JP2006173796A - Edit apparatus, edit method, and edit program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an edit apparatus, an edit method, and an edit program whereby the visibility is enhanced. <P>SOLUTION: A display apparatus 162 displays a window 110 including: a first reproduction slider bar 122 whose display magnification can freely be changed in response to a user operation; and a second reproduction slider bar 123 whose display magnification is fixed, and displays a reduced image R resulting from an original image whose size is reduced at a voice position with which the original image is associated, and also displays a bookmark S at a position corresponding to the voice position along the second reproduction slider bar 123. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an editing apparatus, an editing method, and an editing program, and is particularly suitable for being applied to an editing apparatus that edits management information for managing the audio position of image information associated with one or more audio positions in audio information. Is.

  Conventionally, there is an IC recorder as a portable sound storage device. The IC recorder collects external sound with a built-in microphone, and compresses and encodes the obtained sound data into a built-in semiconductor memory or a loaded external memory.

  Such an IC recorder has a small size and light weight and is excellent in portability. Therefore, in recent years, the IC recorder is widely used as a personal use voice memo device while being used in a business scene such as a meeting or a meeting.

Further, in recent years, a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) camera is mounted, and image information of an image captured by the CCD camera during recording can be stored in association with the audio position at that time. An IC recorder with a camera that can be easily accessed is proposed by the present applicant.
Japanese Patent Application No. 2004-256199

  By the way, recent IC recorders have a function capable of reproducing or editing on a personal computer an audio file of recorded audio stored in the IC recorder and image information associated with the audio file. A CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read Only Memory) in which application software is recorded is included as an accessory.

  Then, the user installs the application software in his / her personal computer and starts it to display a predetermined graphical user interface (hereinafter simply referred to as GUI (Graphical User Interface)) on the display of the personal computer. Using this GUI, the audio position of the image information associated with the audio file of the recorded audio stored in the IC recorder connected to the personal computer via the cable can be edited. .

  However, when editing the audio position or the like of the image information associated with the audio file of the recorded audio stored in the IC recorder in this way on the personal computer, the audio and the image having a marking function for the audio There is a strong demand for intuitive understanding of the relationship.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and intends to propose an editing apparatus, an editing method, and an editing program capable of improving visibility.

  In order to solve this problem, in the present invention, an image is changed to a predetermined image size in an editing apparatus that edits management information for managing the sound position of image information associated with one or more sound positions in the sound information. Generating means for generating the changed image, a first slider bar that represents the current reproduction position of the audio information and can freely change the display magnification according to the user operation, the reproduction position, and the display magnification A window display means for displaying a window including a fixed second slider bar, and a changed image is displayed at an audio position associated with the image along the first slider bar displayed on the window display means. In addition, image display means for displaying a predetermined mark at a position corresponding to the sound position is provided along the second slider bar.

  As a result, according to this editing apparatus, since the relationship between the image and the audio position can be expressed as a slider bar as a whole and relatively, the user can recognize the relationship intuitively at a glance. .

  In the present invention, in the editing method for editing the management information for managing the sound position of the image information associated with one or more sound positions in the sound information, the image is changed to a predetermined image size. A first slider bar that represents the current reproduction position of the audio information and the display magnification can be changed according to a user operation, and represents the reproduction position, and the display magnification is fixed. A second step of displaying a window including a second slider bar; and displaying the changed image at the audio position associated with the image along the displayed first slider bar, and the second step A third step of displaying a predetermined mark at a position corresponding to the voice position is provided along the slider bar.

  As a result, according to this editing method, the relationship between the image and the sound position can be expressed as a whole and relatively on the slider bar, so that the user can recognize the relationship intuitively at a glance. .

  Furthermore, in the present invention, in the editing program for editing the management information for managing the sound position of the image information associated with one or more sound positions in the sound information, the changed image is obtained by changing the image to a predetermined image size. A first slider bar that represents the current reproduction position of the audio information and can freely change the display magnification according to a user operation, and represents the reproduction position, and the display magnification is fixed. A second process for displaying a window including a second slider bar, and a changed image is displayed at the audio position associated with the image along the displayed first slider bar, and the second The computer is caused to execute a third process for displaying a predetermined mark at a position corresponding to the voice position along the slider bar.

  As a result, according to this editing program, since the relationship between the image and the sound position can be expressed as a slider bar as a whole and relatively, the user can recognize the relationship intuitively at a glance. .

  According to the present invention, in an editing apparatus, an editing method, and an editing program for editing audio information in which an image is associated with one or a plurality of audio positions and image information of the image, A window that includes a first slider bar that represents a reproduction position of the first display bar and a display magnification that can be changed according to a user operation; and a second slider bar that represents the reproduction position and the display magnification is fixed; A changed image obtained by changing the image size of the image is displayed along the displayed first slider bar at the audio position associated with the image, and the audio position is displayed along the second slider bar. Since the predetermined mark is displayed at the corresponding position, the relationship between the image and the sound position can be expressed on the slider bar as a whole and relatively. It can be intuitively recognized at a glance relation to the user, thus it is possible to improve the visibility.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(1) External appearance configuration of camera-equipped IC recorder 1 according to this embodiment (1-1) External appearance configuration of camera-equipped IC recorder 1 In FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, reference numeral 1 denotes an IC recorder 1 with a camera according to the present embodiment as a whole. An LCD cover 4 to which a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) camera 3 is attached is slidably disposed upward (in the direction of the arrow z) on an upper portion of a vertically long main body 2 that is round as a whole. Yes.

  In the main body 2, sound collecting holes 5A and 5B are formed on the left and right sides of the upper part of the back surface 2A, and microphones 20A and 20B (FIG. 5) are accommodated in the sound collecting holes, respectively. Thus, the microphones 20A and 20B can collect external sound through the corresponding sound collecting holes 5A and 5B.

  In addition, a recording button 6A is provided at the middle position of the front surface 2B of the main body 2. By pressing this recording button 6A, the recording operation of the external sound collected by the microphones 20A and 20B is started. It is made to be able to let you.

  Further, an LCD 7 composed of a high-resolution color liquid crystal display is disposed at the upper position of the front surface 2B of the main body 2 as shown in FIG. 3, and the LCD cover 4 is drawn upward as shown in FIG. In a state where the camera cover 8 of the LCD cover 4 is rotated so that the CCD camera 3 is exposed as will be described later, the live view button 6B disposed on the lower side of the LCD 7 is pressed to operate the CCD. A moving image photographed by the camera 3 can be displayed on the LCD 7.

  Further, a camera shutter button 6C is disposed on the left side of the live view button 6B of the main unit 2 and is displayed on the LCD 7 by pressing the camera shutter button 6C while a moving image is displayed on the LCD 7. Of the moving images, a still image for one frame at the moment of pressing the camera shutter button 6C can be captured and stored.

  On the other hand, a menu button 6D is disposed on the right side surface 2C of the main body 2, and a predetermined menu screen can be displayed on the LCD 7 by pressing the menu button 6D. Further, a jog lever 6E is disposed below the menu button 6D on the right side surface 2C of the main body 2. The jog lever 6E is displayed in the menu screen by operating the jog lever 6E in the vertical and horizontal directions. A desired option can be selected from the various options that have been selected, or the option can be determined as a selection target.

  Further, a stop button 6F is disposed below the jog lever 6E on the right side surface 2C of the main body 2, and a volume button 6G is disposed below the stop button 6F. The stop button 6F The recording operation and the playback operation can be stopped by pressing the button, and the speaker 31 (located on the back side of the LCD 7 at this time can be pressed by pressing the upper or lower side of the volume button 6G during the playback operation. The volume of the reproduced sound output from FIG. 5) can be increased or decreased.

