JP4809252B2 - Recording device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a recording apparatus for a removable storage medium.

As a recording device for a removable storage medium, a DVD recorder using a rotating disk-shaped storage medium such as a DVD or a CD is known. In such a storage medium attached to and detached from the recording apparatus, one surface is a data surface and the other surface is a label surface. On the label surface, the title of the contents recorded on the data surface can be handwritten with a marker or the like. In addition, a storage medium of an ink jet printing compatible type in which the label surface is processed so that printing by an ink jet printer or the like can be performed has been proposed. In either case, the contents recorded on the data surface can be understood by visually observing the label surface. In recent years, a storage medium provided with a discoloration layer that changes color by heat or light on a label surface and a recording apparatus corresponding to the storage medium have been put into practical use. By irradiating the laser with diversion, a visual image can be printed on the label surface. Regarding this technology, various proposals have been made by Patent Document 1 and the like. In addition, a proposal has been made to apply the label surface printing technique as described above to a video recorder so that the label can be easily drawn in conjunction with the program title function or recorded video images.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-203321

However, the image writing function on the outer surface of the storage medium as in the label surface printing technique described above is a function useful for users who are highly motivated to create their own images. However, it was not ready for general users.

In view of the above, it is an object of the present invention to facilitate image writing on the outer surface of a storage medium in a recording apparatus so that the image writing function is widely used by general users.

In order to solve the above problems, data is transferred to the insertion surface of the removable storage medium in which one surface is a data surface and the other surface is a label surface, and the data surface of the storage medium inserted in the insertion portion. A data writing unit to be written, a character information acquiring unit for acquiring character information indicating data newly written by the data writing unit, and each line that differs depending on the position of the donut-shaped writing target area on the label surface of the storage medium automatically closed and an image creating section that lays out writing character images on the label surface of the storage medium in accordance with the write enable length information and character information character information acquisition unit acquires the, by the data writing unit The image forming unit further includes a detecting unit that detects a remaining writing capacity after new writing is performed, and the image creating unit performs writing that remains in the writing target area in the layout of the character image in accordance with the detecting unit. To provide a recording apparatus characterized by automatically laying out writing character images on the label surface of the storage medium in consideration of the earth. Therefore, information necessary for printing on the label surface can be printed without departing from the determined printing area.

According to another feature of the present invention, the image forming unit includes a layout information acquisition unit that acquires variable layout information related to a layout of an image already written on the label surface of the storage medium, and the image creation unit includes the acquired layout information and each line. A recording apparatus is provided which automatically lays out a character image to be written on a label surface of a storage medium in accordance with the writable length information and the character information acquired by the character information acquisition unit .

According to another feature of the present invention, the image creation unit automatically determines the size of characters laid out in each row based on the character information and the writable length information of each row. A recording device is provided. Since the character size can be adjusted according to the assignment, a balanced layout is possible. Further, since the minimum font size is set, it is not automatically set beyond the visual acuity of the user, so that an optimum layout can be easily made for general users.

According to another feature of the present invention, there is provided a recording apparatus characterized in that the image creation unit automatically determines a line break of a character string based on character information and writable length information of each line. . Characters can be broken into items according to the assignment, so a balanced layout is possible.

According to another feature of the present invention, the image creating unit, character information indicating one of data written to the data surface can and that Do from a plurality of items, based on the writable length of information of the character information and each line Recording that automatically selects whether all items of character information indicating one data are laid out as character images or limited to some items of character information indicating one data and laid out as character images Providing equipment.

According to another feature of the present invention, a removable storage medium insertion portion in which one surface is a data surface and the other surface is a label surface, and data newly written on the data surface of the storage medium A character information acquisition unit that acquires character information indicating the length of the writable length of each line depending on the position of the doughnut-shaped write target area on the label surface of the storage medium, and the character information acquired by the character information acquisition unit depending automatically closed and an image creating section that lays out writing character images on the label surface of the storage medium, the image creating unit Shokomizan after newly writing has been performed on the data side of the storage medium recording instrumentation, characterized in that automatically lays out the character images written to the label side of the storage medium in consideration of the writing room leaving the write target area in the layout of the character image according to the capacity To provide. According to another aspect of the invention, the image creation unit includes a layout information acquisition unit that acquires variable layout information related to a layout of an image already written on the label surface of the storage medium, and the image creation unit acquires the acquired layout information. And a character image to be written on the label surface of the storage medium according to the writable length information of each line and the character information acquired by the character information acquisition unit is provided. . According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording apparatus in which the image creating unit automatically determines a line feed of a character string based on character information and writable length information of each line. provide. Further, according to another feature of the present invention, when the character information indicating one piece of data written on the data surface is composed of a plurality of items, the image creating unit is based on the character information and the writable length information of each line. Recording that automatically selects whether all items of character information indicating one data are laid out as character images or limited to some items of character information indicating one data and laid out as character images Providing equipment.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first example of the disk recorder system according to the embodiment of the present invention. The system has a DVD recorder 2 and a television 4 as main components, and has a remote controller 6 for remotely operating them. Note that the DVD recorder 2 and the television 4 may be integrated. The DVD recorder 2 has a media drive 8 that drives a removable disk-shaped storage medium (hereinafter referred to as a medium) such as a DVD or a CD. The media drive 8 has an insertion unit for inserting media and an insertion / ejection mechanism, and is driven by a drive control unit 12 controlled by the control unit 10 to rotate the inserted media. The control unit 10 operates in response to the operation signal receiving unit 14 that receives an infrared operation signal from the remote controller 6 and controls the functions of the entire DVD recorder.

The control unit 10 causes content data such as broadcast received by the broadcast receiving unit 16 to be written on the medium by the data / label writing unit 20. The data label writing unit 20 moves in the radial direction as the medium rotates under the control of the drive control unit 12, and writes the content data while scanning the data surface of the medium with a laser. Further, the control unit 10 responds to the operation signal receiving unit 14 and inserts it into the video content data recorded on the hard disk 22, the video content data recorded on the video tape of the VTR recording / playback unit 24, or the card slot 24. The data / label writing unit 20 can write still image content data or the like recorded on the memory card that has been recorded on the data surface of the medium. Further, in response to the operation signal receiving unit 14, the control unit 10 reads the content recorded on the medium by the data / label reading unit 28, and outputs it to the television 4 through the input / output interface 30 for reproduction display. it can. The data label reading unit 28 moves in the radial direction as the medium rotates under the control of the drive control unit 12, and reads the content data while scanning the data surface of the medium with a laser. In FIG. 1, for convenience of explanation of functions, the data label writing unit 20 and the data label reading unit are shown separately, but in actuality, these are configured as an integral module, and the optical system And at least some of the configurations are common.

The medium inserted into the media drive 8 has a data surface on one side and a label surface on the other side. In normal media, after recording on the data surface, the title of the recorded content can be handwritten on the label surface with a marker or printed by a printer or the like. In addition to such a normal type of media, media of the type in which a discoloration layer that changes color by heat or light (hereinafter referred to as “label printing type”) is inserted into the media drive 8. It is also possible to do. To print an image on the label side of a label-burning type media, the media is turned over and inserted into the media drive 8. As a result, the control unit 10 can print the label burn image recorded in the label information recording unit 32 on the label surface of the label burning compatible type media by the data label writing unit 20. In other words, the data label writing unit 20 moves in the radial direction as the medium rotates under the control of the drive control unit 12, changes the color changing layer while scanning the label surface of the medium with a laser, and I will burn it. As described above, the configuration and function of the data / label writing unit 20 for printing an image on the label surface is the same as that for writing content on the data surface. The function of the data label writing unit 20 in this case is “burn-in” of the label image, but the label is also referred to as “writing unit” because the same configuration is used. Hereinafter, in the present invention, the term “burning” is used for the writing of the label for convenience of understanding, but it is essentially synonymous with “writing”. There are various types of information in the label information recording unit 32 used for label printing, such as information representing the content recorded on the data surface such as the title of the content, and information on the content recording date and time obtained from the clock unit 34. Will be described later. A program for operating the control unit 10 and other necessary information are stored in the storage unit 36. The storage unit 36 can also temporarily store data necessary for the operation of the control unit 10.

The media drive 8 can insert media even when the power of the DVD recorder 2 is off. A detection unit for detecting the insertion of the media is provided, and a weak standby current is supplied to the detection unit. Has been. When the detection unit detects the insertion of the medium, the DVD recorder is turned on. Further, in the above, when the media drive insertion portion has a tray structure that enters and exits from the main body, the media drive 8 is provided with a detection unit that detects an operation for pulling out the tray, and the detection unit has a weak standby current. , The power of the DVD recorder 2 can be turned on upon detection of the tray drawing operation. In any case, the DVD recorder 2 can turn on the power of the DVD recorder 2 by inserting the media, and it is not necessary to turn on the power of the DVD recorder 2 before inserting the media.

The control unit 37 of the remote controller 6 transmits an infrared operation signal from the operation signal transmission unit control unit 40 by detecting a manual operation of the operation unit 36 such as buttons and keys in the DVD recorder operation mode. As described above, this infrared operation signal is received by the operation signal receiving unit 14 of the DVD recorder 2 to cause the DVD recorder 2 to function. In addition, the control unit 37 of the remote controller 6 controls the display unit 42 to display the operation mode and operation result of the remote controller 6.

When the remote control 6 is set to the television operation mode, the operation signal transmission unit 40 transmits an infrared operation signal to the television 4 and the control unit 46 operates in response to the operation signal reception unit 44 that receives the infrared operation signal. To manage. In the normal television mode, the control unit 46 of the television 4 allows the broadcast content received by the broadcast receiving unit 48 to be output to the screen 52 and the speaker 54 by the output control unit 50 to allow viewing. On the other hand, in the DVD mode, the output control unit 50 outputs a signal from the DVD recorder input from the input / output interface 56 to the screen 52 and the speaker 54 instead of the signal from the broadcast receiving unit 48 on the television side. As a result, the reproduced content output to the television 4 via the input / output interface 30 on the DVD recorder side can be viewed on the television. A program for operating the control unit 46 and other necessary information are stored in the storage unit 58. The storage unit 58 can also temporarily store data necessary for the operation of the control unit 46. Further, the control unit 10 of the DVD recorder 2 and the control unit 46 of the television 4 are connected by a digital link line, and can operate in cooperation without being individually operated. For example, even if there is no operation on the TV 4 side, any content signal of the broadcast receiving unit 48 and the input / output interface 56 is sent from the output control unit 50 to the screen 52 and the speaker 54 on the TV 4 side according to the operation of the DVD recorder 2. Can be output or switched.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing functions when the power of the control unit 10 of the DVD recorder 2 in FIG. 1 is turned on. When the power of the DVD recorder 2 is turned on, the flow starts, and the television 4 is turned on in conjunction with step S2. As a result, both the DVD recorder 2 and the television 4 are turned on with a single touch, and the operation status and messages of the DVD recorder 2 can be displayed on the screen 52 of the television 4. Next, in step S4, it is checked whether a medium is newly inserted based on signals from the media drive 8 and the drive control unit 12. When the new insertion of the medium is detected directly from step S2 to step S4, the power-on of the DVD recorder 2 is not caused by the normal power-on by the operation signal receiving unit 14 according to the operation of the remote controller 6, but by the medium insertion. It means that it was a thing. If a new medium has been inserted, the process proceeds to step S6, where it is checked whether the medium has been inserted face down based on signals from the media drive 8 and the drive control unit 12 or signals from the data label reading unit 28. In the case of the insertion in the reverse direction, the process proceeds to step S8, and it is checked whether or not the inserted medium is a label printing compatible type medium. This check can also be performed based on signals from the media drive 8 and the drive control unit 12 or signals from the data label reading unit 28. And if it is a corresponding | compatible medium, it will reach step S10.

In step S10, based on signals from the media drive 8 and the drive control unit 12, it is checked whether the media has been ejected once and then reinserted within a predetermined time. The significance of this step will be described later. If step S10 is reached as a result of turning on the power of the DVD recorder 2 due to media insertion, there is no corresponding, so that the process proceeds to step S12, and a message for confirming to the user whether the label is burned is displayed on the screen of the TV 4. 52 is displayed. At this time, a voice announcement having the same purpose may be accompanied. Then, the process proceeds to step S14 while continuing this display. In step S14, it is checked whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed from the start of display in step S12. If not, the process proceeds to step S16. In step S16, it is checked whether or not a confirmation operation for label printing has been performed by the user on the operation unit 38 of the remote controller 6. If the operation can be confirmed, the process proceeds to a label printing mode in step S18. In this way, in step S12, the user is asked whether or not it is an insertion for label recording, and in step S16, the user's intention is confirmed by using a user interface for confirming the answer from the user. After that, it is supposed to shift to the label printing mode. On the other hand, if the user's operation cannot be confirmed in step S16, the process proceeds to step S20, and the medium is reinserted face-up by the user based on the signals from the media drive 8 and the drive control unit 12 or the signal from the data label reading unit 28. Check if it was done. If the media is mistakenly inserted without intention of burning the label, it can be expected that the user notices this by the display started in step S12 and reinserts the media face up. If it is confirmed in step S20 that the user has actually reinserted the medium face up, the process proceeds to step S22 and shifts to the DVD mode.

If the insertion in the front direction cannot be confirmed in step S20, the process returns to step S14, and then waits for the confirmation operation in step S16 or the reinsertion of the medium in step S20 until the elapse of a predetermined time is detected in step S14. The loop of step S14, step S16, and step S20 is repeated. When it is detected in step S14 that the predetermined time has elapsed, the hard disk mode of step S24 is entered. If the media is inserted face down, recording on the data surface is impossible, and if there is no confirmation of label burning by the user even immediately after media insertion, it is no longer expected that the media will be processed appropriately. It is not possible.

On the other hand, if it is not a label printing type media in step S8, the process proceeds to step S25. In this case, it is obvious that the user has intentionally inserted without confirming the user's intention, and in step S25, a message that warns briefly that the medium has been inserted face down is displayed on the screen 52 of the television 4. At this time, an audio announcement having the same purpose may be accompanied. Then, the process proceeds to step S14 while continuing this display. In this case, since it is not expected that the user will perform the confirmation operation in step S16, the process proceeds to step S20, and re-insertion of the medium is checked. Then, if it can be confirmed that the reinsertion in the front direction is confirmed, the process proceeds to the DVD mode in step S22. On the other hand, if the insertion in the front direction cannot be confirmed in step S20, the process returns to step S14 and waits for the detection of the reinsertion of the medium in step S20 until the elapse of a predetermined time is detected in step S14. The loop of step S20 is repeated. And when progress of predetermined time is detected by step S14, it transfers to the hard disk mode of step S24. As described above, the user interface that changes the message to the user in accordance with the check result of whether or not it is a label burnable type media in step S8 avoids user discomfort and unnecessary confusion.

Next, a case where no new media insertion is detected in step S4 will be described. In this case, it means that the DVD recorder 2 was turned on by a normal power-on operation. In step S26, it is checked whether the medium has already been inserted into the media drive 8 based on the signal from the media drive 8 and the drive control unit 12 or the signal from the data label reading unit 28. If the media drive 8 is empty, an interrupt for accepting various operations is enabled in step S27, and the process returns to step S4. Thereafter, the loop of step S4, step S26 and step S27 is repeated until new media insertion is detected in step S4. Since interruption is enabled in step S27, it is possible to exit from this loop by any operation at any time. If new media insertion in step S4 is detected in the repetition of the above loop, the process proceeds to step S6, and the operation described above is executed. In this case, in step S10, there may be a case where the medium is ejected once and reinserted within a predetermined time. If there is a match, the process immediately shifts to the label printing mode in step S28. In other words, in this case, it is considered that the user has ejected the media once for label printing and subsequently intentionally inserted it behind the scenes. Therefore, in order to avoid discomfort and complications of the user, the steps S12 and S16 This eliminates the process and promptly shifts to the label printing mode.

On the other hand, if the medium has already been inserted into the media drive 8 in step S26, based on the signal from the media drive 8 and the drive control unit 12 or the signal from the data label reading unit 28 in step S30, Check if the insertion is face down. If the insertion is face down, a warning message to that effect is displayed on the screen 52 of the television 4 in step S31. At this time, an audio announcement having the same purpose may be accompanied. And it transfers to step S32, continuing this warning message display. In step S32, it is checked whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed from the start of display in step S31. If not, the process proceeds to step S33. In step S33, based on the signals from the media drive 8 and the drive control unit 12 or the signals from the data label reading unit 28, it is checked whether the medium has been reinserted by the user. If it is confirmed in step S33 that the user has reinserted the medium face up, the process proceeds to step S34, and the initial menu mode is entered. In this way, if the media has already been inserted into the media drive 8, it is checked whether it is inserted backwards every time the power is turned on. Transition to menu mode. Note that if it is left facing down until the power is turned on, it is very unlikely that it was intended to be burned on the label. Does not display. If the medium is inserted face up in step S30, the process immediately shifts to the initial menu mode in step S34.

On the other hand, if the insertion in the front direction cannot be confirmed in step S33, the process returns to step S32, and thereafter, step S32 and step S33 are repeated until the elapse of a predetermined time is detected in step S32. And when progress of predetermined time is detected by step S32, it transfers to step S36. The DVD recorder of the present invention is configured such that the power is also turned on when a video tape is inserted into the VTR recording / playback unit 24 in the same manner as when the power is turned on by inserting media. In step S36, based on the signal from the VTR recording / playback unit 24, it is checked whether or not the power-on is due to the insertion of the video tape. If it is determined in step S36 that the power is not turned on due to insertion of a video tape, the hard disk mode is entered in step S24. This is because the media facing-down state has not been resolved, and appropriate media processing cannot be expected.

Next, a case where the medium is inserted face up in step S6 will be described. In this case, the process proceeds to step S40, where the data label reading unit 28 reads the medium ID from the data side of the medium and identifies the inserted medium. Next, the process proceeds to step S42, and it is checked whether or not a code indicating that new printing has been performed on the label surface of the specified medium is stored in the label information recording unit 32 of the DVD recorder 2. If the code is recorded, the process proceeds to step S44, and the code is automatically recorded on the data surface of the medium. In step S46, the newly burned image itself is automatically recorded on the data side of the medium, and the process proceeds to the DVD mode in step S22. In step S42, if the code indicating that a new burn has been performed on the label surface of the media is not stored in the label information recording unit 32 of the DVD recorder 2, the process immediately shifts to the DVD mode in step S22.

As described above, in the present invention, a medium is specified every time a medium is inserted into a DVD recorder, and if there is new information related to label burning for the specified medium, this is automatically recorded on the data surface. The significance of this is as follows. That is, in the state where the label is burned, the media is inserted face down, and the change can be caused only on the label surface. Therefore, the information on the change on the label surface side is held on the recorder side with the ID of the medium, and the process from step S40 to step S46 is automatically performed when the same medium is inserted for the first time thereafter. Thus, the information on the data surface side can be updated correspondingly to the change in the information generated on the label surface side. This is useful for ensuring the consistency of information between the data surface and the label surface. Details of this point will be described later. The flow in FIG. 2 has been described as starting from power-on. However, when a new media is inserted regardless of the state of the DVD recorder at any time when the power is already on. The flow jumps to step S6, and the flow after step S6 is executed.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing details of the initial menu mode in step S34 of FIG. In the description of the flow shown in FIG. 3 and after, individual references may be omitted to avoid complications. However, regarding the insertion and ejection of media, the direction thereof, and the determination of the type and ID, etc. It is assumed that the control unit 10 performs based on a signal from the media drive 8 and the drive control unit 12 or a signal from the data label reading unit 28. Further, it is assumed that the determination of the user's intention such as mode selection is performed by the control unit 10 in response to the operation signal receiving unit 14 that receives an infrared operation signal from the remote controller 6. The same applies to the second and subsequent embodiments described later.

