JPH01307041A - Draw type recording medium copying device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To separate an operation for setting copying conditions and processing for copying processing by setting an external recording medium on which the copying conditions are recorded to a drive device to have the copying conditions read by the same and subjecting the necessary data to the copying processing. CONSTITUTION:A floppy disk 4 on which the copying conditions are previously recorded is first set to the drive device 3. The copying conditions of the disk 4 are then read by a reading means 5. Reading out of said data by the driving device 1 set with the DRAW type optical disk 5 and writing thereof to the disk 2 are controlled in accordance with said copying conditions by a means 6 for controlling the execution of the copying processing, by which the copying processing between the optical disk is executed. The operation for setting the copying conditions and the execution of the copying processing are separated and the efficiency of the copying processing is improved according to this constitution.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a copying device for a write-once optical disc or the like.

Conventional technology In general, write-once recording media such as write-once optical discs (hereinafter referred to as
In addition to original data such as document image data, management information for managing each data, and management information for the disc itself (disc number, etc.) are recorded on the disc (generally referred to as a disc).

A series of serial numbers (management numbers) are attached to the management information of each data. A unique drive number is also assigned to the drive device into which the disc is set.

Conventionally, with a dedicated copy device for copying this type of disk or a copy device built into a disk file system, an operator can use the keyboard to copy only the necessary data from the source disk to the destination disk. The configuration was such that the copy process was executed while directly specifying the copy conditions for each data item using the NAT input device. In other words, for each piece of data to be copied, in addition to its management number, the disk number of the disk on which the data is recorded (copy source disk), the drive number of the drive device in which the disk is set,
The disk number of the disk to which the data is to be transferred (copy destination disk), the drive number of the drive device in which it is set, etc. are directly specified.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, specifying copy conditions is a very time-consuming task, and the actual copying process of data also takes a certain amount of time, so when copying a large amount of data, As described above, if the copy condition specification work and the copy processing execution are repeated for each data item sequentially, it takes an extremely long time to complete the copying, resulting in a problem of poor work efficiency.

Furthermore, in the case of a copying device incorporated in a disk file system, the system is occupied for a long period of time for copying operations, resulting in a problem of lower system efficiency.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and is a dedicated copying apparatus or apparatus that is capable of separating the work of setting copy conditions and the execution of copy processing, thereby improving copy work efficiency and system efficiency. The purpose is to provide a system-embedded copying device.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides means for reading copy conditions recorded on an external recording medium via its drive device, and write-once recording according to the copy conditions read by this means. The apparatus is configured to include means for controlling reading and writing of a medium by a drive device and for executing a copying process from a write-once recording medium as a copy source to a write-once recording medium as a copy destination.

Effect of the Invention With the above-described configuration, the present invention prepares an external recording medium in which copy conditions related to data to be copied are stored in advance, separate from the execution of copy processing, and when necessary, transfers this external recording medium to the drive. By setting it in the device and reading the copy conditions, it is possible to automatically execute the necessary data copy process.

Since this copy processing is executed continuously without being interrupted by the operator setting copy conditions, the processing efficiency is improved. It also improves.

Additionally, it is possible to set copy conditions and store them on an external recording medium using a device or system other than the copying device, or by using free time in a system that incorporates the copying device. Furthermore, the work and the copy processing execution work can be performed by different people, or each can be performed in parallel, so that efficient copy work and flexible work styles are possible.

EXAMPLE An example of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of a copying device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows the hardware configuration of an optical disk file system incorporating the same copying device.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an optical disk drive device for driving, reading and writing a write-once optical disk (hereinafter referred to as an optical disk) 2, respectively. Although there are three optical disk drive devices 1 here, there may be two or three or more. Further, only one optical disk drive device 1 can be provided as long as it can selectively read and write a plurality of optical disks.

3 is a floppy disk drive device for driving, reading and writing a floppy disk 4 as an external recording medium. When performing copy processing, a floppy disk 4 on which copy conditions are recorded in advance is set in the floppy disk drive device 3.

Reference numeral 5 denotes means for reading copy conditions recorded on the floppy disk 4 via the floppy disk drive device 3. Reference numeral 6 denotes a copy processing execution control means, which controls the reading of the corresponding data by the optical disk drive device IK in which the copy source optical disk 2 is set and the copying of this read data according to the copy conditions read by the means 5. An apparatus that executes copy processing between optical disks by controlling the transfer to the optical disk drive device 1 in which the destination optical disk 2 is set and the writing of the read data to the copy destination disk by the disk drive device 1. It is.

This copying device is actually realized by being incorporated into an optical disk file system having the hardware configuration shown in FIG.

In FIG. 2, numerals 1, 2, 3 and 4 are equivalent to the same numerals in FIG. 11 is a central processing unit; 12 is a main storage device that stores programs for executing copy processing and the like under the control of the central processing unit 11;

13 are optical disk control devices for controlling the operation of the optical disk drive device 1, respectively. 14 is a floppy disk control device for controlling the operation of the floppy disk drive device 3; 15 is a search device that stores search information corresponding to each optical disk 2 set in each optical disk drive device 1; 16 is a display device equipped with a keyboard for interaction with the operator; 17 is a display control device for controlling the display device; 18 is a path for exchanging data, control information, etc. between each device.

