JP2001126369A - Disk dubbing device and disk changer device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically exchange a disk-like recording medium that is mounted on a disk player and also do dubbing. SOLUTION: A dubbing device 1 includes a disk carrying part 2, a supply shelf 3 which stores plural optical disks, a take-up shelf 4 which stores the optical disks after dubbing, a reproducing drive 5 and a recording drive 6. The part 2 includes arm 13 that has an optical disk holding part 15 and a shaft 14 that supports the arm 13. The arm 13 turns in the direction set vertical to the shaft 14 and also moves in the direction set in parallel to the lengthwise direction of the shaft 14 to carry the optical disks.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a disk dubbing apparatus for dubbing a disk-shaped recording medium and a disk changer apparatus for automatically changing a disk-shaped recording medium mounted on a disk player.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a CD-R or D
VD-R and the like have been developed, and computer data and AV data can be easily recorded.

For this reason, by dubbing information recorded on a source disk onto a plurality of CD-Rs or DVD-Rs, a large number of read-only optical disks can be produced. For example, the number of production disks is limited. For example, when selling optical discs that have been sold, use a large device such as a stamper to
-Lower cost than producing ROM.

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However, conventionally,
When dubbing such an optical disk, since the disk was replaced manually, it was extremely troublesome and costly. Further, even if a CD-R or DVD-R is automatically exchanged using a disk changer, the number of disk stocks of a commercially available inexpensive changer is very small, and it is difficult to increase production efficiency. there were. In addition, a changer device that can be used for business purposes and that can stock a large amount of disks is very expensive, resulting in high costs.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and has been made of a disk dubbing apparatus for automatically exchanging a disk-shaped recording medium mounted on a disk player for dubbing, and an inexpensive disk changer apparatus. The purpose is to provide.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a disk dubbing apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a plurality of disk storage sections for storing a plurality of disk-shaped recording media; A reproducing unit for reproducing the disc-shaped recording medium; a recording unit mounted with the disc-shaped recording medium for recording the disc-shaped recording medium; an arm for holding the disc-shaped recording medium; A transport shaft that transports the disk-shaped recording medium by rotating the arm in a direction perpendicular to the axis and moving in a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction of the axis. Unit, the transport operation of the disk-shaped recording medium by the transport unit, and control of the recording and playback operations of the disk-shaped recording medium by the playback unit and the recording unit. A control unit, wherein the control unit takes out the disk-shaped recording medium stored in any one of the disk storage units, mounts the disk-shaped recording medium on the recording unit, and mounts the disk-shaped recording medium mounted on the reproduction unit. The recording medium is reproduced and the reproduction information is recorded on the disc-shaped recording medium mounted on the recording section, and the reproducing section or the disc-shaped recording medium mounted on the recording section is taken out and any one of them is taken out. Stored in the disk storage section.

In this disk dubbing apparatus, the arm is moved in a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction of the shaft and the arm is rotated in a direction perpendicular to the shaft, so that the disk-shaped recording medium accommodated in the disk accommodating portion is obtained. The medium is taken out, and the taken out disk-shaped recording medium is mounted on the recording unit. Subsequently, the disc dubbing apparatus performs dubbing by reproducing the disc-shaped recording medium mounted on the reproducing unit and recording the reproduced information on the disc-shaped recording medium mounted on the recording unit. In this disc dubbing apparatus, the arm is moved in a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction of the shaft, and the arm is rotated in a direction perpendicular to the shaft. The recording medium is taken out, and the disc-shaped recording medium thus taken out is stored in the disk storage section.

Further, a disk changer device according to the present invention is provided with a plurality of disk storage sections for storing a plurality of disk-shaped recording media, and the disk-shaped recording medium is mounted thereon.
A reproducing unit for reproducing the disc-shaped recording medium, a recording / reproducing unit mounted with the disc-shaped recording medium, and recording or reproducing the disc-shaped recording medium; an arm for holding the disc-shaped recording medium; And a shaft for supporting the arm, wherein the arm portion rotates in a direction perpendicular to the axis and moves in a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction of the axis to convey the disk-shaped recording medium. A transport unit, a transport unit for transporting the disk-shaped recording medium by the transport unit, and a control unit for controlling the recording and playback operations of the disk-shaped recording medium by the playback unit and the recording and playback unit, the control The unit takes out the disk-shaped recording medium stored in any one of the disk storage units and mounts the disk-shaped recording medium on the recording / reproducing unit. Removed the disc-shaped recording medium that is wearing housed in one of the disc storage portion either.

In this disk changer device, the arm is moved in a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction of the shaft, and the arm is rotated in a direction perpendicular to the shaft, so that the disk-shaped recording medium stored in the disk housing portion is moved. The medium is taken out, and the taken out disk-shaped recording medium is mounted on the recording unit. Subsequently, in the disc changer device, the arm mounted on the reproducing unit or the recording unit is moved by moving the arm in a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction of the shaft and rotating the arm in a direction perpendicular to the shaft. The disk-shaped recording medium is taken out, and the disk-shaped recording medium thus taken out is stored in the disk storage section.

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a dubbing apparatus to which the present invention is applied will be described as an embodiment of the present invention with reference to the drawings.

A dubbing device according to an embodiment of the present invention is a device for reproducing information recorded on an optical disk serving as a master and dubbing information reproduced from a master disk on an unrecorded optical disk. This device continuously dubs a plurality of optical disks by exchanging optical disks.

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a dubbing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic front view of the dubbing apparatus, and FIG. 3 is a schematic side view of the dubbing apparatus. FIG. 4 shows a schematic top view of the dubbing apparatus.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the dubbing apparatus 1 includes a disk transport unit 2, a supply shelf 3, a take-up shelf 4, a reproduction drive 5, and a first recording drive 6.
, A second recording drive 7, a disk storage unit 8, a disk mounting unit 10, and a disk printer 9, which are housed in a housing 11.

The disk transport unit 2 has, for example, a flat arm 13 and a shaft 14 provided vertically inside the housing 11.

The arm 13 is provided at its end with a disk holder 15 for holding the optical disk D. The other end of the arm 13 where the disk holding unit 15 is not provided is supported by a shaft 14. The arm 13 rotates and moves in a direction perpendicular to the axis 14 (moves in the directions A and A 'in FIGS. 1 and 4), and
The longitudinal direction of the shaft 14 (the directions B and B 'in FIGS. 2 and 3;
That is, it moves in a direction parallel to (vertical direction of the main body). The arm 13 is rotatable within a range of a rotation angle of about 110 °, and the rotation is mechanically restricted within the range of about 110 °. Further, the arm 13 has a shaft 14
Is vertically movable from the upper end to the lower end of the shaft 14, and the vertical movement is mechanically restricted at the upper and lower ends of the shaft 14.

The disk holding unit 15 holds the optical disk D and releases the held optical disk D.

The movement of the arm 13 is controlled by a control unit (not shown) in the disk transport unit 2.
The optical disk D can be grasped and held at any position within the movable range of the arm 13 and can be released.

