JP2002353926A - Automatic program-operation system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic program-operating system, with which a real equipment state can be displayed on an equipment status display device. SOLUTION: This system is provided with an automatic program controller 1, a device 2 to be controlled, such as VTR and an equipment status display device 3. The equipment status display device 3 is provided with an equipment status determining table 21 for receiving control information 12 from the automatic program controller 1 and the controlled result 13 from the equipment 2 to be controlled, and a status display control part 22 for preparing display data 14 corresponding to the determined result by this equipment status judging table 21.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic program operation system, and more particularly to an apparatus status display device of a control device in automatic program operation equipment.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional example of an apparatus status display system of a program operating facility (or an automatic program operating system) is described in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-254887. This automatic program operation system generates data based on program data under control necessary for program transmission. This is a device for controlling controlled equipment required for program transmission based on the control data. Furthermore, it is necessary to display the device status so that the operator can monitor the program transmission status and the device control status. The device status is displayed by the device status display device.
As the base information, data generated by the automatic program control device is used, and display data is created based on the information.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram of such a conventional automatic program operation system. The automatic program control device 201, controlled device 202, device status display device 203, and CRT
(CRT) 204. The automatic program control device 201 outputs control data 211 and event data 212 to the controlled device 202 and the device status display device 203, respectively. Further, the device status display device 203 outputs display data 214 to the CRT 204.

[0004] The automatic program controller 201 controls each device necessary for transmitting a program based on the program data. The control data 211 is data for the automatic program control device 201 to control the controlled device 202 required for program transmission. The controlled device 202 is various control devices used for transmitting a program such as a VTR (video tape recorder), and performs a predetermined process based on control data 211 from the automatic program control device 201. The event data 212 is data in which the control of each device created by the automatic program control device 201 based on the program information is developed in chronological order. Device status display device 203
Is the event data 21 from the automatic program control device 201.
2 and translate its contents. Further, display data 214 of the device status is created in order of time. Display data 214
Is display data for displaying the device state on the CRT 204. The CRT 204 displays the device status in the display data 21.
4 to visually display the status.

Next, the operation of the automatic program operation system shown in FIG. 11 will be described. The automatic program control device 201 creates event data in which control information for controlling each device is developed in chronological order based on the program data, and holds the event data therein.
The automatic program control device 201 sends control data 21 to the controlled device 202 in order of time based on the event data.
Send 1 The controlled device 202 transmits the control data 2
11 and performs a predetermined process. Further, the automatic program control device 201 transfers the event data 212 to the device status display device 203 in advance. Device status display device 203
Creates display data 214 for displaying the state of the device in chronological order based on the event data 212. The display data 214 of the corresponding device status is displayed on the CRT according to the time.
204 to display the device status.

[0006]

However, the above-mentioned conventional program automatic operation system has the following problems. First, the device status display is not the actual device operation status. The reason is that the event data 212 of the automatic program controller 201 is translated and the device status display data 214
This is because they are converted to time and displayed in order of time. Second,
When there is a change in the device status display, not only correction (change) of the device status display device 203 but also creation of event data for displaying the device status on the automatic program control device side for controlling the controlled device 202. Correction is required.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems in a conventional automatic program operation system, and has as its object to provide an automatic program operation system capable of displaying the actual operation state of equipment. Another object of the present invention is to reduce the load on the automatic program control device by providing the device status display to the device status display device, and to change the display of the operation status on the device status display device. It is an object of the present invention to provide a program automatic operation system that can respond only by modifying the table.

[0008]

An automatic program operation system according to the present invention comprises an automatic program control device, a controlled device controlled by the automatic program control device, and a device state of the controlled device controlled by the automatic program control device. Is displayed, the device status display device creates and displays display data based on control information from the automatic program control device and a control result notified from the controlled device.

