JP5818634B2 - Content management apparatus, recording apparatus, operation apparatus, content management system, and control method therefor - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a content management device, a recording device, an operation device, a content management system, and a control method thereof for recording additional information in association with content recorded on a recording medium.

  In recent years, electronic imaging devices such as digital still cameras and digital video cameras that record images taken on a small and lightweight memory card have become widespread. Such an electronic imaging device is multi-functional and can record not only a captured image but also various additional information associated with the captured image. For example, character information such as photographer information, shooting location information, and comments can be recorded together with the shot image. The additional information associated with the photographed image is used, for example, as information for searching for a target image when performing editing work.

  In Patent Literature 1, a person icon or a genre icon is displayed together with a photographed image after the image is photographed, and when any of the icons is touched, information such as personal information and keywords associated with the icon is used as identification information. It is described that it is added to an image. Further, in Patent Document 2, a wireless function is mounted on an image capturing apparatus, and additional information editing processing is performed by transferring additional information edited by a tablet PC or a smartphone having excellent portability to the image capturing apparatus using wireless communication. It is described to do.

JP-A-11-146317 JP 2003-188950 A

The following three are assumed as the timing when the user inputs the content of the additional information associated with the image.
(1) Before photographing (recording) an image, additional information to be added to the image to be photographed is input and designated.
(2) During the shooting (recording) of an image (particularly a moving image), additional information to be added to the image currently being shot is input.
(3) After taking (recording) an image, input additional information to be added to the image recorded immediately before is associated.

  The timing (2) is a timing that can be applied exclusively to moving image shooting, but the timings (1) and (3) can be applied to both still images and moving images. Both timings (1) and (3) are timings during shooting standby. That is, when the user inputs additional information during shooting standby, the target image to which the additional information is to be added includes an image to be captured (case (1)) and an image captured immediately before ((3 ) Case). Therefore, in order to enable both (1) and (3), every time the user inputs additional information, whether the target to which the additional information is to be added is an image to be taken from now on, or an image taken immediately before An operation for selecting whether or not is required. However, this is a troublesome work in a busy shooting site, and there is a problem that it may lead to an erroneous operation. In particular, when shooting has never started after switching from another operation mode to camera mode (shooting mode), the image shot immediately before is not particularly relevant to the current shooting. There is a possibility. Therefore, there is a possibility that the user who inputs the additional information does not know what kind of image was taken immediately before. When such a situation occurs, if an operation for recording additional information in association with an image captured immediately before is performed, the additional information may be erroneously recorded in association with an unintended image.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to reduce the possibility of erroneously recording additional information in association with unintended content.

In order to achieve the above object, a content management apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention has the following arrangement. That is,
A content management system comprising: a recording device for recording content; and an operation device for receiving a user operation for adding additional information to the content,
Processing means for executing in response to the recording apparatus odor recorded Symbol recording medium Te the latest first processing for recording in association with additional information to the content data of the User chromatography The operation,
From the time when the operation mode of the recording device transitions to the recording mode for recording content from another operation mode until the first recording operation is executed after the transition at the recording device, and a control unit that disables the user operation for instructing execution, a,
The operating device has a function of displaying a first display item for accepting a user operation instructing execution of the first process,
The control means does not display the first display item or displays the first display item in a display form indicating that the first display item is invalid, and disables a user operation to instruct execution of the first process. you to.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the possibility that additional information is erroneously recorded in association with an unintended image.

2 is a hardware block diagram of the digital video camera 100. FIG. The hardware block diagram of the portable terminal 200. FIG. 5 is a flowchart of overall processing in the camera mode of the digital video camera 100. 5 is a flowchart of control information generation processing of the digital video camera 100. The flowchart of the whole process in the external device control mode of the portable terminal 200. The flowchart of the whole process in the external device control mode of the portable terminal 200. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display example of a menu screen of the digital video camera 100. The figure which shows the example of a display of the screen in the external device control mode of the portable terminal. 2 is a hardware block diagram of a digital video camera 800. FIG. 7 is a flowchart of control information generation processing of the digital video camera 800. 2 is a hardware block diagram of the digital video camera 1000. FIG. 10 is a flowchart of control information generation processing of the digital video camera 1000. 5 is a flowchart of overall processing in the camera mode of the digital video camera 100. 10 is a flowchart of additional information processing of the digital video camera 100. 5 is a flowchart of recording processing of the digital video camera 100.

<First Embodiment>
In the following embodiments, a content management system or content management comprising: a recording device that records content including moving images or sounds; and an operation device that accepts a user operation for adding additional information to the content recorded by the recording device A moving image management apparatus will be described as an example of the apparatus. Further, although a digital video camera capable of recording a moving image is exemplified as a recording device and a portable terminal capable of wirelessly or wiredly communicating with the digital video camera is exemplified as an operation device, the present invention is not limited thereto. Further, the recording device and the operation device do not have to be separate bodies, and the operation device may be incorporated in the recording device. 1 and 2 show an example of the configuration of an image management apparatus to which the present invention can be applied. The image management apparatus can be configured using the digital video camera 100 (camcorder) shown in FIG. 1 and the portable terminal 200 shown in FIG.

  With reference to FIG. 1, the configuration of the digital video camera 100 of the first embodiment will be described. In the digital video camera 100, the control unit 10 includes an image compression / decompression unit 11, an imaging unit 12, an image processing unit 13, a wireless communication unit 14, a display unit 15, an operation unit 16, a ROM 17, a RAM 18, and a recording medium I / F 19. , Etc. are connected. The control unit 10 and each component unit can exchange data with each other.

  The control unit 10 functions as a system control unit that controls the entire system of the digital video camera 100. The control unit 10 develops and executes the program recorded in the ROM 17 on the RAM 18 to control each component, and executes a flowchart described later. The ROM 17 is a nonvolatile recording medium and stores a program executed by the control unit 10. The RAM 18 is a volatile recording medium used as a work memory for the control unit 10. The RAM 18 temporarily stores image data captured by the image capturing unit 12 and processed by the image processing unit 13 and image data read from the removable recording medium 20 in order to provide the image compression / decompression unit 11 with the image data. It is also used as a memory. The RAM 18 is also used as a VRAM that temporarily stores such image data for display on the display unit 15. Further, the RAM 18 provides a holding area for temporarily storing additional information to be recorded in association with the captured image. The additional information can be received from the mobile terminal 200 from the wireless communication unit 24.

