JP2002278974A - Video display method, video retrieval device, video display system, computer program and record medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a video display method which facilitates retrieval work and supplies a new viewing method on video when the desired scene of video such as a cinema, a drama, the theatre and entertainment based on a script displayed by character information is retrieved, and to provide a video retrieval device, a video display system, a computer program and a record medium. SOLUTION: Time information showing the lapse time of video information, video information showing video and character information showing the script are correspondingly recorded. The input of character information on a stage direction explaining the scene and the situation of a character, and a line is received. Desired video is extracted based on received character information and extracted video and the script are arranged and displayed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention A video display method for displaying a video such as a movie, a drama, a drama, and a performance based on a script indicated by character information, and a video for searching for video information indicating a video displayed by the method Searching device, video display system using the device, computer program for realizing the device, and recording medium on which the program is recorded, in particular, video display applied to comparison of a plurality of videos and viewing of videos The present invention relates to a method, a video search device, a video display system, a computer program, and a recording medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Movies, dramas, drama, and performing arts, etc., which are performed on the basis of a script that describes a scene and the situation of characters, etc., and a script indicated by character information such as dialogue, have various forms. Video information is stored in various information recording media, and is watched as needed.

When viewing stored video information as a video, a work is extracted from the work database in which the video information is recorded using work information such as a name and an actor name as search information, and a desired work is extracted from the extracted works. A process such as fast-forwarding is performed to view the scene, and the viewer confirms the fast-forwarded video, and performs an operation so that the desired scene is reproduced at a normal speed.

Also, an LD (Laser) capable of random access
Disc), DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), and HD (Ha
(rd Disk), when recorded as digital information on an information recording medium, by specifying the elapsed time of the video information, the video information from the specified elapsed time is displayed as a video, and the viewer is displayed. You can watch the video.

[0005]

However, to specify a desired scene from the stored video information, for example, viewing from "churning in" of "Ch 臣 shingura" and listening to "Oishi built-in assistant" dialogue, etc. However, there is a problem that it is not easy to search for a specific scene by fast-forward and elapsed time.
In particular, when comparing works that have been performed in various scripts and casts such as “Ch 臣 shinzo” from the past, it is necessary to search for many works and view them each time, which is a heavy burden on people and time. This makes it difficult to compare and view various images.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and associates time information indicating the elapsed time of video information with character information indicating a script which is the basis of the video, and uses "debate" and "Oishi built-in". Since the search is based not only on text information such as speech in video information, but also on character information such as speech in the video information, including script information, it is possible to search for not only speech but also scenes and people. To search for desired video information, thereby facilitating the search for the desired video information and displaying the video, and providing a new viewing method to expand the range of preference based on viewing. Video display method, video search device for searching for video information to be displayed by the method, video display system using the device, computer program for realizing the device, and program therefor Providing a recording medium that is recorded with the main object.

Further, in the present invention, an image based on character information indicating a script and an image based on image information are displayed side by side, so that the situation can be easily grasped and an unprecedented wide viewing method can be provided. And other purposes.

According to the present invention, when comparing the same scene of a plurality of pieces of video information, for example, a scene of "breaking", it is possible to easily perform comparative viewing by displaying videos based on the respective pieces of video information side by side. Still another object is to provide a possible video display system and the like.

[0009]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image display method for displaying an image based on a script indicated by character information, wherein the image information indicating the image and the character information indicating the script correspond to each other. In addition, the image information corresponding to the extracted image information is displayed based on the character information.

In the video display method according to the first invention, the video information and the character information are associated with each other, and based on the text describing the situation such as the scene and the characters, and the character information such as dialogue,
Since the desired video is extracted and displayed, it is possible to easily search for the desired video information, thereby providing a new video viewing method.

A video search device according to a second aspect of the present invention is a video search device for searching for video information indicating a video based on a script indicated by character information, wherein the video information indicating the video and the character information indicating the script are associated with each other. It is characterized by comprising a means for recording, and a means for extracting corresponding video information using character information as a search condition.

In the video search device according to the second aspect of the present invention, the video information and the character information are made to correspond to each other, and based on the text describing the situation such as the scene and the characters, and the character information such as dialogue,
Since the desired video is extracted and displayed, it is possible to easily search for the desired video information, thereby providing a new video viewing method.

A video search device according to a third aspect of the present invention is a video search device for searching for video information indicating a video based on a script indicated by character information, wherein the time indicating the elapsed time of the text information of the script and the video based on the script. Means for accessing a script database for recording the information in association with each other; means for accessing a video database for recording the video information and the time information indicating the elapsed time of the video indicated by the video information; Extracting means for extracting time information from the script database as a search condition, and means for extracting video information indicating a video based on the elapsed time indicated by the time information from the video database using the extracted time information as a search condition. Features.