Further, according to a preferred embodiment of the automatic program operation system according to the present invention, the device status display device includes: a device status determination table for receiving control information and a control result;
A status display control unit that determines the device status based on the device status determination table and creates display data. When displaying the device status, the device status display device determines the device status using the device status determination table based on the control information and the control result, and displays the determination result on a CRT or the like. The device state determination table has a skew time for preventing an incorrect state display due to a time lag between the control information and the control result. The device state determination table is changed according to a change in the control information, the control result, or the content of the device state. The controlled device includes a VTR, a switcher, and the like.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The configuration and operation of a preferred embodiment of an automatic program operation system according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a first embodiment of an automatic program operation system according to the present invention. This automatic program operation system includes an automatic program control device 1, a controlled device 2 such as a VTR, a device status display device 3, and a CRT 4. The automatic program control device 1
The control data 11 is output to the controlled device 2 and the control information 12 is output to the device status display device 3.
The device status display device 3 outputs display data 14 to the CRT 4. The controlled device 2 outputs a control result 13 to the device status display device 3.

In the automatic program operation system shown in FIG. 1, an automatic program control device 1 controls each controlled device 2 necessary for transmitting a program based on program data. The control data 11 is data for the automatic program control device 1 to control the controlled device 2 required for program transmission. The controlled devices 2 are various devices used for transmitting a program such as a VTR. Controlled equipment 2
Receives the control data 11 from the automatic program control device 1 and performs a predetermined process based on the control data 11. The control information 12 is control content information for notifying the device status display device 3 that the automatic program control device 1 has controlled the controlled device 2 by the control data 11. The control information 12 is output from the automatic program control device 1 at the same time as the control data 11. The control result 13 is information for notifying the device status display device 3 of the result of the control of the controlled device 2 by the control data 2 from the automatic program control device 1. The device status display device 3 determines the device status based on the control information 12 from the automatic program control device 1 and the control result 13 from the controlled device 2, and creates display data 14. The CRT 4 displays the device status based on the display data 14.

FIG. 2 is a detailed block diagram of the device status display device 3 shown in FIG. The device status display device 3
It is composed of a device state determination table 21 and a state display control unit 22. In FIG. 2, the control information 12 corresponds to FIG.
1 shows the input of the control information 12 from the automatic program control device 1, and the control result 13 shows the input of the control result 13 from the controlled device 2 shown in FIG. Device status judgment table 21
Is a table for determining a device state based on a combination of the control information 12 and the control result 13. The status display control unit 22 determines the device status based on the device status determination table 21 and creates display data 14 for displaying the device status on the CRT 4.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the contents of the device state judgment table 21 shown in FIG. The device state determination table 21 includes control information 21A, a control result 21B, a device state 21C, and a skew time 21D. The control information 21A includes control information (1) to (m), and corresponds to various types of control information (12 in FIG. 1) received from the automatic program control device 1, respectively. Control result 21B
Include the control results (1) to (n) and correspond to various control results (13 in FIG. 1) received from the controlled device 2, respectively. By combining the control information 21A and the control result 21B, the device states (1) to (X) are designated on the table as the corresponding device state 21C. Also,
The skew time 21D is the skew time (1) to
(Y), when the control information (1) to (m) and the control results (1) to (n) change in state, the skew time 21D for delaying the timing of referring to the device state determination table 21 Set value.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a specific example of the automatic program operation system according to the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 4 shows a specific example of the automatic program control device 101, VT
R102, switcher 103, device status display device 10
4 and a CRT 105. The automatic program control device 101 includes a VTR 102, a switcher 1
VTR control data 111, switcher control data 112, and control information 113 are output to the device 03 and the device status display device 104. The VTR 102 and the switcher 103 are respectively connected to the device status display device 104
, A VTR control result 114 and a switcher control result 115 are output. Further, the device status display device 104
Outputs display data 116 to the CRT 105.