  Further, a USB (Universal Serial Bus) connector 10 is disposed below the power supply connector 9 on the left side surface 2D of the main body 2, and is connected to an external device such as a personal computer via the USB connector 10. It has been made so that it can. As a result, the camera-equipped IC recorder 1 outputs the audio data of the recorded audio and the image data of the recorded image stored in the IC recorder 1 with the camera to the external device connected to the USB. In addition, audio data and image data given from the external device can be captured.

  On the other hand, a cylindrical camera cover 8 is rotatably disposed on the upper portion of the LCD cover unit 4, and the above-described CCD camera 3 has its optical axis at a predetermined position of the camera cover 8. The camera cover 8 is attached in a direction perpendicular to the central axis.

  Thus, in this IC recorder with camera 1, the camera cover 8 is positioned at the origin position where the CCD camera 3 faces downward to protect the CCD camera 3 when not in use. By rotating the camera in the direction and positioning the CCD camera 3 at the front position on the back surface 2A side of the main body 2, a desired image can be taken while viewing the moving image displayed on the LCD 7. Yes.

(1-2) Internal Configuration of IC Recorder 1 with Camera FIG. 4 shows the internal configuration of the IC recorder 1 with camera.

  In the camera-equipped IC recorder 1, when the power is turned on, external sound is collected by the microphones 20 </ b> A and 20 </ b> B, and the obtained sound signal S <b> 1 is passed through an amplifier 21 to AD (Analog / Digital) / DA (Digital / Analog). Input to the converter 22. Further, the AD / DA converter 22 sequentially converts the supplied audio signal S1 into digital conversion processing, and sequentially transmits the obtained audio data D1 to the data processing and control unit 23.

  The data processing and control unit 23 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 24 that controls the entire IC recorder 1 with camera, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 25 that stores various programs, and a RAM (Work Memory of the CPU 24). A control unit 27 having a microcomputer configuration including a Random Access Memory) 26, and a DSP (Digital Signal Processor) 28 having a data compression / decompression function for audio data D1 and image data D3 described later.

  The control unit 27 of the data processing and control unit 23 includes the recording button 6A, live view button 6B, camera shutter button 6C, menu button 6D, jog lever 6E, stop button 6F, and volume switch 6G that constitute the operation unit. When any one of these is operated, an operation input signal S2 corresponding thereto is given from the operation unit 6 (6A to 6G).

  Further, the control unit 27 receives a first sensor (not shown) provided in the LCD cover unit 4 in a closed state in which the LCD cover unit 4 is closed as shown in FIG. 1 and an open state in which the LCD cover unit 4 is opened as shown in FIG. An LCD cover state signal S3 indicating which state is present is given, and the rotation state of the camera cover 8 is exposed from the second sensor (not shown) provided in the LCD cover unit 4 so that the CCD camera 3 is exposed. A camera cover state signal S4 indicating whether the closed state or the open state where the CCD camera 3 is exposed is provided.

  Thus, the CPU 24 of the control unit 27 recognizes the contents of the user's operation based on the operation input signal S2, and the current LCD cover unit 4 and camera cover 8 based on the LCD camera cover state signal S3 and the camera cover state signal S4. A state is detected, and a corresponding control process is executed based on these recognitions and detection results.

  In practice, when the CPU 24 detects that at least one of the LCD cover unit 4 and the camera cover 8 is in a closed state, the CPU 24 recognizes that the recording button 6A has been pressed, and changes the operation mode. By changing to the recording mode and controlling the DSP 28, the audio data D1 output from the AD / DA converter 22 is subjected to audio compression processing conforming to a predetermined audio compression method such as LPEC (registered trademark of Sony Corporation). The compressed audio data D2 obtained is sequentially stored in the built-in flash memory 29.

  Further, when the CPU 24 recognizes that the stop button 6F has been pressed thereafter, the CPU 24 controls the DSP 28 to stop the audio compression processing for the audio data D1 given from the AD / DA converter 22, while at that time by the user. A new message folder (“03072400” to “03072408” in FIG. 6) is generated in the selected folder (“FOLDER1” to “FOLDER3” in FIG. 6) to be described later, and the compressed audio data D2 is converted into a file. The obtained audio file (“03072400.MSV” in FIG. 6) is stored in the business folder. Further, the CPU stores the management information of the business folder in a management file MSF (FIG. 7) described later.

  On the other hand, when the CPU 24 detects that both the LCD cover unit 4 and the camera cover 8 are in the open state, the CPU 24 shifts the operation mode to the camera mode and controls the CCD camera 3 to activate the CCD camera 3. . As a result, the image signal S5 about the scene photographed by the CCD camera 3 at that time is sequentially output from the CCD camera 3 and is supplied to the data processing and control unit 23.

  When the CPU 24 recognizes that the live view button 6B has been pressed in this state, the CPU 24 controls the DSP 28 accordingly. Thus, at this time, the DSP 28 sequentially converts the image signal S5 supplied from the CCD camera 3 and sends the obtained image data D3 to the LCD 7. As a result, based on the image data D3, the moving image of the scene being shot by the CCD camera 3 at that time is displayed on the LCD 7 in real time.

  Further, when the CPU 24 subsequently recognizes that the camera shutter button 6C has been pressed in this state, it controls the DSP 28 accordingly. Thus, at this time, the DSP 28 captures the image data D3 of the still image for one frame at the moment when the camera shutter button 6C obtained based on the image data D3 is pressed, and for example, JPEG ( Image compression processing conforming to a predetermined image compression method such as Joint Photographic Experts Group) is performed, and the obtained compressed image data D4 is stored in the flash memory 29.

  Thereafter, the CPU 24 generates a new business folder in the folder selected by the user at that time, and the image file (“P0000000.JPG” to “P0000003.JPG” in FIG. 6) including the compressed image data D4. ) Is stored in the business folder, and the management information of the business folder is stored in the management file MSF.

  On the other hand, when the CPU 24 detects that both the LCD cover unit 4 and the camera cover 8 are in the open state, when the CPU 24 recognizes that the recording button 6A has been pressed, the operation mode is changed to the recording / recording mode. The DSP 28 is controlled in response to the transition.

  At this time, the DSP 28 sequentially performs predetermined audio compression processing on the audio data D1 supplied from the AD / DA converter 22 in the same manner as in the recording mode described above, and stores the obtained compressed audio data D2 in the flash memory 29. . At this time, the DSP 28 sequentially digitally converts the image signal S5 given from the CCD camera 3 and sends the obtained image data D3 to the LCD 7, as in the camera mode described above. As a result, on the LCD 7, a moving image of the scene taken by the CCD camera 3 at that time based on the image data D3 is displayed in real time.

  Further, when the CPU 24 subsequently recognizes that the camera shutter button 6C has been pressed in this state, it controls the DSP 28 accordingly. At this time, as in the camera mode, the DSP 28 takes in the image data D3 of the still image for one frame at the moment when the camera shutter button 6C obtained based on the image signal S5 given from the CCD camera 3 is pressed. Image compression processing is performed on the captured image data D3.

  Further, the DSP 28 uses the compressed image data D4 obtained by the image compression processing thereafter as an image (hereinafter referred to as a bookmark image) as a mark when searching the moment when the camera shutter button 6C is pressed. ) Of the compressed audio data D4 stored in the flash memory 29 at that time in association with the corresponding positions of the compressed audio data D2 and stored in the flash memory 29.

