JP2000268543A - Reproducing device and reproducing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a display effectively usable by displaying a desired picture even when a disk for music, on which picture data are not recorded, is reproduced in a reproducing device such as an optical disk reproducing device connectable to a display having a relatively large screen. SOLUTION: Before reproducing a music disk 1, a picture desired to be displayed on a display screen is selected in accordance with the disk from many pictures stored on a hard disk 44, and the file name of the selected picture is registered in a memory 42 to be made correspond to the TOC information and the CD text information recorded on the disk 44 and the disk title inputted by a user. When the registration-processed CD is reproduced, the desired picture is retrieved from the hard disk or the like based on the registered information of the memory 42 and the picture is displayed on a display 38.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a reproducing apparatus suitable for application to a reproducing apparatus having a function of displaying image information on a display screen in addition to a function of reproducing and outputting audio information. And a playback method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, compact discs (CDs) have been widely used for music reproduction. As is well known, C
D indicates a digital audio signal recorded on an optical disk having a diameter of 12 (or 8) cm.

In recent years, a video C which records compressed moving picture information with a diameter of 12 cm and the same recording density as a CD has
D and CD have the same diameter of 12 cm as the CD, and the recording density is remarkably increased. For example, a large capacity of 4.7 GB per side is obtained.
DVD (Digita) capable of recording compressed video information for 3 minutes
l Versatile Disk or Digital Video Disk) and their respective playback devices have appeared.

[0004] As described above, in the case of the stationary type, the playback device for the optical disk on which the compressed moving picture information is recorded has a sufficiently large screen by connecting to an external receiver.
I was able to enjoy the playback images.

In addition, portable and vehicle-mounted video CDs and DVs
In the playback device of D, a relatively large-screen display, such as a 5 to 7-inch screen size, which allows a user to sufficiently enjoy a playback image has come to be mounted due to a reduction in the price of the liquid crystal display device.

[0006]

By the way, the video CD or DVD reproducing apparatus as described above can also reproduce a normal music CD.

However, when a normal music CD is reproduced by the above-mentioned video CD or DVD reproducing apparatus, the music C
Since no image information is recorded on D, a screen such as a liquid crystal display has a so-called blue background, and there is a problem that a liquid crystal display having a size that allows a reproduced image to be sufficiently enjoyed is not effectively used.

The present invention provides a reproducing apparatus having a relatively large screen display or a reproducing apparatus which can be connected to a large screen display even when reproducing a recording medium on which no image data is recorded. The purpose is to enable effective use.

[0009]

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a reproducing apparatus for reproducing and outputting audio information from a recording medium on which the audio information is recorded. Corresponding image selection means for selecting a corresponding image to be displayed, corresponding to the recording medium or for each music recorded on the recording medium, and selected by the corresponding image selection means. An image information storage unit that stores at least image information of the corresponding image, and corresponding image related information related to a storage position of the image information storage unit of the image information of the corresponding image selected by the corresponding image selection unit, A corresponding image related information registering means for registering in the storage unit in correspondence with the identification information of the recording medium or the identification information of each music, and an audio from the recording medium; At the time of reproducing the information, based on the information obtained from the recording medium, from the correspondence between the identification information registered in the storage unit and the corresponding image-related information, from among the image information in the image information storage unit The image processing apparatus further includes a corresponding image search unit that searches for image information of the corresponding image, and an output unit that outputs image information of the corresponding image searched by the corresponding image search unit.

In the reproducing apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, when a recording medium is loaded and a reproduction start instruction is issued, recording is performed based on table of contents information and text information on the recorded contents of the recording medium. The identification information of the medium and the identification information of each music are specified. Using the specified identification information, the image information of the pre-registered corresponding image is stored by the corresponding image search unit from the image information storage unit for each recording medium or for each piece of music recorded therein. It is searched, read, and displayed as an image.