  The digital video camera 100 can be detachably mounted with a recording medium for recording image data, and therefore has a recording medium I / F 19 as a recording medium mounting portion. The recording medium I / F 19 is a slot into which a removable recording medium such as a memory card can be inserted. FIG. 1 illustrates an example in which a detachable recording medium 20 is attached to the recording medium I / F 19. Although the digital video camera 100 has been described using the configuration in which image data is recorded on the removable recording medium 20, a configuration in which image data is recorded in a non-detachable memory built in the digital video camera 100 may be used. .

  The image processing unit 13 performs predetermined pixel interpolation, resizing processing, and color conversion processing on the image data captured by the imaging unit 12. Further, the image processing unit 13 performs a predetermined calculation process using the captured image data. The control unit 10 performs various types of control (exposure control, auto white balance control, etc.) related to imaging by the imaging unit 12 based on the calculation result obtained by the image processing unit 13. The image compression / decompression unit 11 performs a compression process on the image data processed by the image processing unit 13 and an expansion process on the image data read from the detachable recording medium 20.

  The imaging unit 12 includes a photographic lens (including a zoom lens and a focus lens) and an imaging element, images a subject under the control of the control unit 10, and acquires image data such as a still image and moving image data. Based on the control of the control unit 10, the display unit 15 displays various setting states, images picked up by the image pickup unit 12, images read out from the removable recording medium 20, and reproduced. It is configured as a display in a view-type finder or a vari-angle LCD monitor.

The operation unit 16 includes a power switch for supplying power to the digital video camera 100, a shooting start button, a mode switching button that can be switched to a camera mode (shooting mode) and a playback mode, and the like, and accepts various operations from the user. . When the operation unit 16 includes a touch panel, the control unit 10 can detect the following user operations on the touch panel. That is,
-Touching the touch panel with a finger or a pen (hereinafter referred to as touchdown).
-The touch panel is touched with a finger or a pen (hereinafter referred to as touch-on).
-The touch panel is moved while being touched with a finger or a pen (hereinafter referred to as a move).
-The finger or pen that was touching the touch panel is released (hereinafter referred to as touch-up).
A state where nothing touches the touch panel (hereinafter referred to as touch-off).
The control unit 10 is notified of these user operations and the position coordinates at which the finger or pen touches the touch panel. The control unit 10 determines what user operation has been performed on the touch panel based on the notified information.

  Regarding the move, the moving direction of the finger or pen moving on the touch panel can also be determined for each vertical component / horizontal component on the touch panel based on the change of the position coordinates. It is also assumed that a stroke is drawn when touch-up is performed on the touch panel through a certain move from touch-down. The operation of drawing a stroke quickly is called a flick. A flick is an operation of quickly moving a certain distance while touching a finger on the touch panel and then releasing it, in other words, an operation of quickly tracing a finger on the touch panel. If it is detected that the moving is performed at a predetermined speed or more over a predetermined distance, and a touch-up is detected as it is, it can be determined that a flick has been performed. Further, when it is detected that the movement has been performed at a predetermined distance or more and less than a predetermined speed, it is determined that the drag has been performed. The touch panel may be any of various types of touch panels such as a resistive film method, a capacitance method, a surface acoustic wave method, an infrared method, an electromagnetic induction method, an image recognition method, and an optical sensor method. .

  Based on the control of the control unit 10, the wireless communication unit 14 transmits and receives data to and from an external device such as the mobile terminal 200 or a personal computer by wireless communication. For example, the control unit 10 transmits setting information, operation information, and the like of the digital video camera 100 to the portable terminal 200 via the wireless communication unit 14, and records additional information recorded together with commands and image data for operating the digital video camera 100. Are received from the portable terminal 200. The data that can be transmitted and received can include digital image data and analog video signals.

  Next, a configuration example of the mobile terminal 200 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the display unit 22, the operation unit 23, the wireless communication unit 24, the ROM 25, and the RAM 26 are connected to the control unit 21. The control unit 21 and each component unit can exchange data with each other.

  The control unit 21 functions as a system control unit that controls the entire system of the mobile terminal 200. The control unit 21 develops and executes the program recorded in the ROM 25 on the RAM 26, thereby controlling each component and executes processing shown in a flowchart described later. The ROM 25 is a nonvolatile recording medium and stores a program executed by the control unit 21. The RAM 26 is a volatile recording medium used as a work memory for the control unit 21.

  The display unit 22 displays various setting states and data (including digital image data and analog video signals) received from the wireless communication unit 24 based on the control of the control unit 10. The operation unit 23 includes a power switch for supplying power to the mobile terminal 200 and receives various operations from the user. The operation unit 23 includes a touch panel as with the operation unit 16. The operations and methods that can be accepted by the touch panel included in the operation unit 23 are the same as those of the touch panel included in the operation unit 16 described above.

  The wireless communication unit 24 transmits and receives data to and from an external device such as the digital video camera 100 or a personal computer based on the control of the control unit 21. The control unit 21 receives setting information and operation information of the digital video camera 100 via the wireless communication unit 24, and transmits additional information to be recorded in association with commands executed by the digital video camera 100 and image data. . The data that can be transmitted and received can include digital image data and analog video signals. Further, wired communication may be used for communication between the portable terminal 200 and the digital video camera 100.

  The operation of the image management apparatus according to the first embodiment is shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 3, 4, 5A, and 5B. First, the operation of the digital video camera 100 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4 is realized by the control unit 10 of the digital video camera 100 developing the program stored in the ROM 17 on the RAM 18 and executing it. When the digital video camera 100 is set to the camera mode (shooting mode) by the user's operation on the operation unit 16, the process of FIG. 3 is started.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an overall processing procedure in the camera mode of the digital video camera 100. When the camera mode is set, first, in S300, the control unit 10 generates control information to be transmitted to the portable terminal 200 according to the setting state of the digital video camera 100. Details of this processing will be described later with reference to FIG. In S <b> 301, the control unit 10 transmits the control information generated in S <b> 300 to the mobile terminal 200 via the wireless communication unit 14. In S <b> 302, the control unit 10 receives a command for operating the digital video camera 100 and additional information data from the portable terminal 200 via the wireless communication unit 14. In S303, the control unit 10 determines whether or not the digital video camera 100 is recording a moving image. Note that it is determined that a moving image is being recorded when, for example, the recording is started and then the recording is not stopped. If it is determined that recording is in progress, the process proceeds to S304. If it is determined that recording is not in progress, the process proceeds to S308.