When the initial menu mode flow of FIG. 3 starts, the initial menu is displayed on the television screen in step S52. From this initial menu, it is possible to shift to various modes. First, in step S54, it is checked whether or not the hard disk mode is selected. If it is selected, the process proceeds to the hard disk mode in step S56. On the other hand, if not selected, the process proceeds to step S58. In step S58, it is checked whether or not the DVD mode is selected. If it is selected, the process proceeds to the DVD mode in step S60. On the other hand, if not selected, the process proceeds to step S62. In step S62, it is checked whether or not a video tape is inserted into the VTR recording / playback unit 24. If it is inserted, the process proceeds to step S64 to check whether or not the video tape mode is selected. If it is selected, the process proceeds to the video tape mode in step S66. On the other hand, if not selected, the process proceeds to step S68. If no video tape is inserted in the VTR recording / playback unit 24 in step S62, the process directly proceeds to step S68. In step S68, it is checked whether the medium inserted in the media drive 8 is a label printing compatible type. If it is a compatible type, the process proceeds to step S70 to check whether the label printing mode is selected. If it is selected, the process proceeds to step S72. On the other hand, if not selected, the process returns to step S54. If the medium is not compatible in step S68, the process immediately returns to step S54. Thereafter, the loop from step S54 to step S70 is repeated until any mode is selected.

In step S72, the inserted medium is identified by reading the medium ID from the data side of the medium. Next, in step S74, the label printing code is read from the data surface, and this is recorded in the label information recording unit 32 of the DVD recorder 2 together with the ID. This label printing code is used as original information when creating a label printing image, and is read and stored before the medium is ejected for reverse insertion. Next, in step S76, a recommendation message for ejecting the media for label printing, turning it over and reinserting it is displayed on the screen 52 of the television 4, and a voice announcement having the same meaning is made from the speaker 54. Then, the process proceeds to step S78 while continuing this display. In step S78, it is checked whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed from the start of display in step S76. If not, the process proceeds to step S80. In step S80, it is checked whether the media has been reinserted face down by the user. If it is confirmed in step S80 that the user has reinserted the medium face down, the process proceeds to the label printing mode in step S82.

On the other hand, when back-side insertion cannot be detected in step S80, the process returns to step S78, and thereafter, steps S78 and S80 are repeated until a predetermined time elapses. When the elapse of the predetermined time is detected in step S78, the process proceeds to step S84, the label printing code information read in step S74 is canceled from the label information recording unit 32 of the DVD recorder 2, and the process returns to step S54. This is because it is considered that there is no intention to burn the label for the time being without inserting the media upside down for a predetermined time. Since the above flow is repeated from step S54, when the process reaches step S74 again, the label burn code is read again from the data surface of the medium, and this is recorded in the label information recording unit 32 of the DVD recorder 2 together with the ID. Therefore, it is possible to always insert face down and shift to the label printing mode in step S82. When entering the hard disk mode in step S24 of FIG. 2 and step S56 of FIG. 3, the user interface steps such as display and operation relating to label printing as in step S12 of FIG. 2 and step S70 of FIG. 3 are not passed. . As described above, the user interface such as display and operation is made different between the DVD mode in which label burning is possible and the hard disk mode in which label burning is not possible, so as not to cause unnecessary confusion for the user.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing details of the DVD mode in step S22 of FIG. 2 or step S60 of FIG. When the flow starts, it is checked in step S92 whether the DVD recording mode is set. If it is the recording mode, the process proceeds to step S94, and it is checked whether or not the label burning type media is used. If it is a compatible medium, the process moves to step S96 to display a data recording burn-in menu and select it. Burning at the time of data recording means that when recording on the data surface is performed, the label surface is subsequently burned, and several printing conditions can be selected according to the menu. Although step S96 is illustrated as one step, specifically, it includes a step of displaying a menu and a step of waiting for a menu selection operation for a predetermined time, and when there is a selection operation, the process proceeds to step S98. If there is no selection operation within the predetermined time, the “conditional data recording burn-in menu” is automatically selected and the process proceeds to step S98. Details of the menu and its selection will be described later.

When the selection of the menu is completed, the process proceeds to step S96 where information for label printing is acquired and encoded for creating a printed image. Details of this step will be described later. Next, in step S100, it is checked whether there is an operation for starting data recording. If there is a recording start operation, the process proceeds to step S102. On the other hand, if there is no recording start operation, the process returns to step S92 to enable the next operation in the DVD mode. In step S102, content is written on the data surface, and in step S104, the label burn code obtained and encoded in step S98 is written on the data surface. In step S106, it is checked whether or not the writing has been completed. If the completion of writing is confirmed in step S106, the process proceeds to step S108. If not completed, the process returns to step S102, and the loop from step S102 to step S106 is repeated until the completion of writing is confirmed in step S106.

In step S108, the remaining capacity of the data surface after writing is acquired, and this is encoded as data for label printing. Next, the process proceeds to step S110, and the label information recording unit 32 holds the label burned image creation code obtained in steps S98 and S108. As a result, even if the medium is ejected, information necessary for creating a label burned image related to the information written on the data surface remains on the DVD recorder 2 side. Next, in step S112, it is checked whether or not the condition for entering label surface printing following the above recording on the data surface is satisfied. This condition is set in advance in step S96 or the like, but if the condition is met, the process proceeds to step S114, and the medium is ejected and turned over and reinserted for completion of writing on the data surface and label printing. Is displayed on the screen 52 of the television 4. At this time, an audio announcement having the same meaning may be accompanied by the speaker 54. Then, the process proceeds to step S116 while continuing this display. In step S116, it is checked whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed from the start of display in step S114. If not, the process proceeds to step S118. In step S118, it is checked whether the medium has been reinserted face down by the user. If it is confirmed in step S118 that the user has reinserted the medium face down, the process proceeds to the label printing mode in step S120.

On the other hand, when back-side insertion cannot be detected in step S118, the process returns to step S116, and thereafter, steps S116 and S118 are repeated until a predetermined time elapses. When the elapse of the predetermined time is detected in step S116, the process returns to step S92 to enable the next operation in the DVD mode. This is because it is considered that there has been a change in intention that no label burning will be performed for the time being if there is no reverse insertion of the media at any given time. Even if the label printing is not started at this stage, it is possible to perform an operation of jumping to the label printing mode at an arbitrary time point thereafter. If it is determined in step S94 that the type is not a label printing compatible type medium, the process proceeds to step S122, and it is checked whether or not an operation for starting data recording has been performed. If there is a recording start operation, the process proceeds to step S124, and content writing is performed on the data surface. In step S126, it is checked whether writing has been completed. When the completion of writing is confirmed in step S126, the process returns to step S92 to enable the next operation in the DVD mode. If writing has not been completed, the process returns to step S124, and steps S124 and S126 are repeated until writing is confirmed in step S126. If there is no recording start operation, the process returns to step S92 to enable the next operation in the DVD mode. If the recording mode is not set in step S92, the process proceeds to the reproduction mode in step S128. If there is a playback mode end operation, the process returns to step S92 to enable the next operation in the DVD mode.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing details of label printing information acquisition & encoding in step S98 of FIG. When the flow starts, step S132 obtains and encodes the media owner name by reading it from the data side of the media. In step S134, the writing date information to the medium is acquired from the clock unit 34 of the DVD recorder 2. In step S136, management information attached to the content such as the original recording date and time is acquired from the content source on the hard disk or the like. In step S138, recording mode information such as analog and digital is acquired, and in step S140, image quality information is acquired. In step S142, it is checked whether or not the content source is broadcast. In the case of broadcast recording, information on the recorded program is acquired from the electronic program guide in step S144. Further, in step S146, information that is used in recording on the hard disk but not recorded on a medium such as a DVD is acquired and encoded. Further, in step S147, if the content corresponds to content protected by CPRM or the like, the information is acquired and encoded, and the process proceeds to step S148.

On the other hand, if it is not broadcast recording in step S142, it is regarded as dubbing from the hard disk 22, and the hard disk playlist information is acquired in step S150. In step S152, if the original corresponds to a move in which the original is deleted from the hard disk and dubbed, the information is acquired and encoded, and the process proceeds to step S148. In step S148, the title thumbnail image of the content is acquired. In step S154, chapter and track information is acquired. In step S154, a chapter thumbnail image cut out from the moving image content is acquired. In step S158, caption information to be superimposed on the image is acquired. Next, in step S150, information regarding the playback time of the content is acquired, and the label printing information acquisition & encoding flow ends. In each of the above steps, the acquired information is appropriately encoded as necessary.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the function of the control unit 10 when a media ejection operation is performed in the DVD recorder 2 in FIG. When the flow is started by the media discharge operation by the remote controller 6, first, in step S172, it is checked whether or not the medium to be discharged is a label printing compatible type. If it is a compatible medium, the process proceeds to step S173. On the other hand, if it is not a compatible medium, the process jumps to step S174, immediately ejects the medium, and the flow ends. If it is a compatible medium and the process proceeds to step S173, it is checked whether or not the label burn determination is set to be limited. If the seizure determination is limited, a check is made in step S176 as to whether the seizure conditions are met. If the label printing condition is met, the process proceeds to step S178. On the other hand, if the printing condition is not met in step S176, the flow jumps to step S174 to eject the medium and the flow ends. If it is determined in step S173 that the label burn determination is not limited, the process directly proceeds to step S178.

In step S178, a message for confirming whether or not label printing is to be performed is displayed on the screen 52 of the television 4, and a sound announcement having the same meaning is played from the speaker 54. Then, the process proceeds to step S180 while continuing this message. In step S180, it is checked whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed from the start of display in step S180. If not, the process proceeds to step S182. In step S182, it is checked whether or not the user has performed a confirmation operation for label printing with the remote controller 6. If there is a confirmation operation, the process proceeds to step S184. On the other hand, when the confirmation operation cannot be detected in step S182, the process returns to step S180, and thereafter, step S180 and step S182 are repeated until a predetermined time elapses. When the elapse of the predetermined time is detected in step S180, the process jumps to step S174, the medium is ejected, and the flow ends.

In step S184, the label printing related information on the data surface is read. In step S186, it is checked whether or not there is a label burned mark in the read data. If there is a burned mark, the process proceeds to step S188. In step S188, the label burned information and the newly burned information are visually separated and displayed on the TV screen, and while continuing this display, the process proceeds to step S174 to eject the media and end the flow. To do. The visual division of the display in the above step S188 is possible by changing the display color of the information to be burned and the information to be newly burned or blinking one of them. On the other hand, if there is no burned mark in step S186, the process proceeds to step S190, and the label printing information to be newly printed is displayed. Then, while continuing this display, the process proceeds to step S174, the medium is ejected, and the flow ends. The display performed in step S188 or step S190 is continued even when the medium is reinserted face down. These pieces of information are used when the label is burned on the media inserted in the reverse direction. In addition to the case where the label is burned as it is, the information can be manually edited, corrected, and burned.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing details of the label printing mode in steps S18 and S28 in FIG. 2, step S82 in FIG. 3, and step S120 in FIG. When the flow starts, it is checked in step S201 whether or not the label printing limit mode is set. The label printing according to the first embodiment of the present invention cannot be erased once printing is performed. On the other hand, there is a data side that can be rewritten any number of times as well as a type that cannot be erased or modified once recorded by media. Therefore, a mode is provided in which label printing can be prohibited until the recorded contents of the data surface are confirmed. This is the label burning restriction mode. If the label restriction mode is not set, the process proceeds to step S202, and it is checked whether or not the setting for manually creating and editing a burned image is performed. If it is not manually created edit setting, the flow proceeds to the flow of step S204 and subsequent steps for automatic creation. In step S204, an ID is read from the label side of the medium to identify the inserted medium.

Next, in step S206, the data surface burn code and the burned mark recorded in the label information recording unit 32 for the specified medium are output. On the other hand, in step S208, the label surface is optically read. This optical reading information includes a barcode printed on the label surface. In step S210, it is checked whether the barcode optically read from the label surface matches the burn-in code on the data surface output in step S206. If they do not match, the process proceeds to step S212, and a mismatching printing code is extracted. The extracted printing code corresponds to information to be newly printed. In step S214, a label burn image is automatically created based on the discrepancy burn code. Details thereof will be described later. Next, in step S216, a process for prohibiting an operation for forcibly terminating the printing in the middle is performed, and the printing process in step S218 is started. In step S220, it is checked whether or not the printing has been completed. If the printing has been completed, the process proceeds to step S222. On the other hand, if printing is not completed, the process returns to step S218, and thereafter, steps S218 and S220 are repeated until printing is completed. In step S222, the burn code, the burned mark, and the burned image are stored in the label information recording unit 32 on the recorder side together with the ID of the medium, and the flow ends.

By the way, when the bar code and the burn code coincide with each other in step S210, the process proceeds to step S224, and a television screen display is displayed to the effect that the label is not burned. Then, the process proceeds to step S225, and it is checked whether or not the burned code having an unrecorded mark is included in the data side burn information of the medium output in step S206. If there is a burned code without a finished mark, the process proceeds to step S226 where a display recommending recording of the finished mark on the data surface is performed on the television screen 52 and the flow is terminated. When the medium is inserted face up in accordance with this recommendation, steps S40 to S46 in FIG. 2 are performed to write the completed mark and the label burned image on the data surface of the medium. On the other hand, if there is no finish mark printing code in step S225, the flow is immediately terminated.

If it is determined in step S202 that manual creation / editing of the burned image has been set, the process proceeds to step S227, where manual creation / editing of the label burned image is performed, and the process proceeds to the printing process in step S218. If the label restriction mode is met in step S201, the process proceeds to step S228, and it is checked whether the printing permission condition is met. The burn permission condition is, for example, either when the media is finalized or when the content written on the data surface is protected. In step S228, when the above-described printing permission condition is satisfied, the process proceeds to step S202, and thereafter the same flow as described above is executed. On the other hand, if none of the burning permission conditions is satisfied in step S228, a message indicating that printing is not possible is displayed on the television screen in step S229, and the flow ends. The display may be accompanied by sound.

FIG. 8 is a table summarizing the label printing management described above, and information written on the data surface of the medium, information burned on the label surface recording, and printing held on the label information recording unit 32 of the DVD recorder 2. The relationship between the usage information and the media surface accessed by the data label writing unit 20 is shown for each case of contents 1 to 9. In FIG. 8, the content 1 is in a state where there is no writing on the data surface, printing on the label surface, and no information holding on the recorder side. On the other hand, the content 2 is in a state where the content and the label surface printing code corresponding to the content are written on the data surface. In this state, the label surface recording code is also retained in the label information recording unit 32. Such a state of the content 2 corresponds to the stage where the processing from step S102 to step S110 in FIG. 4 is performed. Content 3 shows a state in which it is determined that it is necessary to create an image for burning in the DVD recorder 2 from the state of content 2 and the image for burning is created. This corresponds to the result of the processing from step S204 to step S214 in FIG. Information newly generated at each stage is shown in bold italic font in the table, and information already generated in the previous stage is shown in normal font in the table. For example, in the content 2, the content written on the data surface, the label surface burning code, and the label surface burning code held in the label information recording unit 32 are already generated in the state of the content 2. The image for printing newly created by the DVD recorder 2 is shown in bold italics.

Further, the content 4 shows a state in which the label is burned from the state of the content 3. At this time, the image and the bar-coded burn code are burned on the label surface, and also on the DVD recorder 2 side, a burned mark is recorded in the label information recording unit 32 at the end of the burn. This corresponds to the state where the processing from step S216 to step S222 in FIG. 7 is completed. Finally, content 5 shows a state in which the burned mark and burned image are written on the data surface of the medium, proceeding from the state of content 4, and the processing from step S40 to step S46 in FIG. 2 is performed. Corresponding to the state.

Next, the actual label printing management will be described based on the states of the contents 1 to 5 in FIG. First, if the code barcode is printed on the label surface as in the content 4, the label image having information corresponding to the code is always printed on the label surface. On the other hand, the contents written on the data surface can be understood from the label burn code written on the data surface. Therefore, if the label printing code read from the data surface matches the label printing code read in the form of a bar code from the label surface, an image corresponding to the content information written on the data surface is already on the label surface. It can be seen that the contents burned and the contents written on the data surface correspond to the label burned images. For example, when the media in which contents 3 and 4 are written on the data surface is inserted face down, the label burn code on the data surface and the bar code on the label surface coincide with each other through steps S204 to S208 in FIG. Whether or not to do so is checked in step S210. For content 4, both match, but content 3 does not match. Since there is a mismatch code, a mismatch burn code is extracted in step S212. In this case, a burn code for the content 3 is extracted. In step S214, a label burned image is automatically created in consideration of the burned image of content 4 based on the burn code of content 3.

As described above, in the case of the content 4, it is not known that the label image has been burned unless the barcode information is read from the label surface side. It can be seen that the label image printing corresponding to the contents of the data surface has been completed only by reading. Therefore, if the state of the content 4 is surely entered, the state of the content 5 is surely obtained. In other words, if it is ensured that the state of the content 4 does not substantially exist, the content can be handled only by reading the data surface. You can check the completion of the label image printing. This can be achieved, for example, by configuring the data surface recording and label surface printing automatically without manual media re-insertion and re-insertion. This will be described in Examples.

The contents 6 to 8 in FIG. 8 correspond to the states of the contents 2 to 4, respectively, but the writing of the label printing information on the data surface is omitted and the configuration is simplified. For content 6 to content 8, the label printing information is not compared between the data surface and the label surface of the media, so that the code barcode printing on the label surface is also omitted. In the case of content 6 to content 8, instead of label surface burning management based on information read from the medium, label burning is based solely on the label burning code and the burned mark recorded in the label information recording unit 32 of the DVD recorder 2. Perform management.

Such simplification is particularly useful when the media is only used with other specific DVD recorders. In this case, the information of all the media and all the contents recorded on these media can be grasped by the DVD recorder, so based on the information for burning, the burned image and the burned mark recorded in the label information recording unit 32, Label image management corresponding to the content on the data side of the media can be performed. For example, when a medium in which the contents 7 and 8 are written on the data surface is inserted, if the label information recording unit 32 is referred to based on the ID for identifying the medium, the label burning of the contents 8 is completed. However, it can be detected that the label 7 has not yet been burned for the content 7. In the following description of the first embodiment, it is assumed that the contents 1 to 5 are used, not the case of simplification as described above.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing details of the label burned image automatic creation step in step S214 of FIG. When the flow starts, the presence or absence of a code barcode on the label surface is checked in step S232, and it is checked whether there is a burned image on the label surface of the media. If there is an image, the process proceeds to step S234 to acquire printed image information. Details thereof will be described later. Further, a printing code is read in step S236 based on the acquired burned image information. In step S238, an area where additional writing can be performed on the label surface is determined from the printing code of the printed image, and the process proceeds to step S240. The purpose of the postscript burnable area determination is to prevent unexpected double burn-in. On the other hand, if there is no code barcode printed on the label surface in step S232 and no image is printed on the label surface, the process proceeds directly to step S240.

In step S240, when the designated language is different for the character printing code, the printing language is converted. For example, when the printing code is English information, if the designated language is Japanese, it is converted into Japanese. Next, in step S242, characters are laid out in a ring shape based on a printing code in a specified language to create a printed character image. Label printing in the present invention is performed while scanning the label surface as the media rotates. In step S242, label writing is performed by laying out an image of characters to be printed in a ring shape concentric with the rotational scanning direction. The scanning of all the character images can be completed by the minimum movement of the portion 20 in the radial direction, and for example, it is possible to shorten the time required for printing the character image as compared with the case where the characters are laid out in a straight line. Become.

In step S244, a thumbnail image for printing based on the image printing code is created, and in step S246, background processing is performed. Details of the background processing will be described later. Next, in step S248, a new print image is arranged in the printable area determined in step S238, and the size of the new print image is adjusted as necessary. That is, if there is an image that has already been printed, this is taken into consideration, and double image printing is prevented by adjusting the arrangement and size of the new image so that it is laid out in a region other than the region where the image has already been written. In step S250, an erasure pattern laid out to overwrite the portion to be erased is created based on the erasure printing code. In the label printing according to the first embodiment of the present invention, as described above, once printing is performed, this cannot be restored. Therefore, if the contents on the data side have been erased and the corresponding label has been burned, a erasure pattern to be overwritten on the burned part is created, and the part is double-baked and erased. There is only. Step S250 is for this purpose, and the deletion pattern is created and laid out at the deletion position. As the above erasing pattern, double strikethrough can be adopted, but not only such a practical pattern but also the shape of the part that erases a pattern with a design such as a heart shape, a floral pattern, an animal, etc. You may make it select according to.

