JPH06351034A - Multiscreen editing device and multiscreen display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate an editing operation in the case of editing the contents of an image to be displayed and display switching contents, etc., so that the contents of each image to be displayed on each screen of a multiscreen may be switched independently for every screen. CONSTITUTION:A multiscreen scenario edition means 107 presents a candidate image, a multiscreen and a switching effect on the editing screen of a variety screen display device 108 based on the information stored in an image information storage means 104 and a reproducing device function information storage means 109. A user selects a display image and the switching effect of the display device and determines a display time, using a voice synchronizing trigger input means 106. The multiscreen scenario edition means 107 generates a multiscreen scenario from the time information obtained by a time information acquisition means 105 and the contents selected by the user by an editing device to store the scenario in a multiscreen scenario storage means 110.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention has a plurality of image display devices constituting a multi-screen and a plurality of image reproducing devices corresponding to each of them, and has a large screen image over the entire multi-screen or each multi-screen The present invention relates to a multi-screen display device that displays a different small-screen image for each screen, and a multi-screen editing device that edits a display procedure of an image displayed on the multi-screen display device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a method for obtaining a large screen image,
There has been proposed a method of using a multi-screen display device in which a plurality of display devices are arranged vertically and horizontally to form a multi-screen and a large-screen image is displayed on the entire multi-screen.

For example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-296380 discloses a method of spatially dividing an image for one screen into a plurality of images, and recording each image obtained in a plurality of CD-ROMs for use. Says. In this prior art,
The multi-screen display device includes a plurality of image reproducing devices connected to the respective display devices, and a large-screen image is obtained by synchronously reproducing a plurality of CD-ROMs in which the divided images are recorded.

[0004]

In the above prior art, one large screen image is displayed on the entire multi-screen, and when the content of the image is edited by the editing device, the image before division is displayed. Will be edited against.

However, for example, when it is desired to display different small-screen images for each of the multi-screens so that the content of each image is switched independently for each screen, the image is edited by the editing device. It was difficult to edit the data and the switching procedure.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to edit the contents of displayed images and the contents of display switching so that the contents of each image displayed on each screen of a multi-screen can be switched independently for each screen. It is an object to provide a multi-screen editing device that can be easily edited when performing.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a multi-screen display device for displaying an image on a multi-screen in accordance with the contents of the image edited in this way and the contents of display switching.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, an image information storage means for storing a plurality of image information and an image information stored in the image information storage means are provided. A plurality of image reproducing devices capable of reproducing and converting to an image signal and outputting the same, and switching the display, and constituting a multi-screen with each other, have a one-to-one correspondence with any of the plurality of image reproducing devices. In a multi-screen editing device for editing an image desired to be displayed on the multi-screen, for a multi-screen display device configured by a plurality of image display devices displaying images based on an image signal from the image reproducing device A multi-screen scenario editing means, a candidate image information storage means for storing a plurality of candidate image information corresponding to the image information stored in the image information storage means, and Edit screen display means having a screen, and the multi-screen scenario editing means configures the multi-screen from among the plurality of candidate image information stored in the candidate image information storage means. Image selection means for sequentially selecting image information regarding an image to be displayed on the image display device, and display switching content and display switching when displaying an image based on the image information selected by the image selection means. An image selected by the image selecting means on the editing screen of the editing screen displaying means every time the display switching determining means for sequentially determining the time and the selection by the image selecting means and the determination by the display switching determining means are performed. The display state when an image is displayed on the multi-screen is presented based on the information, and the display switching determination means is used. Is a display procedure in which the editing content presenting means for presenting the display switching content and the display switching time determined by the above, the selection result by the image selecting means, and the determination result by the display switching determining means are arranged in time series. And a generating means for generating a multi-screen display scenario.

Further, the multi-screen scenario editing means presents a candidate image on the editing screen of the editing screen display means based on the candidate image information stored in the candidate image information storage means. And the candidate image information is image information having a smaller amount of information about the image size, the number of colors, etc. than the image information stored in the image information storage means, and the candidate image presentation means is When presenting an image, the candidate image information related to the candidate image is spread over two or more image display devices when displayed on the multi-screen among the image information stored in the image information storage means. If it corresponds to the image information about the image displayed as a result, the image size of the candidate image is determined according to the number of the image display devices displayed across the image size. Enlarged so as to presented.

Further, if the candidate image information stored in the candidate image information storage means corresponds to image information relating to a still image among the image information stored in the image information storage means, the candidate image information is stored. Information about the time required for the image reproducing apparatus to reproduce the image information is included.

Further, if the candidate image information stored in the candidate image information storage means corresponds to image information relating to a moving image among the image information stored in the image information storage means, the candidate image information is stored. Information about the longest reproduction time required for the image reproduction apparatus to reproduce the image information is included.

Further, the functional information about the image reproducing device, such as the type of the image information storing means capable of reproducing the image information by the image reproducing device and the type of the display switching effect which can be executed by the image reproducing device, is provided for each image. A reproducing device function information storage means for storing each reproducing device is provided.

Further, the multi-screen scenario editing means includes information about a time required for the image reproduction device to reproduce and switch the display of image information, and the function stored in the reproduction device function information storage means. Based on the information and the candidate image information stored in the candidate image information storage means, a candidate image that can be selected as image information by the image selection means, and the display switching determination means determine The display switching contents that can be displayed are provided on the edit screen of the edit screen display means.

Further, the multi-screen scenario editing means mutually combines a plurality of display switching effects which can be respectively executed by the plurality of image display devices and a time required for each of the plurality of image reproducing devices to perform display switching. A means for generating a new display switching effect that can be executed by cooperation of the plurality of image reproducing devices is provided.