  Then, when the CPU 24 recognizes that the stop button 6F has been pressed, a new business folder is generated in the folder selected by the user at that time, and an audio file composed of the compressed audio data D2 and Each image file composed of the above-described compressed image data D4 associated with the audio file is stored in the business folder, and management information of the business folder is stored in the management file MSF.

  In this manner, the camera-equipped IC recorder 1 can record not only voice and still images independently, but also can record still images as bookmark images in association with the voice being recorded. .

  The IC recorder with camera 1 can search for a desired message folder and a desired voice position in the message folder based on the bookmark image recorded in association with the voice in this way.

  In practice, the CPU 24 presses the jog lever 6E to select a desired message folder in the desired folder (hereinafter referred to as a message folder selection window) or its message folder. When it is recognized that a display command for selecting a desired bookmark image in the image (hereinafter referred to as a bookmark image selection screen) is input, the corresponding image data D3 is read from the ROM 25 and sent to the LCD 7. As a result, a message folder selection screen 32 as shown in FIG. 5 and a bookmark image selection screen 33 (FIG. 5) having the same configuration as the message folder selection screen 32 are displayed on the LCD 7.

In this case, when displaying the message folder selection screen 32 on the LCD 7, the CPU 24 displays a typical bookmark image (hereinafter referred to as “this”) for each message folder in the folder. reading the image file of the representative image hereinafter) (the compressed image data D4) from the flash memory 29, and which was processed decoded DSP 28, the thumbnail images P ₁ to P ₆ of a predetermined based on the image data D3 obtained size create.

Then, as shown in FIG. 5, the CPU 24 displays a list of thumbnail images P _{1 to} P ₆ for each message folder thus obtained in the message folder selection screen 32. At this time, a predetermined icon is displayed instead of the thumbnail image for a business folder that does not include a still image of only sound.

Further, when the jog lever 6E is subsequently operated to select one thumbnail image P _{1 to} P ₆ in the message folder selection screen 32, the CPU 24 responds based on the management file MSF (FIG. 7) described above. The audio file (compressed audio data D2) in the message folder to be read is read from the flash memory 29, and is decoded by the DSP.

  As a result, the audio data D1 obtained by the decoding process is output from the DSP 28, converted into an analog signal by the AD / DA converter 22, and the obtained audio signal S6 is supplied to the speaker 31 via the amplifier 30. Thereby, the sound based on this sound signal S6 is output from the speaker 31 at this time.

Similarly, when displaying the bookmark image selection screen 33 (FIG. 5) on the LCD 7, the CPU 24 selects an image file (compressed image) of each bookmark image in the corresponding business folder based on the management file MSF. reads data D4) from the flash memory 29, if these were processed decoded DSP 28, create respective thumbnail images _P 1 to P ₆ of a predetermined size based on each image data D3 obtained. Then, the CPU 24 displays a list of the thumbnail images P _{1 to} P ₆ for each bookmark image obtained in this way in the bookmark image selection screen 33.

The CPU24 is thereafter jog lever 6E is operated and one of the thumbnail images _P 1 to P ₆ in the bookmark image selection screen 33 is selected, the thumbnail image _P 1 ~ in the corresponding audio file from the flash memory 29 reads the compressed audio data D2 of the audio portion after that is associated with the original bookmark image of P _6, it is decoding it to DSP 28.

  As a result, the audio data D1 obtained by the decoding process is output from the DSP 28, converted into an analog signal by the AD / DA converter 22, and the obtained audio signal S6 is supplied to the speaker 31 via the amplifier 30. Thereby, based on this audio signal S6, the audio after the audio position associated with the bookmark image selected by the user in the selected business folder is output from the speaker 31.

  In this way, in this IC recorder with camera 1, based on the representative image of the business folder and each bookmark image in the business folder, the desired business folder and the desired audio position in the business folder can be quickly displayed. It is designed to be easily accessible.

(1-3) Directory Structure of Data Management Format in IC Recorder 1 with Camera Next, the voice cape format, which is a data management format for compressed audio data D2 and compressed video data D4, employed in the IC recorder 1 with camera The directory structure of (Voiscape Format) will be described.

  FIG. 6 shows the directory structure of such a voice cape format. As shown in FIG. 6, an audio file of recorded audio (“03072400.MSV”) and an image file of bookmark images (“P0000000.JPG” to “P0000003.JPG”) recorded in association therewith are “MSSONY”. Is stored in a folder called “VOISCAPE” created in a folder called “.”

  The folders ("FOLDER1" to "FOLDER3") that store the business folders exist in this "VOISCAPE", and the user selects the desired folder as the storage location for the recorded audio files from these folders. Or create a new folder.

  “VOISCAPE” also stores the management file MSF (“MSGLIST.MSF”) for managing the created business folder. As shown in FIG. 7, this management file MSF has a 32 [Byte] header (“Header”) in which the date, hour, minute, second and day of the week when the management file MSF was last edited are described. Folder entry ("Folder Entry") describing the folder name etc. of each folder ("FOLDER1" to "FOLDER3"), and the folder name of each business folder created in that folder and the creation of that business folder A message entry (“Message Entry”) in which the date and time are described has a data structure in which each folder is sequentially described.

  In this voice cape format, when a new folder or a new business folder is created, a folder entry or message entry in which various management information as described above is described is always registered in the management file MSF. As a result, in this voice cape format, it is possible to reliably and quickly search in which folder the desired business folder is based on the management file MSF.

  Furthermore, in each folder (“FOLDER1” to “FOLDER3”), one or more business folders (“03072400” to “03072408”) are created according to the usage status of each user. In addition, an audio file ("03072400.MSV") of compressed audio data D2 obtained by recording and an image file ("P0000000.JPG" to "P0000003" of compressed image data D4 of each bookmark image taken during the recording. .JPG ") and an image management file PIN (" 03072400.PIN ") for managing each image file. Such an audio file has the same file format as the audio file format adopted in the existing IC recorder.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the image management file PIN includes a plurality of picture entries after a header (“Header”) describing the date, hour, minute, second and day of the week when the image management file PIN was last edited. (“Picture Entry”).

  In this case, in the first picture entry, when a representative image is set, the file name of the image file of the bookmark image and the corresponding position (hour / minute / second) with respect to the audio file (audio data D1) of the bookmark image ) Etc. are described. If a representative image is not set, zero data is stored in all parts of the first picture entry other than the picture ID indicating that the area described at the head of each picture entry is a picture entry. Stored.

  In the second and subsequent picture entries, the file name of the image file of each bookmark image taken during recording of the corresponding sound and the corresponding position (hour, minute and second) of the bookmark image with respect to the sound are described. The In this case, since the second and subsequent picture entries are sequentially added after each new bookmark image file is recorded, the arrangement order of the second and subsequent picture entries in the image management file PIN is changed. The order of the position where the image file is associated from the head of the corresponding sound as it is is represented.

  In this way, in this voice cape format, it is possible to search for the corresponding position of the representative image of each business folder and the sound of each bookmark image based on the image management file PIN. In addition, when the audio file and the image file of each bookmark image associated therewith are stored in the same folder (business folder), the data is taken into an external personal computer and viewed with Explorer. In addition, it is easy to recognize the relationship between the audio file and the image file, and as a result, the user can be prevented from deleting the audio file and the image file by mistake.