The supply shelf 3 and the take-up shelf 4 have a cylindrical shape with a bottom, and the inner diameter thereof is slightly larger than the outer shape of the optical disk D. The supply shelves 3 and the take-up shelves 4 can store the optical discs D stacked from the inner bottom in the thickness direction. The number of sheets stored is, for example, about 100 sheets. The supply shelf 3 stores an unrecorded optical disc D during dubbing, and the take-up shelf 4 stores a recorded optical disc D during dubbing.

The supply shelf 3 and the take-up shelf 4
Has arm entry portions 3a and 4a formed by cutting out a part of the side surface. This arm entrance 3
a, 4a move from the opening of the cylinder toward the bottom of the cylinder,
It is cut out in a direction parallel to the central axis of the cylinder. The notch widths of the arm entry portions 3a and 4a are set to a length long enough to allow the arm 13 to be inserted into the cylinder. The notches of the arm entry portions 3a and 4a are deep enough to allow the disk holding portion 15 provided on the arm 13 to reach the bottom surface. Supply shelf 3 and take-up shelf 4
By forming such arm entry portions 3a and 4a, the arm 13 can enter the inside of the cylinder, take out the optical disk D stored inside, and store the optical disk D in an overlapping manner. Will be able to do it.

The supply shelf 3 and the take-up shelf 4 are provided in the housing 11 such that the bottom surface thereof is parallel to the rotation direction of the arm 13 and the opening is the upper part. That is, the supply shelves 3 and the take-up shelves 4 are arranged such that the central axis of the cylinder is parallel to the axis 14 and the thickness direction of the optical discs D stored in a stacked manner is parallel to the axis 14.
It is provided within. The supply shelf 3 and the take-up shelf 4 are provided on the disk holding unit 1 provided on the arm 13.
5 is located on the movement circumference, and the arm entry portions 3a and 4a
It is provided in the housing 11 so as to face the shaft 14. That is, the supply shelf 3 and the take-up shelf 4 are arranged at positions where the optical disk D housed therein can be taken out when the arm 13 performs a vertical operation at one rotation end position where the rotation operation is restricted. Is done.

The supply shelves 3 and the take-up shelves 4 are provided in the vertical direction so that no mechanical interference occurs inside the housing 11. Furthermore, supply shelf 3
When taking out the optical disk D housed therein, the arm 13 is located between the arm 13 and the take-up shelf 4.
Sufficient space is provided so that mechanical contact does not occur.

The supply shelf 3 and the take-up shelf 4
Can be taken out of the housing 11 by the user. The user takes out the supply shelf 3 and the take-up shelf 4 from the inside of the housing 11 when the supply shelf 3 is empty or the take-up shelf 4 is full, and the like.
The loading and unloading of the optical disk D is performed externally.

The playback drive 5 is a playback device for the optical disc D. The playback drive 5 has a disk tray 5a that can be pulled out of the drive body. The optical disc D is loaded and unloaded from the disc tray 5a while being ejected from the drive body. The disc tray 5a is stored in the drive body when the optical disc D is mounted. The playback drive 5
The reproduction of the optical disk D is performed in a state where the disk tray 5a is housed in the drive body. The playback drive 5
The control of the ejection and storage of the disc tray 5a is performed by a control unit (not shown).

The first recording drive 6 and the second recording drive 7 are recording devices for the optical disk D. The first recording drive 6 and the second recording drive 7 have a disk tray 6 that can be pulled out with respect to the drive body.
a, 7a. These disk trays 6a, 7a
The optical disk D is loaded and unloaded in a state of being ejected from the drive body. This disk tray 6a,
7a is stored in the drive body when the optical disk D is mounted. The first recording drive 6 and the second recording drive 7 perform recording on the optical disk D in a state where the disk trays 6a and 7a are housed in the drive body. The control of the ejection and storage of the disc trays 6a, 7a of the first recording drive 6 and the second recording drive 7 is performed by a control unit (not shown).

The disk storage unit 8 is a storage device for temporarily storing the optical disk D. This disk storage unit 8
Has a disk tray 8a that can be pulled out of the storage unit main body, like the playback drive 5 and the like.
The optical disc D is loaded and unloaded from the disc tray 8a while being ejected from the storage section main body. The disk tray 8a is stored in the storage unit main body when the optical disk D is mounted. The disk storage unit 8 stores the optical disk D with the disk tray 8a stored in the storage unit body. The disk storage unit 8 can store a plurality of optical disks D by stacking a plurality of optical disks D on the disk tray 8a. The control of the ejection and storage of the disc tray 8a of the disc storage unit 8 is performed by a control unit (not shown).

The disk printer 9 is a printer device for performing printing and printing on the surface of the optical disk D. For example,
The disk printer 9 is an ink-jet type printer device, and can print or print on the surface without damaging or damaging the optical disk D. Images and the like printed by the disk printer 9 are supplied from a control device (not shown). This disk printer 9 has a disk tray 9a that can be pulled out from the printer main body, like the playback drive 5 and the like. The optical disk D is loaded and unloaded from the disk tray 9a while being ejected from the printer body. The disc tray 9a is stored in the printer body when the optical disc D is mounted. The disk printer 9 performs printing and printing on the optical disk D while the disk tray 9a is housed in the printer body. The ejection and storage of the disc tray 9a of the disc printer 9 is controlled by a control unit (not shown).

The above-mentioned reproduction drive 5, first recording drive 6, second recording drive 7, disk storage unit 8, and disk printer 9 are provided with disk trays 5a, 6a, 7 respectively.
When the disc trays 5a, 6a, 7a, 8a, 9a are positioned on the moving circumference of the disc holding portion 15 provided on the arm 13 when the discs a, 8a, 9a are being ejected, the casing 11 is moved. It is provided in. Playback drive 5, first
The recording drive 6, the second recording drive 7, the disk storage unit 8, and the disk printer 9 are located at one rotation end position where the rotation operation is restricted (the end position where the supply shelf 3 and the take-up shelf 4 are provided). When the arm 13 performs a vertical operation at the opposite end position, the optical disk D is mounted on each disk tray, and the mounted optical disk D can be taken out.

The reproduction drive 5, the first recording drive 6, the second recording drive 7, the disk storage unit 8, and the disk printer 9 are arranged in a vertical direction so that no mechanical interference occurs inside the housing 11. Are provided side by side. That is, in a state in which the respective disc trays of the reproduction drive 5, the first recording drive 6, the second recording drive 7, the disc storage unit 8, and the disc printer 9 are ejected, the disc trays 5a to 9a with respect to the optical disc D are ejected. The center position of the placement is aligned on a straight line parallel to the axis 14.

The disk mounting section 10 temporarily mounts and holds the optical disk D. This disk mounting unit 10
It is provided in a state fixed to the housing 11 and does not perform a moving operation as in the case of each disk tray described above. The disk mounting part 10 is provided in the housing 11 so as to be located on the movement circumference of the disk holding part 15 provided on the arm 13. For example, in the disk mounting portion 10, the arm 13 is vertically operated at one rotation end position where the rotation operation is restricted (end position opposite to the end position where the supply shelf 3 and the take-up shelf 4 are provided). Is performed, the optical disk D is placed, and the placed optical disk D is taken out. That is, the disc mounting unit 10 is provided at a position where the respective disc trays 5a to 9a of the above-described reproduction drive 5 and the like are arranged vertically in the discharge position.