In the video search apparatus according to the third aspect of the present invention, a script which is described by character information such as a script and text such as a dialogue and a situation of a video scene and characters is associated with time information, and the desired video information is expressed by the character information. , It is possible to easily search for video information, thereby providing a new video viewing method.

[0015] The video display system according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is the video display system according to the third aspect.
A video search device according to the present invention, and a video display device connected to the video search device and displaying a video indicated by video information, wherein the search device sends the extracted video information to the video display device. Means for transmitting, the video search device comprising means for displaying the received video information as a video.

In the video display system according to the fourth invention, the video search device of the third invention is connected to the Internet and a LAN (L).
A large-scale database can be used by a large number of people by constructing it on a server computer connected to a communication network such as an ocal area network (Ocal Area Network) and using it on a video display device serving as a client computer.

An image display system according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is the video display system according to the fourth aspect.
In the present invention, the video search device extracts, from a script database, character information indicating a script of a video based on the elapsed time indicated by the time information extracted by the extraction unit,
Means for transmitting the extracted character information to the image display device, and means for displaying the image information provided by the image display device as an image, so that the image and character information based on the received image information are arranged and displayed. There is a feature.

In the video display system according to the fifth invention, the video and the script can be simultaneously watched by displaying the video and character information based on the video information side by side.
It is possible to provide an unprecedented wide viewing method by making it easy to grasp the situation.

An image display system according to a sixth aspect of the present invention provides the image display system according to the fourth aspect.
In the invention or the fifth invention, the means for displaying the video information provided in the video display device as a video displays the video based on the plurality of video information side by side when the video search device extracts a plurality of video information. It is characterized by what it does.

[0020] In the video display system according to the sixth invention, the video based on the plurality of video information is displayed side by side,
For example, the present invention can be applied to various uses such as a case where the same scene of different video information obtained by visualizing the same subject is compared with each other.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer program for causing a computer to search for video information indicating an image based on a script represented by character information. And a procedure for extracting time information from a script database that records time information indicating the elapsed time of the video based on the script,
Using the extracted time information as a search condition, a video database that records the video information and the time information indicating the elapsed time of the video indicated by the video information in association with the video information indicating the video based on the elapsed time indicated by the time information And a procedure for extracting

In the computer program according to the seventh aspect of the present invention, HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language), XML (e
xtensible Markup Language), SMIL (Synchronized
By running a computer program written in a programming language such as Multimedia Integration Language) on the computer, the computer operates as a video search device. By associating the script indicated by the character information with the time information and extracting the desired video information from the character information, it is possible to easily search for the video information and thereby provide a wide variety of video viewing methods. .

A computer-readable recording medium according to an eighth aspect of the present invention is a computer-readable recording medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to search for video information indicating a video based on a script represented by character information. Procedure for causing a computer to extract time information from a script database in which the character information of the script and the time information indicating the elapsed time of the video based on the script are associated and recorded on the readable recording medium using the text information as a search condition. Based on the elapsed time indicated by the time information from a video database in which the computer records the image information and the time information indicating the elapsed time of the image indicated by the video information in association with the extracted time information as a search condition. Recording a computer program including a procedure for extracting video information indicating a video. It is characterized in.

In the computer-readable recording medium according to the eighth aspect of the present invention, the computer operates as a video search device by executing the stored computer program on the computer. The script described by the character information such as a line and dialogue that describes the situation such as the dialogue is associated with the time information, and the desired video information is extracted by the character information, thereby making it easy to search for the video information, thereby enabling a wide range of video images to be searched. It is possible to provide a viewing method.

[0025]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings showing the embodiments. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the video display system of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 10 denotes a video search device of the present invention using a server computer, and the video search device 10 is connected to a communication network NW such as the Internet and a LAN. A video display device 20 using a client computer is connected to the communication network NW, and the viewer uses the video display device 20 to write a description of the situation such as a scene and characters, and to write character information such as dialogue. It is possible to search for and view video information indicating a video of a work such as a movie, a drama, a drama, and a performance performed based on the script shown.

