JP2001092444A - Device and method for information processing and program storing medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a user to make a misoperation by making the user to recognize the contents of an animation editing processing. SOLUTION: When the kind of an image editing processing is selected, a visual effect image corresponding to the processing is generated based on first and second image data that are the objects of the processing, the image is displayed on a liquid crystal display 21 during the processing is executed. Thus, the user easily recognizes the contents of the image editing processing by only confirming the visual effect image being displayed during the execution of the processing.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program storage medium, and is particularly suitable for use in a notebook personal computer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, personal computers (hereinafter, referred to as personal computers).
This is called a computer), a CD-ROM
(Compact Disc-Read Only Memory) and various contents composed of moving images provided via the Internet are recorded, and these contents are recorded by moving image editing application software (hereinafter simply referred to as moving image editing application). The moving image editing process according to the user's preference can be executed.

[0003]

By the way, in a computer apparatus having such a configuration, for example, moving picture editing processing such as skipping skipping display from the currently displayed content to the next content, addition of new content, and deletion of content. Is executed based on the pressing of the operation button by the user. At this time, only the result of the moving image editing process is displayed, and the content or state during the moving image editing process cannot be recognized.

[0004] Therefore, the computer device cannot allow the user to confirm the contents of the moving image editing process performed after the operation button is pressed, so that erroneous operation such as the user pressing the operation button again is induced. there were.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and proposes an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program storage medium that allow a user to recognize the contents of a moving image editing process and prevent a user's erroneous operation. It is assumed that.

[0006]

According to the present invention, when a type of image editing processing is selected, the first image data and the second image data to be subjected to the image editing processing are processed. A visual effect image of a moving image corresponding to the image editing process is generated based on the image effect, and the visual effect image is displayed on a predetermined display unit during the image editing process. It is possible to easily recognize the contents of the image editing process only by checking the visual effect image.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

(1) Configuration of Notebook-Type Personal Computer In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a notebook-type personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a notebook personal computer) which constitutes the information processing apparatus of the present invention as a whole. And a display unit 3 attached to the main body 2 so as to be openable and closable.

The main body 2 has a plurality of operation keys 4 for inputting various characters, symbols, numbers, and the like on its upper surface, and a stick-type pointing device used for moving a mouse cursor (hereinafter, simply referred to as a stick). 5, a left click button 5A and a right click button 5B corresponding to a left button and a right button of a normal mouse, a center button 5C for operating a scroll bar without moving a mouse cursor to a scroll button, a built-in speaker 6, and a display unit CCD (Charge Couple)
d Device) A shutter button 7 for the camera 23 is provided.

The display unit 3 has an LCD (Liquid Cryc
A liquid crystal display 21 of a tal display is provided, and an imaging unit 22 having a CCD camera 23 is rotatably attached to the display unit 3 at the upper center of the front.

That is, the image pickup unit 22 is rotated within an angle range of 180 degrees between the front direction and the back direction of the display unit 3, and can be positioned at any position within the angle range. . The imaging unit 22 includes a CCD camera 2
An adjustment ring 25 for performing the focus adjustment 3 is provided, and the focus adjustment when the desired imaging target is imaged by the CCD camera 23 can be easily performed by rotating the adjustment ring 25.

The display unit 3 is provided with a microphone 24 in the vicinity of the left side of the image pickup unit 22 so that sound can be collected from the back side of the display unit 3 via the microphone 24.

The display unit 3 further includes a microphone 24
A claw 13 is provided near the left side of the
A hole 8 is provided at a predetermined position of the main body 2 corresponding to 3, and the claw 13 is fitted and locked in the hole 8 in a state where the display unit 3 is closed by the main body 2.

The main body 2 is provided with a slide lever 9 on the front side surface. By sliding the slide lever 9, the lock of the claw 13 fitted in the hole 8 is released and the display section 3 is moved to the main body. 2 can be developed. A plurality of intake holes 11 are provided on the front side surface of the main body 2.

Further, on the right side of the main body 2, an exhaust hole 12,
PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card Interna
National Association) Standard PC (Personal Computer)
A PC card slot 14 corresponding to a card and a modem terminal 15 for a modular jack are provided.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2, on the left side of the main body 2, a slide type power switch 40 and an IE corresponding to four pins are provided.
EE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engin
eers) 1394 terminal 41, USB (Universal Serial Bu
s) Terminal 42, external display connector 46, microphone input terminal 43, headphone terminal 44 and I
An infrared port 45 conforming to rDA (Infrared Data Association) is provided.

As shown in FIG. 3, an external power supply connector 16 is provided on the rear side surface of the main body 2, and a slide-type removal lever 18 for removing a battery pack (not shown) is provided on the bottom surface. A reset switch 19 is provided for interrupting the operation and reconfiguring the power-on environment. The battery pack is connected to the battery connector 1
7 is detachably connected.

In addition to the above structure, the upper surface of the main body 2 (FIG. 1)
Has a jog dial 30 incorporated at the right end between an operation key 4A corresponding to a backspace key and an operation key 4B corresponding to an enter key so as to be at the same height as the operation keys 4A and 4B. .

Here, the jog dial 30 is a user interface with excellent operability that can easily realize various functions in system setting and various application software by rotating and pressing the dial.