The disc mounting section 10 enables the optical disc D to be mounted on the reproduction drive 5, the first recording drive 6, the second recording drive 7, the disc storage section 8, and the disc printer 9. In addition, a reproduction drive 5, a first recording drive 6, a second recording drive 7, a disk storage unit 8, and a disk printer 9 are provided below. That is, each disk tray
The arm 13 can be ejected from the main body and housed in the main body, so that the vertical movement of the arm 13 is not hindered. However, since the disk mounting portion 10 is fixed, the vertical movement of the arm 13 is not hindered. Thus, it is provided at the lowermost position.

As described above, in the dubbing apparatus 1, the optical disk D stored in the supply shelf 3 is read by the reproduction drive 5, the first recording drive 6, the second recording drive 7, the disk storage unit 8, and the disk printer 9. , Is mounted on the disc mounting unit 10.

Subsequently, the dubbing apparatus 1 reproduces the optical disk D mounted on the reproduction drive 5 and transmits the reproduction information to the other optical disks D mounted on the first recording drive 6 and the second recording drive 7. To perform the dubbing of the optical disc D.

Then, in the dubbing apparatus 1, the optical disk D for which dubbing has been completed is transferred to the first
The optical disk D is taken out from the recording drive 6 and the second recording drive 7 and stored in the take-up shelf 4.

Thereafter, the optical disk D is taken out from the supply shelf 3, the taken-out optical disk D is mounted on the first recording drive 6 and the second recording drive 7, the dubbing to the mounted optical disk D, and the dubbing of the dubbed optical disk are completed. By repeating each operation of storing in the take-up shelf 4, automatic dubbing of a plurality of optical discs D can be performed.

Next, the specific configuration of the disk transport unit 2 will be described in more detail.

FIG. 5 is a vertical sectional view of the disk transport unit 2, and FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the disk transport unit 2 taken along line XX 'of FIG.
It is sectional drawing at the time of cutting by a line.

The disk transport section 2 includes a disk-shaped reference base 21 provided on the inner bottom surface of the housing 11, a disk-shaped thrust bearing 22 provided on the reference base 21, and a thrust bearing 22. A worm wheel 23 is provided on the worm wheel 22. The reference base 21, the thrust bearing 22, and the worm wheel 23 are mounted such that their main surfaces are parallel to the inner bottom surface of the housing 11. The outer shape of the worm wheel 23 is larger than the outer shape of the thrust bearing 22, and a gear is formed on the circumference thereof. Also, this worm wheel 23
Since it is attached to the housing 11 via the thrust bearing 22, it is rotatable with respect to the housing 11. The rotation direction of the worm wheel 23
The direction is parallel to the bottom surface of.

The disk transport unit 2 includes an arm rotation motor 25 fixed on the housing 11 by a motor fixture 24, and a worm gear 27 mounted on a rotation shaft 26 of the arm rotation motor 25. ing. The worm gear 27 is provided such that the gear meshes with the worm wheel 23. Therefore, when the arm rotation motor 25 is driven to rotate in the directions C and C 'shown in FIG. 5, the rotation is transmitted from the worm gear 27 to the worm wheel 23, and the worm wheel 23 is moved in the directions A and A' shown in FIG. It is driven to rotate.

The shaft 14 has a round bar shape, and is provided vertically at, for example, the center position of the worm wheel 23. An arm 13 is provided on the shaft 14 via a linear bearing 30 provided on the shaft 14 so as to be movable in a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction.

The arm 13 has, for example, a flat plate shape whose main surface is rectangular. The arm 13 is supported on the shaft 14 by attaching one end of the arm 13 in the longitudinal direction to the linear bearing 30 in a state where the main surface thereof is parallel to the worm wheel 23. The arm 13 is provided with a disk holding unit 15 at the other end in the longitudinal direction so that the optical disk D is held and released.

On the worm wheel 23, a pair of arm guides 3 for guiding the vertical movement of the arm 13 is provided.
1, 32, and a pair of guide support portions 33, 34 for supporting the arm guide. Arm guide 31,
32 has substantially the same length as the length of the shaft 14 in the longitudinal direction, and is supported by the arm guides 31 and 32 so that the longitudinal direction is perpendicular to the worm wheel 23. The pair of arm guides 31 and 32 sandwich the short side of the arm 13 with a frictional force that allows vertical movement. Since the pair of arm guides 31 and 32 are provided in the disk transport unit 2, horizontal movement of the arm 13 during vertical operation of the arm 13 is suppressed.

On the worm wheel 23, a belt support 35 and an arm vertical movement motor 36 fixed by a motor fixture 37 are provided.

An upper wheel 38 is mounted on the belt support 35.
And a lower wheel 39 are provided.
An arm drive belt 40 is stretched. The running direction of the arm drive belt 40 is parallel to the shaft 14. That is, if the diameters of the upper wheel 38 and the lower wheel are the same, a straight line connecting the centers of rotation of the two is parallel to the axis 14. Upper wheel 38 and lower wheel 39
Is provided at an interval wider than the vertical movement range of the arm 13. The arm drive belt 40 provided on such a belt support 35 is rotatably moved between an upper wheel 38 and a lower wheel 39.

An auxiliary wheel 41 connected to the lower wheel 39 is provided on the belt support 35 coaxially with the lower wheel 39. A motor wheel 43 is provided on a rotation shaft 42 of the arm vertical movement motor 36. Auxiliary wheel 41 and motor wheel 43
An auxiliary drive belt 44 is stretched between the two.
Therefore, when the arm vertical movement motor 36 is rotationally driven in the directions D and D 'shown in FIG. 5, the rotation is transmitted from the auxiliary drive belt 44 to the arm drive belt 40, and the arm drive belt 40 is moved to the position E shown in FIG. , E '.

The arm driving belt 40 has a part fixed to the end of the arm 13 via belt fixing members 45 and 46. Therefore, the arm drive belt 40
As a result, the arm 13 moves vertically in a direction parallel to the axis 14, that is, in directions B and B 'shown in FIG.

In the disk transport unit 2 having the above-described configuration, the arm 13 can be rotated in the direction perpendicular to the shaft 14 and can be moved in parallel in the longitudinal direction of the shaft 14.

Further, the disk transport unit 2 is provided in the manner shown in FIGS.
The configuration is not limited to the configuration described above, and any other configuration may be used as long as the arm 13 can rotate in the direction perpendicular to the shaft 14 and move in parallel in the longitudinal direction of the shaft 14.