The video search device 10 reads information such as a computer program and data from a recording medium REC such as a CD-ROM on which information such as a computer program and data for the video search device of the present invention is recorded.
An auxiliary storage means 12 such as an M drive, and a recording means 13 such as an HD for recording information such as a computer program and data read by the auxiliary storage means 12;
RAM 14 for reading information such as computer programs and data from recording means 13 and temporarily storing the information
The server computer operates as the video search device 10 of the present invention by causing the server computer to execute the process. Further, the video search device 10 is connected to the communication network NW
Communication means 15 for connecting to

A part of the recording area of the recording means 13 includes video identification information for specifying video information, character information indicating a script,
And a script database 10a for recording the time information indicating the elapsed time of the video based on the script, the video identification information, the video information, and the time information indicating the elapsed time of the video indicated by the video information. Video database 10b, and a video database 10c for recording video attributes such as video identification information, video names, creator names, and casts.
Various databases are accessed as needed to record / read information. Also, instead of using a part of the recording area of the recording unit 13 as various databases, another device including the recording unit is connected to the video search device 10,
It may be used as various databases. The records recorded in various databases are, for example, HTML, SM
It includes a file for recording information for an appropriate time created in a format such as IL and RPM, or instruction information for specifying a file.

Further, as a database that assists the work database 10c, a database for recording information specialized in various attributes, such as an actor history database, a staff database, and a writer database, may be used.

An image display device 20 using a client computer comprises a CPU 21, a recording means 22, a RAM 2
3, an input unit 24 such as a mouse and a keyboard, a display unit 25 such as a CRT and an LCD, and a communication unit 26.

Next, video information processing of the video search device 10 and the video display device 20 used in the video display system of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. A viewer who wants to view a video operates the video display device 20 to connect to the video search device 10, and uses the attribute information such as the name of the video and the name of the creator as a search condition to set the work database 1
0c to extract video identification information of a desired video, and input character information such as a scene, a cast, and dialogue to the video display device 20 in order to view a desired scene of the video specified by the extracted video identification information. I do. The video display device 20 receives input of character information (S101), and transmits the received character information to the video search device 10 (S102).

The video search device 10 receives the character information (S103), extracts time information of the video specified by the video identification information from the script database 10a using the received character information as a search condition (S104), Using the extracted time information as a search condition, character information indicating a script of the video specified by the video identification information is extracted from the script database 10a (S105), and the time information extracted in step S104 is further used as a search condition for the video. Video information indicating a video based on the elapsed time indicated by the time information is extracted from the database 10b (S106), and the extracted character information and video information are transmitted to the video display device 20 (S107).

The video display device 20 receives the text information and the video information (S108), and displays the video based on the received text information and video information side by side (S109). Note that the video information and character information extracted using the time information as a search condition are not necessarily displayed from the elapsed time indicated by the time information when the information is recorded as a plurality of files each containing information for an appropriate time. Alternatively, it may be displayed from the elapsed time at the beginning of the file extracted as the search condition. Also, in the stream distribution process, step S1
08 and the subsequent steps may be performed in parallel.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an image displayed on the video display device 20 used in the video display system of the present invention. In the vicinity of the center, the extracted video information is displayed as a video, and on the left side of the displayed video information, character information including scenes, characters, and lines are displayed side by side. The displayed text information is scrolled upward from the bottom as the time of the video information elapses, and the video information and the text information are displayed in a corresponding state. Character information is also displayed below the video information.

Next, the multi-image display processing of the image search device 10 and the image display device 20 used in the image display system of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.
When there are a plurality of pieces of time information extracted in step S104, the viewer can select desired one or a plurality of pieces of time information from the plurality of pieces of extracted time information. If there is more than one, multi-image display processing is performed. That is, a plurality of pieces of video information is extracted from the video database 10b using the plurality of pieces of time information selected from the pieces of time information extracted in step S104 as search conditions (S201), and the extracted plurality of pieces of video information are displayed on the video display device. 20 (S202).

The video display device 20 receives a plurality of pieces of video information (S203), and displays videos based on the received video information side by side (S204). Step S104
In addition to the case where a plurality of pieces of time information are extracted, video identification information of a plurality of videos is extracted from the work database 10c, and a desired scene of each of the plurality of videos specified by the extracted video identification information is extracted. Even in the case of displaying, a multi-image display process of extracting a plurality of pieces of video information and displaying the extracted video information side by side is performed. Also, a different video search device 10
The video information may be extracted from each of them and displayed side by side.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an image displayed on the video display device 20 used in the video display system of the present invention. In FIG. 5, video information is extracted using character information indicating the name of a specific character as a search condition, and four different video information are selected from the extracted video information.
This shows a situation in which images based on the selected four pieces of image information are displayed side by side on a screen divided into four parts. Note that character information may be displayed below each displayed video information.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the mode in which the video search device 10 and the video display device 20 are connected via the communication network NW has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the video search device 10 having display means is used. It may be a form that operates as a stand-alone without passing through a communication network.