In step S252, bar code conversion of the printing code is performed for printing on the label surface. Next, in step S254, it is checked whether the media has been finalized. If finalized, a bar code indicating that the label has been finalized is created in step S256, and the label burned mark of the label information recording unit 32 is prohibited from being transferred to the data surface of the medium. . When this treatment is performed, the processing from step S42 to step S46 in FIG. 2 is not performed. This is because, if the data surface is finalized and the label surface is burned, it is impossible to write a burned mark on the data surface, which contradicts the processing requirements of steps S44 and S46. It is. Next, the monochrome display color for displaying the burned image is determined based on the information on the result of determining the media type in step S258. This is to make it possible to preview a monochrome burned image corresponding to the determined color of the medium on a type of media having a different color on the label surface. For example, when it is determined that the label surface is a medium that develops a blue-violet color, a monochrome image of blue-violet is displayed, and a monochrome image of green is displayed for a medium whose label surface is colored green. A preview image can be displayed on a television screen in a color faithful to an actual burned image. In the next step S260, a pre-TV screen display burn-in image is created with the determined color, and the flow ends. The pre-television screen display image created in step S260 is displayed by combining the burned image acquired in step S234 and the image newly burned based on step S248 or step S250. Further, in order to display these synthesized images so as to be visually distinguishable from each other, for example, one of them is displayed in a blinking manner.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing details of the burned image information acquisition step in step S234 of FIG. When the flow starts, it is checked in step S262 whether the optical reading of the label image is successful, and if it is unsuccessful, it is checked in step S264 whether there is a data surface recording image. If not, the image recorded in the label information recording unit 32 of the DVD recorder 2 in step S266 is adopted, and the flow ends. On the other hand, if the label image has been successfully optically read in step S262, the process proceeds to step S268, where the optically read image is adopted, and the flow ends. In addition, the image recorded on the data surface in step S264 is employed. The significance of the flow in FIG. 10 is that priority is given to the one closest to the actual object as much as possible in the acquisition of the image printed on the label. In other words, if the label image itself can be optically read, the read image is adopted, and if that is not possible, the actual data surface image is adopted at least at the media level, and if it cannot be recorded, it is stored in the recorder. Use the image you have.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing details of the background processing in step S246 of FIG. When the flow starts, it is checked in step S272 whether the background has been burned on the label surface. If the background is not burned, the process advances to step S274 to check whether a background to be burned is registered in advance. Note that different backgrounds can be registered for each owner of the media, and if the owner of the inserted media can be specified, the background registered by the owner is extracted. If the registered background cannot be extracted, the process advances to step S276 to check whether there is a background that can be determined by the learning function. In this step, among the backgrounds selected in the past by the owner of the inserted media, a new one with a high selection frequency and a new selection time is analyzed by the learning function, and the background is extracted. If there is no background that can be extracted by the learning function, the background adopted last time is extracted in step S278, and the process proceeds to step S279. If a background can be extracted in step S274 or step S276, the process proceeds to step S279 at that time.

Step S279 is for accepting an operation for arbitrarily changing and correcting the background extracted as described above. Since there is no correction at first, the process proceeds to step S280. In step S280, the extracted background is determined as the background to be burned and displayed on the television screen. In step S282, it is checked whether or not an operation for determining to add the background has been performed. If there is no operation, the process proceeds to step S284, and it is checked whether or not there is an operation for setting no background. If there is no operation, the process proceeds to step S286, and it is checked whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed since the background for which a new printing schedule was determined in step S280 was displayed on the television screen. If the predetermined time has not elapsed, the process returns to step S279. Hereinafter, unless the operation of step S282 or step S284 is performed and it is not detected in step S286 that the predetermined time has elapsed, the loop from step S279 to step S286 is repeated. In addition, during the repetition time of this loop, an operation for correcting or changing the scheduled printing background displayed in step S280 is possible, and when this operation has been accepted in step S279, the scheduled printing background is displayed in step S280. The resulting new background on which the decision is modified or changed and displayed is displayed on the television screen. At this time, the count of the elapse of the predetermined time checked in step S286 is reset and counted again from zero.

When it is detected in step S286 that the predetermined time has elapsed, in step S290, it is determined that printing is performed without background, and the flow ends. FIG. 11 is a process executed as a part of the burn image automatic creation process of FIG. 9. If no operation is performed as described above, the non-background burn is automatically selected after a predetermined time. Generally, when there are a character information image and a background image, the background image occupies a larger area than the character information. Therefore, by setting the non-background printing as a default as described above, it is possible to write an image while omitting a large background which takes a long time for printing, and to prevent an unnecessarily long printing time. be able to. Of course, when the background addition determination operation is intentionally performed in step S282, the process proceeds to step S292, and the flow can be ended by performing the printing with the background added. When a backgroundless determination operation is performed in step S284, the process proceeds to step S290 without waiting for a predetermined time. Furthermore, if the background has already been burned in step S272, even if the burned image is accompanied by the background, this is forcibly omitted, and the process proceeds to step S290, where no background printing is performed. This is to prevent the backgrounds that normally occupy the entire burnable area from being double burned. Further, if there is no background adopted in the previous step in step S278, it means that there is no background to be extracted even if it reaches here, and it is not appropriate to perform the process of automatically adding the background, so the process proceeds to step S290. No background baking.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing details of the printing process in step S218 of FIG. When the flow starts, a pre-screen display of a printed image is performed in step S302. This allows you to preview the image before printing. Next, in step S304, it is checked whether there has been data in the past that has been partially unfinished due to the interruption of printing. Such burn-in incomplete data is generated by an interruption due to an unexpected situation such as a power failure during printing, but also occurs when an operation for forcibly terminating printing is performed intentionally. If there is such incomplete printing data, the process proceeds to step S306, and it is checked whether or not the part updated by the new printing data is in the incomplete data. If there is an updated part in the incomplete printing data, the printing is not resumed as it is, but the corresponding part of the incomplete data is updated with new printing data in step S308, and the process proceeds to step S310. If there is no updated part in step S306, the process directly proceeds to step S310.

In step S310, the incomplete printing data due to the interruption and the new printing data are combined as one printing image, and the process proceeds to step S312. Since the layout of the image is completed in the label burn image automatic creation step of FIG. 9, the past burn image that has not been burned and the new burn image are connected without any contradiction by synthesis. For example, the unbaked ring zone part and the new burned ring zone part are synthesized as one continuous ring zone part. On the other hand, if there is no burning interruption data in step S304, the process directly proceeds to step S312.
In step S312, the inner diameter position and outer diameter position of the seizure ring zone are determined. Then, in step S314, printing starts from the inner diameter position of the printing ring zone. As a result, the baking time is shortened as compared with the case where baking is always started from the innermost position of the label baking area.
Next, in step S316, if there is an interruption, processing for saving the incomplete printing data and storing the interruption position is performed. Specifically, the label information recording unit 32 is set as a non-volatile recording unit, and the burning completion position is sequentially input and updated as the burning proceeds with respect to the burning schedule data stored therein. To do. As a result, when the printing is interrupted, the completion position is not updated, so that the interruption position is stored. Further, since the burn-in schedule data is stored in the non-volatile type label information recording unit 32, saving of incomplete burn-in data is also realized. After that, when the burning is actually interrupted, necessary processing is performed on the incomplete printing data for subsequent management at an appropriate timing thereafter.
The above process is just a preparatory process, the execution of data saving and interruption position storage is actually executed when there is an interruption, and if there is no interruption during printing, there is no process that will affect the subsequent process Nothing is done. Accordingly, the flow quickly passes through step S316 and reaches step S318.

In step S318, the television screen is automatically switched from the pre-display of the burned image to normal broadcasting or the like. This automatic switching can be performed by sending a broadcast received by the broadcast receiving unit 16 on the DVD recorder side from the control unit 10 to the input / output interface 56 on the television side via the input / output interface 30. Instead of this, switching by the control unit 46 may be performed so that the broadcast received by the broadcast receiving unit 48 on the television side is output from the output control unit 50. In this case, a switching instruction is sent from the control unit 10 on the DVD recorder side to the control unit 46 on the television side.
In any case, by performing the above-described treatment, the user can start printing in step S314 and at the same time, the television screen is automatically switched to normal broadcasting or the like. You do n’t have to spend time.
Next, in step S320, it is checked whether or not there has been an operation for forcibly terminating the printing, and if there is no operation, in step S322, it is checked whether or not the baking has been completed up to the outer diameter position of the baking ring zone. If the baking to the outer diameter position has not been completed, the process returns to step S320, and thereafter, step S320 and step S322 are repeated until the baking to the outer diameter position is completed unless a forced burning end operation is performed in step S320.
When it is detected in step S322 that the printing has been completed to the outer diameter position, the process proceeds to step S324, and a message indicating the completion of printing is superimposed on the television screen on which the normal broadcast is displayed, and the process proceeds to step S326. To end the flow. Note that the display started in step S324 is continued for a predetermined time after the flow ends. By this display, the user who enjoyed the broadcast program can know the end of the label printing.
Note that, when a burn-in forced termination operation is detected in step S320, the process proceeds to step S326 at that time, and the label printing is terminated. When this operation is performed, the process prepared in step S316 is activated, and a process for saving the incomplete printing data and storing the interruption position at the end of the printing is executed.
As described above, when it is detected in step S332 that the burning has been completed up to the outer diameter position of the seizure ring zone, step S326 is reached, and by promptly terminating the burning, the outermost diameter position of the label burning area is always maintained. The baking time is shortened as compared with the case where the baking is terminated upon reaching the position.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing details of the printing condition determination process in step S112 of FIG. 4 and step S176 of FIG. When the flow starts, it is checked in step S332 whether finalization has been performed. If it has not been finalized, the process proceeds to step S334, and it is checked whether or not a menu for proceeding to the label printing step at the time of data recording unconditionally is selected.
When the menu is not selected, the process proceeds to step S336, and it is checked whether a menu for proceeding to the label printing step at the time of data recording is selected under conditions. When this menu is selected, the process proceeds to step S338. Step S338 is for checking whether or not the condition for proceeding to the label printing step at the time of data recording is met. In FIG. 13, is a title protection operation for prohibiting erasure of specific content written on the data surface being performed? An example of checking whether or not. If the condition in step S338 is not met, the process proceeds to a step that does not correspond to the printing condition. Specifically, in the case of determination in step S112 of FIG. 4, the process returns to step S92, and in the case of determination in step S176 of FIG. 6, the process proceeds to step S174.

On the other hand, if the unconditional data recording burn-in menu is selected in step S334, the process proceeds to a corresponding step of the burn condition. Specifically, in the case of determination in step S112 of FIG. 4, the process proceeds to step S114, and in the case of determination in step S176 of FIG. 6, the process proceeds to step S178. If the title protect operation is performed in step S338, the process proceeds to the corresponding step of the burn condition.
Further, when it is detected in step S332 that finalization has been performed, the process proceeds to step S339, and if a predetermined condition is satisfied, it is checked whether or not the ejection setting is made to automatically eject the medium. If such discharge setting is not performed, the process proceeds to the corresponding step of the baking condition.

On the other hand, when the discharge setting is performed, the process proceeds from step S339 to step S340. In step S340, a message recommending label printing is displayed on the television screen. At this time, a voice announcement of the same purpose may be accompanied. In step S341, the medium is automatically ejected. One of the features of the present invention is that in a state in which the medium is inserted in a face-up state where writing on the data surface is possible, a predetermined surface is used to enable writing on the label surface when a predetermined condition is met. To generate a signal. A function that enables writing on the label surface based on this signal corresponds to, for example, the display of a label burning recommendation message by shifting to step S114 in FIG. 4 or step S178 in FIG. The steps from step S339 to step S341 are other examples that enable writing on the label surface. When a predetermined condition is satisfied, writing to the label surface is performed in response to the generation of the predetermined signal. The media is automatically ejected to enable this. The predetermined condition is finalization in FIG. 13, but other conditions can also be set. For example, the medium may be automatically ejected when a title protection operation is performed.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing functions of the control unit 10 when an operation for finalizing is performed with the remote controller 6. When the flow is started by performing the finalizing operation, the data surface is read in step S341, and whether the content without the label burned mark is written on the data surface in step S342 based on the read printing information. Check it out. If there is such content, a confirmation message for finalization and a label burning recommendation message are displayed on the television screen in step S344. At this time, a voice announcement of the same purpose may be accompanied. As can be seen from FIG. 8, there are various possibilities for the relationship between the media data side and the label side. Among these, if all the contents are media in the state of the contents 5 in FIG. 8, the information on the data side and the label side are completely the same. In this case, the answer to step S342 is no.

On the other hand, if the answer to step S342 is yes, it means that the medium includes at least one content corresponding to one of the contents 2 to 4 in FIG. If step S40 to step S46 of FIG. 2 are functioning normally, there is no state of content 4, so the content without the label burned mark is content 2 or content 3, and the information is not burned on the label surface. Corresponds to media containing content. In order to cope with such a case, step S344 described above is for confirming the finalization intention and displaying a label burning recommendation message on the television screen. If finalization is performed, data cannot be written to the data surface after that, and even if the label is burned and the content 4 in FIG. 8 can be obtained, the content 5 cannot be obtained. This is because only reading of the data will result in a medium in which complete matching of information on the data surface and the label surface cannot be confirmed.

After the display in step S344, it is checked whether there has been a confirmation operation for finalizing in step S346 while continuing the display. If the confirmation operation cannot be detected, the process proceeds to step S348, and it is checked whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed from the start of display in step S344. If no time has elapsed, the process returns to step S346, and thereafter, unless there is a confirmation operation in step S346, steps S346 and S348 are repeated until a predetermined time elapses. When the elapse of a predetermined time is detected in step S348, finalization is stopped and the flow is ended. As described above, in the case of the media corresponding to step S342, if there is no response even if the confirmation / recommendation in step S344 is performed, the initial finalize operation is invalidated and finalization is not executed for safety. On the other hand, if there is a confirmation operation from the user that it can be finalized in step S346, the process proceeds to step S352, and finalization is executed with respect to the user's intention. If there is no content without a label burned mark in step S342, the process proceeds directly to step S352, where finalization is immediately executed, and the flow ends.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the function of the control unit 10 when the remote controller 6 performs a formatting operation for deleting all data on the data surface in a rewritable medium. When the flow is started by performing the formatting operation, the data surface is read in step S361, and it is checked whether or not there is a printing code on the data surface in step S362 based on the read printing information. If there is a burn code on the data surface, the process proceeds to step S364, where the label information recording unit 32 of the DVD recorder 2 specifies the ID of the medium and checks whether a burned mark is recorded for the medium. If there is a burned mark, it is checked in step S366 whether the erasure pattern has been burned for all information images. Note that the information image is an image related to information indicating the contents of the data surface such as the name of the content, and excludes an image having no information related to the contents of the data surface such as a simple background. If all the images have not been deleted, the process proceeds to step S368, and a message for confirming the user's intention to format is displayed on the television screen. At this time, a voice message having the same meaning may be accompanied. The fact that step S368 has been reached means that an image relating to the contents of the data surface has been burned onto the label surface, and if this is left alone to format only the data surface, the data surface is labeled between the data surface and the label surface. This is because a mismatch occurs.

After the display in step S368, it is checked whether there has been a confirmation operation for formatting in step S370 while continuing the display. If the confirmation operation cannot be detected, the process proceeds to step S372, and it is checked whether a predetermined time has elapsed from the start of display in step S368. If no time has elapsed, the process returns to step S370, and thereafter, unless there is a confirmation operation in step S370, steps S370 and S372 are repeated until a predetermined time has elapsed. When the elapse of the predetermined time is detected in step S372, the process proceeds to step S374, and finalization is stopped.

Next, in step S376, a printing image pattern for erasing all information images on the label surface is prepared, and the process proceeds to step S378. At this time, images that do not have information relating to the contents of the data surface such as a simple background are excluded, and no erasure image pattern is prepared for these portions. In step S378, a message recommending that the media be inserted face down is displayed on the television screen. At this time, a voice message may be accompanied. Then, the process proceeds to step S380 while continuing this display. In step S380, it is checked whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed from the start of display in step S378. If not, the process proceeds to step S382. In step S382, it is checked whether the medium has been reinserted face down by the user. If it is confirmed in step S382 that the user has reinserted the medium face down, the process proceeds to the label printing mode in step S384. On the other hand, when back-side insertion cannot be detected in step S382, the process returns to step S380, and thereafter, steps S380 and S382 are repeated until a predetermined time elapses. When the elapse of the predetermined time is detected in step S380, the flow is immediately terminated. Even if the label printing is not started at this stage, it is possible to perform an operation of jumping to the label printing mode at an arbitrary time point thereafter.

The above is a flow when the execution is performed even if there is an operation for performing the formatting. Next, the case where the formatting is executed will be described. First, when there is no burn-in code on the data surface in step S362, the process proceeds to step S386, the format is executed, and the flow ends. This is because as long as the state of content 1 to content 5 in FIG. 8 is assumed, there is no possibility that an image is burned on the label surface unless the burn code is on the data surface. If it is confirmed that there is no burned mark in the label information recording unit 32 of the DVD recorder 2 in step S364 even if there is a burn code on the data surface, the flow proceeds to step S386, the format is executed, and the flow ends. To do. If the state of content 1 to content 5 in FIG. 8 is assumed, if there is no burned mark in the label information recording unit 32, it may be considered that there is no image burned on the label surface. In this case, it is assumed that the label is not burned by another label surface printing device. Furthermore, in step S366, also when the erasure pattern has been burned for all information images, the process proceeds to step S386, the format is executed, and the flow ends. If it is confirmed in step S370 that the user has performed a confirmation operation for formatting, the user's intention is respected, and the flow proceeds to step S386 to end the flow.

FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing a second example of the disk recorder system according to the embodiment of the present invention. Also in the second embodiment, the system has a DVD recorder 102 and a television 4 as main components, and has a remote controller 6 for remotely operating them. Similar to the first embodiment, in the second embodiment, the DVD recorder 102 and the television 4 can be integrated. In FIG. 16, the television 4 and the remote controller 6 are not shown because they are the same as those in the first embodiment of FIG. Also, in the configuration of the DVD recorder 102 shown in the figure, the same parts as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted unless particularly necessary. The second embodiment of FIG. 16 differs from the first embodiment of FIG. 1 in the configuration around the media drive. Specifically, the media drive 8 in FIG. 1 performs writing / reading of content data and printing / reading of a label image from one side of the inserted medium, and at the time of printing / reading the label surface. Needed to insert the media upside down. On the other hand, the media drive 108 in FIG. 16 is configured to be able to write / read content data and to print / read a label image from both sides of the inserted media, so that it is not necessary to turn the media over. ing.

In FIG. 16, the data label writing unit 20 and the data label reading unit 28 have the same configuration as that in FIG. 1, and are collectively shown as the first head 130 in FIG. 16. In FIG. 1, the “first head” is not shown, but also in FIG. 1, the data label writing unit 20 and the data label reading unit 28 are collectively referred to as “first head”. To be understood. In the second embodiment of FIG. 16, a second head 132 having the same configuration as the first head 130 is provided on the opposite side of the media drive 108. That is, the second head 132 has the same configuration as the data label writing unit 134 having the same configuration as the data label writing unit 20 of the first head 130 and the data label reading unit 28 of the first head 130. Data / label reading unit 136. Basically, it is sufficient that one of the first head 130 and the second head 132 functions for data writing / reading and the other functions for label printing / reading. In the second embodiment, both functions are used. Is possible. There are two reasons for this, one of which is the cost reduction effect by sharing the first and second heads. The second reason is that this configuration eliminates the need for the user to care about the front and back when inserting media. The drive control unit 112 controls the first head 130, the second head 132, and the media drive 108. Also,
The control unit 110 controls the drive control unit 112 and exchanges data with the first head 130 and the b second head 132. Of course, a mechanism for reversing the positions of the first head 130 and the second head 132 is not provided.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing functions of the control unit 110 relating to the control of the first head 130 and the second head 132 in the DVD recorder 102 of the second embodiment shown in FIG. The function of the control unit 110 is the same as the function of the control unit 10 of the first embodiment except for the part relating to the reverse insertion of media. In other words, the “inside-out insertion” in the first embodiment means that the head access is switched between the data surface and the label surface of the medium. The function of the flow described in the first embodiment can be diverted to the second embodiment by replacing the portion of the meaning of “inverted insertion” with the meaning of “switching between the first head 130 and the second head 132”. . The flow in FIG. 17 starts every time media needs to be inserted or accessed. In step S392, it is checked whether the media is inserted in the media drive 108 with the first head 130 facing the data surface. . If there is a data surface on the first head 130 side, the process proceeds to step S394, where the first head is set for the data surface, and in step S396, the second head is set for the label surface.

