JP2007311018A - Recording and reproducing device and method, and recording and reproducing system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide recording and reproducing device and method by which registration of a mobile device can be completed in a short period and to provide a recording and reproducing system. <P>SOLUTION: A storage reproducing device 1 for performing communication between the device 1 and an information center 16 in which a plurality of additional information matters are accumulated, includes a loading part 3 on which an optical disk is loaded, a read-out part 4 reading out at least data recorded in the optical disk loaded on the loading part 3, a communication means 6 by which at least user identifying information that a user has and data identifying information of data that the user requires are transmitted to the information center 16 and which receives a reply according to a verification result of the user identifying information by the information center 16, and a CPU 13 having a writing means 7 writing data read out by the read-out part 4 in a storage part 5 and writing a prescribed additional information matter accumulated in the information center 16 in the storage part 5 according to data by transmission and reception between the device 1 and the information center 16 via the communication means 6. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a recording / reproducing apparatus and method and a recording / reproducing system for recording information recorded on a recording medium in a storage unit and further reproducing the information.

  Conventionally, a recording / reproducing apparatus for recording and reproducing audio information and the like with respect to a recording medium has been proposed.

  In recent years, a recording / reproducing apparatus capable of transmitting / receiving information to / from an information center by registering with an information center installed at a remote location has been proposed. For example, the recording / reproducing apparatus is configured to receive and reproduce information from the information center.

  As a prior art, Patent Document 1 discloses an autochanger device for an optical disk player that can input and output signals through a communication line with a host station having a database, and Patent Document 2 directly dubbs from a CD to a recordable CD. A CD dubbing system is disclosed.

JP-A-8-147948 JP-A-6-68599

  Incidentally, in recent years, recording / reproducing apparatuses have been miniaturized and made portable. Therefore, there is a case where it is desired to record information from the information center as described above on a portable recording / reproducing apparatus. In such a case, the portable recording / reproducing apparatus may be required to register with the information center.

  Here, for example, registration of a portable telephone device is performed by filling in a user registration form at the time of purchase, and mailing the entered user registration form. As a result, it takes a long time to register, and there arises a problem that it takes a period until it can be actually used. Therefore, it is considered that the same problem occurs in the portable recording / reproducing apparatus described above.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a recording / reproducing apparatus and method, and a recording / reproducing system capable of completing registration of a portable recording / reproducing apparatus in a short period of time. .

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a mounting means for mounting a recording medium on which audio information is recorded, a reading means for reading information from the recording medium mounted on the mounting means, and audio information. Compression means for compressing, storage means, writing means for writing information in the storage means, communication means for communicating with an information center in which additional information of a plurality of audio information is stored, audio information and the above in the reading means Audio information identification information is read from the recording medium, the communication means transmits the audio information identification information to the information center, the communication means receives additional information of the audio information from the information center, The compression means compresses the audio information, and the writing means compresses the compressed audio information and the additional information. The distribution and control means for writing in the storage means.

  Here, it is preferable that the control unit causes the communication unit to receive the additional information from the information center every predetermined period. The control means preferably causes the communication means to receive the additional information from the information center when the writing means causes the audio information to be written to the storage means.

  Next, in order to solve the above-described problem, the recording / reproducing method according to the present invention includes a reading step of reading information from a recording medium on which audio information mounted on the mounting unit is recorded, and additional information of a plurality of audio information The communication process for communicating with the information center where the information is stored, the compression process for compressing the audio information, the writing process for writing the information to the storage means, and the recording of the audio information and the identification information of the audio information by the reading process Reading from the medium, transmitting the identification information of the audio information to the information center by the communication step, receiving additional information of the audio information from the information center by the communication step, and compressing the audio information by the compression step And the audio information compressed by the writing step and the additional information are And a control step for writing the 憶 means.

  In addition, in order to solve the above-described problems, the recording / reproducing system according to the present invention is installed in a remote place with respect to the main body and stores a plurality of additional information and a recording in which audio information is recorded. Mounting means for mounting a medium; reading means for reading information from the recording medium mounted on the mounting means; compression means for compressing audio information; storage means; writing means for writing information to the storage means; A communication unit that communicates with an information center in which additional information of a plurality of audio information is stored; and the reading unit reads out the audio information and the identification information of the audio information from the recording medium; The identification information of the audio information is transmitted to the information center, and the communication means receives the additional information of the audio information from the information center. To compress the audio information to said compression means, and control means for writing the audio information and the additional information that is the compression in the storage means to said writing means.

  According to the present invention, the user identification information can be confirmed with respect to the information center, and various information can be exchanged with the information center. Further, the compressed audio information and the additional information acquired from the information center can be stored in the storage means. Thereby, the portable terminal can be registered with the information center, and the portable terminal can shorten the time from registration to operation. In addition, since the information of the terminal registered in the information center can be easily collected, the labor of inputting and processing information related to the user of the terminal is reduced.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. This embodiment is a recording / reproducing apparatus configured to store audio information and the like recorded on an optical disc serving as a recording medium in a storage unit and reproduce the audio information and the like stored in the storage unit. .

  As shown in FIG. 1, the recording / reproducing apparatus includes a mounting unit 3 on which an optical disk as a recording medium is mounted, a reading unit 4 for reading at least data recorded on the optical disk mounted on the mounting unit 3, and a plurality of additional units. Connected to the information center 16 where the information is stored, at least user identification information owned by the user and data identification information of the data requested by the user are transmitted to the information center and according to the collation result of the user identification information by the information center 16 The communication unit 6 that receives the reply and the data read by the reading unit 4 are written in the storage unit 5 and are transmitted to and received from the information center 16 via the communication unit 6 to be stored in the information center 16 according to the data. And a CPU 13 having writing means 7 for writing predetermined additional information to the storage unit 5.