Also, a voice information storage means for storing voice information, a voice information reproducing means for reproducing the voice information stored in the voice information storage means, converting the voice information into a voice signal and outputting the voice signal, and the voice information. A voice output means for outputting a voice based on a voice signal from the reproduction means, a time information acquisition means for acquiring the elapsed time from the voice reproduction start time by the voice information reproduction means, and a synchronization trigger. Voice synchronization trigger input means for inputting, and the multi-screen scenario editing means, based on the elapsed time acquired by the time information acquisition means, performs a synchronization trigger by the voice synchronization trigger input means. Each time is input, the elapsed time at that time is sequentially stored, and the image information selected by the image selecting means is stored in the stored elapsed time. Definitive when displaying an image Zui were to have a display switching time determination means for determining the display switching time.

In the multi-screen display device,
A multi-screen scenario storage unit that stores the multi-screen display scenario and a multi-screen scenario stored in the multi-screen scenario storage unit are read and interpreted, and the plurality of image reproduction devices are respectively operated according to the result of the interpretation. Image reproduction device control means for controlling, audio information storage means for storing audio information, and audio information reproduction means for reproducing audio information stored in the audio information storage means, converting the audio information into an audio signal and outputting the audio signal. A voice output means for outputting a voice based on a voice signal from the voice information reproducing means,
Time information acquisition means for acquiring an elapsed time from the audio information reproduction means by the audio information reproduction means, and the image reproduction device control means is acquired by the time information acquisition means. The multi-screen display scenario is interpreted in synchronization with the elapsed time, and the image reproducing device is controlled to reproduce the image information and switch the display.

[0017]

According to the multi-screen editing apparatus of the present invention, the image information to be displayed is selected and displayed from the candidate image information prepared in advance by the image selecting means for each display apparatus constituting the multi-screen. By determining the display switching content and the display switching time when displaying the image information selected by the switching determining means, the display state of the multi-screen at the arbitrary time is presented, and at the same time, the image selection result and the display switching selection result. By generating a multi-screen display scenario that is a display procedure in which the items are arranged in time series, the display content of each display device can be edited while checking the display state of the entire multi-screen.

As the candidate image information, image information having a smaller amount of information about the image size, the number of colors, etc. than the image information stored in the image information storage means of the multi-screen display device is created and used, and If the image information is image information that constitutes a large screen across a plurality of display devices, the image size of the candidate image information is enlarged and presented in correspondence with the number of display devices. ,
It is possible to easily confirm image information that can form a large screen on a plurality of display devices.

When the image information stored in the image information storage means is a still image, the time required for the image reproduction device to reproduce the image information is stored in the candidate image information. As a result, each display device can manage the time involved in the image reproduction processing and improve the image display efficiency.

When the image information stored in the image information storage means is a moving image, the maximum reproduction time of the image information is stored in the candidate image information,
Each display device can manage the time involved in the image reproduction process and improve the image display efficiency.

Further, the function information of the image reproducing device, such as the kind of the image information storing means connectable to the image displaying device and the kind of the image switching effect which can be executed by the image displaying device, is stored in the image reproducing device functional information memory. By storing in the means, it is possible to invalidate editing such as selection of a candidate image and determination of display switching when each display device cannot perform other processing due to image reproduction processing or display switching processing. it can.

Further, the candidate image information which can be selected at a certain time from the time during which the image reproducing device is performing the image reproducing process and the display switching process, the image reproducing device function information, and the candidate image information. By presenting the display switching contents, editing efficiency can be improved.

Further, by combining a plurality of display switching contents and display switching times of the plurality of image reproducing devices and newly generating the image reproducing device function information relating to the plurality of image reproducing devices, simultaneous or arbitrary time intervals can be obtained. With this, it is possible to easily edit the procedure for switching the display of a plurality of display devices and executing the display switching effect on the large screen.

Further, a voice information storage means, a voice information reproducing means for reproducing the voice information, converting it into a voice signal and outputting the voice signal, a voice output means for outputting the voice signal, and an elapsed time from the voice reproduction start time point. Time information acquisition means for acquiring
Further comprising a voice synchronization trigger input means, and, when the trigger input from the voice synchronization trigger input means is performed, acquires voice synchronization time information from the time information acquisition means,
By determining the display switching time with the voice time information, the display switching effect synchronized with the characteristic portion of the voice output can be edited.

Further, according to the multi-screen display device of the present invention, a means for reading the multi-screen display scenario, a voice information storage means, and a voice information reproducing means for reproducing the voice information, converting it into a voice signal and outputting the voice signal. And audio information output means for outputting the audio signal, and time information acquisition means for acquiring the elapsed time from the audio reproduction start time point, and the image reproduction device acquires the time information acquired from the time information acquisition means. By performing the image reproduction processing and the display switching processing shown in the multi-screen display scenario in synchronization with, it is possible to perform multi-screen display synchronized with the audio output.

