JP2002269951A - Image recorder, image recording method, program and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image recorder with excellent user-friendliness that can simply record/erase image data. SOLUTION: Operating a mark recording button records an IN mark 1 at a recording start point of a scene A and an OUT mark 2 at a recording end point of the scene A on a recording and reproducing disk 100. Furthermore, ranks (1), (2), (3), (4) corresponding to scenes A, B, C, D respectively are recorded on rank recording areas 13, 14, 15, 16 respectively. When only the rank (1) is selected at reproduction, only the scene A can be reproduced after retrieving the rank recording area. When the ranks (1), (2) are selected at reproduction, the scenes A, B, D are continuously reproduced. In the case of recording again and selecting the rank (3) for an overwrite area, the area for the scene C can be used for overwrite and a recording time of the scene C is added to a residual capacity time before overwrite.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to, for example, an IN mark and an OU corresponding to a start point and an end point of a desired scene, respectively.
The present invention relates to an image recording device, an image recording method, a program, and a storage medium used for a video camera capable of recording a T mark on a recording medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of video camera can record a plurality of desired scenes on a recording medium. When a scene to be reproduced is selected from a plurality of desired scenes, after calling the IN mark of the desired screen, an act of confirming whether or not to reproduce the desired screen is sequentially performed to find a scene to be reproduced. Alternatively, after calling the IN mark on the desired screen, a good mark is added and used to find the beginning of a scene to be reproduced.

On the other hand, JP-A-8-65613 discloses that
An electronic album system is shown in which, when image data is taken from a film to a disc, each image data is recorded with a degree of demand assigned thereto, and image data having a predetermined importance rank is selected and reproduced at the time of reproduction.

On the other hand, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. Hei 10-241228 discloses that when information about importance is recorded together with program information on a hard disk device, if the storage area of the hard disk device becomes full, new program information is recorded. ,
From the oldest time or according to the genre
A program information recording / reproducing apparatus for deleting program information is shown.

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional example, there are the following problems, and improvement thereof has been demanded.

That is, in the video camera described above, a plurality of desired scenes can be recorded on a recording medium, but there is no ranking of the desired scenes. Then, after calling the IN mark on the desired screen, the act of confirming whether or not to play the desired screen is sequentially performed to find the scene to be reproduced, or add the good mark after calling the IN mark on the desired screen. You can only use it to find the beginning of the scene you want to play back, and you could not easily play back only the desired scene.

The electronic album system and the program information recording / reproducing apparatus have a function of adding importance to data which is not provided in the video camera, but the user can arbitrarily assign the importance. It is not possible to set or delete recorded image data according to any degree of importance, which is not convenient for the user.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an image recording apparatus, an image recording method, a program, and a storage medium which are easy to use for a user and can easily record and delete image data.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, an image recording apparatus according to the present invention provides an image recording apparatus for adding importance to image data and recording the image data on a recording medium. An importance setting means for arbitrarily setting the rank information of the importance added to the image data, and an erasure for erasing the image data recorded on the recording medium based on the set rank information. Means.

Further, the erasing means is operable to erase image data in which rank information matching the received rank information is set in accordance with an input from a user.

Further, the image data comprises image data of a plurality of frames constituting a scene, and the importance setting means adds the mark indicating the start point and the end point of the scene to the image data when the mark is added. The rank information of the importance to be set is set.

According to the image recording method of the present invention, in the image recording method of adding importance to image data and recording the image data on a recording medium, the importance of the importance added to the image data in response to an input from a user is provided. The method includes a step of arbitrarily setting rank information and a step of erasing image data recorded on the recording medium based on the set rank information.

Further, in the erasing step, image data in which rank information matching the received rank information is set is erased in response to an input from a user.

Further, the image data is composed of image data of a plurality of frames constituting a scene, and in the step of setting the importance, when a mark indicating a start point and an end point of the scene is added, Is set as rank information of the importance added to the information.

[0015]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of an image recording apparatus, an image recording method, a program and a storage medium according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The image recording device of the present embodiment is applied to a video camera.

[First Embodiment] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a video camera according to a first embodiment. In this video camera, a subject image is formed on a light receiving surface of an image sensor 42 in the camera body via a lens 41. Then, an electric signal corresponding to the subject image is output from the imaging element 42 and supplied to the camera signal processing circuit 43.

The camera signal processing circuit 43 converts the electric signal into a video signal of a predetermined format and outputs the video signal. When the video signal output from the camera signal processing circuit 43 is supplied to the EVF 44 and the recorder 45, the video signal is displayed as a visible image on the display of the EVF 44 and the recorder 4
Recorded at 5.