  In the recording / reproducing apparatus 1, the recording unit 3 and the reading unit 4 are configured in an optical disc drive 2. In the recording / reproducing apparatus 1, the above-described units and units transmit and receive data via the bus 10.

  Here, the information center 16 is connected to the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 through, for example, the Internet line. For example, music information and video information are transmitted to the registered recording / reproducing apparatus 1 through the line. It is comprised so that various information, such as these, can be delivered.

  Hereafter, each part and each means which comprise a recording / reproducing apparatus are demonstrated in detail.

  The optical disk drive 2 is configured to read information from the optical disk mounted on the mounting unit 3 by the reading unit 4. Specifically, the optical disc drive 2 is configured to read information stored on the optical disc at 1 × speed or higher speed, for example, 8 × speed or 16 × speed.

  The storage unit 5 is configured as a storage unit capable of temporarily storing information sent thereto. For example, the storage unit 5 is a hard disk drive, a flash RAM, or the like. Information is written into the storage unit 5 by the writing means 7 of the CPU 13.

  The CPU 13 has a function of writing the audio information read by the reading unit 4 to the storage unit 5 by the writing unit 7. Further, the CPU 13 writes predetermined additional information stored in the information center 16 in the storage unit 5 according to the audio information by being transmitted to and received from the information center 16 via the communication unit 6 by the writing unit 7. It has a function.

  The communication means 6 is a part that enables the information center 16 and the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 to be connected, and is a modem, for example.

  A portable recording / reproducing apparatus (hereinafter referred to as a portable apparatus) capable of reproducing various information recorded in the storage unit 5 of the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 is connected to the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 configured as described above. Is done. That is, the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 includes a connection unit with a portable device, and is configured to send various information stored in the storage unit 5 to the portable device via the connection unit. Thereby, in the said portable apparatus, the reproduction | regeneration of the information currently recorded on the memory | storage part 5 of the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 is attained.

  The recording / reproducing apparatus 1 is configured as described above. Specifically, this recording / reproducing apparatus 1 is used as a home server connected to the information center 16. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, in the recording / reproducing system 19, the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 is configured as home servers 20 </ b> A, 20 </ b> B connected to the information center 16. The home servers 20A and 20B are connected to portable devices 21A and 21B to which audio information and the like once stored in the storage units of the home servers 20A and 20B are moved. In the following description, the portable device 21A and the portable device 21B are referred to as the portable device 21, and the home server 20A and the home server 20B that are the recording / reproducing device 1 are referred to as the home server 20.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the portable device 21 includes a hard disk 22 for writing data, a flash memory 23 to which data is temporarily written, a CPU 25 for controlling the operation of the portable device 21 using the flash memory 23, An input / output terminal 24 which is a connection unit with the home server 20 and serves as a data exchange unit with the home server 20 is provided.

  The home server 20 to which the portable device 21 is connected is a stationary type, for example, a terminal where a user is connected to the information center 16 from home. That is, in the recording / reproducing system 19, the home server 20 can reproduce audio information and the like at home, and the portable device 21 can reproduce audio information and the like outdoors.

  In the recording / reproducing system 19 configured as described above, when the portable device 21 is registered in the information center 16, specifically, the user purchases the portable device 21 at the store and inputs the ID installed at the store. A case where an ID is input to the portable device 21 by the apparatus and the ID of the portable device 21 is registered in the information center 19 will be described.

  First, at the time of purchase, information for ID registration is input to the portable device 21 by an in-store PC 31 which is an ID input device installed at a store as shown in FIG. For example, as shown in FIG. , Registration date / time, expiration date, Pass-Word, name, address, telephone number, age, gender, personal preference, distribution interval, and billing form, etc. The item for ID registration is recorded on the hard disk 22 of the portable device 21. Note that the home server 20 can also input items for ID registration.

  Then, the user (purchaser) takes home the portable device 21 in which the personal information is input, connects to the home server 20, and performs ID registration with respect to the information center 16. Here, the home server 20 is already registered in the information center 16 and is connected to the information center 16 through an Internet line, for example. Various information from the information center 16 is distributed to the portable device 21 by performing ID registration with the home server 20 connected to the information center 16.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 6, a series of procedures from the ID registration of the mobile device 21 until the information center 16 can be distributed to the mobile device 21 by the ID registration will be described.

  First, in step S1-1, as described above, necessary information for ID registration (hereinafter referred to as personal information or the like) for the portable device 21 is written at the store.

  Subsequently, in step S2-1, the personal information and the like are distributed from the portable device 21 to the information center 16 via the home server 20.

  The information center 16 to which the personal information or the like has been distributed takes in data as step S3-1. That is, the information center 16 performs collation processing based on the personal information distributed from the home server 20 and registers the ID of the portable device 21. Thereby, the verification by the information center 16 is authenticated, and the request permission information transmitted from the information center 16 can be received.

  The information center 16 that has completed the ID registration returns an ID approval notification and password to the home server 20 in step S3-2. The home server 20 returns the ID approval notification and password in step S2-2. Receive. Therefore, the user is authenticated for verification by the information center 16 and is permitted to transmit the data identification information requested by the user to the information center 16.