Next, another configuration of the disk transport unit 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8. FIG. FIG. 7 shows a side view of another disk transport unit 2 viewed from the vertical direction, and FIG.
FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view when another disk transport unit 2 is cut along the line XX ′ in FIG. 7. In describing the disk transport unit 2 having another configuration, the same members as those shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 are denoted by the same reference numerals in the drawings, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The disk transport unit 2 includes a disk-shaped reference base 21 provided on the inner bottom surface of the housing 11, a disk-shaped thrust bearing 22 provided on the reference base 21, It has a disc-shaped main wheel 50 provided on the main wheel 22 and a disc-shaped support plate 51 provided on the main wheel 50. The main surface of the main wheel 50 is attached parallel to the inner bottom surface of the housing 11. The outer shape of the main wheel 50 is substantially the same as the outer shape of the thrust bearing 22, and a groove around which a belt is formed is formed around the circumference. The main wheel 50 is connected to the housing 11 via the thrust bearing 22.
, It is rotatable with respect to the housing 11. The rotation direction of the main wheel 50 is
The direction is parallel to the bottom surface of the housing 11.

The disk transport unit 2 includes an arm rotation motor 25 fixed on the housing 11 by a motor fixing tool 52 and a sub wheel 53 attached to the rotation shaft 26 of the arm rotation motor 25. Have.

A drive belt 54 extends between the main wheel 50 and the sub wheel 53. Therefore, when the arm rotation motor 25 is rotationally driven in the directions E and E 'shown in FIG. 8, the rotation is transmitted from the drive belt 54 to the main wheel 50, and the main wheel 50 is moved in the directions A and A' shown in FIG. It is to be rotationally driven.

The shaft 14 comprises a long rod-shaped slider travel rail 55 on which the slider 57 travels in a straight line, and a rail support 56 supporting the slider travel rail 55.
It is provided vertically at the center position of the main wheel 50 via a holding plate 51. The shaft 14 is provided with a slider 57 movably provided in a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction.
An arm 13 is attached. This slider 57
Is mounted on the slider travel rail 55 so as to run parallel to the shaft 14 and to restrict movement in the horizontal direction with respect to the shaft 14.

The arm 13 has, for example, a flat plate shape whose main surface is rectangular. The arm 13 is supported by the shaft 14 by attaching one end of the arm 13 in the longitudinal direction to the slider 57 with the main surface thereof being parallel to the main wheel 50. The arm 13 is provided with a disk holding portion 15 at the other end in the longitudinal direction,
The optical disk D is held and released.

The arm 13 is provided at one end in the longitudinal direction with a motor 58 for vertical movement of the arm fixed by a motor fixture 57. A rotating shaft 59 of the arm vertical movement motor 58 has a rack gear 61 described later.
A pinion gear 60 meshing with the pinion gear is provided.

On the main wheel 50, a rack gear 61 and a rack gear fixture 62 for fixing the rack gear 61 are provided via a support plate 51. The direction in which the gear teeth of the rack gear 61 are arranged is parallel to the shaft 14. The rack gear 61 is provided such that the range in which the gear teeth are provided is wider than the vertical movement range of the arm 13.

Such a rack gear 61 meshes with a pinion gear 60 provided on a rotation shaft 59 of an arm vertical movement motor 58. Therefore, when the arm vertical movement motor 58 is driven to rotate, the rotation is transmitted to the rack gear 6.
1 is transmitted. Here, since the rack gear 61 is fixed, the arm 13 that can be moved by the slider 57 moves in the direction parallel to the shaft 14, that is, B, B shown in FIG.
The vertical movement is performed in the direction B '.

In the disk transport section 2, the arm 13 can be rotated in a direction perpendicular to the shaft 14 and parallel to the longitudinal direction of the shaft 14 by having the above-described configuration.

The transmission mechanism of the driving force for rotating the arm 13 in the direction perpendicular to the shaft 14 is constituted by the worm wheel 23 and the worm gear 27 described above, or by the main wheel 50 and the sub wheel 53. For example, as shown in FIG. 9, a first bevel gear 63 provided on the thrust bearing 22 and a rotating shaft 26 of the arm rotating motor 25 The driving force may be transmitted by engagement of the second bevel gear 64 provided in the second gear.

Next, a specific configuration of the disk holding unit 15 will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 10 is a vertical sectional view of the disk holding unit 15 holding the optical disk D. FIG.
Shows a sectional view of the disk holding portion 15 shown in FIG. 10 taken along Y ₁ -Y ₁ 'line. FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of the disk holder 15 shown in FIG. 10 taken along the line Y ₂ -Y ₂ ′. FIG. 13 shows the disk holding unit 1 shown in FIG.
FIG. 5 shows a cross-sectional view of the device taken along line Y ₃ -Y ₃ ′. FIG.
FIG. 4 shows a view for explaining the operation of the engaging portion of the disk holding portion 15. FIG. 15 is a vertical sectional view of the disk holding unit 15 in a state where the held optical disk D is released.

The disk holding part 15 has a cylindrical base 70.
It has. The cylindrical base 70 has its one end surface 7 so that the central axis of the cylinder is parallel to the axis 14, that is, the central axis of the cylinder is perpendicular to the apparatus main body.
0 a is attached to the arm 13. In addition, the base 70 has a recess 71 having a circular opening having a substantially same diameter as the center hole of the optical disc D, on the other end face 70b side. A hole 72 penetrating through the one end surface 70a of the base 70 is formed in the center of the circular bottom surface 71a of the concave portion 71. The shape of the opening of the hole 72 is circular.

In the hole 72, a plunger drive 74 for driving the plunger 73, and the plunger drive 74
And a plunger support 75 for supporting the plunger.

The plunger 73 has a columnar shape. The plunger 73 is supported by the plunger driving unit 74 and is inserted and inserted into the plunger driving unit 74 in the center axis direction. This plunger 73 is
The central axis is provided inside the concave portion 71 so as to coincide with the central axis of the columnar base 70.

The plunger drive 74 is fixed to the arm 13 by a plunger support 75. The plunger driving section 74 includes a cylindrical plunger 73.
Are inserted in the inside to support the plunger 73 movably in the vertical direction. When a predetermined drive current is passed, such a plunger driving unit 74 causes the plunger 73 to move.
Is pulled up to a predetermined position. That is, the plunger driving unit 74 is parallel to the central axis of
A driving force is applied to the plunger 73 so that the plunger 73 moves in the direction (the direction F in FIG. 10) from the arm 13 to the arm 13 to fix the plunger 73 at a predetermined position.

The recess 71 formed in the base 70 has a disc-shaped plunger plate 77 having the same diameter as the opening of the recess 71, that is, substantially the same diameter as the center hole of the optical disk D, and the opening of the recess 71. A columnar coil spring 78 having substantially the same diameter is inserted. This plunger plate 77
Is formed with a center hole 77a whose diameter is slightly larger than the diameter of the end face of the cylindrical plunger 73. A screw 79 having a head portion having a diameter slightly larger than the diameter of the center hole 77a of the plunger plate 77 is screwed to an end surface of the plunger 73 which is not attached to the plunger driving portion 74. A disk-shaped screw plate 80 having a diameter slightly larger than the diameter of the head of the screw 79 is attached to the cylindrical plunger 73. The screw plate 80 has a center hole having a diameter substantially equal to the diameter of the end face of the plunger 73 at a center position thereof, and is attached by inserting the plunger 73 into the center hole.