In step S304, the control unit 10 determines whether or not a command (hereinafter referred to as an “Apply Clip” command) that applies the additional information received in step S302 as additional information associated with the currently recorded moving image has been received. If it is determined that the Apply Clip command has been received, the process proceeds to S305. If it is determined that the Apply Clip command has not been received, the process proceeds to S306. In S305, the control unit 10 updates the additional information held in the additional information holding area of the RAM 18 as additional information to be recorded in association with the image to the additional information received in S302 (at this stage, it is still associated with the image itself). No processing). In S306, the control unit 10 determines whether the recording is stopped. For example, it is determined that the recording has been stopped.
-When recording stop of moving image data is instructed by the video recording stop button included in the operation unit 16,
This is the case where a command to stop recording is received in S302 and an instruction to stop recording moving image data is given.

  If it is determined that the recording has been stopped, the process proceeds to S307, and if it is determined that the recording has not been stopped, the process returns to S300 to repeat the above process. In S <b> 307, the control unit 10 updates the additional information associated with the clip that has been recorded so far with the additional information held in the holding area of the RAM 18. Note that one clip is one moving image file. However, one clip may be a partial range of a moving image indicating a range recorded from when a recording start instruction is received to when a recording stop instruction is received in a single moving image file. Further, as described later in S312, additional information is once associated with the moving image when the recording of the moving image is started. Therefore, when the recording is stopped, the additional information is already associated with the clip that has been recorded. Here, a process of rewriting the existing additional information to the latest contents is performed.

  The clip that has been recorded so far and the additional information associated therewith are recorded on the recording medium 20. For example, a clip that has been recorded so far is stored as a moving image file having moving image stream data, and additional information associated with the clip is stored as an additional information file in the same folder on a one-to-one basis. Has been made. In S307, the contents of the additional information file associated with the clip recorded so far recorded on the recording medium 20 are updated with the contents of the additional information held in the holding area of the RAM 18. Thus, if there is additional information received together with the Apply Clip command before the recording is stopped, the additional information associated with the image is updated with the additional information received together with the Apply Clip command when the recording is stopped. If there is no additional information received with the Apply Clip command before the recording is stopped, the content of the additional information associated with the image is the same as the content added when recording is started.

  On the other hand, in S308, the control unit 10 determines whether or not a command for rewriting additional information associated with the clip recorded immediately before in S302 (hereinafter referred to as a Rewrite Prev command) has been received. If it is determined that the Rewrite Prev command has been received, the process proceeds to S309. If it is determined that the Rewrite Prev command has not been received, the process proceeds to S313. In S309, as in S305, the control unit 10 updates the additional information held in the holding area of the RAM 18 as additional information to be recorded in association with the image to the additional information received in S302. In S310, the control unit 10 updates the additional information recorded on the recording medium 20 in association with the clip recorded immediately before. The clip recorded immediately before and the additional information associated therewith are recorded on the recording medium 20 with a one-to-one correspondence in the same folder as described above. The control unit 10 updates the additional information associated with the clip recorded immediately before being recorded on the recording medium 20 with the additional information held in the holding area of the RAM 18. As a result, the content of the additional information recorded on the recording medium 20 in association with the clip recorded immediately before is updated to the content of the additional information received together with Rewrite Prev.

  On the other hand, in S313, the control unit 10 determines whether or not a command for applying additional information to be recorded in association with the clip to be recorded (hereinafter referred to as “Next Clip command”) has been received. If it is determined that the Next Clip command has been received, the process proceeds to S314. If it is determined that the Next Clip command has not been received, the process proceeds to S311. In S314, as in S305, the control unit 10 updates the additional information held in the holding area of the RAM 18 as additional information to be recorded in association with the image to the additional information received in S302.

In step S311, the control unit 10 determines whether recording has started. For example, it is determined that recording has started.
When recording start of moving image data is instructed by the recording start button included in the operation unit 16,
When a command to start recording is received in S302 and an instruction to start recording moving image data is given,
Etc. If it is determined that recording has started, the process proceeds to S312. If it is determined that recording has not started, the process returns to S300 and the above-described process is repeated.

  In S <b> 312, the control unit 10 records the newly started recording clip on the recording medium 20 in association with the additional information held in the holding area of the RAM 18. As a result, if there is additional information received together with the Next Clip command between the previous recording stop and the current recording start, the additional information received together with the Next Clip command is associated with the image to be recorded this time. Will be. Even the additional information received together with the Rewrite Prev command is recorded in association with the image to be recorded this time because the additional information held in the holding area of the RAM 18 is updated (S309). In order not to perform such an operation, the processing of S309 is omitted, and in S310, the recording medium 20 is updated with the additional information received together with the Rewrite Prev command, and the additional information held in the RAM 18 is not updated. It may be. In this way, when the Rewrite Prev command is received, only the additional information of the image recorded immediately before can be updated. If neither the Next Clip command nor the Rewrite Prev command is received between the previous recording stop and the current recording start, the additional information held in the holding area of the RAM 18 is used before that. That is, additional information having the same content as the additional information associated with the previously recorded image is associated with the image currently being recorded or the next recorded image.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing details of the control information generation process in S300 of FIG. In S400, the control unit 10 determines whether or not a transition is made from another mode to the camera mode (shooting mode). For example, it is determined that the mode has been changed from the other mode to the camera mode (shooting mode). When a transition to is instructed. If it is determined that the camera mode (shooting mode) has been changed from another mode, the process proceeds to S401, and if it is determined that no transition has been made, the process proceeds to S402. In S401, the control unit 10 generates “information indicating that Rewrite Prev is invalidated” as the control information transmitted to the mobile terminal 200 in S301 of FIG.

  In S402, the control unit 10 determines whether a new clip has been shot. For example, it is determined that a new clip has been shot when a recording stop is instructed by receiving a command to stop recording after an instruction to start recording moving image data is given. The instruction to start recording of moving image data is detected by, for example, operating a shooting start button included in the operation unit 16 or receiving a command to start recording in S302 of FIG. In addition, an instruction to stop recording of moving image data is detected by, for example, operating a shooting stop button included in the operation unit 16 or receiving a command to stop recording in S302 of FIG. If it is determined that a new clip has been shot, the process proceeds to S403. If it is determined that a new clip has not been shot, the process proceeds to S404. In S403, the control unit 10 clears the above-described “information indicating that Rewrite Prev is invalidated” in the control information transmitted to the mobile terminal 200 in S301 of FIG.