  By receiving this password, the portable device 21 becomes ready to request information provision to the information center 16 via the home server 20.

  For example, a request for providing information requests desired music information and the like with a registration ID and a password distributed in advance in consideration of security. For example, the ID registration in the information center 16 is performed by the terminal ID of the portable device 21 and the user ID of the user of the portable device 21 as shown in FIG.

  Note that the information center 16 and the home server 20 perform data collation processing by processing as shown in FIG. First, the information center 16 takes in the data transmitted from the home server 20 in step S11 from the processing of the main routine in step S10, and performs collation processing.

  In this collation processing, when the data transmitted from the home server 20 can be processed in the information center 16, the information center 16 returns to the main routine and performs corresponding processing.

  On the other hand, in this verification process, when verification cannot be performed based on the information managed by the information center 16, the information center 16 transmits an authentication error signal to the home server 20 in step S12. In response to this, the home server 20 ends the processing related to the authentication in step S13.

  As described above, in the recording / reproducing system 19, the portable device 21 is ID-registered in the information center 16, and distribution to the portable device 21 in which the ID is registered becomes possible.

  When the information is copied from the optical disk mounted on the home server 20 to the storage unit 5, the recording / reproducing system 19 returns additional information corresponding to the copied information stored in the information center 16. It is configured to be distributed to the server 20.

  As described above, the information center 16 manages personal information of the user of the portable device 21 that has been ID-registered. For example, as shown in FIG. Registered. Then, the information center 16 classifies and manages the period of distributing information to the home server 20 by coding as shown in FIG.

  Then, the information center 16 creates a management table based on the encoded registrant information as shown in FIG. 11, and creates additional information created based on information accumulated for audio information in a predetermined cycle. For example, 10 jazz songs are distributed to the home server 20 every week. Here, the additional information in the case of audio information is the intro part of the song.

  Thereby, the additional information of the audio information is distributed from the information center 16 to the home server 20 at a predetermined cycle, and the information is stored in the storage unit 5. Therefore, the user of the portable device 21 can obtain the audio information and the additional information stored in the storage unit 5 of the home server 20, and thereby the user can obtain the additional information distributed every week. The song that you want to hear the intro can be downloaded from the information center 16.

  Further, the information center 16 accumulates information on the downloaded song, for example, singer name, age, tone, etc., in the data, and at the next distribution, increases the priority and packages and distributes the additional information of the song. You can also.

  The distribution of the additional information is not limited to the period shown in FIG. 10. For example, the information center 16 writes information from the optical disk to the storage unit 5 in the home server 20. At this time, distribution to the home server 20 can also be performed.

  As described above, since the ID of the portable device 21 can be registered in the information center 16 by the recording / reproducing device 1 serving as the home server 20, the time from the registration to the operation of the portable device 21 can be shortened. Can do.

  Furthermore, the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 enables the information center 16 to collect information related to the user of the portable device 21, thereby enabling the input and processing of information related to the registered user to be reduced. The recording / reproducing apparatus 1 makes it easy for the information center 16 to hold information.

  In addition, by attaching data such as the preference of the person who has registered ID, it is possible to download several songs at random without selecting each song during distribution from the information center 16.

  Furthermore, by issuing a password, it becomes possible to reduce the loss or the like when others are used or lost.

  Also, downloading of music from the information center 16 to the home server 20 can be executed on condition that the information center 16 is charged. That is, the home server 20 can charge the information center 16 to distribute a predetermined song.

  The home server 20 can also copy and store the audio information recorded on the optical disc loaded in the optical disc drive 2 in the storage unit 5 by charging.

  As an object of charging, for example, there is a case where audio information of an optical disk is copied to the storage unit 5 at high speed. Here, copying at high speed is, for example, copying audio information to the storage unit 5 in a compressed state when the audio information recorded on the optical disk is compressed digital information. That is, if the compressed audio information is once decoded and re-encoded, it takes time, and copying to the storage unit 5 in the compressed state is equivalent to copying at high speed. Furthermore, copying information to the storage unit 5 in a compressed state leads to prevention of deterioration of the copied information. In other words, the charge is made when copying from the optical disk to the storage unit 5 is performed with profit.

  As a result, the home server 20 holds the audio information obtained by charging in this manner in the storage unit 5 and can reproduce it at any time.

  Furthermore, the home server 20 can be configured to be equipped with a plurality of portable devices 21. For example, the case where each member of the family has the portable apparatus 21 personally can be considered. Thereby, each member of the family can write the audio information stored in the storage unit 5 of the home server 20 in his / her portable device 21. In this case, audio information is written from the home server 20 to the portable device 21 by movement. For example, the audio information is moved by copying the audio information in the storage unit 5 of the home server 20 to the portable device 21 and then deleting the audio information recorded in the storage unit 5. Note that it is possible to virtually set no audio information by setting a flag that makes it impossible to reproduce the audio information recorded in the storage unit 5 of the home server 20. Due to the movement of the audio information, the information recorded in the home server 20 is not held in the plurality of portable devices 21 at the same time. For example, only one family member can move the audio information moved from the home server 20. It can be played back by the portable device 21.

  Furthermore, the home server 20 can also hold the ID of the portable device 21 connected to the home server 20. Thereby, the home server 20 can prohibit the movement of the audio information to the said portable device, when the portable device of ID which is not registered, for example, portable devices other than a family, is mounted | worn.