The plunger plate 77, the coil spring 78, the screw 79, and the screw plate 80 are as follows.
The coil spring 78 is inserted into the inside of the concave portion 71, and subsequently, the plunger plate 77 is inserted.
7, the center hole is inserted into the plunger 73, and the screw plate 80 is attached. Then, in this state, a screw 79 is screwed to the plunger 73 from outside the screw plate 80. By attaching each of the above members, the plunger plate 77 and the coil spring 78 are attached inside the recess 71.

Further, a plurality of holding members 81 are attached to the plunger plate 77. Holding member 81
Is made of metal or the like having elastic force, and has a shape in which a part of a strip-shaped member in the longitudinal direction is bent at a right angle. Each holding member 81 is arranged such that one side bent at a right angle is sent out from the opening of the recess 71 to the outside.
The other side is attached to the plunger plate 77.
Each holding member 81 has the other side to be sent out of the recess 71 along the side wall of the recess 71, and the other side to be sent out of the recess 71 is parallel to the central axis of the cylindrical base 70. So that it is attached to the plunger plate 77. The plurality of holding members 81 are provided radially with respect to the center position of the plunger plate 77. For example,
When three holding members 81 are attached, each holding member 81 is arranged at an interval of about 120 °.

In each holding member 81, an engaging portion 82 is formed at an end portion of the other side sent out of the concave portion 71. The engaging portion 82, for example, bends a position at a predetermined distance from the end of the holding member 81 that is sent out of the concave portion 71 outward from the center position of the plunger plate 77 by a predetermined angle. It is formed by bending a position between the bent position and the end toward the center position of the plunger plate 77 by a predetermined angle.

A ring-shaped damper 83 is provided on the other end surface 70b of the base 70. The thickness of the damper 83 is such that the plunger 73 is pushed downward by the coil spring 78 when the vertical movement of the plunger 73 is released (ie, the plunger plate 77 is pressed down). 73 is located at the lowermost position of the movable range.), And the distance in the vertical direction from the engaging portion 82 is set to match the thickness of the optical disk D.

A switch 84 is provided on the side of the base 70.
Is attached. This switch 84 is connected to the arm 1
A sensor for detecting that the optical disk D to be held has approached the holding position when 3 has moved downward.

Next, the operation of the disk holding unit 15 when holding the optical disk D will be described.

First, no current is supplied to the plunger driving section 74, and the plunger 73 is released. In this state, the plunger 73 is located at the lowest position in the movable range, with the plunger plate 77 being pushed downward (G direction in the figure) by the coil spring 78. Subsequently, the arm 13 is moved in the horizontal direction, and the opening of the concave portion 71 of the disk holding unit 15 is moved to a position immediately above the center hole of the optical disk D. Subsequently, at this position, the arm 13 is moved downward to bring the disk holding unit 15 closer to the optical disk D.
When the disk holding unit 15 is moved closer to the optical disk D, first, the engaging portions 82 formed at the end portions of the plurality of holding members 81 come into contact with the edge portion of the center hole of the optical disk D. Then, the engaging portion 82 in contact with the edge portion on the front surface side of the center hole of the optical disc D is inserted into the center hole while sliding inwardly of the optical disc D as shown in FIG. Subsequently, the switch 84 comes into contact with the optical disk D, and stops the downward moving operation of the disk holding unit 15. At this time, the engaging portion 82 engages with the edge portion on the back surface side of the center hole of the optical disk D, and the damper 83 comes into contact with the surface of the optical disk D.

As described above, the disc holding section 15 engages the engaging section 82 with the center hole of the optical disc D,
The optical disk D can be held. When the engaging portion 82 is engaged with the center hole of the optical disc D,
When the optical disc D is about its own weight, the inclination is provided such that the engaged state is not released. Therefore, the arm 13 can be freely moved while holding the optical disk D, and the optical disk D can be arranged at an arbitrary position.

The operation of the disk holding unit 15 when releasing the held optical disk D will be described.

First, no current is supplied to the plunger driving section 74, and the plunger 73 is released. At this time, the plunger 73 is pushed downward by the plunger plate 77 and is located at the lowest position. From this state, a current is supplied to the plunger driving section 75 to pull the plunger 73 upward (in the direction F in the drawing). When the plunger 73 moves, the damper 83 presses the optical disc D from above, and regulates the movement of the optical disc D. Then, the engagement state between the engaging portion 82 and the optical disc D is forcibly released, and the engaging portion 82 is taken out of the center hole while sliding on the inside of the optical disc D. in this way,
When the plunger 73 is pulled up, the pulling up force becomes stronger than the elastic force of the holding member 81, and the engagement state with the center hole of the optical disc is released as shown in FIG. From optical disk D
Can be released.

The disk holding section 15 is not limited to the above-described configuration, and may have any configuration as long as the optical disk D can be held and released. For example,
A configuration as shown in FIGS. 16 and 17 may be employed. 16 and 17 includes a plunger 73 provided above the arm 13 and a screw plate 8.
0, a wire plate 90 having one end connected to the plunger 73 and the other end connected to the wire plate 90, a wheel 92 for changing the direction of the wire 91, and supporting the wheel 92. It has a wheel support 93. In the disc holding unit 15, a wire 91 is inserted into the recess 71 from above the arm 13. The disk holding unit 15 is connected to the wire 91
By moving the wire plate 90 up and down through the, the wire plate 90 can be lifted upward to hold and release the optical disc D.

Next, an example of the operation order of each unit of the dubbing apparatus 1 during dubbing will be described. The control of each unit of the dubbing apparatus 1 is performed by the control unit 16 as shown in FIG. The control unit 16 includes:
A monitor 17 for outputting data and the like to the user and an input device 18 for inputting data from the user are connected.

An optical disk serving as a master is hereinafter referred to as a master disk, an unrecorded optical disk is hereinafter referred to as a virgin disk, and an optical disk that has been dubbed is hereinafter referred to as a recorded disk. The virgin disk used here has a diameter of, for example, 12 cm or 8 cm.
DVD-R, CD-R, etc., and the master disk may be any optical disk as long as it has the same diameter as the virgin disk.

First, as shown in FIG. 18, a plurality of virgin disks are stored one on top of the other, and a supply shelf 3 in which one master disk is stored at the top of the virgin disks and an empty take-up shelf 4 are dubbed. It is loaded inside the device 1 (step S1). Subsequently, the master disk stored in the uppermost portion of the supply shelf 3 is taken out by the disk transport unit 2 and transported from the supply shelf 3 to the reproduction drive 5 (step S2). Subsequently, one virgin disk stored in the supply shelf 3 is taken out by the disk transport unit 2 and transported from the supply shelf 3 to the first recording drive 6 (step S3). Subsequently, the disk transport unit 2
To take out one virgin disk stored in the supply shelf 3 and transport it from the supply shelf 3 to the second recording drive 7 (step S4). Subsequently, the reproduction of the reproduction drive 5 and the recording of the first recording drive 6 and the second recording drive 7 are started, and the information of the master disk is changed to 2.
Dubbing is started on one virgin disk (step S5).

