What is claimed is:
1. A digital signal recording apparatus, comprising:
recording means for rewriting programs and character symbols recorded on a record medium having a program area for recording programs and a management area for managing a plurality of character symbols corresponding to the programs;
operating means for allowing the plurality of character symbols to be input when the character symbols are rewritten by said recording means;
displaying means having a display field corresponding to the plurality of character symbols that are input by said operating means; and
controlling means for causing said recording means to record the plurality of character symbols that are input by said operating means to the management area in such a manner that the plurality of character symbols correlate with the programs.
2. The digital signal recording apparatus as set forth in claim 1,
wherein said controlling means has means for automatically converting a character symbol that is input by said operating means into another character symbol of the plurality of character symbols.
3. The digital signal recording apparatus as set forth in claim 1,
wherein said controlling means has means for causing said recording means to rewrite each of the plurality of character symbols displayed on said displaying means.
4. The digital signal recording apparatus as set forth in claim 1,
wherein said displaying means displays at least a title of the record medium.
5. The digital signal recording apparatus as set forth in claim 1,
wherein said displaying means displays at least a title of each program recorded on the record medium.
6. The digital signal recording apparatus as set forth in claim 1,
wherein said displaying means displays at least an artist name of the record medium.
7. The digital signal recording apparatus as set forth in claim 1,
wherein the character symbols displayed on said displaying means are character symbols in different language formats.
8. The digital signal recording apparatus as set forth in claim 1,
wherein the character symbols displayed on said displaying means are character symbols in different character formats of the same language format.
9. The digital signal recording apparatus as set forth in claim 1,
wherein the record medium is a rewritable magnetic optical disc, and
wherein the management area is sector 1 and sector 4 of a U-TOC (User Table Of Content) area of the rewritable magnetic optical disc.
10. A digital signal reproducing apparatus, comprising:
reproducing means for reproducing programs and character symbols from a record medium having a program area for recording programs and a management area for managing a plurality of character symbols corresponding to the programs;
storing means for storing the plurality of character symbols in such a manner that the plurality of character symbols correlate with the programs; and
displaying means having a display field corresponding to the plurality of character symbols that are recorded to said recording means.
11. The digital signal reproducing apparatus as set forth in claim 10, further comprising:
operating means for causing said reproducing means to reproduce programs corresponding to character symbols displayed on said displaying means.
12. The digital signal reproducing apparatus as set forth in claim 10,
wherein said displaying means displays at least a title of the record medium.
13. The digital signal reproducing apparatus as set forth in claim 10,
wherein said displaying means displays at least a title of each program recorded on the record medium.
14. The digital signal reproducing apparatus as set forth in claim 10,
wherein said displaying means displays at least an artist name of the record medium.
15. The digital signal reproducing apparatus as set forth in claim 10,
wherein the character symbols displayed on said displaying means are character symbols in different language formats.
16. The digital signal reproducing apparatus as set forth in claim 10,
wherein the character symbols displayed on said displaying means are character symbols in different character formats of the same language format.
17. A remote controlling apparatus, comprising:
operating means for inputting a plurality of character symbols that are transmitted to a unit to be controlled;
displaying means having a display field corresponding to the plurality of character symbols that are input by said operating means;
storing means for storing the plurality of character symbols that are input by said operating means; and
transmitting means for transmitting the plurality of character symbols stored in said storing means to the unit to be controlled along with an identifier that represents the unit to be controlled.
18. The remote controlling apparatus as set forth in claim 17,
wherein the unit to be controlled has:
receiving means for receiving the plurality of character symbols received from said transmitting means and the identifier;
identifying means for identifying the identifier received by said receiving means; and
storing means for storing the plurality of character symbols received by said receiving means, and
wherein said storing means of the unit to be controlled stores the plurality of character symbols corresponding to the identifier identified by said identifying means.
19. The remote controlling apparatus as set forth in claim 17, further comprising:
controlling means for automatically converting a character symbol that is input by said operating means into another character symbol of the plurality of character symbols.
20. The remote controlling apparatus as set forth in claim 17,
wherein said transmitting means transmits a command for causing the unit to be controlled to reproduce a program corresponding to a character symbol displayed by said displaying means.
21. The remote controlling apparatus as set forth in claim 17,
wherein said transmitting means transmits a command for causing the unit to be controlled to rewrite a character symbol corresponding to each of the plurality of character symbols displayed on said displaying means.
22. The remote controlling apparatus as set forth in claim 17,
wherein said operating means is character inputting means connected to the unit to be controlled through a predetermined interface.
23. The remote controlling apparatus as set forth in claim 17,
wherein said operating means is a touch panel.