  In S404, the control unit 10 determines whether or not the recording medium 20 has been initialized. It is determined that the recording medium 20 has been initialized, for example, a menu 600 as shown in FIG. 6 is opened by a menu button included in the operation unit 16, and the initialization of the recording medium 20 is instructed from the item of the menu 600. If so. If it is determined that the recording medium 20 has been initialized, the process proceeds to S405. If it is determined that the recording medium 20 has not been initialized, the control information generation process ends. In S405, the control unit 10 generates “information indicating that Rewrite Prev is invalidated” as the control information transmitted to the mobile terminal 200 in S301 of FIG. When the process of S405 ends, the control information generation process ends.

  Next, the operation of the portable terminal 200 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 5A and 5B. Each process in FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B is realized by the control unit 21 configuring the mobile terminal 200 developing the program stored in the ROM 25 on the RAM 26 and executing it. When the mobile terminal 200 is set to the external device control mode by the user's operation on the operation unit 23, the processes of FIGS. 5A and 5B are started.

  An example of a screen displayed on the display unit 22 of the mobile terminal 200 when the external device control mode is entered is shown in FIG. Here, a screen for performing an operation of transmitting additional information edited by the mobile terminal 200 to the digital video camera 100 will be described. In FIG. 7, an additional information editing screen 700 is a screen for performing an operation of editing additional information to be recorded in association with a clip shot by the digital video camera 100 and transmitting data to the digital video camera 100. The user operates the cross key included in the operation unit 23 to edit each item. A clip title field 701 is a field for inputting a title of the clip. A photographer field 702 is a field for inputting a photographer who has photographed a clip. The shooting location field 703 is a field for inputting the shooting location of the clip. The shooting content field 704 is a field for inputting the shooting content of the clip. A Rewrite Prev button 705 as a first display item is a button for transmitting a Rewrite Prev command and additional information data to the digital video camera 100 in order to record the input additional information in association with the clip shot immediately before. A Next Clip button 706 as a second display item is a button for transmitting a Next Clip command and additional information data to the digital video camera 100 in order to record the input additional information in association with a clip to be shot. . Each command and additional information data is transmitted to the digital video camera 100 via the wireless communication unit 24.

  When the external device control mode is set, first, in S500, the control unit 21 receives control information of the digital video camera 100 from the digital video camera 100 via the wireless communication unit 24. The control information transmitted from the digital video camera 100 includes information indicating whether or not the digital video camera 100 is recording a moving image. The control information indicating whether or not a moving image is being recorded is generated, for example, in S300 of FIG. In S501, the control unit 21 determines whether or not the digital video camera 100 is recording from the control information received in S500. If it is determined that recording is in progress, the process proceeds to S502. If it is determined that recording is not in progress, the process proceeds to S507. In S <b> 502, the control unit 21 displays an Apply Clip button (not shown) that transmits additional information data and a command to be recorded in association with the clip currently being recorded by the digital video camera 100 on the additional information editing screen 700.

  In step S <b> 503, the control unit 21 determines whether or not an input has been made to any one of the clip title field 701, the photographer field 702, the shooting location field 703, and the shooting content field 704 illustrated in FIG. 7. . If it is determined that there is an input to any field, the process proceeds to S504. If there is no input to the field, the process proceeds to S505. In S504, the additional information editing screen shown in FIG. 7 is updated.

  In S505, the control unit 21 determines whether the Apply Clip button has been pressed by the user. Note that “pressed” means that a touch operation (touch down or touch up) is performed on the displayed button, and a determination operation is performed after selecting the displayed button using the operation unit 23. , Etc. If it is determined that the Apply Clip button has been pressed, the process proceeds to S506. If it is determined that the Apply Clip button has not been pressed, the process proceeds to S519. In S506, the control unit 21 generates an Apply Clip command and additional information data to be transmitted to the digital video camera 100.

  On the other hand, in S <b> 507, the control unit 21 displays a Rewrite Prev button 705 and a Next Clip button 706 on the additional information editing screen 700. In S508, the control unit 21 determines whether or not the control information received in S500 includes “information for invalidating the Rewrite Prev button”. If the information “invalidating the Rewrite Prev button” is included, the process proceeds to S509, and if not, the process proceeds to S510.In S509, the control unit 21 displays the Rewrite Prev button 705 in an invalid state. For example, the button is grayed out (the color is changed so that it can be identified that the button is invalid), but the fact that the button is not valid even when the button is pressed other than the grayout. On the other hand, in S510, the control unit 21 displays the Rewrite Prev button 705 effectively.

  In S511, the control unit 21 determines whether or not there is an input in any of the fields 701 to 704 shown in FIG. If it is determined that there is an input to any field, the process proceeds to S512. If there is no input to the field, the process proceeds to S513. In S512, the additional information editing screen 700 shown in FIG. 7 is updated.

  In S513, it is determined whether or not the Rewrite Prev button 705 has been pressed. If it is determined that the user has pressed the Rewrite Prev button 705, the process proceeds to S514. If it is determined that the user has not pressed the Rewrite Prev button 705, the process proceeds to S517. In S514, the control unit 21 determines whether or not the Rewrite Prev button 705 is displayed invalid. If it is determined that the Rewrite Prev button 705 is displayed as invalid, the process proceeds to S515. If it is determined that the Rewrite Prev button 705 is not displayed as invalid, the process proceeds to S516. In S515, the control unit 21 displays a warning on the display unit 22 that the command and additional information data are not transmitted to the digital video camera 100 even if the Rewrite Prev button 705 is invalid and is pressed. In S516, the control unit 21 generates a Rewrite Prev command and additional information data to be transmitted to the digital video camera 100.

  On the other hand, in S517, the control unit 21 determines whether or not the Next Clip button 706 has been pressed by the user. If it is determined that the Next Clip button 406 has been pressed, the process proceeds to S518. If it is determined that the Next Clip button 406 has not been pressed, the process proceeds to S519. In S518, the control unit 21 generates a Next Clip command and additional information data to be transmitted to the digital video camera 100. In S519, the control unit 21 determines whether a command and data to be transmitted to the digital video camera 100 are generated. Here, it is determined that one of S506, S516, and S518 is processed when it is determined that the command and data are generated. If it is determined that the command and data to be transmitted have been generated, the process proceeds to S520. If it is determined that the command and data to be transmitted have not been generated, the process returns to S500 and the above process is repeated. In S <b> 520, the control unit 21 transmits an execution instruction including the generated command and additional information data to the digital video camera 100 via the wireless communication unit 24.

  As described above, according to the first embodiment, after the digital video camera 100 transitions from another operation mode to the camera mode (shooting mode), if the shooting has not been started, the Rewrite is performed in the mobile terminal 200. The Prev button 705 is disabled. For this reason, it is possible to prevent the additional information from being recorded in association with an unintended clip. Further, according to the above embodiment, when the recording medium 20 is initialized, the Rewrite Prev button 705 of the mobile terminal 200 is invalidated. For this reason, it is possible to prevent the user from misunderstanding that the additional information is recorded in association with the clip photographed last even though the clip does not exist on the recording medium 20.