(2) Configuration of the message folder editing system 40 according to the present embodiment (2-1) Configuration of the message folder editing system 40 FIG. 9 shows various settings for the IC recorder 1 with camera, and messages 1 shows a business folder editing system 40 that allows a personal computer 1 to add or copy a folder, or view or edit a business folder stored in the IC recorder 1 with camera. The business folder editing system 40 is configured by connecting the IC recorder with camera 1 and the personal computer 41 via a USB cable.

  The personal computer 41 is a general-purpose computer installed in a general home. As shown in FIG. 10, the CPU 50, a ROM 51 storing various programs, a RAM 52 as a work memory of the CPU 50, and a hard disk storing various application software. The apparatus 53, an image processing unit 54 that performs predetermined signal processing on image data, an audio processing unit 55 that performs predetermined signal processing such as digital / analog conversion processing on audio data, an interface 56, and a USB connector 57 are buses. A main body 59 is configured by being connected to each other via 58. A keyboard 60 and a mouse 61 are connected to the interface 56, a display 62 is connected to the image processing unit 54, and a speaker 63 is connected to the audio processing unit 55.

  Further, the hard disk device 53 is installed with what is recorded on a CD-ROM from the manufacturer of the IC recorder 1 with camera, or is downloaded from the homepage of the manufacturer through a network such as the Internet as described above. Application software having a function of viewing or editing a business folder (hereinafter referred to as a business folder editing application) is stored.

  When the activation command for the application for editing the business folder is input by operating the keyboard 60 or the mouse 61, the CPU 50 reads the business folder editing application from the hard disk device 53 and expands it in the RAM 52.

  Further, the CPU 50 thereafter controls the image processing unit 54 as necessary based on the application for editing the business folder and the user's operation, so that the main window 70 (FIG. 11) and the editing window (FIG. 15) described later are controlled. ) And the like are displayed on the display 62, while communicating with the camera-equipped IC recorder 1 connected via the USB connector 57 as necessary, thereby allowing the camera-equipped IC recorder 1 to The file data of the business folder and the file data of the management file MSF described above with reference to FIG. 7 are read and written, and various settings corresponding to the user operation are performed on the IC recorder 1 with camera.

  Further, when the CPU 50 reads the file data of the business folder or the file data of the management file MSF from the IC recorder 1 with camera, if necessary, the image file data of the corresponding bookmark image in the business folder (hereinafter referred to as “file data”). This is referred to as image file data), or given management data based on the file data of the management file is provided to the image processing unit 54, whereby the image and management information based on the image file data and management data are displayed on the display 62. Displayed at the corresponding position in the GUI. Further, the CPU 50 gives the audio processing unit 55 the file data (hereinafter referred to as audio file data) of the audio file in the business folder read from the IC recorder 1 with the camera as necessary, and thereby the audio file. A sound based on the data is output from the speaker 31.

(2-2) Configuration of Main Window 70 Here, the CPU 50 communicates with the IC recorder 1 with the camera via the USB cable 42 when starting the application for editing the business folder, thereby managing the file MSF (FIG. 7). 11 is read from the camera-equipped IC recorder 1 and thereafter the image processing unit 54 is controlled based on the file data of the management file MSF, so that the main window 70 as shown in FIG. Display.

  The main window 70 includes a toolbar 71, an IC recorder information display unit 72, a personal computer information display unit 73, a thumbnail display unit 74, and a player unit 75. The toolbar 71 includes "file" and "edit". And the item name of the content that can be performed by this application for editing the business folder such as “display” and the icon of the content are displayed.

  Then, the user can display a predetermined setting window (not shown) on the main window 70 by clicking on the icon 71A associated with the IC recorder setting function displayed on the toolbar 71, Various settings of the camera-equipped IC recorder 1 can be performed using this setting window.

  The IC recorder information display unit 72 includes a device selection combo box 80, a remaining amount display field 81, a folder information display field 82, and a requirement folder display field 83, and the IC recorder 1 with camera read from the IC recorder 1 with camera. And the model name of the IC recorder 1 with camera are displayed at the top, and the remaining recordable time of the IC recorder 1 with camera is displayed in the remaining amount display field 81.

  Further, in the IC recorder information display section 72, each folder ("FOLDER1" in FIG. 6) set in the camera-equipped IC recorder 1 based on the file data of the management foil MSF (FIG. 7) read from the IC recorder 1 with camera. ”To“ FOLDER 4 ”) and the number of business folders stored in the folder are listed in the folder information display field 82.

  In the IC recorder information display section 72, by selecting a desired folder from the folders displayed in the folder information display field 82 by operating the mouse, each message folder stored in the folder is selected. Predetermined information such as the folder name, recording date and time, and recording time can be displayed in a list in the message folder display field 83 in text format.

In the IC recorder information display section 72, the setting at this time is changed, so that the list is displayed in the folder information display field 82 of the IC recorder information display section 72 as shown in FIG. It is also possible to display thumbnail images P _{10 to} P ₁₂ of representative images of the respective business folders registered in the processed folder in the business folder display field 83 as a list.

The user can select one desired message folder by operating the mouse from the message folders whose text information or thumbnail images P _{10 to} P ₁₂ are displayed in the message folder display field 83. . When one message folder is selected, the thumbnail images P _{20 to} P ₂₃ of each bookmark image in the message folder are displayed in the thumbnail display portion 74 together with the time code of the recorded sound associated with the bookmark image. Listed.

  At this time, in the upper part of the player section 75, the user name set in the business folder, the file name of the business folder selected as described above, the recording date and time of the business folder, and the usage The current playback time of all the recording times in the subject folder is displayed.

  Further, when one message folder is selected as described above, a basic operation button group 90 including a plurality of buttons 90A to 90J for performing various basic operations provided in the lower part of the player unit 75 is displayed in an active manner. Is done. Thus, the user clicks the play button 90A, the stop button 90B, the fast forward play button 90C, or the fast reverse play button 90D in the basic operation button group 90 that is actively displayed, so that the message folder is displayed on the personal computer 41. , Stop the playback, execute fast forward playback that repeats playback for 3 seconds, for example, 20 seconds fast forward, or fast reverse playback that repeats playback for 3 seconds, for example, 20 seconds fast backward Can be executed.

  The basic operation button group 90 is provided with other easy search buttons 90E and 90F, bookmark jump buttons 90G and 90H, and item switching buttons 90I and 90J. Of these, the easy search buttons 90E and 90F are clicked. Thus, with respect to the message folder being played on the personal computer 41 at that time, a fast-forward easy search for fast-forwarding by 10 seconds and returning to the playback operation or a fast-rewinding easy search for returning by 3 seconds and returning to the playback operation can be executed. it can.

  By clicking the bookmark jump buttons 90G and 90H, the playback position of the message folder being played on the personal computer 41 can be jumped to the time code position associated with the previous or next bookmark image, By clicking the message switching buttons 90I and 90J, the message folder to be reproduced can be switched to the previous or next message folder displayed in the message folder display field 83 of the IC recorder information display section 72.

Note that in the main window 70, by double-clicking the desired thumbnail image _P 20 _{to P 22} from the thumbnail images _P 20 _{to P 22} that is displayed in the thumbnail display section 74, a corresponding message folder personal computer 41, the thumbnail images P _{20 to} P ₂₂ can be reproduced from the associated audio position. Thus, the user can quickly access a desired position of the corresponding business folder based on the thumbnail images P _{20 to} P ₂₂ displayed in the thumbnail display unit 74.