As shown in FIG. 4, the jog dial 30 is provided with a flat disk-shaped operation knob 218 slightly protruding from the outer case 32 of the main body 2, and is provided with an arrow formed by the disk-shaped operation knob 218. A predetermined process is executed in response to a rotation operation in the a direction or the b direction, and a predetermined process is executed in response to a pressing operation in the direction of the arrow c.

At this time, the jog dial 30 is mounted so that the disk-shaped operation knob 218 is slightly protruded from the outer case 32 of the main body 2 so that the user can project the peripheral side surface of the disk-shaped operation knob 218. The 218A can be easily operated while crawling the finger on the outer case 32 (FIG. 4). In addition, the disk-shaped operation knob 218
As long as the rigidity is maintained, the thickness can be reduced, so that the main body 2 can be sufficiently reduced in thickness.

Next, the circuit configuration of the notebook computer 1 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. Notebook PC 1
In the main body 2, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 50 that controls various functions of the main body 2 in an integrated manner.
Is connected to a host bus 52, and performs processing according to various programs and application software loaded into a RAM (Random Access Memory) 53 by the CPU 50 at a predetermined operation speed based on a system clock provided from a clock generator 60. , Various functions can be realized.

A cache memory 51 is connected to the host bus 52 so as to cache data used by the CPU 50 and realize high-speed access.

The host bus 52 is connected to a PCI (Periphera
l Component Interconnect) Bus 55 and Host-PCI
A video controller 56 and an IEEE (Institute) are connected to the PCI bus 55 via a bridge 54.
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 1394
Interface 57, video capture processing chip 8
3 and a PC (Personal Computer) card interface 58 are connected.

Here, the host-PCI bridge 54
PU50, video controller 56, video capture processing chip 83, IEEE1394 interface 5
7 and the PC card interface 58, control of transmission and reception of various data with the memory bus 59.
Is performed to control the memory of the RAM 53 connected thereto.

The host-PCI bridge 54 includes a video controller 56 and an AGP (Accelerated Graphics Pos.).
rt) via a signal line, whereby image data can be transferred between the host-PCI bridge 54 and the video controller 56 at high speed.

The video capture processing chip 83 includes an I ² C bus 82 (generally an SM (System
Management) bus, and a CCD (Charge Coupler) via the I ² C bus 82.
d Device) When image data captured by the camera 23 is supplied, the image data is temporarily stored in a built-in frame memory (not shown), and is stored in a JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group).
p) By performing image compression processing according to the standard, JPEG
After generating the image data, the JPEG image data is stored in the frame memory again.

Then, the video capture processing chip 83
After directly transferring the JPEG image data stored in the frame memory to the RAM 53 using a bus master function in response to a request from the CPU 50, the hard disk drive (JPEG image (still image) data or Motion JPEG image (moving image) data is used. HDD) 67.

The video controller 56 includes a CCD (Charg
e Coupled Device) Image data captured by the camera 23 and JPEG of the video capture processing chip 83
After performing predetermined graphics processing on the image data, the image data is stored in a built-in VRAM (Video Random Access Memory), read out as appropriate, and output to the liquid crystal display 21 for display.

The video controller 56 outputs image data based on various kinds of application software supplied to the liquid crystal display 21 in a timely manner.
A plurality of window screens can be displayed.

The PC card interface 58 is appropriately mounted via a PC card when an optional function is added, and is connected to an external device such as a CD-ROM drive or a DVD drive via the PC card. It is made to be able to do.

IEEE 1394 interface 57
Is directly connected to an IEEE 1394 terminal 41, and can be connected to another computer device or an external device such as a digital video camera via the IEEE 1394 terminal 41.

The PCI bus 55 is connected to an ISA (Industrial St
Andard Architecture) bus 65 is connected via a PCI-ISA bridge 66. The PCI-ISA bridge 66 has an HDD 67 and a USB (Universal Serial
l Bus) terminal 42 is connected.

Here, the PCI-ISA bridge 66
DE (Integrated Drive Electronics) interface, configuration register, RTC (Real-Ti
me Clock) circuit, a USB interface, and the like, and controls the HDD 67 via the IDE interface based on a system clock supplied from the clock generator 60.

The hard disk of the HDD 67 has Window
OS (Operating System) such as s98 (trademark), e-mail program, auto pilot program, jog dial utility program, jog dial driver, capture software, digital map software, and other various application software are stored. Timely RA in the process
Transferred to M53.

The PCI-ISA bridge 66 is a US
External devices such as a floppy disk drive, a printer, and a USB mouse (not shown) connected via the B terminal 42 are controlled via the USB interface, and the modem 69 and the sound controller 70 connected to the ISA bus 65 are controlled. Do.

The modem 69 is connected from a modem terminal 15 to an Internet service provider (hereinafter referred to as a provider) via a public telephone line (not shown) and the Internet, and accesses the Internet service provider. . The sound controller 70 takes in an audio signal from the microphone 24 and supplies the audio signal to the built-in speaker 6.

The ISA bus 65 has an I / O (In / Out)
The controller 73 is connected, receives power from an external power connector 84 via a power supply charging control circuit 85, and supplies power to each circuit when the power switch 40 is turned on. Here, the I / O controller 73 operates based on the system clock supplied from the clock generator 60 also.

The power supply / charge control circuit 85 has an I / O
The controller 73 controls the charging of the battery pack 86 connected to the battery connector 17 (FIG. 3).