Second Embodiment
Next, an image management apparatus according to the second embodiment will be described. The image management apparatus of the second embodiment can be configured using a digital video camera 800 (camcorder) shown in FIG. 8 and a portable terminal 200 shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 8, a digital video camera 800 according to the second embodiment has a recording medium detection unit 40 added to the first embodiment (FIG. 1). The recording medium detection unit 40 detects the mounting state of the detachable recording medium 20 with respect to the recording medium I / F. Other components are the same as those in FIG. The mobile terminal 200 can be realized with the same configuration as in the first embodiment.

  The moving image management apparatus according to the second embodiment executes the processes shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 3, 5A, 5B, and 9. Each process shown in the flowcharts of FIG. 3 and FIG. 9 is realized by the control unit 10 of the digital video camera 800 developing the program stored in the ROM 17 in the RAM 18 and executing it. When the digital video camera 800 is set to the camera mode (shooting mode) by the user's operation on the operation unit 16, the process of FIG. 3 is started. Since the overall processing procedure (FIG. 3) in the camera mode of the digital video camera 800 is the same as that of the first embodiment, the description thereof is omitted.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing details of the control information generation process in S300 of FIG. In S900, the control unit 10 determines whether or not the recording medium 20 is attached to the recording medium I / F 19. Whether or not the recording medium 20 is loaded is determined via the recording medium detection unit 40. If it is determined that the recording medium 20 is loaded, the process proceeds to S901. If it is determined that the recording medium 20 is not loaded, the process proceeds to S909. In S901, the control unit 10 clears information for invalidating the Next Clip button 706 as control information for transmission to the mobile terminal 200 in S301 of FIG.

  In step S902, the control unit 10 determines whether the recording medium loaded in the recording medium I / F 19 is a recording medium on which a moving image has been recorded last. The following method is an example of a method for determining that the recording medium is finally recorded with a moving image. That is, the information of the recording medium on which the moving image was recorded last is stored in the RAM 18, and when the recording medium information stored in the RAM 18 matches the information of the recording medium of the recording destination, the moving image is finally stored. It is determined that the recording medium has been recorded. If it is determined in S902 that the recording medium is the last recorded recording medium, the process proceeds to S903. If it is determined that the recording medium is not the last recorded recording medium, the process proceeds to S904. In S903, the control unit 10 clears information for invalidating Rewrite Prev.

  In S904, the control unit 10 determines whether a new clip has been shot. If it is determined that a new clip has been shot, the process proceeds to S905. If it is determined that a new clip has not been shot, the process proceeds to S907. In S905, the control unit 10 clears information for invalidating Rewrite Prev. In step S <b> 906, the control unit 10 stores the last recorded recording medium information in the RAM 18. In S907, the control unit 10 determines whether or not the recording medium 20 has been initialized. If it is determined that the recording medium 20 has been initialized, the process proceeds to S908. If it is determined that the recording medium 20 has not been initialized, the process ends. In S908, the control unit 10 generates information for invalidating Rewrite Prev. On the other hand, in S909, the control unit 10 generates information for invalidating Rewrite Prev and Next Clip as control information for transmission to the mobile terminal 200 in S301 of FIG.

  As in the first embodiment, the processes in FIGS. 5A and 5B are realized by the control unit 21 configuring the mobile terminal 200 developing the program stored in the ROM 25 on the RAM 26 and executing it. When the mobile terminal 200 is set to the external device control mode by the user's operation on the operation unit 23, the processes of FIGS. 5A and 5B are started. The processing procedure of the portable terminal 200 is the same as that of the first embodiment.

  In the second embodiment, the control is performed according to the mounting state of the recording medium 20, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when the recording medium I / F 19 has a lid and can detect opening / closing of the lid, the same control can be performed depending on the opening / closing state of the lid. In this case, the determination in S900 may be a determination as to whether or not the lid is open. If the lid is open, the process may proceed to S909, and if the lid is closed, the process may proceed to S901.

  As described above, according to the second embodiment, when the recording medium 20 is replaced by the digital video camera 800 and the content of the last shot clip cannot be grasped, Rewrite Prev and Next Clip are invalidated. . For this reason, it becomes possible to prevent the additional information from being recorded in association with the unintended clip from the portable terminal 200. Further, when the recording medium 20 is initialized, the Rewrite Prev is invalidated and the Rewrite Prev button 705 of the portable terminal 200 is invalidated. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the misunderstanding that the additional information is recorded in association with the clip that was last shot by the user even though the clip does not exist on the recording medium.

<Third Embodiment>
Next, a moving image management apparatus according to the third embodiment will be described. 10 and 2 show an example of the configuration of an image management apparatus to which the present invention can be applied. The image management apparatus can be configured using the digital video camera 1000 (camcorder) shown in FIG. 10 and the portable terminal 200 shown in FIG. In the configuration of the digital video camera 1000 shown in FIG. 10, a recording medium I / F 50 and a recording medium 51 are added to the first embodiment (FIG. 1).

  That is, the digital video camera 1000 according to the third embodiment has two interfaces of a recording medium I / F 19 and a recording medium I / F 50, and two recording media for recording image data can be mounted. The recording medium I / F 19 and the recording medium I / F 50 are slots into which a removable recording medium such as a memory card can be inserted. FIG. 10 shows an example in which the recording medium 20 and the recording medium 51 are attached to the recording medium I / F 19 and the recording medium I / F 50, respectively. In the following, description will be made using a configuration in which image data is recorded on two detachable recording media, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a configuration using two memories that are not detachable and built in the digital video camera 1000, or a configuration using a combination of a detachable recording medium 20 and a built-in memory that is not detachable can be considered. Other components are the same as those in the first embodiment (FIG. 1). The mobile terminal 200 is the same as that in the first embodiment.

  The moving image management apparatus according to the third embodiment executes the processes shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 3, 5A, 5B, and 11. Each process shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 3 and 11 is realized by the control unit 10 of the digital video camera 1000 developing and executing a program stored in the ROM 17 on the RAM 18. When the digital video camera 1000 is set to the camera mode (shooting mode) by the user's operation on the operation unit 16, the process of FIG. 3 is started. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that double REC is possible. Double REC is a method of recording the same image in parallel on a plurality of recording media. As a result, a backup file is automatically generated. The overall processing procedure in the camera mode of the digital video camera 1000 is the same as that in the first embodiment (FIG. 3).

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing details of control information generation processing in S300 of FIG. In S1100, the control unit 10 determines whether or not the recording destination recording medium of the photographed image has been switched. The determination that the recording destination recording medium has been switched is, for example, when the recording medium switching button included in the operation unit 16 is pressed. If it is determined that the recording destination recording medium has been switched, the process proceeds to S1101. If it is determined that the recording destination recording medium has not been switched, the process proceeds to S1105. In S1101, the control unit 10 determines whether the target number of recording media to be recorded has been switched. This switching is switching between turning on or off the double REC function. If the number of recording media to be recorded is 1, the double REC function is OFF. If the recording target is two or more, the double REC function is turned on, and the same image is recorded in parallel on two or more set recording media. If it is determined in S1101 that the target number of recording media to be recorded has been switched, the process proceeds to S1104. If it is determined that the target number of recording media to be recorded has not been switched, the process proceeds to S1102.

  In step S1102, the control unit 10 determines whether the recording medium used for recording is the recording medium on which the moving image is recorded last. If it is determined in S1102 that the recording medium is the last recorded recording medium, the process proceeds to S1103. If it is determined that the recording medium is not the last recorded recording medium, the process proceeds to S1104. In S1103, the control part 10 clears the information which invalidates Rewrite Prev in the control information for transmitting to the portable terminal 200 in S301 of FIG. On the other hand, in S1104, the control unit 10 generates information for invalidating Rewrite Prev as control information for transmission to the mobile terminal 200 in S301 of FIG. Note that steps S1105 to S1109 in FIG. 11 are the same processes as steps S904 to S908 in FIG. 9 described in the second embodiment.

  Each process shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B is realized by the control unit 21 configuring the portable terminal 200 developing the program stored in the ROM 25 on the RAM 26 and executing the program. When the mobile terminal 200 is set to the external device control mode by the user's operation on the operation unit 23, the processing of FIGS. 5A and 5B is started. The overall processing procedure in the portable terminal 200 is the same as that in the first embodiment.

In the third embodiment, the switching of the recording destination recording medium is controlled by pressing the recording medium switching button included in the operation unit 16. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the recording destination can be changed by other operations. Switching may be performed. For example,
・ When selecting a recording medium from the menu,
-When there is a configuration for detecting whether or not a recording medium is mounted, and when it is detected that the recording medium set as the recording destination recording medium is removed,
A case where it is detected that the lid of the recording medium I / F 19 set as the recording destination recording medium is open when the recording medium I / F 19 has a configuration that can detect opening and closing of the lid.

  In the above description, two recording media have been described. However, the same control can be performed even in a configuration having three or more recording media.

  As described above, according to the third embodiment, the recording destination recording medium and the number of recording destination recording media are switched by the digital video camera 1000, and it becomes impossible to grasp the contents of the last shot clip. In some cases, Rewrite Prev is disabled. For this reason, it is possible to prevent the additional information from being recorded in association with the unintended clip from the portable terminal 200. When the recording medium 20 that is the recording destination is initialized, the Rewrite Prev is invalidated and the Rewrite Prev button 705 of the portable terminal 200 is invalidated. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a misunderstanding that the additional information is recorded in association with the clip last shot by the user even though the clip does not exist.

<Fourth embodiment>
In the above-described first to third embodiments, the input of the content of the additional information and the selection of the addition target image are performed using the portable terminal 200 different from the digital video camera. However, the digital video camera itself may be used. It is. In the fourth embodiment, an example in which the digital video camera 100 performs the same process as the process performed by the mobile terminal 200 in the first embodiment will be described. The configuration of the digital video camera 100 of the fourth embodiment can be realized by the same configuration as that of the first embodiment (FIG. 1).

  12 to 14 show flowcharts in the fourth embodiment. Each process shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 12 to 14 is realized by the control unit 10 of the digital video camera 100 developing the program stored in the ROM 17 on the RAM 18 and executing it. When the digital video camera 100 is set to the camera mode (shooting mode) by the user's operation on the operation unit 16, the process of FIG. 12 is started.

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing an overall processing procedure in the camera mode by the digital video camera 100 of the fourth embodiment. When the camera mode is set, first, in S1200, the control unit 10 determines whether or not the additional information editing screen 700 is opened. It is determined that the additional information editing screen 700 has been opened, for example, when the menu is opened from a menu button included in the operation unit 16 and an item for editing additional information is selected by the user. The additional information editing screen 700 is displayed on the display unit 15 provided in the digital video camera 100 by the control unit 10. If it is determined that the additional information editing screen 700 has been opened, the process proceeds to S1201. If it is determined that the additional information editing screen 700 has not been opened, the process proceeds to S1203. In S1201, the control unit 10 performs additional information editing processing. Details of this processing will be described later with reference to FIG.

  In S1202, the control unit 10 determines whether or not the additional information editing screen 700 is closed. For example, it is determined that the button is closed when the user selects a close button (not shown) provided on the additional information editing screen 700. If it is determined that the additional information editing screen 700 is closed, the process proceeds to S1203. If it is determined that the additional information editing screen 700 is not closed, the process returns to S1201 and the above-described processes are repeated. In S1203, the control unit 10 performs a recording process. Details of this processing will be described later with reference to FIG. When S1203 ends, the process returns to S1200, and the above-described processing is repeated.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing details of the additional information editing process in S1201 of FIG. In step S1300, the control unit 10 determines whether the digital video camera 100 is recording. If it is determined that recording is in progress, the process advances to step S1301. If it is determined that recording is not in progress, the process advances to step S1306. In step S1301, the control unit 10 displays an Apply Clip button (not shown) on the additional information editing screen 700. In step S <b> 1302, the control unit 10 determines whether or not an input has been made to any of the clip title field 701, the photographer field 702, the shooting location field 703, and the shooting content field 704 illustrated in FIG. 7. If it is determined that there is an input to any field, the process proceeds to S1303. If there is no input to the field, the process proceeds to S1304. In step S1303, the control unit 10 updates the additional information editing screen 700 illustrated in FIG. In step S1304, the control unit 10 determines whether the Apply Clip button has been pressed by the user. If it is determined that the Apply Clip button has been pressed, the process advances to step S1305. If it is determined that the Apply Clip button has not been pressed, the process ends. In step S <b> 1305, the control unit 10 updates the additional information stored in the storage area of the RAM 18 with the information input in the field of the additional information editing screen 700.

  On the other hand, in S <b> 1306, the control unit 10 displays a Rewrite Prev button 705 and a Next Clip button 706 on the additional information editing screen 700. In step S1307, the control unit 10 determines whether there is information for invalidating Rewrite Prev. If there is information for invalidating Rewrite Prev, the process proceeds to S1308. If there is no information for invalidating Rewrite Prev, the process proceeds to S1309. In S1308, the control unit 10 displays the Rewrite Prev button 705 as invalid. In S1309, the control unit 10 displays the Rewrite Prev button 705 effectively. In S1310, the control unit 10 determines whether or not there is an input in any of the fields 701 to 704 shown in FIG. If it is determined that there is an input to any field, the process proceeds to S1311. If there is no input to the field, the process proceeds to S1312. In step S1311, the control unit 10 updates the additional information editing screen 700 illustrated in FIG.

  In S1312, it is determined whether or not the Rewrite Prev button 705 has been pressed. If it is determined that the user has pressed the Rewrite Prev button 705, the process proceeds to S1313. If it is determined that the user has not pressed the Rewrite Prev button 705, the process proceeds to S1316. In S1313, the control unit 10 determines whether or not the Rewrite Prev button 705 is displayed invalid. For example, it is determined whether or not the Rewrite Prev button 705 is grayed out. If it is determined that the Rewrite Prev button 705 is invalidly displayed, the process proceeds to S1314. If it is determined that the Rewrite Prev button 705 is not invalidally displayed, the process proceeds to S1315.

  In step S <b> 1314, the control unit 10 displays a warning on the display unit 15 that the command and additional information data are not transmitted to the digital video camera 100 even when the Rewrite Prev button 705 is invalid and is pressed. In step S <b> 1315, the control unit 10 updates the content of the additional information recorded in association with the last shot clip with the additional information stored in the holding area of the RAM 18. On the other hand, in S1316, the control unit 10 determines whether or not the Next Clip button 406 has been pressed by the user. If it is determined that the Next Clip button 706 has been pressed, the process advances to step S1317. If it is determined that the Next Clip button 706 has not been pressed, the process ends. In step S <b> 1317, the control unit 10 updates the additional information stored in the storage area of the RAM 18 with the information input in the field of the additional information editing screen 700.

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing details of the recording process in S1203 of FIG. In step S <b> 1401, the control unit 10 determines whether there has been a recording stop since recording with the digital video camera 100. If it is determined that the recording is stopped, the process proceeds to S1402, and if there is no recording stop, the process proceeds to S1403. In step S <b> 1402, the control unit 10 updates the content of the additional information recorded in association with the captured clip with the additional information stored in the storage area of the RAM 18.

  On the other hand, in S1403, the control unit 10 determines whether or not the mode has changed from another mode to the camera mode (shooting mode). If it is determined that the camera mode (shooting mode) has been changed from another mode, the process proceeds to S1404. If it is determined that the camera mode (shooting mode) has not been changed from another mode, the process proceeds to S1405. In S1404, the control unit 10 generates information for invalidating Rewrite Prev. In step S1405, the control unit 10 determines whether the recording medium 20 has been initialized. If it is determined that the recording medium 20 has been initialized, the process proceeds to S1406. If it is determined that the recording medium 20 has not been initialized, the process proceeds to S1407. In S1406, the control unit 10 generates information for invalidating Rewrite Prev as in S1404. In step S1407, the control unit 10 determines whether recording has started. If it is determined that recording has started, the process advances to step S1408. If it is determined that shooting has not been performed, the process ends. In S1408, the additional information stored in the holding area of the RAM 18 is recorded in association with the clip for which shooting has started. In S1409, the control unit 10 clears information for invalidating Rewrite Prev. When S1409 ends, the process ends.

  As described above, according to the fourth embodiment, when the digital video camera 100 transitions from another mode to the camera mode (shooting mode) and the content of the last shot clip cannot be grasped, the Rewrite Prev is invalid. It becomes. For this reason, it is possible to prevent the additional information from being recorded in association with a clip that does not intend the additional information. Further, when the recording medium 20 is initialized, Rewrite Prev is invalidated and the Rewrite Prev button 705 is invalidated. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a misunderstanding that the additional information is recorded in association with the clip last shot by the user even though the clip does not exist.

  As described above, the processing described as being performed on the mobile terminal 200 side in the second and third embodiments can be configured as a main component performed on the digital video camera 100 side. In other words, the present invention can be applied to a case where the image management apparatus as a single apparatus performs both the process of recording an image and the process of inputting the content of additional information and selecting an addition target image. . That is, the control of the control unit 10 and the control unit 21 may be performed by one piece of hardware, or may be realized by a plurality of pieces of hardware sharing processing.

  In the first to third embodiments, the content of the image additional information and the image to be added can be designated from the portable terminal 200 separate from the digital video camera 100. When the system configured as described above is used, in a movie shooting site, a director, a cameraman who captures an image using the digital video camera 100, and a staff who inputs additional information using the mobile terminal 200 are separated from each other. It is possible to work as a person. In such a case, it is difficult to coordinate the camera operation timing performed by the photographer and the timing when the input staff inputting the additional information adds the additional information, and erroneous operations are likely to occur. It is.

  Although the present invention has been described in detail based on the preferred embodiments thereof, the present invention is not limited to these specific embodiments, and various forms without departing from the gist of the present invention are also included in the present invention. included. Furthermore, each embodiment mentioned above shows only one embodiment of this invention, and it is also possible to combine each embodiment suitably. For example, in the first embodiment, Rewrite Prev is invalidated when a transition is made from another mode to a shooting mode, but this may also be adopted in the second and third embodiments under AND conditions.

  As a method of associating additional information, an example has been described in which association is performed by storing additional information as an additional information file independent of an image file in the same folder as the moving image file, but is not limited thereto. . The associating method may be performed by entering the same character string in a list or file name, or may be a method of directly recording additional information in the header portion in the image file.

  Furthermore, in each of the above-described embodiments, the example in which the additional information is added to the moving image has been described. Further, the example in which the additional information is added to the image captured by the imaging unit 12 has been described. However, the target image to which the additional information is added is not limited to the image captured by the imaging unit 12, and a moving image input from the outside can be used. You may apply when recording or recording a still image. That is, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to a digital video camera has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this example. The present invention is applicable to any content management apparatus that records content such as images and sounds and associates additional information with the recorded content. In other words, the present invention can be applied to personal computers, PDAs, mobile phone terminals, portable image viewers, printers equipped with displays, digital photo frames, music players, game machines, electronic book readers, televisions, DVD recorders, and the like. . For example, in the first embodiment, in S400, it is determined that the operation mode of the recording apparatus that records the content on the recording medium has transitioned from the other operation mode to the recording mode for recording the content. The Then, after it is determined that the recording mode has been changed from another operation mode until the first recording operation is executed after the transition, the user operation for the execution instruction of the first process, Rewrite Prev, is disabled. (S401, S402, S404).

(Other embodiments)
The present invention is also realized by executing the following processing. That is, software (program) that realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or apparatus via a network or various storage media, and a computer (or CPU, MPU, etc.) of the system or apparatus reads the program code. It is a process to be executed. In this case, the program and the storage medium storing the program constitute the present invention.

Claims (19)

A content management system comprising: a recording device for recording content; and an operation device for receiving a user operation for adding additional information to the content,
Processing means for executing in response to the recording apparatus odor recorded Symbol recording medium Te the latest first processing for recording in association with additional information to the content data of the User chromatography The operation,
From the time when the operation mode of the recording device transitions to the recording mode for recording content from another operation mode until the first recording operation is executed after the transition at the recording device, and a control unit that disables the user operation for instructing execution, a,
The operating device has a function of displaying a first display item for accepting a user operation instructing execution of the first process,
The control means does not display the first display item or displays the first display item in a display form indicating that the first display item is invalid, and disables a user operation to instruct execution of the first process. content management system according to claim to Rukoto to. 2. The content management system according to claim 1, further comprising determination means for determining that the operation mode of the recording apparatus has transitioned from another operation mode to a recording mode for recording content. It said control means, from a recording medium for recording the content is initialized until the first printing operation on the recording medium is executed, disables the user operation to instruct the execution of the first process, The content management system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that It further comprises detection means for detecting whether or not the recording medium is attached to an attaching part to which a recording medium for recording content can be attached and detached,
Wherein, after the recording medium to the mounting portion is detected to be not mounted by the detection unit, to the recording operation recording medium is mounted is executed, the execution of the first process The content management system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a user operation for giving an instruction is disabled. Wherein, after the recording medium to the mounting portion is detected to be not not been mounted by the detection means, when the recording medium to the mounting portion is detected to be mounted, the recording medium In the case of a recording medium on which content has been recorded last, a user operation for instructing execution of the first process can be performed without waiting for execution of the first recording operation. The content management system according to claim 4. A detecting means for detecting the opening and closing of the lid of the mounting portion to which the recording medium on which the content is recorded can be attached and detached;
Wherein, after that said cover is opened is detected by said detection means until said recording operation to a recording medium mounted to the mounting portion is executed, an instruction to execute the first process The content management system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a user operation to be performed is disabled. A selection means for selecting a recording medium as a content recording destination from a plurality of recording media;
The control means allows a user operation to instruct the execution of the first process if the recording medium to the recording medium selected by said selecting means makes a last recorded content, the selected recording medium content of any one of claims 1 to 6 but the end disabling the user operation to instruct the execution of the first process if not a recording medium was subjected to recording of the content, it is characterized by Management system . In the operation device, when the first display item is selected in a state where the first display item is displayed in a display state indicating that the first display item is invalid, the first process is not executed. The content management system according to claim 1 , further comprising warning display means for displaying a warning. The recording device and the operation device are configured separately and connected by wireless or wired communication means,
The operating device is in any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that transmission via said communication means to the recording apparatus together with additional information to execute instructions of said first process in response to a user operation The content management system described. The content, video, content management system according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that it comprises a still image, one of the sound. The content management system according to claim 10 , wherein the other operation mode includes a power-off mode or a playback mode.   The operating device displays, together with the first display item, a second display item for receiving a user operation instructing execution of a second process for recording additional information in association with content to be recorded from now on. The content management system according to claim 1, wherein:   The control means is a period from when the operation mode of the recording device transitions to a recording mode for recording content from another operation mode until the first recording operation is executed after the transition at the recording device. However, the content management system according to claim 12, wherein a user operation instructing execution of the second process by the second display item can be accepted.   The operation device has a function of displaying a third display item for receiving a user operation instructing execution of a third process for recording additional information in association with content currently being recorded by the recording device. And
  The control means displays the third display item when content is being recorded by the recording device, and displays the first display item when content is not being recorded by the recording device. The content management system according to claim 1, wherein the content management system is controlled as follows. An operating device capable of communicating with a recording device for recording content,
An instruction means for instructing the recording apparatus to execute a first process of recording additional information in association with the content recorded immediately before by the recording apparatus in response to a user operation;
Based on the notification from the recording device, whether or not the recording device is in a state between the transition from the other operation mode to the recording mode for recording the content and the execution of the first recording operation. Determination means for determining;
Display means for displaying a first display item for accepting a user operation instructing execution of the first process;
When the determination unit determines that the recording apparatus is in the state, the first display item is displayed in a display form indicating that the first display item is not displayed or is invalid. , operating device characterized in that it comprises a control means for the user disables the operation for instructing the execution of the first process by the instruction unit. A control method for a content management system , comprising: a recording device that records content; and an operation device that receives a user operation for adding additional information to the content,
A processing step of processing means executes the first processing for recording in association with additional information on the latest content data recorded in the Te Symbol recording medium the recording apparatus odor in accordance with the User chromatography The operation,
Until the first recording operation is executed after the transition in the recording apparatus after the operation mode of the recording apparatus transitions from the other operation mode to the recording mode for recording content. and a control step of disabling a user operation to instruct the execution of the first process, the possess,
The operation device has a function of displaying a first display item for accepting a user operation instructing execution of the first process,
In the control step, the first display item is displayed in a display form indicating that the first display item is not displayed or invalid, and a user operation for instructing execution of the first process is disabled. A method for controlling a content management system , characterized by comprising: A control method for an operating device capable of communicating with a recording device for recording content,
An instruction step for instructing the recording apparatus to execute a first process of recording additional information in association with the content recorded immediately before by the recording apparatus in response to a user operation;
Based on the notification from the recording device, the determination unit is in a state from when the recording device transitions to a recording mode for recording content from another operation mode until the first recording operation is executed. A determination step of determining whether there is,
A display step of displaying a first display item for accepting a user operation for instructing execution of the first process;
When the control unit determines that the recording apparatus is in the state by the determination step, the first display item is displayed in a display form indicating that the first display item is not displayed or is invalid. display, control method of the control device, characterized in that and a control step of disabling a user operation to instruct execution of the first process by the instruction step. The program for functioning a computer as each means of the content management system of any one of Claims 1 thru | or 14 . Program for causing a computer to function as each unit of the operating device according to claim 15.

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