Referring to FIG. 4, an automatic program control device 101
Controls the VTR 102 and the switcher 103 based on the program data (control data 111 and 112). V
The TR control data 111 indicates that the automatic program control device 101
This is control data for controlling the TR 102. The switcher control data 112 is control data for the automatic program control device 101 to control the switcher 103. The VTR 102 receives V from the automatic program control device 101.
Upon receiving the TR control data 111, the VTR 102 executes processes such as start and stop based on the VTR control data 111. The switcher 103 includes the VTR 102
And other video / audio signals and output to the outside. The switcher 103 includes an automatic program control device 101
, And switches an internal switch based on the switcher control data 112. The control information 113 indicates that the automatic program control device 10
1 controls the VTR 102 and the switcher 103,
Control data 111 and switcher control data 112
This is information indicating the content of control for notifying the device status display device 104 that the control has been performed.

The control information 113 includes the VTR control data 11
1 and the switcher control data 112 are output at the same time. The VTR control result 114 indicates that the VTR 102
This is information for notifying the device status display device 104 of the result of performing processing such as start and stop of the VTR based on the control data 111. Switcher control result 115
Indicates that the switcher 103 has the switcher control data 11
This is information for notifying the device status display device 104 of the result of switching the switch in the switcher 103 based on the second. The device status display device 104 determines the device status based on the control information 113 from the automatic program control device 101, the VTR control result 114 and the switcher control result 115 from the VTR 102 and the switcher 103, and creates display data 116. The CRT 105 displays the device status based on the display data 116.

Next, FIG. 5 is a timing chart at the time of control of the automatic program control device 101. The VTR control data is a specific content of the VTR control data 111 in FIG. There are VTR ready control / standby control / start control / stop control / REC control. The switcher control data corresponds to the switcher control data 112 in FIG. The VTR control result is the VTR control result 114 in FIG.
VTR ready / standby / P
There are LAY / REC. The switcher control result is
The broadcast is being performed according to the contents of the switcher control result 115 in FIG. The control information is a specific content of the control information 113 in FIG.
There is a LAY check / REC check. Each control signal described above is output according to the control time shown at the top in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a specific example of a device state determination table based on the control information and the control result of FIG.
It is inside the device status display device 104 shown therein. This determination table lists control information, control results, device states, and skew times by item.

Next, the operation of the automatic program operation system shown in FIG. 1 will be described. The automatic program control device 1 includes control data 11 for controlling each controlled device 2 based on the program data.
Is created in the order of time and event data is created and stored internally. The automatic program control device 1 sends control data 11 to the controlled device 2 based on the event data and, at the same time, sends control information 12 indicating the content of controlling the controlled device 2 to the device status display device 3. I do. The controlled device 2 performs a predetermined process based on the control data 11. The controlled device 2 sends a control result 13 to the device status display device 3 as a result of the operation. Control information 12 and control result 1
The device status display device 3 that has received 3 determines the device status in the device status determination table 21 shown in FIG.

Referring to the device state determination table 21 of FIG. 3, as an example, the content of the control information 21A is the control information (1).
When the content of the control result 21B is the control result (2), the device status 21C becomes the device status (2). On the other hand, when the control information 21A is the control information (3) and the control result 21B is the control result (3), the device status 21C becomes the device status (4).

When the device status is determined by the device status determination table 21 shown in FIG. 2, the status display control unit 22 creates display data 14 of the device status display corresponding to the device status, and displays the device status on the CRT 4. indicate. As described above, the device status display device 3 receives the control information 12 from the automatic program control device 1 and the actual control result 13 from the controlled device 2, and determines the device status. Can be displayed. In (1) to (Y) of the skew time 21D of the device state determination table shown in FIG. 3, a time lag occurs in (1) to (n) of the control result 21B with respect to (1) to (m) of the control information 21A. Sometimes, it is set to absorb the time lag. In particular,
Actual control result (2) for the condition of control information (1)
If the input of the control information (1) is delayed by about 1 second, the skew time (2) is set to 2 seconds in advance, so that
2 seconds after the occurrence of the condition (1), the device state determination table is referred to. At that time, since the state of the control result (2) is also determined, it is possible to prevent an indeterminate state display on the way. Further, in this embodiment, the determination of the device state is performed using the control information 12
Based on the control result 13 and based on the control result 13, the determination is made in the device status determination table 21 of the device status display device 3. Therefore, it is possible to change the setting of the device status only by changing the device status determination table 21 of the device status display device 3.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 4 will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 4, the automatic program control device 101 includes control data 1 for controlling the VTR 102 and the switcher 103 based on the program data.
Event data in which the data 11 and 112 are developed in chronological order is created and stored internally. The automatic program control device 101 sends a VT to the VTR 102 based on the event data.
R control data 111 is transmitted, and switcher control data 112 is transmitted to the switcher 103. At the same time, the content of controlling the VTR 102 and the switcher 103 is transmitted to the device status display device 104 by the control information 11.
At 3, the device status display device 104 is notified. VTR10
2 performs processing such as start / stop of the VTR based on the VTR control data 111. The VTR 102 notifies the device status display device 104 of the result of this processing as a VTR control result 114. The switcher 103 switches the switcher 103 based on the switcher control data 112. The switcher 103 uses the processing result as a switcher control result 115,
Notify 4. The device status display device 104 displays the control information 1
13. Based on the VTR control result 114 and the switcher control result 115, the device status of the VTR 102 is determined according to the device status determination table of FIG. The CRT 105 displays the device status using the device status display data 116.

