JP4456496B2 - Program material recording apparatus and program material recording method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a program material recording device and a program material recording method, and more particularly to a program material recording device and a program material recording method for automatically recording moving image program materials such as CM materials.

  The general flow from production to transmission of a broadcast program is as follows. First, the program structure is planned, and appropriate materials are collected and recorded in a broadcast program recording server device (recording device) according to the plan. Then, each program material is read from the recording server device based on the program broadcast schedule and sent from the sending device. In this case, in the broadcast program recording operation, there are two cases in which the material is supplied using a recording medium such as a magnetic tape or via a communication line. In the former case, for example, the broadcast material photographed with a video camera or a recording medium in which these broadcast materials are processed and edited are recorded and supplied to a broadcasting station. In the latter case, for example, a camera is used. This is the supply of broadcast material from a video transmission or a communication transmission path from a CM production studio or the like.

  In recent years, as digitalization of a television broadcasting system has rapidly developed, a so-called on-air transmission in which program material recorded on a recording server device is transmitted by a transmission device is performed using a conventional VTR (video tape recorder). A system called a non-linear broadcasting system has started to be used for broadcasting business in place of a broadcasting system for performing broadcasting business, so-called VTR broadcasting system (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In this non-linear broadcasting system, a plurality of program materials are recorded in advance in a random access storage device, and in accordance with an instruction from the automatic broadcasting system, each program material is selected and read out sequentially according to a broadcasting schedule. In this way, the system is configured such that a plurality of program materials are assembled as a broadcast program arranged in a time series in a predetermined order and broadcast. Such a system is hereinafter referred to as a non-linear broadcast system. Here, the program material refers to information for television broadcasting including at least video information among video information and audio information, and a set of program materials is a program. Note that this program material may be called broadcast material.

  As such a non-linear broadcasting system, for example, a broadcasting system shown in FIG. 3 has been conventionally used. The non-linear broadcasting system will be briefly described below. In FIG. 3, 301 is a broadcast management computer, and 302 is an automatic broadcast system (APS). The automatic broadcast system 302 includes a transmission control unit 303, a recorded material database 304, and a monitor 305. The recorded material database 304 appropriately records a large number of program materials 305, and is appropriately read out from a large number of program materials recorded in the recorded material database 304 under the control of the transmission control unit 303, and is a program for on-air use. The material is sent out (306).

  The broadcast management computer 301 functions to manage all data related to the broadcast business. As part of the processing, for example, a broadcast schedule of a plurality of materials necessary for a broadcast program for one day or one week is obtained. The corresponding material is stored as broadcast progress data recorded in the order in which it is broadcast, and processing for supplying it to the automatic broadcast system 302 is performed. FIG. 5 exemplifies a part of a broadcast schedule table of a plurality of materials necessary for a broadcast program for one day, for example, the time is a broadcast start time of a certain day, for example, 12:00, 00 minutes, 00 seconds, and the program length represents the broadcast time of the program, for example, 15 seconds. The material ID is, for example, an ID number for specifying a program material, and is indicated by AC1 in the case of a CM of company A. The content of the program represents, for example, a title of CM of company A. The comment column displays whether the broadcasting is the main station of the broadcasting station or the contents of the broadcasting at the local station. In the case of CM of company A, the broadcasting is displayed at the A station. In the comment column, necessary comments on the broadcast are described. The address indicates the recording address of the recording material database 304 in which the broadcast program material is stored. Such contents are planned and created in advance as a broadcast schedule every hour.

  In accordance with the broadcast schedule table shown in FIG. 5, the automatic broadcast system 302 first sends the material ID (identification code for the material) of the material to the transmission control unit 303 when a predetermined time has passed before the broadcast start time of each material. Supply. Next, when the broadcast start time of each material comes, a broadcast start command for that material is supplied to the transmission control unit 303. The recorded material database 304 is composed of a random-access recording device such as a magnetic disk device, an optical disk device, or a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk) device, and stores and holds in advance the material for one day or one week of the broadcast program. At the same time, it operates under the control of the transmission control unit 303. Accordingly, the transmission control unit 303 searches for the material in the recorded material database 304 using the material ID supplied from the automatic broadcast system 302, queues up (sets the broadcast ready state), and starts broadcasting the material. In response to the command, the queued material is sequentially read from the recorded material database 304 and sent to the broadcasting device, thereby performing an operation as an automatic broadcasting system.

