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Optical disc dubbing apparatus

Assignee: JVCKenwood Corp
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Filing: 1993-11-17
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Granted: 1997-04-29
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Expires: 2013-11-17
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Abstract

Abstract Additional information for each musical program is automatically recorded on an optical disc. A digital voice signal reproduced from a mini-disc is sent to an MD system via a digital voice signal line and recorded on another mini-disc. Additional information such as the title of a musical program is sent via a serial communication line 6 to a MD control microcomputer and stored in its RAM which stores U-TOC information. The U-TOC information stored in RAM is recorded on the mini-disc before it is dismounted from the MD system.

Inventors

  • 👤 Satoshi Hiranuma

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 19:52
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B27/00; G11B27/10; G11B27/19; G11B27/28; G11B27/30; G11B27/3027; G11B27/3063; G11B27/02; G11B27/031; G11B27/034; G11B27/11; G11B27/22; G11B27/32; G11B27/327; G11B27/329; G11B27/36; G11B7/00; G11B7/28; G11B11/00; G11B11/10; G11B11/105; G11B11/10595; G11B2220/00; G11B2220/20; G11B2220/25; G11B2220/2525; G11B2220/2529; G11B2220/2537; G11B2220/2545; G11B2220/60; G11B2220/65; G11B2220/90; G11B2220/91; G11B2220/913; G11B27/022; G11B27/024; G11B27/032; G11B27/34

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 291 words
An optical disc dubbing apparatus wherein: a voice signal output terminal of an optical disc reproduction apparatus for transmitting a musical program signal reproduced from a source optical disc in the optical disc reproduction apparatus, the source optical disc having a TOC area storing the start address, end address, and additional information of musical program name for each musical program, is connected to a voice signal input terminal of an optical disc record apparatus for receiving each musical program signal transmitted from the optical disc reproduction apparatus which records the received musical program in a target optical disc, the target optical disc having a TOC area storing the start address, end address, and additional information of musical program name for each musical program; a first microcomputer for controlling said optical disc reproduction apparatus is connected via a single communication line of serially transmitting a sequence of bits in data output from the first microcomputer to a second microcomputer for controlling said optical disc record apparatus; said second microcomputer in response to a detection of change in a track number (TNO) during the reproduction of the source optical disc receives the additional information of musical program name for the last recorded musical program as a serial bit sequence through the single communication line from said first microcomputer and stores the received additional information of musical program name in a RAM as a program name for the last recorded musical program, and records the start address and end address for recording each musical program, together with the additional information of musical program name for each musical program stored in said RAM on the TOC area of said target optical disc before said target optical disc is dismounted from said optical disc record apparatus.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 291 words
An optical disc dubbing apparatus wherein: a voice signal output terminal of an optical disc reproduction apparatus for transmitting a musical program signal reproduced from a source optical disc in the optical disc reproduction apparatus, the source optical disc having a TOC area storing the start address, end address, and additional information of musical program name for each musical program, is connected to a voice signal input terminal of an optical disc record apparatus for receiving each musical program signal transmitted from the optical disc reproduction apparatus which records the received musical program in a target optical disc, the target optical disc having a TOC area storing the start address, end address, and additional information of musical program name for each musical program; a first microcomputer for controlling said optical disc reproduction apparatus is connected via a single communication line of serially transmitting a sequence of bits in data output from the first microcomputer to a second microcomputer for controlling said optical disc record apparatus; said second microcomputer in response to a detection of change in a track number (TNO) during the reproduction of the source optical disc receives the additional information of musical program name for the last recorded musical program as a serial bit sequence through the single communication line from said first microcomputer and stores the received additional information of musical program name in a RAM as a program name for the last recorded musical program, and records the start address and end address for recording each musical program, together with the additional information of musical program name for each musical program stored in said RAM on the TOC area of said target optical disc before said target optical disc is dismounted from said optical disc record apparatus.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 30 words
An optical disc dubbing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said second microcomputer instructs said first microcomputer to reproduce each musical program in a predetermined order of track numbers (TNO).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 59 words
An optical disc dubbing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said second microcomputer records the start address and end address for recording each musical program with the additional information for each musical program stored in said RAM on a TOC area of said target optical disc before said target optical disc is dismounted from said optical disc record apparatus.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 25 words
An optical disc dubbing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said detection of change is made by monitoring data code in the musical program signal.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 46 words
An optical disc dubbing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said second microcomputer detects the change in the track number (TNO) by monitoring the data code in the musical program signal and instructs said first microcomputer to send the additional information for musical program recording completion.

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