  On the other hand, a playback slider bar 91 is provided on the right side of the basic operation button group 90. When one message folder is selected as described above, the first, center of the audio file included in the message folder is selected. The last time code is displayed along the playback slider bar 91 on the lower side. When the message folder is being reproduced on the personal computer 41, the slider 91A is displayed so as to sequentially move rightward in accordance with the current reproduction position.

  Further, a bookmark-shaped mark (hereinafter referred to as a bookmark) 92 is displayed on the upper side of the playback slider bar 91 so as to correspond to the time code position associated with each bookmark image in the message folder. .

When the message folder is played, when the slider 91 has passed the time code position associated with any bookmark 92 (that is, the playback position of the audio folder has passed the time code position associated with any bookmark image). The bookmark 92 is highlighted in red, for example, and the bookmark 92 (the bookmark image associated with the time code) of the thumbnail images P _{20 to} P ₂₂ displayed on the thumbnail display unit 74 is displayed. ) And the corresponding thumbnail images P _{20 to} P ₂₂ are highlighted so as to be surrounded by a red frame, and the time code displayed below the thumbnail images P _{20 to} P ₂₂ is highlighted, for example, in red. Thus, the user can easily recognize the current playback position as viewed from the whole based on the highlighting.

Further, at this time, a picture window 93 provided on the right side of the reproduction slider bar 91 has a thumbnail associated with the highlighted bookmark 92 among the thumbnail images P _{20 to} P ₂₂ displayed on the thumbnail display unit 74. The original bookmark image of the images P _{20 to} P ₂₂ (that is, the bookmark image associated with the time code of the audio folder) is displayed.

  In this case, the picture window 93 can be enlarged and displayed in a state separated from the main window 70 as shown in FIG. 13 by clicking the enlargement button 93A displayed at the upper right of the picture window 93. Can be visually confirmed in more detail. The enlarged picture window 94 can be reduced and displayed at the original position as shown in FIG. 11 by clicking the close button 94A displayed at the upper right of the picture window 94.

  Further, in the middle part of the player unit 75, there are provided a mute button 95 for turning on / off the volume during the playback of the message folder, various operation buttons such as a volume setting slider bar 96, and several slider bars. By clicking and dropping and dragging these, corresponding functions can be exhibited.

  Also, an edit button 97 is provided on the rightmost side of the middle part of the player section 75. By clicking the edit button 97, the edit window (FIG. 15) can be displayed over the main window 70. Thus, the user can use this editing window (FIG. 15) to perform editing work such as changing the position where each bookmark image is associated with the recorded sound based on the sound file in the message folder currently selected. It can be performed.

  On the other hand, the personal computer information display unit 73 includes a folder information display field 100 and a file information display field 101. In the folder information display column 100, the folder structure of each folder in the personal computer 41 is hierarchically displayed. One folder designated by a user operation from each folder displayed in the folder information display column 100 is displayed. Of each file stored in the folder, information such as the file name and creation date and time of a sound file in a predetermined format that can be handled by the application for editing the business folder is displayed in the file information display column 101.

  In the main window 70, one business folder is selected from each business folder displayed in the business folder information display field 83 of the IC recorder information display section 72, and the folder of the personal computer information display section 73 is selected. By selecting one folder from each of the folders displayed in the information display field 100 and then clicking the save button 102 displayed between the IC recorder information display unit 72 and the personal computer information display unit 73, the camera The file data of the business folder selected in the IC recorder information display unit 72 is read from the attached IC recorder 1 and a copy thereof is stored in the folder in the personal computer 41 selected in the personal computer information display unit 73. it can.

  On the contrary, in the main window 70, one audio file is selected from each audio file displayed in the file information display field 101 of the personal computer information display unit 73, and the folder of the IC recorder information display unit 72 is selected. By selecting one folder from each folder displayed in the information display field 82 and then clicking the add button 103 displayed between the IC recorder information display section 72 and the personal computer information display section 73, the personal information is displayed. The file data of the audio file selected in the computer information display unit 73 can be transferred to the IC recorder 1 with camera and stored in the flash memory 29 (FIG. 4) in the IC recorder 1 with camera. At this time, in the IC recorder 1 with the camera, the file data of the audio file is stored in a state stored in a newly created business folder in the folder selected in the IC recorder information display unit 72, and the management file is accordingly The file data of the MSF (FIG. 7) is updated.

(2-3) Configuration of Editing Window In addition to this configuration, as shown in FIG. 14, the CPU 50 selects one desired business folder from each folder displayed in the folder information display field 83. In the state, when the item “bookmark edit” is selected from the tool menu TMU (FIG. 14A) corresponding to “edit” on the toolbar 71 or the shortcut menu SMU corresponding to right click (FIG. 14B). When the edit button 97 (FIG. 13) is clicked, the file data corresponding to the selected business folder is transferred to the IC recorder with camera by communicating with the IC recorder 1 with camera via the USB cable. In addition to reading from the recorder 1, the image processing unit 54 is controlled based on the file data and the like thereafter. Thus, an editing window 110 as shown in FIG. 15 is displayed on the display 62.

  The editing window 110 includes an image display column 111 arranged in the upper window, an editing player 112 including an editing position operation unit 112A arranged in the middle window and an editing content determination unit 112B arranged in the lower window. The

The upper and middle stages of the editing position operation unit 112A in the editing player 112 are located at the center of the editing window 110, and a rectangular frame 121 is provided at this position. One reproduction slide bar 122 is provided. Then, on the upper side of the first reproduction slide bar 122, the bookmark image is associated with each time code position associated with each bookmark image in the message folder selected from the folder information display field 83, for example, 60 Images changed to a size of [pixel] × 80 [pixel] (hereinafter referred to as bookmark reduced images) R _{1 to} R ₃ are displayed between the upper end of the frame 121.

In addition, a second playback slide bar 123 is provided in the lower part of the editing position operation unit 112A, and in the message folder selected from the folder information display field 83 above the second playback slide bar 123. Bookmarks S _{1 to} S ₃ are displayed in association with the time code positions associated with the bookmark images, and on the right side of the second playback slide bar 123, the current recording time of the total recording time is displayed. The playback time is displayed.

  On the left side of the second reproduction slide bar 123, an operation button group 124 including a reproduction button 124A, a reproduction stop button 124B, a slide bar enlargement button 124C, and a slide bar reduction button 124D is provided. By clicking the playback stop button 124B, the business folder selected from the folder information display field 83 can be played or stopped.

When the message folder is reproduced, the slider 122A of the first reproduction slide bar 122 and the slider 123A of the second reproduction slide bar 123 are moved in the reproduction direction in accordance with the reproduction time. When the time code position associated with _one of the bookmarks S _{1 to} S ₃ has elapsed, the bookmark S is highlighted in red, for example, and the bookmark of the bookmark reduced images R _{1 to} R ₃ is displayed. (Time code) The bookmark reduced image R corresponding to S is highlighted so as to be surrounded by a red frame, and the image size is further enlarged to, for example, 150 [pixel] × 200 [pixel] size than the bookmark reduced image R. The image IM thus formed is displayed in the center of the image display field 111 in the upper window.

  In the editing position operation unit 112A, the first slide bar 122 can be enlarged or reduced by clicking the slide bar enlargement button 124C and the slide bar reduction button 124D.

  When the first reproduction slide bar 122 is enlarged, a scroll bar 125 is displayed at the lower end of the frame body 121 as shown in FIG. From the value “× 1” (FIG. 15), it is displayed in stages according to the number of clicks of the playback slide bar enlargement button 114C, for example, “× 10”.