Next, during the dubbing in step S5, as shown in FIG. 19, one virgin disk stored in the supply shelf 3 is taken out by the disk transport unit 2, and the disk storage unit is removed from the supply shelf 3. 8 (step S6). Further, one virgin disk stored in the supply shelf 3 is taken out by the disk transport unit 2 and transported from the supply shelf 3 to the disk storage unit 8 (step S7). As a result, two virgin disks are stored in the disk storage unit 8.

Next, when the dubbing in step S5 is completed, one recorded disk mounted on the first recording drive 6 is taken out as shown in FIG. The sheet is conveyed to the printer 9 (step S8). Subsequently, one recorded disk mounted on the second recording drive 7 is taken out and transported from the second recording drive 7 to the disk mounting unit 10 (step S9). Subsequently, one virgin disk stored in the disk storage unit 8 is taken out and transported from the disk storage unit 8 to the first recording drive 6 (step S10). Subsequently, one virgin disk stored in the disk storage unit 8 is taken out and transported from the disk storage unit 8 to the second recording drive 7 (Step S11). Then, playback of the playback drive 5,
The recording of the first recording drive 6 and the second recording drive 7 is started, and dubbing of the information of the master disk to two virgin disks is started (step S12).

Next, during dubbing in step S12, as shown in FIG. 21, one virgin disk stored in the supply shelf 3 is taken out by the disk transport unit 2, and the disk storage unit is removed from the supply shelf 3. 8 (step S13). Further, the disk transport unit 2
, One virgin disk stored in the supply shelf 3 is taken out and transported from the supply shelf 3 to the disk storage unit 8 (step S14). As a result, two virgin disks are stored in the disk storage unit 8. Subsequently, the printing process by the disk printer 9 is started (step S15). Subsequently, when the printing process by the disk printer 9 ends, the disk transport unit 2
To take out the recorded disk loaded in the disk printer 9 on which printing has been completed, and transport it from the disk printer 9 to the take-up shelf 4 (step S1).
6). Subsequently, the recorded disk placed on the disk placing unit 10 is taken out by the disk transport unit 2, and is transported from the disk placing unit 10 to the disk printer 9 (Step S17). Subsequently, the printing process by the disk printer 9 is started (step S18). Subsequently, when the printing process by the disk printer 9 is completed, the recorded disk mounted in the disk printer 9 is taken out by the disk transport unit 2 and transported from the disk printer 9 to the take-up shelf 4 (step). S19).

When dubbing a DVD, for example, a recording time of about 15 minutes to 60 is usually required, and a recording time of at least about 15 minutes is required. On the contrary,
The printing time is about 4 minutes for one optical disk D when the inkjet type disk printer 9 is used. Therefore, printing on two optical discs D can be performed within one recording time.

When the operation up to step S19 is completed and the dubbing process in step S12 is completed, the process returns to step S11. Then, the processing from step S11 to step S19 is repeated until the virgin disk loaded in the supply shelf 3 ends.

As described above, in the dubbing apparatus 1, by providing the disk storage unit 8 and the disk mounting unit 10, the virgin disk is taken out from the supply shelf 3 where the moving distance of the disk transport unit 2 becomes long, and the take-up is performed. The operation of storing the recorded disk on the shelf 4 can be performed during dubbing. Therefore, the operation of the disc transport unit 2 from the end of dubbing to the start of the next dubbing can be simplified, and the total time when dubbing a plurality of optical discs D can be shortened.

Since the dubbing apparatus 1 is provided with the disk printer 9, the dubbing of the optical disk D is performed, and the optical disk D is automatically mounted on the disk printer 9 so that printing or printing on the surface of the optical disk D can be performed. Printing can be performed.

The above dubbing apparatus 1 includes a second recording drive 7, a disk storage unit 8, a disk printer 9
Alternatively, the disk mounting portion 10 may be arbitrarily removed and used with a simple configuration.

Hereinafter, an example of an operation sequence when a part of the configuration is removed and used will be described with reference to the drawings.

First, when all of the second recording drive 7, the disk storage unit 8, the disk printer 9, and the disk mounting unit 10 are removed, as shown in FIG. , A supply shelf 3, a take-up shelf 4, a reproduction drive 5, a first recording drive 6, a control section 16, a monitor 17, and an input device 18.

In this case, first, a supply shelf 3 in which a plurality of virgin disks are stored in a stacked manner and one master disk is stored in the uppermost part thereof, and an empty take-up shelf 4 are placed inside the dubbing apparatus 1. (Step S2)
1). Subsequently, the master disk stored in the uppermost part of the supply shelf 3 is taken out by the disk transfer unit 2 and transferred from the supply shelf 3 to the reproduction drive 5 (step S22). Subsequently, one virgin disk stored in the supply shelf 3 is taken out by the disk transport unit 2 and transported from the supply shelf 3 to the first recording drive 6 (step S23). Subsequently, the reproduction of the reproduction drive 5 and the recording of the first recording drive 6 are started, and the information of the master disk is dubbed to a virgin disk (step S24). Subsequently, when dubbing is completed, the recorded disk mounted on the first recording drive 6 is taken out by the disk transport unit 2 and transported from the first recording drive 6 to the take-up shelf 4 (step S2).
5).

In the dubbing apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 22, dubbing of a plurality of optical discs D can be performed by repeating the processing from step S21 to step S25.

Next, when the second recording drive 7, the disk storage unit 8, and the disk printer 9 are detached, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, the dubbing device 1
, A supply shelf 3, a take-up shelf 4, a reproduction drive 5, a first recording drive 6, and a disc mounting unit 10.
, A control unit 16, a monitor 17, and an input device 18.

In this case, first, a supply shelf 3 in which a plurality of virgin disks are stored in a stack and a master disk is stored in the uppermost part, and an empty take-up shelf 4 are placed inside the dubbing apparatus 1. (Step S3)
1). Subsequently, the master disk stored in the uppermost portion of the supply shelf 3 is taken out by the disk transport unit 2, and is transported from the supply shelf 3 to the reproduction drive 5 (step S32). Subsequently, one virgin disk stored in the supply shelf 3 is taken out by the disk transport unit 2 and transported from the supply shelf 3 to the first recording drive 6 (step S33). Subsequently, the reproduction of the reproduction drive 5 and the recording of the first recording drive 6 and the second recording drive 7 are started, and dubbing is performed to the information virgin disk of the master disk (step S34). Subsequently, during the dubbing in step S34, the disc transport unit 2
, One virgin disk stored in the supply shelf 3 is taken out and transported from the supply shelf 3 to the disk mounting portion 10 (step S35). Subsequently, when the dubbing in step S34 is completed, the recorded disk mounted on the first recording drive 6 is taken out by the disk transport unit 2 and transported from the first recording drive 6 to the take-up shelf 4 (step S34). S36). Subsequently, the virgin disk mounted on the disk mounting section 10 is taken out by the disk transport section 2, and the disk mounting section 10 is removed.
To the first recording drive 6 (step S3).
7).

