CA2128220A1 - Arrangement for selecting titles from a storage media containing a number of recording titles in a magazine - Google Patents
Arrangement for selecting titles from a storage media containing a number of recording titles in a magazineInfo
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Abstract
(57) Abstract The invention concerns a system which enables the titles of re-cordings to be selected form storage media containing a number of titles and held in a magazine, in particular the titles of CDs housed in a number of CD boxes. The storage media include a list of the re-cording titles they contain. Also called for is a player for the record-ings. The system proposed includes a device, forming part of the re-cording player, which enables titles selected from any of the storage media to be played; a decoding device, forming part of the recording player, which converts keyed-in code numbers into title selections; a light pen, connectable to the player, for reading bar codes (8, 12), the bar codes thus read being fed to the decoder, and a compilation (2), separate from the storage media and recording player of th bar codes (8, 12), each of which corresponds to one of the stored titles of the recordings and can be read by the light pen.
Description
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PCT/DE93/i30024 ARRANGEMENT FOR SELECTING TITLES FXOM A STORAGE MEDIA
CONTAINING A NUMBER OF RECORDING TITLES IN A MAGAZINE
: ~ ' DESCRIPI'ION
, The invention relates to an arrangement for selecting titles rom storage media respectively containing a number of recording titles in a magazine, particularl~ of CD's in C3 boxes oontaining a plurality of CD's, the storage media bearing a list of the recording titles they con~ain, and a playback device being provided.
Coin-operated jukeboxes that have a CD magazine as well ~ ;
as a list of titles and a selection keyboard are found in a number of restaurants. After the deposit of coins and operation of the selection keyboard, the corresponding CD's are removed from the magazin~, and the selected titles are played. Diverse devices for playing back $elected titles are known (see, for example, DE-OS 3,922,721).
In a similar manner, in the interim there are also C~'s, i.e. optical disks, that are housed in so-called CD boxes.
If certain titles of these CD's are to be played, they must be, as before, selected or entered in a relatively involve3d manner. According to a first alternative, in a known way a seleotion keyboard having visual title information is operated.
The second alternative provides for -the entry of a codeO
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PCT/DEg3/00024 In this instance, the user must first de-termine a code associated with the desired recording title. Subsequently ;
the code corresponding to the relevant CD must be entered, i:
then usually a further two- or three-ch~racter code and, finally, usually a two-character title code. This means , that, in -total, at least a five-character code must he used.
Should a plurality of recording titles be entered at one time in order to establish a playback sequence at the outset, this procedure proves involved and prone to errors, since the effort involved ~n entry is considerable.
i, The use of visual or bar codes is known to anyone in the area of retail, and particularly department stores, for entering the type of good and the sale price.
, A CD handling system has also already been developed that permits the management and registration of CD's and their location by utilizing bar codes (see "Discover"
brochure of the firm of Playsafe Monitoring Limited, Bath, Great Britain).
In EP-A-0,265,167 the selection of CD titles with subsequent storage is described, however not an online playback operation directly after reading. Hence a title playback seguence selected by means of the light pen is first , stored (see column 8, lines 26 through 27, further, for example, column 21, lines 48 through 50). The title sequence can be displayed by mean~ of a further program and then -2~
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. PCT/DE93/00024 fetched as a whole, either per input or automa-tically for a playback procedure (see column 20, line 49 through column 21, line 2).
DE-A 3,842,149 relates to the storage of a playback sequence of CD titles by means of bar codes. The playback , se~uence can already be provided by the manufacturer or by the user, but is defined with its selection. A title . selection on-line or even by shifting CD's is not provided.Further, GB-A-2,241,105 relates to the selection of fixed title se~uences, namely complete CD's. A flexible selection of a sequence of titles in on-line operation is not provided.
The object of the invention is to permit recording , titles to be selected from a number of storage media in a magazine, particularly CD's, in a simple manner.
. This object is accomplished according to -the invention in an arrangement having the features o~ cLaim 1.
Advantageous modifications of the arrangement of the invention are the sub;ec~ of the dependent claims.
, The arrangement of the invention permits the selection . of titles from storage media in a magazine respectively contalning a plurality of recording titles, particularly CD's in CD boxes containing a plurality of CD's. The s-torage media bear a list of the recording titles they contain, and a playback device is provided. ~he arrangement encompasses . __ .
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- a device of the playback device that permits the playback of recording titles selected from the respective storage media, - a decoding device of the playback device that converts entered codes into selected recording -titles, - a light pen for reading visual codes, which can be connected to the playback device, the read codes being supplied to the decoding device, and - a compilation, separate from the storage media and the playback device, of visual codes ~hat are respectively associated with the individual recordlng titles of the storage media and can be read by the light pen.