Therefore, in this editing position operation unit 112A, even when the bookmark reduced images R _{1 to} R ₃ are displayed in an overlapped state (FIG. 15), each bookmark reduced image is increased by increasing the slide bar enlargement ratio. The entire bookmark reduced image R can be visually recognized by widening the interval between R _{1 to} R ₃ (indicated by a one-dot chain line in FIG. 16).

As described above, the editing position operation unit 112A displays the bookmark reduced images R _{1 to} R ₃ relative to the first reproduction slide bar 122, and records audio based on the audio file in the business folder. The position where each bookmark image is associated can be grasped in detail, and on the contrary, the bookmarks S _{1 to} S ₃ are absolutely displayed on the second slide bar 123 to grasp the whole position. Can be made.

Further, in this editing position operation unit 112A, the bookmark reduced images R _{1 to} R ₃ are individually moved by dragging and dropping the recorded thumbnail images R _{1 to} R ₃ . The position of the bookmark image associated with each can be changed.

Actually, when the mouse is pressed while the mouse cursor is placed on the bookmark reduction image R ₃ to be moved among the bookmark reduction images R _{1 to} R ₃ , the mouse cursor is replaced as shown in FIG. Te, the center of the reduced bookmark image R _3, triangular pointers 126A representing a moving direction, and 126B, together with the operation instruction pointer 126 comprising a pointer 126C elliptical representing the moving release is displayed, the reduced bookmark image R ₃ is a state of the movable. In this state, the user, the first reproduction slider bar 122, while checking if required by the second reproduction slider bar 123 and the playback time, dropping the reduced bookmark image R ₃ to the after dragging to the desired position it is thereby possible to change the position for recording voice bookmark image corresponding to the reduced bookmark image R _3.

The user, when a change position of the bookmark image is not known in advance, that by reproducing the recorded sound to confirm the change position, dragging and dropping the reduced bookmark image R ₃ to the change position when you the confirmation Accordingly, it is possible to change the position relative to recorded speech bookmark image corresponding to the reduced bookmark image R _3.

In this case, in the editing position operation unit 112A, as shown in FIG. 18, simultaneously with the display of the operation instruction pointer 126, playback of the recorded voice is stopped and the bookmark reduced image R ₃ on which the operation instruction pointer 126 is displayed. The slider 122A returns to the time code position corresponding to, and the playback time is changed to that time code. And after this, the slider 122A moves, following the drag on the reduced bookmark image R _3, when the reduced bookmark image R ₃ is dropped, the reproduction of the recorded sound from the drop point is started, the slider 122A is Move in the playback direction. Thus, the user can immediately the drop point after dropping the reduced bookmark image R ₃ to check whether the desired change position.

  On the other hand, the editing content determination unit 112B of the editing player 112 is provided with an “add bookmark” button 131 for adding a new image as a bookmark image in addition to each bookmark image associated with the recorded sound. By clicking this “Add bookmark” button 131, a message window (“Yes” or “No” button with a confirmation comment such as “Do you want to add an image to the bookmark?” Etc.) When the “Yes” button is clicked, an image selection dialog box 140 as shown in FIG. 19 is displayed on the editing window 110.

The image selection dialog box 140 includes a pull-down image file location selection field 140A, an icon-format image file location selection field 140B, an image file selection field 140C, a pull-down image file name selection field 140D, and a pull-down image file format. By clicking the “OK” button after any of the image files displayed in the image file selection field 140C is selected, the selected image file is displayed as shown in FIG. 20, for example. an image a new reduced bookmark image R _N based on this time in correspondence with the time code position where the slider 122A is present, can be displayed on the upper side of the first reproduction slider bar 122. If the bookmark reduced image R already exists at the time code position, it is displayed near the time code position.

Further, the edit content determination unit 112B is provided with a “delete bookmark” button 132 and a “delete bookmark and sound” button 133, and any _{one of} the bookmark reduced images R _{1 to} R ₃ is selected as a deletion target. In this state, by clicking the “delete bookmark” button 132, the selected bookmark reduced image R can be deleted from the editing window 110, and the “delete bookmark and audio” button 133 is clicked. As a result, the selected bookmark reduced image R and the recorded sound up to the next bookmark reduced image R can be deleted from the editing window 110.

  Further, the edit content determination unit 112B has a “return” button 134 for returning the edit content edited as described above to the previous edit content, and returning the edit content to the initial state “ "Return to initial state" button 135 is provided, and by clicking on these "Restore" button 134 or "Return to initial state" button 135, the edited content is restored, and You can try again.

  It should be noted that by clicking the “OK” button provided in the editing content determination unit 112B, the corresponding message folder is updated so that the editing state when the button is clicked is updated.

  In this way, in the business folder editing system 40, various editing processes can be executed using the editing window 110 (FIG. 15).

(2-4) Editing Processing Procedure Here, the CPU 50 (FIG. 10) of the personal computer 41 executes the editing processing as described above according to the editing processing procedure RT shown in FIG.

  That is, the CPU 50 selects a tool menu TMU corresponding to “edit” on the toolbar 71 (FIG. 14A) in a state where one desired business folder is selected from each folder displayed in the folder information display field 83. ) Or when the “bookmark edit” item is selected from the shortcut menu SMU (FIG. 14B) corresponding to the right click, or when the edit button 97 (FIG. 13) is clicked, the editing processing procedure RT is changed. In step SP0, the edit window 110 (FIG. 15) is displayed in the subsequent step SP1.

  Then, the CPU 50 proceeds to step SP2, accesses the IC recorder 1 with camera connected to the UBS at that time, and file data and image management file PIN (FIG. 8) of all image files in the corresponding business folder. And the data of the message entry (“Message Entry” in FIG. 7) of the message folder in the management file MSF (FIG. 7) are read out.

Subsequently, the CPU 50 proceeds to step SP3, and the image data of the bookmark reduced images R _{1 to} R ₃ for each bookmark image and the bookmark S based on the file data of each image file in the message folder acquired in step SP2. Image data _{1 to} S ₃ are generated and given to the image processing unit 54.

Further, in this step SP3, the CPU 50 controls the image processing unit 54 based on the image management file PIN in the message folder acquired in step SP1, and corresponds to each time code position associated with the bookmark image. The bookmark reduced images R _{1 to} R ₃ are displayed between the upper side of the first reproduction slide bar 122 and the upper end of the frame 121, and the bookmarks S _{1 to} S ₃ are displayed on the upper side of the second reproduction slide bar 123. To display.

Next, in step SP4, the CPU 50 determines whether or not the slide bar enlargement button 124C or the slide bar reduction button 124D has been clicked. If the click is made, the CPU 50 proceeds to the next step SP5, where the slide bar enlargement is performed. Based on the number of times the button 124C has been clicked and the number of times the slide bar reduction button 124D has been clicked, an enlargement ratio for the first reproduction slide bar 122 is determined, and the first reproduction is performed at the determined enlargement ratio. The interval between the bookmark reduced images R _{1 to} R ₃ is changed by changing the slide bar 122, the display of the slide bar enlargement ratio is changed above the upper right end of the frame body 121, and the scroll is scrolled to the lower end of the frame body 121. The bar 125 (FIG. 16) is displayed.

Further, in the subsequent step SP6, the CPU 50 clicks the “delete bookmark” button 132 or “with the bookmark added” button 131 clicked or with any _{one of the} bookmark reduced images R _{1 to} R ₃ selected as a deletion target. It is determined whether or not the “delete bookmark and voice” button 133 is clicked. If the button is clicked, the process proceeds to the next step SP7 to execute the corresponding temporary editing process.