[0026]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The configurations of a multi-screen editing apparatus and a multi-screen display apparatus as an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.
Shown in.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the structure of a multi-screen editing apparatus as an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 101 is a voice information storage means, specifically, a compact disc, for example. Reference numeral 102 is a voice information reproducing means, specifically, a CD-ROM drive, for example.
Reference numeral 103 is a voice output unit, and specifically, for example, a speaker. Reference numeral 104 denotes an image information storage unit, which is specifically a hard disk drive, for example. Reference numeral 105 denotes a time information acquisition means for acquiring time information during audio reproduction, and specifically, for example, a control device for controlling a CD-ROM drive. Reference numeral 106 denotes a voice synchronization trigger input means, specifically a mouse. Reference numeral 107 denotes a multi-screen scenario editing means for performing a multi-screen scenario editing operation, and concretely comprises, for example, a personal computer, a mouse, a keyboard and the like. Reference numeral 108 denotes an edit screen display means, and more specifically, a display, for example. Reference numeral 109 is a reproduction device function information storage means, and more specifically, a hard disk drive, for example. Reference numeral 110 denotes a multi-screen scenario storage unit, and specifically, for example, a hard disk drive.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the construction of a multi-screen display device as an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 201 is a voice information storage means, specifically, a compact disc, for example. Reference numeral 202 denotes an audio information reproducing means, specifically, a CD-ROM drive, for example. Reference numeral 203 is a voice output unit, and specifically, for example, a speaker. Reference numeral 204 is a time information acquisition means for acquiring time information during audio reproduction, and specifically, for example, C
It is a control device for controlling the D-ROM drive. Reference numeral 205 denotes an image reproduction device control means, which is specifically a personal computer, for example. Reference numeral 206 denotes n (n is a natural number) image reproducing device, each of which has a frame memory for storing image information and converting it into an image signal.
Reference numeral 207 denotes n image display devices that form a multi-screen, and has a one-to-one correspondence with the n image reproduction devices 206. 2
Reference numeral 08 denotes a multi-screen scenario storage means, specifically, a hard disk drive, for example. An image information storage unit 209 is specifically a hard disk or a video disk.

The operation of the multi-screen editing apparatus shown in FIG. 1 will be described first. The voice information storage means 101 stores voice (for example, music). The voice information reproduction means 102 reproduces the voice stored in the voice information storage means 101 and outputs it to the voice output means 103, and at the same time, according to the request of the time information acquisition means 105, the voice information storage means being reproduced (that is, compact). The address information of the disc) 101 is read and sent to the time information acquisition means 105. The time information acquisition means 105 calculates the elapsed time from the voice reproduction start time from the address information at the voice reproduction start time and the address information at the present time being reproduced, and the multi-screen scenario editing means 10
Communicate to 7.

The user who edits hears the voice output from the voice output means (that is, the speaker) 103, and inputs the voice synchronization trigger in accordance with the characteristic portion of the voice (for example, the strength of the rhythm of music). When the synchronization trigger is input to the multi-screen scenario editing means 107 using the means 106, the multi-screen scenario editing means 107 stores the elapsed time at that time and displays the time on the edit screen display device 108. Then, while listening to the voice, the user uses the voice synchronization trigger input means 106 to successively input the synchronization triggers to the multi-screen scenario editing means 107.

When the input of the synchronous trigger is completed until the end point of the voice (for example, the end point of a certain music), next,
The user determines the display switching execution time by selecting one desired time from the plurality of times displayed on the screen (that is, the elapsed time corresponding to the time when the synchronization trigger is input).

On the other hand, the image information storage means 104 stores a plurality of editing candidate images and additional information about each editing candidate image as image information. A still image having a small image size is stored as the editing candidate image. The multi-screen scenario editing means 107 reads out a plurality of editing candidate images from the editing candidate images stored in the image information storage means 104, and the editing screen display means 108.
Display on the edit screen of.

After the display switching time has been determined, the user who performs editing next selects an image from a plurality of candidate images for editing displayed on the editing screen of the editing screen display means 108 to display a multi-screen image. A candidate image for editing desired to be displayed as is selected, and its display switching content is also selected and determined from a plurality of display switching effects separately displayed on the editing screen of the editing screen display means 108.

Further, the reproduction device function information storage means 109 stores the image preparation time (image information stored in the image information storage means 209 for each image reproduction device 206) for each image reproduction device 206 in the multi-screen display device. (Required time to store in the frame memory in the image information storage means 209) and functional information such as executable image switching effect are stored, and the user selects a candidate image for editing,
Each time the display switching content is determined, the processing time in each image reproducing device 206 is managed, and the processing status in each image reproducing device 206 is displayed on the editing screen of the editing screen display device 108 (each image reproducing device 206 stores image information storage means 209). The status of processing for reproducing the image information stored in (1) and storing it in the frame memory in the image information storage means 209, processing for displaying the stored image information with a display switching effect, etc.) is displayed.

As described above, each time the user who edits determines the display switching execution time, he / she selects candidate images for editing one after another and determines the contents of the display switching. As a result,
The images to be displayed, the display switching contents thereof, and the image information reproduction time (each image reproduction device 206 is stored in the image information storage unit 209) at each display switching execution time along the elapsed time from the audio reproduction start time point. (Time to play image information) etc. are sequentially generated as a multi-screen scenario,
It is stored in the multi-screen scenario storage means 110.

As described above, since the still image having a small image size is used as the candidate image for editing, the information capacity of the image displayed on the editing screen of the editing screen display device 108 at the time of editing can be reduced, Display of candidate images becomes faster. Further, since the processing status of the image reproducing device 206 is displayed on the edit screen of the edit screen display device 108, it is possible to insert the display switching by a new image in the middle of the generated multi-screen scenario. Easy to check. Further, since the user who edits can decide the timing of the display switching while listening to the voice, the effect of the multi-screen display synchronized with the voice becomes easy.

Next, the operation of the multi-screen display device shown in FIG. 2 will be described. The voice information storage unit 201 stores the same voice as the voice stored in the voice information storage unit 102 of the multi-screen editing device. The voice information reproduction means 202 reproduces the voice stored in the voice information storage means 201 and outputs it to the voice output means 203, and at the same time, according to the request of the time information acquisition means 204, the voice information storage means being reproduced (that is, compact). The address information of the disc) 201 is read and sent to the time information acquisition means 204. The time information acquisition unit 204 calculates the elapsed time from the audio reproduction start time point from the address information at the audio reproduction start time point and the address information at the present time point during reproduction, and transmits it to the image reproduction device control means 205.

