Method for successively recording data in hybrid digital recorder

• US 7,225,310 B2
• Filed: 12/01/2004
• Issued: 05/29/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Jong Hyun
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim; Matthew
• Assistant Examiner(s): Alsip; Michael
• Application Number:
  US11/001,997
• Publication Number:
  US 20050147009A1
• Time in Patent Office: 909 Days
• Field of Search: 711/115, 711/154, 360/15, 360/69, 360/73.01, 369/30.03, 369/30.23, 369/53.31, 369/84, 369/85, 386/15, 386/46, 386/87, 386/92, 386/103, 386/124, 386/125, 386/126
• US Class Current: 711/165
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/216 Rewritable discs
• 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 2220/41 Flat as opposed to hierarchical combination, e.g. library of tapes or discs, CD changer, or groups of record carriers that together store one title
• 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: H04N 5/781 on disks or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 on discs or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/7921 for more than one processing mode

Abstract

A method for successively recording data in a hybrid digital recorder. If an optical disc has no redundant area when a hybrid digital recorder in which an optical disc recorder and an HDD recorder, etc. are integrated in one body records an input data stream on the optical disc, the input data stream is temporarily stored in an HDD. If the optical disc is replaced with a new optical disc, the input data stream is temporarily stored in the HDD, and at the same time the data stream having been temporarily stored in the HDD is read and recorded on the new optical disc at a high speed. If all the data streams temporarily stored in the HDD are read and recorded on the new optical disc, the following data stream is recorded on the new optical disc. Therefore, an external input data stream such as a long-term broadcast program is distributed to a plurality of optical discs, and is stored on the optical discs without generating any lost data.

Claims

1. A method for successively recording data in a hybrid digital recorder, comprising:

a) recording an input data stream on a detachable recording medium;

b) temporarily storing the input data stream in a memory when the recording medium has no remaining space for recording the input data stream;

c) replacing the recording medium with a new recording medium when the recording medium has no remaining space, reading the data stream temporarily stored in the memory, and recording the stored data stream on the new recording medium while temporarily storing the input data stream in the memory; and

d) recording the input data stream on the new recording medium when the stored data stream has been completely recorded on the new recording medium,

wherein a time for recording the stored data stream on the new recording medium is

$t_g=\frac{\left(V_b-V_a\right)}{V_a\times <br><br>V_b}\times <br><br>Q_h,$

where V_a is a transfer rate of the input data stream, V_b is a recording rate at which the stored data stream is recorded on the new recording medium, t_g is the time to replace the recording medium with the new recording medium, and V_b is greater than V_a.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step a) further includes:

displaying a remaining time during which the input data stream can additionally be recorded on the recording medium on an external display.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the remaining time is calculated based upon a transfer rate of the input data stream and a remaining space of the recording medium.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step b) further includes:

displaying a time on an external display during which the recording medium must be replaced with the new recording medium.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the disc replacement time t_g is calculated based upon a transfer rate of the input data stream, a free space of the memory for storing the input data stream, and a recording speed at which the stored data stream is recorded on the new recording medium.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the recording speed at which the stored data stream is read and recorded on the new recording medium is greater than a transfer rate of the input data stream.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the disc replacement time t_g is

$t_s=\frac{V_a}{\left(V_b-V_a\right)}\times \; <li></li>t_g,$

where V_a is a transfer rate of the input data stream, V_b is a recording speed at which the stored data stream is recorded on the new recording medium, and Q_h is the free space of the memory.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

disregarding a user-entry recording stop command or a user-entry power-off command if no data stream is input before all the data streams temporarily stored in the memory are recorded on the new recording medium, and recording all the stored data streams without being recorded on the new recording medium.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the recording medium is an optical disc.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the memory is a Hard Disc Drive (HDD).

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the memory is a detachable flash memory card and a memory card drive.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the detachable flash memory card is at least one of a Security Digital (SD) card, a Compact Flash (CF) card, and Memory Stick.

13. A hybrid digital recorder apparatus for successively recording data therein, comprising:

a recorder for recording an input data stream on a detachable recording medium;

a memory for storing the input data stream; and

a controller for controlling the recorder and the memory such that the input data stream is stored in the memory when the recording medium has no remaining space for recording the data stream, reading the stored data stream and recording the stored data stream on a new recording medium, and recording the input data stream the new recording medium, and recording the input data stream on the new recording medium when the stored data stream has been completely recorded on the new recording medium,

wherein a time for recording the stored data stream on the new recording medium is

$t_s=\frac{V_a}{\left(V_b-V_a\right)}\times <br><br>t_g,$

where V_a is a transfer rate of the input data stream, V_b is a recording rate at which the stored data stream is recorded on the new recording medium, t_g is the time to replace the recording medium with the new recording medium, and V_b is greater than V_a.

14. The apparatus according to claim 13, further comprising:

an On Screen Display (OSD) generator for displaying a recording state of the hybrid digital recorder apparatus an external display.

15. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein:

the controller calculates the remaining time during which the input data stream can be recorded based upon a transfer rate of the input data stream and the remaining space of the recording medium, and

the OSD generator displays the remaining time on the external display.

16. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein:

the controller calculates a time for replacing the recording medium based upon a transfer rate of the input data stream, a free space of the memory for storing the input data stream, and a recording speed at which the stored data stream is recorded on the new recording medium, and

the OSD generator displays the recording medium replacement time on the external display.

17. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein:

the controller controls the recorder and the memory, such that a recording speed at which the stored data stream is read and recorded on the new recording medium is greater than a transfer rate of the input data stream.

18. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein:

the controller controls the recorder and the memory, such that a user-entry recording stop command or a user-entry power-off command is disregarded if no data stream is input before all the stored data streams are recorded on the new recording medium, and all the stored data streams without being recorded on the new recording medium are recorded on the new recording medium.

19. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein:

the recording medium an optical disc, and the memory is either a Hard Disc Drive (HDD) or a detachable flash memory card and a memory card drive.