Through the provision of the visual bar code and the decoding deviae in the playback device, according to the 1~ invention, the selection of the desired recording titles is very simple. For the selection procedure, the light pen need . .: .
merely be taken and drawn across the desir~d titles, i.e.
their visual code, i.e. the selection is completely integrated into the visual title search. The read visual codes are then transmitted by way of a line or by means of remote transmission to the decoding device, from which the selected recording tiles are transmitted to the playback ;~
device for playback operation. In this way the operating expenditure for an operator is reduced to a minimum, na~ely ~ -to the ~ctual selection and only the input o~ a playback _ :' ', ~4~
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command (scan of the title coda). Playback, particularly of pieces of music, is in this way not associated with work, and rather means pure enjoyment.
Of course, the playback media need not be only CD's.
These can also be, for example, records, cassettes, diskettes, etc. The recording titles can also include, besides pieces of music, spoken works, graphic information, in short, actually any storable unit of information.
The optical codes are advisably a bar code that can be read especially easily.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the compilation of the title codes comprises one or a plurality of sheets containing the codes, particularly in the form of a folder, an album or a book. The user then takes the sheet or, for example, the book, and peruses the overview of titles with the typically provided codes. If a corresponding title is to be played, the user need only take the li~ht pen and draw it across the code.
The code~ are advantageously provided on stickers. This permits the setup of the title and code compilation by the user himself in a simple manner. In addi-tion, the stickers can later be appl.ied to jackets, content lists, storage containers, etc., o the storage media. The storage media can thus be stored in a conventional manner.
According to the invention, the codes can include first .'' 2.~ 2~
PCT/DEg3/(10024 and second codes, the first code being respectively associa~ed with a storage medium and the second rode being respectively associated wi~h a recording title of a storage medium in such a way that the combination of the first and second codes permits an unambiguous identification of all playback media in a magazine. Thus, for example, the first code represents the sequer,ce numbers of the storage media, such as CD's, in a combination, and the second code approximately represents the numbers 1 through 30 for the tltles. To select a title, then, the CD sequence numbers need only be scanned by the light pen, and then the title code, i.e. the title numb~r, regardless of whether the codes are provided in book form or on the jackets, storage containers, etc. There are two procedures that can be performed automatically, so to speak, by the user.
A practical arrangement for title selection results when the jackets or envelopes are included in the compilations.
The title information can then be stored with the pictures in albums or the like, as is knowrl in photo~raphy. Each location for a 3acket is then provided with a se~uence code and the title code.
For storing the title compilations, it is advantageous when a further storage medium is provided for the compilation of the recording title and its code allocation. This permits simple duplication and modification o~ the -ti-tle r ~2~
PCT/DE93/0()0;24 compilations, which can be made visible as a code by means of, for example, a monitor or a printer, and legible for a light pen.
A diskette can fur-ther be provided for storin~ the compilation of the recording ti-tles and their code allocation. This likewise permits a data transfer and output, like the above-named storage media.
For connection to further storage and evaluation media, for example an external input unit and a data line -to the playback device can be provided for the input of the selected recorded titles.
Visual operating codes are preferably provided in addition to the selectlon codes. These can, for example, be the commands "ready," "cancel," "error," etc.
A display device is advisably also provided. This device permits the operator to monitor the selection and input procedure. User instructions for the display device can also be provided, which facilitates operation.
For the transmission of the codes read by th~ light pen to the playback device, remote transmission is advantageously providedO Xn this way inter~ering cables, etc. can be omi-tted, and operating comfor-t is increased.
The arrangement according to the invention makes it possible, for example, to bring the informa-tion regarding a certain CD and, ~urthermorP, th~ numbering of the individual . , " ' ,.
2~2~2~3 pieces to software, so that the relevant -title, and not the CD itself, must be entered directly. Rather, the desired information can be entered by way of an arbitrary data carrier, such as a diskette, an additional CD or by way of a data line, corresponding to the configuration of the playback device or further, peripheral devices.
The invention is described further below by way of an embodiment, and in the drawings. Shown in the drawings are:
Fig. 1 a code compilation for CD ti-tles in book form, the CD jackets being contained in the book, and Fig. 2 a CD jacket having a CD code and title code.
Reference is made below to the drawings. The illustrated embodiment of the arrangement according to the invention relates to C~'s housed in, for example, a CD box.
The individual CD's are provided with a jacket or an envelope that is respectively rsmoved from the CD casse-ttes and compiled in book form to simplify ti-tle selection.
