JP2003152667A - Broadcast history creating method and program sending system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily create broadcast history information. SOLUTION: This method is composed of a step for creating a cue sheet which is a temporary version for the program sending schedule of music or the like and a step for creating a broadcast history table by receiving information creating the broadcasted result of the program sending schedule table determined on the basis of the cue sheet and sticking the information on the cue sheet. The created cue sheet is transmitted to a program sending device and on the basis of the received cue sheet, the program sending schedule table is determined. On the basis of the determined program sending schedule table, broadcasting is advanced. The broadcasted result is transferred to a cue sheet creating device and by utilizing the cue sheet, the broadcast history table is created. The received information of music or the like added to broadcasting automatically fills a correspondent field on the cue sheet. In such processing, the cue sheet is filled with information similar to that before the information is sent out. This is saved as a broadcast history table. By utilizing the cue sheet, the creation of the broadcast history information is facilitated.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cue sheet which is a temporary version of a program transmission schedule table for music and the like, a cue sheet including a broadcast history table, a cue sheet creating apparatus and a program transmission system. For details, the information that was broadcast based on the program transmission schedule such as music is reflected on the cue sheet (CUE SHEET), which is a temporary version of the program transmission schedule table, so that a broadcast history table can be easily created. Is.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a desk jockey (DJ) studio or the like, a program transmission schedule is created according to the transmission order of music, sound effects, narration, etc. (hereinafter simply referred to as music) used for a program to be broadcast.

In actual broadcasting, the director in the DJ studio composes a broadcast program while instructing an assistant director or the like according to the program transmission schedule.

FIG. 12 shows an example of a program transmission schedule. In this example, the program starts with the opening of the program, broadcasts music or news on the way, or inserts commercials on the way. Narrator narration and sound effects may be inserted.

When creating a program transmission schedule,
The music, sound effects, narration, etc. (hereinafter referred to as music) required for the program are selected. The medium in which these music and the like are stored differs depending on the genre. That is, music is CD or MD, sound effects are DAT or MD, and narration is tape. Therefore, the director and assistant director should remember which source the music etc. is recorded in,
Alternatively, the music is inserted in the middle of the broadcast while writing in the schedule table in advance and watching the schedule table.

FIG. 13 is a conceptual diagram of a DJ studio. This DJ studio 10 has a DJ booth 1 where the host can enter.
2. It is often composed of a library room 16 in which music and the like are stored and a sub-adjustment room 14.

In the sub-adjustment chamber 14, in addition to the mixer 20 for controlling the sending and stopping of music and the like, a plurality of players 22 in which corresponding media are set in advance so that the music and the like listed in the schedule can be played back. is there. Typical players 22 are a CD player 24, a DAT player 26, a tape deck 28, and an MD player 30, as shown in the figure.

The mixer 20 is provided with a plurality of faders FD. In the figure, eight faders FD1 to FD8 are provided, but in actuality, more are provided.

There is a one-to-one relationship with the players 22 controlled by these faders FD. For example, as shown in the figure, two faders FD1 and FD2 control two MD players 30, respectively, and the faders FD
Two tape decks 28 are controlled by 3 and FD4. Similarly, the remaining faders FD5 to FD8
Thus, the CD player 24 and the DAT player 26 are controlled respectively.

The sub-adjustment room 14 is further provided with a program transmission control section 32. A personal computer is usually used as the transmission control unit 32, and since the program transmission schedule data described above is stored therein, the transmission processing is performed according to the program transmission schedule table and the program progresses.

When the director inserts music, etc., the monitor (not shown) of the broadcast transmission control unit 32.
While watching the program transmission schedule displayed on the screen, a cue (action for instruction) is issued to the assistant director, and the assistant director records the music to be transmitted next from the corresponding player 22 according to the cue. The fader FD connected to the player 22 in which the set medium is set is operated.

That is, when the sending timing comes after the cue has come out, the fader FD is slid from the stop mode (off mode) to the start mode (on mode). When in the start mode, the fader FD
For example, the player (one of the two MD players) 30 controlled by the fader FD1 enters the reproduction mode. A reproduced signal such as music (digital signal or analog signal) is supplied to the transmission control unit 32 via the fader FD1.

