Recording and reproducing apparatus and recording and reproducing method
First Claim
1. A recording and reproducing apparatus which records and reproduces data with respect to a plurality of recording media, comprising:
- a display unit adapted to simultaneously display, on a display screen having a display area for each recording medium, data recorded onto recording media in corresponding display areas;
a selection unit adapted to select specific data from the data displayed on the display screen; and
a direction designation unit adapted to designate a direction to the selected data,wherein if no display area of a recording medium other than a display area of a recording medium as a recording source of the selected data exists between a display position of the selected data and an end portion of the display screen in the designated direction when the direction is designated by said direction designation unit, the selected data is enabled to be deleted from the recording medium as the recording source.
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Abstract
A recording and reproducing apparatus which records and reproduces data with respect to a plurality of recording media includes a display unit for simultaneously displaying, on a display screen having a display area for each recording medium, data recorded onto recording media in corresponding display areas, a selection unit for selecting specific data from the data displayed on the display screen, and a designation unit for designating a moving destination of the selected data. If a display area other than a recording medium as a recording source of the selected data exists in the moving destination designated by the designation unit, the selected data is duplicated or moved to a recording medium corresponding to the display area.
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12 Claims
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1. A recording and reproducing apparatus which records and reproduces data with respect to a plurality of recording media, comprising:
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a display unit adapted to simultaneously display, on a display screen having a display area for each recording medium, data recorded onto recording media in corresponding display areas; a selection unit adapted to select specific data from the data displayed on the display screen; and a direction designation unit adapted to designate a direction to the selected data, wherein if no display area of a recording medium other than a display area of a recording medium as a recording source of the selected data exists between a display position of the selected data and an end portion of the display screen in the designated direction when the direction is designated by said direction designation unit, the selected data is enabled to be deleted from the recording medium as the recording source. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A recording and reproducing method which records and reproduces data with respect to a plurality of recording media, comprising:
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a display step of simultaneously displaying, on a display screen having a display area for each recording medium, data recorded onto recording media in corresponding display areas; a selection step of selecting specific data from the data displayed on the display screen; a direction designation step of designating a direction to the selected data; and a step of, if no display area of a recording medium other than a display area of a recording medium as a recording source of the selected data exists between a display position of the selected data and an end portion of the display screen in the designated direction when the direction is designated, enabling the deletion of the selected data from the recording medium as the recording source. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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7. A recording and reproducing apparatus which records and reproduces data with respect to a plurality of recording media, comprising:
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a display unit adapted to simultaneously display, on a display screen having display areas, data recorded onto recording media in the display areas; a selection unit adapted to select specific data from the data displayed on the display screen; and a direction designation unit adapted to designate a direction to the selected data, wherein if no display area of a recording medium other than a display area of a recording medium as a recording source of the selected data exists between a display position of the selected data and an end portion of the display screen in the designated direction when the direction is designated by said direction designation unit, the selected data is enabled to be deleted from the recording medium as the recording source.
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8. A recording and reproducing method which records and reproduces data with respect to a plurality of recording media, comprising:
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a display step of simultaneously displaying, on a display screen having display areas, data recorded onto recording media in the display areas; a selection step of selecting specific data from the data displayed on the display screen; a direction designation step of designating a direction to the selected data; and a step of, if no display area of a recording medium other than a display area of a recording medium as a recording source of the selected data exists between a display position of the selected data and an end portion of the display screen in the designated direction when in the designated direction is designated, enabling the deletion of deleting the selected data from the recording medium as the recording source.
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9. A recording and reproducing apparatus which records and reproduces data with respect to a plurality of recording media, comprising:
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a display unit adapted to simultaneously display, on a display screen having display areas, data recorded onto recording media in the display areas; a selection unit adapted to select specific data from the data displayed on the display screen; and a direction designation unit adapted to designate a direction to the selected data, wherein if no display area of a recording medium other than a display area of a recording medium as a recording source of the selected data exists toward an end portion of the display screen in the designated direction from a display position of the selected data when the direction is designated by said direction designation unit, the selected data is enabled to be deleted from the recording medium as the recording source.
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10. A recording and reproducing apparatus which records and reproduces data with respect to a plurality of recording media, comprising:
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a display unit adapted to simultaneously display, on a display screen having a display area for a recording medium, data recorded onto recording medium in the display area; a selection unit adapted to select specific data from the data displayed on the display screen; and a direction designation unit adapted to designate a direction to the selected data, wherein if no display area of a recording medium other than a display area of a recording medium as a recording source of the selected data exists toward an end portion of the display screen in the designated direction from a display position of the selected data when the direction is designated by said direction designation unit, the selected data is enabled to be deleted from the recording medium as the recording source.
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11. A recording and reproducing method which records and reproduces data with respect to a plurality of recording media, comprising:
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a display step of simultaneously displaying, on a display screen having display areas, data recorded onto recording media in the display areas; a selection step of selecting specific data from the data displayed on the display screen; and a direction designation step of designating a direction to the selected data, a step of, if no display area of a recording medium other than a display area of a recording medium as a recording source of the selected data exists toward an end portion of the display screen in the designated direction from a display position of the selected data when the direction is designated, enabling the deletion of deleting the selected data from the recording medium as the recording source.
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12. A recording and reproducing method which records and reproduces data with respect to a plurality of recording media, comprising:
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a display step of simultaneously displaying, on a display screen having a display area for a recording medium, data recorded onto recording medium in the display area; a selection step of selecting specific data from the data displayed on the display screen; and a direction designation step of designating a direction to the selected data, a step of, if no display area of a recording medium other than a display area of a recording medium as a recording source of the selected data exists toward an end portion of the display screen in the designated direction from a display position of the selected data when the direction is designated, enabling the deletion of the selected data from the recording medium as the recording source.
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