The operation will be further described with reference to the timing chart of FIG. 5 and the device state determination table of FIG.
At the control time (Ts−10 minutes) in FIG. 5, the automatic program controller 101 shown in FIG. 4 transfers the ready control in FIG. 5 as VTR control data 111 to the VTR 101 in FIG. At the same time, the automatic program control device 101 shown in FIG. 4 notifies the ready state shown in FIG. 5 to the device status display device 104 shown in FIG. VTR 10 shown in FIG.
2 receives the ready control as the VTR control data 111, sets the VTR to the ready state, and notifies the device status display device 104 in FIG. The device status display device 104 shown in FIG. 4 has therein the device status determination table shown in FIG.

In the equipment state determination table shown in FIG. 6, since the control information indicates that the ready check is ON and the control result is ready, the equipment state becomes the VTR preparation described in item 1. Therefore, the device status display device 104 shown in FIG.
According to the device status judgment table, the status of the VTR 102 is VT
It is determined that R preparation is underway, and display data 116 during VTR preparation is created and transferred to the CRT 105. CRT 105 is V
The status display during TR preparation is performed. If the VTR 102 does not operate normally in the VTR ready control and the device status display device 104 is not notified that the VTR control result 114 is ready, the device status determination table shown in FIG. The item is turned off during the ready state, and the device state of the VTR 102 becomes VTR preparation NG. On the CRT 105, VTR preparation NG is displayed.

The control time (Ts-1 minute) in FIG.
The automatic program control device 101 shown in FIG.
5 and the VTR shown in FIG.
Transfer to 102. At the same time, the automatic program control device 101 shown in FIG. 4 notifies the device status display device 104 shown in FIG. The VTR 102 shown in FIG.
The standby control as “1” is received, and the VTR 102 is set to the standby state. The result is referred to as VTR control result 11
As 4, the device status display device 104 shown in FIG. The device status display device 10 shown in FIG.
Reference numeral 4 in the device status determination table shown in FIG. 6 indicates that the control information is “standby check ON” and the control result is “standby”. Therefore, the device status display device 10 shown in FIG.
No. 4 determines from the device state determination table that the state of the VTR 102 is VTR standby, creates display data 116 during VTR standby, and transfers it to the CRT 105.
The CRT 105 displays a status during VTR standby.

Similarly, in this VTR standby control,
The VTR 102 does not operate normally and the VTR control result 114
If the device status display device 104 is not notified during the standby state, the device status determination table shown in FIG. 6 indicates that the standby state is OFF. So, VT
The device status of the R102 is the VTR standby NG of item 4, and the VTR standby NG is displayed on the CRT 105. Similarly, in the control time (Ts−3 seconds) of FIG.
Start control is output as the TR control data 111. The control information is a PLAY check. The VTR control result 114 becomes PLAY. Accordingly, in the device state determination table shown in FIG. Similarly, during the control time (Ts) of FIG. 6, the automatic program control device 101 shown in FIG. 4 transfers the switcher control data 112 of FIG. At this time, the automatic program control device 101 shown in FIG.
4 is not notified of the control information 113. The switcher 103 notifies the device status display device 104 shown in FIG. 4 that the broadcast in FIG. 5 is being performed as a switcher control result 115 as a result of the switch control. The determination of the device state in this case is
In a state in which the control information of item 7 in the device state determination table shown in FIG. 6 is ignored, the control result is a broadcast ON state, and the device state is VTR broadcast. Further, when the content of the control information, the content of the control result, and the device status are changed, the change can be dealt with only by changing the content or combination of the device status determination table shown in FIG.

Next, referring to FIG. 7, VTR is being prepared / V
A display method in the case of TR preparation NG will be specifically described. FIG. 7A is a block diagram showing a configuration substantially similar to FIG. 4, and FIG. 7B is a timing chart thereof. In FIG. 7A, the automatic program control device 301, the VTR 302, the device status display device 303, the CRT 304, the control data 311, the control information 312, the control result 313, and the display data 314 are used as reference numerals for each component.

The automatic program control device 301 starts the program 10 minutes before the start of the program (Ts-10) based on the internal event data.
), The VTR ready control is transferred to the VTR 302 as the control data 311 (see (a)). at the same time,
The automatic program control device 301 also transfers VTR ready check ON as control information 312 to the device status display device 303 (see (b)). The VTR 302 has a VTR 3
If the tape 02 is loaded, the VTR 302 is prepared by receiving the VTR ready control of the control data 311. The ready state is turned ON as the control result 313 for the device status display device 303 (see (c)). The ON timing of the ready signal is delayed by about 1 second from the reception of the VTR ready control of the control data 311 (see (a)). If no tape is loaded in the VTR 302,
If the VTR 302 is not ready due to a failure, the VTR
Reference numeral 302 indicates that the ready signal to the device status display device 303 remains OFF.

When the device status display device 303 receives the VTR ready check ON of the control information 312 from the automatic program control device 301, the device status display device 303 refers to the device status determination table shown in FIG. Since the setting of the skew time in the judgment table is 2 seconds, VT
Two seconds after the R ready check is turned on, the device state determination table shown in FIG. 6 is referred to. Even when the control result 312 from the VTR 302 is ready, the time lag is 1 second, so that the state is determined after 2 seconds (see (c)). The device status determination table shown in FIG. 6 is referred to based on the VTR ready check in the control information 311. If the control result 313 of the VTR 302 is ON during ready, this corresponds to one item of the device status determination table shown in FIG. , The device status display device 303 outputs to the CRT 304 the display data 314 indicating that the VTR is being prepared.
The RT 304 displays a message that the VTR is being prepared. VTR 302
When the control result 313 is “ready NG”, the ready signal is OFF, which corresponds to item 2 in the device state determination table shown in FIG. Therefore, the device status display device 303
The VTR preparation NG is output as the display data 314 to the CRT 304, and the CRT 304 displays the VTR preparation NG (see (d)).

Next, a second embodiment of the automatic program operation system according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. This system comprises an automatic program control device 401, a studio 402, a switcher 40 as shown in the block diagram of FIG.
3. It is composed of a device status display device 404 and a CRT 405. The automatic program control device 401 transmits studio control data 411, switcher control data 412, and control information 413 to the studio 402, the switcher 403, and the device status display device 404, respectively. The device status display device 404 receives a studio control result 414 and a switcher control result 415 from the studio 402 and the switcher 403, respectively. Further, the device status display device 404 displays the display data 41.
6 is generated and transmitted to the CRT 405. In this embodiment, the device state determination table sets one device state in a one-to-one correspondence between control information and a control result. However, one device state can be set by combining a plurality of pieces of control information and a control result. To

The automatic program operation system of FIG. 8 is characterized in that the controlled device is the studio 402. The automatic program control device 401 determines whether the studio 40
2 and the switcher 403. The studio control data 411 indicates that the automatic program control device 401
02 is the data for controlling the data. The switcher control data 412 indicates that the automatic program controller 401
No. 3 is data for controlling. The studio 402 receives the studio control data 411 from the automatic program control device 401, checks the status in the studio 402, and notifies the device status display device 404 of the studio control result 414.
The switcher 403 receives switcher control data 412 from the automatic program control device 401 and switches an internal switch based on the switcher control data 412. The control information 413 is output at the same time as the studio control data 413, and is information indicating control content for notifying the device status display device 404 that the automatic program control device 401 has controlled the studio 402 by the studio control data 411. .

