Method and apparatus for recording and reproducing event signals

• US 20050174666A1
• Filed: 04/04/2003
• Published: 08/11/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Tijssen, Eric Frans Christiaan Josef Marie, Frimout, Emmanuel David Lucas Michael
• Application Number:
  US10/512,619
• Publication Number:
  US 20050174666A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 360/27
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2562 DVDs [digital versatile discs]; Digital video discs; MMCDs; HDCDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/65 wherein solid state memory is used for storing indexing information or metadata
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/026 on discs G11B27/028, G11B27/029 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/782 on tape
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 on discs or drums

Abstract

A method for recording and reproducing event signals supplied at particular times from at least one source as well as preset data selectively input by a user which data establishes an event signal to be recorded and the time of recording that event signal, wherein audio and video signals are to be recorded on or reproduced from at least one record medium dependent on at least said preset data, said method comprising the steps of: -selectively producing said preset data to select source, time and duration of event signals to be recorded; -storing said preset data; and -providing management data each related to the recording and reproducing operation of a specific record medium; is characterized by -storing at least said management data on a storage medium different from said at least one record medium.

Claims

1. A method for recording and reproducing event signals supplied at particular times from at least one source as well as preset data selectively input by a user which data establishes an event signal including as audio and/or video signals, to be recorded and the time of recording that event signal, wherein said audio and video signals are to be recorded on or reproduced from at least one record medium dependent on at least said preset data, said method comprising the steps of:

selectively producing said preset data to select source, time and duration of event signals to be recorded;

storing said preset data; and

providing management data each related to the recording and reproducing operation of a specific record medium;

characterized by

storing at least said management data on a storage medium different from said at least one record medium.

2. The method of claim 1, characterized in that said preset data is stored on said storage medium.

3. The method of claim 1, characterized in that a specific record medium is selected from a plurality of record media based on the related management data.

5. The method of claim 1, characterized in that said record medium is a medium on which data may be stored in digital form.

6. The method of claim 5, characterized in that said record medium is a re-writable compact disc or a digital versatile disc (DVD).

4. A method for recording and reproducing event signals supplied at particular times from at least one source as well as preset data selectively input by a user which data establishes an event signal including audio and/or video signals to be recorded and the time of recording that event signal, wherein said audio and video signals are to be recorded on or reproduced from at least one record medium dependent on at least said preset data, said method comprising the steps of:

selectively producing said preset data to select source, time and duration of event signals to be recorded;

storing said preset data; and

providing management data each related to the recording and reproducing operation of a specific record medium; and

storing on the specific record medium at least the management date related thereto,

characterized by

providing a plurality of first record media to be accessed for recording or reproducing operation;

uploading the related management data of each of said record media into a temporary storage medium; and

selecting one of said record media for recording or reproducing operation based on the management data stored in said temporary storage medium.

7. An apparatus for recording an reproducing event signals supplied at particular times from at least one source as well as preset data selectively input by a user which data establishes an event signal including audio and/or video to be recorded and the time of recording that event signal, comprising:

data input means for selectively producing said preset data to select source, time and duration of event signals to be recorded;

storage means operatively coupled to said data input means for storing said preset data produced by said data input means;

means for recording and reproducing said audio and video signals on at least one record medium dependent on at least said preset data; and

means for providing management data each related to the recording and reproducing operation of a specific record medium;

characterized by

storage means for storing at least said management data, where said storage means is different from said at least one record medium.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, characterized in that said preset data is stored in said storage means.

9. The apparatus of claim 7, characterized by

control means for selecting a specific record medium from a plurality of record media based on the related management data.

11. The apparatus of claim 7, characterized in that said record medium is a medium on which data may be stored in digital form.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, characterized in that said record medium is a re-writable compact disc or a digital versatile disc (DVD).

13. The apparatus of claim 7, characterized in that said record media are accommodated in a multi-disc changer.

10. An apparatus for recording an reproducing event signals supplied at particular times from at least one source as well as preset data selectively input by a user which data establishes an event signal including audio and/or video signals to be recorded and the time of recording that event signal, comprising:

data input means for selectively producing said preset data to select source, time and duration of event signals to be recorded;

storage means operatively coupled to said data input means for storing said preset data produced by said data input means;

means for recording and reproducing said audio and video signals on at least one record medium dependent on at least said preset data; and

means for providing management data each related to the recording and reproducing operation of a specific record medium, where at least the management data are stored on the specific record medium related thereto;

characterized by

means for providing a plurality of first record media to be accessed for recording or reproducing operation;

means for uploading the related management data of each of said record media into a temporary storage means;

control means for selecting one of said record media for recording or reproducing operation based on the management data stored in said temporary storage means.