The I / O controller 73 includes a microcontroller, an I / O interface, a CPU, and a ROM.
And a BIOS (Basic Input / Output) stored in the flash memory 79.
System), the input / output of data between the OS and application software and various peripheral devices such as the liquid crystal display 21 and the HDD 67 is controlled.

The I / O controller 73 is connected to the infrared port 45, and can execute infrared communication with, for example, another computer. Further, the I / O controller 73 includes the inversion switch 7
When the imaging unit 22 of the CCD camera 23 is rotated by 180 degrees toward the back side of the liquid crystal display 21, the reversing switch 77 is turned on.
The CPU 50 is notified via the ISA bridge 66 and the host-PCI bridge 54.

The I / O controller 73 is connected to a full-press / half-press switch 78. When the shutter button 7 provided on the upper surface of the main body 2 is half-pressed, the full-press / half-press switch 78 is provided. Is turned on, and C
In addition to notifying the PU 50, when the shutter button 7 is fully pressed, the full-press / half-press switch 78 is turned on, and the CPU 50 is notified of this.

That is, the CPU 50 transfers the capture software from the hard disk of the HDD 67 to the RAM 53.
When the shutter button 7 is half-pressed by the user in a state in which the shutter button is raised, the still image mode is entered, and
The D camera 23 is controlled to freeze the still image,
When it is fully pressed, the frozen still image data is taken in and sent to the video controller 56.

On the other hand, when the shutter button 7 is fully depressed by the user without starting the capture software, the CPU 50 enters the moving image mode, captures the moving image for up to about 60 seconds, and captures the moving image. 56.

The ROM of the I / O controller 73
Stores a wake-up program, a key input monitoring program, an LED control program, a jog dial state monitoring program, and other various control programs.

Here, the jog dial status monitoring program is a program related to the jog dial utility program stored in the hard disk of the HDD 67, and is for monitoring whether the jog dial 30 is rotated or pressed.

The wake-up program is a PCI-I
When the current time supplied from the RTC circuit in the SA bridge 66 reaches a preset start time, the CPU 50 is a program that is controlled to execute a predetermined process. Is a program for monitoring inputs from various key switches.

The LED control program includes a power lamp P
LED such as L, battery lamp BL, message lamp ML
(Light Emitting Diode) is a program that controls the lighting of various lamps.

The RAM of the I / O controller 73 has a set time register for a wake-up program,
Key input monitoring register for key input monitoring program, L
An LED control register for an ED control program, an I / O register for a jog dial state monitoring program, and registers for various other programs are provided.

The set time register stores the time information of the start time arbitrarily set by the user in advance for use in the wake-up program. Therefore, the I / O controller 73 determines whether or not the current time supplied from the RTC circuit has reached an arbitrarily set start time based on the wake-up program, and notifies the CPU 50 when the start time has come. I do. Thus, when the start time comes, the CPU 50 launches predetermined application software set in advance, and executes a predetermined process according to the application software.

The key input monitoring register stores an operation key flag based on inputs from the operation key 4, the stick 5, the left click button 5A, the right click button 5B, and the center button 5C.

Accordingly, the I / O controller 73 operates based on the key input monitoring program to determine whether the pointing operation with the stick 5 or the clicking operation of the left click button 5A, right click button 5B and center button 5C has been performed. The determination is made based on the state of the key flag, and when a pointing operation or a click operation is performed, the fact is notified to the CPU 50.

Here, the pointing operation is an operation of moving the mouse cursor to a desired position by pressing the stick 5 up, down, left and right with a finger, and the clicking operation is a left click button 5A or a right click button. This is an operation of quickly pressing and releasing 5B with a finger.

Thus, the CPU 50 executes a predetermined process in accordance with the movement of the mouse cursor and the click operation by the pointing operation.

The LED control register includes a power lamp PL,
A lighting flag indicating a lighting state of various lamps including LEDs such as a battery lamp BL and a message lamp ML is stored.

Therefore, the I / O controller 73 operates the CPU 50 by pressing the jog dial 30, for example.
The e-mail program is read out from the hard disk of D67 and started on the RAM 53. When an e-mail is received in accordance with the e-mail program, a lighting flag is stored.
1 is turned on to turn on the message lamp ML.

I for the jog dial status monitoring program
The / O register stores a rotation operation flag and a pressing operation flag in accordance with the rotation operation and the pressing operation performed on the jog dial 30, respectively.

Therefore, when a user's desired menu item is selected from a plurality of menu items by rotating and pressing the jog dial 30 connected via the rotation detecting unit 88, the I / O controller 73 outputs the I / O controller 73. The rotation operation flag and the pressing operation flag are stored in the O register, and the fact is notified to the CPU 50.

Thus, the CPU 50 starts application software corresponding to a menu item determined by rotating and pressing the jog dial 30 in accordance with the jog dial utility program running on the RAM 53 and running on the RAM 53, and performs predetermined processing. Execute.

Here, the I / O controller 73 always operates based on the jog dial state monitoring program under the control of the power supply charging control circuit 85 even when the power switch 40 is off and the OS is not running. Even when the power is turned off or the power is turned off, the jog dial 30 can be pressed to activate application software or a script file desired by the user without providing a dedicated key.

By the way, the I / O controller 73 controls the I ²
It is connected to the C bus 82 and supplies various setting parameters for the CCD camera 23 set by the operation keys 4 and the jog dial 30 via the I ² C bus 82, thereby turning on / off the camera power of the CCD camera 23. The control and the brightness and contrast of the CCD camera 23 are adjusted.