Since the slide position of the fader FD1 becomes the volume adjusting position as it is, the music or the like is transmitted at the volume corresponding to the slide position of the fader FD1. Since the sub-adjustment room 14 is provided with a speaker 34 for listening to the sound collected by the microphone 13 of the DJ booth 12 and the reproduced sound such as music, reproduction timing and volume of music and the like are reproduced from the speaker 34. You can grasp it by watching the sound.

[0014]

By the way, in the program transmission system as described above, the program progresses according to the program transmission schedule table shown in FIG. Create a cue sheet that can be called a version. This cue sheet is also a table that summarizes the main contents along with the time, similar to the program transmission schedule.

Further, when a certain program is broadcast, when the broadcast ends, a broadcast history table is created in order to save what kind of music etc. was broadcast. This broadcast history table is completely independent from the information on the program transmission schedule table, and is completely independently created by an assistant director and stored in a broadcast library or the like.

However, in many cases, such as the creation of the cue sheet, the creation of the program transmission schedule table and the creation of the broadcast history table are manually created by an assistant director or the like.

Therefore, the cue sheet information, the program transmission schedule information, and the broadcast history information stored in each other are often manually processed, so that a work error is likely to occur and data input is troublesome. Moreover, since the systems are not linked to each other, the resources such as the program transmission schedule information cannot be used for the broadcast history information, and the utility value as information is small.

Therefore, the present invention has solved such a conventional problem, and reflects information broadcast based on a program transmission schedule such as music on a cue sheet which is a temporary version of the program transmission schedule table. Thus, the present invention proposes a cue sheet creating method and a creating apparatus thereof that can easily create a broadcast history table.

[0019]

In order to solve the above problems, in the method for creating a cue sheet or the like according to the present invention as set forth in claim 1, a cue sheet which is a temporary version of a program transmission schedule of music or the like is created. It consists of a cue sheet creation step and a broadcast history creation step of creating a broadcast history table by receiving information indicating the broadcast result of the program transmission schedule table determined based on the cue sheet and pasting it on the cue sheet. It is characterized by

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cue sheet creating apparatus, wherein a cue sheet creating means is a provisional version of a program sending schedule for music and the like, and a program sending schedule determined based on the cue sheet. And a broadcast history creating means for creating a broadcast history table from the broadcast result of the table.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program sending system including a cue sheet creating device and a program sending device provided in a broadcasting studio, and the cue sheet creating device and the program sending device. The devices are connected by a communication line, and a temporary version of the program transmission schedule table is created by the cue sheet creating device, and the program transmission device determines a final version of the program transmission schedule table based on the information of the cue sheet. Is created, and music or the like transmitted based on the fixed version program transmission schedule table is supplied to the cue sheet creating apparatus via the communication line to create a broadcast history table. And

In the present invention, a cue sheet, which is a temporary version of the program transmission schedule table, is created. The created cue sheet is transmitted to the program transmission device. The program transmission device determines the program transmission schedule table based on the received cue sheet. Broadcasting proceeds based on the confirmed program transmission schedule table. The broadcast result (broadcast attribute information) is transferred to the cue sheet creating device via the communication line, and the broadcast history table is created using the cue sheet.

When the cue sheet information is transferred to the program sending device, the input contents of the cue sheet become empty. The received broadcast auxiliary information such as music is applied to the corresponding column of the cue sheet. By this processing, the cue sheet is filled with the same information as before the information transmission. This is saved as a broadcast history table.

The broadcast history table can be configured to be provided to general third parties. In this case, for example, Web
By transferring the broadcast history information to the site, so-called i-
By utilizing browsing software such as mode (R) (eye mode (R)), information broadcasted in the past can be easily browsed.

[0025]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Next, referring to the drawings, an embodiment of a method for creating a cue sheet, a device for creating a cue sheet and a program sending system according to the present invention is applied to a music program sending system. Will be described in detail. In the program transmission system according to the present invention, a case where the process of inserting music or the like in a broadcast in progress is applied to a system that is as automated as possible will be exemplified.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a main part of a music program transmitting system 40 according to the present invention, which has a sound source server 44. The sound source server 44 is composed of a music server dedicated to a sound source and a database that stores additional information stored in the server.

