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EP0680040A2
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Recording and/or reproducing apparatus for disc-shaped recording medium
Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 1994-01-31
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2014-01-31
Abstract
Abstract A recording and/or reproducing apparatus for discs including a housing unit (2) housing a large number of discs, a recording and/or reproducing unit (3) on which one of the discs held within a large number of disc holders provided in the housing unit is selectively loaded and a transporting mechanism (42) for transporting the disc held within a pre-set one of the holders of the housing unit to the recording and/or reproducing unit. In the course of transporting the disc, the disc transporting mechanism detects whether or not the disc is held in the holder. The housing unit include a plurality of the holders for radially holding the discs with the disc surfaces being erected upright. The disc held in the holder is transported by the transporting mechanism in the upstanding position as far as the disc reproducing unit and there loaded. The recording and/or reproducing apparatus for disc-shaped recording media has a group designating unit for designating the information of a desired one of the recording media housed within the housing unit and the air information recorded on such desired disc-shaped recording medium and grouping the designated information for classing the large number of the recording media into several groups.
Inventors
- 👤 Haruyuki Tamura
- 👤 Shuichi Nagano
- 👤 Akira Katsuyama
- 👤 Kanji Mita
- 👤 Masami Ishikawa
- 👤 Taiji Noshitani
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 13:50
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B27/00; G11B27/10; G11B27/102; G11B27/105; G11B17/00; G11B17/22; G11B17/24; G11B27/002; G11B27/11; G11B27/34; G11B2220/00; G11B2220/20; G11B2220/25; G11B2220/2525; G11B2220/60; G11B2220/65; G11B33/00; G11B33/02; G11B33/08
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
233 words
A recording and/or reproducing apparatus for a disc-shaped recording medium comprising means for reproducing the information data from a disc-shaped recording medium having plural information data recorded thereon, information designating means for designating the desired information data from the plural information data recorded on the disc-shaped recording medium, group designating means for designating a group to which belongs the information data designated by said designating means and for designating reproduction of the grouped information, display means for displaying the attributes of the group designated by said group designating means and displaying the information data constituting said group, storage means for storing the attributes of the group designated by said group designating means and the attributes of the information data constituting said group, and control means for controlling said display means for displaying the attributes of the group designated by said group designating means and displaying the desired information data constituting said group and for controlling said storage means for storing the attributes of said group and the attributes of the information data, in a manner that, when the reproduction of the grouped information data is designated by said group designating means, said control means controls said reproducing means so that the information of the designated group is reproduced based upon the attributes stored in said storage means, said control means also controlling said display means for displaying the attributes of the reproduced information.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
253 words
A recording and/or reproducing apparatus for a disc-shaped recording medium comprising means for reproducing the information data from a disc-shaped recording medium having plural information data recorded thereon, a housing unit for housing plural disc-shaped recording media, disc-shaped recording medium designating means for designating the desired one of the plural disc-shaped recording media, group designating means for designating a group to which belongs the disc-shaped recording medium designated by said disc-shaped recording medium designating means and for designating reproduction of the information recorded on the grouped disc-shaped recording medium, display means for displaying the attributes of the group designated by said group designating means and displaying the information data constituting said group, storage means for storing the attributes of the group designated by said group designating means and the attributes of the disc-shaped recording media constituting said group, and control means for controlling said display means for displaying the attributes of the disc-shaped recording media of the group designated by said group designating means and the attributes of the group to which belongs the desired recording medium and for controlling said storage means for storing the attributes, in a manner that, when the reproduction of the group is designated by said group designating means, said control means controls said display means so that the information recorded in the disc-shaped recording medium of the designated group is reproduced based upon the attributes stored in said storage means, said control means also controlling said display means for displaying the attributes of the reproduced recording medium.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
246 words
A recording and/or reproducing apparatus for a disc-shaped recording medium comprising means for reproducing the information data from a disc-shaped recording medium having plural information data recorded thereon, a housing unit for housing plural disc-shaped recording media, information designating means for designating a desired one of plural disc-shaped recording media housed within said housing unit and the desired one of the plural information data recorded in said desired disc-shaped recording medium, group designating means for designating a group to which belongs the information data designated by said information designating means and for designating reproduction of the grouped information, display means for displaying the attributes of the group designated by said group designating means and displaying the attributes of the information constituting said group, storage means for storing the attributes of the group designated by said group designating means and the attributes of the information constituting said group, and control means for controlling said display means for displaying the attributes of the group designated by said group designating means and the attributes of the group constituting the group and for controlling said storage means for storing the attributes, in a manner that, when the reproduction of the group is designated by said group designating means, said control means controls said reproducing means so that the information of the designated group is reproduced based upon the attributes stored in said storage means, said control means also controlling said display means for displaying the attributes of the reproduced information.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
77 words
The recording and/or reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, 2 or 3 wherein said control means controls said storage means and the display means for storage and display of said attributes when group designation is made during reproduction or reproduction pause, said control means when group designation is made except during reproduction or reproduction pause controlling said reproducing means and the display means for reproducing the designated group and displaying the attributes of the reproduced group.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
41 words
The recording and/or reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, 2 or 3 wherein said control means controls said display means for displaying not only the attributes of the currently reproduced information but also the attributes of the information reproduced next.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
54 words
The recording and/or reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, 2 or 3 wherein said information designating means comprises a rotary actuating key for selecting the disc-shaped recording medium and the information recorded thereon, and a storage designating key for designating storage of the attributes of the information elected by said rotary actuating key.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
38 words
The recording and/or reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 2 or 3 wherein said housing unit has a rotary table for radially holding the plural disc-shaped recording media upright, said rotary table being rotatable about a center pivot.
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