In step S398, it is checked whether or not it is necessary to access the data surface by an operation relating to data recording / reading. In the case of access to the data surface, the first head is driven in step S400, and the process proceeds to the DVD mode in step S402. In step S404, it is checked whether or not the label surface needs to be accessed by an operation relating to label printing / reading. If the label surface needs to be accessed, the flow returns to the start of the flow of FIG. On the other hand, if it is not necessary to access the label surface in step S404, the process returns to step S402 and the DVD mode is continued. Thereafter, unless the need to access the label surface is detected in step S404, steps S402 and S404 are repeated to continue the DVD mode.

On the other hand, if the medium is not inserted in the media drive 108 in the direction in which the first head 130 side is the data surface in step S392, it means that the first head 130 side is the media label surface. Therefore, in this case, the process proceeds to step S406, where the second head is set for the data surface, and in step S408, the first head is set for the label surface.

In step S410, it is checked whether or not it is necessary to access the data surface by an operation relating to data recording / reading. If the access is not to the data surface, it means that the access is to the label surface, so the first head is driven in step S412, and the process proceeds to the label printing mode in step S414. In step S416, it is checked whether or not the data surface needs to be accessed by an operation related to data recording / reading. If the data surface needs to be accessed, the flow returns to the start of the flow of FIG. On the other hand, if it is not necessary to access the data surface in step S416, the process returns to step S414, and the label printing mode is continued. Thereafter, unless the necessity to access the data surface is detected in step S416, steps S414 and S416 are repeated, and the label printing mode is continued.

If the data surface access is not necessary in step S398, it means that the label surface access is necessary. Therefore, the process proceeds to step S418, the second head is driven and the label printing mode in step S414 is performed. Migrate to If the data surface needs to be accessed in step S410, the process proceeds to step S420, and the second head is driven to shift to the DVD mode in step S402.

FIG. 18 is a block diagram showing a third example of the disk recorder system according to the embodiment of the present invention. Also in the third embodiment, the system has a DVD recorder 202 and a television 4 as main components, and has a remote controller 6 for remotely operating them. As in the first embodiment, in the third embodiment, the DVD recorder 202 and the television 4 can be integrated. In FIG. 18, the television 4 and the remote controller 6 are the same as those in the first embodiment shown in FIG. Also, in the configuration of the DVD recorder 202 shown in the figure, the same parts as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted unless particularly necessary. The third embodiment of FIG. 18 differs from the first embodiment of FIG. 1 in the configuration around the media drive. Specifically, the media drive 208 in FIG. 18 has a configuration capable of writing / reading content data and printing / reading a label image from both sides of the inserted media, as in the second embodiment. , No need to turn the media over.

The data label writing unit 220 and the data label reading unit 228 in the third embodiment shown in FIG. 18 are provided in the same set as in the first embodiment, but they differ from the first embodiment in that they are media drives. This is that the head is configured as a reversing head whose position can be reversed between the data surface side and the label surface side of the medium inserted into 208. In other words, the reversing head reverses the position between the first position 230 indicated by the solid line and the second position 232 indicated by the alternate long and short dash line on the opposite side of the media drive 108, so that the data can be written onto the data surface without turning the medium over. It is possible to print / read and label printing / reading on the label surface. Similar to the second embodiment, in the third embodiment, the user can insert media into the media drive 208 without having to worry about both sides. The drive control unit 212 controls the data label writing unit 220, the data label reading unit 228, and the media drive 208. The control unit 210 controls the drive control unit 212 and exchanges data with the reversing heads (the data label writing unit 220 and the data label reading unit 228) at the first position and the second position.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing the function of the control unit 210 related to the control for reversing the reversing head between the first position 230 and the second position 232 in the DVD recorder 202 of the third embodiment of FIG. The function of the control unit 210 is the same as the function of the control unit 10 of the first embodiment, except for the part related to media reverse insertion. In other words, the “inside-out insertion” in the first embodiment means that the head access is switched between the data surface and the label surface of the medium. The function of the flow described in the first embodiment can be diverted to the third embodiment by replacing the portion of “inverted insertion” with the meaning of “head reversal”. The flow of FIG. 19 starts every time media needs to be inserted or accessed. In step S432, the media is driven by the reversing head at the first position 230 or the second position 232 facing the data surface. Check whether it is inserted in 208. If the data surface faces the reversing head, the process proceeds to step S434.

In step S434, it is checked whether or not it is necessary to access the data surface by an operation relating to data recording / reading. In the case of access to the data surface, the process proceeds to the DVD mode in step S436. In step S438, it is checked whether or not the label surface needs to be accessed by an operation relating to label printing / reading. If the label surface needs to be accessed, the flow returns to the start of the flow of FIG. On the other hand, if there is no need to access the label surface in step S438, the process returns to step S436 to continue the DVD mode. Thereafter, unless the necessity of accessing the label surface is detected in step S438, steps S436 and S438 are repeated, and the DVD mode is continued.

On the other hand, if the medium is not inserted into the media drive 208 in the direction in which the reversing head is the data surface in step S432, it means that the reversing head faces the label surface of the medium. Therefore, in this case, the process proceeds to step S440.

In step S440, it is checked whether it is necessary to access the data surface by an operation relating to data recording / reading. If it is not an access to the data surface, it means that the access is to the label surface, and the process proceeds to the label printing mode in step S442. In step S444, it is checked whether or not the data surface needs to be accessed by an operation relating to data recording / reading. If the data surface access is necessary, the flow returns to the start of the flow of FIG. On the other hand, if there is no need to access the data surface in step S444, the process returns to step S442, and the label printing mode is continued. Thereafter, unless the necessity of accessing the data surface is detected in step S444, steps S442 and S444 are repeated, and the label printing mode is continued.

If it is not necessary to access the data surface in step S434, it means that access to the label surface has occurred. Therefore, the process proceeds to step S446, and the head position is reversed. Then, the process proceeds to the label printing mode in step S442. If it is necessary to access the data surface in step S440, the process proceeds to step S448, the first head position is reversed, and the process proceeds to the DVD mode in step S436.

FIG. 20 is a block diagram showing a fourth example of the disk recorder system according to the embodiment of the present invention. Also in the fourth embodiment, the system has a DVD recorder 302 and a television 4 as main components, and has a remote controller 6 for remotely operating them. As in the first embodiment, in the fourth embodiment, the DVD recorder 302 and the television 4 can be integrated. In FIG. 20, as in the second embodiment, the television 4 and the remote controller 6 are the same as those in the first embodiment shown in FIG. Also, in the configuration of the DVD recorder 302 shown in the figure, the same parts as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted unless particularly necessary. The fourth embodiment of FIG. 20 differs from the first embodiment of FIG. 1 in the configuration around the media drive. The media drive 308 of FIG. 20 has basically the same configuration as the media drive 8 of FIG. 1, and performs writing / reading of content data and printing / reading of a label image from one side of the inserted medium. However, it is configured so that the inserted media is automatically turned over and re-inserted by interlocking with the automatic media turning over insertion mechanism 350. The head 330 is the same as that shown in FIG. 1, and includes a data label writing unit 20 and a data label reading unit 28.

The drive control unit 312 controls the data label writing unit 20, the data label reading unit 28, and the media drive 308. Further, the media automatic reverse insertion mechanism 35 is controlled by the control unit 312, and the media ejected from the media drive 308 is received in conjunction with the media, and is automatically turned over and is automatically reinserted into the media drive. As a result, data writing / reading on the data surface and label printing / reading on the label surface can be performed without requiring manual flipping of the media by the user. As in the second embodiment, in the fourth embodiment, the user can insert media into the media drive 308 without having to worry about both sides. The control unit 310 controls the drive control unit 312 and exchanges data with the head 330 (the data label writing unit 20 and the data label reading unit 28).

FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing the functions of the control unit 310 relating to control of the automatic media reverse insertion mechanism 350 in the DVD recorder 302 of the fourth embodiment shown in FIG. The function of the control unit 310 is the same as that of the control unit 10 of the first embodiment except for the part related to the media reverse insertion. In other words, the “inside-out insertion” in the first embodiment means that the head access is switched between the data surface and the label surface of the medium. The function of the flow described in the first embodiment can be diverted to the fourth embodiment by replacing the portion of the meaning of “inserting inside out” manually with the meaning of “inserting inside out”. The flow in FIG. 21 starts every time media needs to be inserted or accessed. In step S452, it is checked whether the media is inserted into the media drive 308 with the head 330 facing the data surface. If the data surface faces the head 330, the process proceeds to step S454.

In step S454, it is checked whether or not it is necessary to access the data surface by an operation relating to data recording / reading. In the case of access to the data surface, the process proceeds to the DVD mode in step S456. In step S458, it is checked whether or not the label surface needs to be accessed by an operation relating to label printing / reading. If the label surface needs to be accessed, the flow returns to the start of the flow of FIG. On the other hand, if there is no need to access the label surface in step S448, the process returns to step S456 to continue the DVD mode. Thereafter, unless the necessity to access the label surface is detected in step S458, steps S456 and S458 are repeated to continue the DVD mode.

On the other hand, if the medium is not inserted into the media drive 308 in such a direction that the head 330 becomes the data surface in step S452, it means that the reversing head faces the label surface of the media. Therefore, in this case, the process proceeds to step S460.

In step S460, it is checked whether it is necessary to access the data surface by an operation relating to data recording / reading. If it is not an access to the data surface, it means an access to the label surface, and the process proceeds to the label printing mode in step S462. In step S464, it is checked whether or not the data surface needs to be accessed by an operation relating to data recording / reading. If the data surface needs to be accessed, the flow returns to the start of the flow of FIG. On the other hand, if there is no need to access the data surface in step S464, the process returns to step S462, and the label printing mode is continued. Thereafter, unless the necessity of accessing the data surface is detected in step S464, steps S462 and S464 are repeated, and the label printing mode is continued.

If the data surface access is not necessary in step S454, it means that the label surface access is necessary, and the process advances to step S466 to drive the automatic media reverse insertion mechanism 350. Then, the process proceeds to the label printing mode in step S462. If it is necessary to access the data surface in step S460, the process proceeds to step S448, and the automatic media reverse insertion mechanism 350 is driven to shift to the DVD mode in step S456.

FIG. 22 is a block diagram showing a fifth example of the disk recorder system according to the embodiment of the present invention. Also in the fifth embodiment, the system has a DVD recorder 402 and a television 4 as main components, and has a remote control 6 for remotely operating them. As in the first embodiment, in the fifth embodiment, the DVD recorder 402 and the television 4 can be integrated. In FIG. 22, the television 4 and the remote controller 6 are not shown because they are the same as those in the first embodiment shown in FIG. Also, in the configuration of the DVD recorder 402 shown in the figure, the same parts as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted unless particularly necessary. The fifth embodiment of FIG. 22 is also different from the first embodiment of FIG. 1 in the configuration around the media drive. Specifically, the media drive 408 in FIG. 22 can be accessed from both sides of the inserted media, like the media drive 108 in FIG. However, in the fifth embodiment, the data head 430 for writing / reading the content data and the label head 432 for printing / reading the label image are dedicated to each other, and it is not necessary to turn over the media. The direction of the front and back is determined.

Specifically, the data head 430 of FIG. 22 includes a data writing unit 420 and a data reading unit 428, and is dedicated to access to the data surface. Therefore, access to the data surface can be performed only from the data head side. On the other hand, the label head 432 provided on the opposite side of the media drive 418 with respect to the data head 430 includes a label writing unit 434 and a label reading unit 436, and is dedicated to access to the label surface. Therefore, access to the label surface can be performed only from the label head side. With the above configuration, when a medium is inserted into the media drive 418 with the data surface facing the data head 430, the label surface faces the label head 432, so that content data can be written / read and the label image can be read without turning over the media. Can be printed and read. However, if the media is inserted in the wrong direction, neither will be possible. The drive control unit 412 controls the data head 430, the label head 432, and the media drive 408. The control unit 410 controls the drive control unit 412 and exchanges data with the data head 430 and the label head 432.

As described above, in the fifth embodiment, there is no concept that the DVD recorder functions when a medium is inserted face down, like a normal DVD recorder without a label burning function. Further, by dedicating the data head and the label head, any head can be selected and configured as necessary independently of each other. For example, the label head of the fifth embodiment is not limited to the laser printing type head as in the first to fourth embodiments. For example, a normal ink jet printer head may be adopted as the label writing unit 434. In this case, the media is not a “label printing type” in which the label surface is provided with a discoloration layer that changes color by heat or light, but a type in which the label surface is subjected to inkjet printing compatible processing (hereinafter “label”). It is called a “printable type”. In the present invention, the term “label printing” or “label printing” in the embodiment is the term “label writing” in a broad sense as to the characteristics regardless of the method when writing information on the label surface. It shall be read and understood.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing functions relating to prevention of erroneous operation of the control unit 410 in the DVD recorder 402 of the fifth embodiment shown in FIG. The function of the control unit 410 is the same as the function of the control unit 10 of the first embodiment except for the part relating to the reverse insertion of media. In other words, for the function that does not require the insertion of the media upside down, the function of the flow described in the first embodiment with respect to accessing not only the data surface but also the label surface can be used in the fifth embodiment. . The flow shown in FIG. 23 is started every time media need to be inserted or accessed. In step S472, it is checked whether the data surface faces the data head 430 side. If there is no data surface on the data head 430 side, the process proceeds to step S474.

In step S474, a message that warns that the medium is inserted in the wrong direction is displayed on the television screen. At this time, a voice message may be accompanied. Then, the process proceeds to step S476 while continuing this display. In step S476, it is checked whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed from the start of display in step S474. If not, the process proceeds to step S478. In step S478, it is checked whether the medium has been reinserted in the correct orientation by the user. If it is confirmed in step S478 that the user has successfully inserted the medium, the process proceeds to step S480. If there is a data surface on the data head 430 side in step S472, the process proceeds directly to step S480. On the other hand, when normal insertion cannot be detected in step S478, the process returns to step S476, and thereafter, steps S476 and S478 are repeated until a predetermined time elapses. And when progress of predetermined time is detected in step S476, a flow is complete | finished immediately.

In step S480, it becomes necessary to access the medium by the label printing operation or the like, and it is checked whether the flow has started as a result. If it is for label printing, it is checked in step S482 if it is a “label printing compatible type” medium. If the media is compatible, the label printing mode is entered in step S484. On the other hand, if it becomes necessary to access the medium by the label printing operation or the like in step S480, the process proceeds to the DVD mode in step S486. In addition, in step S482, if it is not a compatible medium, a message indicating that the label cannot be printed is displayed on the television screen in step S488. At this time, a voice message may be accompanied. Then, the display is continued for a predetermined time, and the process proceeds to the DVD mode in step S486.

FIG. 24 is a television display screen showing an image on the label side of the “label printing compatible type” media, and the pre-printed image and the new image to be printed are combined and displayed. A barcode printing area 504 is provided at the innermost side of the image printing area on the label surface of the medium 502. The bar code printing area 504 is a ring-shaped area concentric with the rotation direction of the medium, and a bar code obtained by converting the printing code is burned therein. In the bar code burn area 504, bar code can be additionally burned corresponding to the addition of content writing to the data surface. A remaining amount display image printing area 506 is provided outside the barcode printing area 504. The remaining amount display image burn-in area 506 is also a ring-shaped area concentric with the rotation direction of the medium, and an arc-shaped band indicating the remaining capacity of writing on the data surface is burned therein. This band is added and burned as the writing capacity to the data surface increases, and the length of the band extends in the circumferential direction. When the capacity runs out, the band that is connected over all 360 degrees is burned.

The outside of the remaining amount display image burn-in area 506 is an area where the burned image can be laid out freely. In the example of FIG. 24, “Nichiro” indicates the title of the content written on the data surface in the ring-shaped burn-in area 508. BOX80 "and the character string" daytime box 38 "indicating the next content on the second line after a line feed are burned together. These characters are laid out in a ring shape so that the upper side of the characters is inside the label surface. The ring-shaped new burn-in scheduled area 510 is laid out so as not to overlap with the already-baked area 508, and the character string “Eco Law 8:30” to be burned is laid out and displayed in a ring shape. ing. The character image of the new burn-in scheduled area 510 is displayed on the television screen by blinking, for example, so that the color is lightened intermittently so as to be distinguishable from the character image of the burned area 508.

In printing, the head is moved to the label surface position corresponding to the inner diameter position 512 of the new printing area 510, printing printing is started from this position, the scanning is sequentially advanced outward, and the edge of the ring-shaped printing image is formed. The scanning is finished at the label surface position corresponding to the outer diameter position 514 and the printing is finished. This shortens the time required for printing as compared to the case where these character strings are laid out in a straight line. In addition, as described above, the character string is laid out in a ring shape so that the upper side is the inside of the label surface, so the character string “Eco Law 8:30” to be baked later is a line that has been baked first. It is laid out in the third line following the character string “Nichiro BOX80” in the second line and “Nichichuro BOX38” in the second line, and the lines can be laid out in the order of additional writing. As shown in FIG. 24, in a state where the character strings of the first and second lines are laid out only in a part of the ring zone of the burned area 508, a new burn-out scheduled area 510 on the outside as shown in FIG. Instead of laying out the character string in the third line, a new burned image may be laid out in an empty area in the ring zone of the burned area 508.

In the above embodiments, the present invention has been described based on a medium having a label surface on the back side of the data surface of the medium. However, in the present invention, the label is on the same surface as the data surface, regardless of whether the medium is on the back or front side. It can also be applied to media that is used for printing. Furthermore, in the above embodiments, the present invention has been described based on a disk-type medium having a rotation axis. However, in the present invention, not only a disk-type storage medium but also a solid-state memory is not limited. The present invention can also be applied to spindleless storage media such as. In addition, when configured to write an automatically read image on the outer surface of a medium according to a widely distributed method such as a barcode, the written automatic read image is automatically generated by any device other than the recording device that wrote it. It can also be read and used. Therefore, the recording apparatus itself does not necessarily have a configuration for reading the automatically read image written on the outer surface of the medium.

FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control unit in the DVD recorder of the sixth embodiment. The sixth embodiment is a modification of the flowchart showing the details of the label burn image automatic creation step in FIG. 9 and shows the details of the label burn image automatic creation step in step S214 in FIG. 7 as in FIG. ing. Most of FIG. 25 consists of steps common to FIG. 9, and the same step number is attached to the same step. Specifically, step S232 to step S240 and step S250 to step S260 in FIG. 25 are the same as the step with the same number in FIG. 9, and step S244 to step S248 in FIG. This is replaced with the printing image layout process of S500. This step S500 can be applied to any of the first to fifth embodiments described so far.

FIG. 26 shows details of the burned image layout processing in step S500 of FIG. The flow of FIG. 26 starts from step S240 to step S500 in FIG. 25. First, in step S502, it is checked whether there is an image printing code corresponding to the thumbnail image. If there is an image printing code corresponding to the thumbnail image, the process proceeds to step S504, a printing thumbnail image based on the image printing code is created, and the process proceeds to step S506. On the other hand, if there is no image printing code corresponding to the thumbnail image, the process directly proceeds to step S506. In step S506, background processing is performed, the details of which are the same as in FIG. Next, in step S508, it is checked whether or not the character layout in the normal linear row arrangement is specified. If this designation is not made, the process advances to step S510 to enter a process on the premise of creating a ring-shaped character image. Thus, in the sixth embodiment, the normal character array and the ring-shaped character array can be selected, but if the user does not perform any selection operation, the process automatically proceeds to step S510.

