KR20070048074A - Apparatus for editing image of dvd-recorder and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an image editing apparatus and method for a DVD recorder in which a hard disk (HDD) is embedded, and to edit, process, and print or store a photographic image taken by a digital camera using a DVD recorder. There is a purpose.

To this end, the present invention provides a method for editing an image of a DVD recorder, comprising: inputting an image editing menu for processing and editing an image when setting image editing; Processing and editing the corresponding image according to the input image editing menu; And storing or printing out the processed and edited image by a user's command.

Description

Apparatus for editing image of DVD-Recorder and method

1 is a control block diagram of an image editing apparatus of a DVD recorder according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a block diagram of an image editing menu of the present invention;

3 is a character and date editing configuration of the present invention,

4 is an operation flowchart of an image editing method of a DVD recorder according to the present invention;

Figure 5 is an image storage and printing configuration of the present invention.

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

1: digital camera 10: processing editor

20: storage 22: DVD drive

24: HDD drive 30: user input unit

40: printout section 50: display section

The present invention relates to a DVD recorder with a built-in hard disk (HDD), and more particularly, an image editing apparatus and method of a DVD recorder capable of editing, processing an image using a DVD recorder, and printing or storing the result. It is about.

Recently, with the spread of digital still cameras (DSCs), an image taken by using a digital camera is printed or printed out through a device such as a photo printer.

When printing photo images taken with a digital camera using a photo printer, there is no separate image editing function, so the user can print only the date of the image. If you want to edit the images taken by the user, connect the digital camera to the computer, transfer the photo images taken from the digital camera to the computer, save them, and then select the user using a separate image editing program installed on the computer. The photo image is edited and printed out.

As such, in the related art, it is inconvenient to use a computer to edit an image photographed by a digital camera, and to install an image editing program for image editing on the computer.

Accordingly, the present invention is to solve the conventional problems as described above, the object of the present invention is to edit and process the image taken by the digital camera directly without the need to add a program in a DVD recorder with a hard disk embedded The present invention provides an image editing apparatus and method of a DVD recorder.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an image editing apparatus and method of a DVD recorder capable of encoding an edited image into a digital compressed file and storing the same on a DVD or a hard disk.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a DVD recorder, comprising: a user input unit for inputting an image editing menu for processing and editing an image by a user's command; A processing editor for processing and editing the corresponding image according to the input image editing menu; And a print output unit for printing and outputting an image processed and edited by the process editing unit according to a menu selection of the user input unit.

The print output unit may print to a photo printer through a USB port.

The present invention may further include a storage unit for storing images processed and edited by the processing editing unit according to the menu selection of the user input unit, wherein the storage unit is a DVD or an HDD.

In addition, the present invention provides a method for editing an image of a DVD recorder, comprising: inputting an image editing menu for processing and editing an image when setting image editing; Processing and editing the corresponding image according to the input image editing menu; And storing or printing the processed and edited image by a user's command.

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

With the development of video and audio media, recording media capable of recording and storing high quality video data and high quality audio data for a long time, such as optical discs such as DVDs, have been developed and commercialized. An optical disc system capable of recording / reproducing voice data, such as a DVD recorder, has been developed and commercialized.

Such a DVD recorder reproduces a video and / or audio recorded on an optical disc such as a DVD and outputs it through a screen and / or a speaker. In addition to a function of reproducing and outputting information recorded on a DVD, a broadcast signal transmitted from a broadcasting station or And recording / reproducing an external input such as a TV signal input from equipment such as a television on a DVD.

1 is a control configuration diagram of an image editing apparatus of a DVD recorder according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. The DVD recorder of the present invention can be read and played, and the USB is built-in so that a photo image taken by a digital camera can be edited and processed by a DVD recorder and then printed by a photo printer.

The DVD recorder of the present invention includes a processing editing unit 10 for receiving, processing, and editing a photographic image captured by the digital camera 1, a storage unit 20, a user input unit 30, a print output unit 40, and a display unit. And 50.

The processing editing unit 10 is a control unit which receives the photo image photographed by the digital camera 1 and processes and edits the photo image according to the image editing menu selected by the user in the user input unit 30. ) Controls the overall operation of the DVD recorder according to a user command input through the user input unit 30.

The storage unit 20 not only receives and stores the photographic image taken by the digital camera 1, but also stores the processed and edited image in the processing editing unit 10 according to a selection menu of the user input unit 30. And a DVD drive 22 and an HDD drive 24.

The DVD drive 22 is a digital camera (1) equipped with a DVD capable of recording and playing back DVD-R (DVD-Recordable), DVD-RW (DVD-Rewritable), DVD-RAM (DVD-Random Access Memory), or the like. ) Or by storing, deleting, or playing back a photographic image received from the processing editing unit 10, the format of the DVD includes various types (eg, Video-mode, VR-mode).

The HDD drive 24, like the DVD drive 22, stores, deletes, and plays back a photo image received from the digital camera 1 or the processing editing unit 10 on the HDD, and provides a function for controlling the HDD.