The multi-screen scenario storage means 208 is a multi-screen scenario storage means in the multi-screen editing apparatus.
The same multi-screen scenario stored in 208 is stored. Image reproduction device control means 205
Is for reading out and executing the multi-screen scenario from the multi-screen scenario storage means 208, the elapsed time transmitted from the time information acquisition means 204, the image information reproduction time indicated in the multi-screen scenario, and display switching. The execution time is compared, and when both match, the execution content is transmitted to the image reproduction device 206 to be executed among the n image reproduction devices 206.

When the image reproduction device 206 receives an image information reproduction command from the execution contents transmitted from the multi-screen scenario storage means 208, the image reproduction device 206 reproduces the image information from the image information storage means 209 and the internal frame memory. To store. After that, when the display switching execution command is received, the display switching is performed and the image signal is output to the corresponding image display device 207.

Various images can be obtained on the multi-screen by displaying images according to the input image signals by the n image display devices 207.

In this way, since the image display is switched according to the elapsed time from the start of the audio reproduction and the multi-screen scenario, the synchronous reproduction of the audio and the image reflecting the editing intention of the user who has made the editing can be performed. realizable. In addition, since the plurality of image reproducing devices independently reproduce the image information and switch the display, a display switching effect is provided for each image display device.

In the present embodiment, the image reproduction device control means 205 is supposed to transmit the execution contents (that is, the image information reproduction command, the display switching execution command, etc.) to each image reproduction device 206 in synchronization with the sound. As described above, the contents of the multi-screen scenario read in advance from the multi-screen scenario storage unit 208 by the image reproduction device control means 205 are displayed on the image reproduction device.
By transmitting the information to 206, the image reproduction device control means 2
In 05, only the execution trigger is transmitted in synchronization with the sound when the elapsed time transmitted from the time information acquisition means 204 matches the image information reproduction time and the display switching execution time shown in the multi-screen scenario. May be.

Further, in the present embodiment, one image information storage means 209 is explained as being shared by a plurality of image reproduction devices 206, but the image information storage means is connected to each image reproduction device individually. Is also good.

Further, in this embodiment, the audio information output means 101 and 201 are compact discs and the audio information reproducing means 10
2 and 202 are described as CD-ROM drives, but any audio information recording medium and reproducing means capable of reproducing sound and acquiring the elapsed time from the start of sound reproduction (for example, playing time) can be used. You may use such a thing.

Next, an editing procedure using the multi-screen editing device shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to the editing screen of the editing screen display device 108.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the edit screen of the edit screen display device shown in FIG. In the figure, the edit screen 300 includes a display switching content selection area 301, a multi-screen display area 302, a time information display area 303, an image switching time input area 308, and a candidate image display area 309.

In the candidate image display area 309, a list of editing candidate images stored in the image information storage means 104 described with reference to FIG. 1 is displayed. The candidate images for editing that cannot be displayed are displayed while switching by a method such as using a switching button. In the figure, three candidate images for editing are displayed, and all of them are images corresponding to the image size that can be displayed on one screen (that is, can be displayed using only one image display device 207). . The user selects an image to be displayed on the multi-screen by selecting one of the editing candidate images with a mouse cursor (not shown).

The multi-screen display area 302 represents the display state of the multi-screen at a certain point of time, and here it is assumed that the multi-screen is composed of four screens. That is, each screen that constitutes this multi-screen is an image display device 20.
There is a one-to-one correspondence with each screen of 7, that is, the image display device 207 is a device located at the upper left, a device located at the upper right, a device located at the lower left, and a device located at the lower right. It will be. By selecting one of the four displayed screens, the user wants to display the selected candidate image for editing, that is, the image display device 207 to be displayed.
To decide.

The display switching content selection area 301 is executed by the image reproduction device 206 corresponding to each image display device 207 on a one-to-one basis based on the function information obtained from the display device function information storage means 109 described in FIG. , A list of icons and names of display switching effects. In the figure, simple switching (Cut), wipe effect (Wipe), fade effect (Fade), spiral wipe effect (Spiral) are displayed. Display while switching. The user selects one of the display switching effects with a mouse cursor (not shown),
The display switching content of the selected image is determined. Further, in the multi-screen display area 302, the name of the display switching effect determined here is also displayed together with the selected candidate image for editing,
In the figure, it can be seen that the wipe effect (Wipe) is selected.

The image switching time input area 308 is an area for inputting a switching time for gradually executing the image switching effect. For example, in the case of simple switching, it is necessary to switch instantaneously, so enter 0 seconds, and in the case of other switching effects, enter 1 second. The input method may be input directly from the keyboard or by selecting a button for increasing or decreasing the time with a mouse cursor (not shown).

The time information display area 303 displays the time axis synchronized with the sound, and the image reproducing apparatus 20 at any time point.
This is an area for displaying the processing status of 6. The time axis 304 is shown in FIG.
It is a time axis based on the elapsed time from the audio reproduction start time transmitted from the time information acquisition means 105 described in. The time axis that cannot be displayed in the time axis information display area 303 is switched and displayed by a method such as using a display switch button. In this embodiment, the time axis 304 is graduated in units of 1 second.

The user listens to the voice output from the voice output means (speaker) 103 by the method as described with reference to FIG. 1, and inputs the sync trigger using the voice sync trigger input means 106 in accordance with the rhythm of music. Then, the elapsed time at that time is displayed on the time axis 304 as the voice synchronization trigger 307. The figure shows the case where there is one voice synchronization trigger 307. The user determines the edit target time (that is, the display switching execution time) by selecting one of the voice synchronization triggers 307 displayed on the time axis 304. In the figure, only one voice synchronization trigger 307 is selected as the edit target time.