Therefore, even if no image information is recorded on the recording medium, a favorite image selected in advance by the user in accordance with the recorded contents of the recording medium is displayed on the display device having a relatively large screen.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the reproduction apparatus according to the first aspect, the identification information of the recording medium or the identification information of the music is text information reproduced from the recording medium. Features.

In the reproducing apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention, when the recording medium is, for example, a disc conforming to the CD text standard, the reproduced text information is used and the corresponding image retrieval means is used. Accordingly, the corresponding image is read from the image information storage unit and displayed on the display screen.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the reproducing apparatus according to the first aspect, the identification information of the recording medium or the identification information of the music is information unique to the recording medium obtained from the recording medium. And text information input by the user.

In the third aspect of the present invention, for example, C
Even in the case of a recording medium that does not include text information such as D text, the text information is input in advance, and the text information is registered in association with the corresponding image-related information together with information that can specify the disc. Thus, at the time of reproduction, if at least information that can specify the disc is reproduced, the corresponding image is read from the image information storage unit by the corresponding image search means and displayed on the display screen.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the reproducing apparatus according to the first aspect, the identification information of the recording medium is information unique to the recording medium obtained from the recording medium. .

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the information unique to the recording medium is used as the identification information, and the corresponding image corresponding to the recording medium is read from the image information storage unit by the corresponding image search means. And displayed on the display screen.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the reproducing apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an interface means for externally inputting the image information.
The corresponding image selecting means selects image information of the corresponding image from image information input through the interface means and stores the selected image information in the image information storage unit.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, image information is fetched through a memory medium or the Internet,
A corresponding image can be selected and designated from among them. Therefore, in the image information storage unit, it is not necessary to prepare in advance image information on all of the currently existing recording media and songs, and in response to newly appearing recording media and songs, A corresponding image can be easily selected and designated.

[0020]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a reproducing apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. The playback device of this embodiment is a DVD or video C
This is an example of an optical disk reproducing apparatus having a function of reproducing image information from D or the like, but an image reproducing portion from a DVD or a video CD is omitted for simplicity of description.

In this embodiment, by using text information such as a CD text, a user selects in advance from a large number of images stored in a hard disk or the like, and Or
A display is utilized by displaying a desired image registered on a one-to-one basis for each of a plurality of tracks of each disk when each disk or each track is reproduced.

[Data Structure of CD] First, in order to facilitate understanding of the present invention, the data structure of a music CD (CD-DA) will be described with reference to FIGS.

In a music CD, TOC (Table Of Contents) information is recorded in a lead-in area on the inner circumference side, and main audio data is recorded in a program area outside the lead-in area.

The main audio data is a data string in a unit called a frame, in which 24-byte sound data and 8-byte parity are put together.

As shown in FIG. 5A, in the lead-in area, each frame is followed by a frame synchronization section 101, an 8-bit subcode section 102, and further a data & parity section 103.

As shown in FIG. 6A, in the program area, each frame is provided with a frame synchronization unit 105.
Is followed by an 8-bit subcode part 106,
Further, a data & parity unit 107 follows.

Each of the P, Q, and R / W channels of the subcode has a structure in which 98 frames have one meaning, so that access is made in units of 98 frames.

In the lead-in area, the data of the data & parity section 103 shown in FIG. 5A is zero, and the P channel of the subcode is also zero. Then, TOC data is recorded in the data section 104 of the Q channel of the subcode in a format as shown in FIG. 5B.

On the other hand, in the program area, a program number (track number), a movement number (index), time information of each program, C
Information such as absolute time information on D is recorded.

During playback of a CD, by displaying such information of the Q channel, the number of the program being played on the optical disk, the elapsed time of the performance, the absolute time from the beginning, and the like can be confirmed. can do.

The P channel of the subcode is "1" for a few seconds from the start of the program, becomes "0" after a few seconds, and "1" between the track numbers.
Becomes Used for cueing programs.

The data for six channels of the R to W channels of the subcode can be used, for example, for displaying a still image or lyrics of a song. A playback device using such R to W channels is already known as CD-graphics.