The studio control result 414 indicates that the studio 40
2 is based on the studio control data 411 and the studio 40
The result of checking the status in the device status display device 40
4 is information to be notified. The switcher control result 415 is information for notifying the device status display device 404 of the result of the switcher 403 switching the switch in the switcher 403 based on the switcher control data 412. The device status display device 404 includes control information 413 from the automatic program control device 401, a studio control result 414 from the studio 402, and the switcher 403.
The device state is determined on the basis of the switcher control result 415 from the server, and display data 416 is created. CRT405
Displays the device status using the display data 416.

Next, FIG. 9 is a timing chart showing the control operation of the automatic program operation system shown in FIG. The studio control data shown in FIG. 9A is a specific example of the studio control data 411 in FIG. 8, and is a preparation control.
The switcher control data shown in (b) is the switcher control data 412 in FIG. 8 and is OA control.
The studio control result shown in (c) is a specific example of the studio control result 414 in FIG. 8, and there is a tally during preparation indicating completion of preparation and an analyzer entry indicating that an announcer has entered the room. The switcher control result shown in FIG.
This is the content of the switcher control result 415 in the middle, and becomes a tally during broadcasting. The control information shown in (e) is a specific example of the control information 413 in FIG. 8, and is a preparation check.
The device status shown in (f) corresponds to the content of the display data 416 shown in FIG. 8 which is generated according to the device status determination table shown in FIG. This device status is: Ana not entered / Preparing / Broadcasting / Preparation NG
/ There is no display.

Next, FIG. 10 shows the specific contents of the device state determination table based on the control information 413 and the control results 414 and 415 of FIG.
Inside. In this equipment state determination table, one equipment state can be determined by combining the control content and a plurality of control results (control result 1 and control result 2).
In this specific example, three conditions are combined, but it is also possible to add more conditions. The setting of the time skew is the same as in the first embodiment described above.

The operation will be described in detail with reference to the timing chart of FIG. 9 and the device state determination table of FIG.
At the control time (Ts−10 minutes) in FIG. 9, the automatic program control device 401 converts the studio control data 411 into the studio control data 411 in FIG.
Is transferred to the studio 402. At the same time, the automatic program control device 401
The device status display device 404 is notified of the preparation check of (e). The studio 402 receives the preparatory control as the studio control data 411, and if the preparatory state in the studio 402 is OK, it is used as a control result 414 as shown in FIG.
The tally during preparation (c) is turned on, and the device status display device 404 is notified. At this time, if the announcer has not entered the studio 402, the control result 414 of the studio control result of FIG.
It remains at F. The device status display device 404 has therein a device status determination table shown in FIG. In the device state determination table, when the control information is preparation check ON, the control result is preparation tally ON, and the state of “ana ANA entry” is OFF, the equipment state is “3. Therefore, the device status display device 404 determines that the status of the studio 402 is not in the ana from the device status determination table, creates display data 416 of the ana unentered room, and transfers it to the CRT 405. The CRT 405 displays the status of the studio 402 where the ana has not been entered.

In the preparation control of the studio 402, if the studio 402 is not ready, the tally during preparation of the studio control result 414 remains OFF. In the device state determination table of FIG. 10, the item is in the preparation NG state of item 2. In this case, the state in which the control result is being entered in the hole is ignored. On the CRT 405, the status of the preparation NG is displayed. After the preparation control of the studio 402 is performed and the tally ON during the preparation of the control result is notified (at this point, the announcer has not entered the room, so it is OFF during the entrance to the Ana, and the state of the studio 402 is not entering the Ana) When an announcer enters the studio 402, the sensor detects the announcer's entry into the room. Then, as the control result 414, the notification of ON during the entrance to the ana is sent from the studio 402 to the device status display device 4.
04 is notified. At this time, the device status table shown in FIG. Therefore, the device status display device 404 determines that the studio is being prepared, creates the display data 416 indicating that the studio is being prepared, and displays the display data 416 on the CRT 405.
Transfer to The CRT 405 performs a status display during studio preparation.