  The monitor 305 is controlled by the automatic broadcasting system 302 and functions to display the current progress of the broadcasting service. The monitor 305 includes, for example, an identification code, a program name, a broadcast start time, a material length, a material identification code of a program (a set of a plurality of materials) including the material currently being broadcast, The material data and the data of the material scheduled to be broadcast next are displayed. Therefore, according to this non-linear broadcasting system, by viewing the monitor 305, it is possible to know whether or not the broadcasting program is proceeding as scheduled and to confirm the progress of the broadcasting.

  Thus, the non-linear broadcasting system described above stores the material for one day or one week for the broadcast program in the recorded material database 304 in advance, and controls the broadcast schedule for one day from the broadcast management computer 301, for example. This is a system that automatically broadcasts on the basis of the broadcasting service that is transmitted on the air, which is improved from the conventional broadcasting system that uses the VTR to perform the broadcasting service. However, in order to adapt to this non-linear broadcasting system, it is necessary to edit and store the material for one day of the broadcast program in the recorded material database 304 in advance. There was no other way. That is, as described above, it has been explained that there are two cases where the supply of the material for recording is performed using a recording medium such as a magnetic tape and when it is performed via a communication line. In order to record material for a program from such materials, for example, a recording device having several VTR editing machines and a plurality of input lines is prepared, and when recording, VTR numbers and line numbers are set. In addition to specifying as the material supplier, the recording address of the recording material database is specified as the material supplier, and various attribute information and logo marks for each broadcast material are input from the mouse or keyboard. After preparation, the recording operation of the video server system is started.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an example of recording when CM program material is supplied by a conventional VTR. For example, in VTR1, CM material of Company A is recorded with two CMs of broadcasting time from 12:00 to 15 seconds and from 12:05:31 to 15 seconds, and in VTR2, CM material of Company B is recorded. The material is recorded for one minute from the broadcast time 12:30. Reference numerals 401, 402, and 403 denote broadcast start time information recorded on a VTR recording tape, CM material length information, program content such as a title, attribute information, and CM program material such as audio and moving images. Indicates information. Hereinafter, this is referred to as CM material. The CM material from this VTR is played back by VCR1 and VTR2 by the VTR editor, and the broadcast start time, the length of the CM material, the contents of the program, and attribute information are edited as appropriate based on the visual and broadcast schedule. Also, for each CM material, for example, a material ID or a logo mark is inserted, and an operation of recording one material in the recorded material database 304 is performed. Here, the logo mark refers to a mark for distinguishing a station that broadcasts CM material, for example, a main station or a local station.

  Thus, there is a problem that recording program material from a recording medium or program material from a communication line is troublesome and troublesome, and it is desired to realize a program material recording device that can save labor. Yes.

JP 2000-201221 A

  In order to record program material from a recording medium or program material from a communication line, it is necessary to process and edit the material many times, which is troublesome and laborious. The realization of a program material recording device that can be used is desired.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a program material recording apparatus and a program material recording method that can easily record program material.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide a program material recording apparatus and program material recording method capable of automatically recording program material.

  Still another object of the present invention is to provide a program material recording apparatus and a program material recording method capable of automatically adding a logo mark.

The program material recording apparatus of the present invention includes an input unit to which a plurality of continuous television broadcast program materials having time information of a broadcast schedule are supplied, a time detection unit that detects the time information of the program material, A recording material database to which the television broadcast program material is supplied from an input unit; a recording control unit for controlling the time detection unit and the recording material database; and a recording server device coupled to the recording control unit. The recording server device stores the broadcast schedule, and the recording control unit refers to the time information detected by the time detection unit and the broadcast schedule stored in the recording server device. The program material is divided into the above-mentioned television broadcast program materials, and the recorded material database is assigned addresses and recorded. Detecting the time information of the plurality of program material that is the recording, configured to verify the same as the above program time information of the material stored in the detected time information and the broadcasting schedule.

The program material recording apparatus of the present invention further includes a logo mark adding unit, and when each of the individual program materials is recorded in the recording material database, the broadcast station output from the logo mark adding unit. It is configured to record with a logo mark for distinguishing .

  The program material recording apparatus of the present invention further includes a recording server device having a storage unit, the broadcast unit being stored in the storage unit, and the respective individual programs are stored in the database of the recorded material. When recording the material, the individual program material is recorded in the recorded material database with reference to the broadcast schedule.

Furthermore, the program material recording method of the present invention includes a step of inputting a plurality of continuous television broadcast program materials having broadcast schedule time information, and detecting the time information of the input television broadcast program material. steps and, a step of storing the broadcast schedule, the detected the time information and the reference to the plurality of program material separate the television broadcast the stored the broadcast schedule storage step of the broadcast schedule Dividing the divided television program material , assigning an address to the divided television broadcast program material and recording, and detecting time information of the plurality of recorded program materials, and detecting the detected time information and the above This step includes the step of confirming whether the time information of the program material stored in the broadcast schedule is the same .

  As described above, according to the present invention, recording of program material can be saved by automatically registering material divided into one material from program materials supplied in various forms. In addition, by adding the function to add a logo at the same time, it is possible to save the time required to register one material by eliminating the process of adding a logo again after dividing and registering, and so on. It is possible to provide a program material recording apparatus and a program material recording method that can easily record the program.

  Hereinafter, the contents of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a schematic configuration for explaining an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 101 denotes a transmission path, which shows a case where program material from a CM production studio or the like is sent through the transmission path. Reference numerals 102 and 103 denote cases where, for example, the program material that is sent on the magnetic tape medium is played back on the VTR1 and VTR2. Needless to say, the program material may be supplied on a recording medium such as an optical disk or a magnetic disk in addition to the above. A selection unit 104 is a selection unit that selects whether the program material to be recorded is the transmission path 101 or the VTR1 or VTR2. The selection unit 104 into which program material is input can also be referred to as an input unit. A recording control unit 105 controls the entire program recording. Reference numeral 106 denotes a recording server device, which includes the broadcast management computer 301 and the automatic broadcast system 302 described above. In the storage unit 110 of the broadcast management computer 301, for example, as described above, a plurality of materials necessary for a broadcast program for one day or one week (or one month) shown in FIG. The schedule is stored. 107 is a time detection unit, 108 is a logo mark adding unit, 109 is a database (storage unit) of an original material, 110 is a storage unit of the broadcast management computer 301, and 111 is a program transmission terminal when the program is on air. It is.

  Hereinafter, the recording operation of the program material of the system shown in FIG. 1 will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG. First, in the recording process start step 601, the recording server device 106 activates the recording control unit 105 and controls the recording control unit based on, for example, the broadcast schedule shown in FIG. 5 stored in the storage unit 110 ( Broadcast schedule processing step 602). Note that the broadcast schedule in this case is a broadcast schedule used for work in the case of recording program material, and needless to say, is a broadcast schedule before being aired.

  The recording control unit 105 operates the selection unit 104 to select program material to be recorded. For this selection, for example, an input of the selection unit 104 is selected from a mouse or a keyboard of an input device (not shown). Here, if the VTR 102 is selected, the VTR 102 is selected and played back, and the program material is recorded in the original material database 109 via the recording control unit 105. This original material database is a recording device for storing all program materials supplied.

  In the recording time N1 detection step 603, the time information of the program material from the selection unit 104 is detected by the time detection unit 107. For example, since the program material from the selection unit 104 is the program material from the VTR 102, for example, the program material of the VTR1 shown in FIG. 4 is supplied. The material is recorded. Therefore, first, the recording tape 401 of the VTR 1, that is, 12:00:00 is detected as the broadcast start time information N 1, and the detected broadcast start time information N 1 (12:00:00) is supplied to the recording control unit 105. To do.

  In the resource acquisition processing step 604, the broadcast start time information N1 from the time detection unit 107 and the broadcast schedule table (shown in FIG. 5) of the recording server device 106 are referred to, and this program material 401 is the CM material of company A. Judgment is made, and the CM material 401 of Company A is stored in the storage address 111 of the recorded material database 304. The stored contents at this time are shown in FIG. FIG. 2 shows a part of the stored contents of the recorded material database 304. For example, in the storage address 111, the material ID of the company A CM: AC1, broadcast start time: 12:00, program length : 00: 00: 15, video data: CM of company A, logo mark: A station logo mark is stored. Here, the material ID is recorded based on the broadcast schedule table of the recording server device 106. Company A CM, which is video data, is image data including audio, and is generally CM material data for moving images. The A station logo mark is a database of logo marks indicating that it is a TV (television) CM, for example, which is broadcast on the A broadcast station. This A station logo mark is created based on the logo mark data of the A station from the logo mark adding section with reference to “Broadcast at A station” described in the comment column of the broadcast schedule table of the recording server device 106. . As for the information of the storage address 111 of the recording material database 304, “address 111” is added to the address column of the broadcast schedule table (shown in FIG. 5) of the recording server device 106. This address 111 can be used as a search key for program material when the automatic broadcast system broadcasts a program. Similarly, the material ID can also be used as a search key for program material when the automatic broadcasting system broadcasts a program. Further, it may not be necessary to add a logo mark. For example, when there is one broadcasting station, it is not necessary to distinguish the program material to be broadcast, so there are cases where it is not added.

  In the recording time N2 detection step 605, following the recording time N1 detection step 603, the selection unit 104 detects 12:05:31 as the time information of the program material from the VTR1 as the second broadcast start time information N2. The detected broadcast start time information N2 (12:05:31) is supplied to the recording control unit 105.

  In the resource acquisition processing step 606, as in the resource acquisition processing step 604, the broadcast start time information N2 from the time detection unit 107 and the broadcast schedule table (shown in FIG. 5) of the recording server device 106 are referred to, and this program. The material 402 is determined to be the CM material of Company A, and the CM material 402 of Company A is stored in the storage address 112 of the recorded material database 304.

  In recording time detection step 607, the broadcast time of CM material of company A is detected. That is, it is detected that the broadcast start time of company A is a total of 30 seconds from 12:00:15 to 15 seconds and 12:05:31 to 15 seconds.

  In the recording confirmation processing step 608, the broadcast schedule table (shown in FIG. 5) of the recording server device 106 is referred to and it is confirmed whether or not the detection result in the recording time detection step 607 is correctly recorded. As is well known, in the case of broadcasting, in particular, as with the contents of broadcasting, the start time of broadcasting and the time interval of broadcasting are the most important matters, and are extremely important not only for the public but also for users who provide CM materials. Since this is the item that requires the most reliability, a recording confirmation processing step is provided to manage the recording so that there is no error.

  In the end time detection step 609, for example, the recording end time of the VTR1 is detected, and the recording of the program material of the VTR1 is ended based on the detection result (end processing step 610). When the recording of the program material 401 and 402 of VTR1 is completed, the recording control unit 105 operates the selection unit 104 to select the VTR 103, and the CM material 403 (shown in FIG. 4) of company B of VTR2 is a time detection unit. Based on the time information 12:30:30 detected by 107, detection is performed in the same manner as described above, and the CM material 403 is recorded at the recording address 160 shown in FIG. Similarly, the CM material of company C sent from the transmission path 101 is similarly detected and stored in the recording address 151. As described above, the recording material database 304 shown in FIG. 2 is created by repeating the above method for program materials sent from a large number of recording media or transmission paths.