  Note that even if the mobile device has no ID registered for the home server 20, the audio information can be copied from the home server 20 by charging. For example, in a state where the portable device is connected to the home server 20 where the portable device ID is not registered, the information center 16 is accessed and the ID of the portable device already registered in the information center 16 is obtained. Check. Then, by confirming that the ID is registered in the information center 16, the audio information from the storage unit 5 of the home server 20 can be copied to the portable device 21. In this case, the mobile device is charged directly.

  By registering the ID of the portable device 21 in the information center 16 in this way, the audio information can be copied from the home server 20 even if the ID of the portable device 21 is not registered in the home server 20. Can do.

  Note that when the mobile device 21 obtains information from the information center 16 via the home server 20, even if the ID of the mobile device 21 is registered in the home server 20, the mobile device 21 directly You can also charge for it. Thereby, the information of the portable device 21 can be stored in the information center 16.

  Moreover, ID registration with respect to the information center 16 of the portable apparatus 21 can also be performed by the home server 21 installed in the store where the portable apparatus 21 was purchased.

  Next, the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 12 to 14 as a more specific example. The recording / reproducing apparatus 50 shown in FIGS. 12 to 14 is configured to copy or move the charged audio information to the portable device.

  The recording / reproducing apparatus 50 includes an input unit 51. The input means 51 is provided with a push type or a rotary type. The input means 51 may be provided with a rotary push type that is a so-called jog dial. The input unit 51 is operated to output a control signal for controlling the operation of the recording / reproducing apparatus 50, and the operation of the recording / reproducing apparatus 50 is controlled in accordance with the control signal.

  In addition, the recording / reproducing apparatus 50 includes a keyboard 52. The keyboard 52 is operated by a pressing operation, and is configured to output a signal according to the operation. Thereby, for example, it is possible to easily input a song name and an artist list corresponding to recorded audio information. A signal from the keyboard 52 can be input to the recording / reproducing apparatus 50 by an infrared interface driver 53 and a USB (universal serialbus) driver 54. Here, the infrared interface driver 53 enables an interface using infrared rays.

  Data can also be transferred from the keyboard 52 to the recording / reproducing apparatus 50 via the infrared interface driver 53 and the USB driver 54.

  In addition, the recording / reproducing apparatus 50 includes a RAM 55, a ROM 56, and a flash RAM 57 so that the CPU 58 controls the operation of the entire recording / reproducing apparatus 50. Specifically, the ROM 56 stores a program for controlling the operation of the recording / reproducing apparatus in accordance with an input signal input by operating the input unit 51. Further, the RAM 55 and the flash RAM 57 temporarily have a data area and a task area for executing the program.

  The CPU 58 is configured to correspond to the CPU 13 of the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 described above. That is, the CPU 58 has a function of writing data read by a reading unit of an optical disk 59 described later to a hard disk drive 60 described later, and transmits / receives data to / from the information center via a modem 70 described later to the information center according to the data. A function of writing predetermined additional information stored in the hard disk drive 60 is provided.

  Further, the recording / reproducing apparatus 50 includes an optical disk drive 59. The optical disk drive 59 corresponds to the optical disk drive 9 of the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 described above. In other words, the optical disk drive 59 includes a mounting unit for an optical disk serving as a recording medium, and a reading unit for reading an audio information file recorded on the optical disk mounted on the mounting unit.

  The optical disk drive 59 is configured so that information stored on the optical disk can be read from the optical disk loaded in the optical disk drive 59 at 1 × speed or higher speed, for example, 8 × speed or 16 × speed. A hard disk drive (HDD) 60 is provided for storing audio information files read from the optical disk drive 59.

  In addition, the recording / reproducing apparatus 50 includes an encoder 62. The encoder 62 is configured to encode data transferred on the bus. The encoder 62 has, for example, ATRAC2 (Adaptive TRansform Acoustic Coding 2; trademark) as an encoding algorithm.

  The recording / reproducing apparatus 50 includes an audio DRAM 61. The audio DRAM 61 is configured as a part for storing various information. For example, the audio DRAM 61 is a part for temporarily storing audio information read from the optical disk.

  The hard disk drive 60 is a part corresponding to the storage unit 5 of the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1, and is a part in which audio information and additional information are stored as described above. As preprocessing for storing audio information in the hard disk drive 60, audio information read from the optical disk is stored in the audio DRAM 61, and information obtained by encoding the audio information by the encoder 62 is stored in the audio DRAM 61. And the encoded audio information is finally stored in the hard disk driver 60. The recording / reproducing apparatus 50 includes a microphone 63 and a line input line IN65. In the recording / reproducing apparatus 50, an audio signal is input from the microphone 63 via the amplifier 64, or an audio signal is input from the line IN 65, and the input audio signal is digitally converted by the A / D converter 66. The encoder 62 encodes the audio signal input via the microphone 63 and the amplifier 64 or the audio signal input via the line IN 65 and the A / D converter 66. It is configured.

  The recording / reproducing apparatus 50 includes an optical digital IN 67 and an IEC958 (International Electrotechnical Commission 958) encoder 68. The optical digital IN 67 is configured to enable optical digital input to the recording / reproducing apparatus 50. The optical digital information from the optical digital IN 67 is input to the encoder 62 via the IEC958 encoder 68.

  Further, the recording / reproducing apparatus 50 includes a modem 70. The modem 70 is a part corresponding to the communication means 6 of the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1, and is a part for performing ID registration and charging processing by transmitting / receiving data between the information centers described above. is there.