Specifically, as the temporary editing process, when the “add bookmark” button 131 is clicked, the CPU 50 selects an image file via the image selection dialog box 140 (FIG. 19), and the image file is selected. If selected, an image based on the file data of the image file is displayed as a bookmark reduced image R _N (FIG. 20) at a predetermined position above the second reproduction slide bar. On the other hand, when the “delete bookmark” button 132 or the “delete bookmark and audio” button 133 is clicked, the CPU 50 selects only the bookmark reduced image R selected at this time or the bookmark reduced image R, The recorded audio up to the next bookmark reduced image R is deleted from the editing window 110.

  Further, in the following step SP8, the CPU 50 determines whether or not the playback button 124A has been clicked. If the playback button 124A has been clicked, the CPU 50 proceeds to the subsequent step SP9 to read out from the IC recorder with camera 1 as described above. The reproduction process is executed by giving the audio processing unit 55 (FIG. 10) the file data of the audio file in the corresponding business folder. As a result, sound based on the file data of this sound file is output from the speaker 63.

At this time, the CPU 50 moves the slider 122A and the slider 123A in the playback direction in accordance with the playback time, and when the time code position associated with any one of the bookmarks S _{1 to} S ₃ has elapsed, the bookmark S and the bookmark reduced image R corresponding to the bookmark S are highlighted, and the enlarged image IM of the bookmark reduced image R is displayed in the image display field 111 in the upper window.

  Further, in the subsequent step SP10, the CPU 50 determines whether or not the mouse press on the bookmark reduced image R is maintained. If the mouse press is maintained, the CPU 50 proceeds to the next step S11, and at this time the mouse press is maintained. The moving process of the bookmark reduced image R is executed.

  Specifically, when the above-described reproduction process is executed as the movement process, the CPU 50 displays the operation instruction pointer 126 (FIG. 17) on the bookmark reduced image R in which the mouse is pressed and is simultaneously displayed. The reproduction process is temporarily interrupted, the slider 123A is returned to the corresponding time code position of the bookmark reduced image R, and the display of the reproduction time is changed to the time code. After that, the CPU 50 moves the slider 122A following the drag on the bookmark reduced image R, and starts the reproduction processing suspended in response to the drop of the bookmark reduced image R from the time code corresponding to the drop position. . On the other hand, when the reproduction process is not executed, the CPU 50 displays the operation instruction pointer 126 (FIG. 17) on the bookmark reduced image R in which the mouse is pressed, and then drags the bookmark reduced image R. Following this, the slider 122A is moved.

  Further, in the subsequent step SP12, the CPU 50 determines whether or not the “return to original” button 134 or the “return to initial state” button 135 has been clicked. If the button is clicked, the CPU 50 proceeds to the subsequent step SP13. The editing content provisionally edited in step SP6 is returned to the previous editing content or to the initial state.

  Finally, in the following step SP14, the CPU 50 determines whether or not the “OK” button or “Cancel” button of the editing content determination unit 112B has been clicked.

  If the CPU 50 obtains a negative result in step SP14, it returns to step SP4, and thereafter repeats the loop of step SP4 to step SP14 to step SP4 until it obtains a positive result in step SP14.

  On the other hand, when the CPU 50 obtains a positive result in step SP8, the CPU 50 proceeds to step SP15 to stop the reproduction process and execute the temporary editing process in the initial stage when the reproduction process is executed. If the state has not been restored to the state, the file data of the image file read in step SP2 and the file data of the image management file PIN (FIG. 8) and the management file MSF ( The data of the message entry (“Message Entry” in FIG. 7) in the message folder in FIG. 7) is updated, and then the process proceeds to step SP16 to end the editing processing procedure RT.

  In this way, the CPU 50 can perform various types of editing according to user operations via the editing window 110 (FIG. 15) for the business file stored in the camera-equipped IC recorder 1.

(3) Operation and effect of the present embodiment In the above configuration, in the message folder editing system 40, the display 62 includes the first playback slider bar 122 that can change the display magnification according to the user operation, A window 110 including a second reproduction slider bar 123 having a fixed display magnification is displayed, and the image size of the image is displayed at the audio position associated with the image along the displayed first reproduction slider bar 122. The reduced image R that has been changed is displayed, and the bookmark S is displayed along the second playback slider bar 123 at a position corresponding to the audio position.

  Therefore, in the business folder editing system 40, the relationship between the image and the sound position is represented by the slider bars 122 and 123 as a whole and relatively, so that the user can recognize the relationship intuitively at a glance. be able to.

  In this case, the message folder editing system 40 includes an image display field 111 for displaying an enlarged image IM having an image size larger than the reduced image R, together with the first reproduction slider bar 122 and the second reproduction slider bar 123. An enlarged image IM corresponding to the reduced image R displayed at that time by the playback slider bars 122 and 123 is displayed in the image display field 111.

  Therefore, in the message folder editing system 40, from the current playback situation, the image at the audio position to be played back is the bookmark S on the second playback slider bar 123 and the reduced image S on the first playback slider bar 122. Thus, in the image display column 111, the enlarged image IM can be recognized in three stages by changing the display mode, so that the relationship between the image and the sound position and the image can be recognized intuitively at a glance. it can.

  According to the above configuration, the display 110 includes the window 110 including the first reproduction slider bar 122 whose display magnification can be changed in accordance with a user operation and the second reproduction slider bar 123 whose display magnification is fixed. A reduced image R that is changed to the image size of the image is displayed at the audio position associated with the image along the displayed first reproduction slider bar 122, and the second reproduction slider bar is displayed. Since the bookmark S is displayed at a position corresponding to the audio position along the line 123, the relationship between the image and the audio position is generally and relatively represented by the slider bars 122 and 123. The relationship can be recognized intuitively by the user at a glance, and thus visibility can be improved.

(4) Other Embodiments In the above-described embodiments, the case where the present invention is applied to the personal computer 41 constituting the business folder editing system 40 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The present invention can be widely applied to editing apparatuses that edit management information for managing audio information in which an image is associated with 11 or a plurality of audio positions and image information of the image.

  In the above-described embodiment, the personal computer 41 and the camera-equipped IC recorder 1 are connected via the USB cable 42 so that the personal computer 41 and the camera-equipped IC recorder 1 are stored in the camera-equipped IC recorder 1 as described above. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the flash memory 29 of the camera-equipped IC recorder 1 can be detachably attached to the personal computer 41 so that the file can be edited. The business file stored in the flash memory 29 may be edited.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the editing window 110 as a GUI for inputting various commands is configured as shown in FIG. 15 is described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and various other types are also provided. The configuration of can be widely applied.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which the mark displayed on the upper side of the second reproduction slider bar 123 has a bookmark shape corresponding to the audio position associated with each bookmark image. In addition, various mark forms can be widely applied.

In the above embodiment, in reproducing message folder, when the slider 123A of the second reproduction slider bar 123 has passed the time code position associated with one of the bookmark S ₁ to S _3, When the bookmarks S _{1 to} S ₃ are displayed in red, and the bookmark reduced image R corresponding to the bookmark S among the bookmark reduced images R _{1 to} R ₃ is highlighted with a red frame. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and various other display methods can be widely applied as a highlighting method.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the bookmark reduced image R obtained by changing the image size of the original bookmark image and the image IM are displayed at predetermined positions has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and instead of this, the bookmarked image R obtained by enlarging or rotating the object of interest and the image IM may be displayed at a predetermined arrangement position.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case has been described in which the edited content is returned to the previous edited content by clicking the “Undo” button 134. Not limited to this, it is possible to return to an arbitrary number of edits, such as returning to a preset number of times or returning to an input number.