The user input unit 30 is for inputting a user command related to an image processed and edited by the processing editing unit 10 or an image stored in the DVD drive 22 and the HDD drive 24 by using a remote controller or a keyboard. In the image editing setting, a predetermined image editing menu for processing and editing the corresponding image is selected, and a command for storing or printing the corresponding image is input to the processing editing unit 10.

The image editing menu selected through the user input unit 30, as shown in Figure 2, "Preview" to preview the settings before printing the image, the actual picture image on the printing paper when printing the image "Edit size" to adjust the size occupied by the user, "Character editing" to insert additional characters, special characters, icons, etc. that the user wants, "Edit date" to additionally insert a date, etc. There is this.

Among them, "character editing" and "date editing", as shown in FIG. 3, select an insertion character or a date position and then select a corresponding font in an activated window to input characters, special characters, icons, dates, and the like. .

The print output unit 40 prints and outputs an image processed and edited by the processing editor 10 according to a selection menu of the user input unit 30, and a USB (Universal Serial Bus) method and wired communication in a DVD recorder. Photo printers can be connected via the IrDA, Bluetooth, and Wireless LAN, or built into the DVD recorder.

The display unit 50 displays a photographic image taken by the digital camera 1 or an image processed and edited by the processing editing unit 10 to a user, and uses a liquid crystal display device or the like.

Hereinafter, an operation process and effects of the image editing apparatus and method of the DVD recorder configured as described above will be described.

4 is an operation flowchart of the image editing method of the DVD recorder according to the present invention, and assumes that a DVD is mounted in the DVD drive 20.

First, when the user sets image editing through the user input unit 30, the processing editing unit 10 determines whether an operation command signal corresponding to the image editing setting is input through the user input unit 30 (S100). When the edit setting signal is input, the photograph image is read and displayed on the display unit 50 while providing a graphic user interface (GUI) to the user to edit the photograph image photographed by the digital camera 1 (S110).

In this case, the photo image displayed on the display unit 50 may be an image captured by the digital camera 1 and stored in the DVD drive 22 or the HDD drive 24.

As such, when the photographic image photographed by the digital camera 1 is displayed on the display unit 50, the user selects a predetermined image editing menu for processing and editing the corresponding image through the user input unit 30 (S120). .

When the user selects "Preview" from the image editing menu shown in Fig. 2, the user can preview the user setting before printing the print image. Select "Select print size" to print the image on the printing paper when the image is printed. You can adjust the size of the photo image. If you select "Edit Character", you can insert additional characters, special characters, icons, etc., and if you select "Edit Date", you can add Allows you to insert a date.

If you select "edit character" and "edit date" among these, select the insertion letter or the date position as shown in Figure 3 (a) and then select the corresponding font in the activated window as shown in Figure 3 (b), Enter special characters, icons, dates, etc.

As described above, the photo image photographed by the digital camera 1 is processed and edited by the processing editor 10 according to the image editing menu selected by the user in the user input unit 30 (S130), and the corresponding image is processed by the processing editor 10. After processing and editing is completed and image editing is completed (S140), the processing editing unit 10 stores the edited image in the DVD drive 22 or the HDD drive 24 according to a user's selection, as shown in FIG. 5. Print output through the print output unit 40 (S150).

In FIG. 5, when a user selects a desired image from a plurality of processed and edited images, the processing editing unit 50 allows the user to select whether to save (SAVE) or print (PRINT) the selected image so that the user selects the desired image. SAVE "automatically creates an edit folder on the DVD drive 22 or HDD drive 24 and stores the edited photo images under the edit folder as digitally compressed files.

On the other hand, when the user selects "PRINT", it is possible to print out the selected image at once from a plurality of edited images.

As described above, according to the image editing apparatus and method of the DVD recorder according to the present invention, a user directly edits an image photographed by a digital camera using a DVD recorder having a hard disk, without having to go through a PC. There is an effect that it can be easily processed by printing.

The present invention has the effect of encoding the edited photo image as a digital compressed file and storing it separately in an edit folder of a DVD or a hard disk.

What has been described above is only one embodiment for implementing the image editing apparatus and method of the DVD recorder according to the present invention, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, it is within the technical scope of the present invention Various modifications are possible by those skilled in the art.

Claims (5)

In a DVD recorder, A user input unit which inputs an image editing menu for processing and editing an image by a user command; A processing editor for processing and editing the corresponding image according to the input image editing menu; And A print output unit for printing and outputting an image processed and edited by the process editing unit according to a menu selection of the user input unit; An image editing apparatus for a DVD recorder, comprising: The method of claim 1, And the print output unit prints an image to a photo printer through a USB port. The method of claim 1, And a storage unit for storing the image processed and edited by the processing editing unit according to the menu selection of the user input unit. The method of claim 3, wherein The storage unit is an image editing apparatus of the DVD recorder, characterized in that the DVD or HDD. In the image editing method of the DVD recorder, Inputting an image editing menu for processing and editing an image during image editing setting; Processing and editing the corresponding image according to the input image editing menu; And Save or print out the processed or edited image by user's command. An image editing method of a DVD recorder, comprising:

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