The music server stores not only the music itself to be actually used for broadcasting but also music for audition that is listened to before broadcasting. Listening music is usually compressed. The compression format is, for example, MPEG1 audio lay.
You can use compression technology such as er2.

In addition to these, the music server may also store waveform information of the music together. The waveform information is also stored in order to simplify the editing work when editing the music of a plurality of channels.

Here, the waveform information is a bar display of appropriately thinned information of the envelope information. In addition to this, the sound source server 44 stores various sound effects such as sound of waves and sound of airplanes. In some cases, the narration of multiple narrators can also be recorded.

The auxiliary information accumulated in the music database includes the title of the music, the artist, the type and production number of the master, the composer, and the like.

A backup server 46 is provided for the sound source server 44 in this music program transmission system. DVD-RO as the backup server 46
M or the like can be used.

In producing a music program, a music program transmission schedule table is created as described above. Of these, music etc. are often created using a cue sheet which is a provisional table of the program transmission schedule table. .
Cue sheets can be created at an external booth connected to the broadcasting studio via a LAN. The cue sheet creating device 42 is installed in this booth. The cue sheet creating device 42 creates the music using the music and the like (songs) and the attached information accumulated in the sound source server 44 which is also connected by the LAN.

The cue sheet created is the creation device 4
In addition to being stored in No. 2, it is distributed to the DJ studio 10 which is a broadcasting studio via a communication line such as a bus, an external communication network line, and an internal network line (LAN).

The DJ studio 10 comprises a DJ booth 12, a sub-adjustment chamber 14 and a library 16 as in the conventional case. In this embodiment, a sound source server 50 is prepared in the library 16, and here, a sound source server 50 is provided. It is assumed that a part of music of the sound source server 44 is recorded.

Therefore, unlike the conventional CD library, a master such as a CD is not provided. The sound source server 50 may store music or the like including waveform information necessary for broadcasting for one day or several days. As the necessary information, the music specified by the above-mentioned transmission program schedule table may be distributed from the sound source server 44 in advance.

By using the sound source server 44 and the backup server 46 in this way, it is not necessary to equip the DJ studio with an original disc for music or the like, or a reproducing device for reproducing the original disc. Therefore, the CD library 16 does not store the master disc or the like. Further, the sub-adjustment chamber 14 is not equipped with a master disc reproducing device or the like. With this, the simple DJ studio 10 can be constructed.

A mixer 20 having a plurality of faders FD is prepared in the sub adjusting chamber 14 as in the conventional case, and the operation information of the faders FD is sent from the mixer 20 as an operation signal CTL. The operation signal CTL is supplied to the music output control unit 52 provided in the sub adjustment chamber 14. A program transmission device 54 is provided in association with the output control unit 52.

A personal computer or the like can be used as the program sending device 54, and the cue sheet creating device 4 is provided in the internal storage means (not shown) provided therein.
The cue sheet information created in 2 is taken in via an internal wiring cable or communication network line. The program sending device 54 creates a final program sending schedule table with reference to the information on the cue sheet.

A control program for controlling the transmission order of music or the like according to the program transmission schedule based on the operation signal from the mixer 20 is stored in the corresponding memory means (described later) of the program transmission device 54, and the corresponding music or the like is stored. When designated, the information is read from the sound source server 50, and the terminal 5 derived from the program transmitting device 54 side is read.
It will be on air from 6.

The information stored in the sound source server 44 includes, as described above, the music for broadcasting, its accompanying information, the music compressed for listening, various sound effects, and the like.

As the sound source server 44 used when creating the cue sheet, there is used a sound source server 44 in which the music and its associated information are linked to each other and are recorded in the same storage device. Therefore, a large-capacity recording device (hard disk device or the like) is used as a storage unit of the sound source server 44.

The sound source server 44 stores tens of thousands of music pieces. In the attached information, the attached information regarding music and the like is the title of the music, the sending time, the playing time of the music, and the like). When the music and the attached information are linked and recorded, the music recording information indicating that the music is recorded is also included.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the hardware structure of the cue sheet creating device 42 according to the present invention. In addition to having a cue sheet creating function, the creating device 42 has a creating function for a broadcast history table based on broadcast program information.

Since the cue sheet creating device 42 is a computer-based process, as shown in FIG. 2, the CPU 82, which is the key for performing various processing tasks, and the cue sheet, which is a temporary version of the program transmission schedule table, are included. A memory means (for example, ROM) 84 containing a processing program for creating a sheet, a working memory means (for example, RAM) 8 used when creating a cue sheet 8
6 is provided. Further, an interface 88 for communicating with the broadcasting studio 10 or the outside via a LAN or the like is connected.

Further, according to the present invention, a screen display section 60 using a liquid crystal or the like for preparing the cue sheet through the screen is prepared, and in association therewith, a keyboard 62 and a mouse for external input are provided. The external input means 64, etc. are also connected to the bus.

FIG. 3 is an example of a screen display used when creating a cue sheet. The display screen is roughly divided into two, and the following contents are displayed in the upper area of the screen. The information (data) to be input to the display screen can be input by the operator himself as well as the information (library search information) obtained by searching the sound source server 44.

First, the title column (TITLE) 70 shows the title (song name) of the song, the SPONSOR column 71 shows the sponsor name providing the program, and the performer column 73 appears in the program broadcast. All the performers including the guest who will be displayed are displayed.

In the director (DIRECTOR) column 74 and the producer (PODUCER) column 75, the director in charge of the program and, in some cases, the name of the producer are displayed. The above is a display example of typical bibliographic information, which is usually manually input.

Next, the broadcasting date and time are entered in the broadcasting date column 76, and the broadcasting time (hours and minutes) of the day is entered in the broadcasting time column 77, respectively. And in connection with this, the contents of the list display field 80 displayed at the bottom of the screen are actually broadcast (ON
Columns 78 and 79 are provided to indicate whether (AIR) has been performed or not (OFF AIR).

That is, in the case of OFF AIR, it is the information of the cue sheet which is a provisional version of the program transmission schedule table, and in the case of ON AIR, the program information transmitted from the program transmission device 54 after being actually broadcast. (Transmission log), the broadcast history table is created by directly following the screen configuration of the cue sheet. Therefore, FIG. 3 shows the contents of the cue sheet table itself or the contents of the broadcast history table.

The cue sheet information is sent to the program sending device 5
When the data is sent to No. 4, the information (library information or input information) already entered from this cue sheet field disappears and becomes a blank field, but when the broadcasting is started, the bibliographic information is sent to the cue sheet creation device 42. Information will be pasted, and the relevant information will be pasted (displayed) in the bibliographical column.
Each time music or the like is broadcast, the list display field 80 will be described later.
The information corresponding to is pasted.

In the list display field 80, a list of songs to be broadcast in the program is displayed. This list display field 80 is 7
It is made up of two columns, but in reality there are more.
I omit it for convenience of explanation.

The title of the song is displayed in the content column 80a, the artist of the song is displayed in the artist column 80b, and the identification number of the master (CD, MD, etc.) in which the song is stored in the media type column 80c. Is displayed. The information attached to the sound source server 44 is used as the above information.

The special effect display (AUDIO MODE) column 80d is
Apply fader (fade-in FI, fade-out FO) or cut (cut-in CI,
This is a field for designating whether to make a cutout CO). FI,
It is displayed by an abbreviation such as CI. The SP column 80e is a column for displaying whether or not the program is provided by the sponsor. When the sponsor is involved, the column is displayed in a specific color.

The timing (TIMING) column 80f is a column showing the broadcast time. Therefore, in the OFF AIR state, it is a display column for the scheduled time to be broadcast, and in the ON AIR state, it is a display column for the broadcast time.

The link column 80g is a column for identifying whether or not the music is already recorded in the sound source server 44, and when recorded, a music recording mark 81 which is music recording information is displayed. In the embodiment, quarter notes are used as the music recording mark 81.

By clicking the column marked with the music recording mark 81, the corresponding music can be listened to. At this time, the compressed listening music is used, but of course, the broadcasting music itself can be read and listened to.

Below the list display field 80 is a function key field 90. As a typical example, the auxiliary information registration key 90 for the list display field 80 and the like.
a, a cue sheet information confirmation key 90b, a data transmission key 90c for transferring the confirmed cue sheet information, and the like. When the cue sheet information is confirmed, the cue sheet creation process ends, and then the data transmission key 9-c
Is used to send the information to the broadcast studio 10 or the like.

The screen display example shown in FIG. 3 is an example.
Actually, in addition to this, for example, in the list display field 80
A column for displaying the label name of the master such as D is provided, but it is omitted for convenience of drawing.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the hardware structure of the program transmission device 54. Since the program sending device 54 is a computer process, it is almost the same as the cue sheet creating device 42 shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 4, this program sending device 54
Is a CPU 82, which is a key for performing various processing operations.
, And a memory means (for example, RO for storing a processing program for creating a program transmission schedule table).
M) 84 and working memory means (for example, RAM) 86 used when creating a program transmission schedule table are provided. Then, in order to communicate with the outside, the interface 8 with the sound source server 50 and the output control unit 52 for music, etc.
8, an interface 90 for transmitting a broadcast program, an interface 92 for connecting a LAN for mutual communication with the creating means 42, etc. are connected to the bus.

Further, in the present invention, a touch panel type screen display unit 60 is prepared, and external input means such as a keyboard 62 and a mouse for performing external input are also connected to the bus.

FIG. 5 is an example of a screen display used when creating a program transmission schedule table. The display screen is large 2
In this example, the screen configuration is such that two channels can be transmitted simultaneously. The center of the upper part of the screen is a list display section 64, and the list display section 64 has a creation means 4
In this example, of the program transmission schedule table transferred from No. 2, the title of music such as music is displayed.

The lower part of the screen is a transmission key group 6 for two channels.
6 (66A, 66B) are arranged. Send key group 66 is 2
Channels are displayed, and in this example, each is composed of 12 send keys 70 (70A, 70B, 70C, ...). Also, the respective sending key groups 66A, 66
B has broadcast mode (ON AIR) and listening mode (AU).
Keys 68A and 68B for selecting (DITION) are provided. The mode switches each time the key is pressed.

On the left and right display portions 69A and 69B at the top of the screen, attached information relating to the music selected in the list display portion 64 is displayed. For example, starting from the broadcast time, the artist name of the song, a facial photograph, a standby song, etc. are displayed.

With such a screen configuration, for example, when a specific music or the like (for example, the music A) in the list display section 64 is selected and confirmed as the broadcast music or the like, for example, the first music is displayed. The music A is pasted to a specific send key, for example, 70A provided in the send key group 66A of FIG.
To paste, drag and drop the column of song A, for example, and drop it on the send key 70A.
Perform drop processing. By this process, the send key 70A
The title of music A can be pasted on. When pasted, the title of the music A is the transmission key 7 as shown in FIG.
It is displayed at 0A.

As shown in FIG. 6, the sending key 70A further displays the sending time and the elapsed time below the title. When the send key 70A to which the title of the music is pasted is selected (touch operation), the display color of the send key 70A is changed from, for example, sky blue to red. This makes it easy to visually confirm which title of music is being broadcast.

Here, there are times when it is desired to listen to what kind of music is actually broadcast. In such a case, as shown in FIG. 5, the selection key 68 is touched to switch to the listening mode (AUDITION mode). In this invention,
In the listening mode, the same touch key can be used so that the send key also functions as the listening key.

Even in the case of listening, sometimes the whole of the song is listened to, sometimes only the touch of the beginning part is listened to, or only the end (the end part) of the song is listened to. There are cases.

Since the send key 70 is a touch key, it is displayed in a size that can cover the size of a finger. At least the three listening modes described above must be realized using the send key 70 of this size. Moreover, in order not to change the specifications such as the design change of the display screen, it is necessary to realize the three listening modes with only one send key 70. Therefore, this embodiment is realized by adopting the following means.

First, as shown in FIG. 7, the touch area of the send key (touch key) 70 is divided into left and right in this example.
Therefore, a touch switch (not shown) is provided in each area. Then, it is classified into a first touch that is touched and immediately released, and a second and third touch that is dragged while being touched in either the left or right direction from the touched position.

In the first touch, as shown in FIG. 5A, the touch position on the send key 70 is not questioned, but it is determined whether or not the touch key is immediately released. When the player touches and immediately leaves, it is determined to be the listening mode (all listening mode) for listening to all the music. At this time, when the touch operation is valid, the display color of the send key 70 is changed. For example, when the original display color is, for example, sky blue, it is changed to, for example, yellow to confirm the touch, and when the transition to the listening mode is confirmed next, yellow is changed to, for example, red. By changing the display color, it is found that the touch operation is effective, and it becomes easy to confirm the mode transition.

In the second touch, the touched position is the left half KL as shown in FIG. 5B, the touched position is determined, and the finger is moved to the right while being touched from the touched position. Determine whether or not it has been released. When each touch switch confirms that you have touched the left side and dragged to the right,
It is judged to be the partial listening mode in which only the beginning of the music is listened.

According to this partial listening mode, the music is reproduced from the beginning portion for a few seconds, for example. The music used for the audition is compressed music data stored in the sound source server 50. Of course, the music data (non-compressed data) used for broadcasting may be used for listening.

At this time, when the touch operation and the drag operation of the send key 70 are effective, the display color of the send key 70 is changed (switched) so that the operation can be visually recognized. When the touch operation is valid, it changes from sky blue to yellow, and when the drag operation is valid, it becomes purple during the drag operation. When the drag is completed and the finger is separated from the send key 70, the display color changes to red, Transition to partial listening mode. With this, the transition to the partial hearing mode can be surely confirmed visually.

In the third touch, the touched position is the right half KR (see FIG. 4) as shown in FIG. 5C, and the touched position is determined, and the finger is moved leftward from the touched position while being touched. Determine if a drag has been made. When it is confirmed that the right side is touched and dragged in the left direction, it is determined to be the partial listening mode in which only the end portion of the music is listened. In this partial listening mode, songs from the end to a few seconds before are played back. And in this case also, in the sense of confirming the touch operation and the drag operation,
The display color of the send key 70 changes. With this, the transition to the partial listening mode can be visually confirmed.

The other touch processing is invalidated as an abnormal key touch. For example, if you drag and the direction is up or down, or if you stop dragging in the middle,
In any of these cases, it is determined that the key touch is abnormal, and in this embodiment, the hearing mode is terminated and a transition is made to the first mode selection process.

The above-described audition can be performed not only for music but also for all music to be transmitted such as sound effects and narration.

FIG. 9 and subsequent flowcharts are flow charts showing the processing procedure for explaining the embodiment of the method for creating a cue sheet or the like according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 shows an example of processing on the program transmission device 54 side. When the processing program for program transmission is activated, a program transmission schedule table as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the screen ( Steps 101 and 102). Next, line connection processing with the cue sheet creation device 42 is performed,
When the line connection is completed, an instruction to transfer the cue sheet information is given (step 103).

When the viewing strap for program transmission is previously activated, the cue sheet information is transmitted from the cue sheet creating device 42 side, and the cue sheet information is transmitted.
It can also be stored on the 4 side.

Next, the information of the provisional version (provisional table) of the program transmission schedule table received from the cue sheet creating device 42 is temporarily stored (step 104), and the line disconnection process is performed at the stage where all the information is stored. At the same time as (step 105), the information of the received cue sheet is fitted (pasted) in the corresponding area on the screen and displayed (step 106).

After the display process is completed, the hearing process is executed (step 107), and when a part of the display information is corrected or changed as a result of the hearing process, a correction / change process such as a sending time is performed. Furthermore, a series of correction processes such as the replacement process of the selected music proceeds while repeating the listening process (steps 108, 109, 107).