Further, in the standard called "CD text",
Additional text information is recorded in the R to W channels in the lead-in area of the CD. In the case of this CD text, it is possible to record about 6500 bytes of text information, and each of the 80 texts corresponds to eight languages.
Recording of 0 bytes or less is permitted.

The text information includes a CD name (album name or program name), a performer, a conductor or an orchestra name, a lyricist, a composer, an arranger, a message, a search keyword, a disc identification code, and the like. .

The search keyword is determined by, for example, a 2-byte genre code and a person name or keyword representing the entire disc.

[Structure of Embodiment] FIG. 1 shows the structure of an embodiment of the present invention. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the reproducing apparatus for an optical disk includes a reproducing system 10 and a system control system 30.

The compact disk 1 as described above is driven to rotate at a predetermined linear speed by the spindle motor 11 of the reproducing system 10. An optical pickup 12 is provided so as to face the disk 1.

The optical pickup 12 includes a laser light source such as a laser diode, optical components such as a collimator lens, an objective lens, a polarizing beam splitter, a cylindrical lens, and a photodetector. It is configured to be able to move in one radial direction.

When the disk 1 is reproduced, the optical pickup 1
Numeral 2 detects a focus error by, for example, an astigmatism method by detecting reflected light of a laser beam applied to a target track of the disk 1, and detects a tracking error by, for example, a push-pull method, and A difference in the amount of reflected light from the object is detected, and a reproduced RF signal is output.

The output of the optical pickup 12 is supplied to an RF signal processing circuit 14. In the RF signal processing circuit 14, a focus error signal and a tracking error signal are extracted from the output of the optical pickup 12 and supplied to the servo control circuit 15, and the reproduction signal is binarized and supplied to the reproduction processing circuit 16. .

In the servo control circuit 15, the focus control of the optical system of the optical pickup 12 is performed so that the focus error becomes zero, and the tracking control of the optical system of the optical pickup 12 is performed so that the tracking error becomes zero. Is performed.

The reproduction processing circuit 16 performs processing such as EFM demodulation, deinterleaving, error correction and DA conversion, and the audio signal reproduced from the disc 1 is
Through an integrated or separate audio amplifier circuit 17,
The sound is supplied to the left and right speakers 18L, 18R, and reproduced sound is emitted from both speakers 18L, 18R.

The sub-code separated in the EFM demodulation unit of the reproduction processing circuit 16 is
, And are separated into P and Q channels and R to W channels.
CD text data is taken out by being input to the text decoder 22 and decoded.

On the other hand, the system control system 30
1, a ROM 32 and a RAM 33, each of which is connected to a system bus 34. The ROM 32 stores various control programs such as an image search processing routine to be described later, and the RAM 33 is mainly used as a work area for calculation.

An operation unit 36 is connected to the system bus 34 via an interface circuit 35, and a display 38 using a liquid crystal display element is connected via a drive circuit 37 including a video RAM. The screen size of the display 38 is, for example, 5 to 7 inches.
Set relatively large.

The operation unit 36 selects and displays a key for reproducing a CD, a key for selecting a program, a key for searching, a key for registering user input information, user input information, CD text, and the like. In this embodiment, a cursor key and a decision key for selecting and registering a desired image, which will be described later, are also provided.

In accordance with the operation result from the operation unit 36, control data generated by the CPU 31 is supplied to the servo control circuit 15 through the port 39 connected to the system bus 34, and the reproduction position on the disk 1 is Is controlled, and a track number, a reproduction time, and the like are displayed on the display 38. This display 38
May be a receiver or the like connected to the outside of the playback device.

In this embodiment, the port 41 and the nonvolatile memory 42 are connected to the system bus 34. The subcodes of the P and Q channels separated by the above-described subcode processing circuit 21 and the CD text data extracted by the CD text decoder 22 are taken into the CPU 31 via the port 41.

