Audio data recording/reproduction device having digital high speed dubbing function and audio data dubbing system using such devices

• US 5,331,617 A
• Filed: 05/27/1993
• Issued: 07/19/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/1992
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Inoue, Takao, Okamoto, Miyuki, Fuma, Masato, Tamura, Yutaka, Sugihara, Nagatoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): YOUNG, WAYNE R
• Application Number:
  US08/068,004
• Time in Patent Office: 418 Days
• Field of Search: 369/13, 369/47-48, 369/50, 369/53, 369/54, 369/58, 369/84, 369/124, 360/15
• US Class Current: 369/53.12
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 11/10595 Control of operating function
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/218 Write-once discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2525 Magneto-optical [MO] discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2545 CDs
• 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: G11B 7/004 Recording, reproducing or erasing methods; Read, write or erase circuits therefor magneto-optical systems G11B11/105

Abstract

An audio data dubbing system includes a reproduction side device and a recording side device. The reproduction side device reproduces intermittently from a reproduction side disc compressed audio data on the basis of a predetermined reproducing unit, which is first stored in a reproduction side memory and read out continuously therefrom to be provided as compressed audio data for recording. Recording side device first stores in a recording side memory compressed audio data for recording provided from the reproduction side device and reads out the same therefrom intermittently in a predetermined recording unit to be recorded on a recording side disc. The recording side device suspends the reproduction operation of compressed audio data from the reproduction side disc in the reproduction side device when the data amount in the recording side memory is increased to exceed a first reference value. The reproduction side device suspends the recording operation of the compressed audio data for recording to the recording side disc in the recording side device when the data amount in the reproduction side memory is decreased to become lower than a second reference value.

Claims

1. A disc recording device used in an audio data dubbing system, said audio data dubbing system including a disc reproduction device for reproducing intermittently from a reproduction side disc compressed audio data on the basis of a predetermined reproducing unit to be stored in a reproduction side memory and then reading out the stored data therefrom continuously to be provided as compressed audio data for recording, and said disc recording device,

wherein said disc recording device comprises

a recording side memory for recording said compressed audio data for recording provided from said disc reproduction device,

means for detecting the data amount in said recording side memory,

means responsive to an output of said data amount detecting means for reading out said compressed audio data for recording from said recording side memory and recording the read out data intermittently in a recording side disc when the data amount in said recording side memory reaches a predetermined recording unit,

means for detecting failure of recording said compressed audio data for recording to said recording side disc for retry of a recording operation, and

means responsive to an output of said data amount detecting means for suspending the reproduction operation of said compressed audio data from said reproduction side disc in said disc reproduction device when the data amount in said recording side memory increases to exceed a reference value that is greater than said predetermined recording unit and smaller than the capacity of said recording side memory.

2. The disc recording device according to claim 1, wherein said disc reproduction device forming said audio data dubbing system expands compressed audio data read out from said reproduction side memory to provide the expanded data to said disc recording device as audio data for recording,

said disc recording device further comprising data compressing means for compressing said audio data for recording provided from said disc reproduction device.

3. The disc recording device according to claim 1, further comprising means for immediately canceling the dubbing operation itself when detection is made by said data amount detecting means that the data amount in said recording side memory has increased to exceed said reference value.

4. The disc recording device according to claim 1, further comprising means for canceling said suspension of the reproduction operation when detection is made by said data amount detecting means that the data amount in said recording side memory has reduced lower than said reference value after the reproduction operation of said compressed audio data from said reproduction side disc has been suspended.

5. The disc recording device according to claim 4, further comprising means for immediately cancelling the dubbing operation itself when suspension of a reproduction operation is not canceled even when a predetermined time period expires after said suspension of the reproduction operation.

6. The disc recording device according to claim 5, further comprising means for displaying cancelling of a dubbing operation to a user.

7. The disc recording device according to claim 1, wherein said disc recording device is a disc recording device using the magneto-optical recording principle.

8. A disc reproduction device used in an audio data dubbing system, said audio data dubbing system including said disc reproduction device, and a disc recording device for first storing into a recording side memory compressed audio data for recording provided from said disc reproduction device and reading out the stored data intermittently therefrom on the basis of a predetermined recording unit to be recorded in a recording side disc,

wherein said disc reproduction device comprises:

means for reproducing compressed audio data intermittently on the basis of a predetermined reproducing unit from said reproduction side disc,

a reproduction side memory for storing said intermittently reproduced compressed audio data,

means for detecting the data amount in said reproduction side memory,

means for reading out continuously said compressed audio data from said reproduction side memory to provide the read out data as said compressed audio data for recording,

means for detecting failure of reproduction of said compressed audio data from said reproduction side disc to retry the reproduction operation, and

means responsive to an output of said data amount detecting means for suspending the recording operation of said compressed audio data for recording to said recording side disc in said disc recording device when the data amount in said reproduction side memory is reduced to become less than a reference value that is lower than the capacity of said reproduction side memory by more than a predetermined unit.