In step S510, it is checked whether or not label printing by the normal character layout has already been performed. If there is a burned-out normal character layout, the process proceeds to step S512, and it is checked whether or not a ring-shaped character layout is possible without interfering with the burned-out straight normal characters. For example, when a straight line character has already reached the circumference in a string shape across the center of the label, it is impossible to lay out the ring-shaped character without interfering with this. If the layout is possible, the process proceeds to step S514, and a display or voice announcement recommending the user to change the character layout designation is performed, and the process proceeds to step S516 while continuing this. In step S516, it is checked whether or not there has been a user operation for changing the layout within a predetermined time from the start of the recommendation. If this operation is not performed, the process proceeds to step S518 to enter a ring-shaped character image creation process in the designated language. When the execution is completed, the flow is terminated and the process proceeds to step S250 in FIG. If there is no burned-out normal character layout in step S510, the process proceeds directly to step S518. Here, the reason why the above steps S514 and S516 are provided will be described. Having reached step S514 means that it is possible to create a ring-shaped character layout in addition to the already printed ordinary characters in terms of space. However, since it is not aesthetically preferable that the normal character layout and the ring-shaped character layout are mixed on the same label surface, the user is prompted to change the character layout again.

On the other hand, when the normal character layout is designated in step S508, the process proceeds to step S520, and the process on the assumption of the normal character layout is entered. Also, if the annular character layout is not possible in step S512, the process proceeds to step S520. Furthermore, if a designation change operation is performed within a predetermined time in step S516, the process proceeds to step S520. In step S520, it is checked whether or not label printing by the ring-shaped character layout has already been performed. If there is a baked ring-shaped character layout, the process proceeds to step S522, and it is checked whether a linear normal-shaped character layout is possible without interfering with the baked ring-shaped character layout. For example, if a ring-shaped character is already burned around the middle between the innermost and outermost labels, it is not possible to lay out a linear character longer than a predetermined length without interfering with this. Is possible. If the layout is possible in step S522, the process proceeds to step S524, and a display or voice announcement for recommending the user to change the character layout is performed, and the process proceeds to step S526 while continuing the display. In step S526, it is checked whether or not there has been a user operation to change the layout within a predetermined time from the start of the recommendation. If this operation is not performed, the process proceeds to step S528 to enter a normal character image creation process in the designated language. And then. When the execution ends, the flow ends and the process proceeds to step S250 in FIG. If there is no burned-out normal character layout in step S520, the process proceeds directly to step S528.

On the other hand, if there is a designation change operation within a predetermined time in step S526, the process proceeds to step S518. If normal character layout is not possible in step S522, it is checked in step S530 whether a ring-shaped character layout is possible. If yes, the process proceeds to step S518. If no character layout is possible in step S530, character printing cannot be performed, so the flow is immediately terminated and the process proceeds to step S250 in FIG.

In the above, the reason why Step S524 and Step S526 are provided is the same as the reason that Step S514 and Step S516 are provided. Instead of providing steps S512 to S516, instead of providing these steps in step S510, if there is a baked normal character layout in step S510, the process immediately proceeds to step S520, and from step S522. Instead of providing this also for step S526, if there is a baked ring-shaped character layout in step S520, it is also possible to immediately proceed to step S518. In this case, the normal character layout and the ring-shaped character layout are automatically avoided without confirmation from the user.

FIG. 27 is a flowchart showing details of the ring-shaped character image creation processing in the designated language in step S518 of FIG. When the flow starts, it is checked in step S542 whether the data surface has been finalized. If finalization has not been performed, the process proceeds to step S544, and the ratio of the remaining capacity on the data surface is calculated. Next, in step S546, according to the calculated remaining capacity ratio, a printing area to be secured for the remaining capacity on the label surface is determined. This is because if there is a remaining capacity on the data surface, it is necessary to leave a label surface burning area corresponding to the data recorded on the data surface in the future in accordance with the ratio. Then, the process proceeds to step S548, where an area that can be the current printing target is determined, and the process proceeds to step S550. On the other hand, if it is detected in step S542 that the data surface has been finalized, the process proceeds to step S552, and the entire burnable area of the label surface remaining at that time is set as the current printing target. This is because the recording contents of the data surface are finalized by finalization and there is no data to be recorded on the data surface in the future, so that the remaining burnable area on the label surface can be used up.

In step S550, it is checked whether there is a thumbnail image. If there is a thumbnail image, the process proceeds to step S554, where the arrangement of thumbnails is automatically determined, and the process proceeds to step S556. This is because thumbnails require a predetermined area and are standard in size, so it is reasonable to lay out them first. On the other hand, when it is not detected in step S550 that there is a thumbnail image, the process directly proceeds to step S556.

In step S556, an automatic line feed is performed for each piece of print character information. Further, in step S558, each line of the character string determined by the line feed in step S556 is automatically assigned in a ring shape to the printing target area determined in step S548 or step S552. This automatic allocation is attempted with the default font and line spacing. Next, in step S560, it is checked whether or not all lines can be assigned to the area to be burned in a ring shape. In step S560, only the possibility of allocation in the radial direction is checked, and the circumferential direction is not checked. If it is detected in step S560 that all the lines cannot be allocated in the radial direction with the initial values, the process proceeds to step S562, and the font and the space between lines are automatically changed so that the allocation can be performed in the radial direction, and the process proceeds to step S564. To do. Specifically, in step S562, a change is made to a font smaller than the initial value and a narrow space between lines. On the other hand, if all row radial direction allocation is possible in step S560, the process proceeds directly to step S564.

In step S564, radius information of each annular zone to which a row is assigned is acquired, and this is for calculating the circumference length of each annular zone. Next, in step S566, a space at the end of the line when each line goes around the ring zone is set. This is because it is difficult to determine where the head of the line is when the line continuously goes along the ring zone. Next, in step S568, it is checked whether the entire line can be allocated in the circumferential direction in each ring zone in consideration of the end-of-line space. When the end of the line overlaps the beginning of the line or there is no line end space as a result of the circulation of the line, and allocation is impossible, the character number reduction process based on the line character interval adjustment and priority order in step S570 is performed. This is a process of reducing the character spacing in the circulation direction or reducing the number of characters in a line in accordance with a priority order determined in advance for each data, details of which will be described later.

Further, in step S572, the upper side of the character is arranged on the inner diameter side, and processing for determining the line head position is performed. This is a process for performing the layout as in the ring-shaped pre-baked area 508 of FIG. 24, and details thereof will be described later. If it is confirmed in step S568 that all rows can be allocated in the circulation direction, the process directly proceeds to step S572.

FIG. 28 is a flowchart showing details of normal character image creation processing in the designated language in step S528 of FIG. Since this flow is common to the flow of FIG. 27 from step S542 to step S556, the same step number is assigned and description thereof is omitted. In FIG. 28, when the flow proceeds to step S582, each line of the character string determined by the line feed in step S556 is automatically converted into a normal straight parallel character string for the printing target area determined in step S548 or step S552. Assigned. This automatic allocation is attempted with the default font and line spacing. Next, in step S584, it is checked whether or not all lines can be allocated as a linear character string to the burn target area. In step S584, only the possibility of allocation in the vertical direction is checked, and the length direction of the line along the character string is not checked. If it is detected in step S584 that all lines cannot be allocated in the vertical direction with the initial values, the process proceeds to step S586, and the font and the space between lines are automatically changed so that the allocation can be performed in the vertical direction, and the process proceeds to step S588. To do. Specifically, in step S586, the font is changed to a font smaller than the initial value and a narrow space between lines. On the other hand, if all rows can be assigned in the vertical direction in step S584, the process directly proceeds to step S588.

In step S588, a process for determining the line head position for each line allocated to the printing target area is performed. Although the details will be described later, this line head position determination process includes the case of line centering.In this case, if the line is too long, the line head may protrude from the area to be burned. In cases where the line is too long, including the case where the line is too long, the process is performed after step S590. In step S590, information on the length allowed for each allocated line is acquired. This is because the area to be burned has a donut shape, and the length allowed for each line differs from line to line. Next, in step S592, it is checked whether each row can be allocated in the length direction. If the assignment is impossible, the line character spacing adjustment in step S594 and the character number reduction process based on the priority order are performed, and the process ends. Step S594 is specifically a process of reducing the character spacing in the length direction or reducing the number of characters in the line in accordance with a predetermined priority order for each data, details of which will be described later. If it is confirmed in step S592 that all lines can be allocated in the length direction, the process is immediately terminated.

FIG. 29 is a flowchart showing details of character number reduction processing based on line character spacing adjustment and priority order in step S570 of FIG. 27 and step S594 of FIG. When the flow starts, it is checked in step S602 whether there are already burned characters on the label surface. If there is no burned-in character, the process proceeds to step S604, where a line having the largest number of protruding characters is selected from the unallocated length lines, and it is checked whether or not the current character spacing setting is minimum for this line. . It should be noted that all processes performed to enable allocation in the subsequent steps are performed on the line with the largest number of protruding characters among the unallocated length lines according to the above. If the setting of the character spacing is not the minimum in step S604, there is room for further narrowing the character spacing, so the process proceeds to step S606, and the character spacing is reduced as much as possible in order to assign the entire line to the allocation area. Then, the process proceeds to step S608, and the character spacing is applied to other lines, and the process proceeds to step S610. By performing the processing in step S608, all the other rows can be automatically assigned without checking whether they can be individually assigned. Furthermore, this process can avoid the unsightly difference in character spacing between lines. On the other hand, if the character spacing has already been set to the minimum in step S604, it is impossible to reduce the character spacing further, and the process directly proceeds to step S610. Since all lines can be assigned without having the same character spacing, as a modification example, step S608 is deleted, and the process of step S606 is repeated individually for all lines that cannot be assigned. It may be configured. Moreover, you may comprise so that it can select whether the same character space | interval is applied to all the lines.

In step S610, it is checked whether all rows can be allocated at this stage. If all the lines cannot be allocated due to the reduction of the character spacing, the process advances to step S612 to check whether or not the minimum font is designated in advance by the user. If there is a designation, the process proceeds to step S614, and a restriction is imposed so that a font smaller than the designated font is not selected. This is to prevent the font from being reduced beyond the user's eyesight when reducing the font in order to earn the allocated space. The process proceeds to S616. If the minimum font is not specified in step S612, the process proceeds directly to step S616. In step S616, it is checked whether or not the current font can be reduced. If possible, the process proceeds to step S618, and the font is reduced as much as possible until it becomes possible to allocate the entire line to the allocation area. In step S620, the font is applied to other lines. With this processing, all the other rows can be automatically assigned without checking whether they can be individually assigned. Furthermore, this process can avoid the unsightly difference in fonts between lines. If it is allowed that the fonts are different depending on the lines, other lines may be necessarily allocated without being reduced to the same font. Therefore, as a modified example, step S620 is deleted, The process of step S618 may be repeated individually for all the rows that cannot be assigned.

After the process of step S620, the process proceeds to step S622, and it is checked whether or not all lines can be allocated due to the font reduction. If all lines cannot be assigned due to font reduction, the process advances to step S624 to check whether the priority order of the printing items is set in advance by the user. If there is no designation, the process proceeds to step S626, and the default priority order prepared in advance is applied, and the process proceeds to step S628. On the other hand, if the item priority order is set in step S624, the set priority order is applied and the process proceeds to step S628. In step S628, in order to allocate the entire line to the allocation area, characters are deleted in units of items from the lower order items in the priority order until allocation is possible. When items that can be burned are determined for the corresponding line in this way, the process proceeds to step S630, where it is checked whether or not the user has previously set to unify the printing style on each line. If there is a setting, the process proceeds to step S632, the deletion of the same item is applied to other lines, and the flow is ended. Through the processing in step S632, all other rows can be automatically assigned without checking whether they can be individually assigned. Furthermore, this process can avoid the inconsistency that the display items differ depending on the line. On the other hand, if the style unification setting has not been made in step S630, the process proceeds to each line process in step S634. Each line process performs the same process as step S628 individually for all other unallocated lines, determines the omitted items for each line, and when the determination of the omitted items for all lines ends, It ends.

If all rows can be allocated at the stage of step S610 or step S622, the flow is immediately terminated. In step S602, if there are already printed characters, the process proceeds to step S636 to apply the printed character spacing and font, and the process proceeds to step S624. However, if the font for line allocation and the automatic change between lines have been performed in step S562 in FIG. 27 or step S586 in FIG. 28, those fonts and line spacing settings are adopted in step S636.

FIG. 30 is a television display screen showing an image of the label surface of the “label printing compatible type” media, and shows display contents associated with the processing executed in step S572 of FIG. On the label surface of the medium 502 in FIG. 30, as a reference, a new image to be printed 602 is illustrated as an annular character image in a normal case. The printed image has “BOX” in the first line and “308” in the second line. Also, such a normal ring zone character image 602 is laid out so that the lower side of the character string is inside the label surface. Furthermore, the line head positions are aligned with the rotation direction reference position 604 set on the upper side of the label surface. In contrast, the annular character image 606 in the present invention is similarly laid out so that the first line is “BOX” and the second line is “308”, but the upper side of the character string is the inside of the label surface. And located below the label surface. The head position of “BOX” in the first row is determined so that the end of “BOX” coincides with a position 610 rotated by an angle 608 from the rotation direction reference position 604.

FIG. 31 is a flowchart showing details of the character upper inner diameter arrangement and line head position setting processing in step S572 of FIG. 27 for enabling the layout like the annular character image 606 of FIG. When the flow starts, first, rows are rearranged in descending order in step S642. As shown in FIG. 30, the normal ring character image 602 is arranged from the first line in order from the outer side of the ring zone, and from the first line in order from the inner side as in the ring character image 606 of the present invention. This is so that the arrangement becomes. Next, in step S644, it is checked whether or not an arrangement in which the lower side of the character is the inner diameter side is set. Normally, this setting is not made, and since the upper side of the character is the inner diameter side, the process proceeds to step S646, and in step S646, a process of rotating each character by 90 degrees is performed. This is because, as shown in FIG. 30, when the character reaches the lower side of the label surface in the normal annular character image 602 in which the lower side of the character is the inner diameter side, the character transition is reversed. This is because the upper side of the character is on the inner diameter side on the lower side of the label surface as in the ring-shaped character image 606. Further, in step S648, a process of rearranging the characters in each line so as to reverse the order is performed. As shown in FIG. 30, when the character reaches the lower side of the label surface in the normal annular character image 602, the character order is read from right to left. This is because the characters are rearranged in the order in which they can be read from left to right on the lower side of the label surface as in 606.

When the above processing is completed, the process proceeds to step S650, and information on the rotation direction reference position 604 in FIG. 30 is acquired. Furthermore, in step S652, information on the length in the week direction of the annular zone allocated for each row is acquired. In step S654, one line for setting the line head position is automatically selected. Since this automatic selection is performed in order from the first line, the first selected line is “BOX” in the first line in the case of the annular character image 606 in FIG. Next, in step S656, a value of “A”, which is half the circumferential length of the selected row, is obtained. Taking the row of “BOX” in the ring zone character image 606 in FIG. 30 as an example, the circumferential length from the rotation direction reference position 604 to the left end of “B” of the ring zone character image 606 rotated by 180 degrees is this. It corresponds to. In step S658, the line length is subtracted from the value “A” to obtain a space from the reference position. In the “BOX” row of the annular character image 606 in FIG. 30, this corresponds to the space from the reference position 604 to the position 610 rotated by an angle 608 (that is, the right end of the character “X”). The space obtained as described above is added to the line length in step S660. Thus, as shown in FIG. 30, a character string arranged in the order of “space” + “X” + “O” + “B” in the clockwise direction with the rotation direction reference position 604 as a base point is completed. The beginning of the line becomes the end of the space. Therefore, if the space end is set to the rotation direction reference position 604, the annular character image 606 “BOX” is laid out at the position shown in FIG.

When the line head is determined for one line in this way, the process proceeds to step S662, where it is checked whether or not the line head is fixed for all lines. If there is an unconfirmed line, the process returns to step S654, the next line is automatically selected, and steps S656 to S660 are executed. Thereafter, step S654 to step S662 are repeated until it is confirmed in step S662 that the heads of all the lines have been determined. If all the head positions are determined, the process proceeds to step S664, and each determined head is set as a reference position. End the flow. In addition, when arrangement | positioning which makes the lower side of a character the internal diameter is set by step S644, it progresses to step S664, acquires a rotation direction reference position, and transfers to step S664 immediately. In this case, the layout is like the ring-shaped character image 602 in FIG. In the flow of FIG. 31, step S642 is placed before step 644. Therefore, even in the case of reaching step 666, the descending order of the rows in step S642 is performed. In FIG. 30, the characters laid out at the position of the ring zone character image 602 are different from those shown in FIG. Is laid out so that the line of the line is on the inner diameter side. This is because, in the present invention, character information is recorded from the inner diameter side, so that additional information is taken into consideration even in the case of a layout in which the lower side of the character is on the inner diameter side in consideration of additional writing. It is to do. However, as a modified example, when the layout is such that the lower side of the character is the inner diameter side, the “BOX” line can be configured to be on the outer diameter side as illustrated in the annular character image 602 of FIG. . In this case, the order of step S642 and step S644 is reversed in FIG.

FIG. 32 is a television display screen showing an image of the label side of the “label printing compatible type” media, and shows one aspect of the display content accompanying the processing executed in step S594 of FIG. In FIG. 32, new printing schedule images 612 and 614 are laid out on the label surface of the medium 502. In these new images 612 and 614, the first line is “Nichi-Roku BOX80 2006/11/15”, the second line is “Nichichu-ro BOX80 2006/11/24”, and the third line is “Eco-Low”. This is a result of collectively laying out a series of character information “DOE 8:30 2006/12/1” as an image to be printed. Specifically, each row has a securable area limited to the upper and lower parts of the label surface, avoiding the central area 618 which may be divided by the inside of the innermost inner diameter 616, which is the non-bakable area. The first and second lines are laid out in the upper part of the printable area divided into upper and lower parts and the third line is laid out in the lower part. In such a layout, since the character string of one line is not divided, the number of characters allowed in each line increases. Each row is centered for harmony with the circular printing area. The layout as shown in FIG. 32 is suitable for the case where the recorded contents of the data surface are fixed and the layout of the entire recordable area can be collectively managed even on the label surface, such as after finalization or when there is no remaining data surface. . In such a case, it is possible to employ a layout that is as general and pleasant as possible.

FIG. 33 is a television display screen showing an image of the label surface of the “label printing compatible type” media, and shows another aspect of the display content accompanying the processing executed in step S594 of FIG. In FIG. 33, printed images 622 and 624 are laid out on the label surface of the medium 502. In the case of the layout of FIG. 33, the central area where the character string may be divided is also used as the burn-in area, and as much character information as possible is recorded. Specifically, the printing area is divided into left and right by a printing prohibition area 626, and a printing image 622 is laid out on the left side and a printing image 624 is laid out on the right side. In either case, in the central region (corresponding to the central region 618 in FIG. 32), the area between the outer edge 628 and the inner edge 630 (corresponding to the innermost diameter 616 in FIG. 32) is a seizure region in each row, and the upper region and the lower region In the area (corresponding to the printable area in FIG. 32), the area between the outer edge 628 and the print prohibited area 626 is a printable area in each row. Further, each line head of the left printed image 622 is laid out by being left-justified to the outer edge 628, and each line end of the right printed image 624 is laid out by being right-justified by the outer edge 628. Note that the layout of each row can be centered within the burn-in area of each row as well as the right or left justification. The layout of FIG. 33 as described above is suitable for recording as much character information as possible as described above, and it is necessary to leave a burnable area as much as possible for future label surface printing. Suitable for However, since the length allowed for one line is shortened, for example, the date item “2006/11/15” of “Niro Box 80 2006/11/15” that could be burned in FIG. 32 is deleted in FIG. It is laid out.

FIG. 34 is a flowchart showing details of the line head position setting process in step S588 of FIG. 28 for enabling the layouts of FIGS. 32 and 33. When the flow starts, it is first checked in step S670 whether there is a remaining capacity on the data surface. If there is a remaining capacity, the process proceeds to step S672 to check whether finalization has been performed. If finalization has been performed, the process proceeds to step S674. If there is no remaining capacity in step S670, the process proceeds directly to step S674. In step S674, it is checked whether vertical division layout is possible. This corresponds to a check of whether or not there is a possibility of adopting the layout of FIG. 32, and is determined depending on the shape of the burnable area and the amount of new printing information. If the vertically divided layout is impossible, the process proceeds to step S676. If finalization has not been performed in step S672, the process directly proceeds to step S676. This is because when there is a remaining capacity and finalization is not performed, it is appropriate to take as much as possible a burnable area.

In step S676, a left and right divided layout is adopted. This means that the layout of FIG. 33 is adopted. Next, in step S678, one line for setting the line head position is automatically selected. This automatic selection is performed in order from the first line. For example, in FIG. 33, when the first industry of the printed image 622 has already been printed and the new printed character information is from “News 1” to “News 14”, the first selected line is “News 1”. It is. Next, in step S680, it is checked whether or not centering is set. If centering is set, the process proceeds to step S682. In step S682, it is checked whether or not the row selected in step S678 is laid out in the central area. If the layout is not the central region, the layout is the upper region or the lower region, and the process proceeds to step S684, and the centering between the outer edge 628 and the burn-in prohibition region 626 in FIG. 33 is adopted and the process proceeds to step S688. On the other hand, when it is detected in step S682 that the center area is laid out, the process proceeds to step S686, and centering between the outer edge 628 and the inner edge 630 in FIG. 33 is adopted, and the process proceeds to step S688.

In step S688, it is checked whether there is room for layout in the left printing area among the printing possible areas divided into the left and right. For example, in the case of “News 1” in FIG. 33, there is room on the left side, so in Step S690 “News 1” is arranged in the left burning area, and the process proceeds to Step S692. On the other hand, for example, in the case of “News 10” in FIG. 33, there is no room for the left burning area, so the process proceeds to Step S694, “News 10” is arranged in the right burning area, and the process proceeds to Step S692.

The above processing is performed when centering is set. However, when it is not detected in step S680 that centering is set, line head setting processing as shown in FIG. 33 is performed. Specifically, in step S696, it is checked whether there is room for layout in the left printing area. If there is room, the process proceeds to step S698. For example, as shown in "News 1" in FIG. On the other hand, if there is no room in the left printing area in step S696, the process proceeds to step S700. For example, as shown in “News 10” in FIG. S692 is reached. When the centering setting is not set as described above, the head position can be set based on the outer edge 628 of the printing area as shown in FIG. 33 regardless of whether the place to be laid out is the central area. In addition, as described above, in this specification, not only when the head of the line itself is directly used as the reference for position setting, but also at the end of the line or the end of the space added to the end of the line. We explained that there is a case where it is taken or a centering is carried out. However, since these also determine the head position indirectly as a result, “setting the head position” means such an indirect case in a broad sense unless otherwise specified.

In step S692, it is checked whether or not the line head positions have been determined for all lines. If it has been confirmed, the flow is terminated, but if there is an unconfirmed line, the process returns to step S678 to automatically select the next line. In this way, steps S678 to S700 are repeated until it is detected in step S692 that all the line head positions have been determined. On the other hand, if the vertical division layout is possible in step S674, the vertical division layout avoiding the central area is adopted in step S702, and each line is centered in step S704, and the flow ends. Thereby, the layout of FIG. 32 becomes possible. In this way, when the vertically divided layout is possible, the process becomes simple. Note that the processing in FIG. 34 is merely for the arrangement of each row and the setting of the head of the row. In the flow of

FIG. 35 relates to the seventh embodiment of the present invention. The seventh embodiment has substantially the same configuration as the sixth embodiment, and operates according to the flowchart of FIG. 25 in the same manner as the sixth embodiment. However, the details of step S500 in FIG. 25 are different, and a printed image having a layout different from the layout of the printed image already described is created. FIG. 35 is a flowchart showing details of the burned image layout process in step S500 of FIG. 25 in the seventh embodiment. Since steps S502 to S506 in FIG. 35 are the same as those in FIG. 26, the corresponding steps are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted unless particularly required. After background processing is performed in step S506, it is determined in step S1000 whether or not there is a previous burned image. If there is no previous burned image, step S1002 (details will be described later in the explanation of FIG. 36). In step S1004, a ring-shaped character image creation process using the designated language is performed, and the created printed image based on the ring-shaped character layout is displayed on the television screen in step S1004. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S1000 that there is a previous burned image, it is determined in step S1006 whether the previous burned image is a ring-shaped character layout, and if it is determined that the image is not a ring-shaped character layout. In step S1008 (details will be described later in the explanation of FIG. 37), a normal character image creation process using the designated language is performed, and the printed image created using the normal character layout is displayed on the television screen in step S1004.
If it is determined in step S1000 that there is a burned image, and it is determined in step S1006 that the previously burned image has a ring-shaped character layout, then in step S1002, a ring-shaped character image is created by a designated language. In step S1004, a printed image with the ring-shaped character layout is displayed on the television screen.

In step S1004, after the burned image is output on the television screen, if there is no designation change operation for the burned image to be burned in a predetermined time in step S1010, the creation of the burned image is finished, and the designation is changed in the predetermined time in step S1010. If there is an operation, other printed image creation processing (details will be described later in FIG. 40) is performed in step S1012, and details are described later in step S1014 (description in FIGS. 39 and 40). ), The creation of the burned image is completed.

Details of the determination in step S1000 as to whether or not there is a previously printed image will be described. In this step, whether or not there is a previously burned image is determined by the burned information on the label surface of the disc held by the label information storage unit 32 or the data label reading unit 28 reading the code barcode from the label surface of the disc. Judgment is made based on one or both of the burned information obtained from the burned information. Further, the burned information from the data / label reading unit 28 may be stored in the label information storage unit 32, and it may be determined whether or not there is a previous burned image based on the information. The previous burned image may be determined based on the latest burned image, or may be determined based on the oldest burned image. Alternatively, when a plurality of burned images are burned by different layouts, the determination in step S1000 may be performed with the burned image having the largest number of burned images as the previous burned image.

Details of the ring-shaped character image creation processing in the designated language in step S1002 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 36 is also a diagram in which step S1018, step S1019, and step S1020 are inserted between step S548 and step S550 in FIG. 27. The corresponding steps are denoted by the same reference numerals and are described unless otherwise required. Is omitted. In FIG. 36, a printing image layout process is started, and after several processes are performed, a printing target area is determined in step S548. After that, if it is determined in step S1018 that there is a previously burned image, in step S1019 (details will be described later in FIG. 38), a burned image creation process is performed in consideration of the previously burned image. In step S1020, it is determined whether or not it can be printed on the area to be printed. If it is determined that the image can be printed, the image printed in consideration of the previous image is determined as the image to be printed this time, and the flow ends. . If it is determined in step S1020 that a burned image in consideration of the previously burned image cannot be printed in the printing target area, the process proceeds to step S550 to create a burned image having a separate layout, and the burned image created in step S1019. A ring-shaped character image creation process different from the image is performed. Note that step S550 is also processing when it is determined in step S1018 that there is no previous burned image.

The normal character image creation processing in step S1008 in FIG. 35 will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 37, step S1022, step S1023, and step S1024 are inserted between step S548 and step S550 of FIG. 27. The corresponding steps are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted unless particularly necessary. . If it is determined in step S548 that the image to be burned has been determined and there is a previous burned image in step S1022, the previous burned image is obtained in step S1023 (details will be described later in FIG. 38). In step S1024, it is determined whether or not the image can be printed on the region to be printed. If the image can be printed, the image creation using the normal character layout is completed. If it is determined in step S1024 that printing cannot be performed in the printing area, the flow proceeds to step S550 to generate a separate layout printing image, and a ring-shaped character image is created that is different from the printing image created in step S1023. Processing is done. Note that step S550 is also processing performed when it is determined in step S1022 that there is no previous printed image.

The creation of a burned image in consideration of the previous burned image in step S1019 in FIG. 36 and step S1023 in FIG. 37 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. In FIG. 38, it is first determined in step S1025 whether the previously printed image uses a thumbnail or not, regardless of whether the previous printed image has a ring-shaped character layout or a normal character layout. . If the previously burned image uses a thumbnail, the arrangement pattern of thumbnails is unified with the previous burned image in step S1026, and the character string line break for each data is unified with the previous burned image in step S1027 ( In the example described before paragraph 132, there is always a character line feed for each data in creating a burned image, but the creation of a burned image in which no character line break is made for each data and the printing in which it is burned. (It is also conceivable that the completed image is to be determined in step S1027). The process proceeds to step S1030. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S1025 that the previously burned image does not use a thumbnail, it is determined in step S1028 that the thumbnail is not used, and in step S1027, the character string line feed for each data is replaced with the previous burned image. The process proceeds to step S1030.

After step S1030, the process differs depending on whether the previously baked image has a ring-shaped character layout or a normal character layout. If it is determined in step S1030 that the previous printed image is a ring-shaped character layout, a printed image is created by a ring-shaped character layout in consideration of the previous printed image in subsequent steps S1030 to S1035. . If it is determined in step S1030 that the previously baked image has a ring-shaped character layout, in step S1031, the font and line spacing are unified with the previous baked image, and in step S1032, the circulatory line end space is changed to the previous baked image. In step S1034, the line character spacing adjustment is unified with the previously burned image. In step S1034, the character number reduction process based on the priority order performed on the previously burned image is also performed on the burned image created this time. For example, if the time information is targeted for reducing the number of characters among the two information of the date and time that the program was aired at the time of the last printing, the date and time that the program was also aired from the image that was printed this time Time information is subject to character reduction. In step S1035, the character upper inner diameter arrangement and the line head position are unified with the previously burned image, and a burned image with a ring-shaped character layout considering the previous burned image is created (steps S1031, S1032, and S1033 described above). Steps S1034 and S1035 are applied only when creating a burned image with a ring-shaped character layout from the flow flow, and are not applied when creating a burned image with a normal character layout).

If it is determined in step S1030 that the previously burned image is not a ring-shaped character layout, a burned image based on the normal character layout in consideration of the previously burned image is created in subsequent steps S1036 to S1038. If it is determined in step S1030 that the previously printed image is not a ring-shaped character layout, it is first determined in step S1036 that the same type of font as the previous printed image is used for the created printed image. To do. In addition, the same line space as that of the previously burned image is set as the line space of the created image. Thereafter, the line head position set by the line head position setting process performed on the burned image in step S1037 is also applied to the burned image, and the line character spacing adjustment performed on the previous burned image is created in step S1038. Repeat for images. In addition, by performing the character number reduction process based on the priority order performed on the previously burned image on the burned image to be created, a burned image with a normal character layout in consideration of the previously burned image is created (above Steps S1036, S1037, and S1038 are applied only when creating a printed image with a normal character layout from the flow flow, and are not applied when creating a printed image with a ring-shaped character layout).

The burned image created through the above steps described with reference to FIG. 38 can avoid inconsistencies such as the font size being different from the burned image. For example, it may be a preferred image processing layout for a user who adds program information of a continuous drama weekly after the end of the program.

The burned image created in step S1002 or step S1008 in FIG. 35 is output on the television screen via the input / output interface 30 in step S1004 as described above. In step S1010, the user proceeds with a procedure for actually performing printing on the label surface by using the printed image output on the television screen. If the user does not request the change of the burned image within a predetermined time, the image processing layout ends, the burned image is determined, and the printing is actually performed by the subsequent processing. On the other hand, when there is a change request from the user within a predetermined time, editing processing by the user is performed. In the editing process by the user in step S1014, since a plurality of burned images created through different layout processes are displayed and selected when the burned image is determined, the selection process is performed, so that the editing process by the user is performed. In step S1012, other printed image creation processing is performed to create a plurality of printed images having different layouts. In step S1014, the user edits the burned image.

FIG. 39 is a diagram showing an example when the user editing process performed in step S1014 of FIG. 35 is displayed on the television screen and interactively operated. A user editing process screen 701 is displayed on the screen of the television 700 in FIG. In the enlarged preview display field 702, the printed image selected by the cursor 706 in the printed image selection field 704 is enlarged and displayed as a preview. The burned image is displayed surrounded by a blinking frame 708, and the burned image is displayed without being surrounded by such a blinking frame. Here, what is displayed on the label screen 710 as “eco-low DOE 2006/12/1” is a baked image. “Eco-low DOE 2006/12/3” on the label screen 710 is a printed image selected as a default by the cursor 706 in the printed image selection field 704. According to this example, both the burned image and the burned image are configured in the normal character layout, the font is the same type and the same size, and the beginning of the line is both deleted. The number of characters to be deleted from is also equal (both the number and type of information constituting the program information are equal). Therefore, it is understood that the “eco-low DOE 2006/12/3” of the printing image selected from the printing image selection field 704 by default is created through steps S1019 and S1020 in FIG.

The user can perform manual addition editing (details will be described later) from the manual addition editing command column 709 on the printed image displayed in the enlarged preview display column 702. When these series of editing operations are completed and the user selects and determines the edit end icon 712, the printed image selected in the printed image selection field 704 and displayed in the enlarged preview display field 702 (when manual additional editing is performed). Further, the burned image layout process is completed with the burned image to which the edited content is added.

The user editing process in FIG. 39 will be described in detail with reference to a flowchart showing the editing process by the user in FIG. In step S1100, the user edit processing screen (70 in FIG. 39) is displayed.
1) is displayed. In step S1102, it is determined whether or not the user has selected another printed image. Here, the other burned image is a burned image other than the burned image selected as the default in the burned image selection field 704 when the user editing processing screen is first displayed, and is created in step S1012 of FIG. It has been done. As described above, in order to realize an interface that allows the user to select a burned image that has been subjected to a preferred layout process from among a plurality of burned images that have been subjected to a different layout process, It was created several times. When the user selects another printed image, the other printed image selected in step S1104 is displayed in the enlarged preview display field 702. When the editing is finished in step S1106, it is determined that the printing image displayed in the enlarged preview display field 702 is a printing image to be printed, and then printing is performed. For users who are not very particular about the layout of the burned image, they can be given a chance to select from other burned images in addition to the default burned image, so the burned image is determined by the series of operations so far. It is thought that there are many cases to be done. However, it can be predicted that a user who sticks to the details of the layout of the burned image cannot be satisfied with the burned image automatically created by the layout of the burned image processing. Assuming such a case, manual additional editing by the user may be performed.

Manual addition editing by the user will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The flow related to manual addition editing is from step S1108 to step S1124. When the editing is finished in step S1106 of FIG. 40, it is determined in step S1126 whether or not the burned image can be burned onto the printing target area. If printing is possible, the editing is finished, but if printing is impossible, the process goes to step S1128. Then, a warning to that effect is given and the process proceeds to step S1102 to prompt the user to perform another editing process. If the editing is continued in step S1106, the process proceeds to step S1108 to change the font size and the font type. If no change is made, the process proceeds to step S1112 and the change is made. In step S1110, the changed content is reflected in the burned image, and the process proceeds to step S1112. If the editing ends in step S1112, it is determined in step S1126 whether or not the burned image can be burned onto the area to be burned. If printing is possible, the editing is terminated but if printing is not possible, that is indicated in step S1128. The process proceeds to step S1102 to prompt the user to perform editing processing again. When editing is continued in step S1112, the process can proceed to step S1114 to change the line head and the space between lines, and when there is no change, the process proceeds to step S1118 as it is and the change is made. In step S1116, the changed contents are reflected in the burned image, and the process proceeds to step S1118.

If the editing ends in step S1118, it is determined in step S1126 whether the image to be printed can be printed on the area to be printed. The process proceeds to step S1102 to prompt the user to perform editing processing again. If the editing is continued in step S1118, the characters of the printed image can be reduced and the characters can be added in step S1120. If no reduction or addition is made, the process proceeds to step S1124 as it is. If added, the reduction and addition of characters are reflected in the printed image in step S1122, and the process proceeds to step S1124. If the editing is to be ended in step S1124, it is determined in step S1126 whether or not the burned image can be burned onto the area to be burned. The process proceeds to step S1102 to prompt the user to edit again. Even in the case where the editing is continued without ending in step S1124, the process proceeds to step S1102 to prompt the user to edit again.

The operations described in step S1108, step S1114, and step S1120 are performed by selecting and determining an icon shown in the manual addition editing command column 709 (FIG. 39) on the user editing processing screen. When changing the font size, each time you select and decide the icon to change the font size, the font will gradually increase, and if it exceeds a certain font size, the smallest font will be displayed and again A cyclic selection method in which the font becomes large is preferable. According to this, when changing the size of the font, it is only necessary to provide one icon as compared with the case where the icon for enlarging the font and the icon for reducing the font are provided on the user edit processing screen. Further, since only the icon is selected and determined, the user can create a burned image that more closely reflects the user's preferences with the two keys of the cross key and the determination key provided on the remote controller 6.

FIG. 41 relates to the eighth embodiment of the present invention. The eighth embodiment has substantially the same configuration as that of the sixth embodiment, and operates according to the flowchart of FIG. 25 in the same manner as the sixth embodiment. However, the details of step S500 in FIG. 25 are different, and a printed image is created with a layout different from that of the sixth and seventh embodiments already described. FIG. 41 is a flowchart showing details of the burned image layout process in step S500 of FIG. 25 in the eighth embodiment. Note that steps S502, S504, and S506 in FIG. 41 perform the same processing as the corresponding reference numerals in FIG. After background processing is performed in step S506 in FIG. 41, it is confirmed in step S1140 whether or not the layout selection means has been changed from the initial setting. In the initial setting, the layout selecting means is selected so as to create a printed image with a ring-shaped character layout.

First, a case where the layout selection unit has not been changed from the initial setting in step S1140 will be described. In step S1142 subsequent to step S1140, it is determined whether or not the ring-shaped character layout is possible without interfering with the printed characters (hereinafter, the determination of whether layout is possible or not) If it is possible to lay out a ring-shaped character layout, the burn-in flag is set to the ring-shaped character layout in step S1143, and step S1144 (see FIG. 42). A printing image based on the printing flag is created in the explanation portion (described later), and user confirmation is performed in step S1146 (described later in the explanation portion of FIG. 43). On the other hand, if it is determined in step S1142 that the annular character layout is not possible, it is determined in step S1147 whether or not the normal character layout is possible. Since it is determined that neither layout is possible, the process ends and the process proceeds to step S250 in FIG. 25. However, if it is determined in step S1147 that normal character layout is possible, the character layout designation change is performed in step S1148. If there is a change operation within a predetermined time in step S1149, the burn flag is set to the normal character layout in step S1150, a burn image based on the burn flag is created in step S1144, and the user is created in step S1146. Confirm. If there is no designation change operation within the predetermined time in step S1149, the process returns to step S1148 and waits for an instruction from the user.

Next, the case where the layout selection means has been changed even once from the initial setting in step S1140 will be described. If it is determined in step S1140 that the layout selection means has been changed from the initial setting even once, it is determined in step S1151 whether or not the printing flag is a ring-shaped character layout. If it is determined in step S1151 that the printing flag is a ring-shaped character layout, the process proceeds to step S1142, and the subsequent processing is performed. If it is determined in step S1151 that the printing flag is not a ring-shaped character layout. In step S1152, it is determined whether normal character layout is possible. If it is determined in step S1152 that the normal character layout is possible, the processing from step S1150 is performed. If it is determined in step S1152 that the normal character layout is impossible, the ring-shaped character is determined in step S1153. A determination is made as to whether layout is possible. If it is determined in step S1153 that the ring-shaped character layout is not possible, it means that neither the normal character layout nor the ring-shaped character layout is possible, and the process ends and the process proceeds to step S250 in FIG. To do. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S1153 that a ring-shaped character layout is possible, a character layout designation change recommendation is made to the user in step S1156, and if there is a designation change operation within a predetermined time from the user in step S1158. In step S1160, the printing flag is set to the ring-shaped character layout, and the process proceeds to step S1144 and subsequent steps. On the other hand, if there is no designation change operation within a predetermined time from the user in step S1158, the process returns to step S1156 and waits for an instruction from the user.

