JP3143964B2 - Video equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device in which a plurality of devices such as a video device incorporating a plurality of VTRs and an audio device incorporating a plurality of tape recorders are provided in one housing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a plurality of VTRs are provided in one housing.
Video equipment (hereafter, if necessary,
A video device incorporating two VTRs is referred to as a double-deck VTR, or an audio device incorporating a plurality of tape recorders in one housing (hereinafter, referred to as a double-deck VTR).
If necessary, an audio device incorporating two tape recorders is called a double-deck tape recorder). Note that the video device and the audio device are collectively referred to as an audio / video device.

[0003] In these double deck VTRs or double deck tape recorders, operation keys such as individual play keys, stop keys, and pause keys are arranged on each VTR or each tape recorder on the panel surface.

[0004]

However, in the conventional audio / video apparatus configured as described above,
Since the number of operation keys is large, there are problems that the layout of the panel surface is cluttered, the cost is increased, and the operation itself is complicated.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object to provide an audio / video device capable of reducing the number of operation keys.

[0006]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a video device having the following means. That is, in order to select any one of the first and second video driving means provided in one housing and the first and second driving means, the first and second video driving means are selected.
Selecting means provided corresponding to each of the video driving means, and a first means which can be shared by the first and second video driving means.
Operating means, and
And the second video drive means are both capable of recording and reproduction and are configured to drive video recording media having different external shapes, and the video recording medium insertion / ejection port of the first video drive means is connected to the front surface of the housing. The video recording medium insertion / ejection port of the second video drive means is provided on the right side of the housing front panel, and the first operation means is provided at the center of the panel. A mode in which a reproduced image is output and a mode in which a reproduced image is not output by the switching operation unit and a rotating operation body disposed on an outer periphery of the switching operation unit and performing a switching operation by reversible rotation. The fast-forward speed is varied by rotating the rotating operation body clockwise, and the rewind speed is varied by rotating the rotating operation body counterclockwise. The selecting means is composed of two operating parts arranged symmetrically with respect to the first operating means in the vicinity of the first operating means. When the left operating part is operated, the first video driving means is activated. The second video driving means is arranged to be selected by operating the operation section on the right side, and further, a left video recording medium is provided at a portion between the two video recording medium insertion / ejection ports on the front panel. A second operating means having an arrow display indicating a direction from right to left or right to left, a dubbing direction instruction key, and a recording / reproduction start key is provided, and the arrow display indicates left to right by the dubbing direction instruction key. By operating the recording / reproduction start key in the above manner, the first video drive unit is operated as a reproduction system, the second video drive unit is operated as a recording system, and the first dubbing is performed. In this way, the arrow display points from right to left by the dubbing direction instruction key, and then the recording / reproduction start key is operated, so that the second video drive means operates as a reproduction system. Provided is a video device in which one video drive unit is operated as a recording system to perform second dubbing.

[0007]

According to the video apparatus of the present invention, the at least two video driving means (2, 3) are provided by selecting means (10, 11) provided corresponding to each of the at least two video driving means (2, 3). 3), any one of the driving means (the driving means 2 or the driving means 3) is selected, so that the operation means 13 can be shared.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the audio / video apparatus of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a housing, in which two VHS VTs for recording / reproducing an audio / video signal on / from a video tape (not shown) are provided.
R driving units 2 and 3 (video driving means) are arranged.
The VTR driving units 2 and 3 include two video tape insertion and ejection ports 5 and 6 disposed on the left and right sides of the front panel 4 and a recording / reproducing system and a servo system (not shown).

At the center of the front panel 4, selection keys 10 and 11 (selection means) are provided corresponding to the VTR driving units 2 and 3, respectively. The selection keys 10 and 11 are self-illuminating key switches, and are configured so that when a key is pressed, a character portion “A” formed on the key top shines. The other key switches described later are also self-illuminating key switches, and are configured so that characters, symbols, and the like formed on the key tops shine.

Below the selection keys 10 and 11, two V
A first operation key group 13 that can be commonly used for the TR driving units 2 and 3 is arranged. The first operation key group 13 includes a play key 14, a fast forward key 15, a rewind key 16, a pause key 17, a stop key 18, and a record key 19.

The first operation key group 13 includes a selection key 1
When "0" is pressed, it operates as an operation key for the VTR drive unit 2, and when the selection key 11 is pressed,
It operates as an operation key for the drive unit 3.

Above the selection keys 10 and 11, a second operation key group 20 used for dubbing is arranged. In this second operation key group 20, a dubbing direction instruction key 21, a recording / reproduction start key 22, and a recording / reproduction stop key 23 are arranged. Here, the key 2 of the dubbing direction instructing key 21 has an arrow 2 having a direction different by 180 °.
1a and 21b are formed, and when the selection key 10 is pressed, only the arrow 21a illuminates, the VTR drive unit 2 operates as a reproduction system, and the VTR drive unit 3 operates as a recording system. In this state, when the recording / reproduction start key 22 is pressed, the audio / video signal recorded on the video tape inserted into the video tape insertion / ejection slot 5 is inserted into the video tape insertion / ejection slot 6. The operation of copying to the video tape is started. When the recording / reproduction stop key 23 is pressed, the copying operation is stopped.

When the selection key 11 is depressed, only the arrow 21b lights up, contrary to the above, the VTR drive unit 3 operates as a reproduction system, and the VTR drive unit 2 operates as a recording system. In this state, when the recording / reproduction start key 22 is pressed, an audio / video signal recorded on the video tape inserted into the video tape insertion / ejection slot 6 is inserted into the video tape insertion / ejection slot 5. The operation of copying to the video tape is started. When the recording / reproduction stop key 23 is pressed, the copying operation is similarly stopped.

On the left and right upper portions of the front panel 4, respectively,
Discharge keys 25 and 26 for discharging the video tape inserted from the video tape insertion and discharge ports 5 and 6 are arranged.

A monitor output switching key 30 is provided at a lower right portion of the front panel 4. This monitor output switching key 3
0 is the AUTO key 31, A key 32 and B key 33
It is composed of

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the structure of the double deck VTR shown in FIG. In FIG. 2, the same components as those shown in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and a detailed description of those already described is omitted.

AUT constituting monitor output switching key 30
The O key 31, the A key 32, and the B key 33 are connected to the system controller 34, respectively. The system controller 34 is constituted by a microprocessor, and includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, an I / O, and the like. The system controller 34 includes, in addition to the monitor output switching key 30, the selection keys 10, 11, the first operation key group 13, the second operation key group 20, the ejection key 25,
26, which is connected to the control terminal of the changeover switch 35 and the VTR drive units 2 and 3.

The audio / video signals S1 and S2, which are the output signals of the VTR driving units 2 and 3, are supplied to fixed contacts 35b and 35c constituting a changeover switch 35. The movable contact 35 a of the changeover switch 35 is connected to the output terminal 40.

Here, of the monitor output switching keys 30,
When the AUTO key 13 is pressed, the selection keys 10,
The movable contact 35a is moved by the system controller 34 to the fixed contact 35b or the fixed contact 3
It operates so that it can be switched to the 5c side. That is, when the selection key 10 is pressed, the fixed contact 35b and the movable contact 35a are connected, and the audio / video signal S1 output from the VTR drive unit 2 is supplied to the output terminal 40. Is pressed, the fixed contact 35c and the movable contact 35a are connected, and the audio / video signal S2 output from the VTR drive unit 3 is supplied to the output terminal 40.

In the monitor output switching key 30, A
When the key 31 or the B key 32 is pressed, the audio / video signal S1 is supplied to the output terminal 40 or the audio / video signal S2 is supplied to the output terminal 40 regardless of the operation of the selection switches 10 and 11. Is done.

In the examples of FIGS. 1 and 2 described above, the selection keys 10 and 11 are provided so that the operation keys of the VTR such as the reproduction key 14 and the stop key 18 can be used by the two VTR driving units 2 and 2. 3 can be used in common, and the number of operation keys on the front panel 4 is reduced to about half. For this reason, the panel layout is neatly arranged, and the operation range of the user's hand is reduced, and the operation is simplified. Also, the number of keys is reduced,
Since the number of wires to the system controller 34 and the number of input ports of the system controller 34 are reduced, and the area of the front panel 4 is reduced, the effect of reducing both the material cost and the manufacturing cost is obtained.

Further, when the AUTO key 31 of the monitor output switching keys 30 is depressed, the audio / video signals S1 and S2, which are the output signals of the VTR drive units 2 and 3 currently being reproduced, are output to the output terminal 40. Since they appear automatically, desired audio / video signals S1 and S2 can be obtained with a small number of operations, and there is an advantage that complicated operations are reduced. For example, by connecting a monitor such as a television to the output terminal 40, an effect is obtained in which an image by the VTR drive unit 2 or the VTR drive unit 3 currently reproduced is automatically displayed on the monitor screen.

FIG. 3 shows a composite shuttle key 5 as an operation key.
1 shows the configuration of the front panel 50 of the VHS double deck VTR when the number 1 is used. Composite shuttle key 5
By rotating the ring-shaped shuttle key 52 in the clockwise direction, the fast-forward speed is varied, and by rotating the shuttle-key 52 in the counterclockwise direction, the rewind speed is varied. Also,
Of the composite shuttle key 51, a semi-circular reproduction key 53 is arranged in the upper central part, and a semi-circular stop key 54 is arranged in the lower central part. The reproduction key 53 and the stop key 54 also use illuminated key switches. As for other keys arranged on the front panel 50, those corresponding to those shown in the example of FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted. In the example of FIG. 3, the first operation key group 55 is
1, a pause key 17 and a recording key 19.

In the example shown in FIG. 3, arranging the composite shuttle key 51 has the effect of further improving the operability in addition to the effect of the example shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 shows a VHS in which the composite shuttle key 51 is arranged on the front panel 56 and a double deck VTR shared by 8 mm. In the example of FIG. 4 as well, those corresponding to those shown in FIGS. 1 and 3 are denoted by the same reference numerals. In the double deck VTR shown in FIG. 4, an 8 mm video tape insertion / ejection port 57 and a VTR drive section 58 for an 8 mm video tape are provided.
In the example of FIG. 4, in addition to the effects shown in the examples of FIG. 1 and FIG.
Since the characters "VHS" and "8mm" are drawn, VH
The effect that the switching operation between S and 8 mm is very easy to understand is obtained.

In the above-described embodiments of FIGS. 1 to 4, an example of a double deck VTR in which two VTR driving units are provided in one housing is shown.
The present invention can be applied to a so-called multi-deck VTR having three or more R drive units. That is, by providing the selection keys in a number corresponding to the number of the decks, the operation keys such as the reproduction keys may be a group of keys.

In the above-described embodiments shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, a VTR is shown, but the present invention is not applied to the VTR, but is applied to a tape recorder having two or more audio tape drives, for example, a double deck tape recorder. You can also. Furthermore, the present invention can be applied to a composite device provided with a VTR drive unit and an audio tape drive unit.

Further, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but can adopt various configurations without departing from the gist of the present invention.

[0030]

According to the video apparatus of the present invention, any one of the driving means (driving means) is selected by the selecting means (59, 60) provided corresponding to each of the at least two video driving means (2, 58). 2 or 58), the operation means (55) can be shared, so that the number of operation keys can be reduced, and the layout of the panel surface is tidy and the operation is facilitated. The selection means (59, 6)
The dubbing direction is displayed on the dubbing direction instruction key 21 by using the video driving means (for example, 2) selected by 0) as a reproduction system, so that the operation is easy.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a VTR to which an embodiment of an audio / video device according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the VTR shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a VTR to which another example of the audio / video device according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration of a VTR to which still another example of the audio / video device according to the present invention is applied;

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 housing 2, 3 VTR drive unit 10, 11 selection key 13 first operation key group 14 play key 18 stop key 30 monitor output key 35 changeover switch 40 output terminal S1, S2 audio / video signal

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A first and a second housing provided in one housing.
Video driving means, and the first and second driving means,
In order to select any one of the driving means, a selecting means provided corresponding to each of the first and second video driving means and a first means which can be shared by the first and second video driving means. Wherein the first and second video driving means are both configured to drive video recording media capable of recording and reproducing and having different outer shapes from each other; A video recording medium insertion / ejection port of the video driving means is disposed on a left portion of the front panel of the housing, and a video recording medium insertion / emission port of the second video driving means is disposed on a right portion of the front panel of the housing. The first operation means includes a switching operation unit disposed at a central portion, and a rotating operation body disposed on an outer periphery of the switching operation unit and performing a switching operation by reversible rotation. Playback Switching between a mode in which an image is output and a mode in which a reproduced image is not output is performed. The rapid-forward speed is varied by rotating the rotating operation body clockwise, and the winding is performed by rotating the rotating operation body counterclockwise. The returning speed is made variable, and the selecting means is provided near the first operating means.
The first video driving means is selected by operating the left operating section, and the second video driving means is operated by operating the right operating section. And an arrow indicating a left-to-right or right-to-left direction and a dubbing direction indication on a portion between the two video recording medium insertion / ejection ports on the front panel. A second operation means having a key and a recording / reproducing start key. The dubbing direction instruction key causes the arrow display to point from left to right, and then the recording / reproducing start key is operated. The first video driving means is operated as a reproducing system, the second video driving means is operated as a recording system, and the first dubbing is performed. By operating the recording / playback start key so that the display points from right to left, the second video drive unit is operated as a playback system, and the first video drive unit is operated as a recording system. A video device, wherein a second dubbing is performed.