  The present invention can be used when audio and images are recorded and reproduced as data.

It is a basic diagram which shows the external appearance structure (1) of the IC recorder with a camera by this Embodiment. It is a basic diagram which shows the external appearance structure (2) of the IC recorder with a camera by this Embodiment. It is a basic diagram which shows the external appearance structure (3) of the IC recorder with a camera by this Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the IC recorder with a camera by this Embodiment. It is an approximate line figure showing composition of a message folder selection screen. It is a basic diagram which shows the directory structure of a voice cape format. It is a basic diagram which shows the data structure of a business folder management file. It is a basic diagram which shows the data structure of an image management file. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of the business file editing system by this Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a personal computer. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a main window 70. FIG. It is a basic diagram which shows the other example of a display of an IC recorder information display part. It is a basic diagram which shows the enlarged display of a picture window. It is a basic diagram which shows a menu display. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of an edit window. It is a basic diagram which shows expansion of a reproduction | regeneration slide bar. It is a basic diagram which shows the display of an operation instruction pointer. It is an approximate line figure used for explanation of following of a slider. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of an image selection dialog box. It is a basic diagram which shows the display of a new bookmark reduced image. It is a flowchart which shows an edit process procedure.

Explanation of symbols

1 ... IC recorder with camera, 40 ... business folder editing system, 41 ... personal computer, 42 ... USB cable, 50 ... CPU, 51 ... ROM, 52 ... RAM, 53 ... hard disk device, 54 …… Image processing unit, 55 …… Audio processing unit, 59 …… Body unit, 61 …… Mouse, 62 …… Display, 63 …… Speaker, 70 …… Main window, 75 …… Player unit, 97 …… Edit button, 110 ... Edit window, 111 ... Image display field, 112 ... Edit player, 112A ... Edit position operation section, 112B ... Edit content determination section, 121 ... Frame body, 122 ... First Reproduction slide bar 122A, 123A... Slider, 123... Second reproduction slide bar 124... Operation button group 124 A. B ... Playback stop button, 124C ... Slide bar enlarge button, 124D ... Slide bar reduce button, 125 ... Scroll bar, 126 ... Operation instruction pointer, 131 ... Add bookmark button, 132 ... Delete bookmark button, 133 …… Delete bookmark and audio button, 134 …… Undo button, 135 …… Restore to default button, 140 …… Image selection dialog box, IM …… Enlarged image, R _{1 to} R ₃ ... Bookmark reduced image, S _{1 to} S ₃ ... Bookmark, TMU... Tool menu, SMU... Shortcut menu, RT.

Claims (18)

In an editing apparatus for editing management information for managing the sound position of image information associated with one or more sound positions in sound information,
Generating means for generating a changed image obtained by changing the image to a predetermined image size;
A first slider bar that represents the current reproduction position of the audio information and whose display magnification can be changed according to a user operation, and a second slider bar that represents the reproduction position and has a fixed display magnification. Window display means for displaying the window;
The changed image is displayed at the sound position associated with the image along the first slider bar displayed on the window display means, and the sound position is displayed along the second slider bar. And an image display means for displaying a predetermined mark at a corresponding position. The first slider bar and the modified image are arranged in the center of the window,
The editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second slider bar and the mark are arranged immediately below the first slider bar. The first slider bar and the changed image are surrounded by a frame,
The editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second slider bar and the mark are arranged immediately below the frame. The generating means includes
Generating a first changed image obtained by changing the image to a predetermined image size or a second changed image having an image size larger than the image size of the first changed image;
The window display means is
A display field for displaying the second changed image is displayed together with the first slider bar and the second slider bar,
The image display means includes
The editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second changed image corresponding to the first changed image displayed at that time is displayed in the display field. The display column is located at the top of the window,
The first slider bar and the modified image are arranged in the center of the window,
The editing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the second slider bar and the mark are arranged immediately below the first slider bar. The image display means includes
The first change image displayed at that time and the mark corresponding to the first change image are highlighted, and the second change image corresponding to the first change image is displayed in the display field. The editing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the editing apparatus is displayed. In an editing method for editing management information for managing a sound position of image information associated with one or more sound positions in sound information,
A first step of generating a modified image obtained by changing the image to a predetermined image size;
A first slider bar that represents the current reproduction position of the audio information and whose display magnification can be changed according to a user operation, and a second slider bar that represents the reproduction position and has a fixed display magnification. A second step of displaying the window;
The changed image is displayed at the audio position associated with the image along the displayed first slider bar, and at the position corresponding to the audio position along the second slider bar. An editing method comprising: a third step of displaying a predetermined mark. The first slider bar and the modified image are arranged in the center of the window,
The editing method according to claim 7, wherein the second slider bar and the mark are arranged directly below the first slider bar. The first slider bar and the changed image are surrounded by a frame,
The editing method according to claim 7, wherein the second slider bar and the mark are arranged immediately below the frame. In the first step,
Generating a first changed image obtained by changing the image to a predetermined image size or a second changed image having an image size larger than the image size of the first changed image;
In the second step,
A display field for displaying the second changed image is displayed together with the first slider bar and the second slider bar,
In the third step,
The editing method according to claim 7, wherein the second changed image corresponding to the first changed image displayed at that time is displayed in the display field. The display column is located at the top of the window,
The first slider bar and the modified image are arranged in the center of the window,
The editing method according to claim 10, wherein the second slider bar and the mark are arranged immediately below the first slider bar. The third step is
The first change image displayed at that time and the mark corresponding to the first change image are highlighted, and the second change image corresponding to the first change image is displayed in the display field. The editing method according to claim 10, wherein the editing method is displayed. In an editing program for editing management information for managing a sound position of image information associated with one or more sound positions in sound information,
Against the computer,
A first process for generating a changed image obtained by changing the image to a predetermined image size;
A first slider bar that represents the current reproduction position of the audio information and whose display magnification can be changed according to a user operation, and a second slider bar that represents the reproduction position and has a fixed display magnification. A second process for displaying a window;
The changed image is displayed at the audio position associated with the image along the displayed first slider bar, and at the position corresponding to the audio position along the second slider bar. An editing program for executing a third process for displaying a predetermined mark. The first slider bar and the modified image are arranged in the center of the window,
The editing program according to claim 13, wherein the second slider bar and the mark are arranged immediately below the first slider bar. The first slider bar and the changed image are surrounded by a frame,
The editing program according to claim 13, wherein the second slider bar and the mark are arranged immediately below the frame. In the first process,
Generating a first changed image obtained by changing the image to a predetermined image size or a second changed image having an image size larger than the image size of the first changed image;
In the second process,
A display field for displaying the second changed image is displayed together with the first slider bar and the second slider bar,
In the third process,
The editing program according to claim 13, wherein the second changed image corresponding to the first changed image displayed at that time is displayed in the display field. The display column is located at the top of the window,
The first slider bar and the modified image are arranged in the center of the window,
The editing program according to claim 16, wherein the second slider bar and the mark are arranged immediately below the first slider bar. The third process is
The first change image displayed at that time and the mark corresponding to the first change image are highlighted, and the second change image corresponding to the first change image is displayed in the display field. The editing program according to claim 16, wherein the editing program is displayed.

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