The playback device itself is provided with a device which, when selected titles or title codes are entered, takes the relevant CD out of the magazine and plays back the selected title.
Fig. 1 shows an open book 2, in which the jackets 4 of the CD'æ housed in the CD box are filed. The CD's are identified with progressive, whole-number sequence numbers prvvided in arabic numerals 6 in the book and in the *orm of _~_ . "' .
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bar codes 8 next to the jackets. In the back of the book, the titles of the CD's are contained one below the other in arabic numerals 10, and in the form of bar codes 12O
The selection process in this embodiment is effected in that first the desired CD is chosen in the front of tha book, and its sequence number code is detected by means of a light pen. Subsequently the title portion of the book is opene~, and the desired code(s) is (are) selected from the title list and likewise detected by means of the light pen. The transmission of the code is effected by way of data line or remote transmission to the playback device.
~ variation of this embodiment is shown in Fig. 2. In this instance the ~acket 4' itself bears the se~uence number code 8' and the title code 12', of which only one is illustrated. This simplifies selection, because the title portion of the book need not be opened for every title of a CD.
Incidentally, it is, of course, within the scope of the invention to use a hand scanner as a ligh-t pen, with which possibly pictures from CD jackets can be scanned and stored.
~ILE. PH~h\J THI~`-?~!~I~ 21 FE~ TRANSLATION ~
PCT/DE93/i30024 ARRANGEMENT FOR SELECTING TITLES FXOM A STORAGE MEDIA
CONTAINING A NUMBER OF RECORDING TITLES IN A MAGAZINE
: ~ ' DESCRIPI'ION
, The invention relates to an arrangement for selecting titles rom storage media respectively containing a number of recording titles in a magazine, particularl~ of CD's in C3 boxes oontaining a plurality of CD's, the storage media bearing a list of the recording titles they con~ain, and a playback device being provided.
Coin-operated jukeboxes that have a CD magazine as well ~ ;
as a list of titles and a selection keyboard are found in a number of restaurants. After the deposit of coins and operation of the selection keyboard, the corresponding CD's are removed from the magazin~, and the selected titles are played. Diverse devices for playing back $elected titles are known (see, for example, DE-OS 3,922,721).
In a similar manner, in the interim there are also C~'s, i.e. optical disks, that are housed in so-called CD boxes.
If certain titles of these CD's are to be played, they must be, as before, selected or entered in a relatively involve3d manner. According to a first alternative, in a known way a seleotion keyboard having visual title information is operated.
The second alternative provides for -the entry of a codeO
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.
.' '' ~ }' ~
` 2~2~
PCT/DEg3/00024 In this instance, the user must first de-termine a code associated with the desired recording title. Subsequently ;
the code corresponding to the relevant CD must be entered, i:
then usually a further two- or three-ch~racter code and, finally, usually a two-character title code. This means , that, in -total, at least a five-character code must he used.
Should a plurality of recording titles be entered at one time in order to establish a playback sequence at the outset, this procedure proves involved and prone to errors, since the effort involved ~n entry is considerable.
i, The use of visual or bar codes is known to anyone in the area of retail, and particularly department stores, for entering the type of good and the sale price.
, A CD handling system has also already been developed that permits the management and registration of CD's and their location by utilizing bar codes (see "Discover"
brochure of the firm of Playsafe Monitoring Limited, Bath, Great Britain).
In EP-A-0,265,167 the selection of CD titles with subsequent storage is described, however not an online playback operation directly after reading. Hence a title playback seguence selected by means of the light pen is first , stored (see column 8, lines 26 through 27, further, for example, column 21, lines 48 through 50). The title sequence can be displayed by mean~ of a further program and then -2~
. ' ,'' !, ~ ` ' ;,, '-' '' ~ ,' ' ~ .
. 2~32~ ~
. PCT/DE93/00024 fetched as a whole, either per input or automa-tically for a playback procedure (see column 20, line 49 through column 21, line 2).
DE-A 3,842,149 relates to the storage of a playback sequence of CD titles by means of bar codes. The playback , se~uence can already be provided by the manufacturer or by the user, but is defined with its selection. A title . selection on-line or even by shifting CD's is not provided.Further, GB-A-2,241,105 relates to the selection of fixed title se~uences, namely complete CD's. A flexible selection of a sequence of titles in on-line operation is not provided.
The object of the invention is to permit recording , titles to be selected from a number of storage media in a magazine, particularly CD's, in a simple manner.
. This object is accomplished according to -the invention in an arrangement having the features o~ cLaim 1.
Advantageous modifications of the arrangement of the invention are the sub;ec~ of the dependent claims.
, The arrangement of the invention permits the selection . of titles from storage media in a magazine respectively contalning a plurality of recording titles, particularly CD's in CD boxes containing a plurality of CD's. The s-torage media bear a list of the recording titles they contain, and a playback device is provided. ~he arrangement encompasses . __ .
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- a device of the playback device that permits the playback of recording titles selected from the respective storage media, - a decoding device of the playback device that converts entered codes into selected recording -titles, - a light pen for reading visual codes, which can be connected to the playback device, the read codes being supplied to the decoding device, and - a compilation, separate from the storage media and the playback device, of visual codes ~hat are respectively associated with the individual recordlng titles of the storage media and can be read by the light pen.
Through the provision of the visual bar code and the decoding deviae in the playback device, according to the 1~ invention, the selection of the desired recording titles is very simple. For the selection procedure, the light pen need . .: .
merely be taken and drawn across the desir~d titles, i.e.
their visual code, i.e. the selection is completely integrated into the visual title search. The read visual codes are then transmitted by way of a line or by means of remote transmission to the decoding device, from which the selected recording tiles are transmitted to the playback ;~
device for playback operation. In this way the operating expenditure for an operator is reduced to a minimum, na~ely ~ -to the ~ctual selection and only the input o~ a playback _ :' ', ~4~
2 ~ ~
command (scan of the title coda). Playback, particularly of pieces of music, is in this way not associated with work, and rather means pure enjoyment.
Of course, the playback media need not be only CD's.
These can also be, for example, records, cassettes, diskettes, etc. The recording titles can also include, besides pieces of music, spoken works, graphic information, in short, actually any storable unit of information.
The optical codes are advisably a bar code that can be read especially easily.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the compilation of the title codes comprises one or a plurality of sheets containing the codes, particularly in the form of a folder, an album or a book. The user then takes the sheet or, for example, the book, and peruses the overview of titles with the typically provided codes. If a corresponding title is to be played, the user need only take the li~ht pen and draw it across the code.
The code~ are advantageously provided on stickers. This permits the setup of the title and code compilation by the user himself in a simple manner. In addi-tion, the stickers can later be appl.ied to jackets, content lists, storage containers, etc., o the storage media. The storage media can thus be stored in a conventional manner.
According to the invention, the codes can include first .'' 2.~ 2~
PCT/DEg3/(10024 and second codes, the first code being respectively associa~ed with a storage medium and the second rode being respectively associated wi~h a recording title of a storage medium in such a way that the combination of the first and second codes permits an unambiguous identification of all playback media in a magazine. Thus, for example, the first code represents the sequer,ce numbers of the storage media, such as CD's, in a combination, and the second code approximately represents the numbers 1 through 30 for the tltles. To select a title, then, the CD sequence numbers need only be scanned by the light pen, and then the title code, i.e. the title numb~r, regardless of whether the codes are provided in book form or on the jackets, storage containers, etc. There are two procedures that can be performed automatically, so to speak, by the user.
A practical arrangement for title selection results when the jackets or envelopes are included in the compilations.
The title information can then be stored with the pictures in albums or the like, as is knowrl in photo~raphy. Each location for a 3acket is then provided with a se~uence code and the title code.
For storing the title compilations, it is advantageous when a further storage medium is provided for the compilation of the recording title and its code allocation. This permits simple duplication and modification o~ the -ti-tle r ~2~
PCT/DE93/0()0;24 compilations, which can be made visible as a code by means of, for example, a monitor or a printer, and legible for a light pen.
A diskette can fur-ther be provided for storin~ the compilation of the recording ti-tles and their code allocation. This likewise permits a data transfer and output, like the above-named storage media.
For connection to further storage and evaluation media, for example an external input unit and a data line -to the playback device can be provided for the input of the selected recorded titles.
Visual operating codes are preferably provided in addition to the selectlon codes. These can, for example, be the commands "ready," "cancel," "error," etc.
A display device is advisably also provided. This device permits the operator to monitor the selection and input procedure. User instructions for the display device can also be provided, which facilitates operation.
For the transmission of the codes read by th~ light pen to the playback device, remote transmission is advantageously providedO Xn this way inter~ering cables, etc. can be omi-tted, and operating comfor-t is increased.
The arrangement according to the invention makes it possible, for example, to bring the informa-tion regarding a certain CD and, ~urthermorP, th~ numbering of the individual . , " ' ,.