24. The remote controlling apparatus as set forth in claim 17,
wherein said displaying means displays at least a title of the record medium loaded to the unit to be controlled.
25. The remote controlling apparatus as set forth in claim 17,
wherein said displaying means displays at least a title of each program recorded on the record medium loaded to the unit to be controlled.
26. The remote controlling apparatus as set forth in claim 17,
wherein said displaying means displays at least an artist name of the record medium loaded to the unit to be controlled.
27. The remote controlling apparatus as set forth in claim 17,
wherein the character symbols displayed on said displaying means are character symbols in different language formats.
28. The remote controlling apparatus as set forth in claim 17,
wherein the character symbols displayed on said displaying means are character symbols in different character formats of the same language format.
29. A digital signal recording method, comprising the steps of:
(a) recording programs and character symbols to a record medium having a program area for recording programs and a management area for managing a plurality of character symbols corresponding to the programs;
(b) inputting the plurality of character symbols recorded at step (a); and
(c) displaying the plurality of character symbols that are input at step (b) on a predetermined display field.
30. A digital signal reproducing method, comprising the steps of:
(a) reproducing programs and character symbols from a record medium having a program area for recording programs and a management area for managing a plurality of character symbols corresponding to the programs;
(b) storing the plurality of character symbols in such a manner that the plurality of character symbols correlate with the programs; and
(c) displaying the plurality of character symbols that are recorded at step (b) to a display field.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An air cycle machine, comprising:
a compressor section having a variable area diffuser;
a turbine section having an inlet nozzle with a variable size;
a motor to drive the compressor; and
a common rotating shaft on which the compressor section, the turbine section and the motor are mounted,
the turbine section driving rotation of the shaft to drive the compressor section with the motor.
2. The air cycle machine according to claim 1, wherein the compressor section, the turbine section and the motor are each supported on air bearings.
3. The air cycle machine according to claim 1, wherein the variable size of the inlet nozzle is set according to operation of a predefined number of packs.
4. The air cycle machine according to claim 1, wherein the motor comprises an integrally cooled motor.
5. The air cycle machine according to claim 4, further comprising a heat exchanger coupled to the motor.
6. The air cycle machine according to claim 5, wherein a first cooling flow is tapped from an inlet of the compressor section and exited downstream form the heat exchanger.
7. The air cycle machine according to claim 5, wherein a second cooling flow is tapped from an outlet of the compressor section for air bearing cooling.
8. An air cycle machine, comprising:
a compressor section having a variable area diffuser to compress inlet air;
a turbine section having an inlet nozzle with a variable size to receive the compressed air from the compressor section and to expand the air for use in an aircraft cabin;
a motor to drive the compressor; and
a common rotating shaft on which the compressor section, the turbine section and the motor are operably mounted,
the turbine section driving rotation of the shaft to provide additional drive power to the compressor section along with that of the motor.
9. The air cycle machine according to claim 8, wherein the compressor section, the turbine section and the motor are each supported on air bearings.
10. The air cycle machine according to claim 8, wherein the variable size of the inlet nozzle is set according to operation of a predefined number of packs.
11. The air cycle machine according to claim 8, wherein the motor comprises an integrally cooled motor.
12. The air cycle machine according to claim 11, further comprising a heat exchanger coupled to the motor.
13. The air cycle machine according to claim 12, wherein a first cooling flow is tapped from an inlet of the compressor section and exited downstream form the heat exchanger.
14. The air cycle machine according to claim 12, wherein a second cooling flow is tapped from an outlet of the compressor section for air bearing cooling.
15. An air cycle machine for use in a RAM engine in an aircraft, comprising:
a compressor section having a variable area diffuser to compress RAM inlet air;
a turbine section having an inlet nozzle with a variable size to receive the compressed air from the compressor section and to expand the air for use in a cabin of the aircraft;
a motor to drive the compressor; and
a common rotating shaft on which the compressor section, the turbine section and the motor are operably mounted,
the turbine section driving rotation of the shaft to provide additional drive power to the compressor section along with that of the motor.
16. The air cycle machine according to claim 15, wherein the compressor section, the turbine section and the motor are each supported on air bearings.
17. The air cycle machine according to claim 15, wherein the variable size of the inlet nozzle is set according to operation of a predefined number of packs.
18. The air cycle machine according to claim 15, wherein the motor comprises an integrally cooled motor.
19. The air cycle machine according to claim 18, further comprising a heat exchanger coupled to the motor.
20. The air cycle machine according to claim 19, wherein a first cooling flow is tapped from an inlet of the compressor section and exited downstream form the heat exchanger and a second cooling flow is tapped from an outlet of the compressor section for air bearing cooling.