ES2414004B1 - DEVICE TO AUTOMATE THE REPETITION OF TRANSCENDING SEQUENCES OF AN EVENT DURING THE TELEVISIVE RETRANSMISSION IN DIRECT OF THIS EVENT - Google Patents

Abstract

Device for automating the repetition of transcendent sequences of an event during the live television retransmission of said event, which automatically performs the recording and insertion of repeat clips in a retransmission with cameras (1), synchronism generator (2 ), audio / video matrix (3), clip generator (4), video mixer (5) and audio mixes (6), VTR video (7) and monitors (8), comprising an electronic device ( 10) programmable, equipped with specific software, and which is connected to the video mixer (5) on which it acts, to the cameras (1) and to an activating element (11); activating element (11) capable of generating an electrical signal that closes a circuit, consisting of a device inherent to the event itself, traffic light or gun that marks the start of a race, or one or more additional devices such as a photoelectric cell in the baskets of basketball.

Description

DEVICE TO AUTOMATE THE REPETITION OF TRANSCENDING SEQUENCES OF AN EVENT DURING THE TELEVISIVE RETRANSMISSION IN DIRECT OF THIS EVENT

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

The invention, as expressed in the present specification, refers to a device for automating the repetition of transcendent sequences of an event during the live television broadcast of said event.

More particularly, the object of the invention focuses on a device whose purpose is er; be able to automatically record one

or more videos or "clips" of repetition with transcendent sequences of an event that is being broadcast on live television, particularly a sporting event, and subsequently inserting, equally automatically, said clip or clips at certain moments of said retransmission of the event which will be of less importance, for which, said device contemplates, on the one hand, the use of an activator elementG that, being part or not of the event's own development, automatically determines the moment or moments of recording clips start and, on the other, an electronic control device developed and equipped with hardware and software

necessary to carry

to bliss automation in the

gadgets

that intervene in a retransmission in

direct.

FIELD OF APPLICATION OF THE INVENTION

The scope of this

invention is framed, on the one hand, within the technical sector of the industry to television broadcasting

from

events in direct, focusing particularly in

the retransmission of

events sports, for another, in he

sector

technical from the industry dedicated to the

manufacturing

from electronic devices.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

As is known, during live television broadcasts of events, especially sporting events, the insertion of repetitions is frequent, that is, recorded sequences of the event that have a certain significance for the spectator (goals in football, basketball baskets, Exits in rnotociclisrno or motor racing, exits in athletics races, etc.) and which are inserted as recorded clips of repetition at moments of the event that are considered inconsequential.

Currently there are devices capable of managing and storing audiovisual signals for live broadcasting, being able to establish entry and exit points, order the clips obtained from which sequences are created and control the total duration of the clips by varying their speed.

In live retransmissions, the systems known as EVS and Dyno are used, consisting of devices capable of performing said steps and, therefore, can be called repetition clip generators. These systems are the digital solution that has replaced the old way of broadcasting repeats live using analog tapes.

Specifically, the steps that conventionally

they are followed and the elements involved in the repetition of a sequence during a live broadcast consist basically of the following:

-The audiovisual signal arrives from the camera to the EVS or Dyno clip generator (repetitions).

The operator of said device, through entry and exit points, creates clips and stores them for future use.

-When clips are needed, the chain of command for issuance is as follows:

-The filmmaker instructs the EVS or Dyno operator to prepare the clip.

Once the clip is prepared (prevented) the filmmaker orders it to be released.

-The EVS or Dyno operator puts "play" in the clip.

-The operator of the video mixing console enables its passage to the program (live signal). In turn, the operator of the audio mixing console enables the volume of the clip to be heard in program.

-Before the clip ends, the EVS or Dyno operator prevents the filmmaker from the time remaining for completion.

-The filmmaker prevents the operator of the

video mixing console from the step to a certain

camera.

- Said

order be run Y be pass from watch the

repetition

to watch a signal in direct since a

certain point of

view.

It is evident, therefore, that many human decisions and several operators are involved in this realization, so that the execution times will have the speed limits inherent to human capacity, this being an important inconvenience to take into account, since in many sporting events transcendent actions occur in periods of time that can be fractions of a second.

The aim of the present invention is, therefore, to develop a device that allows repetitions to be executed, that is, the recording and emission of the repetition clips as well as the return to the live broadcast, in a fully automatic way, so that It can be carried out without the need for operators to intervene or to have to decide on the recording or broadcast moments and, consequently, so that they can be done in much shorter times.