2~2~2~3 pieces to software, so that the relevant -title, and not the CD itself, must be entered directly. Rather, the desired information can be entered by way of an arbitrary data carrier, such as a diskette, an additional CD or by way of a data line, corresponding to the configuration of the playback device or further, peripheral devices.
The invention is described further below by way of an embodiment, and in the drawings. Shown in the drawings are:
Fig. 1 a code compilation for CD ti-tles in book form, the CD jackets being contained in the book, and Fig. 2 a CD jacket having a CD code and title code.
Reference is made below to the drawings. The illustrated embodiment of the arrangement according to the invention relates to C~'s housed in, for example, a CD box.
The individual CD's are provided with a jacket or an envelope that is respectively rsmoved from the CD casse-ttes and compiled in book form to simplify ti-tle selection.
The playback device itself is provided with a device which, when selected titles or title codes are entered, takes the relevant CD out of the magazine and plays back the selected title.
Fig. 1 shows an open book 2, in which the jackets 4 of the CD'æ housed in the CD box are filed. The CD's are identified with progressive, whole-number sequence numbers prvvided in arabic numerals 6 in the book and in the *orm of _~_ . "' .
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2 2 ~
bar codes 8 next to the jackets. In the back of the book, the titles of the CD's are contained one below the other in arabic numerals 10, and in the form of bar codes 12O
The selection process in this embodiment is effected in that first the desired CD is chosen in the front of tha book, and its sequence number code is detected by means of a light pen. Subsequently the title portion of the book is opene~, and the desired code(s) is (are) selected from the title list and likewise detected by means of the light pen. The transmission of the code is effected by way of data line or remote transmission to the playback device.
~ variation of this embodiment is shown in Fig. 2. In this instance the ~acket 4' itself bears the se~uence number code 8' and the title code 12', of which only one is illustrated. This simplifies selection, because the title portion of the book need not be opened for every title of a CD.
Incidentally, it is, of course, within the scope of the invention to use a hand scanner as a ligh-t pen, with which possibly pictures from CD jackets can be scanned and stored.
Claims (13)
1. Arrangement for selecting titles from storage media respectively containing a plurality of recording titles in a magazine, particularly CD's in CD boxes containing a plurality of CD's, - wherein the storage media bear a list of the recording titles they contain, and a playback device is provided, - wherein a device of the playback device is provided that permits the playback of selected recording titles from the respective storage media, - wherein a decoding device of the playback device is provided that converts the entered codes into selected recording titles, - wherein a compilation (2), separate from the storage media and the playback unit, of visual codes (8, 12) is provided, which are respectively associated with the individual recording titles of the storage media, - wherein a light pen is provided for reading visual codes, which pen can be connected to the playback device, wherein the read codes are supplied to the decoding device, characterized in that - the light pen for selecting visual codes of recording titles is connected to the decoding device, and - the decoding device is connected to the playback device in such a manner that the decoding device is in a position to transmit the recording titles selected by means of the light pen to the playback device.
2. Arrangement according to claim 1, characterized in that the visual codes (8, 12) are bar codes.
3. Arrangement according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the compilation (2) of the codes is (are) one or a plurality of sheets, particularly in the form of a folder, an album or in book form, bearing the codes (8, 12).
4. Arrangement according to one of claims 1 through 3, characterized in that the codes are provided on stickers.
5. Arrangement according to one of claims 1 through 4 characterized in that the codes (8, 12; 8', 12') include first and second codes, wherein the first codes (8; 8') are respectively associated with a storage medium and the second codes (12; 12') are respectively associated with a recording title of a storage medium in such a manner that the combination of the first and second codas permits an unambiguous identification of all recording titles in one magazine.
6. Arrangement according to one of claims 1 through 5, characterized in that the codes (8', 12') are applied to the jackets (4'), or content lists and/or the storage containers of the storage media.
7. Arrangement according to claim 3 or claim 6 and one of the foregoing claims, characterized in that the jackets (4) are included in the compilations (2).
8. Arrangement according to one of claims 1 through 7, characterized in that a further storage medium is provided for the compilation of the recording titles and their code allocation.
9. Arrangement according to one of claims 1 through 8, characterized in that a diskette is provided for storing the compilation of the recording titles and their code allocation.
10. Arrangement according to one of claims 1 through 9, characterized in that an external input unit and a data line to the playback device are provided for the input of the selected recording title.
11. Arrangement according to one of claims 1 through 10, characterized in that further visual operating codes are provided.
12. Arrangement according to one of claims 1 through 11, characterized in that a display device is provided.
13. Arrangement according to one of claims 1 through 12, characterized in that remote transmission of the read codes to the playback unit is provided.
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