In the CPU 31, data necessary for the system is selected, and, for example, TOC information, album name, player name, track name, and the like are stored in the nonvolatile memory 42.

In this embodiment, a large-capacity hard disk 44 is connected to the system bus 34 via the interface circuit 43 to store various types of image data. The desired image is displayed on the display 38. Hard disk 4
In 4, each image information is given an image file name, and by specifying this image file name,
The address on the hard disk 44 is designated and read.

The image data stored in the hard disk 44 is graphic data such as a photograph of a performer, etc., and has been compressed by the JPEG system or the MPEG system. The process of converting the compressed data of the hard disk 44 into the format of the display data is executed by the CPU 31 using required software.

Further, in this embodiment, a memory card 46 and a CD changer 48 as image information sources are provided via interface circuits 45 and 47, respectively.
Is connected to the system bus 34, and image information according to the user's request can be stored in the hard disk 44.

The memory card 46 is, for example, a so-called “Memory Stick” provided by the present applicant.
Can be used to supply image information from a digital still camera, a digital video camera, or the like.

[Image Registration / Search Process of Embodiment] Next, an image registration process and an image search process of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

In this embodiment, an image registration processing routine 200 as shown in FIG. 2 is executed prior to reproduction of a normal music CD, and an image search processing as shown in FIG. The routine 300 is executed.

In the image registration processing routine 200 shown in FIG. 2, in the first step 201, the process waits for a compact disc to be mounted.
The TOC information is read from this disk.

In the next step 203, the read TO
Based on the C information, it is determined whether the mounted disc complies with the CD text standard.

If the loaded disc complies with the CD text standard, the process proceeds to step 204, where TOC information and required CD text information are stored in the nonvolatile memory 42 as shown in FIG. As described above, the stored CD text information includes an album name, a player name, a track name (corresponding to a song title), and the like.

In the case of this example, the nonvolatile memory 42
Rather than storing all of the TOC information, for example, only unique information for identifying a disc is stored.
As the unique information, for example, information on the total number of programs recorded on the disk and the total playing time is used.

In step 203, if the disc is a CD
If it is determined that the text standard is not supported,
Proceeding to step 205, the user is prompted to enter appropriate disc title text information, and when the text information is entered, in the next step 206,
As shown in FIG. 3, the TOC information and the text information of the input disc title are stored in the nonvolatile memory 42.

The input of text information, such as a disc title, input by the user for each disc that does not conform to the CD text standard is performed by using the keys of the operation unit 36 for registering the input information.

In this specification, when it is necessary to distinguish the above two types of text information, a CD
The text information from a disc that conforms to the text standard is CD text information, and the required text information that the user has entered for a disc that does not conform to the CD text standard is:
Called user text information.

Step 204 and step 2 as described above
06, the process proceeds to step 207,
Images stored in a hard disk or the like are displayed on a display in an appropriate format such as a so-called thumbnail. The display on the display is sequentially updated (scrolled) by the user operating a cursor key or the like.

In the next step 208, the user operates the enter key to select and input a desired specific image to be displayed corresponding to each disc. The selection input is accepted. Then, the process proceeds to step 209. If the selected image has been stored in the hard disk 44, the image file name includes the TOC information (disc-specific information described above) and the text information (C
D text information or user text information) is registered in the nonvolatile memory 42 in one-to-one correspondence.

The selected image is stored on the hard disk 4
4 is not stored in the memory card 46 or is newly read from the memory card 46 or the CD changer 48, a new image file name is given to the selected image information, and the image file name is changed. The one-to-one correspondence with the TOC information and the text information is registered in the non-volatile memory 42 and stored in the hard disk 44 at the address specified by the image file name.

As shown in FIG. 3, in the nonvolatile memory 42, TOC information, CD text data, a disc title, and an image file name are registered for each disc.
As is apparent from FIG. 3, in the case of a disc that conforms to the CD text standard, the disc title that is the user text information is blank data, and in the case of a disc that does not conform to the CD text standard, a registration field of the CD text information is used. Becomes blank data.

As described above, in this embodiment, after the above-described image registration processing is executed, when reproducing a music CD, an image search processing routine 30 as shown in FIG.
0 is executed.

In the image search processing routine 300 shown in FIG. 4, in the first step 301, the process waits for a compact disc to be mounted.
The TOC information is read from this disk.

In the next step 303, the operation of the reproduction key is awaited. When the reproduction key is operated, the operation proceeds to step 304, where the TOC information of the reproduction disk and the nonvolatile memory 4 are stored.
2 is collated with the data stored in the reproduction disk 2, and an image file name corresponding to the reproduction disc on a one-to-one basis is designated.

In the next step 305, the specified image file is searched from the hard disk 44, and the process proceeds to step 306, where the searched specific image, ie, the user is registered in the image registration process as shown in FIG. The desired image selected by is automatically displayed on the display.

As described above, in this embodiment, prior to the reproduction of a music CD, the TOC information and accompanying text information of each CD are stored in a non-volatile memory, and a large number of images stored in a hard disk or the like are stored. The file name of the desired image selected by the user from
By registering the non-volatile memory in a one-to-one correspondence with the C information and the text information, the registered CD
Is reproduced, a desired image is retrieved from the hard disk 44 based on the registration information in the nonvolatile memory,
Since it is automatically displayed on the display,
The display can be effectively used even when playing back a music CD on which no image data is recorded.

In this embodiment, the TOC information and the text information of the disk once read are stored in the non-volatile memory, and when the same disk is mounted again, the above-mentioned TOC information of the TOC information is stored. Since the disc is identified by comparing the total number of programs and the total playing time as disc-specific information, the above-described image registration processing is not required.

In the above example, each disk
When searching and selecting the corresponding image, the text information of the disc title is referred to. However, if the corresponding image is selected and displayed only in each disk unit, the total number of programs included in the TOC information is used. By using the information of the total time and the disc time as the disc identifier, the disc can be specified, so that it is not necessary to refer to the text information.

[Other Embodiments] In the above-described embodiment, a file name of a desired image selected by a user from a large number of images stored in a hard disk or the like is stored in a nonvolatile manner corresponding to each disk. The desired image is displayed on the display when the data is registered in the memory and each disc is reproduced. However, the file name of the desired image is assigned to each track (corresponding to each music) of each disc. A desired image can be displayed on the display when each track is registered in the nonvolatile memory 42 and reproduced.

In this case, the disc specific information is used as disc identification information, and the disc identification information and the CD
If the text information can be obtained, the text information of the track name (corresponding to the song name) included in the CD text information is stored in the nonvolatile memory 42 in association with the image file name. At the time of reproduction, the image information stored in the hard disk 44 and previously selected as the corresponding image information can be read out and displayed in accordance with the reproduction timing of each music piece.

In this case, for a disc that does not conform to the CD text standard, it is necessary for the user to input the disc title and individual track titles and store them in the nonvolatile memory.

In the above embodiment, the TOC information and the accompanying text information of the disc are stored in the non-volatile memory, and the file name of the desired image is registered in the non-volatile memory corresponding to each disc. However, instead of the nonvolatile memory 42, a required recording area may be set in the hard disk 44 to store the corresponding image-related information as shown in FIG. In this case, the nonvolatile memory 42 can be omitted, the configuration is simplified, and the cost is significantly reduced.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which the present invention is applied to a music CD reproducing apparatus. However, the present invention can be similarly applied to a mini disk (MD) reproducing apparatus. . When the user plays back the recorded mini-disc, the user TOC recorded on the innermost periphery of the program area can also be used as the above-described accompanying text information.

The present invention can also be applied to a case where a music CD is reproduced by a DVD or video CD reproducing apparatus.

Further, the image information is stored in a memory card or a CD.
Instead of a changer, it can be taken from a network such as the Internet.

[0081]

As described above, according to the present invention, desired image information corresponding to audio information to be reproduced can be displayed even if no image information is recorded on a recording medium. Therefore, when the playback device includes a relatively large screen display unit, the display screen can be effectively used.

Further, according to the present invention, even when a recording medium on which text information is not recorded in advance is reproduced,
Desired image information corresponding to the reproduced audio information can be displayed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of a reproducing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an image registration process according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an image registration process according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining image search processing according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram for explaining the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram for explaining the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: Compact disk (CD), 10: Playback system, 11
... Spindle motor, 12 ... Optical pickup, 14 ...
RF signal processing circuit, 15 servo control circuit, 16 reproduction processing circuit, 17 audio amplification circuit, 21 subcode processing circuit, 22 CD text decoder, 30 system control system, 31 CPU, 32 ROM, 33… RA
M, 34: system bus, 36: operation unit, 38: display, 42: nonvolatile memory, 44: hard disk, 46: memory card, 48: CD changer, 20
0: image registration processing routine, 300: image search processing routine

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Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. An audio information reproduction output means for reproducing and outputting the audio information from a recording medium on which the audio information is recorded, and each music piece corresponding to the recording medium or recorded on the recording medium. Corresponding image selecting means for selecting a corresponding image to be displayed, an image information storage unit for storing at least image information of the corresponding image selected by the corresponding image selecting means, and a corresponding image selecting means The corresponding image-related information related to the storage position of the image information of the corresponding image selected in the image information storage unit is registered in the storage unit in association with the identification information of the recording medium or the identification information of each music. Corresponding image-related information registering means, when reproducing audio information from the recording medium, based on information obtained from the recording medium, A corresponding image search unit that searches for image information of the corresponding image from the image information of the image information storage unit based on a correspondence relationship between the registered identification information and the corresponding image related information; Output means for outputting image information of the corresponding image retrieved by the means. 2. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the identification information of the recording medium or the identification information of the music is text information reproduced from the recording medium. 3. The recording medium identification information or the music piece identification information is information unique to the recording medium obtained from the recording medium, and text information input by a user. The playback device according to claim 1. 4. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the identification information of the recording medium is information unique to the recording medium obtained from the recording medium. 5. A reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said output means is an output terminal for outputting image information of said corresponding image to a display device. 6. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said output means has a display element provided with an image display screen, and outputs image information of said searched corresponding image to said image. A playback device for displaying on a display screen. 7. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an interface unit for inputting the image information from outside, wherein the corresponding image selecting unit is connected to the external device through the interface unit. A reproduction apparatus comprising: selecting image information of the corresponding image from input image information; and storing the image information of the selected corresponding image in the image information storage unit. 8. Prior to reproduction of audio information from a recording medium, a corresponding image to be displayed is selected corresponding to the recording medium or for each music recorded on the recording medium. The image information of the selected corresponding image is stored in an image information storage unit, and the corresponding image related information relating to the storage position of the image information of the corresponding image in the image information storage unit is stored in the identification information of the recording medium. Alternatively, the identification information registered in the storage unit may be registered in the storage unit in association with the identification information of each of the pieces of music, based on information obtained from the recording medium when reproducing the audio information from the recording medium. The image information of the corresponding image is retrieved from the image information of the image information storage unit based on the correspondence between the information and the corresponding image related information, and is output. Reproduction method according to claim. 9. The reproducing method according to claim 8, wherein the identification information of the recording medium or the identification information of the music is text information reproduced from the recording medium. 10. The recording medium identification information or the music piece identification information is information unique to the recording medium obtained from the recording medium and text information input by a user. The reproduction method according to claim 8. 11. The reproducing method according to claim 8, wherein the identification information of the recording medium is information unique to the recording medium obtained from the recording medium. 12. The reproducing method according to claim 8, wherein the corresponding image is selected from image information input from outside through an interface means, and the image information of the selected corresponding image is selected. A reproduction method, wherein the image data is stored in the image information storage unit.