The copy condition reading means 5 in FIG. This is realized using hardware such as the floppy disk control device 14, and the read copy conditions are stored in the main storage device 12. Similarly, the copy processing execution control means 6 is realized by a program in the main storage device 12 using hardware such as the central processing unit 11, the optical disk control device 13, and the main storage device 12. Furthermore, in this system, copy conditions can be set and data can be written to the floppy disk 4 through interactive processing through the display device 16 and its attached keyboard.

The operation of the optical disk file system configured as described above will be explained below.

First, the operation for setting necessary copy conditions and storing them on the floppy disk 4 will be explained.

In this case, the keyboard of the display device 16 is used to instruct generation of a copy condition file. Central processing unit 1
1 starts a specific program in the main storage 12 and copies a copy condition file of a predetermined data structure to the main storage 12.
Generate above.

Next, the operator selects a search process using the keyboard, and then inputs a keyword or document number range. The central processing unit 11 starts a search program in the main storage device 12, searches the search device 17 using input keywords, etc., and finds the drive number, disk number, and data number (management number for each data) of the corresponding data. get. This information is then stored in a specific area of the main storage device 12 and displayed on the display device 16. The operator selects what he/she needs from the information regarding the data displayed on the keyboard. Information on the selected data is written into a copy condition file by the central processing unit 11. Of course, it is also possible for the operator to directly input this data information. Further, the operator inputs from the keyboard the disk number of the optical disk to which the selected data to be copied is to be transferred and the drive number in which it is set. This information is stored in main memory 12 by central processing unit 11 .

In this way, information regarding the copy source and copy destination, that is, copy conditions, is sequentially set in the copy condition file.

When the setting of the copy conditions is completed, the operator instructs storage on the floppy disk 3 from the keyboard. The central processing unit 11 starts a specific program in the main storage device 12, transfers the previously obtained copy condition file to the floppy disk control device 14, and causes it to be written on the floppy disk 4 set in the drive device 3. .

Note that similar copying condition settings and writing to a floppy disk may be performed using another system.

Next, a description will be given of the operation when automatically executing a copy process using the floppy disk 4 on which the copy condition file has been written as described above.

FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of the processing in this case.

The operator sets the floppy disk 4 on which the copy conditions have been recorded into the floppy disk drive device 3, and
Instruct the copy process through the keyboard.

The central processing unit 11 starts the copy processing program, and first in step l instructs the floppy disk control unit 14 to read the copy conditions.
The entire copy conditions recorded on the floppy disk 4 are read into the main storage device 12.

In the next step 2, the central processing unit 11 refers to the copy conditions on the main storage device 12 in preparation for reading and writing from and to the optical disk that will not be copied. The disk management information is read by the corresponding optical disk control device 13 and stored in the main storage device 12. This is means 5 in Figure 1.
Corresponds to the operation by

Next, in step 3, the central processing unit 11 uses the drive number, disk number, and data number (management number) K of the copy source in the copy conditions for one data to copy the data via the corresponding optical disk control device 13. The data is read out and stored in the main storage device 12.

In the next step 4, the central processing unit 11 transfers the data read out in step 3 to the corresponding optical disk control device 13 according to the copy destination drive number and disk number in the copy conditions, and The data is written to the copy destination optical disc 2. At this time, creation 1 and recording of management information for the data is also performed.

The same copy process is executed for each data set in the copy conditions, and when there is no unprocessed data,
In step 5, the central processing unit 11 determines that the copy processing has ended, and ends the copy processing operation.

Steps 2 to 5 correspond to the operation of means 6 in FIG.

Note that the contents of the copy conditions may be changed as appropriate.

For example, when setting a copy destination optical disk in one predetermined optical disk drive device, it is possible to omit the copy destination drive number from the copy conditions. The same applies to the copy source.

A medium other than a floppy disk may be used as an external recording medium for recording copy conditions.

Further, the present invention is similarly applicable to copying apparatuses for write-once recording media other than write-once optical disks.

Effects of the Invention As is clear from the above description, the present invention reads copy conditions recorded on an external recording medium via its drive device, and reads and writes a write-once recording medium using the drive device according to the read copy conditions. Since the configuration is configured to control and execute copy processing from the copy source write-once storage medium to the copy destination write-once storage medium, the work of setting copy conditions and the execution of copy processing can be separated, and the copy processing This has the effect of improving efficiency, improving the system efficiency of a system in which the copying device is incorporated, improving the efficiency of copying work, and making it possible to make copying work formats more flexible.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a copying device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a hardware configuration diagram of an optical disk file system incorporating the same copying device, and FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart when copying processing is executed. It is. l... Optical disk drive device, 2... Optical disk (write once type recording medium), 3... Floppy disk drive device, 4... Floppy disk (external recording medium), 5... Copy condition reading means , 6... copy processing execution control means, 11... central processing unit, 12...
Main storage device, 13... Optical disk control device, 14...
- Floppy disk control device. Name of agent: Patent attorney Toshio Nakao and 1 other person No. 1
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Claims (1)

[Claims] a drive device for a write-once recording medium; a drive device for an external recording medium; a means for reading copy conditions recorded on the external recording medium via the drive device; and a write-once recording according to the copy conditions read by the means. Controls reading and writing of media by drive devices,
What is claimed is: 1. A write-once recording medium copying apparatus comprising means for executing copy processing from a write-once recording medium as a copy source to a write-once recording medium as a copy destination.