JP2002218392A - Image processor and image processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a static image file device, enabling sending out order of static images to be set, without awaiting the completion of forming the static images. SOLUTION: A static image file device comprises a means of forming static images, and a means for setting a static image sending list of the sending out order of static images. Thus, the sending out order of static images can be set, without awaiting the completion of forming the static images.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a still picture file apparatus, and can be applied to, for example, an apparatus which creates a still picture to be used for a news program, fills it, reads it out as necessary, and sends it out.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a news program, in addition to a moving picture of a newscaster and commentator photographed by a television camera, a moving picture of an incident site recorded by a video tape recorder (VTR), a photograph corresponding to the news. And a still image such as a commentary board, so that the viewer can easily understand the contents of the news.

[0003] A so-called still image file device has been proposed to create and file this still image, read it out at a predetermined timing, and send it out (Japanese Patent Application No. 1-1087).
No. 60, Japanese Patent Application No. 1-108761).

That is, in this still image file apparatus, for example, still image information such as a photograph is photographed by a television camera, and character data such as a commentary is superimposed on one frame of an input video signal obtained as a result, and a predetermined number of frames are obtained. A still image is created by adding identification information.

[0005] The still image created in this way is:
For example, a file is recorded on a large-capacity storage device such as a magneto-optical disk device, and as a result, a still image file is formed on the magneto-optical disk.

A still image file on a magneto-optical disk is read out at a predetermined timing and transmitted as a still image in a news program.

The transmission timing of still images in such a news program is separately created for a plurality of still image files filed on a magneto-optical disc by designating the transmission order, transmission time, presence / absence of special effects, and the like. Is controlled based on the playlist.

[0008]

In the still image file apparatus having such a configuration, a still image file has already been created on a magneto-optical disk in order to create a playlist indicating the order of sending the filed still image files. It was necessary to be.

[0009] Therefore, especially in the production of a temporary news program that requires immediateness, if a still image file and a playlist can be created simultaneously in parallel, the usability as a still image file device is remarkably improved. It is considered possible.

In the above-mentioned still picture file apparatus, a magneto-optical disc apparatus is built therein. Therefore, when the still picture file apparatus itself is installed in a place other than the site where news programs are created, for example, in a machine room or the like, an optical disc apparatus is required. When replacing a magnetic disk, complicated work is required, and there is a problem that the portability of the magneto-optical disk is eventually hindered.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is an object of the present invention to propose a still picture file apparatus which can solve the conventional problems at once and can improve the usefulness.

[0012]

According to the present invention, there is provided a still image creating means for creating a plurality of desired still images and adding identification information designated to the still images. And still image storage means 24 to 26, 60 for storing a plurality of still images to which identification information has been added, and a transmission list creation means 20 for creating a still image transmission list in the order of transmission of still images corresponding to the identification information. And still image creation means 30 to 37, still image storage means 24 to 26, 60,
Transmission list creation means 20 and transmission signal generation means 61, 6
And a still image accumulation control means 40 to which the transmission signal generation means 61 and 62 are connected.
In response to the transmission signal input from the transmission list generating unit 20, the still images in the still image storage units 24 to 26, 60 are read out based on the transmission order of the still image transmission list created by the transmission list creation unit 20.

As a result, the still picture creation means 30 to 37 for creating a still picture and the sending list creation means 20 for setting a still picture sending list in the still picture sending order are separately provided. Can be set without waiting for the completion of the creation of the still image.

[0014]

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

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a still image file device generally used at a news program broadcasting site, and a director room 2, a still image creation room 3, a machine room 4, and a studio 5
Also, predetermined broadcast equipment is arranged in the program control room 6.

That is, the director room 2 has a workstation 20 for transmitting and receiving control commands and creating a playlist, a library 22 of a magneto-optical disk 21 on which a still image file is filed, a monitor 23 for displaying still images and the like, and three units. Magneto-optical disk devices 24, 25 and 26 are provided.

In this embodiment, the work station 20 is used.
Is RS for the still image file control device 40 in the machine room 4.
It is connected via a signal line RS1 based on the -422 interface standard, and can transmit and receive control commands and created playlists.

Also, three magneto-optical disk devices 24, 25
And 26, the first magneto-optical disc device 24 is connected to the still image file control device 40 by a signal line based on the RS-422 interface standard and a coaxial cable RV1, and transmits and receives control commands through the signal line. In addition, a digital component video signal according to the SMPTE D-1 format can be transmitted and received through a coaxial cable.

In addition to this, the first magneto-optical disc device 2
4 is SCSI (small computer system interface)
It has standardized expansion buses SC1 and SC2, and second and third magneto-optical disk devices 25 and 26 are cascaded through the expansion buses SC1 and SC2.

Further, the monitor 23 is connected to the still picture file control device 40 by a coaxial cable VD1, and receives an analog video signal from the still picture file control device 40.

In the still image creation room 3, a television camera 30, a video tape recorder (VTR) 31, a character generator 32, and a magneto-optical disk device 33 are provided as video devices for inputting still image information.

In addition to this, each video device 3
Video signals VD ₃₀ , V
D ₃₁ , VD ₃₂ , VD ₃₃ and a video switch 34 for selecting an externally input video signal VD _IN
When, drawing device 35, and a monitor 36 and the controller 37 is arranged to this video signal VD _ST selected input by creating a predetermined still image.

The drawing device 35 comprises a micro-computer configuration that has a keyboard, a mouse or the like as a command input device includes a CPU (central processing Yunitsuto), while displaying a video signal VD _ST inputted to the monitor 36, a keyboard and a mouse By operating the video signal VD
One frame of _ST is cut out as a still image, and the character generator 32 is controlled to add character information or the like to the still image to create still image data.

Further, the still image data thus created is filed on a predetermined magneto-optical disk together with predetermined identification information by operating a controller 37 for command transmission.

In the case of this embodiment, the drawing device 35 is
Coaxial cable V to the still image file control device 40
It is connected by D2 and can transmit an analog video signal.

The controller 37 is connected to the still image file control device 40 via a signal line RS2 based on the RS-422 interface standard, so that control commands can be transmitted and received.

Furthermore video switcher 34 are connected by a coaxial cable VD3 the still picture file controller 40, the analog video signal _{VD IN} is input.

The program control room 6 includes a magneto-optical disk drive 60 for driving a magneto-optical disk on which a still image file is filed, a controller 61 for reading and sending a still image that has been filed and a command input, and a machine room 4.
Switch console 62 for controlling the switch 41 of the present invention, a still image monitor 6 for an index screen in which a plurality of still images to be transmitted according to the play list are reduced and displayed.
3 and an on-air monitor 64 for monitoring a broadcast television signal actually transmitted as a news program.

In this embodiment, the magneto-optical disc device 60 is used.
Is RS for the still image file control device 40 in the machine room 4.
-422 is connected by a signal line based on the interface standard and a coaxial cable RV2, and sends and receives control commands through the signal line and SMPTED through a coaxial cable.
-1 format can be transmitted and received.

The controller 61 and the switch console 62 are connected to the still image file control device 40, the switch 41 and the VTR 42 in the machine room 4 by a signal line RS3 based on the RS-422 interface standard to transmit and receive control commands. Have been made to gain.

Further, the still picture monitor 63 and the on-air monitor 64 are connected to the switch 41 of the machine room 4 by coaxial cables VD4 and VD5, respectively, and input analog video signals.

The machine room 4 includes a still image file control device 4
0, switch 41 and VTR 42
Still image transmission video signal transmitted from the aisle control device 40
No. VD _STLAnd video signal for still picture index screen
VD_IDXAnd the VTR playback video transmitted from the VTR 42
Video signal VD_VTRAnd the TV set in Studio 5
TV camera video signal VD transmitted from camera 50
_TVCAre input to the switch 41, respectively.

This switch 41 is based on a control command input from the controller 61 of the program control room 6 and a switch operation console 62, and outputs a still image transmission video signal VDS.
TL, select the VTR reproduced video signal _{VD VTR} and television camera video signal _{VD TVC,} air monitor 64 which monitors this sends out a broadcast equipment (not shown) as a broadcast television signal _{VD OA} of news program To send to.

The switch 41 is a still picture index screen video signal VD which is updated every time a still picture is sent.
_{The IDX} is transmitted to the still image monitor 63.

In practice, the still picture file control device 40 is capable of transmitting and receiving in real time a digital component video signal corresponding to the SMPTE D-1 format in addition to a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a normal CPU bus inside. It has a micro computer configuration including a video bus.

The video bus of the still picture file control device 40 has a coaxial cable connector and
A connector for a signal line based on the RS-422 interface standard is provided, and an interface board for a magneto-optical disc device having a frame memory for storing one frame of a video signal (hereinafter referred to as an MOI / F board). ) And an interface board for inputting and outputting video signals and control commands (hereinafter referred to as an IOI / F board).

In practice, the MOI / F board and the IOI /
The F board incorporates the same protocol,
The controllers 37 and 61 and the monitor 23 connected to the OI / F board are directly connected to the magneto-optical disk devices 24 and 60 connected to the MOI / F board.
When a read command is input by operating the switches 7 and 61, a desired still image is read from a still image file stored in the magneto-optical disk loaded in the magneto-optical disk device 24, 60, and this is read to the monitor 23 or the like. Can be displayed.

Thus, the still picture file control device 4
Numeral 0 controls creation, writing, reading and transmission of a still image in accordance with commands input from the controllers 37 and 61 and the like.

In the above configuration, the director who is in charge of the production of the news program first prepares a still image in accordance with the content of the news program to be produced by discriminating the disc ID and identification information of the magneto-optical disc 21 to be stored. Still image creation room 3 together with the picture ID which is the identification information of the still image
To order.

After that, the director operates the workstation 20 in the director room 2 to transmit the ordered still images in accordance with the broadcasting order and the broadcasting method of the news program, and to switch the still images such as wipe and dissolve. , A switching time, etc., to create a playlist.

In parallel with this, the person in charge of the still image creation in the still image creation room 3 is, for example, a television camera video obtained by taking a picture with the television camera 31 according to the content of the still image specified by the director. A signal VD ₃₀ , a reproduced video signal VD obtained by reproducing a video tape with the VTR 31
_{31. A} reproduction video signal VD ₃₃ or an external video input VD _IN obtained by reproducing the magneto-optical disc by the magneto-optical disc device 33 or the external video input VD _IN is controlled by the switch 34 to be selectively inputted to the drawing device 35.

[0042] As a result the video signal VD _ST inputted to the drawing device 35 is displayed on the monitor 36, the the still image creation personnel cut video signal VD _ST at the position of the desired still image while visually checking this The still image is displayed on the monitor 36.

In this state, the person in charge of creating a still image controls the character generator 32 by operating a keyboard, a mouse, and the like, thereby generating character data such as explanatory text for the still image displayed on the monitor 36. still image data DT _ST is displayed on the monitor 36 are created this by combined weight to a still image.

Thus, the person in charge of the still image creation can monitor 36
Still image data DT _ST displayed on, when it is determined that conforms to an instruction from the director, adds the disk ID and the picture ID specified from the director, and sends the still image file controller 40 using the controller 37 .

In practice, the still image file control device 40 checks the disk ID of the loaded magneto-optical disk with respect to the plurality of magneto-optical disk devices 24 and 60 connected to the MOI / F board at predetermined intervals. A command to send the command is transmitted, and as a result, the disc ID of the magneto-optical disc loaded in each of the magneto-optical disc devices 24 and 60 can be detected.

In this embodiment, the second and third magneto-optical disk devices 25 and 26 connected to the first magneto-optical disk device 24 via the SCSI expansion buses SC1 and SC2 are connected to the magneto-optical disk device 24. The disk ID of the magneto-optical disk that is always loaded is managed.

Accordingly, when the still image file control device 40 sends a command for confirming the disk ID of the magneto-optical disk loaded in the magneto-optical disk device 24, the first to first files are transmitted.
The disk IDs of all the magneto-optical disks loaded in the third magneto-optical disk devices 24 to 26 can be detected, whereby the still image file control device 40 can write the three optical disks to the magneto-optical disk device 24 as if they were three optical disks. The magnetic disk is assumed to be loaded.

Thus, the still image file control device 40
The controller 37 detects the magneto-optical disk devices 24 and 60 loaded with the magneto-optical disk of the disk ID designated by the controller 37, and sends a still image along with a write command to the corresponding magneto-optical disk devices 24 and 60 through the MOI / F board. Data DT _ST is transmitted, and the picture ID specified by the director is assigned to the desired magneto-optical disc in this way.
In still image data DT _{S T} is stored, the still image file is formed.

In practice, the director accesses the work station 20 using the controller 61 and the switch console 62 of the program control room 6 before and after this, and thereby the still image file control device 40 according to the playlist created in advance. It reads the still image data DT _ST stored in a predetermined magneto-optical disc through.

As a result, a still picture index screen is created. As a result, the still picture index screen video signal V
D _IDX is sent to the still image monitor 63, the still image Indetsukusu screen.

If there is an unfinished still image data DT _ST corresponding to the play list, the position of the still image index screen of the still image data DT _ST is displayed at the black level on the still image monitor 63. The director can easily grasp this.

In this state, when an actual news program is broadcast, the director presses the take button of the controller 61 while visually checking the still image index screen of the still image monitor 63. A transmission command instructing the transmission is transmitted to the still image file control device 40 and the switch 41, and the still image data DT _ST corresponding to the playlist is read out in the order of the playlist, and the wipe, dissolve, etc. designated in the playlist in order. Are transmitted in accordance with the switching method.

According to the above-described configuration, the image forming apparatus 35 for creating a still image and the workstation 20 for creating a playlist in the order in which still images are sent are separately provided, thereby completing the creation of a still image. Thus, it is possible to set the order of transmitting still images without waiting, and thus to realize a still image file device that can improve usability and markedly improve usability.

In the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which a still image is created only by a drawing device provided in the still image creation room. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Thus, a still image may be created simultaneously and in parallel.

In the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which a television camera, a VTR, a character generator, and a magneto-optical disk device are used as video input devices for creating still images. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Even if other input means such as an apparatus and an image reader are used, the same effect as in the above-described embodiment can be realized.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the magneto-optical disc is loaded into the magneto-optical disc apparatus has been described. Alternatively, a magneto-optical disc apparatus having an auto-changer of the magneto-optical disc may be used. good.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where a magneto-optical disk device is used as a large-capacity storage means for storing a still image has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a magnetic disk or an optical disk may be used. Even if a recording / reproducing apparatus using a recording medium is used, the same effect as that of the above-described embodiment can be realized.

Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which the still image file device according to the present invention is applied to a device used for a news program. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and is applicable to production of a commercial program and other programs. It is widely applicable to those used and is suitable.

[0059]

As described above, according to the present invention, a still picture creating means for creating a still picture and a sending list creating means for setting the sending order of still pictures are separately provided, so that the still picture It is possible to set a still image transmission order without waiting for completion of creation, and thus to realize a still image file device capable of significantly improving the usability.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of an embodiment of a still image file device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... still image file device, 2 ... director room, 3 ...
... Still image creation room, 4 ... Machine room, 5 ... Studio, 6 ...
... program control room, 20 ... work station, 24, 2
5, 26, 33, 60 ... magneto-optical disk device, 23,
36, 63, 64 ... monitor, 30, 50 ... television camera, 31, 42 ... VTR, 32 ... character generator, 34 ... video switcher, 35 ... drawing device,
37, 61: controller, 40: still image file control device, 41: switch, 62: switch console.

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[Submission date] November 29, 2001 (2001.11.
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Patent application title: Image processing apparatus and image processing method

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[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus and an image processing method, and more particularly, to an image processing apparatus and an image processing method for creating a still image to be used for a news program, filing the image, reading out the image as necessary, and transmitting it. I can do it.

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The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to propose an image processing apparatus and an image processing method which can solve the conventional problems at once and can improve the usefulness.

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[0012]

According to the present invention, there is provided an image processing apparatus comprising: a recording / reproducing means for recording / reproducing an image file composed of image information before processing; and a recording / reproducing means. And a micro computer for controlling the reproducing operation of the recording / reproducing means. The micro computer is provided with an input means for receiving image information of the image file as a digital component signal in real time, and a plurality of still images extracted from the image file. Means for performing image processing for rearranging the order of images. As a result, according to this image processing apparatus, image editing for rearranging the order of still images can be performed in real time.

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According to the present invention, in an image processing method, a first step of receiving in real time the image information of an image file composed of image information before processing as a digital component signal, and a plurality of steps extracted from the image file And a second step of performing image processing for rearranging the order of the still images. As a result, according to this image processing method, image editing for rearranging the order of still images can be performed in real time.

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[0059]

As described above, according to the present invention, the image processing apparatus is connected to recording / reproducing means for recording / reproducing an image file composed of image information before processing, and the recording / reproducing means, A microcomputer for controlling the reproduction operation of the recording / reproducing means, the microcomputer comprising: an input means for receiving image information of the image file as a digital component signal in real time; and a sequence of a plurality of still images extracted from the image file. By providing the means for performing the image processing for changing, the image editing for changing the order of the still images can be performed in real time, and thus an image processing apparatus which can improve the usefulness can be realized. Further, according to the present invention, in the image processing method, a first step of receiving the image information of the image file composed of the image information before processing as a digital component signal in real time, and a plurality of still images extracted from the image file. By providing the second step of performing image processing for rearranging the order of images, image editing for rearranging the order of still images can be performed in real time, and thus an image processing method capable of improving usefulness Can be realized.

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A still image creating means for creating a plurality of desired still images and adding identification information designated to the still images, and a still image storing the plurality of still images to which the identification information is added. Storage means; transmission list creation means for creating a still image transmission list in the transmission order of the still images corresponding to the identification information; and the still image creation means, the still image storage means, the transmission list creation means, and Transmission signal generation means connected to the still image storage control means, and the still image storage control means responds to the transmission signal input from the transmission signal generation means, and is generated by the transmission list generation means. A still image file device, wherein the still images are read from the still image storage means based on the transmission order of the still image transmission list.