In the control time (Ts) shown in FIG. 9, the automatic program control device 401 performs the OA control shown in (b) on the switcher 403 as the switcher control data 412. The switcher 403 turns on the broadcasting tally in FIG. 9D as the switcher control result 415 as a result of the OA control, and notifies the device status display device 404 of it. The device status at this time is “studio broadcasting” in item 4 from the device status determination table shown in FIG. When the device status is broadcasting, from the device status determination table shown in FIG.
It is during the studio broadcast of item 4. When the device state is broadcasting, other signals are ignored, and any state may be used. As described above, in this embodiment, a plurality of control information and control results of the device state determination table can be set, so that a more complicated device state can be displayed by variously combining condition settings.

The configuration and operation of the preferred embodiment of the automatic program operation system according to the present invention have been described above. But,
Such embodiments are merely illustrative of the present invention and do not limit the present invention in any way. It will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made in accordance with the particular application without departing from the spirit of the invention. For example, the CRT 4 as a display device may be included in the device status display device 3. Further, a flat display panel such as a liquid crystal display panel may be used instead of the CRT.

[0040]

As described above, according to the automatic program operation system of the present invention, the following remarkable practical effects can be obtained. First, an actual device state can be displayed. The reason is that the device state is determined based on the control information when the automatic program control device actually controls the controlled device and the actual control result from the controlled device. Second
Further, the setting change of the device status can be changed in the device status determination table of the device status display device. The reason is that the determination of the device state display is performed using a table of a combination of the control information and the control result.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a first embodiment of a program automatic operation system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a detailed block diagram of the device status display device in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a specific example of a device state determination table of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a specific example of the automatic program operation system according to the first embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a control timing chart of the control of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a specific example of a device state determination table used in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a conventional device status display device.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a second embodiment of the automatic program operation system according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a timing chart illustrating the operation of FIG.

FIG. 10 is a specific example of a device state determination table in the automatic program operation system of FIG. 8;

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional automatic program operation system.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 101, 301, 401 Automatic program control device 2, 102, 302 Controlled device (VTR) 3, 104, 303, 404 Device status display device 4, 105, 304, 405 CRT 11, 111, 311, 411, 412 Control data 12, 113, 312, 413 Control information 13, 114, 115, 313, 414, 415 Control result 14, 116, 314, 416 Display data 21 Device status judgment table 22 Status display control unit 103, 403 Switcher 402 Studio

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[Claims] 1. A program comprising an automatic program control device, a controlled device controlled by the automatic program control device, and a device status display device for displaying a device status of the controlled device controlled by the automatic program control device. In the automatic operation system, the device status display device creates and displays display data based on control information from the automatic program control device and a control result notified from the controlled device. 2. The device status display device, comprising: a device status determination table for receiving the control information and the control result;
2. The automatic program operation system according to claim 1, further comprising: a status display control unit that determines a device status based on the device status determination table and creates display data. 3. The apparatus status display device according to claim 2, wherein, when displaying the apparatus status, the apparatus status is determined on the device status determination table based on the control information and the control result, and the determination result is displayed on a CRT or the like. 3. The program automatic operation system according to claim 2, wherein: 4. The program automatic operation according to claim 2, wherein the device state determination table has a skew time for preventing an unauthorized state from being displayed due to a time lag between the control information and the control result. system. 5. The apparatus status determination table includes control information,
5. The automatic program operation system according to claim 2, wherein the system is changed according to a change in the control result or the content of the device state. 6. The automatic program operation system according to claim 1, wherein said controlled devices include a VTR, a switcher, and the like.