Thereafter, the processing from step S34 to step S37 is repeated. As a result, the dubbing apparatus 1 shown in FIG.
Can be dubbed.

Next, when the second recording drive 7 and the disk printer 9 are removed, as shown in FIG. 24, the dubbing apparatus 1 moves the disk transport unit 2 and the supply shelf 3
, A take-up shelf 4, a playback drive 5, a first recording drive 6, a disk storage unit 8, a disk mounting unit 10, a control unit 16, a monitor 17, and an input device 18. Will be configured.

In this case, first, a supply shelf 3 in which a plurality of virgin disks are stored in a stack and a master disk is stored in the uppermost part thereof, and an empty take-up shelf 4 are placed inside the dubbing apparatus 1. (Step S4)
1). Subsequently, the master disk stored in the uppermost part of the supply shelf 3 is taken out by the disk transfer unit 2 and transferred from the supply shelf 3 to the reproduction drive 5 (step S32). Subsequently, one virgin disk stored in the supply shelf 3 is taken out by the disk transport unit 2, and is transported from the supply shelf 3 to the first recording drive 6 (step S43). Subsequently, reproduction of the reproduction drive 5 and recording of the first recording drive 6 are started, and information of the master disk is dubbed to a virgin disk (step S44). Subsequently, during the dubbing in step S44, one virgin disk stored in the supply shelf 3 is taken out by the disk transport unit 2 and transported from the supply shelf 3 to the disk storage unit 8 (step S45). Subsequently, when the dubbing in step S44 ends, the first recording drive 6
The recorded disk mounted on the disk drive is taken out and transported from the first recording drive 6 to the disk mounting unit 10 (step S46). Subsequently, the virgin disk mounted on the disk storage unit 8 is taken out by the disk transport unit 2 and transported from the disk storage unit 8 to the first recording drive 6 (step S47). Next, the playback drive 5
And the recording of the first recording drive 6 is started, and the information of the master disk is dubbed to a virgin disk (step S48). Then, during the dubbing in step S48, the disk carrying unit 2 takes out the recorded disk placed on the disk placing unit 10 and transports the disk from the disk placing unit 10 to the take-up shelf 4 (step S49). .

Thereafter, the processing from step S45 to step S49 is repeated. As a result, the dubbing apparatus 1 shown in FIG.
Can be dubbed.

As described above, a dubbing apparatus for recording information of a master disk on a plurality of virgin disks has been described as an embodiment to which the present invention is applied. However, the present invention can be applied not only to such a dubbing apparatus but also to a dubbing apparatus. Also, the present invention can be applied to a disk verification device.

The disc verifying apparatus to which the present invention is applied includes the first recording drive 6 and the second recording drive 6 of the dubbing apparatus 1 described above.
And a playback drive in place of the recording drive 7. Further, if the first recording drive 6 and the second recording drive 7 are drives capable of reproducing, it is not necessary to change the configuration of the dubbing apparatus 1 by using the reproducing function. In this disk verification device, a plurality of recorded optical disks are stored in the supply shelf 3, and the optical disks stored in the supply shelf 3 are sequentially conveyed to the reproduction drive. Then, both the master disk and the recorded disk are reproduced at the same time, and it is determined whether or not the recorded content of the master disk matches the recorded content of the recorded optical disk, and the disk is verified.

In such a disk verification device, a plurality of optical disks D can be automatically verified.

In the dubbing apparatus 1 described above, the master disk is housed in the uppermost part of the supply shelf 3 and the master disk is mounted on the reproduction drive 5 by using the disk transport unit 2 as a preprocessing for dubbing. But,
The mounting of the master disk may be performed manually. In this case, the diameters of the master disk and the virgin disk need not be the same.

[0101]

In the disk dubbing apparatus according to the present invention, the arm is moved in the direction parallel to the longitudinal direction of the shaft and the arm is rotated in the direction perpendicular to the shaft, so that the arm is housed in the disk housing. The disc-shaped recording medium is taken out, and the taken-out disc-shaped recording medium is mounted on the recording unit. Subsequently, the disc dubbing apparatus performs dubbing by reproducing the disc-shaped recording medium mounted on the reproducing unit and recording the reproduced information on the disc-shaped recording medium mounted on the recording unit. In this disc dubbing apparatus, the arm is moved in a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction of the shaft, and the arm is rotated in a direction perpendicular to the shaft. The recording medium is taken out, and the disc-shaped recording medium thus taken out is stored in the disk storage section.

In such a disk dubbing apparatus, the trouble of exchanging the disk-shaped recording medium can be saved, and the cost of dubbing can be reduced. In addition, since a transport unit that moves the arm in a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction of the shaft and rotates the arm in a direction perpendicular to the shaft is used, the disk-shaped recording medium can be replaced with a simple configuration. Also, a large amount of disk-shaped recording media can be stocked in the disk storage section.

In the disk changer device according to the present invention, the arm is moved in the direction parallel to the longitudinal direction of the shaft and the arm is rotated in the direction perpendicular to the shaft, so that the arm is housed in the disk housing portion. The disc-shaped recording medium is taken out, and the taken-out disc-shaped recording medium is mounted on the recording unit. Subsequently, in the disc changer device, the arm mounted on the reproducing unit or the recording unit is moved by moving the arm in a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction of the shaft and rotating the arm in a direction perpendicular to the shaft. The disk-shaped recording medium is taken out, and the disk-shaped recording medium thus taken out is stored in the disk storage section.

In such a disc changer device,
Since a transport unit that moves the arm in a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction of the shaft and rotates the arm in a direction perpendicular to the shaft is used, the disk-shaped recording medium can be replaced with a simple configuration, and In addition, a large amount of disk-shaped recording media can be stocked in the disk storage unit.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a dubbing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic front view of the dubbing device.

FIG. 3 is a schematic side view of the dubbing device.

FIG. 4 is a schematic top view of the dubbing device.

FIG. 5 is a vertical sectional view of a disk transport unit of the dubbing device.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the disk transport unit shown in FIG. 5 taken along line XX ′.

FIG. 7 is a side view of another disk transport unit used in the dubbing device.

FIG. 8 is a top view of the disk transport unit shown in FIG.

FIG. 9 is a side view of still another disk transport unit used in the dubbing device.

FIG. 10 is a vertical sectional view of a disc holding unit used in the dubbing apparatus.

[11] The disc holding portion shown in FIG. 10 Y ₁ -Y ₁ '
It is sectional drawing at the time of cutting by a line.

[12] The disc holding portion shown in FIG. 10 Y ₂ -Y ₂ '
It is sectional drawing at the time of cutting by a line.

[13] The disc holding portion shown in FIG. 10 Y ₃ -Y ₃ '
It is sectional drawing at the time of cutting by a line.