  Then, the automatic broadcast system 302 including the recorded material database 304 recorded in this way first follows a predetermined time before the broadcast start time of each material according to the broadcast schedule table shown in FIG. The material ID or storage address (identification code for the material) of the material is supplied to the transmission control unit 303. Thus, when the broadcast start time for each material comes, a broadcast start command for that material is supplied to the transmission control unit 303. The recorded material database 304 is composed of a recording device capable of random access such as a magnetic disk device, an optical disk device, a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk) device, etc., and may be one day of broadcasting program (one week or one month). )) Is stored and held in advance, and is operated under the control of the sending control unit 303. Therefore, the transmission control unit 303 searches for the program material in the recorded material database 304 using the material ID or the storage address supplied from the automatic broadcast system 302, and queues up (sets the broadcast ready state), In response to the broadcast instruction for the material, the queued program material is read from the recorded material database 304 and sent to each home from the on-air output terminal 111 to operate as an automatic broadcast system. Therefore, the program material recording and broadcasting system can be automatically processed from the recording of the program material to the broadcasting of the program material.

  In the above embodiment, the broadcast schedule table shown in FIG. 5 and the recorded material database shown in FIG. 2 have been described. However, the items shown here are exemplary, and the recorded program material, broadcast contents, Others are added or deleted according to the broadcasting environment, but are not limited to these.

  Furthermore, in the embodiment of the present invention, the recording control unit 105 is a database of recording materials on the recording side among the program materials recorded on the recording medium or the program materials sent on the transmission path prior to the recording of the program materials. It is also possible to prevent recording of materials other than broadcasting by determining whether or not to record in 109 with reference to the broadcast schedule table (shown in FIG. 5) of the recording server device 106. In the above embodiment, the CM material has been described as the program material. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and it is needless to say that the present invention can be applied to recording of all program materials broadcast on TV such as news, music programs, dramas and the like.

  As described above in detail, a continuous program material recorded on various recording media or a continuous program material sent from a transmission line is converted into one program material unit (individual program material) based on broadcast start time information. The program material can be divided into (units), automatically added with specified attribute information and logo marks, and automatically recorded in the recording material database. A recording device can be realized.

  Although the present invention has been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments of the program material recording device and the program material recording method described herein, and the program material recording device and program material other than those described above. Needless to say, it can be widely applied to recording methods.

The block diagram of schematic structure of one Example of this invention is shown. It is a figure for demonstrating the content of the database of the recording material used for this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the conventional nonlinear broadcasting system. It is a figure for demonstrating the program material recorded on the conventional VTR. It is a figure for demonstrating the broadcast schedule of a non-linear broadcast system. The flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of one Example of this invention is shown.

Explanation of symbols

  101: Transmission path, 102, 103: VTR, 104: Selection unit, 105: Recording control unit, 106: Recording server device, 107: Time detection unit, 108: Logo mark adding unit, 109: Original material database, 110: Storage unit 111: Send terminal for on-air, 301: Broadcast management computer, 302: Automatic broadcast system, 303: Send control unit, 304: Recorded material database, 305: Program material, 306: Send material.

Claims (3)

An input unit to which a plurality of continuous television broadcast program materials having broadcast schedule time information are supplied, a time detection unit for detecting the time information of the program material, and the television broadcast program from the input unit A recording material database to which the material is supplied; a recording control unit for controlling the time detection unit and the recording material database; and a recording server device coupled to the recording control unit. The recording controller stores the plurality of program materials individually with reference to the time information detected by the time detector and the broadcast schedule stored in the recording server device. The program material is divided into broadcast program materials, recorded with addresses in the recorded material database, and a plurality of recorded program materials are recorded. Of detecting the time information, the program material recording apparatus characterized by confirming the same as the time information of the program material stored in the detected time information and the broadcasting schedule.   2. The program material recording apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a logo mark adding unit, and when each of the individual program materials is recorded in the recorded material database, a broadcasting station output from the logo mark adding unit. A program material recording device that records with a logo mark that distinguishes between the two. A step of inputting a plurality of continuous television broadcast program materials having time information of a broadcast schedule, a step of detecting the time information of the input television broadcast program material, and a step of storing the broadcast schedule When a plurality of program material is divided into separate the television broadcast program material with reference to stored the broadcast schedule storage step of the detected the time information and the broadcasting schedule, which is the divided A step of recording a program material for television broadcasting with an address and time information of the plurality of recorded program materials, and detecting the detected time information and the program material stored in the broadcast schedule ; A program material recording method comprising the step of confirming whether the time information is the same .

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