(2) Content Editing Process In the notebook computer 1, the CPU 50 executes a moving image editing process for various moving image files (hereinafter referred to as contents) based on a moving image editing application stored in the HDD 67 in advance. At the same time, the user is made to recognize by the visual effect image that the moving image editing process is being executed.

First, the CPU 50 displays a moving image editing screen 300 for performing a desired moving image editing process on a plurality of contents on the liquid crystal display 21 based on the moving image editing application, as shown in FIG. However, at this stage, no content to be edited on the moving image editing screen 300 has been registered.

The moving image editing screen 300 has a display area 3
Operation buttons 300A for selecting the type of moving image editing process are displayed below 01. The operation button group 300A includes a return button 302 for returning to the immediately previous content, and an exchange button 3 for exchanging the content.
03, a forward button 304 for proceeding to the next content, a one-frame return button 3 for returning one frame,
05, a slider 306 for controlling from the start to the end of reproduction of the content, a one-frame advance button 307 for proceeding to the next one frame, a stop button 308, a reproduction / pause button 309, and reproduction indicating “reproduction time / total time” A time display area 310, a frame display area 311 representing “frame / all frames”, an effect button 312 for giving an image special effect such as embossing or mosaic, a copy button 313 for copying content, and a part for dividing content A split button 314, a synthesizing button 315 for synthesizing two types of content, and a delete button 316 for deleting the content are provided, and are pressed when a desired moving image editing process is performed.

Then, the CPU 50 sets the moving image editing screen 300
When the drag and drop operation of the icon of the content is performed on the display area 301, only the still image data corresponding to the head portion of the content by the drag and drop operation is read out from the HDD 67 and read.
In addition to registering the list in the AM 53, the storage location on the HDD 67 for the various contents registered in the list
The data is held and stored in M53.

(2-1) Content List Registration In practice, the user is allowed to enter, for example, four types of contents C1 to C4.
When the above-described drag-and-drop operations are sequentially performed on the content C, the CPU 50 first
1 is stored in the RAM 5
Similarly, the still image data CD2 located at the beginning of the content C2, the still image data CD3 located at the beginning of the content C3, and the still image data CD4 located at the beginning of the content C4 are sequentially registered in the list. After that, the still image data CD1 of the content C1 is displayed in the display area 301 of the moving image editing screen 300.

By the way, after a predetermined time has elapsed in this state, the CPU 50 issues a play / pause button 3
09 (FIG. 6), the content C1 is stored in the HDD.
67 is read and played back, and the playback result is displayed in the display area 301 of the moving image editing screen 300.

(2-2) Skipping of Content As shown in FIG. 8, the CPU 50 completes the list registration and returns the still image data CD located at the head of the content C1.
When it is detected that the advance button 304 is pressed in a state where 1 is displayed in the display area 301 of the moving image editing screen 300, the still image data CD1 of the content C1 is skipped to the still image data CD2 of the content C2 and displayed.
Next, when it is detected that the advance button 304 has been pressed, it skips to the still image data CD3 of the content C3 and displays it. When it detects that the advance button 304 has been pressed, it skips to the still image data CD4 of the content C4. The display has been made.

When the CPU 50 detects that the next advance button 304 has been pressed in a state where the still image data CD4 of the content C4 is displayed in the display area 301, the CPU 50 skips to the still image data CD1 of the content C1 and restarts. The contents C1 to C4 are sequentially skipped and displayed in the forward direction based on the pressing of the advance button 304.

As shown in FIG. 9, the CPU 50 first displays the still image data CD1 of the content C1 in the display area 30.
When the return button 301 is detected to be pressed in the state indicated by No. 1, the display is skipped to the still image data CD4 of the content C4 and displayed, and when the return button 301 is detected to be pressed, the still image of the content C3 is detected. Data CD
3 is displayed, and when it is detected that the return button 301 is pressed, the display is skipped to the still image data CD2 of the content C2 and displayed.
Based on the pressing of the return button 301, the contents C1 to C
4 is sequentially skipped in the reverse direction and displayed.

Here, the CPU 50, for example,
When skipping the still image data CD1 of the content C1 in the forward direction from the still image data CD1 of the content C2 to the still image data CD2 of the content C2, as shown in FIG. Image) and the still image data CD2 (airplane image) of the content C2, a visual effect image X1 such as "turning the page from the left" for generating a skip image is generated.

Then, the CPU 50 displays the visual effect image X1 only from the still picture data CD1 to the still picture data CD2 until it is switched to the still picture data CD2. The user can easily recognize that the processing is being performed.

Actually, as shown in FIG.
50 displays the still image data CD1 of the content C1 in the display area 301 of the moving image editing screen 300, and displays the still image data CD2 of the next content C2 on the still image data CD.
1 is displayed as a window screen 320 superimposed on the left corner portion, so that the user can easily recognize the content of the next content C2 on the window screen 320.

Then, the CPU 50 sets the moving image editing screen 300
11B is detected by the user, the visual effect image X1 such as “turning the page from the left” is animated only during the skip processing as shown in FIGS. 11B to 11E. .

Further, at the same time as displaying the visual effect image X1, the CPU 50 outputs a sound effect such as “parallel” which is normally generated when “turning the page from the left” from the built-in speaker 6 via the sound controller 70 (FIG. 5). The output is performed so that even when the user takes his / her eyes off the moving image editing screen 300, the user can recognize by sound effects that the skip processing is currently being performed.