On the other hand, and as a reference to the state of the art, it should be noted that, at least by the applicant, the existence of a device to automate the repetition of transcendent sequences of an event during the live television broadcast of said event is unknown. , or of any other invention of similar application or that has technical, structural and

constitutive similar to those presented here, and whose characterizing details are

they find

conveniently collected in the

claims

finals that accompany to the Present

memory

descriptive

EXPLANATION OF THE INVENTION

Specifically, what the invention proposes, as noted above, is a device that allows you to automatically record one or more repeat clips of an event that is being broadcast on live television, as well as the insertion of said clip or clips at certain moments of said retransmission, which will preferably be chosen as of less importance, achieving it thanks to the use of a programmable electronic device, specially developed for this purpose, as well as, and above all, the use of an activating element that will be the one that automatically determines the moment or moments of beginning of the recording of the clips.

It is important to highlight that said activating element can be an active part of the own

development of the event, consisting, for example, in the case of motor racing, at the traffic light

that

gives the exit from the same, or, by example in he

case

from the careers from Athletics, in the gun that

shoot the

judge to give the exit.

Alternatively, said activating element may not be part of the event's own development, and be an additional and passive element in its development, but be strategically installed.

so that it is activated when there is a transcendent moment of the event, it can be constituted, for example, by a photoelectric cell located in the baskets, for the retransmission of basketball games.

In any case, when the activating elementc reacts, that is, when the traffic light goes out or when the gun is fired, or when the photoelectric cell is activated, its connection with the programmable electronic device will start the EVS or Dymo clip generating device and the recording of the sequence to be repeated will start, which will be subsequently issued by automatically inserting it in a period of time after the event that is expected to be inconsequential.

Logically, then, to program the said electronic device, it will be necessary to carry out a pre-production pre-production process, to establish:

-

the moments from start Y final of the clip or clips from

repetition that

be go to Record,

the

moments from issue and insertion in the

relay of

event, from the prerecorded clips,

Y

to than signal from camera be shall happen, after he

end of each clip, to return to the live broadcast of the event.

In this way, the recommended device provides, with respect to the actions that are conventionally carried out in a live broadcast (indicated in the previous background section), the following advantages:

. The operator of the EVS or Dymo clip-generating apparatus would not give the "play", since it is the activating element that activates the entry into operation of said generator automatically.

The operators of the audio and video mixing desks would not enable the repetition to program, since this is done automatically by the device, having previously established a duration between the end of the action or clip and the start of its repetition, as well as the signal that must be passed once the repetition is finished, for which the device comprises said electronic programmable device capable of controlling the audio and video mixing tables.

In view of the foregoing, it is found that the described device for automating the repetition of transcendent sequences of an event during live television broadcasting of said event represents an innovative structure of structural and constitutive characteristics unknown until now.

in

its countryside from application, reasons that united to its

utility

practice, the dotan from basis enough

for

obtain he privilege from exclusiveness that be

request.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

To complement the description that is being made of the device object of the invention, and to help a better understanding of the characteristics that distinguish it, the present descriptive report is attached, as an integral part thereof, of a set of drawings, in those that with an illustrative and non-limiting nature have been represented

the next:

Figure number 1.- Shows, in a block diagram, a schematic representation of the elements and devices involved in a live retransmission of an event, to which the device object of the invention has been coupled.

Figure number 2. - It shows, in another schematic representation, the device of the invention, showing in greater detail the

main elements

that understands Y The mode in that be

connect

with the others gadgets that intervene in the

TV broadcast

PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

In view of the aforementioned figures, and according to the numbering adopted, an example of a preferred embodiment of the invention can be seen therein, which comprises the parts and elements described in detail below.

Thus, as seen in Figure 1, to carry out the live television broadcast of an event, particularly a sports event, conventionally the use of several cameras (1), a synchronism generating apparatus (2) that synchronizes the audiovisual signals, an audio and video matrix (3) that distributes the signals to the other elements, a clip generating device (4), which may be of the EVS or Dymo type and which is the one that generates the repetition sequences, a video mixer

(5) whose operator decides which visual signals go to the live, an audio mixing console (6), whose

operator mixes the audio signals corresponding to the visual signals that go live, a VTR video

(7) where the live signal is recorded, and several monitors (8) where all the signals collected by the cameras (1) are displayed.