9. The disc reproduction device according to claim 8, further comprising means for expanding said compressed audio data read out from said reproduction side memory and providing the read out data to said disc recording device as audio data for recording,

wherein said disc recording device further comprises data compressing means for compressing said audio data for recording provided from said disc reproduction device.

10. The disc reproduction device according to claim 8, further comprising means for immediately canceling the dubbing operation itself when detection is made by said data amount detecting means that the data amount of said reproduction side memory has been reduced lower than said reference value.

11. The disc reproduction device according to claim 8, further comprising means for canceling said suspension of the recording operation when detection is made by said data amount detecting means that the data amount in said reproduction side memory has increased greater than said reference value after the recording operation of said compressed audio data to said recording side disc has been suspended.

12. The disc reproduction device according to claim 11, further comprising means for immediately canceling a dubbing operation itself when the suspension of a recording operation is not canceled even when a predetermined time period expires after said suspension of the recording operation.

13. The disc reproduction device according to claim 12, further comprising means for displaying cancellation of a dubbing operation to a user.

14. The disc reproduction device according to claim 8, wherein said disc reproduction device is a disc reproduction device using the optical reproduction principle.

15. A disc reproduction device according to claim 8, wherein said disc reproduction device is a disc reproduction device using the magneto-optical recording and reproduction principle.

16. An audio data dubbing system, comprising:

a disc reproduction device, and

a disc recording device,

wherein said disc reproduction device includes;

means for reproducing intermittently from a reproduction side disc compressed audio data on the basis of a predetermined reproducing unit,

a reproduction side memory for storing said intermittently reproduced compressed audio data,

first data amount detecting means for detecting the data amount in said reproduction side memory,

means for reading out continuously said compressed audio data from said reproduction side memory to provide the read out data as compressed audio data for recording, and

means for detecting failure of reproduction of said compressed audio data from said reproduction side disc to retry the reproduction operation,

wherein said disc recording means includes;

recording side memory for storing said compressed audio data for recording provided from said disc reproduction device,

second data amount detecting means for detecting the data amount in said recording side memory,

means responsive to an output of said second data amount detecting means for reading out said compressed audio data for recording from said recording side memory and recording the read out data intermittently in a recording side disc when the data amount in said recording side memory reaches a predetermined recording unit,

means for detecting failure of recording of said compressed audio data for recording to said recording side disc to retry the recording operation, and

means responsive to an output of said second data amount detecting means for suspending the reproduction operation of said compressed audio data from said reproduction side disc in said disc reproduction device when the data amount in said recording side memory increases to exceed a first reference value that is greater than said predetermined recording unit and smaller than the capacity of said recording side memory,

wherein said disc reproduction device further comprises means responsive to an output of said first data amount detecting means for suspending the recording operation of said compressed audio data for recording to said recording side disc in said disc recording device when the data amount in said reproduction side memory is reduced to become lower than a second reference value that is lower than the capacity of said reproduction side memory by more than a predetermined unit.

17. The audio data dubbing system according to claim 16, wherein

said disc reproduction device comprises means for expanding said compressed audio data read out from said reproduction side memory to provide the expanded data to said disc recording device as audio data for recording,

said disc recording device further comprises data compressing means for compressing said audio data for recording provided from said disc reproduction device.

18. An audio data dubbing system comprising:

means for reproducing intermittently from a reproduction side disc compressed audio data on the basis of a predetermined reproducing unit,

memory for storing said intermittently reproduced compressed audio data,

means for detecting the data amount in said memory,

means responsive to an output of said data amount detecting means for reading out said compressed audio data from said memory and recording the read out data intermittently in a recording side disc when the data amount in said memory reaches a predetermined recording unit,

means for detecting failure of recording of said compressed audio data to said recording side disc to retry the recording operation,

means for detecting failure of reproduction of said compressed audio data from said reproduction side disc to retry the reproduction operation,

means responsive to an output of said data amount detecting means for suspending the reproduction operation of said compressed audio data from said reproduction side disc when the data amount of said memory increases to exceed a reference value that is greater than said predetermined recording unit and smaller than the capacity of said memory, and

means responsive to an output of said data amount detecting means for suspending the recording operation of said compressed audio data to said recording side disc when detection is made that the data amount in said memory is reduced to become lower than a predetermined unit.

19. The audio data dubbing system according to claim 18, further comprising means for immediately canceling the dubbing operation itself when suspension of a reproduction operation is not canceled even when a predetermined time period expires after said suspension of the reproduction operation.