording and playback device of claim 3, wherein medium identifying information for identifying a medium, on which programs immediately before or after are recorded, is recorded on each of the plurality of recording media.

12. The recording and playback device of claim 4, wherein medium identifying information for identifying a medium, on which programs immediately before or after are recorded, is recorded on each of the plurality of recording media.

14. The recording and playback device of claim 3, wherein the recording and playback device is a recording and playback device for recording a program on a recording medium in a recording method complying with a DVD Video Recording format, and the serial number information or the programmed recording setting information or the medium identifying information or a combination of the information are stored in Manufacturer'"'"'s Information Table area in the DVD Video Recording format.

15. The recording and playback device of claim 4, wherein the recording and playback device is a recording and playback device for recording a program on a recording medium in a recording method complying with a DVD Video Recording format, and the serial number information or the programmed recording setting information or the medium identifying information or a combination of the information are stored in Manufacturer'"'"'s Information Table area in the DVD Video Recording format.

8. A programmed recording program for causing a micro computer provided in a recording and playback device for enabling recording operation of a program on a recording medium to be performed by programmed recording operation by previously setting and storing start date and time of recording and finish date and time of recording and selection of an input source of image signals to be recorded, to execute the steps of:

recording programmed recording setting information and serial number information of a program on a first recording medium when programmed recording of the program on the first recording medium is set;

using programmed recording setting information recorded on the first recording medium when programmed recording of following programs is set for the first recording medium, and when capacity required for the programmed recording is less than free capacity of the first recording medium, using the programmed recording setting information for setting programmed recording;

when the capacity required for the programmed recording exceeds the free capacity of the first recording medium, recording the medium identifying information of a second recording medium on the first recording medium and asking a user to exchange the first recording medium with the second recording medium, and when the first recording medium is exchanged with the second recording medium, recording the programmed recording setting information, the medium identifying information and the serial number information of the first recording medium on the exchanged second recording medium and setting programmed recording by using the programmed recording setting information; and

updating the serial number information by using the serial number information as a part of title information in recording process of the programmed recording.