The user operates the operation panel 47 while confirming the subject image to be photographed by the EVF 44. The data indicating the operation content output from the operation panel 47 is supplied to each unit after being broken down by a system control microcomputer (system control microcomputer) 46 into a commander indicating specific processing content.
For example, when the recording start and end instructions are given to the recorder 45, the recorder 45 receives the instructions,
A video signal is recorded on a recording / reproducing disk as a recording medium described later.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a pattern of data recorded on a recording / reproducing disc. Recording / playback disc 100
Is composed of a management area arranged at the outermost periphery and managing data, and a data area arranged inside the management area and recording data such as image / audio information. In the data area, an IN mark indicating a recording start point, an OUT mark indicating the end of recording, image / audio data for each scene, and the like are recorded.

In the figure, 1, 3, 5, and 7 are IN marks, and 2, 4, 6, and 8 are OUT marks. 9, 10,
11 and 12 are scene A, scene B, scene C,
This is image / audio data of scene D.

In the outermost management area of the recording / reproducing disc 100, rank information indicating the importance of each scene is recorded. Reference numeral 13 denotes a rank recording area in which rank information of the scene A is recorded. Reference numeral 14 denotes a rank recording area in which the rank information of the scene B is recorded. Reference numeral 15 denotes a rank recording area in which rank information of the scene C is recorded. Reference numeral 16 denotes a rank recording area in which rank information of the scene D is recorded.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure at the time of rank assignment. This processing program is stored in a ROM (not shown) in the system control microcomputer 46, and is also executed by a CPU (not shown) in the system control microcomputer 46.

First, it is determined whether or not it is the start point of the desired scene (step S1). If it is not the start point, the process of step S1 is repeated until the start point is reached. On the other hand, if it is the start point of the desired scene, the IN mark is recorded (step S2). Further, it is determined whether or not it is the end point of the desired scene (step S3). If not, the process of step S3 is repeated until the end point is reached. On the other hand, if it is the end point of the desired scene, the OUT mark is recorded (step S4).

Next, it is selected whether or not to rank according to the desired scene (step S5). When the user selects the ranking via the operation panel 47, a desired rank is set and given (step S6). On the other hand, when the ranking is not selected, a predetermined rank is set and given (step S7). Thereafter, the process ends.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure at the time of reproduction. This processing program is stored in a ROM (not shown) in the system control microcomputer 46,
U (not shown).

First, the user selects whether or not to reproduce only the desired rank (referred to as rank reproduction) (step S11). If rank reproduction is not selected, normal reproduction is performed (step S17). To end. On the other hand, when rank reproduction is selected, a rank to be reproduced is selected (step S12), and only the set rank scene is reproduced (step S13).

Then, it is determined whether or not the rank has been changed (step S14). If the rank has been changed, the rank is changed and reproduced (step S15). On the other hand, when there is no change in the rank, the scene next to the set rank is reproduced (step S16). Thereafter, the process ends.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure at the time of rank erasure. This processing program is stored in a ROM (not shown) in the system control microcomputer 46, and is also executed by a CPU (not shown) in the system control microcomputer 46.

First, it is selected whether or not there is a scene of a rank that can be overwritten and erased on a recording medium on which image / audio data or the like has already been recorded (step S21). If there is no scene with a rank that can be overwritten and erased, the remaining time of the recording medium is displayed as it is (step S24), and the process ends.

On the other hand, if there is a scene of a rank that can be overwritten and erased, an erase rank is set (step S2).
2). Then, the recording time of the rank scene that may be overwritten and deleted is added to the remaining time of the recording medium (step S2).
3) Display the added remaining time (step S2)
4). Thereafter, the process ends.

In the recording / reproducing disc 100 (see FIG. 2), the IN mark 1 is recorded at the recording start point of scene A by operating the mark recording button in the operation panel 47, and the OUT mark is recorded at the recording end point of scene A. Mark 2 is recorded. Also, in the rank recording areas 13, 14, 15, and 16,
Ranks corresponding to scenes A, B, C, and D, respectively,
, Are recorded.

When only the rank is selected at the time of reproduction, only the scene A can be reproduced after searching the rank recording area. In addition, when the rank and are selected at the time of reproduction, after the rank recording area is searched, the continuous reproduction of the scenes A, B, and D becomes possible.