FIG. 14 is a view for explaining the operation of the engaging portion of the disc holding portion.

FIG. 15 is a vertical sectional view of the disc holding unit in a state where the held optical disc is released.

FIG. 16 is a vertical sectional view of another disk holding unit used in the dubbing apparatus.

17 is a top view of the disk holding unit shown in FIG.

FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of the operation sequence of the dubbing device during dubbing.

FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating an operation subsequent to FIG. 18;

FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating an operation subsequent to FIG. 19;

FIG. 21 is a diagram for explaining the operation following FIG. 20;

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing the configuration and operation of the dubbing device when the second recording drive, the disk storage unit, the disk printer, and the disk mounting unit are removed.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing the configuration and operation of the dubbing device when the second recording drive, the disk storage unit, and the disk printer are removed.

FIG. 24 is a diagram illustrating the configuration and operation of a dubbing device when a second recording drive and a disk printer are removed.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 dubbing device, 2 disk transport section, 3 supply shelf, 4 take-up shelf, 5 playback drive, 6 first
Recording drive, 7 second recording drive, 8 disk storage unit, 9 disk printer, 10 disk mounting unit

Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Ryo Takao 3-9-17-1 Nishigotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo In-house Sony Precision Technology Inc. (72) Inventor Nobuo Suzuki 3-9-1 Nishigotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo No. 17 Sony Precision Technology Co., Ltd. In-house F-term (reference) 5D066 BA03 BA05 EA02 5D072 AB22 BE05 EB18

Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of disk storage sections for storing a plurality of disk-shaped recording media, a disk-shaped recording medium mounted thereon, a reproducing section for reproducing the disk-shaped recording medium, and the disk-shaped recording medium mounted thereon. A recording unit that records the disc-shaped recording medium, an arm that holds the disc-shaped recording medium, and an axis that supports the arm, wherein the arm unit is arranged in a direction perpendicular to the axis. A transport unit that transports the disk-shaped recording medium by rotating and moving in a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction of the shaft, a transport operation of the disk-shaped recording medium by the transport unit,
And a control unit for controlling recording and reproduction operations of the disc-shaped recording medium by the reproduction unit and the recording unit, wherein the control unit is configured to control the disc stored in any one of the disc storage units. The recording medium is taken out and mounted on the recording section, the disc-shaped recording medium mounted on the reproducing section is reproduced, and the reproduction information is recorded on the disc-shaped recording medium mounted on the recording section, A disc dubbing device, wherein the disc-shaped recording medium mounted on a reproducing unit or the recording unit is taken out and stored in any one of the disc storage units. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a disk mounting portion on which the disk-shaped recording medium is mounted, wherein the control portion takes out the disk-shaped recording medium mounted on the recording portion and mounts the disk-shaped recording medium on the disk mounting portion. The disk-shaped recording medium stored in any one of the disk storage sections is taken out, mounted on the recording section, and the disk-shaped recording medium mounted on the reproduction section is reproduced to reproduce the reproduction information. Is recorded on the disk-shaped recording medium mounted on the recording section, and the disk-shaped recording medium mounted on the disk mounting section is taken out during recording and stored in any one of the disk storage sections. 2. The disc dubbing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein 3. The reproducing section and the recording section each have a disk tray provided so as to be able to be pulled out inside the main body, and the control section mounts the disk-shaped recording medium on the disk tray. The disk dubbing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: 4. A disc storage unit for storing a disc-shaped recording medium, the disc storage unit having a disc tray provided so as to be able to be pulled out inside the main body, wherein the reproduction unit, the recording unit, and the disc storage unit are: When the disc tray is ejected, each disc tray is provided so as to be aligned in a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction of the axis of the transport unit.The control unit stores the disc-shaped recording medium in the disc tray. 4. The disc dubbing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the disc-shaped recording medium is stored while being mounted on the disc. 5. A disk mounting portion on which the disk-shaped recording medium is mounted, wherein the disk mounting portion is arranged with respect to the disk tray in a direction parallel to a longitudinal direction of the axis of the transport portion. 5. The disc dubbing device according to claim 4, wherein: 6. The control unit removes the disk-shaped recording medium stored in any one of the disk storage units, mounts the disk-shaped recording medium on the disk storage unit, and mounts the disk-shaped recording medium mounted on the recording unit. The recording medium is taken out and placed on the disc mounting section, the disc-shaped recording medium mounted on the disc storage section is taken out and mounted on the recording section, and the disc-shaped recording medium mounted on the reproducing section is taken out. The medium is reproduced and the reproduction information is recorded on the disk-shaped recording medium mounted on the recording unit, and during recording, the disk-shaped recording medium mounted on the disk mounting unit is taken out and any one of them is taken out. The disk-shaped recording medium stored in one of the disk storage sections and stored in any one of the disk storage sections is taken out and stored in the disk storage section. 6. The device according to claim 5, which is mounted.
The disc dubbing device according to any one of the preceding claims. 7. The control section takes out the disk-shaped recording medium stored in any one of the disk storage sections, mounts the disk-shaped recording medium on the disk mounting section, and mounts the disk-shaped recording medium on the disk mounting section. The disk-shaped recording medium is taken out and mounted on the disk storage section, the disk-shaped recording medium mounted on the disk mounting section is taken out and mounted on the recording section, and the disk-shaped medium mounted on the reproducing section is mounted. The recording medium is reproduced, and the reproduced information is recorded on the disk-shaped recording medium mounted on the recording section. During recording, the disk-shaped recording medium mounted on the disk storage section is taken out and any one of the recording medium is taken out. The disk-shaped recording medium stored in one of the disk storage units and stored in any one of the disk storage units is taken out and placed on the disk mounting unit. The disk dubbing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein 8. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a disk printing unit for performing printing on a surface of the disk-shaped recording medium.
The disc dubbing device according to any one of the preceding claims. 9. The disc dubbing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the control unit controls the disc printing unit to print another disc-shaped recording medium while recording on the disc-shaped recording medium. . 10. The disk-shaped recording medium is loaded,
2. The disc dubbing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising one or more recording units for recording the disc-shaped recording medium. 11. A plurality of disk storage sections for storing a plurality of disk-shaped recording media, a disk-shaped recording medium mounted thereon, a reproducing section for reproducing the disk-shaped recording medium, and the disk-shaped recording medium mounted thereon. A recording / reproducing unit that records or reproduces the disc-shaped recording medium, an arm that holds the disc-shaped recording medium, and a shaft that supports the arm, wherein the arm unit is perpendicular to the axis. A transport unit that transports the disk-shaped recording medium by rotating in a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction of the axis and transporting the disk-shaped recording medium;
And a control unit for controlling recording and reproducing operations of the disc-shaped recording medium by the reproducing unit and the recording and reproducing unit, wherein the control unit is stored in any one of the disk storage units. A disc-shaped recording medium is taken out and mounted on the recording / reproducing section, and the reproducing section or the disc-shaped recording medium mounted on the recording / reproducing section is taken out and stored in any one of the disc storage sections. Disc changer device.