Further, in the time information display area 303, a processing status display axis 310 corresponding to each image reproducing apparatus 206 is displayed in order to display the processing status of each image reproducing apparatus 206. In this embodiment, the image reproduction device 206 is the image display device 207.
Since the number of processing status display axes 310 is four, four processing status display axes 310 are displayed. The image reproduction device 2 is provided on the processing status display axis 310.
06 reproduces the image information from the image information storage means 209 and displays the image information stored in the frame memory with the image reproduction bar 305 indicating that the image information is stored in the internal frame memory. An image display bar 306, which indicates that the display process is being performed, is displayed on top of it. The time of the image reproduction bar 305 is determined based on the image preparation time stored in the reproduction device function information storage means 109, and the time is set to 1 second in the figure.

As described above, in the figure, the user determines that the voice synchronization trigger 307 is the edit target time, and the selected candidate image for editing is selected from the four image display devices 207 and the device located at the upper left and the lower right. It is decided to display on the device located at, the wipe effect is selected as the display switching effect, and the wiping execution time (switching time) is determined to be 1 second. Based on these conditions, it is determined that the execution of the wipe effect should be performed for 1 second from the voice synchronization trigger 307, and the image to be displayed must be played back and stored in the frame memory before that. 1 corresponding to the image display device 207
An image reproduction bar and an image display bar based on the audio synchronization sync trigger 307 are displayed on the fourth processing status display axis 310 and the fourth processing status display axis 310 corresponding to the image display device 207 located at the lower right. ing. The image playback bar is 1
The third processing status display axis 310 and the fourth processing status display axis 310
The difference between the two is that one image information storage means 209
Since it is shared by the individual image reproducing devices 206, the plurality of image reproducing devices 206 cannot simultaneously reproduce the image information from the image information storage means 209.

In this way, the candidate image for editing, the image display device, the display switching effect, the display switching execution time, the switching time,
Since the image information reproduction time and the like of each image reproduction device 206 is automatically determined only by selecting, the effect effect of each image display device 207 that is voice-synchronized can be easily edited.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing another example of the edit screen of the edit screen display device in FIG. In the figure, the edit screen 400 includes a display switching content selection area 401, a multi-screen display area 402, a time information display area 403, an image switching time input area 405, and a candidate image display area 404. 400, 4
01, 402, 403, 404 and 405 are 300, 30 described in FIG.
Since it is the same as 1, 302, 303, 308, and 309, detailed description will be omitted.

In the candidate image display area 404, a list of editing candidate images stored in the image information storage means 104 described with reference to FIG. 1 is displayed. As described above, the image information storage unit 104 stores a plurality of editing candidate images and additional information about each editing candidate image as image information. A small still image is stored. However, the additional information about the editing candidate image includes image size information indicating how many screens the editing candidate image can be displayed on (that is, how many image display devices 207 can be used to display the image). Contains. In the same figure, by using such additional information, a small screen corresponding to an image size that can be displayed on one screen as an editing candidate image (that is, can be displayed using only one image display device 207). Only three images and four screens (entire multi-screen) can be displayed (that is, all four image display devices 207 can be used for display).
One large-screen image corresponding to the image size is displayed, and an image with a small image size such as 406 and an image with a large image size such as 407 are displayed.

The user determines the image information to be displayed on the multi-screen by selecting one of the editing candidate images. If there are 4 screen size candidate images for editing 40
When 7 is selected, it is automatically set to be displayed on the four image display devices 207, so that the user can determine the display switching contents and produce the effect on the entire four screens.
In this case, as described above, the image information storage means 20
Since a plurality of image reproduction devices 206 cannot reproduce image information at the same time from 9, the image reproduction bar changes from the first processing status display axis to the fourth processing status display axis as shown in the time information display area 403. The four image reproduction devices 206 take four seconds to reproduce the image information.

In this way, the user only sees the editing candidate image displayed in the candidate image display area 404, and how many screens the image is composed of (that is, how many image display devices 207 are selected). Can be easily displayed).

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing still another example of the edit screen of the edit screen display device in FIG. In the figure, the edit screen 500 includes a display switching content selection area 501, a multi-screen display area 502, a time information display area 503, an image switching time input area 505, and a candidate image display area 504.
500, 501, 502, 503, 504 and 505 are the same as those described in FIG.
It is the same as 0, 301, 302, 303, 308, and 309, and detailed description will be omitted.

In the candidate image display area 504, a list of editing candidate images stored in the image information storage means 104 described in FIG. 1 is displayed. As described above, the image information storage unit 104 stores a plurality of editing candidate images and additional information about each editing candidate image as image information. A small still image is stored. However, the additional information about the editing candidate image includes information for identifying whether the editing candidate image is a still image or a moving image when actually displayed on the multi-screen display device. In particular, in the case of a moving image, it also includes information on the maximum reproduction time required for the image reproducing device 206 to reproduce the moving image.

In the same figure, such additional information can be used to display as a candidate image for editing on one screen (that is,
(Only one image display device 207 can be used for display) 3 small-screen still images corresponding to the image size and 1 small-screen moving image are also displayed, each of which is an image like 506, It is displayed as an image with edging imitating a film like 507.

The user determines the image information to be displayed on the multi-screen by selecting one of the editing candidate images. If the moving image editing candidate image 507 is selected, the simple cut (Cut) of the display switching effects is automatically selected in the sense that the real-time playback display continues for a predetermined time, and the display switching is performed. The time is determined as the time required. As a result, the time information display area 503 displays an image display bar for a predetermined time starting from the audio synchronization trigger.

In this way, the user can easily determine whether the image is a still image or a moving image only by looking at the editing candidate image displayed in the candidate image display area 504. Further, it is possible to produce an effect of switching the display of the moving image synchronized with the voice only by selecting the candidate image for editing the moving image and the image display device.