Finally, when the skip processing is completed, the CPU 50 displays the still image data CD2 of the content C2 in the display area 301 as shown in FIG. 11F, and displays the still image data CD3 of the next content C3 on the window screen. 321 (image of the ship) is superimposed and displayed on the left corner of the still image data CD2.

As described above, the CPU 50 converts the still image data CD1 of the content C1 shown in FIG.
FIG. 11B to FIG. 11B until the still image data CD2 of the content C2 shown in FIG.
Displaying the visual effect image X1 such as “turning the page from the left” as shown in FIG. 11E allows the user to recognize that the skip processing according to the advance button 304 is currently being performed. It has been made like that.

(2-2) Addition of Content As shown in FIG. 12, the CPU 50 converts the still image data CD1 located at the head of the content C1 into the moving image editing screen 3
When the icon of the new content CZ is dragged and dropped on the display area 301 in the state of being displayed in the display area 301 of 00, the still image data CDZ located at the head of the content CZ is registered in the RAM 53 as an additional list and registered. , The content CZ registered in the additional list
Is stored in the HDD 67, and the contents C
The display is switched from one still image data CD1 to still image data CDZ of the content CZ.

In this case, the CPU 50 registers the additional list of the content CZ and registers the additional list based on the still image data CD1 held in the RAM 53 and the still image data CDZ registered in the additional list by using a predetermined calculation method. A visual effect image X2 (not shown) such as “spreads of ripples” that image processing is generated.

Then, the CPU 50 sets the still image data CD1
By displaying the visual effect image X2 in the display area 301 of the moving image editing screen 300 as an animation only during the additional list registration process until the display is switched to the still image data CDZ, the user is notified that the content CZ is currently being registered in the additional list. Is made to be easily recognized.

Further, the CPU 50 displays the visual effect image X2 during the additional list registration processing, and outputs a sound effect such as “Pochan” such as “spread of ripples”. The user is made aware of what is currently being done.

(2-3) Deletion of Content As shown in FIG. 13, the CPU 50 converts the still image data CD1 located at the head of the content C1 into the moving image editing screen 3
00 in the display area 301 of the delete button 3
When the button 16 is detected to be pressed, the list registration is deleted by deleting the data of the storage location of the still image data CD1 and the content C1 held in the RAM 53, and the still image data CD1 of the content C1 is deleted from the content C2. The display is switched to the still image data CD2.

In this case, the CPU 50 deletes the content C1 from the list registration and causes the deletion processing to be imaged based on the still image data CD1 and the still image data CD2 by using a predetermined calculation method. A visual effect image X3 (not shown) such as “disappearing” is generated.

Then, the CPU 50 changes the state in which the still image data CD1 is displayed as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 14F, the still image data CD1 is completely deleted and the next still image data CD2 is displayed as shown in FIG.
(B) to (E), the visual effect image X3 is animated and displayed in the display area 301 of the moving image editing screen 300 only during the deletion processing in FIG.
Is made to be easily recognized by the user as being deleted.

Further, the CPU 50 displays the visual effect image X3 during the process of deleting the content C1, and outputs a predetermined sound effect such that the still image data CD1 "disappears after gradually decreasing," thereby providing the content. C
The user can also be made to recognize that the deletion process 1 is currently being performed by using a sound effect.

(2-4) Content Division As shown in FIG. 15, the CPU 50 reproduces the content C1 in the display area 301 of the moving image editing screen 300 in response to the pressing of the play / pause button 309, and the user selects the timing. Detects that the division button 314 has been pressed, the content C1 is displayed at that timing.
a and the content C1b, the still image data CD1a and CD1b corresponding to the leading portions of the content contents C1a and C1b are registered in the RAM 53 in an additional list, and the storage of the HDD 67 in the contents C1a and C1b registered in the additional list is performed. Remember the location.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 16, the CPU 50 uses a predetermined calculation method to execute the still image data CD1a of the content C1a and the still image data CD1 of the content C1b.
A visual effect image X4 such as “divide one image” that causes the division process to be imaged based on 1b is generated. Incidentally, the still image data CD1b of the content C1b is an image displaying a track at a position where time has elapsed than the still image data CD1a of the content C1a.

When CPU 50 detects that division button 314 has been pressed during reproduction of content C1 shown in FIG. 17A, CPU 50 specifies the designation as shown in FIGS. 17B to 17E. The content C1 is divided into the content C1a and the content C1b at the same timing, and the visual effect image X4 is displayed only during that time.
By displaying an animation in the display area 301 of 0, the user can easily recognize that the content C1 is currently being divided.

Finally, when the division processing of the content C1 is completed as shown in FIG. 17F, the CPU 50 sets the still image data C located at the head of the divided content C1b.
D1b is displayed in the display area 301, and the division processing ends.

Further, the CPU 50 displays the visual effect image X4 during the division processing of the content C1 and outputs a predetermined sound effect such as “divide one image”, thereby executing the division processing of the content C1. The user can be made aware of what is currently being done by sound effects.

(2-5) Composition of Content As shown in FIG.
When it is detected that the synthesizing button 315 is pressed in a state where the still image data CD1 corresponding to the leading portion of No. 1 is displayed in the display area 301 of the moving image editing screen 300, FIG.
As shown in (B), the content C1 and the next content C
2 is generated to generate a new content C12.

At this time, the CPU 50 sets the content C12
Of the still image data CD12 located at the head of
3, the content C1 and the content C2 are deleted from the list registration, and the storage location of the content C12 is newly stored. Incidentally, the still image data CD12 and the still image data CD1 in this case are the same.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 19, the CPU 50 uses a predetermined calculation method to image the combining process based on the still image data CD1 of the content C1 and the still image data CD2 of the content C2. A visual effect image X5 such as “combining into one” is generated.

When CPU 50 detects that still image data CD1 of content C1 is displayed in display area 301 as shown in FIG. 20A, and depresses synthesis button 315, content C1 and content C2 are displayed. 20B, during which the visual effect image X5 is animated and displayed in the display area 301 of the moving image editing screen 300 as shown in FIGS. 20B to 20E, whereby the current contents C1 and C2 are The user is easily made aware that synthesis is in progress.

Finally, when the combining process of the content C1 and the content C2 is completed as shown in FIG. 20 (F), the CPU 50 displays the still image data CD12 located at the head of the new combined content C12 in the display area 301. And the still image data CD3 of the content C3 next to the window screen 321 is displayed.

Further, the CPU 50 displays the visual effect image X5 during the process of synthesizing the content C1 and the content C2, and outputs a predetermined sound effect such as “combining two images into one”. In addition, the user can recognize that the synthesis process of the content C1 and the content C2 is currently being performed by using a sound effect.

(2-6) Content Replacement As shown in FIG. 21, the CPU 50 converts the still image data CD1 located at the head of the content C1 into the moving image editing screen 3
00 in the display area 301, the exchange button 3
03 is detected, the content C1 and the next content C2 are replaced on the registration list,
From the still image data CD1 of the content C1 to the content C
2 is switched to the still image data CD2.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 22, the CPU 50 images the replacement process based on the still image data CD1 of the content C1 and the still image data CD2 of the content C2 by using a predetermined calculation method. A visual effect image X6 such as “turning over” is generated.

Then, as shown in FIG. 23A, the CPU 50 detects that the exchange button 303 has been pressed while the still image data CD1 of the content C1 is displayed in the display area 301, and then the content C1 and the next Content C
The exchange process with No. 2 is started. FIG.
As shown in (B) to (E), the visual effect image X6 is animated and displayed on the display area 301 of the moving image editing screen 300 only during the exchange process in which the content C1 and the content C2 are exchanged. The user is easily made aware that the content and the content C2 are being replaced.

Finally, the CPU 50 displays the still image data CD2 located at the head of the replaced contents C2 in the display area 301 as shown in FIG. 23F, and also displays the contents C1 after being replaced on the window screen 321. Is displayed.

Further, the CPU 50 displays the visual effect image X6 during the process of replacing the content C1 and the content C2, and outputs a predetermined sound effect such as “turning from the top of the page”, whereby the content C1 and the content C1 are output. The user can also be made to recognize that the replacement process with the content C2 is currently being performed by sound effects.

(2-7) Content Copy As shown in FIG. 24, the CPU 50 copies the still image data CD1 located at the head of the content C1 to the moving image editing screen 3
When it is detected that the copy button 313 is pressed in a state where the content C1 is displayed in the display area 301, the content C1 is displayed.
Is copied on the registration list, and then the still image data CD1 of the copied content C1 is displayed.

At this time, the CPU 50 displays the same still image data CD1 before and after the copy process, so it is difficult to recognize that the actual copy has been performed. A visual effect image X7 (not shown) such as "ruffle the screen" is generated based on the still image data CD1 to image the copy processing, and this is displayed on the moving image editing screen 300 only during the copy processing of the content C1.
By displaying an animation in the display area 301, the user can easily recognize that the content C1 is currently being copied.

Further, the CPU 50 displays an animation of the visual effect image X7 during the copy processing of the content C1, and outputs a predetermined sound effect to image the copy processing, so that the copy processing of the content C1 is currently performed. The user can be made aware of the fact by sound effects.

As described above, in the notebook computer 1, the CP
U50 executes an editing process corresponding to each of the various operation buttons provided on the moving image editing screen 300,
By generating the visual effect images X1 to X7 for recognizing the content and state of the editing process and displaying the generated image, the user can easily recognize what editing process is currently being performed. I have.

(2-8) Moving Picture Editing Processing Procedure When a series of moving picture editing processing procedures based on the moving picture editing application so far are summarized, as shown in FIG.
The PU 50 first enters from the start step of the routine RT1, and moves to step SP1.

At step SP1, the CPU 50 determines whether or not any operation button of the operation button group 300A provided on the moving image editing screen 300 has been pressed by the user. Here, if a negative result is obtained, this means that no operation button has been pressed, and at this time, the CPU 50 waits until the operation button is pressed.

On the other hand, if an affirmative result is obtained in step SP1, this indicates that some operation button has been pressed by the user.
"0" moves to the next step SP2.

In step SP2, the CPU 50 starts a moving image editing process (for example, any of skip, add, delete, split, combine, replace, or copy) corresponding to the pressed operation button, and proceeds to the next step SP3. .

In step SP3, the CPU 50 stores in the RAM 53 two kinds of still image data required in accordance with the moving image editing process to be started.
, And the process proceeds to the next step SP4.

In step SP4, the CPU 50 sets the visual effect images X1 to X4 to image the contents of the moving image editing process.
A predetermined calculation method is selected to generate X7, and the process proceeds to the next step SP5.

In step SP5, the CPU 50 displays the visual effect images X1 to X7 while the count value of the internal counter is between "0" and "1" (the count value is counted up every "0.05"). The display is performed while sequentially changing one frame at a time in accordance with the count value. Therefore, the count value of the internal counter is reset to "0", and the process proceeds to the next step SP6.

In step SP6, the CPU 50 performs setting for receiving a timeout event from the OS every 50 [msec] in order to count up the count value of the internal counter every "0.05". Move to step SP7.

At step SP7, the CPU 50
Every time a timeout event is supplied from S, the process of counting up the count value of the internal counter by “0.05” starts, and the routine goes to the next step SP8.

At step SP8, the CPU 50
A visual effect image at a stage corresponding to the counter value is sequentially generated based on the type of still image data, and the visual effect image generated in step SP9 is displayed on the display area 30 of the moving image editing screen 300.
At step 1, the animation is sequentially displayed in accordance with the count-up of the counter value (for example, FIGS. 11B to 11E), a predetermined sound effect is output, and the process proceeds to the next step SP10.

At step SP10, the CPU 50
It is determined whether the count value of the internal counter has become “1” or more. If a negative result is obtained here, this means that the count value is less than "1", and that the visual effect images X1 to X7 are still being displayed while the moving image editing process is being executed. Returns to step SP7 to continue the animation display of the visual effect images X1 to X7.

On the other hand, if an affirmative result is obtained in step SP10, this indicates that the count value is equal to or more than "1", that is, that the moving image editing process has been completed, and the CPU 50 proceeds to the next step SP11. .

At step SP11, the CPU 50
The supply of the timeout event to the OS is stopped, and the animation display of the visual effect images X1 to X7 is terminated, and the process proceeds to the next step SP12.

At step SP12, the CPU 50
After ending the animation display of the visual effect images X1 to X7, the still image data after the moving image editing process is displayed on the moving image editing screen 3
00 in the display area 301 of the next step SP13
To end the moving image editing process.

(3) Operation and Effect in Embodiment In the above configuration, when the CPU 50 of the notebook computer 1 executes the moving image editing process on the moving image editing screen 300, the two types of contents C to be subjected to the moving image editing process A visual effect image X that allows the user to imagine the contents of the moving image editing process is generated based on the still image data CD, and displayed during execution of the moving image editing process, and a sound effect corresponding to the visual effect image X is output. This allows the user to visually and audibly recognize what kind of moving image editing process is currently being performed.

Further, the CPU 50 displays the animation of the visual effect image X of the moving image in the display area 301 of the moving image editing screen 300 during the execution of the moving image editing process, so that the user is bored with the waiting time until the moving image editing process is completed. You can entertain without letting them go.

Further, the CPU 50 displays the animation of the visual effect image X during the execution of the moving image editing process, thereby making it possible for the user to recognize that the moving image editing process is being executed reliably. ,
An erroneous operation such as pressing the operation button again can be prevented.

According to the above configuration, when the notebook computer 1 executes the moving image editing process desired by the user, the notebook computer 1 supports the moving image editing process based on the still image data of the two types of contents to be processed. Generate a visual effect image X,
By displaying this animation during the execution of the moving image editing process, the user can easily recognize what kind of moving image editing process is currently being performed, and thus the user's erroneous operation can be reliably performed. Can be prevented.

(4) Other Embodiments In the above-described embodiment, the visual effect image X is displayed as an animation during the execution of the moving image editing process.
Although a case has been described in which a sound effect corresponding to the visual effect image X is output, the present invention is not limited to this, and only the visual effect image X may be displayed as an animation during execution of the moving image editing process. . In this case, the same effect as in the above-described embodiment can be obtained.

In the above-described embodiment, the visual effect image X is generated by using two types of still image data located at the top of the contents of the moving image file as an object of the editing process and is displayed as an animation. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the visual effect image X may be generated using two types of still images instead of a moving image file as an object of the editing process and displayed as an animation.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, visual effect images X1 to X7 corresponding to skipping, adding, deleting, dividing, synthesizing, replacing, and copying the content C1 are generated and animated as moving image editing processing. Although a case has been described above, the present invention is not limited to this, and a visual effect image X corresponding to various other moving image editing processes such as intermediate insertion of content may be generated and displayed as an animation.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, when skipping, adding, deleting, synthesizing, replacing, and copying the content C1, the operation button is displayed while the still image data CD1 positioned at the head of the content C1 is displayed. Has been described above, the visual effect image is generated based on the still image data CD1 in response to the pressing of the button. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the content C1 (moving image file) is reproduced or paused. The visual effect image may be generated based on the image data, or the visual effect image may be generated based on the still image data immediately before or immediately after the operation button is pressed.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the CP
The case has been described where the U50 performs the above-described moving image editing processing, generation of the visual effect image X, and animation display based on the moving image editing application stored in the hard disk of the HDD 67 in advance. However, the present invention is not limited thereto. Alternatively, the above-described series of processing may be executed by installing a program storage medium on which a moving image editing application is recorded in the notebook personal computer 1.

As described above, a program storage medium used to install the moving image editing application for executing the above-described series of processing in the notebook personal computer 1 and make the executable state executable by the notebook personal computer 1 includes, for example, a floppy disk. Disk, CD-ROM (Com
pact Disc-Read Only Memory), DVD (Digital Video
Disc) or other package media, a semiconductor memory or a magnetic disk in which a program is temporarily or permanently stored may be realized. As a means for storing a program in these program storage media, a wired or wireless communication medium such as a local area network, the Internet, or digital satellite broadcasting may be used.
The information may be stored via various communication interfaces such as a router and a modem.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which the visual effect image X is displayed as an animation during the execution of the moving image editing process. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The image may be displayed during execution of the moving image editing process.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which the information processing apparatus of the present invention is applied to the notebook personal computer 1. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention is not limited to this. May be applied.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the liquid crystal display 21 as the display means and the operation button group 300A as the selection means for selecting the type of the image editing processing.
And a CPU 50 as an editing processing unit for executing an image editing process selected by the operation button group 300A;
Based on the still image data CD1 as the first image data and the still image data CD2 as the second image data to be subjected to the image editing process, the visual effect images X1 to X7 of the moving image corresponding to the image editing process are generated. A notebook personal computer as an information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a CPU 50 as a visual effect image generating unit and a CPU 50 as a control unit for displaying the visual effect images X1 to X7 on the liquid crystal display 21 during execution of the image editing process. Computer 1
However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the information processing apparatus may be configured by other various display means, selection means, editing processing means, visual effect image generation means, and control means. You may do it.

[0133]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the type of the image editing process is selected, the image editing process is performed based on the first image data and the second image data to be subjected to the image editing process. By generating a visual effect image of a moving image corresponding to, and displaying the visual effect image on predetermined display means during the execution of the image editing process, the visual effect image displayed during the execution of the image editing process is displayed. It is possible to easily recognize the content of the image editing process simply by checking, and thus to make the user recognize the content of the moving image editing process and prevent the user from performing erroneous operations.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an overall configuration of a notebook personal computer according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing a configuration of a left side surface of the main body.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration of a rear side surface and a bottom surface of a main body.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating an appearance of a jog dial attached to a main body.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a notebook personal computer.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating a moving image editing screen.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram for explaining still image data of contents registered in a list;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram for explaining skipping of content in a forward direction according to an advance button.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram for explaining skipping of content in a reverse direction according to a return button.

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram for explaining generation of a visual effect image corresponding to skip processing.

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram illustrating a visual effect image displayed during a skip process.

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram for explaining addition of content according to a drag-and-drop operation.

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram for explaining the deletion of content in response to pressing of a delete button.

FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram illustrating a visual effect image displayed during a deletion process.

FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram for explaining division of content in response to pressing of a division button.

FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram for explaining generation of a visual effect image corresponding to the division processing.

FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram illustrating a visual effect image displayed during the division processing.

FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram for explaining the composition of content in response to pressing of a composition button.

FIG. 19 is a schematic diagram for explaining generation of a visual effect image corresponding to the synthesis processing.

FIG. 20 is a schematic diagram illustrating a visual effect image displayed during the combining process.

FIG. 21 is a schematic diagram for explaining exchange of contents in response to depression of an exchange button.

FIG. 22 is a schematic diagram for explaining generation of a visual effect image corresponding to a replacement process.

FIG. 23 is a schematic diagram illustrating a visual effect image displayed during a replacement process.

FIG. 24 is a schematic diagram for explaining copying of content in response to pressing of a copy button.

FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing a moving image editing process procedure.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... notebook computer, 2 ... body, 3 ... display unit,
21: liquid crystal display, 50: CPU, 53:
RAM, 67 HDD, 73 I / O controller.

Claims (9)

[Claims] A display unit; a selection unit that selects a type of image editing process; an editing processing unit that executes the image editing process selected by the selection unit; Visual effect image generating means for generating a visual effect image of a moving image corresponding to the image editing processing executed by the editing processing means based on the image data and the second image data; and the image editing by the editing processing means A control unit for displaying the visual effect image on the display unit during execution of the processing. 2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control means displays the visual effect image on the display means and outputs a sound effect according to the visual effect image. 3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first image data is a still image in a first moving image file, and the second image data is a still image in a second moving image file. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1. A selecting step of selecting a type of image editing processing; and the image editing processing based on the first image data and the second image data to be subjected to the image editing processing selected in the selecting step. A visual effect image generating step of generating a visual effect image of a moving image corresponding to the above, and a control step of displaying the visual effect image on predetermined display means during execution of the image editing process selected in the selecting step. An information processing method comprising: 5. The information processing method according to claim 4, wherein said control step displays said visual effect image on said display means and outputs a sound effect corresponding to said visual effect image. 6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the first image data is a still image in a first moving image file, and the second image data is a still image in a second moving image file. An information processing method according to claim 1. 7. A designating step of selecting a type of image editing processing, and the image editing processing based on the first image data and the second image data to be subjected to the image editing processing selected in the selecting step. A visual effect image generating step of generating a visual effect image of a moving image corresponding to the following, and a control step of displaying the visual effect image on predetermined display means during execution of the image editing process selected in the selecting step. A program storage medium for causing an information processing apparatus to execute a program characterized by the above. 8. The program storage medium according to claim 7, wherein said control step displays said visual effect image on said display means and outputs a sound effect corresponding to said visual effect image. 9. The image processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the first image data is a still image in a first moving image file, and the second image data is a still image in a second moving image file. A program storage medium according to claim 1.