When recording is performed again, when a rank is selected as an overwrite area, after searching the rank recording area, it is determined that the area of the scene C can be overwritten. The recording time is added.

Further, when rank and are selected for the overwriting area, after searching the rank recording area, scene B,
It is determined that areas C and D can be overwritten, and the recording times of scenes B, C, and D are added to the remaining time of the recording medium before overwriting.

As described above, according to the first embodiment, recording and erasing of image data can be performed with ease of use for the user. That is, the user can easily and continuously watch only the scenes of the desired rank during reproduction. In addition, in the case of a rank where overwriting can be performed, overwriting is possible, so that the capacity of the recording medium can be effectively used. Furthermore, by adding the recording time of a scene of a rank that may be overwritten to the remaining time of the recording medium, the recordable time can be accurately displayed, which is convenient for the user and wastefully consumes the recording medium. A video camera that does not need to be provided can be provided.

[Second Embodiment] In the first embodiment, a case where the present invention is applied to a recording / reproducing disk as a recording medium has been described. In the second embodiment, a case where the present invention is applied to a magnetic tape is shown. .

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a pattern of data recorded on a magnetic tape according to the second embodiment. In the figure, reference numeral 200 denotes a magnetic tape. 17, 19, 21,
23, 25 and 27 are IN marks. 18, 20, 2
2, 24 and 26 are OUT marks. Also, 28, 2
9, 30, 31, and 32 represent scene E, scene F,
Scenes G, H, and I are shown. 33, 34, 3
5, 36 and 37 indicate that the start / stop button has been pressed, and 38 indicates the end of the recording medium.

The processing procedure at the time of rank assignment, the processing procedure at the time of reproduction, and the processing procedure at the time of rank erasure are the same as those in the first embodiment, as shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 3, 4 and 5. It is.

In the magnetic tape 200 as a recording medium,
By operating the mark recording button linked to the start / stop button, the IN mark 17 is recorded at the recording start point of the scene E, and the OUT mark 18 is recorded at the recording end point of the scene E. Further, a rank corresponding to the scene E is given. In the present embodiment, the rank is recorded on the IN mark 17 or the OUT mark 18 at the same time. Also, scenes F, G, H, and I are recorded in the same manner as scene E.

The rank is defined as a rank corresponding to the scene E, a rank corresponding to the scene F, a rank corresponding to the scene G, and a rank corresponding to the scene H. Here, regarding the scene I, since a rank is not given even after the scene I is recorded, a predetermined rank is automatically recorded. Here, the automatically recorded rank is defined as the rank.

As described above, normally, the IN mark and the OU
When recording a T mark, the mark recording button is operated, but when desired scenes are continuously stored as in the present embodiment, selection is made to automatically record an IN mark after an OUT mark. By doing so, when recording the IN mark, except for the beginning,
There is no need to operate the mark recording button. That is, the IN marks 19, 21, 23, and 25 are automatically recorded after the OUT marks 18, 20, 22, and 24 are recorded.

Next, when only the rank is selected at the time of reproduction, reproduction of scenes E and H (scene F is fast-forwarded) becomes possible. At the time of reproduction, when rank and are selected, reproduction of scenes E, F, H, and I (scene F is fast-forwarded) becomes possible.

When recording again, the minimum time of the overwriting area is determined in advance, and when a rank is selected for the overwriting area, the area of the scene G can be overwritten after the scene G satisfies the minimum recording time. The recording time of the scene G is added to the remaining time of the recording medium before overwriting.

When rank and are selected for the overwriting area, the scenes F + G and I satisfy the above-mentioned minimum recording time, and then the areas F, G and I can be overwritten. Scene F in remaining time,
The recording times of G and I are added.

As described above, according to the second embodiment, the same effects as those of the first embodiment can be obtained.
By recording the IN mark and the OUT mark using the mark recording button linked to the start / stop button, it is not necessary to operate the mark recording button separately from the start / stop button, and the operation can be simplified.
Further, when recording the IN mark and the OUT mark, the number of operations of the mark recording button can be reduced. further,
The mark recording button may be eliminated, and the start / stop button may be used instead.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the configurations of the embodiments, and the functions described in the claims or the functions of the embodiments are not limited thereto. Any configuration that can achieve the function of the configuration is applicable.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, a case where a recording / reproducing disk or a magnetic tape is used as a recording medium has been described. However, the recording medium is not limited to this, and a solid-state memory such as a flash memory is used. The present invention is also applicable.

It is needless to say that the present invention can also be applied to a case where the present invention is achieved by supplying a program to an apparatus using a recording medium storing software program codes for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments. Nor. In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the novel function of the present invention, and the program itself and the storage medium storing the program constitute the present invention.

In the above embodiment, the program codes shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 3, 4 and 5 are stored in the ROM as a storage medium. The storage medium for supplying the program code is not limited to the ROM, and may be, for example, a floppy (registered trademark) disk, a hard disk, a nonvolatile memory card, or the like.

[0050]

According to the present invention, user-friendliness is good, and image data can be easily recorded / erased. That is, the user can easily and continuously watch only the scenes of the desired rank during reproduction. In addition, in the case of a rank where overwriting can be performed, overwriting is possible, so that the capacity of the recording medium can be effectively used. Furthermore, by adding the recording time of a scene of a rank that may be overwritten to the remaining time of the recording medium, the recordable time can be accurately displayed, which is convenient for the user and wastefully consumes the recording medium. A video camera that does not need to be provided can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a video camera according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a pattern of data recorded on a recording / reproducing disc.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure at the time of rank assignment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure at the time of reproduction.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure at the time of rank erasure.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a pattern of data recorded on a magnetic tape according to a second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 3, 5, 7, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27
IN mark 2, 4, 6, 8, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26 OU
T mark 13, 14, 15, 16 Rank recording area 45 Recorder 46 System control microcomputer 47 Operation panel 100 Recording / reproducing disk 200 Magnetic tape

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Claims (18)

[Claims] 1. An image recording apparatus for adding importance to image data and recording the image data on a recording medium, wherein the importance rank information added to the image data is arbitrarily set according to an input from a user. An image recording apparatus, comprising: an importance setting unit that performs an importance setting; and an erasing unit that erases image data recorded on the recording medium based on the set rank information. 2. The image recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said erasing means erases image data in which rank information matching the received rank information is set in accordance with an input from a user. . 3. The image data comprises image data of a plurality of frames constituting a scene, and the importance setting means adds the mark to the image data when a mark indicating a start point and an end point of the scene is added. 3. The image recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein rank information of the importance is set. 4. An adding means for adding a time corresponding to the capacity of the image data to be deleted to a remaining time corresponding to the remaining amount of the recording medium, and a remaining time displaying means for displaying the remaining time after the addition. The image recording apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: 5. The image according to claim 3, wherein the importance setting means sets the importance in a plurality of rank information corresponding to the scene and can change the rank information. Recording device. 6. The image according to claim 4, wherein said adding means adds a recording time of said scene corresponding to predetermined rank information among said set rank information to said remaining time. Recording device. 7. A mark adding means which is operated by the user and adds the mark to a start point and an end point of the scene, wherein the mark adding means automatically adds a mark indicating the end point. 4. The image recording apparatus according to claim 3, wherein a mark indicating the start point is added. 8. The image recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the importance setting section sets predetermined rank information when the rank information is not set by the user. 9. An image recording method for adding importance to image data and recording the image data on a recording medium, wherein the rank information of the importance added to the image data is arbitrarily set according to an input from a user. And a step of erasing the image data recorded on the recording medium based on the set rank information. 10. The image recording according to claim 9, wherein in the erasing step, image data in which rank information matching the received rank information is set is erased in response to an input from a user. Method. 11. The image data includes image data of a plurality of frames constituting a scene. In the step of setting the importance, the image data includes a mark indicating a start point and an end point of the scene. 11. The image recording method according to claim 9, wherein rank information of the importance added to the image is set. 12. A method of adding a time corresponding to a capacity of the image data to be erased to a remaining time corresponding to a remaining amount of the recording medium, and displaying a remaining time after the addition. The image recording method according to claim 9, wherein: 13. The method according to claim 11, wherein in the step of setting the importance, the importance is set to a plurality of rank information corresponding to the scene, and the rank information can be changed. Image recording method. 14. The method according to claim 12, wherein, in the adding step, a recording time of the scene corresponding to predetermined rank information among the set rank information is added to the remaining time. Image recording method. 15. A step of operating the user to add the mark to a start point and an end point of the scene, wherein the step of adding a mark includes the step of adding a mark indicating the end point. 12. The image recording method according to claim 11, wherein a mark indicating the start point is automatically added. 16. The image recording method according to claim 9, wherein in the step of setting the importance, if the rank information is not set by the user, predetermined rank information is set. 17. A program having a program code for realizing the image recording method according to claim 9. Description: 18. A storage medium for holding a program code for realizing the image recording method according to claim 9. Description: