Recording apparatus with overriding display conditions

• US 5,381,178 A
• Filed: 04/12/1994
• Issued: 01/10/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/1986
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Miyamoto, Ryosuke, Sakai, Shinji
• Primary Examiner(s): Robertson, David L.
• Application Number:
  US08/226,402
• Time in Patent Office: 273 Days
• Field of Search: 340/756, 358/906, 358/909, 360/60, 360/69, 360/75, 360/78.04, 360/137, 348/207, 348/333, 348/334, 348/372
• US Class Current: 348/333.02
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/02 Control of operating function, e.g. switching from recording to reproducing
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/04 Arrangements for preventing, inhibiting, or warning against double recording on the same blank or against other recording or reproducing malfunctions
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/06 by counting or timing of machine operations
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/12 by sensing distinguishing features of or on records, e.g. diameter end mark
• 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 33/10 Indicating arrangements; Warning arrangements G11B15/04, G11B19/04, G11B27/34, G11B27/36 take precedence

Abstract

A recording apparatus is disclosed which comprises a recording head accessible to a variable recording position on a recording medium; a 7-segment display device to display the variable recording position accessed by the recording head; a detecting member for detecting operating conditions of the recording medium, for example, the presence of the recording medium and the inhibition from recording of the recording medium; and a control circuit for causing the display device to display information on a predetermined operating condition of the recording medium in lieu of the recording position accessed by the recording head when the predetermined operating condition is detected by the detecting means.

Claims

1. A recording apparatus comprising:

recording means for recording an image signal on a recording medium;

electrical power supply means for supplying electrical power for operating said recording means;

discriminating means for detecting that a recording operation of said recording means is in progress and producing an output indicative thereof;

detecting means for detecting whether a supplying capacity of said electrical power supply means is proper or not and producing an output when it is not proper; and

display means for alternatively effecting a display corresponding to the outputs of said discriminating means and said detecting means, said display means arranged to preferentially display an indication of the output of said detecting means over the output of said discriminating means.

2. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said recording medium is a disc.

3. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said recording means includes a recording head, and said discriminating means is arranged to discriminate a recording position of said recording head.

4. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said electrical power supply means is battery.

5. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display means is a 7 segment display.

6. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

photoelectric conversion means for photoelectrically converting an image of an object, wherein said recording means is arranged to record an output of said photoelectric conversion means.

7. A recording apparatus comprising

recording means for recording an image signal on a recording medium:

discriminating means for detecting that a recording operation of said recording means is in progress and producing an output indicative thereof;

time information generating means for generating a time information signal and producing an output representative thereof; and

display means for alternatively effecting a display corresponding to the outputs of said time information generating means and said discriminating means, said display means arranged to preferentially display an indication of the output of said discriminating means over the output of said time information generating means.

8. An apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said recording medium is a disc.

9. An apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said recording medium is detachably attached, and said discriminating means is arranged to discriminate a detached or attached state of said medium.

10. An apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said display means is a 7-segment display.

11. An apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising:

photoelectric conversion means for photoelectrically converting an image of an object, wherein said recording means is arranged to record an output of said photoelectric conversion means.

12. An apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said recording means includes a recording head, and said discriminating means is arranged to discriminate a recording position of said recording head.