  The modem 70 is an interface that can be connected to the external network 69 such as the Internet, a telenetwork, a cable TV, a wireless network, and the like. Through the modem 70, the recording / reproducing apparatus 50 can send a request signal, media information mounted on the optical disc drive 59, or user information to a remote information center.

  Also, the modem 70 allows the recording / reproducing apparatus 50 to perform, for example, song title, artist name, composer, songwriter as music additional information from the user ID collation process, billing process, and disc information on the server side of the external network 69. , Lyrics, jacket images, etc. can be searched.

  The recording / reproducing apparatus 50 includes a decoder 71. The decoder 71 is configured to decode the audio information encoded by the encoder 62 stored in the hard disk drive 60. Audio information from the hard disk drive 60 decoded by the decoder 71 is output from a speaker 74 via a D / A converter 72 and an amplifier 73. Here, the decoding algorithm of the decoder 71 corresponds to the encoding algorithm of the encoder 62.

  The recording / reproducing apparatus 50 includes a display unit 76 and a display driver 75 for driving the display unit 76. The display unit 76 is configured as, for example, a liquid crystal display (LCD) unit.

  The display driver 75 is an interface for the user to manage and control audio information stored in the hard disk drive 60. The display unit 76 is a part that displays various types of information as image information, and is driven by the display driver 75 to display the various types of information.

  And the display part 76 is comprised so that the command etc. which are displayed on a display screen by the pointing device as the input means 51, such as touching with a mouse | mouth, a pen, and a user's finger | toe, can be designated. Thereby, the recording / reproducing apparatus 50 can reproduce and control the audio information designated on the display unit 76. Further, the recording / reproducing apparatus 50 can control deletion of audio information selected by the display unit 76, copying to an external device, movement, and the like.

  Specifically, the display unit 76 displays a folder or jacket image corresponding to the audio information. In addition, the display unit 76 uses html (hyper text) as related information retrieved from a so-called WWW (world wide wed) site on the Internet based on TOC (table of contents) information of a medium loaded in the optical disc drive 59. markup language) The document is configured to be displayed graphically, and can also be used as a normal Internet browser.

  The recording / reproducing apparatus 50 includes an IEEE 1394 interface 78 and an IEEE 1394 driver. The recording / reproducing apparatus 50 can take in audio information from an IRD (integrated receiver / decoder) 77, MD (trademark), DVD (trademark), DV, etc. for sanitary broadcasting via the IEEE 1394 interface 78 and IEEE 1394 driver. It is configured as follows.

  The recording / reproducing apparatus 50 further includes a PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association) driver 80 and a PCMCIA slot 81. The PCMCIA slot 31 provided via the PCMCIA driver 80 is configured as a mounting portion for the PCMCIA card 82. When the PCMCIA card 82 is attached to the recording / reproducing apparatus 50, various peripheral devices such as an external storage device, other media drives, modems, terminal adapters, and capture boards can be easily expanded.

  The recording / reproducing apparatus 50 includes an I / F driver 83 and an I / F 84. The recording / reproducing apparatus 50 uses this I / F driver 83 to instantly copy the audio information stored in the hard disk drive 60 to the other recording / reproducing apparatus via the I / F 84 and the I / F 85 of the other recording / reproducing apparatus. Or can move. Specifically, the recording / reproducing apparatus 50 can copy or move the audio information file obtained by the billing process to another recording / reproducing apparatus.

  The thus configured recording / reproducing apparatus 50 can be connected to the information center by the modem 70, and can perform ID registration or the like of the portable device attached to the recording / reproducing apparatus 50.

  Next, a portable device connected to the recording / reproducing device 50 will be described. In the present embodiment, the portable device is configured to be electrically connected to the recording / reproducing device 50 by being attached to a device unit provided in the recording / reproducing device 50. Specifically, the portable device is configured as shown in FIG.

  The portable device 100 includes the I / F 85 that is a portion connected to the I / F driver 101 and the recording / reproducing device 50. In other words, the I / F 85 of the recording / reproducing apparatus 50 is connected to the I / F 85 of the I / F driver 101. Thereby, the portable device 100 can be connected to the recording / reproducing device 50.

  In addition, the mobile device 100 includes an input unit 102 that serves as an input part to the mobile device 100. This input means 102 is provided with push-type and rotary-type keys. Note that the input unit 102 may be configured by a rotary push type key that is a so-called jog dial. When operated, these input means 102 output a control signal corresponding to the operation to the bus 130. The control signal sent from the input unit 102 to the bus 130 is a signal for controlling the operation of the portable device 100.

  Furthermore, the mobile device 100 includes a RAM 103 and a ROM 104. The ROM 104 has a program or the like that controls the portable device 100 in accordance with an input signal that is input by operating the input means 102, as in the recording / reproducing device 50 to which the portable device 100 is connected. It is remembered. The RAM 103 temporarily secures a data area and a task area for executing a program. The CPU 105 controls the operation of the entire portable device 100 by using various data stored in the ROM 103 and the RAM 104.

  The portable device 100 includes a flash RAM 106 and an audio DRAM 107 that are used for storing audio information and the like, and an encoder 108 that performs an encoding process.

  Here, the audio information from the recording / reproducing apparatus 50 described above is copied or moved to the flash RAM 106. Specifically, from the state in which the portable device 100 is connected to the recording / reproducing device 50, by selecting copy or movement to an external device on the display unit 76 of the recording / reproducing device 50, the I of the portable device 100 is selected. Audio information encoded from the hard disk drive 60 of the recording / reproducing apparatus 50 is copied or moved to the flash RAM 106 of the portable apparatus 50 via the / F driver 101.

  The portable device 100 is not limited to copying or moving encoded audio information from the recording / reproducing device 50. That is, audio information read from a medium loaded in the optical disc drive 59 of the recording / reproducing apparatus 50 may be directly input via the I / F driver 101. At this time, preprocessing for storing the audio information in the flash RAM 106 is possible. The audio information is temporarily stored in the audio DRAM 107, the audio information is encoded by the encoder 108, temporarily stored again in the audio DRAM 107, and finally stored as encoded audio information in the flash RAM 106.

  The portable device 100 further includes a microphone 109 for external input, a line IN111 for line input, and an optical digital IN113 for optical digital signal input. The portable device 100 encodes the audio signal input from the microphone 109 via the amplifier 110 or the audio signal input from the line IN 111 and input via the A / D converter 112 by the encoder 108. You can also The portable device 100 can further encode an optical digital signal input from the optical digital IN 113 via the IEC958 encoder 114 by the encoder 108.

  The portable device 100 includes a decoder 115. The decoder 115 is a part that decodes the encoded audio information stored in the flash RAM 106. The audio information decoded by the decoder 115 is output from the speaker 118 via the D / A converter 116 and the amplifier 117.

  In addition, the portable device 100 includes a display unit 120 and a display driver 119 for driving the display unit 120 in the same manner as the recording / reproducing device 50 described above.

  The display unit 120 is, for example, a liquid crystal display unit, and is connected to the bus 130 via a display driver 119. The display unit 120 displays a folder corresponding to the audio information, and the display unit 120 can select predetermined audio information to be displayed by touching it with a mouse, a pen, a user's finger, or the like. The audio information selected on the display unit 120 is output and reproduced by the speaker 118, erased from the flash RAM 106, copied or moved to an external device, in this case, a recording / reproducing apparatus.

  As described above, the portable device 100 is configured.

  Next, an operation flow when the audio information file stored in the hard disk drive 60 of the recording / reproducing device 50 is transferred to the portable device 100 mounted on the mounting unit of the recording / reproducing device 50 will be described with reference to FIG. This will be described in detail. In other words, after the accounting process is performed, the accounting-processed audio information is transferred from the recording / reproducing apparatus 50 to the portable device 100.

  First, in step S <b> 21, it is detected whether or not the portable device 100 is attached to the attachment portion of the recording / reproducing device 50. Here, in the detection, for example, the connection is detected by a mechanical switch mechanism or signal transmission / reception.

  If it is determined that the portable device 100 is connected to the recording / reproducing device 50, it is determined in step S22 whether or not a request for movement of the music, that is, the audio information file to the portable device is instructed by the user. Specifically, an audio information file selected by a predetermined pointing device in a folder indicating the audio information file displayed on the display unit 76 is moved to the portable device 100.

  If it is determined that there is a music movement request by the above processing, the capacity of the designated audio information file is detected in step S23. In the subsequent step S24, the free space of the mobile device 100 is detected, and the detected free space of the mobile device 100 is compared with the capacity of the audio information file to be moved to the mobile device 100.

  If it is determined that there is not enough free space, the audio information file existing in the portable device 100 is automatically deleted in step S25. For example, the audio information file is deleted from the flash RAM 106 of the portable device 100 by erasing the files with the least number of times of reproduction by the user in order, and erasing the recorded date from the oldest date. Furthermore, in consideration of the fact that important files may be deleted without permission by automatic deletion without the user's permission, for example, the display unit 76 of the recording / reproducing device 50 and the display of the portable device 100 The warning is displayed on the unit 120 so that the user's confirmation can be obtained.

  Then, when it is determined that the predetermined audio information file can be moved to the portable device 100 by the processing of step S24 and step S25, the I / Fs 34, 35 and I / F are transferred from the hard disk drive 60 of the recording / reproducing device 50 in the subsequent step S26. A predetermined audio information file encoded in the flash RAM 106 of the portable device 100 is transferred via the F driver 101.

  In step S27, a reproduction prohibition flag is set for the audio information file recorded in the hard disk drive 60 of the recording / reproducing apparatus 50. This makes it impossible for the recording / reproducing apparatus 50 to reproduce the audio information file recorded on the hard disk drive 60. That is, a predetermined audio information file is virtually moved from the recording / reproducing device 50 to the portable device 100, and the audio information file is managed so that there is always only one to prevent unauthorized copying.

  Note that, by setting a reproduction prohibition flag on the audio information file recorded on the hard disk drive 60 of the recording / reproducing device 50, the reproduction of the audio information file in the recording / reproducing device 50 is prohibited. By deleting the audio information file recorded on the recording / reproducing apparatus 60, the reproduction of the transferred audio information file in the recording / reproducing apparatus 50 can be prohibited.

  Next, in step S28, it is determined whether or not a song movement request has been issued by the user. If there is a movement request, the process returns to step S23. If no movement request is made, the process ends. .

  As described above, the audio information file stored in the hard disk drive 60 of the recording / reproducing device 50 is written to the portable device 100 attached to the attachment unit of the recording / reproducing device 50.

  By configuring the recording / reproducing apparatus 50 in this way, the ID registration of the portable device 100 can be performed in the information center connected to the recording / reproducing apparatus 50 by a line. Therefore, the portable device 100 can be performed in a short period from registration to the information center to the time when it can be operated.

  Further, the recording / reproducing apparatus 50 allows the information center to easily manage information related to the portable apparatus 100, for example, user information.

  Further, the recording / reproducing apparatus 50 can perform the accounting process and transfer the accounting-processed audio information to the portable device 100. Therefore, the billing-processed audio information can be reproduced in the portable device 100. Since the audio information can be reproduced only by either the recording / reproducing device 50 or the portable device 50, the audio information reproduced by the recording / reproducing device 50 or the portable device 100 is based on an illegal copy. Can not be.

  The portable device 100 described above is not limited to the configuration described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 15, the modification of the portable apparatus 100 is shown.

  The mobile device 200 according to the modification is configured in the same manner as the mobile device 100 described above. In addition, the same number is attached | subjected about the location similarly comprised of the portable apparatus 100 mentioned above in the portable apparatus 200, and description is abbreviate | omitted.

  The portable device 200 includes a flash RAM 201 connected to the bus 130 via the switch 202. The portable device 200 enables a direct connection between the I / F 85 and the flash RAM 201 by the switch 201. The difference between the portable device 100 described above and the portable device 200 that is a modification example thereof is the positioning of the flash RAM 201 in the portable device 200.

  That is, in the mobile device 100 of FIG. 13, the flash RAM 106 is directly connected to the bus 130, and the flash RAM 106 cannot be physically separated from the circuit of the mobile device 100. On the other hand, in the portable device 200 shown in FIG. 15, the flash RAM 201 is configured to be electrically connected to the bus by the switch 202. In other words, in the portable device 200 shown in FIG. 15, the flash RAM 201 can be easily disconnected from the bus 130 by switching the switch 202, thereby easily connecting to an external recording / reproducing device. It is said.

  By switching the switch 202 in this way, the flash RAM 201 is configured as one of the storage units of the recording / reproducing device 50 via the I / F 85, that is, the CPU 58 of the recording / reproducing device 50 performs the operation of the flash RAM 201. The circuit configuration is such that control is possible.

  In the recording / reproducing apparatus 50, the target from which the optical disk drive 59 reads information is an optical disk, but the target from which information is read may be a magneto-optical disk, a memory card, or the like.

  In the recording / reproducing apparatus 50, the encoding algorithm of the encoder 62 may be an encoding algorithm that compresses information. Therefore, for example, the encoding algorithm is configured as TwinVQ (trademark), RealAudio (trademark), LiquidAudio (trademark), or the like. You can also

  Further, in the recording / reproducing apparatus 50, the audio information encoded by the encoder 62 is stored in the hard disk drive 60. However, the information read from the optical disk drive 59 is stored in the hard disk drive 60 as it is. It doesn't matter.

  The recording / reproducing apparatus 50 can be configured such that the music information requested by the user is downloaded directly from the external network 69, and is configured so that the music information is returned in response to the media information. It is also possible to configure such that a bonus track of the media is acquired by distribution.

  In addition, the recording / reproducing apparatus 50 may include a charging unit that transmits / receives data to / from the portable device 100 and charges the portable device 100.

  In the portable device 100, the flash RAM 106 can be substituted for a hard disk drive.

  Further, the portable device 100 can be transmitted to and received from the recording / reproducing device 50 by being physically attached to the attaching portion of the recording / reproducing device 50, but is connected by a non-contact type I / F. For example, it is possible to use IrDA or the like.

  According to the embodiment of the recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention as described above, at least the data recorded on the recording medium mounted on the mounting unit is read by the reading unit, while a plurality of additions are performed by the communication unit. Connected to the information center where the information is stored, at least user identification information owned by the user and data identification information of the data requested by the user are transmitted to the information center and a reply according to the collation result of the user identification information by the information center Receive. Then, the recording / reproducing apparatus writes the data read by the reading means to the storage means by the writing means and transmits / receives the data to / from the information center via the communication means, thereby accumulating the predetermined additional information stored in the information center according to the data. Write information to the storage means.

  Thereby, the recording / reproducing apparatus can confirm the user identification information with respect to the information center, and can exchange various information with the information center.

  Therefore, the recording / reproducing apparatus can register the mobile terminal with respect to the information center, whereby the mobile terminal can shorten the time from registration to operation.

  Further, the recording / reproducing apparatus enables the information center to easily collect information on the terminals registered in the information center, thereby reducing the time and effort of inputting information related to the user of the terminal.

  Further, according to the embodiment of the recording / reproducing method of the present invention, at least the data recorded on the recording medium attached to the attaching means is read out by the reading step, while a plurality of additional information is obtained by the communication step. Connected to the stored information center, at least the user identification information owned by the user and the data identification information of the data requested by the user are transmitted to the information center and a reply according to the collation result by the information center of the user identification information is received To do. In the recording / reproducing method, the data read by the reading process is written in the storage means by the writing process, and is transmitted to and received from the information center via the communication means, thereby being stored in the information center according to the data. Write information to the storage means.

  By this recording / reproducing method, the user identification information can be confirmed with respect to the information center, and various information can be exchanged with the information center.

  Therefore, the recording / reproducing method can register the portable terminal with respect to the information center, whereby the portable terminal can shorten the time from registration to operation.

  Furthermore, the information recording center can easily collect the information of the terminal registered in the information center by the recording / reproducing method, so that it is possible to reduce the trouble of inputting and processing information regarding the user of the terminal.

  Further, according to the embodiment of the recording / reproducing system according to the present invention, at least the data recorded on the recording medium attached to the attaching means is read out by the reading means, while the communication means is remotely connected to the main body. It is connected to an information center that is installed on the ground and stores a plurality of additional information, and at least user identification information owned by the user and data identification information of data requested by the user are transmitted to the information center and user identification information A reply corresponding to the collation result by the information center is received. The recording / reproducing system writes the data read by the reading means to the built-in storage means by the writing means and transmits / receives the data to / from the information center via the communication means to accumulate in the information center according to the data. Predetermined additional information is written in the storage means.

  Thereby, the recording / reproducing system can confirm the user identification information to the information center, and can exchange various information with the information center.

  Therefore, the recording / reproducing system can register the mobile terminal with the information center, and thus the mobile terminal can shorten the time from registration to operation.

  Further, the recording / reproducing system allows the information center to easily collect information on the terminal registered in the information center, thereby reducing the time and effort for inputting information regarding the user of the terminal.

  It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

1 is a block circuit diagram showing a configuration of a recording / reproducing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the recording / reproducing system by which the said recording / reproducing apparatus is a home server and a portable apparatus is mounted | worn with respect to the said home server. It is a block circuit diagram which shows the structure of the said portable apparatus. It is the block diagram used for description when the user personal information for ID registration is input into the said portable apparatus by in-store PC. It is a figure which shows the personal information input into the said portable apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure which ID-registers the said portable apparatus in an information center. It is a figure which shows ID of the said portable apparatus managed in the information center in which the said portable apparatus is ID-registered. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the collation process performed in the said information center. It is a figure which shows an example of the data managed in the said information center. It is a figure which shows the space | interval which distributes information to the home server from the said information center which the said information center manages. It is a figure which shows an example of the attached information delivered from the said information center. The recording / reproducing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention is a more specific example than the recording / reproducing apparatus. It is a block circuit diagram which shows the structure of the portable apparatus with which the recording / reproducing apparatus made into the said more specific example is mounted | worn. It is a flowchart which shows a series of procedures which transfer audio | voice information from the recording / reproducing apparatus made into the said more specific example to the said portable apparatus. It is a block circuit diagram which shows the structure of the portable apparatus made into the modification of the said portable apparatus.

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  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Recording / reproducing apparatus, 3 mounting part, 4 reading part, 6 communication means, 13 CPU

Claims (15)

A mounting means for mounting a recording medium on which audio information is recorded;
Reading means for reading information from the recording medium mounted on the mounting means;
Compression means for compressing audio information;
Storage means;
Writing means for writing information into the storage means;
A communication means for communicating with an information center in which additional information of a plurality of audio information is stored;
The reading means reads the audio information and the identification information of the audio information from the recording medium, causes the communication means to transmit the identification information of the audio information to the information center, and causes the communication means to transmit the audio information from the information center. A recording / reproducing apparatus comprising: control means for receiving additional information of information, causing the compression means to compress the audio information, and causing the writing means to write the compressed audio information and the additional information to the storage means.   2. The recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit causes the communication unit to receive the additional information from the information center at predetermined intervals.   2. The recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit causes the communication unit to receive the additional information from the information center when the writing unit writes the audio information into the storage unit.   2. The recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the additional information is a predetermined part of a song.   2. The recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the additional information is a title of audio information.   2. The recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the additional information is a jacket image of audio information.   2. The recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the additional information is lyrics information of audio information.   2. The recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the additional information is a bonus track.   The recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control means causes the communication means to download audio information from an information center based on the additional information.   10. The recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein when the audio information is downloaded, the control means performs an accounting process with the information center via the communication means. It further comprises a connection means with a mobile terminal,
The control means causes the reading means to read the audio information stored in the storage means, and causes the writing means to write the audio information to a portable terminal connected via the connection means. Item 4. The recording / reproducing apparatus according to Item 1. It further comprises detection means for detecting the capacity,
The control means detects the capacity of the audio information designated by the input from the input means and the free capacity of the portable terminal connected via the connection means, and the free information of the portable terminal is the audio information designated. 12. The recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein when the capacity is smaller than the capacity, the display means displays the fact.   The control means determines whether the portable terminal is connected via the communication means, and determines that the portable terminal is connected to the writing means via the connection means when it is determined that the portable terminal is connected. 12. The recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the audio information is written to a terminal. A reading step of reading information from a recording medium on which audio information to be attached to the attachment means is recorded;
A communication step of communicating with an information center in which additional information of a plurality of audio information is stored;
A compression process for compressing audio information;
A writing step of writing information to the storage means;
Audio information and identification information of the audio information are read from the recording medium by the reading step, identification information of the audio information is transmitted to the information center by the communication step, and the audio information is transmitted from the information center by the communication step. A recording / reproducing method comprising: a control step of receiving additional information of information, compressing the audio information by the compression step, and writing the compressed audio information and the additional information in the storage unit by the writing step. An information center installed remotely from the main body and storing a plurality of additional information;
A mounting means for mounting a recording medium on which audio information is recorded;
Reading means for reading information from the recording medium mounted on the mounting means;
Compression means for compressing audio information;
Storage means;
Writing means for writing information into the storage means;
A communication means for communicating with an information center in which additional information of a plurality of audio information is stored;
The reading means reads the audio information and the identification information of the audio information from the recording medium, causes the communication means to transmit the identification information of the audio information to the information center, and causes the communication means to transmit the audio information from the information center. A recording / reproducing system comprising: control means for receiving additional information of information, causing the compression means to compress the audio information, and causing the writing means to write the compressed audio information and the additional information to the storage means.

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