Apparatus for reproducing information recorded on a compact disc onto a recording medium having two running directions

#1. Field of the Invention

#The present invention relates to an information reproducing and recording apparatus, and more particularly to an apparatus which can record information from an information reproducing apparatus to an information recording apparatus without any omission of the information while reversing the driving direction of the recording medium in the recording apparatus.

#2. Description of the Related Art

#FIG. 1 is a circuit block diagram of a preferred embodiment of the information reproducing and recording apparatus in accordance with a present invention.

#FIG. 2 is a front view showing a compact disc palyer as the information reproducing apparatus and a double cassette tape recorder as the information recording apparatus.

#FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 are timing charts showing the operations of the information reproducing and recording apparatus embodying the present invention.

#A preferred embodiment of the present invention is described with reference to FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. 3. As shown in FIG. 1, an information reproducing apparatus 6 comprises a compact disc reproducing apparatus 22 having a light pickup 23. The information reproducing apparatus 6 also contains edge detection means 5 for detecting edges of an input pulse thereto and outputting timing signals to the reproducing start control means 21 and pause control means 24. The reproducing start control means 21 outputs control signals to the compact disc reproducing apparatus 22 and recording start control means 7 in the information recording apparatus 13, to synchronize the reproduction and recording functions and to start the information recording apparatus 13 prior to the start of the information reproducing apparatus 6. The pause control means 24 outputs a signal pausing the operation of the compact disc reproducing apparatus 22. The information recording apparatus 13 also comprises a recording head 9 and a tape driving means 8. When a start control signal, from the reproducing start control means 21, is input to the recording start control means 7, the control means 7 signals the recording head 9 and the tape driving means 8 to reverse their driving direction. The information recording apparatus 13 further comprises tape end detection means 10 which issues a tape end signal at detection of the tape end to driving reversing means 11, which reverses the driving direction of the tape driving means 8 and the recording head 9. The tape end detection means 10 further issues a signal to a pulse signal generation means 12, which after a predetermined time period, issues a pulse signal to the edge detection means 5 in the information reproducing apparatus 6. Tape end detection means 12 is, for instance, a reflection type photocoupler or the like sensor means.

#FIG. 2 is a front view showing front panels of the information reproducing apparatus 6 which is a CD player and the information recording apparatus 13 which is an auotmatic reversing cassette tape recorder. The information reproducing apparatus 6 has a function key 16 which can serve as a key for the reproducing start control means 21 and also as the pause control means 24. That is, when the information reproducing apparatus 6 is not yet started for the information reproducing, the apparatus is started by pushing the key 16, by a function of a known relay switch (not shown), thus functioning as the reproducing start control means 21. When the information reproducing apparatus 6 is in a reproducing state, a push of the key 16 enables the functioning of the pause control means 24. Further, a key 17 on the information recording apparatus 13 enables the functioning of the recording start control means 7. The cable 18 contains connections from the reproducing start control means 21 to the recording start control means 7, from the light pickup 23 to the recording head 9 and from the pulse signal generation means 12 to the edge detection means 5.

#The operation of the above-mentioned embodiment is as follows: First a compact disc or an optical disc having suitable information thereon is installed in the compact disc reproducing apparatus 22, and a cassette tape is installed in the information recording apparatus 13. Then, by pushing the key 16, a start control signal is issued from the reproducing start control means 21 to the compact disc reproducing apparatus 22. Then, the compact disc reproducing apparatus 22 starts reproducing the information stored on the compact disc by the light pickup 23, after 0.4-0.5 sec. from the reception of the start control signal. Simultaneously with the reception of the start control signal by the compact disc reproducing apparatus 22, the start control signal is given to the recording start control means 7. The recording start control means 7 starts the head 9 and the tape driving means 8. Thus, the starting time of the recording on the cassette tape, in the information recording apparatus is set 0.4-0.5 sec. prior to the start of information leading by the light pickup 23. Accordingly, the information which is picked up by the light pickup 23 from the optical disc is recorded to the cassette tape without fear of omitting its starting part, as a result of the above-mentioned 0.4-0.5 sec. delaying of the start of the compact disc reproducing apparatus.