Optical disc device with integrated hard disk drive

Abstract

Optical disc device with integrated hard disk drive includes HDD recording and reproducing portion, DVD recording and reproducing portion, and record restriction process portion that decides whether DVD is disc supporting CPRM and discriminates copy protection information of television broadcasting signal. If “copy once” signal is detected from the copy protection information when it is started to record contents of television broadcasting on DVD that does not support CPRM, recording by hard disk drive is performed instead of recording on DVD. If “copy free” signal is detected from copy protection information while contents are recorded by HDD, recording by hard disk drive is stopped, and recording on DVD is performed. If “copy once” signal is detected from copy protection information while contents are recorded on DVD, recording on DVD is stopped, and recording by HDD is performed.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a block diagram to show a structure of an optical disc device with an integrated HDD and its peripheral equipment according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart to show a recording operation of the optical disc device with an integrated HDD of the present invention when recording on a DVD is designated.

Claims

1. An optical disc device with an integrated hard disk drive, comprising: a hard disk drive recording and reproducing portion for recording and reproducing contents;an optical disc recording and reproducing portion for recording and reproducing contents; anda record restriction process portion that decides whether or not a optical disc is a disc supporting illegal copy prevention and discriminates copy protection information of a television broadcasting signal, whereinif a “copy once” signal is detected from the copy protection information while contents of television broadcasting are recorded on an optical disc that does not support illegal copy prevention, recording on the optical disc is stopped, and recording by the hard disk drive is performed.

2. The optical disc device with an integrated hard disk drive according to claim 1, wherein if a “copy free” signal is detected from the copy protection information while the contents are recorded by the hard disk drive, recording by the hard disk drive is stopped, and recording on the optical disc is performed.

3. The optical disc device with an integrated hard disk drive according to claim 1, wherein if the “copy once” signal is detected from the copy protection information when it is started to record the contents of television broadcasting on an optical disc that does not support illegal copy prevention, recording by the hard disk drive is performed instead of recording on the optical disc.

4. The optical disc device with an integrated hard disk drive according to claim 2, wherein if the “copy once” signal is detected from the copy protection information when it is started to record the contents of television broadcasting on an optical disc that does not support illegal copy prevention, recording by the hard disk drive is performed instead of recording on the optical disc.

5. An optical disc device with an integrated hard disk drive, comprising: a hard disk drive recording and reproducing portion for recording and reproducing contents;a DVD recording and reproducing portion for recording and reproducing contents; anda record restriction process portion that decides whether or not a DVD is a disc supporting CPRM and discriminates copy protection information of a television broadcasting signal, whereinif a “copy once” signal is detected from the copy protection information when it is started to record contents of television broadcasting on a DVD that does not support CPRM, recording by the hard disk drive is performed instead of recording on the DVD, andif a “copy free” signal is detected from the copy protection information while the contents are recorded by the hard disk drive, recording by the hard disk drive is stopped, and recording on the DVD is performed, andif the “copy once” signal is detected from the copy protection information while the contents are recorded on the DVD, recording on the DVD is stopped, and recording by the hard disk drive is performed.