JP2001290731A - System and method for providing editing information, controller and server therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow each person to be a provider of material on a network and also to be a user of the material by enabling a covering scene or the material for broadcasting subjected to rough editing to be shared and used by a plurality of persons on the network. SOLUTION: The still picture of a scene to be a key of editing is fetched, a time code corresponding to the fetched still picture is also stored in the case of performing a simple edition, and an edited image including the fetched still picture and the time code is converted into a format of a Web page. Thus, the edited image can easily be browsed by a browser. A server can utilize the program of a bulletin board, registers an edited image subjected to conversion into a Web page format transmitted form each personal computer, introduces the edited image on the bulletin board and can transfer the edited image to a requesting personal computer in response to a request from each personal computer. Thus, respective users offer the edited image to one another. The user of each personal computer also can easily be both an information transmitter and an information receiver.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an editing information providing system and method, a control device, and a server which are suitable for, for example, simply editing a news video taken by a cameraman on the spot. In particular, the present invention relates to a system in which a plurality of users can share a material via a network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, television news programs have
A photographer takes a picture of the situation at the site, brings the collected tape to the broadcasting station or sends the broadcast contents of the collected tape to the broadcasting station using a communication satellite, edits the news material on the broadcasting station side, and broadcasts it. ing. However, it is difficult to provide a quick image by editing the news on the broadcast station side. Therefore, in particular, in broadcast stations in Europe and the United States, news materials photographed by photographers on site are often edited and broadcast on the spot.

[0003] Broadcasting stations are equipped with expensive and high-performance editing devices. Broadcasters have a large number of staff members. For this reason, in a conventional method of editing news material on the broadcast station side, a favorable editing operation can be performed using the editing device on the broadcast station side. However, when a photographer edits news material shot on site, the equipment available for editing is limited, and the photographer must perform the editing work in a short time.

[0004] In addition, a conventional technique is adopted in which a tape taken by a photographer is taken to a broadcasting station or the broadcast contents of the taken tape are sent to the broadcasting station using a communication satellite, and the broadcasting station edits and broadcasts the news material. Even in this method, it is necessary to send the news material after performing some editing work on the sending side, such as cutting unnecessary scenes and commenting on necessary scenes.

[0005] Therefore, an editing support system has been developed which supports such work in place of the work of the cameraman to edit.

In such an editing support system, when a capture button is clicked, a still image of a video reproduced from the VTR is captured and stored, and the time code at this time is stored corresponding to the still image. Is done. Therefore, if the capture button is clicked on a key scene at the time of editing, a list of a still image of the key scene and a time code at that time can be created. By referring to this list, editing work can be performed efficiently.

[0007]

When such an editing support system becomes widespread, a news gathering site or broadcast material roughly edited by such an editing support system is shared with a plurality of people on a network. Could be used. In this way, it is convenient that a plurality of people can use the material each other and perform the editing work in parallel.

[0008] As described above, when information on such a roughly edited report site or broadcast material is shared with a plurality of people on the Internet, it can be browsed on the WWW (World Wide Web). Then it is convenient.

[0009] However, in order to browse on the WWW, an HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) document is transmitted from a personal computer to a WWW server by FTP (File).
Transfer Protocol). For this reason, unless the server is a WWW server, it will be impossible to register the provision of the material taken by the user, and it is difficult for a plurality of persons to provide the material for the interview site or the broadcast that has been roughly edited. is there.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an editing information providing system, method, and control apparatus which enable a material for a news gathering site or a broadcast which has been roughly edited to be shared with a plurality of people and used on a net. , To provide a server.

[0011] Another object of the present invention is to provide an editing information providing system and method, a control device, and a computer which allow each user to be a material provider on the Internet and a user of the material.
To provide a server.

[0012]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a still image of a scene serving as a key for editing is captured, and positional information of a recording medium corresponding to the captured still image is stored. A control device that displays an editing screen including position information of a medium, and a server that provides an editing screen including position information of a still image and a recording medium captured by each control device. Each of the control devices is connected by a network, and includes means for converting an editing screen including the captured still image and the position information of the recording medium into a web page format, and a captured still image converted into a web page format. Means for transferring, via a network, an editing screen including the image and the position information of the recording medium, and the server is sent from each control device via the network. The editing screen containing the captured still image converted into the web page format and the position information of the recording medium is registered, and converted to the web page format sent from each control device in response to a request from each control device. An editing information providing system including means for displaying, on a requesting control device, an editing screen including the captured still image and the position information of the recording medium.

According to the present invention, a still image of a scene serving as a key for editing is captured, and positional information of a recording medium corresponding to the captured still image is stored, and the captured still image and the positional information of the recording medium are included. A control device that displays an edit screen and a server that provides an edit screen including positional information of a still image and a recording medium captured by each control device are connected via a network. The editing screen including the position information of the recording medium is converted into a web page format, and the captured still image converted into the web page format and the editing screen including the position information of the recording medium can be transferred via a network. , The server
Via the network, register the edited screen including the captured still image converted into the form of the web page sent from each control device and the position information of the recording medium, and in response to a request from each control device, An editing information providing method for displaying, on a requesting control device, an editing screen including a fetched still image converted into a web page format sent from each control device and position information of a recording medium. .

According to the present invention, there is provided means for fetching a still image of a scene serving as a key for editing, and for storing position information of a recording medium corresponding to the fetched still image, Means for displaying an edit screen including: a means for converting the edit screen including the captured still image and the positional information of the recording medium into a web page format;
Means for transferring, via a network, an editing screen including the captured still image converted into a web page format and the position information of the recording medium.

According to the present invention, there is provided means for registering an edited screen including positional information of a captured still image and a recording medium converted into a web page format sent from each control device via a network, and each control device. Means for displaying, on the requesting control device, an editing screen containing the captured still image converted into the form of the web page sent from each control device and the position information of the recording medium in response to the request from the control device. Server.

At the time of simple editing, a still image of a scene serving as a key for editing is captured, a time code corresponding to the captured still image is stored, and an editing screen including the captured still image and the time code is displayed on a web page. To the format. This makes it easy to browse with a browser. In addition, the server has a bulletin board program that can be used, registers an editing screen converted into a web page format sent from each personal computer, introduces this editing screen on the bulletin board, and registers each personal computer. In response to the request from the personal computer, the editing screen can be transferred to the requesting personal computer. This allows each user to provide an editing screen. Further, since the bulletin board function is used, the user of each personal computer can easily become an information sender and an information receiver.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an example of a news editing support system to which the present invention is applied. This news editing support system consists of two VTRs
(Video Tape Recoder) 1A, 1B and a personal computer 2. The television receivers 3A and 3B for monitoring are connected to the VTRs 1A and 1B, respectively.

The cameraman shoots a news site with the video camera 4. When the shooting of the news site is completed, the video cassette 5 on which the news material is recorded is taken out of the video camera 4 for editing. The video cassette 5 is mounted on the VTR 1A.

At the time of editing, the personal computer 2 executes an application program for editing support. Then, while using the personal computer 2, the VTR 1A repeats the search and playback of the video cassette 5 on which the news material has been recorded, and from among the scenes recorded on the tape of the video cassette 5, it is necessary to edit. The scene is determined. Then, a necessary screen is sent from the VTR 1A to the VTR 1B and recorded on a tape of a video cassette mounted on the VTR 1B.

As described above, in this system, at the time of editing, the personal computer 2 executes an application program for editing support.

An application program for editing support efficiently performs editing work involving trial and error.

That is, when editing, conventionally,
The editor should search for key scenes,
Take simple notes about the scene, record the timecode of the position on the tape, and try and error such as changing the order of the scene, deleting the scene, adding a new scene, etc. Is repeatedly performed. This application program looks at the playback screen of the tape, and if there is a scene that becomes a key, it captures this scene as a still image and saves the time code of the scene on the tape, It has the ability to write comments, add, delete, and reorder key scenes. Thereby, the editing work conventionally performed manually is supported, and the editing can be performed efficiently.

In order to execute such an application program for assisting editing, the personal computer 2 is equipped with a video capture board as shown in FIG.

FIG. 2 shows an example of a hardware configuration of the personal computer 2. In FIG. 2, 11 is a CP.
U (Central Processing Unit) and 12 are ROM (Read
Only Memory), 13 is RAM (Random Access Memor)
y). The CPU 11, the ROM 12, and the RAM 13
Connected to processor bus 14.

The ROM 12 stores a bootstrap program. The RAM 13 is a working main memory.

The CPU 11 is connected to a bridge circuit 15 from which a processor bus 14 is derived. The bridge circuit 15 is, for example, a PCI (Peri
(Pheral Component Interconnect) bus 16. The bridge circuit 15 connects the CPU 11 with the processor bus 14 and the PCI bus 16.

The PCI bus 16 has an IDE (Integrated
Device Electronics) Controller 17, SCSI
(Small Computer System Interface) Controller 1
8 is connected, and a graphics accelerator board 19, a video capture board 20, and an audio board 21 are mounted.

The IDE controller 17 has a storage device 2 such as a hard disk drive or a CD drive.
2 are connected. A storage device 23 such as a hard disk drive or a CD drive is connected to the SCSI controller 18.

The PCI bus 16 is connected to an ISA (Industrial Standard Architecture) bus 25 via a bridge circuit 24. The bridge circuit 24 connects the PCI bus 16 and the ISA bus 25. The ISA bus 25 has an input device controller 26, a floppy disk controller 27, a parallel controller 28,
The RS232C controller 29 is connected.

An input device 30 such as a keyboard and a mouse is connected to the input device controller 26. The floppy disk drive 31 is connected to the floppy disk controller 27. Parallel controller 2
A printer or the like can be attached to 8. RS2
A modem or the like can be attached to the 32C controller 29.

In the initial state, first, a bootstrap program stored in the ROM 12 runs and initialization is performed. Then, the storage device 22 or 23 is accessed, and the storage device 22 or 23 is accessed.
Is read, and the resident portion of the program is resident in the RAM 13 serving as the main memory. Thus, the operating system is started, and various processes are executed based on the management of the operating system.

In the above example, the PCI bus and the ISA
Although the configuration uses a bus, the present invention is not limited to such a configuration. USB (Universal Serial B
us), and various devices such as a keyboard and a mouse may be connected to the USB bus.

In the editing support system as described above, the VT
R1A video output terminal and personal computer 2
The video input terminal of the video capture board 20 is connected. In addition, VTR 1
The terminal for controlling the VTR 1A and the RS232C control 29 of the personal computer 2 are connected so that the mode of A can be set. An application program for editing support is installed in the storage device 22 or 23.

The VTR 1A is, as shown in FIG.
The time code can be output to the outside so that the personal computer 2 can capture a still image and save the time code on the tape of the scene.

That is, in FIG. 3, a mechanism of a tape drive system is disposed on the mechanical deck 50. A tape 51 pulled out from a video cassette (not shown) is wound around a rotating drum 52. The tape 51 is transferred by a capstan motor 53. The supply reel and take-up reel of the video cassette are rotated by reel motors 54A and 54B. Rotating head 52,
Capstan motor 53, reel motors 54A and 54
B is controlled by the servo controller 57.

On the tape 51, a video signal and an audio signal are recorded / reproduced and a time code (VITC) is recorded / reproduced along a sloping track by a rotary head mounted on a rotary drum 52. . On the tape 51, a control signal is recorded / reproduced by a fixed head 55, and a time code (LTC) is recorded / reproduced by a fixed head 56.

The time code (VITC: Vertical)
Interval Time Code) is used as a time code for detecting the tape position during normal playback, and the time code (LTC) is used as a time code for detecting the tape position during variable speed playback.

The overall operation is controlled by the system controller 60. When an input is given from the control panel 61 to the system controller 60, an operation is set based on the input. The output of the system controller 60 is supplied to the display 62, and the operation state is displayed on the display 62.

The system controller 60 is provided with an interface 63. It is possible to connect an external device via this interface 63 and to set the operation by the external device.

At the time of recording, a video signal is supplied to a video input terminal 65 and an audio signal is supplied to an audio input terminal 66. The video signal and the audio signal are supplied to the video processor 67, and the video processor 67 processes the recording signal. The time code from the system controller 60 is transmitted to the video processor 67.
And sent to the LTC reader / writer 68.

The output of the video processor 67 is sent to a rotary head mounted on the rotary drum 52. The rotary head records a video signal and an audio signal, and records a time code (VI) during a vertical blanking period.
TC) is recorded. Also, the LTC reader / writer 68
Is output to the fixed head 56, and the fixed head 56 records a time code (LTC).

At the time of reproduction, a signal recorded on each track of the tape 51 is reproduced by a rotating head attached to the rotating drum 52, and the reproduced signal is supplied to a video processor 67. By the video processor 67,
Playback signal processing of the video signal and the audio signal is performed, and the playback video signal and the audio signal are output from the video signal output terminal 71 and the audio output terminal 72. The video signal output terminal 71 is connected to the video capture board 20 (FIG. 2) of the personal computer 2, and the reproduced video signal is sent to the video capture board 20 of the personal computer 2.

The time code (VITC) is sent from the video processor 67 to the system controller 60. The time code reproduced by the fixed head 56 is supplied to the LTC reader / writer 68. LT
The time code is decoded by the C reader / writer 68. This time code is sent to the system controller 60.

The servo controller 57 includes detection signals of an FG head and a PG head attached to each motor,
A control signal from the fixed head 55 is supplied.
Drum servo control, tracking servo control and the like are performed based on these signals.

The interface 63 is, for example, an RS232C controller 29 of the personal computer 2.
(FIG. 2). Thus, the operation of the VTR 1A can be set by the personal computer 2, and the VTR 1A
The time code (VITC) or (LTC) can be sent.

The video processor 67 is provided with a memory 69. Video processor 67 with memory 69
Is provided, the still image reproduction process and the variable speed reproduction process can be easily performed.

Further, a remote controller 73 having a jog dial or the like may be attached to the system controller 60. When the remote controller 73 is attached, editing can be further facilitated by using a jog dial or the like.

Next, editing using the personal computer 2 will be described more specifically.

FIG. 4 shows a display on the display of the personal computer 2 at the time of editing. As shown in FIG. 4, a capture window 101 and an edit point display window 102 are displayed on the display.

The capture window 101 is a window for performing an operation for saving a scene which becomes a key at the time of editing and its time code. This capture window 101 has a moving image display area 111
Is provided. The moving image display area 111 includes a VTR
The 1A playback screen is displayed. Further, a capture button 112 is provided in the capture window 101.

The edit point display window 102 is a window for displaying a captured screen and its time code. In the edit point display window 102, still image display areas 121A and 121A for displaying a captured still image are displayed.
21B, 121C,... Are provided, and time code areas 123A, 123B, 123C,.
In the edit point display window 102, text display areas 124A and 124A for displaying comment headlines are displayed.
24B, 124C,... Are provided. The edit point display window 102 also includes a cue-up button 125A for searching and reproducing the position of the captured still image,
125B, 125C,... Are provided.

The edit point display window 102 includes
A scroll key is provided, and a plurality of still images can be displayed by scrolling the window screen.

When the VTR 1A is set to the reproduction mode,
The playback screen of TR1A is displayed in the moving image display area 111 of the capture window 101. When viewing the playback screen, when the key scene is reached, the capture button 112 is clicked. When the capture button 112 is clicked, the screen at that time is captured, and the still images are displayed in the still image display areas 121A, 121B, and 121B.
1C,... And the time code at the position of the still image is displayed in the time code areas 123A, 123B, 1C.
23C,...

FIGS. 5 and 6 are flowcharts showing processing for realizing the above-described functions. FIG.
The processing on the personal computer 2 side when capturing a still image and a time code and starting reproduction from the position of the captured still image will be described.

In FIG. 5, first, an initialization process is performed (step S1). In the initialization processing, display processing of a capture window and an edit point display window is performed. As the start-up processing, start-up processing such as display processing of capturing a moving image, standby processing of capture command generation, standby processing of image capture storage, time code acquisition standby processing, and cue-up processing are performed.

When the initialization process is completed, it is determined whether or not the capture button has been clicked (step S2). If the capture button has not been clicked, it is determined whether the cue-up button has been clicked (step S3). If the cue-up button has not been clicked, the process returns to step S2.

If it is determined in step S2 that the capture button has been clicked, the screen displayed in the moving image display area of the capture window at that time is captured (step S4). Then, the captured still image is displayed in the still image display area of the edit point display window (step S5). Then, a time code request is transmitted from the personal computer to the VTR (step S6).

When a time code request is transmitted from the personal computer to the VTR, the time code at that time is returned from the VTR to the personal computer. This time code is received (step S
7). When the time code is received, the time code is displayed in the time code display area of the edit point display window (step S8). Then, the still image and the time code are stored (Step S9), and Step S2
Is returned to

When the cue-up button is clicked in step S3, the cue-up command and a time code corresponding to the selected screen are transmitted from the personal computer to the VTR (step S10), and the process returns to step S2. You. As a result, the selected screen is searched, and reproduction is started from that position.

FIG. 6 shows processing on the VTR side. In FIG. 6, on the VTR side, first, as initialization processing, a time code request standby processing and a queue-up command standby processing are performed. Then, it is determined whether a time code request has been received (step S22). If the time code request has not been received, it is determined whether a cue-up command has been received (step S2).
3). If the queue-up command has not been received, the process returns to step S22.

When a time code request is received from the personal computer in step S22, the time code at that time is transmitted from the VTR to the personal computer (step S24), and the process returns to step S22.

When a cue-up command is received from the personal computer in step S23, a time code for cue-up is received (step S2).
5). Then, the position of this time code is searched,
Reproduction is performed from the position of the time code (step S26), and the process returns to step S22.

In the system to which the present invention is applied, the captured still image, time code,
A screen composed of comments and the like and shown as an edit point display window 102 (hereinafter, referred to as an edit screen) can be made public on a network and shared by a plurality of users.

FIG. 7 shows a plurality of personal computers 20.
1A, 201B, 201C,... Are connected to a network 202, and a still image and a time code captured as described above can be shared by a plurality of users. In FIG. 7, the personal computers 201A, 201B, 201C... Are capable of capturing a desired still image from a moving image captured by a VTR and storing the captured still image together with the time code, as described above. These personal computers 201
A, 201B, 201C,... Can be connected via the network 202. Each of the personal computers 201A, 201B, 201C,... Has a function of saving an edit screen by HTTP. That is, a script for creating a page of an edit screen as shown as the edit point display window 102 is described in HTTP, and the still image portion is written in GIF (Grafics Interchange
Format) and JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Gro
The image compressed in up) is pasted.

The network 202 is the Internet or an intranet, for example, TCP / IP (Transm
ission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol). Further, a server 203 is provided, and this server 203 is connected to the network 202. The server 203 is a server of the HTTP protocol, and this server can use a CGI (Common Gateway Interface) of a program capable of realizing a bulletin board function.

The server 203 is provided with an HTTP site for exchanging captured images among users. As shown in FIG. 8, a bulletin board for exchanging edit screens is provided at this site.

A user who wants to make the editing screen public on the net writes and saves the editing screen in HTML so that the editing screen as shown in FIG. 9 can be displayed on the browser. In addition, in order to display the edit screen, HTML
You need a text file described in. And an image file to be pasted into it.
May be combined into one file by an archiver such as.

As described above, the function of converting an edit screen into an HTML file and storing it can be realized, for example, as a function attached to an application program for editing support described above. For example, if "Save as HTML file" is selected from the file menu,
A text file and an image file in which the editing screen is described in HTML are created, and these files are collectively saved as a WWW folder in a folder different from the editing screen folder.

Of course, an application program for converting the edit screen into an HTML file is prepared separately, and this application program is activated to change the edit screen to an H file.
A TML file may be created.

Then, the user who wants to release the image to be captured on the network can use the browser of his or her personal computer 201A, 201B, 201C,.
Access the bulletin board page # 3.

As shown in FIG. 8, the page of this bulletin board has a provider information entry box 301 and a post button 30.
2 are provided. When the bulletin board page of the server 203 is accessed, necessary information is entered in the provider information entry box 301. Here, a title, an author, a creation date, a folder name, and a file name are described as necessary information. Then, the post button 302 is pressed.

The information to be entered in the provider information entry box is not limited to this, and further information may be added,
The content may be reduced. The date and time of creation and the like can be automatically input using the time stamp of the folder or file. Also, folder names and file names are
Instead of directly entering the name, a list of folders and files on the information provider's personal computer is displayed, and from there, you can specify the name of the folder or file with the information to be provided and select it. good. Furthermore, from the list of the folders and file names having the information to be provided, the folder or the file having the information to be provided may be designated, and the information on the editing screen may be uploaded by dragging and dropping it on the posting screen. .

When necessary information is entered in the provider information entry box 301 and the submit button 302 is pressed, the CG
The text file and the image file of the HTML constituting the page of the edit screen screen are uploaded to the server 203 by the bulletin board program by I.

When the upload is completed, the title, author, creation date and time, and posting date of the posted page are displayed in the posting columns 303A, 303B, 303C,... Of the bulletin board page. The information entered in the provider information entry box is used as it is for the title, author, and creation date and time of these pages. The date and time when the information was uploaded is used as the creation date and time.

Further, the posting columns 303A, 303B, 3
03C, ... are display buttons 304A, 304B, 30
4C,... Are provided. Post column 303A of this bulletin board,
When using the posted editing screen as viewed in 303B, 303C,..., Display buttons 304A, 304
B, 304C,... Are pressed. Display buttons 304A, 3
When the user presses 04B, 304C,..., An edit screen 305 is displayed as shown in FIG.

As described above, in this example, the editing screen can be provided between the personal computers connected to the network by using the bulletin board function. Since the editing screen is written in HTML, the editing screen can be easily browsed with a browser of each personal computer. In this example, since the bulletin board function is used, the user of each personal computer can easily become an information sender and an information receiver.

In the above example, file transfer can be performed by HTTP using a bulletin board program, but of course, FTP may be used.

[0078]

According to the present invention, at the time of simple editing, a still image of a scene serving as a key for editing is captured, and a time code corresponding to the captured still image is stored. The edit screen containing the code is converted to a web page format. This makes it easy to browse with a browser. In addition, the server has a bulletin board program that can be used, registers an editing screen converted into a web page format sent from each personal computer, introduces this editing screen on the bulletin board, and registers each personal computer. In response to the request from the personal computer, the editing screen can be transferred to the requesting personal computer. This allows each user to provide an editing screen. Further, since the bulletin board function is used, the user of each personal computer can easily become an information sender and an information receiver.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an example of an editing support system.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a personal computer.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a VTR.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram used to describe a capture screen in an example of the editing support system.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart used to describe a capture process in an example of the editing support system.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart used to describe processing on the VTR side in an example of the editing support system.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of an example of an editing information providing system to which the present invention has been applied;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram used for describing an example of an editing information providing system to which the present invention has been applied.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram used for describing an example of an editing information providing system to which the present invention has been applied.