From these elements, the recommended device, which allows to automate the recording of one or more "clips" of the event retransmitted live, the broadcast of them at times of non-transcendent event and the passage to the camera whose signal will be emitted to return to the live one after the emission of the repetition clip, it comprises an electronic device (10) programmable and connected, at least, to the video mixer (5) on which it acts, to the cameras (1) from which it receives the signal and an activating element (11), which, in turn, automatically determines the start time of the recording of the clip or repetition clips, since said element intervenes actively or passively in the event.

For this, said electronic device (10) will be equipped with specific software, to which the orders are inserted according to parameters previously established in a pre-production process in which the start and end moments of the clip are established in each case or repetition clips, the moments of emission and insertion in the retransmission of the event of said clips, and to which camera signal (1) must be passed after the end of each clip.

As can be seen in figure 2, the electronic device (10) is made up of a housing (12), which houses at least one motherboard, processor, graphics card, audio card, RAM, hard disk , and power supply, and that is

provided with at least a first output (13) connecting to the activating element (11), a second output

(14) for connection to the video mixer (5), two or more SDI output ports (15) for connection of the audiovisual signals of the cameras (1), at least one VGA port (16) to connect a monitor (8 '), and at least two USB ports (17) to connect a keyboard (18) and a mouse (19) through which it interacts with the aforementioned software.

On the other hand, the activating element (11) which, as indicated above, automatically determines the start time of the recording of the clip or repetition clips, may consist of a device inherent to the event itself that actively intervenes in the development of the same in some of the most transcendent moments, and therefore, likely to be the subject of a repeat clip. An example of this can be the traffic light that marks the start in a car or motorcycle race, or the gun that the judge fires in a sporting event, for example athletics, and that marks the start of it.

Alternatively, the activator element (11) may consist of one or more built-in devices.

how

elements additional of the event, installed in

any

Location strategic from shape that, though no

intervene

actively in he developing of the same, be

activate

by the action from a person or thing that yes

intervenes in the event in transcendent moments of it. An example of this can be a photoelectric cell installed in the baskets of a basketball court, so that the light beam is interrupted by the ball when it enters the basket.

In any case, the activating element (11) is capable of generating an electrical signal that closes a circuit and, when connected to the electronic device (1 or) programmable, determines that it controls the mixer (5) automatically starts the recording of a repeat clip, collected in the clip generating apparatus (4) (EVS or Dymo), and whose duration will have been set beforehand, depending on the type of event for the end of the desired time.

How

example concrete, be describe to

continuation

how would he Outcome from Apply he

device

from the invention to a retransmission in

direct

from a career car from Formula I,

It should be taken into account that the times expressed would not correspond to reality, and are only an assumption.

First, through a study on the event, in this case the Formula I race, it has been established that the four seconds after the traffic light is turned off are inconsequential.

We also establish that the activating element

(11) that automatically triggers the recording of the sequence or clip to be repeated, be it the traffic light when it goes out, since this is the start signal of the race.

The action to be repeated will be the exit of the cars the first second after the traffic light goes out.

We establish the points of view that will make up the sequence: that is, we specify what

cameras (1) (audiovisual signals) will intervene in the sequence of those planned for the retransmission of the event, for example three cameras located in nearby points around the grill area.

We establish what other camera (1) to go to when the sequence ends.

With all this data, we program the electronic device (10) and wait for the time to start the race and for the director to give the order to enable the launch sequence.

With everything prevented, the result would be the following:

-From a camera point (1) outside the ones we have selected for our process, we see the starting grid live.

-The traffic light goes out.

A second of time passes that is retransmitted from the signal of the aforementioned camera outside our process.

Two seconds after the traffic light goes out we see the first second of the race repeated from the point of view of the first camera (1) of which we had previously selected for the process.

-Then we see the first second of the race repeated from the point of view of the second camera

(1) chosen for the process.

Next we see the first one repeated

second of the race from the point of view of the third camera chosen.

Finally, we see the live signal offered by the other camera that we had previously decided for when the sequence or clips of dE ended; repetition.

With this example we demonstrate that time control and its implementation are essential. Four seconds in the case of a Formula 1 race is very long. When everything is programmed in advance, and the process is automatically activated, the chain of command described at the beginning of this report is unnecessary (order maker,

operator

from EVS press play, he mixer enable he

He passed

to Program .... ) already that by its nature be

would lose

weather necessary for produce he effect

wanted.

Everything described has the advantage of being able to transfer the entire post-production process, such as the repetition of the sequence to a pre-production process, so that the time invested in said process can be carried out before the retransmission of a event and leave everything prepared and automated for when necessary.

Describing sufficiently the nature of the present invention, as well as the way of putting it into practice, it is not considered necessary to make its explanation more extensive so that any person skilled in the art understands its scope and the advantages that it derives from it, stating that, within its essentiality, it may be carried out in other embodiments that differ in detail from the

indicated by way of example, and to which it will also achieve the protection that is sought as long as it does not alter, change or modify its fundamental principle.

Claims (6)

R E I V I N D I e A e I O N E 1.-DEVICE FOR AUTOMATION LL, (7)  S REPETITION OF TRANSCENDING SEQUENCES OF AN EVENT DURING THE LIVE TELEVISIVE RETRANSMISSION OF THIS EVENT, applicable to automatically perform the recording and insertion of one or more repeat clips with sequences of an event that is being broadcast live on television, particularly a sporting event, controlling the start and end moments of the clip or repetition clips, the moments of insertion in the retransmission of the event of said clips, and the camera signal (8) to be passed after the end of each clip based on the preset in each case; said retransmission comprising the use of cameras (1), synchronism generator (2), audio / video matrix (3), clip generator (4), video mixer (5) and audio mixes (6), VTR video (7) and monitors (8), characterized in that it comprises: -a programmable electronic device (1 O), equipped with specific software, to which orders are inserted according to parameters previously established on the start and end moments of the clip or repetition clips, the moments of emission and insertion in the retransmission of the event of said clips, and to what camera signal (8) should be passed after the end of each clip; being connected, at least, to the video mixer (5) on which it acts, to the cameras (1) from which it receives the signal, and to an activating element (11); -and an activating element (11) capable of generating a

signal

electric that close a circuit that determines

automatically

he moment from start from the recording

of the

clip or clips of repetition.

2.-DEVICE FOR AUTOMATING THE REPETITION OF TRANSCENDING SEQUENCES OF AN EVENT DURING THE DIRECT TELEVISIVE RETRANSMISSION OF SUCH EVENT, according to claim 1, characterized in that the electronic apparatus (10) is formed by

a

Case (12), in the that be they house, to the less,

a

license plate

base, processor, card graph, card from

Audio,

memory RAM, disk Lasted, Y source from

feeding,

Y that is endowed from, to the less, a

first output (13) connecting to the activating element (11), a second output (14) connecting to the video mixer (5), two or more sor output ports (15) for connecting the audiovisual signals of the cameras (1) at least one VGA port (16) to connect a monitor (8 '), and at least two USB ports (17) to connect a keyboard (18) and a mouse (19). 3.-DEVICE FOR AUTOMATING THE REPETITION OF TRANSCENDING SEQUENCES OF AN EVENT DURING THE DIRECT TELEVISIVE RETRANSMISSION OF THE SUCH EVENT, according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the activating element (11) consists of a device inherent to the event itself and which intervenes actively in the development of it. - 4.-DEVICE FOR AUTOMATING THE REPETITION OF TRANSCENDING SEQUENCES OF AN EVENT DURING THE DIRECT TELEVISIVE RETRANSMISSION OF SUCH EVENT, according to claim 3, characterized in that the activating element (11) is the traffic light that gives the output in a race. 5.-DEVICE FOR AUTOMATING THE REPETITION OF TRANSCENDING SEQUENCES OF AN EVENT DURING THE DIRECT TELEVISIVE RETRANSMISSION OF SUCH EVENT, according to claim 3, characterized because the activating element (11) is the gun that the judge uses to start a sporting event. 5 6.-DEVICE TO AUTOMATE THE REPETITION OF TRANSCENDING SEQUENCES OF AN EVENT DURING THE DIRECT TELEVISIVE RETRANSMISSION OF THE SUCH EVENT, according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the activating element (11) 10 consists of one or more devices incorporated as additional elements that are activated with the action of a person or thing involved in the event. 7.-DEVICE TO AUTOMATE THE REPETITION OF TRANSCENDING SEQUENCES OF AN EVENT DURING THE DIRECT TELEVISIVE RETRANSMISSION OF THE EVENT, according to claim 6, characterized in that the activating element (11) is a photoelectric cell. twenty