The creation of a burned image based on the burn flag in step S1144 in FIG. 41 will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 42, step S518 and step S528 are the same as step S518 and step S528 in FIG. 42. In step S1162 of FIG. 42, it is determined whether or not the printing flag is a ring-shaped character layout. If the printing flag is a normal character layout, a normal character image creation process in the designated language is performed in step S528, and the flow ends.

The user confirmation in step S1146 in FIG. 41 will be described with reference to FIG. Note that step S1144 in FIG. 43 is the same as step S1144 in FIG. At the start of the flowchart of FIG. 43, a burned image having a ring-shaped character layout or a normal character layout has already been created. In step S1168, the correctable mode is off (on / off can be arbitrarily set, but initially is off. In step S1170, a printing image is displayed on the television screen, a signal indicating that printing is to be started is displayed on the printing image, and the flow ends. If the correctable mode is on in step S1168, a printing image is displayed on the television screen in step S1172, and a question is asked to the user as to whether or not printing is started with the printing image. If there is a reply from the user to be corrected in step S1174, the printing flag is reversed in step S1176 (if the printing flag holds a ring-shaped character layout, the printing flag is changed to a normal character. In step S1144, a printing image is created based on the printing flag, and the process proceeds to step S1172. On the other hand, if there is no correction response from the user in step S1174, the flow ends, and the printed image created at the beginning of the flowchart of FIG.

According to the other embodiment (part 2) described in FIG. 41, a printed image is created in principle with a ring-shaped character layout, so that a printed image with a short printed time is obtained unless the layout is specified by the user. The effect of being automatically created is obtained.

FIG. 44 is a television display screen showing an image on the label side of the media of the ninth embodiment. The ninth embodiment has substantially the same configuration as that of the sixth embodiment, and operates according to the flowcharts of FIGS. 25 and 26 in the same manner as the sixth embodiment. However, the details of step S528 in FIG. 26 are different, and a printed image having a layout different from the layout of the printed image described above is created.
FIG. 44 shows the burned area in the burned image layout in the ninth embodiment, and the same reference numerals are given to the portions common to the label surface image in FIG. As is apparent from FIG. 44, in the printing area 1234 in the ninth embodiment, the area between the outer edge 628 and the inner edge 630 of the medium 502 is continuously used from the left side to the right side. Note that the right area of the inner edge 630 is removed from the printing area 1234 in order to avoid confusion, and nothing is burned into this area.

In the ninth embodiment, in such a printing area 1234, the data in which the character string is automatically broken for each data is printed. In the printing target area 1234, since the length allowed for each line differs for each line, each line length information is acquired. At the same time, information on the head position of each line is also acquired. If the length of the information to be burned is longer than the length that can be burned, the burn-in item according to the line feed and the priority order is deleted.

FIG. 45 shows a state in which printing data 1236 obtained by performing automatic line feed processing for each data is laid out in the printing area 1234. The first row is arranged at the left end of the outer edge 628, and other rows are displayed. The line head position of is aligned with the first line.

FIG. 46 shows a state in which printing data 1236 obtained by performing automatic line feed processing for each data on the printing area 1234 is further subjected to line head position setting processing and laid out. Each line is aligned along the left end of the outer edge 628 based on the acquired line head position information.

Select the corresponding line (first line) with the line head position set. Then, it is determined whether or not the selected line can be assigned to the left and right in the printing area based on the obtained line length information. In the case of FIG. 46, since the first line protrudes from the printing area 1234 on the right side, it is determined that the left / right allocation is not possible. When it is determined that left / right allocation is not possible, a line feed is performed so that the corresponding line can be allocated.

FIG. 47 shows a state in which a part deviating from the printing area 1234 is line-breaked since it is determined that the first line is not assigned to the left and right with respect to the printing area. At this time, a line break may be made with the item as a delimiter, or a line break may be made in the middle of the item. FIG. 47 shows an example in which line breaks are made at item breaks, and line breaks have been started from “19:00”, which is an item indicating the recording start time. In the stage of FIG. 47, the line break “19:00” is aligned with the line “news 1” of the original line. Furthermore, since the line break “19:00” has interrupted, the next “News 2” and the subsequent lines move downward by one line. At this time, the heads of these lines remain at the positions determined in FIG. Be drunk. Accordingly, the relationship with the outer edge 628 is deviated, and for example, the head of “News 10” in the bottom line protrudes from the outer edge 628.

FIG. 48 shows a state in which the deviation from the outer edge 628 of the head position of each row as described above is corrected by performing the row head position setting process for all the rows along the outer edge 628. As a result, a new line is generated with line breaks aligned with the beginning of the previous line. As described above, correcting the head positions of all lines at the time of line break has the following significance. In other words, as a result of the line feed, if there is a margin in the printing area on the left side of the character as indicated by “19:00” in the second line of FIG. 47, there is no problem because there is a margin on the right side of the character in FIG. If there is no room, the end of the line may protrude to the right side of the outer edge 628. In such a case, it is possible to make it possible to assign left and right lines to a line that has been broken by correcting the line head position so that the line head position is at the left end of the outer edge 628 as described above.

Next, in the state of FIG. 48, since the data width is increased in the vertical direction due to the line feed, it is determined whether or not all the lines are within the upper and lower ranges of the printing area. In the case of FIG. 48, since it is within the range of the printing area in the vertical direction, it is determined to be acceptable.

If the above determination is acceptable, the next line (third line) after the line that has been broken is selected. Here again, it is determined whether or not the selected row can be assigned to the left and right with respect to the printing area. In the case of FIG. A line break is made to fit within the area.

FIG. 49 shows a state in which the third line is determined not to be assigned to the left and right with respect to the printing area, so that the part deviating from the printing area is broken and the third line is stored in the printing area.

FIG. 50 shows a mode in which the line head position setting process is performed and the line heads of the respective lines are aligned with the outer edge 628 because the head of the new line (fourth line) generated by the line break after the line break is shifted from the outer edge 628. It is. Next, since the line is broken as described above, the data width increases in the vertical direction. Therefore, it is confirmed whether or not all lines are within the upper and lower ranges of the printing area. In the state of FIG. 50, it is judged as no because it deviates from the printing area in the vertical direction.

FIG. 51 shows a state where processing such as deletion of the number of characters is performed for each item (for example, recording channel) because no more display data can be burned when the above determination is made. Processing is performed so that the printing data 1236 is stored in the printing area 1234.

By reducing the burn-in data 1236, a margin is generated depending on the display order, so the line head setting process is performed again. Then, it is checked whether or not there is a line that has disappeared due to the above-described deletion. In the case of FIG. 51, since there is no disappeared line, the state is maintained. Here, since there may be a change in the number of rows due to deletion, it is determined whether vertical allocation is possible. In the state shown in FIG. 51, the item is deleted but still deviates in the vertical direction, so the character reduction process is performed again.

FIG. 52 shows a state where character reduction processing (deleting the recording start time) is further performed. Since the character reduction process is performed again, the line head position changes.

FIG. 53 shows a state where the line head position setting process is performed and rearranged so that each line follows the outer edge 628 from FIG. Here, if there is a line that disappears by performing the character number deletion process, as shown in FIG.

FIG. 54 shows an aspect in which processing is performed so as to release the line feed state in one data and to make it one line again even when a line break has already been performed in the case where there is an allocation margin as described above. Since the number of lines decreases accordingly, the line head position setting process is performed.

Since the number of rows has changed in FIG. 54 as a result of the above processing, it is determined whether or not vertical allocation is possible for all rows. In FIG. 54, since it is within the upper and lower ranges of the printing area, it is next determined whether it is within the horizontal direction. In FIG. 54, the fourth line cannot be assigned to the left and right, so a line feed is performed, and the line head position setting process is subsequently performed after the line feed.

As described above, if there is no room for left and right allocation, a line feed is performed. If a line feed can be allocated within the allocation range in the vertical direction, the line feed is repeated. FIG. 55 shows a state in which line feed is performed because the fourth line cannot be assigned to the left and right.

FIG. 56 shows a state in which the line head position setting process after the line feed is performed so that the fifth line generated by the line feed is shifted from the outer edge 628 so as to align with the outer edge 628. A new line is generated with line breaks aligned with the beginning of the previous line. In FIG. 55, the data on and after the sixth line is moved in the downward direction as it is from the previous head position, so that a part that protrudes from the printing area occurs and a part that cannot be printed occurs. Therefore, the head positions of all the lines are corrected based on the head position information set in the acquired printing area.

FIG. 57 shows a state in which a portion deviating from the burn-in area has been line-breaked since the sixth line is determined to be left / right allocation failure.

FIG. 58 shows a state in which the line head position setting process after the line feed is performed so that the seventh line newly generated by the line feed is shifted from the outer edge 628 so as to align with the outer edge 628. In this state, since there is no deviation in the vertical direction of the printing area, the process proceeds to the next line.

FIG. 59 shows a state in which the portion deviating from the printing area has been line-breaked since the eighth line has deviated from the printing area and it has been determined that left and right allocation is not possible.

In FIG. 59, the printing data deviates from the upper and lower printing ranges due to the line feed process. Therefore, since display data cannot be displayed any more, processing such as deletion of the number of characters is performed for each item, and processing is performed so that the printing data 1236 is stored in the printing area.

FIG. 60 shows a state where character number reduction processing (deletion of recording date and time) is performed in order to store the printing data 1236 in the printing area 1234.

FIG. 61 shows a state where the heads of the respective lines are rearranged in the line head position setting process so that the heads of the respective lines are aligned with the outer edge 628 in FIG. In this state, there are no missing lines. Here, it is determined again that all rows can be assigned in the vertical direction. In FIG. 61, since it is within the printing range, it is determined that allocation is possible, and it is further determined whether allocation is possible in the horizontal direction of all lines. In FIG. 61, since it is within the burn-in range, it is determined to be acceptable, and a series of line feed processing ends.

FIG. 62 is a flowchart of the ninth embodiment showing details of normal character image creation processing in the designated language in step S528 of FIG. Since this flow is common to the flow of FIG. 28 from step S542 to step S556, the same step number is assigned and description thereof is omitted.

FIG. 63 is a flowchart of the ninth embodiment showing one aspect of details of the line feed process in step S1200 of FIG. When the flow starts, first, a printing area in step S1202 is set from the area secured in the remaining capacity reserved printing area. As described above, a seizing area other than the central area 618 shown in FIG. 32 may be secured, or a seizing area 1234 shown in FIG. 44 may be secured.

In step S1204, each line length information is acquired in the printing area, and information on the length allowed for each allocated line is acquired in the same manner as in step S590 in FIG. This is because the area to be burned has a donut shape, and the length allowed for each line differs from line to line.

In step S1206, the position of the line head is set in the same manner as in step S588 in FIG. In this step, the head of the line is arranged along the outer edge 628 of the label surface with respect to all the lines in which the character string is automatically turned on for each data in step S556 of FIG.

Next, the process proceeds to step S1208 for selecting each line where the line head position is set. In the case of the first time, the first line corresponds to this, and the next line at which a certain process ends is selected.

In step S1210, it is determined whether or not the line selected in step S1208 can be assigned to the left and right within the printing area. If it cannot be assigned to the left and right, the process proceeds to step S1214. If it is possible, the process proceeds to step S1212, and it is determined whether left and right allocation is possible over all rows.

In step S1214, line feed processing is performed on the corresponding line so that it can be allocated to the left and right within the printing area based on each line length information. Since the line newly formed by the line feed may be shifted from the line head position set in step S1206, a line head position setting process is newly performed in step S1216.

Since the number of lines is increased by the line feed process in step S1214 described above, the vertical width of the printing data is increased, and therefore there is a possibility that the printing data has deviated from the designated printing area. It is determined whether vertical allocation is possible. If allocation is possible, there is room in the vertical direction, so the process moves to step S1208 to process the next line. If the assignment is impossible, no more printing data 1236 can be displayed. Therefore, the process proceeds to step S1220, and the number of characters to be displayed is reduced by performing a character number reduction process on the printing data 1236 to be displayed. .

In step S1222, a change has occurred in the line head position due to the character number reduction process in step S1220, etc., so the line head position setting process is performed again and rearrangement is performed.

Also, check if there are any lines that have been lost by the character reduction process. If there is a missing line, a new margin will be generated in the vertical direction, and the corresponding line is moved. If left and right allocation is possible due to the movement, the process proceeds to step 1226 to cancel the line break of the line and reduce the number of lines. Since the vertical width of the printing data 1236 changes as the number of lines decreases, it is determined again in step S1230 whether allocation is possible for all lines. If no disappearing line is confirmed in step S1224, the process may directly move to step S1230.

In step S1230, since the number of lines has changed after performing the character reduction process and the disappearance line process, it is determined whether or not vertical allocation is possible for all the lines as in step S1218. If the assignment is impossible, the character reduction process is performed again to reduce the display amount of the printing data 1236. If it can be assigned, the process proceeds to the next step S1232.

As described above, in step S1212 and step S1232, when left and right allocation is possible over the entire row, since the allocation is already possible in the vertical direction, the printing data 1236 can be allocated to the label surface, and a series of processing. Exit.

In summary, if left-right assignment is not possible, a line feed is performed, and if the width of the burn-in data in the vertical direction increased with the line break deviates from the width of the burn-in area, the data displayed to reduce the width of the burn-in data is displayed. Reduce and adjust so that it can be assigned in the vertical direction, and repeat the process until it can be assigned to the left and right.

FIG. 64 is a television display screen showing an image on the label side of the media of the tenth embodiment. The tenth embodiment has substantially the same configuration as the sixth embodiment, and operates according to the flowcharts of FIGS. 25 and 26 in the same manner as the sixth embodiment. However, the details of step S528 in FIG. 26 are different, and a printed image having a layout different from the layout of the printed image described above is created. FIG. 64 shows the same state as that of FIG. 46 of the ninth embodiment, and the head position setting processing is performed so that the head of each line is aligned with the outer edge 628 with respect to the applied printing data 1236.

In FIG. 65, since the first line deviates from the burn-in area, it is determined that the left / right allocation is not permitted, and the portion deviating from the burn-in area (recording start time “19:00” and recording channel “CH02”) is changed. It shows the state.

FIG. 66 shows a state in which the line head position setting process is performed on all the lines along the outer edge 628 because the head position of the new line (second line) after the line break is shifted from the outer edge 628. Since the data width increases in the vertical direction due to the line feed, it is determined whether or not all the lines are within the upper and lower ranges of the burn-in area. In the state of FIG. 66, it is determined that it is acceptable because it is within the range of the printing area in the vertical direction. If it is determined to be acceptable, the process proceeds to the next line (third line).

Next, it is determined whether or not the third line deviates from the printing area. As shown in FIG. 66, the third line does not deviate from the printing area. Therefore, processing such as line feed processing is not performed, and the processing proceeds to the next line.

FIG. 67 shows a state in which a part (recording start time and recording channel) deviating from the burn-in area is determined to be left-right allocation because the fourth line deviates from the burn-in area, and the line is broken.

FIG. 68 shows a state in which line head position setting processing is performed on all the lines along the outer edge 628 because the start position of the new line (fifth line) after the line feed is shifted from the outer edge 628.

FIG. 69 shows a state in which the fifth line has deviated from the printing area, so that the left / right allocation is determined to be rejected, and the portion deviating from the printing area has been broken.

FIG. 70 shows a state in which line head position setting processing is performed on all the lines along the outer edge 628 because the start position of the new line (the sixth line) after the line feed is shifted from the outer edge 628.

FIG. 71 shows a state in which the portion where the sixth line deviates from the printing area is determined to be left / right allocation failure and the line deviates from the printing area is changed.

FIG. 72 shows a state in which the head position setting processing is performed on all the lines along the outer edge 628 because the start position of the new line (seventh line) after the line feed is shifted from the outer edge 628. Since the data width increases in the vertical direction due to the line feed, it is determined whether or not all the lines are within the upper and lower ranges of the burn-in area. In the state of FIG. 66, it is determined that it is acceptable because it is within the range of the printing area in the vertical direction. If it is determined to be acceptable, the process proceeds to the next line (eighth line).

FIG. 73 shows a state in which the portion where the eighth line deviates from the printing area is determined to be left / right allocation failure and the line deviates from the printing area is broken.

FIG. 74 shows a state in which the line head position setting process is performed on all the lines along the outer edge 628 because the start position of the new line (the ninth line) after the line break is shifted from the outer edge 628.

FIG. 75 shows a state in which the portion where the ninth line deviates from the printing area is determined to be left / right allocation failure and the line deviates from the printing area.

FIG. 76 shows a state in which line head position setting processing is performed on all the lines along the outer edge 628 because the start position of the new line (line 10) after the line break is shifted from the outer edge 628. Since the data width increases in the vertical direction due to the line feed, it is determined whether or not all the lines are within the upper and lower ranges of the burn-in area. In the state of FIG. 66, it is determined that it is acceptable because it is within the range of the printing area in the vertical direction. If it is determined to be acceptable, the process proceeds to the next line (11th line).

FIG. 77 shows a state in which the line 11 is deviated from the printing area because the eleventh line has deviated from the printing area, and the left and right allocation is determined to be rejected.

FIG. 78 shows a state in which the line head position setting process is performed on all the lines along the outer edge 628 because the start position of the new line (12th line) after the line feed is shifted from the outer edge 628. Since the data width increases in the vertical direction due to the line feed, it is determined whether or not all the lines are within the upper and lower ranges of the burn-in area. In the state of FIG. 66, it is determined that it is acceptable because it is within the range of the printing area in the vertical direction. If it is determined to be acceptable, the process proceeds to the next line (13th line).

FIG. 79 shows a state in which the line 11 is deviated from the printing area because the eleventh line has deviated from the printing area and left and right allocation is judged to be rejected.

At this stage, since the data width is increased in the vertical direction due to the line feed, it is determined whether or not all the lines are within the upper and lower ranges of the printing area. In the state of FIG. 79, it is determined that the image is not within the range of the printing area in the vertical direction.

In FIG. 80, when the same content as the other data is displayed in the last data so that the data fits in the allocation area, for example, the recording start time and the recording channel overlap with all the data, so the display amount is deleted. This shows a mode in which printing data is stored in the reduced printing area.

Further, it is determined whether or not all lines are within the upper and lower ranges of the printing area. In the state of FIG. 80, it is determined that the image is not within the burn-in area in the vertical direction.

FIG. 81 shows that the data before the last data (the 12th line) has already been processed since there is no further duplication in the last data. When the same contents as other data are displayed in the data, for example, the recording channel is deleted. Then, the line head position setting process is performed.

In FIG. 81, since it is within the printing range, it is determined that allocation is possible, and it is further determined whether allocation is possible in the horizontal direction of all lines. In FIG. 81, since it is within the burn-in range, it is determined to be acceptable, and a series of line feed processing ends.

The series of processes in the tenth embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. FIG. 82 shows details of step 1200 in FIG. Steps S1234 to S1250 are the same as steps S1202 to S1218 in FIG.

Since the number of lines is increased by the line feed process in step S1246, the vertical width of the printing data is large, and therefore there is a possibility that the printing data has deviated from the designated printing area. Judgment is made as to whether vertical allocation is possible across all rows. If allocation is possible, there is room in the vertical direction, so the process moves to step S1240 and the next row is processed.

If the assignment is impossible, no more printing data 1236 can be displayed, and the process proceeds to step S1252 in order to reduce the contents to be displayed by performing a character number reduction process on the printing data 1236 to be displayed. To do.

In step S1252, data is designated in order from the last data to the first data. First, specify the final data.

Next, in the data specified in step S1254, if there is a content overlapping with other data for checking whether or not the content overlaps with other data, the item is deleted and the process proceeds to step S1256. To do. If there is no item that overlaps with other data, it cannot be deleted any more, so the process moves again to step S1252, and data is designated again.

In step S1258, it is confirmed whether or not the top / bottom allocation can be performed over the entire line due to the deletion in step S1236. If all the rows can be assigned in the vertical direction, the process advances to step S1260. If the assignment is impossible, the process returns to step S1254, and it is further confirmed whether or not there is a duplicate in the data.

As described above, in step S1244 and step S1260, when the left and right allocation is possible over the entire row, the printing data 1236 can be allocated to the label surface since it can already be allocated in the vertical direction. Exit.

In summary, if left-right allocation is impossible, a line feed is performed, and if the width of the burned data in the vertical direction increased with the line break deviates from the width of the burned area, the last data differs from the above, for example If the priority is low and other data is duplicated, the data is deleted in order to reduce the data to be displayed, adjust it so that it is allocated vertically, and repeat the process until it can be allocated left and right. .

FIG. 83 is a television display screen showing an image on the label side of the media of the eleventh embodiment. The eleventh embodiment has substantially the same configuration as the sixth embodiment, and operates according to the flowcharts of FIGS. 25 and 26 in the same manner as the sixth embodiment. However, the details of step S528 in FIG. 26 are different, and a printed image having a layout different from the layout of the printed image described above is created. In FIG. 83, line start position setting processing is performed for each line as shown in FIG. The heads of the respective rows are arranged so as to align with the outer edge 628.

FIG. 84 shows data that is duplicated for each data except for the first data. For example, as shown in FIG. 84, the recording start time and the recording channel are duplicated in each data, and are deleted except for the first data. Note that titles and recording dates that are not duplicated are not deleted.

FIG. 85 shows a state in which the first line has deviated from the printing area, so that the left and right allocation is determined to be rejected, and the portion deviating from the printing area (recording start time and recording channel) has been broken.

FIG. 86 shows a state in which line head position setting processing is performed on all the lines along the outer edge 628 because the start position of the new line (second line) after the line feed is shifted from the outer edge 628. Since the data width increases in the vertical direction due to the line feed, it is determined whether or not all the lines are within the upper and lower ranges of the burn-in area. In the state of FIG. 66, it is determined that it is acceptable because it is within the range of the printing area in the vertical direction. If it is determined to be acceptable, the process proceeds to the next line (third line).

Next, it is determined whether or not the third line deviates from the printing area. As shown in FIG. 86, the third line does not deviate from the printing area. Therefore, processing such as line feed processing is not performed, and the processing proceeds to the next line.

FIG. 87 shows a state in which a part (recording date and time) deviating from the printing area is determined to be left-right allocation because the fourth line has deviated from the printing area, and the line is broken.

FIG. 88 shows a state in which the line head position setting process is performed on all the lines along the outer edge 628 because the start position of the new line (fifth line) after the line break is shifted from the outer edge 628. Since the data width increases in the vertical direction due to the line feed, it is determined whether or not all the lines are within the upper and lower ranges of the burn-in area. In the state of FIG. 66, it is determined that it is acceptable because it is within the range of the printing area in the vertical direction. If it is determined to be acceptable, the process proceeds to the next line (sixth line).

FIG. 89 shows the state in which the sixth line is deviated from the printing area, so that the left and right allocation is determined to be rejected, and the portion deviating from the printing area is broken.

FIG. 90 shows a state in which the line head position setting process is performed on all the lines along the outer edge 628 because the start position of the new line (the seventh line) after the line break is shifted from the outer edge 628. Since the data width increases in the vertical direction due to the line feed, it is determined whether or not all the lines are within the upper and lower ranges of the burn-in area. In the state of FIG. 66, it is determined that it is acceptable because it is within the range of the printing area in the vertical direction. If it is determined to be acceptable, the process proceeds to the next line (eighth line).

FIG. 91 shows a state in which the portion where the eighth line has deviated from the printing area is determined to be left and right allocation and the line has deviated from the printing area is deviated from the printing area.

FIG. 92 shows a state in which the line head position setting process is performed on all the lines along the outer edge 628 because the head position of the new line (the ninth line) after the line break is shifted from the outer edge 628. Since the data width increases in the vertical direction due to the line feed, it is determined whether or not all the lines are within the upper and lower ranges of the burn-in area. In the state of FIG. 66, it is determined that it is acceptable because it is within the range of the printing area in the vertical direction. If it is determined to be acceptable, the process proceeds to the next line (10th line).

Next, it is determined whether or not the 10th line deviates from the printing area. As shown in FIG. 92, the 10th line does not deviate from the printing area. Therefore, processing such as line feed processing is not performed, and the processing proceeds to the next line. However, since the next line does not exist, the series of processing ends.

The series of processes in the eleventh embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. FIG. 93 shows details of step 1200 in FIG. When the flow starts, first, in step S1262, a printing area is set from the area secured in the remaining capacity reserved printing area.

In step S1264, information on the length allowed for each allocated line is acquired in the same manner as in step S590 in FIG. This is because the area to be burned has a donut shape, and the length allowed for each line differs from line to line.

In step S1266, the line head position is set in the same manner as in step S588 in FIG. In this step, the head of the line is arranged along the outer edge 628 of the label surface with respect to all the lines in which the character string is automatically turned on for each data in step S556 of FIG.

In step 1268, items whose contents are duplicated in data other than the first data are deleted.

Next, the process proceeds to step S1270 to select each line where the line head position is set. In the case of the first time, the first line corresponds to this, and the next line at which a certain process ends is selected.

In step S1272, it is determined whether or not the row selected in step S1270 can be assigned to the left and right within the printing area. If it cannot be assigned to the left and right, the process proceeds to step S1276. If it is possible, the process proceeds to step S1274, and it is determined whether left and right allocation is possible over all rows.

In step S1276, line feed processing is performed on the corresponding line so that it can be allocated to the left and right within the printing area based on each line length information. Since the line newly formed by the line feed may be shifted from the line head position set in step S1206, a line head position setting process is newly performed in step S1278.

Since the number of lines has increased due to the line feed process in step S1276 described above, the vertical width of the burned data is large, and therefore there is a possibility that it is deviated from the designated burned area. It is determined whether vertical allocation is possible. If allocation is possible, there is room in the vertical direction, so the process moves to step S1270 and the next row is processed. If the assignment is impossible, no more printing data 1236 can be displayed. Therefore, the process proceeds to step S1282, and the number of characters to be displayed is reduced by performing a character number reduction process on the printing data 1236 to be displayed. .

In step S1284, since a change has occurred in the line head position due to the character number reduction process in step S1282, the line head position setting process is performed again and rearrangement is performed.

Also, check if there are any lines that have been lost by the character reduction process. If there is a missing line, a new margin will be generated in the vertical direction, and the corresponding line is moved. If the left / right direction allocation becomes possible due to the movement, the process proceeds to step 1288 to cancel the line break of the line and reduce the number of lines. Since the vertical width of the printing data 1236 changes as the number of lines decreases, it is determined again in step S1292 whether allocation is possible for all lines. If no disappearing line is confirmed in step S1286, the process may directly move to step S1292.

In step S1292, since the number of lines has changed after the character reduction process and the disappearance line process are performed, it is determined whether or not vertical allocation is possible for all lines as in step S1280. If the assignment is impossible, the character reduction process is performed again to reduce the display amount of the printing data 1236. If it can be assigned, the process proceeds to the next step S1294.

As described above, in steps S1274 and S1294, when the left and right allocation is possible over the entire line, the printing data 1236 can be allocated to the label surface since it can already be allocated in the vertical direction. Exit.

In summary, all the first data is displayed and items that are duplicated in other data are deleted and the amount to be burned is reduced. If left-right assignment is impossible, a line feed is performed, and if the width of the burned data in the vertical direction increased with the line break deviates from the width of the burned area, the displayed data is reduced to reduce the width of the burned data. Adjust so that it can be assigned in the vertical direction, and repeat the process until it can be assigned to the left and right. The ninth to eleventh embodiments described above have been described on the assumption that the printing area 1234 shown in FIG. 44 is used. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, areas other than the central area 618 shown in FIG. The present invention can also be applied to a case where it is an area.

1 is a block diagram showing a first example of a disk recorder system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the function at the time of power-on of the control part 10 in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the initial stage menu mode in step S34 of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of DVD mode in step S22 of FIG. 2, or step S60 of FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing details of label printing information acquisition and encoding in step S98 of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the function of the control part 10 when media discharge operation is performed in the DVD recorder of FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing details of a label printing mode in steps S18 and S28 in FIG. 2, step S82 in FIG. 3, and step S120 in FIG. It is the table | surface which put together the relationship between the media regarding label printing management, and the DVD recorder. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of label burning image automatic creation in step S214 of FIG. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing details of acquisition of printed image information in step S234 of FIG. 9. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the background process in step S246 of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the printing process in step S218 of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the printing condition determination process in step S112 of FIG. 4 and step S176 of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the function of the control part 10 when finalizing operation is performed. It is a flowchart which shows the function of the control part 10 when format operation is performed. It is a block diagram which shows the 2nd Example of the disk recorder system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the function of the control part 110 regarding control of the 1st head in the DVD recorder of 2nd Example, and a 2nd head. It is a block diagram which shows the 3rd Example of the disk recorder system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the function of the control part 210 regarding control of the inversion head in the DVD recorder of 3rd Example. It is a block diagram which shows the 4th Example of the disk recorder system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the function of the control part 310 regarding control of the media automatic reverse insertion mechanism in the DVD recorder of 4th Example. It is a block diagram which shows the 5th Example of the disk recorder system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the function regarding misoperation prevention of the control part 410 in the DVD recorder of 5th Example. It is a television display screen figure which shows the image of the label surface of a medium. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the control part in the DVD recorder of 6th Example. FIG. 26 is a flowchart showing details of a printing image layout process in step S500 of FIG. 25. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the ring-shaped character image creation process by the designated language in step S518 of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the normal character image creation process by the designated language in step S528 of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the character number reduction process based on the line character space | interval adjustment and priority order in FIG.27 S570 and FIG.28 S594. It is a television display screen which shows the image of the label surface of a medium, and shows the display content accompanying the process performed in step S572 of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of a character upper side internal-diameter arrangement | positioning and line head position setting process of step S572 of FIG. It is a television display screen which shows the image of the label surface of a medium, and shows the one aspect | mode of the display content accompanying the process performed in FIG.28 S594. It is a television display screen which shows the image of the label surface of a medium, and shows the other aspect of the display content accompanying the process performed in FIG.28 S594. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the line head position setting process of step S588 of FIG. It is a flowchart of 7th Example, and shows the detail of the printing image layout process of step S500 of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the ring-shaped character image creation process of step S1002 of FIG. 35 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows the normal character image creation process of step S1008 of FIG. 35 in detail. FIG. 38 is a flowchart showing details of a burned image creation process in consideration of the previous burned image in step S1019 in FIG. 36 and step S1023 in FIG. It is the figure which showed an example at the time of displaying the user edit process performed by step S1014 of FIG. 35 on a television screen, and operating interactively. It is a flowchart which shows the edit process by the user of step S1014 of FIG. It is a flowchart of 8th Example, and shows the detail of the printing image layout process of step S500 of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows preparation of the printing image based on the printing flag of step S1144 of FIG. It is a flowchart explaining in detail user confirmation of step S1146 of FIG. It is a television display screen which shows the image of the label surface of the medium of 9th Example. 1 shows a mode in which a seizing area is secured from the remaining capacity securing area. In 9th Example, it is a television screen figure which shows the one aspect | mode which applied the printing data which performed the automatic line feed for every data to the printing label surface. It is a television screen figure which shows the aspect which performed the line head position setting process with respect to each line from the state of FIG. It is a television screen figure which shows the aspect which selected the applicable line (1st line) from the state of FIG. 46, and performed the line feed process. FIG. 48 is a television screen diagram illustrating a state in which a line head position setting process is performed on all lines after a line feed from the state of FIG. 47. It is a television screen figure which shows the aspect which selected the applicable line (3rd line) from the state of FIG. 48, and performed the line feed process. It is a television screen figure which shows the aspect which performed the line head position setting process with respect to all the lines after a line feed from the state of FIG. It is a television screen figure which shows the aspect deleted for every item (recording channel) from the state of FIG. It is the television screen figure which shows the aspect deleted for every item (recording start time) further from the state of FIG. It is a television screen figure which shows the aspect which performed the line head position setting process with respect to all the lines after deletion from the state of FIG. It is a television screen figure which shows the aspect which canceled the line feed process with respect to the applicable line (2nd line) from the state of FIG. It is a television screen figure which shows the aspect which selected the applicable line (4th line) from the state of FIG. 54, and performed the line feed process. It is the television screen figure which shows the aspect which performed the line head position setting process with respect to all the lines after a line feed from the state of FIG. It is a television screen figure which shows the aspect which selected the applicable line (6th line) from the state of FIG. 56, and performed the line feed process. FIG. 58 is a television screen diagram illustrating a state in which line head position setting processing is performed on all lines after a line feed from the state of FIG. 57. It is a television screen figure which shows the aspect which selected the applicable line (8th line) from the state of FIG. 58, and performed the line feed process. It is a television screen figure which shows the aspect deleted for every item (recording date and time) from the state of FIG. FIG. 61 is a television screen diagram showing a state in which line head position setting processing is performed for all lines after deletion from the state of FIG. 60. It is a flowchart which shows the one aspect | mode of the detail of the normal character image creation process by the designated language in step S528 of FIG. FIG. 63 is a flowchart showing one aspect of details of line feed processing in step S1200 of FIG. 62. FIG. It is a television display screen which shows the image of the label surface of the medium of 10th Example, and shows the aspect which performed the line head position setting process with respect to each line. It is a television screen figure which shows the aspect which selected the applicable line (1st line) from the state of FIG. 64, and performed the line feed process. FIG. 66 is a television screen diagram illustrating a state in which a line head position setting process is performed on all lines after a line feed from the state illustrated in FIG. 65. FIG. 67 is a television screen diagram illustrating a mode in which a corresponding line (fourth line) is selected from the state of FIG. 66 and line feed processing is performed. FIG. 68 is a television screen diagram illustrating a state in which a line head position setting process is performed on all lines after a line feed from the state illustrated in FIG. 67. FIG. 69 is a television screen diagram illustrating a state in which a corresponding line (fifth line) is selected from the state of FIG. 68 and line feed processing is performed. FIG. 70 is a television screen diagram illustrating a state in which a line head position setting process is performed on all lines after a line feed from the state illustrated in FIG. 69. It is a television screen figure which shows the aspect which selected the applicable line (6th line) from the state of FIG. 70, and performed the line feed process. FIG. 72 is a television screen diagram illustrating a state in which a line head position setting process is performed on all lines after a line feed from the state illustrated in FIG. 71. FIG. 73 is a television screen diagram illustrating a state in which a corresponding line (eighth line) is selected from the state of FIG. 72 and line feed processing is performed. It is the television screen figure which shows the aspect which performed the line head position setting process with respect to all the lines after a new line from the state of FIG. FIG. 75 is a television screen diagram illustrating a mode in which a corresponding line (9th line) is selected from the state of FIG. 74 and line feed processing is performed. FIG. 76 is a television screen diagram illustrating a state in which a line head position setting process is performed on all lines after a line feed from the state illustrated in FIG. 75. FIG. 77 is a television screen diagram illustrating a mode in which a corresponding line (11th line) is selected from the state of FIG. 76 and line feed processing is performed. FIG. 78 is a television screen diagram illustrating a state in which a line head position setting process is performed on all lines after a line feed from the state illustrated in FIG. 77. It is a television screen figure which shows the aspect which selected the applicable line (13th line) from the state of FIG. 78, and performed the line feed process. FIG. 80 is a television screen diagram showing a state in which duplicate items (recording start time, recording channel) are deleted from the final data from the state of FIG. 79; It is a television screen figure which shows the aspect which deleted the duplication item (recording channel) from the 2nd data from the last from the state of FIG. 80, and performed the line head position setting process with respect to all the lines after a new line. FIG. 63 is a flowchart showing another aspect of details of line feed processing in step S1200 of FIG. 62. FIG. It is a television display screen which shows the image of the label surface of the medium of 11th Example, and shows the aspect which performed the line head position setting process with respect to each line. It is a television screen figure which shows the aspect which deleted the duplicate item (recording start time, recording channel) other than the first data from the state of FIG. It is a television screen figure which shows the aspect which selected the applicable line (1st line) from the state of FIG. 84, and performed the line feed process. FIG. 86 is a television screen diagram illustrating a state in which a line head position setting process is performed for all lines after a line feed from the state illustrated in FIG. 85. It is a television screen figure which shows the aspect which selected the applicable line (4th line) from the state of FIG. 86, and performed the line feed process. FIG. 88 is a television screen diagram illustrating a state in which a line head position setting process is performed on all lines after a line feed from the state illustrated in FIG. 87. It is a television screen figure which shows the aspect which selected the applicable line (6th line) from the state of FIG. 88, and performed the line feed process. FIG. 90 is a television screen diagram illustrating a state in which a line head position setting process is performed on all lines after a line feed from the state illustrated in FIG. 89. FIG. 91 is a television screen diagram illustrating a state in which a corresponding line (eighth line) is selected from the state of FIG. 90 and line feed processing is performed. It is the television screen figure which shows the aspect which performed the line head position setting process with respect to all the lines after a line feed from the state of FIG. FIG. 63 is a flowchart showing another aspect of details of line feed processing in step S1200 of FIG. 62. FIG.

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8, 108, 208, 308, 408 Insertion unit 20, 134, 220, data writing unit, image writing unit 420 data writing unit 434 image writing unit 10, 110, 210, 310, 410 treatment unit 32 storage unit 10, 110, 210, 310, 410 Image creation unit 10, 110, 210, 310, 410 Detection unit 1234 Printing area 1236 Printing data

Claims (9)

A removable storage medium insertion portion in which one surface is a data surface and the other surface is a label surface; and a data writing portion for writing data to the data surface of the storage medium inserted in the insertion portion; A character information acquisition unit that acquires character information indicating data newly written by the data writing unit, and a writable length of each line that differs depending on the position of the donut-shaped write target area on the label surface of the storage medium automatically closed and an image creating section that lays out writing character images on the label surface of the storage medium in accordance with character information information and the character information acquisition unit acquires,

A detection unit for detecting a remaining write capacity after a new writing is performed by the data writing unit;

The image creation unit automatically lays out a character image to be written on a label surface of a storage medium in consideration of a writing space left in a writing target area in the layout of the character image according to the detection unit. Recording device. A layout information acquisition unit that acquires variable layout information related to a layout of an image already written on a label surface of a storage medium, and the image creation unit acquires the acquired layout information and the writable length information of each row; The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a character image to be written on a label surface of a storage medium is automatically laid out according to the character information acquired by the character information acquisition unit. The said image creation part determines automatically the magnitude | size of the character laid out in each line based on the said character information and the information of the writable length of each said line. Recording device. 4. The recording according to claim 1, wherein the image creating unit automatically determines a line feed of a character string based on the character information and the writable length information of each line. 5. apparatus. When the character information indicating one piece of data written on the data surface is composed of a plurality of items, the image creating unit displays character information indicating one piece of data based on the character information and the writable length information of each line. 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein all items are laid out as a character image, or limited to a partial item of character information indicating the one data, and are automatically selected as a character image. The recording device described in 1 . Insertion of removable storage media where one side is the data side and the other side is the label side, and character information acquisition that acquires character information indicating newly written data on the data side of the storage medium Write on the label surface of the storage medium in accordance with the information on the writable length of each line and the character information acquired by the character information acquisition unit, depending on the position of the writing area on the label surface of the storage medium and the donut shape automatically have a and the image generating unit to lay out a character image writing,

The image creation unit takes into account the writing space left in the writing target area in the layout of the character image according to the remaining writing capacity after new writing is performed on the data surface of the storage medium. A recording device that automatically lays out the character image to be written on the label surface. A layout information acquisition unit that acquires variable layout information related to a layout of an image already written on a label surface of a storage medium, and the image creation unit acquires the acquired layout information and the writable length information of each row; 7. The recording apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein a character image to be written on a label surface of a storage medium is automatically laid out in accordance with the character information acquired by the character information acquisition unit. The recording apparatus according to claim 6 or 7 , wherein the image creating unit automatically determines a line feed of a character string based on the character information and the writable length information of each line. When the character information indicating one piece of data written on the data surface is composed of a plurality of items, the image creating unit displays character information indicating one piece of data based on the character information and the writable length information of each line. 9. The method according to any one of claims 6 to 8 , wherein all items are laid out as a character image, or limited to a partial item of character information indicating the one data and are automatically laid out as a character image. The recording device described in 1.