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram used for describing an example of an editing information providing system to which the present invention has been applied.

[Explanation of symbols]

201A, 201B, 201C ... personal computer, 203 server, 301 ... provider information entry box, 302 ... post button

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A still image of a scene serving as a key for editing is captured, and position information of the recording medium corresponding to the captured still image is stored, and the captured still image and position information of the recording medium are stored. A control device that displays an editing screen including the editing screen, and a server that provides an editing screen including position information of the still image and the recording medium captured by each of the control devices. The plurality of control devices and the server are connected to a network. Means for converting the editing screen including the captured still image and the position information of the recording medium into a web page format, and the above-mentioned control device converted into the web page format. Means for transferring, via the network, the edited screen including the captured still image and the position information of the recording medium, wherein the server Via the server, register the edited screen including the captured still image converted into the web page format sent from each of the control devices and the position information of the recording medium. In response to the request, an edit screen including the fetched still image converted into the web page format sent from each of the control devices and the position information of the recording medium is displayed on the control device that has made the request. An editing information providing system having means for causing the editing information to be provided. 2. The editing information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the editing screen includes text information on the captured still image. 3. The server is enabled to use a bulletin board function, and the captured still image and the recording medium converted into a format of the web page sent from each of the control devices by the bulletin board function. 2. The editing information providing system according to claim 1, wherein an editing screen including the position information is registered. 4. A still image of a scene serving as a key for editing is captured, and position information of the recording medium corresponding to the captured still image is stored, and the captured still image and position information of the recording medium are stored. A control device that displays an editing screen including the editing screen, and a server that provides an editing screen including the position information of the recording medium and the still image captured by each of the control devices are connected via a network. An editing screen including the converted still image and the position information of the recording medium is converted into a web page format, and the edited still image and the editing screen including the position information of the recording medium converted into the web page format Can be transferred via the network, and the server transmits the web page sent from each of the control devices via the network. An edit screen including the captured still image converted into the formula and the position information of the recording medium is registered, and in response to a request from each of the control devices, a web page of the web page sent from each of the control devices is registered. An editing information providing method for displaying an editing screen including the fetched still image converted into the format and the position information of the recording medium on the control device that has requested the editing information. 5. The editing information providing method according to claim 4, wherein the editing screen includes character information on the captured still image. 6. The server is enabled to use a bulletin board function, and the captured still image and the recording medium converted into the web page format sent from each of the control devices by the bulletin board function. 5. The editing information providing method according to claim 4, wherein an editing screen including the position information is registered. 7. A means for fetching a still image of a scene serving as a key for editing, and for storing position information of the recording medium corresponding to the fetched still image; and a position of the fetched still image and the position of the recording medium. Means for displaying an edit screen including information; means for converting the edit screen including the captured still image and the position information of the recording medium into a web page format; and the capture converted into the web page format. Means for transferring an edited screen including the obtained still image and the position information of the recording medium via the network. 8. The control device according to claim 7, wherein the editing screen includes character information on the captured still image. 9. A means for registering an edited screen including a fetched still image converted into a web page format sent from each control device via a network and position information of a recording medium, and the respective control devices. In response to the request, the control device, which has requested the editing screen including the fetched still image converted into the web page format sent from each of the control devices and the position information of the recording medium, A server comprising means for displaying. 10. A bulletin board function is enabled, and the bulletin board function converts the fetched still image and the positional information of the recording medium, which have been converted into the form of the web page, sent from the control devices. 10. The server according to claim 9, wherein an edit screen including the edit screen is registered.