In the above embodiment, the video display device 2
Although a form in which a client computer is used is shown as 0, the present invention is not limited to this, and a device for displaying information distributed in a broadcast such as a digital television may be used. By recording a work to be performed on the video search device 10 and constructing a video display system for connecting the video search device 10 and the video display device 20 by two-way digital communication, the viewer can use many works of the broadcast station. It can be used.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the form in which the character information and the video information are recorded in the respective databases in association with the time information has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the character information and the video information may be recorded. A form in which the information is directly associated with the recording may be used.

[0040]

As described in detail above, in the video display method, the video search device, the video display system, the computer program, and the recording medium according to the present invention, the time information indicating the elapsed time of the video information and the video information indicating the video are provided. And the character information indicating the script are recorded in association with each other, and a desired video is extracted and displayed based on the character information such as a script describing the situation and characters, and a desired image is displayed. It is easy to search for video information and display video, and it is possible to provide a wide variety of video viewing methods.
It has excellent effects.

Further, in the present invention, a large-scale video search device is constructed by a server computer connected to a communication network such as the Internet and a LAN (Local Area Network), and is used by a video display device serving as a client computer. An excellent effect is achieved such that a large number of people can use a simple database.

According to the present invention, the video and the script can be viewed simultaneously by displaying the video and the character information based on the video information side by side, so that the situation can be easily grasped and a wider viewing method than before has been provided. And so on.

According to the present invention, by displaying images based on a plurality of pieces of image information side by side, it is possible to obtain an excellent effect such that the present invention can be applied to various uses such as a case where the images are compared and viewed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a video display system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating video information processing of the video search device and the video display device used in the video display system of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an image displayed on a video display device used in the video display system of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a multi-image display process of the image search device and the image display device used in the image display system of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an image displayed on a video display device used in the video display system of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 video search device 20 video display device NW communication network REC recording medium

Claims (8)

[Claims] An image display method for displaying an image based on a script indicated by character information, wherein the image information indicating the image and the character information indicating the script are recorded in association with each other, and the corresponding image is displayed based on the character information. A video display method, comprising extracting information and displaying a video indicated by the extracted video information. 2. A video search apparatus for searching for video information indicating a video based on a script represented by text information, means for recording video information indicating a video and text information indicating a script in association with each other, Means for extracting corresponding video information as a search condition. 3. A video retrieval apparatus for retrieving video information indicating a video based on a script indicated by character information, wherein the script records the text information of the script and time information indicating the elapsed time of the video based on the script in association with each other. Means for accessing a database; means for accessing a video database for recording the video information and time information indicating the elapsed time of the video indicated by the video information; and An image retrieval apparatus comprising: an extraction unit that extracts information; and a unit that extracts video information indicating a video based on an elapsed time indicated by the time information from a video database using the extracted time information as a search condition. 4. The video search device according to claim 3, further comprising: a video display device connected to the video search device for displaying a video indicated by video information, wherein the search device includes: The video display system further comprises means for transmitting the video information to the video display device, and the video search device comprises means for displaying the received video information as a video. 5. The video search device, comprising: means for extracting, from a script database, character information indicating a script of a video based on an elapsed time indicated by the time information extracted by the extraction means; and displaying the extracted character information in the video. Means for transmitting to a device, wherein the means for displaying the video information provided in the video display device as a video is arranged to display video and character information based on the received video information side by side. 5. The video display system according to 4. 6. A means for displaying video information provided in the video display device as a video, wherein when the video search device extracts a plurality of video information, the video search device displays the video information based on the plurality of video information side by side. The video display system according to claim 4, wherein the video display system is provided. 7. A computer program for causing a computer to search for video information indicating an image based on a script indicated by character information, wherein the computer uses the character information as a search condition to determine the character information of the script and the progress of the image based on the script. A procedure for extracting time information from a script database that records time information indicating time in association with each other, and a computer using the extracted time information as a search condition.
Extracting video information indicating a video based on the elapsed time indicated by the time information from a video database that records the video information and the time information indicating the elapsed time of the video indicated by the video information. Characteristic computer program. 8. A computer-readable recording medium on which a computer program for causing a computer to search for video information indicating a video based on a script represented by character information is recorded. As a search condition, a procedure for extracting time information from a script database in which the script character information and time information indicating the elapsed time of the video based on the script are recorded in association with each other, and a computer using the extracted time information as a search condition,
Extracting video information indicating a video based on the elapsed time indicated by the time information from a video database in which video information and time information indicating the elapsed time of the video indicated by the video information are recorded in association with each other. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon.