Compact disc recorder

• US 6,621,768 B1
• Filed: 08/17/2000
• Issued: 09/16/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Advanced Audio Devices LLC
• Original Assignee: Advanced Audio Devices LLC
• Inventors: Kelley, Michael J., Keller, Peter J.
• Primary Examiner(s): DINH, TAN X
• Application Number:
  US09/641,196
• Time in Patent Office: 1,125 Days
• Field of Search: 369/30, 369/33, 369/32, 369/30.06, 369/33.01, 369/34.01, 369/30.05, 369/30.19, 369/30.2, 369/84, 369/85, 369/83
• US Class Current: 369/30.05
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 17/22 from random access magazine of disc records
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/10 Digital recording or reproducing
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/213 Read-only discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/216 Rewritable discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/218 Write-once discs
• 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 2220/90 Tape-like record carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/002 Programmed access in sequence to a plurality of record carriers or indexed parts, e.g. tracks, thereof, e.g. for editing; transfer of record carriers from magazine G11B15/68, G11B17/10; G11B17/22
• 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

Abstract

Disclosed is a compact disc recording device that includes a housing, sound receiving means for receiving audio signals, a compact disc recorder for recording onto a compact disc, and data storage structure in the housing for storing audio signals. The compact disc recording device is configured such that a music library of sound tracks is storable in the data storage structure, and the compact disc recording device includes means for selecting a set of sound tracks from the music library to be recorded onto a compact disc by the compact disc recorder. The housing includes a display which identifies at least one sound track of the music library.

Claims

1. A compact disc recording device comprising:

a housing;

an audio data receiver arranged to receive audio data from outside the housing;

a compact disc recorder located at least partially within the housing for recording onto a compact disc; and

data storage memory in the housing for storing audio data received from outside the housing, said compact disc recording device configured such that a music library of sound tracks is storable in digital form in the data storage memory, said compact disc recording device including a user interface comprising a display device located at least partially within the housing, said display device providing a display which is viewable from outside the housing, and a plurality of manually operable function controllers on the housing, said compact disc recording device configured such that said music library is organizable into a master song list and at least one group of sound tracks wherein a group of sound tracks comprises at least one sound track from the master song list, wherein said compact disc recording device is configured such that said user interface is useable to select a group of sound tracks to be recorded onto a compact disc and to record said group of sound tracks onto a compact disc using said compact disc recorder.

2. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 1, wherein said compact disc recording device is configured such that said plurality of manually operable function controllers is useable to display indicia related to a group of sound tracks on the display.

3. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 1, wherein said compact disc recording device is configured such that said plurality of manually operable function controllers is useable to display indicia related to the master song list on the display.

4. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 1, wherein said compact disc recording device is configured such that said plurality of manually operable function controllers is useable to at least one of move sound tracks into, move sound tracks out of, and move sound tracks within a group of sound tracks.

5. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 1, wherein said compact disc recording device is configured such that said plurality of manually operable function controllers is useable to at least one of add sound tracks to, and delete sound tracks from, the master song list.

6. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 1, wherein said compact disc recording device is configured such that said plurality of manually operable function controllers is useable to change the length of a sound track stored in the data storage memory.

7. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 1, wherein said compact disc recording device is configured such that said plurality of manually operable function controllers is useable to normalize a sound track stored in the data storage memory.

8. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 1, wherein said compact disc recording device is configured such that said plurality of manually operable function controllers is usable to name sound tracks stored in the data storage memory.

9. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 1, wherein said compact disc recording device is configured such that said plurality of manually operable function controllers is useable to insert and delete at least one mark into a sound track to facilitate subsequent editing of the sound track using the manually operable function controllers.

10. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 1, further comprising audio output structure on the housing, wherein said compact disc recording device is configured such that said plurality of manually operable function controllers is useable to play a compact disc which is in the compact disc recorder.

11. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 1, further comprising audio output structure on the housing, wherein said compact disc recording device is configured such that said plurality of manually operable function controllers is useable to play at least one of a sound track and a group of sound tracks stored in the data storage memory through the audio output structure on the housing.

12. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 1, wherein said compact disc recording device is configured to read sound tracks stored in digital form on a compact disc received by the compact disc recorder and is configured to store the sound tracks in the data storage memory of the compact disc recording device.

13. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 12, wherein said compact disc recording device is configured to add into the master song list sound tracks which are read from the compact disc.

14. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 12, wherein said compact disc recording device is configured to add sound tracks which are read from the compact disc into a group of sound tracks.

15. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 13, wherein said compact disc recording device is configured to add all sound tracks which are on the compact disc which is read by the compact disc recording device into a group of sound tracks.

16. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 1, further comprising means for setting an input gain of the audio data received through the audio data receiver.

17. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 16, wherein the means for setting the input gain comprises at least one manually operable function controller.

18. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 16, wherein the means for setting the input gain comprises a first manually operable function controller for adjusting the input gain of a right channel and a second manually operable function controller for adjusting the input gain of a left channel.

19. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 1, further comprising means on the housing for receiving signals from a wireless remote control.

20. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 1, wherein the plurality of manually operable function controllers is operable to digitally edit the sound tracks which arc stored in digital form in the data storage memory.

21. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 20, wherein at least one of the plurality of manually operable function controllers is operable to place a mark in a sound track to facilitate subsequent editing of the sound track.

26. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 1, wherein said compact disc recording device is configured to close a sound track being recorded and begin recording another sound track each time a single manually operable function controller is operated.

27. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 1, wherein said means on the housing for receiving audio data comprises at least one external digital interface.

28. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 27, wherein said external digital interface is communicatingly connected to at least one of a Serial Interface Bus and a Digital Signal Processor.

29. A compact disc recording device as recited it claim 27, wherein said external digital interface comprises an interface that is compatible with an SPDIF signal.

30. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 20, wherein the compact disc recording device is configured to perform editing functions including at least one of splitting, joining, fading in, fading out, normalizing, cross fading, and connecting digital audio data stored in the data storage memory.

31. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 1, wherein the compact disc recording device is configured to rebuild a file stored in said data storage memory.

32. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 1, wherein the compact disc recording device is configured to utilize an upgrade CD which is configured to facilitate installation in said compact disc recording device of an upgrade of an operating system.

33. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 1, wherein the compact disc recording device is configured to sort the sound tracks according to indicia of said sound tracks.

34. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 1, wherein the compact disc recording device is configured to audition sound tracks stored in said data storage memory.

35. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 1, wherein said compact disc recording device is configured to read audio data stored in digital form on a compact disc and is configured to store the audio data as sound tracks in the data storage memory of the compact disc recording device.

36. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 35, wherein the compact disc recording device is configured to add song tracks which are read from the compact disc into the master song list.

37. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 35, wherein said compact disc recording device is configured to add sound tracks which arc read from the compact disc into a group of sound tracks that is stored in the data storage memory.

38. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 37, wherein said compact disc recording device is configured to add all sound tracks which are on the compact disc into a group of sound tracks stored in the data storage memory.

39. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 1, wherein the display comprises a touch screen such that the compact disc recording device is capable of being operated by touching the touch screen display using at least one of a finger, a light pen and a stylus.

40. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 1, wherein the user interface further comprises a microphone and sound receiving means located at least partially within the housing.

41. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 40, wherein the compact disc recording device is configured such that the compact disc recording device is capable of being operated by a user using voice commands.

42. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 1, further comprising audio output structure on the housing, wherein the compact disc recorder is capable of receiving and playing an audio Digital Versatile Disc (DVD), said compact disc recording device configured to selectively operate as an audio DVD player whereby sound tracks stored on the audio DVD are playable through the audio output structure.

43. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 42, wherein the compact disc recording device is configured to read audio data stored in digital form on the audio DVD and is configured to store the audio data as digital sound tracks in the data storage memory of the compact disc recording device.

44. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 40, wherein the compact disc recording device is configured to receive a voice message that is input through the microphone, and store said voice message in digital form in the data storage memory in a data file linked to the current sound track selected.

45. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 1, wherein the audio data receiver arranged to receive audio data from outside the housing comprises at least one of a balanced jack and an unbalanced jack.

46. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 1, further comprising audio output structure wherein the audio output structure includes at least one of a balanced jack and an unbalanced jack.

47. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 1, further comprising an amplifier located in the housing.

48. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 16, wherein the compact disc recording device is configured to automatically set the input gain.

49. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 45, wherein the audio data receiver arranged to receive audio data from outside the housing comprises at least one phono jack.

50. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 46, wherein the audio output structure comprises at least one of a headphone jack and a phono jack.

51. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 1, said compact disc recording device comprising at least one peak level indicator.

52. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 1, said compact disc recording device comprising a first peak level indicator for a left channel and a second peak level indicator for a right channel.

53. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 1, wherein said data storage memory is non-volatile.

54. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 1, wherein said data storage memory comprises at least one hard disk drive.

55. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 1, further comprising audio output structure on the housing, said compact disc recording device configured such that sound tracks which are stored in the data storage memory are selectively playable through the audio output structure.

56. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 55, said compact disc recording device configured such that sound tracks which are stored in the data storage memory arc selectively playable through the audio output structure without having to record the sound tracks onto a compact disc.

57. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 42, wherein the compact disc recorder is capable of recording a Digital Versatile Disc (DVD), such that the compact disc recording device is useable to record a group of sound tracks onto a recordable ODD.

58. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 1, wherein the compact disc recording device is configured such that a group of sound tracks is capable of being deleted without removing the individual sound tracks comprising said group of sound tracks from the master song list.

59. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 1, wherein the compact disc recording device is configured such that a group of sound tracks is capable of being deleted without removing the individual sound tracks comprising said group of sound tracks from the data storage memory.

60. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 20, wherein the compact disc recording device is configured such that the plurality of manually operable function controllers is operable to duplicate a sound track and store a copy of said sound track in the data storage memory prior to performing editing, such that non destructive editing is facilitated.

61. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 1, wherein said compact disc recording device is configured such that said plurality of manually operable function controllers is useable to display indicia related to the data storage memory.

62. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 1, wherein said compact disc recording device is configured such that said plurality of manually operable function controllers is useable to display indicia related to at least one group of sound tracks.

63. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 1, wherein said compact disc recording device is configured such that said plurality of manually operable function controllers is useable to insert and delete at least one mark into a plurality of sound tracks to facilitate subsequent editing of the sound tracks using the manually operable function controllers.

64. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 1, wherein the compact disc recording device is configured to sort the groups of sound tracks stored in said data storage memory according to indicia of said groups of sound tracks.

65. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 51, wherein said at least one peak level indicator is resettable.

66. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 52, wherein said first peak level indicator is resettable and said second peak level indicator is resettable.

22. A compact disc recording device comprising:

a housing;

an audio data receiver arranged to receive audio data from outside the housing;

a compact disc recorder for recording onto a compact disc; and

data storage memory in the housing for storing audio data received from outside the housing, said compact disc recording device configured such that a music library of sound tracks is storable in digital form in the data storage memory, said compact disc recording device including a user interface comprising a display device located at least partially within the housing, said display device providing a display which is viewable from outside the housing, and a plurality of manually operable function controllers on the housing, said compact disc recording device configured such that said music library is organizable into a master song list and at least one group of sound tracks wherein a group of sound tracks comprises at least one sound track from the master song list, said compact disc recording device configured to display available time remaining in a group of sound tracks for the group of sound tracks to fit onto a blank recordable compact disc.

23. A compact disc recording device as recited in claim 22, said compact disc recording, device configured to display space remaining in the data storage memory in terms of time remaining.

24. A compact disc recording device comprising:

a housing;

an audio data receiver arranged to receive audio data from outside the housing;

a compact disc recorder for recording onto a compact disc; and

data storage memory in the housing for storing audio data received from outside the housing, said compact disc recording device configured such that a music library of sound tracks is storable in digital form in the data storage memory, said compact disc recording device including a user interface comprising a display device located at least partially within the housing, said display device providing a display which is viewable from outside the housing, and a plurality of manually operable function controllers on the housing, said compact disc recording device configured such that said music library is organizable into a master song list and at least one group of sound tracks wherein a group of sound tracks comprises at least one sound track from the master song list, said compact disc recording device configured to display resettable peak, indicators on the display.

25. A compact disc recording device comprising:

a housing;

a bus in the housing;

an audio data receiver arranged to receive audio data from outside the housing and connected to the bus for receiving audio data from outside the housing a compact disc recorder connected to the bus for recording onto a compact disc; and

data storage memory in the housing and connected to the bus for storing audio data received from outside the housing, said compact disc recording device configured such that a music library of sound tracks is storable in digital form in the data storage memory, said compact disc recording device including a user interface comprising a display device located at least partially within the housing and connected directly to the bus without use of a display adapter, said display device providing a display which is viewable from outside the housing, and a plurality of manually operable function controllers on the housing and connected to the bus, said compact disc recording device configured such that said music library is organizable into a master song list and at least one group of sound tracks wherein a group of sound tracks comprises at least one sound track from the master song list to be recorded onto a compact disc by the compact disc recorder.