By the way, as described above, in the reproduction device function information storage means 109 shown in FIG. 1, the image preparation time and the image preparation time for each image reproduction device 206 in the multi-screen display device,
Function information such as executable image switching effects is stored. Therefore, next, this function information will be described.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing an example of the function information stored in the reproducing device function information storage means in FIG.
In the figure, 601, 602, and 603 are functional information about each image reproducing device 206 in the multi-screen display device, respectively, and 601, 602 are still images for reproducing still images recorded in the hard disk by the image reproducing device 206. 603 is function information in the case of an image reproducing apparatus, and 603 is function information in the case of a video disk reproducing apparatus for reproducing a moving image recorded on a video disk.

In the figure, the unit format indicates what kind of storage medium the image information recorded in is a unit to be reproduced, and the image preparation time is the internal time after the image information is reproduced. It shows the time required to store in the frame memory. In the function information 603, the image preparation time is set to 0 second because the moving picture is reproduced in real time and is displayed on the image display device. The image switching effect means a switching effect that can be executed by the image reproducing device.

The multi-screen editing scenario means 107 reads this function information from the reproduction device function information storage means 109 and determines the image reproduction time based on the audio synchronization trigger, the contents of the display switching effect and the like.

As described above, since the processing time of image reproduction and image display is managed by referring to the function information of the image reproduction device, the user can freely combine the image reproduction devices and configure the multi-screen display. You can direct.

When the multi-screen display device is constructed, as the image reproduction device 206, a still image reproduction device and a video disc reproduction device are connected to the same image display device and selectively used. good. At this time, the selection of the image reproducing apparatus is determined depending on whether the image to be displayed is a still image recorded on the hard disk or a moving image recorded on the video disk. That is, the image reproduction device control means 205 described with reference to FIG. 2 may determine the type of image information shown in the multi-screen scenario and connect an appropriate image reproduction device and image display device.

Again, the editing procedure using the multi-screen editing device shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to the editing screen of the editing screen display device 108.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing still another example of the edit screen of the edit screen display device in FIG. In the figure, the edit screen 700 includes a display switching content selection area 701, a multi-screen display area 702, a time information display area 703, an image switching time input area 705, and a candidate image display area 704.
700, 701, 702, 703, 704 and 705 are the same as those described in FIG.
It is the same as 0, 301, 302, 303, 308, and 309, and detailed description will be omitted.

In the figure, in the time information display area 703, the voice synchronization trigger 708 is selected as the edit target time. Looking at the front of the audio synchronization trigger 708, the image display bars for the four image reproduction devices for another audio synchronization trigger 709 are displayed up to 1 second before the audio synchronization trigger 709. It can be seen that there is a blank time of only 1 second from the end of the above until the time of the voice synchronization trigger 708. In this case, in order to execute the display switching at the time of the audio synchronization trigger 708, it is necessary to reproduce the next image information within 1 second. These are all judged based on the function information as shown in FIG.

Therefore, in the candidate image display area 704, a small screen corresponding to an image size that can be displayed on one screen as the editing candidate image (that is, can be displayed using only one image display device 207). Only three images and four screens (entire multi-screen) can be displayed (that is, all four image display devices 207 can be used for display).
A single large-screen image corresponding to the image size is displayed, and a small-screen still image that can be reproduced in 1 second (that is, an image that can be reproduced by only one image reproduction device 206) 706
Is displayed as is, but a large-screen still image (that is, an image that must be reproduced by the four image reproduction devices 206) 707 that requires 4 seconds for reproduction is also shown with a cross mark (x mark). It is displayed to inform the user that reproduction is impossible.

The user decides the image to be displayed on the multi-screen by selecting one of the editing candidate images. If you select the candidate image for editing 707 marked with an X, a message indicating that the playback time is insufficient is displayed.
Cancel selection.

In this way, the user can easily determine whether or not the image can be displayed at that time simply by looking at the editing candidate image displayed in the candidate image display area 704.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing still another example of the edit screen of the edit screen display device in FIG. A method of newly defining a display switching effect that can be performed by combining a plurality of image display devices 207 will be described with reference to FIG.

In the figure, an edit screen 800 is an edit screen that defines an image switching effect, unlike the above-described edit screen, and includes a display switching content selection area 801, a multi-screen display switching effect editing area 802, and a switching effect. It consists of an icon display area 803 and a switching effect name input area 804.

The user selects one of the plurality of display switching effects displayed in the display switching content selection area 801, and then selects the image display device 207 to which the effect is applied, the display switching effect editing area 802. Select from among. And 4
When the setting of the display switching effect for each of the image display devices 207 is completed, a new icon combining the set four switching effects is generated and displayed in the switching effect icon display area 803. Further, in order to give the name of the display switching effect to the new icon, the user is prompted to input the name and the name is displayed in the switching effect icon display area 803.

In the case of the figure, the wipe effect from top to bottom (Wip
eDw) and bottom-to-top wipe effect (WipeUp) are combined to close all four sides from top and bottom (WipeClose4)
Is being edited.

When the user selects the display switching effect, which is a combination of a plurality of screens defined in this way, the user can determine the display switching content of a large-screen image. Note that the edited result is generated and stored in the form of function information regarding a plurality of image reproducing devices, like the function information shown in FIG.

As a result, not only the complicated display switching effect that cannot be achieved by the individual image display devices 207 can be easily realized, but also the display switching content for a large-screen image can be determined by one selection. , Editing a display switching effect that is repeatedly used has a great effect.

Although the display switching effect for four screens has been described as an example in the drawing, the display switching effect for two screens or the display switching effect for three screens may be used. Further, although the display switching effect is applied to each image display device 207 at the same time, a time difference may be set for the application time to each image display device 207.

Further, although it has been described that the new icon is automatically generated, the user may define the icon.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a multi-screen editing device and a multi-screen display device as another embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the multi-screen editing device 900 includes a multi-screen scenario editing means 901, a multi-screen scenario storage means 902, and a communication means 903, and the multi-screen display device 90
The image reproduction device control means 905, a multi-screen scenario storage means 906, and a communication means 907 are provided. Further, in the multi-screen editing device 900, the multi-screen display device 904 is provided with the means for audio synchronization described in FIGS. 1 and 2, the image information storage means, the display device and the like in addition to the above.

In the figure, in the multi-screen editing apparatus 900, the multi-screen scenario created by the multi-screen scenario editing means 901 is stored in the multi-screen scenario storage means 902, and then transmitted using the communication means 903. The multi-screen display device 904 receives this using the communication means 907 and stores it in the multi-screen scenario storage means 906.

After the multi-screen scenario is transferred from the multi-screen editing device 900 to the multi-screen display device 904 as described above, in the multi-screen editing device 900, the multi-screen scenario editing means 901 synchronizes with the voice. An execution trigger is generated when the elapsed time transmitted from the time information acquisition means matches the image information reproduction time and the display switching execution time shown in the multi-screen scenario, and is transmitted via the communication means 903. The multi-screen display device 904 receives the sent execution trigger by the communication means 907 and transfers it to the image reproduction device control means 905. Upon acquiring the execution trigger, the image reproduction device control means 905 executes the multi-screen scenario step by step.

In this way, the multi-screen scenario, which is the result of editing by the multi-screen editing device 900, can be executed on the multi-screen display device 904 side in synchronization with the audio information on the multi-screen editing device 900 side. , It is easy to check the result.

In each of the above embodiments, the multi-screen has been described as being composed of four screens, that is, four image display devices 207, but it is composed of how many image display devices 207. However, the same effect can be expected. Further, the method of combining the screens of the plurality of image display devices is not limited to the square or the rectangle.

Although the audio information storage means 101 and 201 have been described as being compact disks and the image information storage means 209 as being a hard disk or an optical disk, other storage media, such as a magneto-optical disk or a magnetic tape, are used. It may be.

Although the multi-screen editing device and the multi-screen display device have been described as separate devices, the multi-screen scenario editing means 107 and the image reproducing device control means 205 may be realized using the same personal computer. It is possible.

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According to the multi-screen editing apparatus of the present invention,
Edit the contents of the displayed image, display switching contents, etc. independently for each screen that makes up the multi-screen, and at the same time,
Since you can check the display state when each image is displayed on the multi-screen, you can create an effective presentation in which the content of each image displayed on the multi-screen switches independently for each screen. Easy to edit.

Further, based on a plurality of candidate images for editing and their additional information which are stored in advance, function information of the image reproducing device in the multi-screen display device, etc., the usable image and the usable display switching effect are displayed. Since it is presented, the user can edit without being aware of the characteristics of the image or the image reproduction device, and the editing efficiency is improved. Further, since the time information is acquired at the same time as the reproduction of the voice information, the display switching synchronized with the voice can be easily edited.

Further, according to the multi-screen display device of the present invention, since the multi-screen scenario which is the editing result is interpreted and each image display device is controlled, the same display switching effect as the edited contents can be realized. . Further, since the multi-screen scenario is executed according to the time information acquired at the same time as the reproduction of the audio information, the same audio synchronous display switching as the edited content can be easily executed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a multi-screen editing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a multi-screen display device in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an edit screen of the edit screen display device in FIG.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing another example of an edit screen of the edit screen display device in FIG.

5 is an explanatory diagram showing still another example of the edit screen of the edit screen display device in FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of function information stored in a reproduction device function information storage means in FIG.

7 is an explanatory diagram showing still another example of the edit screen of the edit screen display device in FIG. 1. FIG.

8 is an explanatory diagram showing still another example of the edit screen of the edit screen display device in FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a multi-screen editing device and a multi-screen display device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

101 ... Voice information storing means, 102 ... Voice information reproducing means, 103
... voice output means, 104 ... image information storage means, 105 ... time information acquisition means, 106 ... voice synchronization trigger input means, 107 ... multi-screen scenario editing means, 108 ... edit screen display means, 109
... playback device function information storage means, 110 ... multi-screen scenario storage means, 201 ... audio information storage means, 202 ... audio information reproduction means, 203 ... audio output means, 204 ... time information acquisition means,
205 ... Image reproduction device control means, 206 ... Image reproduction device, 207
... image display device, 208 ... multi-screen scenario storage means, 2
09 ... Image information storage means, 300 ... Edit screen, 301 ... Display switching content selection area, 302 ... Multi-screen display area, 303 ... Time information display area, 304 ... Time axis, 305 ... Image playback bar, 306 ...
Image display bar, 307 ... Voice synchronization trigger, 308 ... Switching time input area, 309 ... Candidate image display area, 310 ... Processing status display axis, 406-407 ... Editing candidate image, 506-507 ... Editing candidate image, 601 ... 603 ... Functional information, 706-707 ... Candidate image of 4 screen sizes, 708 ... Voice synchronization trigger, 800 ... Editing screen, 801
... display switching content selection area, 802 ... display switching effect editing area, 803 ... switching effect icon display area, 804 ... switching effect name display area, 900 ... multi-screen editing device, 901 ... multi-screen scenario editing means, 902 ... multi-screen Scenario storage means, 903 ... Communication means, 904 ... Multi-screen display device, 905 ...
Image reproduction device control means, 906 ... Multi-screen scenario storage means, 907 ... Communication means.

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. An image information storage means for storing a plurality of image information, and image information stored in the image information storage means is reproduced, converted into an image signal and output, and the display is switched. A plurality of image reproducing devices capable of performing a multi-screen, and a plurality of images corresponding to any one of the plurality of image reproducing devices and displaying images based on image signals from the corresponding image reproducing devices. In a multi-screen editing device that edits an image to be displayed on the multi-screen with respect to a multi-screen display device including a display device, the multi-screen scenario editing means and the image information storing means store the multi-screen scenario editing means. The candidate image information storage means for storing a plurality of candidate image information corresponding to the existing image information, and an edit screen display means having an edit screen. The screen scenario editing means, among the plurality of candidate image information stored in the candidate image information storage means, provides image information regarding an image to be displayed to each image display device that constitutes the multi-screen. When displaying images based on the image selection means for sequentially selecting and the image information selected by the image selection means,
The display switching determination means for sequentially determining the display switching content and the display switching time, and the image selection on the editing screen of the editing screen display means each time the selection by the image selection means and the determination by the display switching determination means are performed. Editing content presenting means for presenting the display state when an image is displayed on the multi-screen based on the image information selected by the means, and for presenting the display switching content and the display switching time determined by the display switching determining means. And a generation means for generating a multi-screen display scenario which is a display procedure by arranging the selection result by the image selection means and the determination result by the display switching determination means in time series. Multi-screen editing device. 2. The multi-screen editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the multi-screen scenario editing means stores the candidate image information stored in the candidate image information storage means on the editing screen of the editing screen display means. While having a candidate image presenting means for presenting a candidate image based on the image information, the candidate image information is less image information about the image size, the number of colors, etc. than the image information stored in the image information storage means. When presenting the candidate image, the candidate image presenting means displays the candidate image information related to the candidate image on the multi-screen among the image information stored in the image information storage means. In this case, when the image information corresponding to the image displayed across two or more image display devices corresponds to the image size of the candidate image, Multi-screen editing apparatus characterized by presenting an enlarged according to the number of the image display device to be displayed. 3. The multi-screen editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the candidate image information stored in the candidate image information storage means is static among the image information stored in the image information storage means. A multi-screen editing device, characterized in that, when it corresponds to image information about an image, it includes information about a time required for the image reproducing device to reproduce the image information. 4. The multi-screen editing device according to claim 1, wherein the candidate image information stored in the candidate image information storage means is a moving image among the image information stored in the image information storage means. A multi-screen editing device, characterized in that, when it corresponds to image information about an image, it includes information about a maximum reproduction time required for the image reproduction device to reproduce the image information. 5. The multi-screen editing apparatus according to claim 1, comprising a type of the image information storage unit capable of reproducing image information by the image reproducing apparatus, a type of display switching effect executable by the image reproducing apparatus, and the like. A multi-screen editing device comprising a reproducing device function information storage means for storing the function information about the image reproducing device for each image reproducing device. 6. The multi-screen editing device according to claim 5, wherein the multi-screen scenario editing means includes information about a time required for the image reproducing device to perform reproduction and display switching of image information, and the reproduction. Based on the function information stored in the device function information storage unit and the candidate image information stored in the candidate image information storage unit, the image selection unit can select the image information. A multi-screen editing apparatus comprising: a presentation unit that presents a candidate image and display switching contents that can be determined by the display switching determining unit to an editing screen of the editing screen displaying unit. 7. The multi-screen editing device according to claim 5, wherein the multi-screen scenario editing means performs a display switching effect that can be executed by each of the plurality of image display devices and a display switching of each of the plurality of image reproducing devices. A multi-screen editing apparatus comprising means for combining a plurality of times required for execution to generate a new display switching effect which can be executed by cooperation of the plurality of image reproducing apparatuses. 8. The multi-screen editing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a voice information storage unit storing voice information,
A voice information reproducing means for reproducing the voice information stored in the voice information storing means, converting the voice information into a voice signal and outputting the voice signal; and a voice output means for outputting a voice based on the voice signal from the voice information reproducing means, The audio information reproducing means includes time information acquisition means for acquiring an elapsed time from the audio reproduction start time point by the audio information reproducing means, and audio synchronization trigger input means for inputting a synchronization trigger. The screen scenario editing means, based on the elapsed time acquired by the time information acquisition means, each time a synchronization trigger is input by the voice synchronization trigger input means, sequentially stores the elapsed time at that time, A display for determining the display switching time when displaying an image based on the image information selected by the image selecting means from the stored elapsed time A multi-screen editing device having a switching time determining means. 9. An image information storage means for storing a plurality of image information, and image information stored in the image information storage means is reproduced, converted into an image signal and output, and the display is switched. A plurality of image reproducing devices capable of performing a multi-screen, and a plurality of images corresponding to any one of the plurality of image reproducing devices and displaying images based on image signals from the corresponding image reproducing devices. A multi-screen display device comprising a display device, the multi-screen scenario storing the multi-screen display scenario generated in the multi-screen display device according to any one of claims 1 to 8. The storage means and the multi-screen scenario stored in the multi-screen scenario storage means are read and interpreted, and the plurality of image reproduction devices are set according to the result of the interpretation. A multi-screen display device, characterized in that the plurality of image reproduction devices perform reproduction and display switching of image information under the control of the image reproduction device control means. . 10. The multi-screen display device according to claim 9, wherein audio information storage means for storing audio information and audio information stored in the audio information storage means are reproduced and converted into audio signals. Audio information reproducing means for outputting as
A voice output means for outputting a voice based on a voice signal from the voice information reproducing means, and a time information obtaining means for obtaining, from the voice information reproducing means, an elapsed time from a voice reproduction start time point by the voice information reproducing means. And the image reproduction device control means interprets the multi-screen display scenario in synchronization with the elapsed time acquired by the time information acquisition device, controls the image reproduction device, and reproduces the image information. And a multi-screen display device characterized by switching the display.