When this listening and correction process is completed, the program transmission schedule table to be actually broadcast is completed, so this final version is stored as the program transmission schedule table (step 110). When the broadcast starts, music or the like is automatically transmitted according to the program transmission schedule table (step 111).

With the start of the broadcast, the line connection processing with the cue sheet creating device 42 is performed again (step 1
12), broadcast time, contents of broadcast music, etc.
It is transferred to the second side (step 113). The information to be transferred includes almost all items of the transmission information transmitted from the creating device 42 side. However, since the broadcast time, music, and the like are the time when they were actually broadcast and the music that was used, the information content itself may differ.

Information transmission to the creating device 42 is performed until the broadcast ends (steps 114 and 110), and a line disconnection process is performed at the same time when the broadcast ends (step 115). The line connection process in step 112 can be performed only when the information to be transferred is generated.

FIG. 10 is a flow chart showing an embodiment of a cue sheet creating process procedure on the cue sheet creating device 42 side.

First, the processing program for creating a cue sheet or the like is activated, and while the search processing of the sound source server 44 or the like is performed, the creation processing of a cue sheet which is a temporary version of the program transmission schedule table is performed (step 121, 12
2). Then, the created cue sheet information is saved (step 123).

Next, after confirming the line connection processing on the program transmitting apparatus 54 side, in this example, necessary information (from the stored cue sheet information (based on the instruction from the program transmitting apparatus 54 side) (Data) is transferred to the program transmitting device 54 side (step 124). Most of the information to be transferred is the display information of FIG. 3, and in this embodiment, by transferring the displayed information, the fields of the items shown in FIG. 3 are blank and the display is “ON AIR”. Can be switched.

When the transfer information is completed, the fact that the transfer information is completed is transferred to the program transmitting device 54 side, and then the mode is changed to the data reception standby mode from the program transmitting device 54 side (step 12).
6). When information is received in the data reception standby mode, the process of pasting the received information to the corresponding item column of the cue sheet is performed, and when all the information is received and the pasting process for the column of the corresponding item is completed, This is saved as broadcast history information. That is, the broadcast history table is completed (step 127).

Here, in order to reflect the broadcast history, for example, the time when the broadcast was actually performed is displayed in the timing column 80f, and the music used for the broadcast is displayed in the content column 80a. In the content column 80a, not only the music used but also "narration" is displayed in the case of narration, and "sound effect" is displayed in the case of sound effect.

In this way, if the broadcast history table is created by directly following the screen display configuration of the cue sheet, the broadcast history information can be easily created. Since the processing programs are almost the same, the processing load on the CPU 82 in the creating device 42 is reduced.

The broadcast history information stored on the creating device 42 side can be searched and displayed at an arbitrary timing, and can also be disclosed to a third party. In that case, W
It is convenient to use the eb site.

FIG. 10 shows an example of processing in this case. Since steps 121 to 127 are the same as the processing steps in FIG. 9, a description thereof will be omitted, but in this embodiment, the saved broadcast history information is transferred to the website (step 127). Website is so-called i-mode
Since it can be easily browsed and searched by (R) or an internet browser, a third party such as a general listener can easily browse the contents. As a result, of the contents that have been broadcast in the past, you can browse the contents that you want to know (such as the song title and artist name) and utilize the broadcast history information. Browsing can be paid or free.

[0095]

As described above, in the method for creating a cue sheet according to the present invention according to the present invention, a cue sheet which is a tentative version of a program transmission schedule for music and the like is created and is determined based on the cue sheet. The broadcast history table is created by receiving the information indicating the broadcast result of the program transmission schedule table and pasting it on the cue sheet.

Further, in the cue sheet creating device according to the present invention, the program sending schedule of music etc. is broadcast from the broadcasting result of the cue sheet creating means which is a temporary version and the program sending schedule table decided based on the cue sheet. And a broadcast history creating means for creating a history table. Further, the program transmission system according to the present invention includes a cue sheet creating device and a program sending device provided in the broadcasting studio, and is based on the finalized version of the program sending schedule table created by the program sending device. The broadcast history table is created.

According to this, since the cue sheet, which is a temporary version of the program transmission schedule table, is created, and the broadcast history table is created with reference to the cue sheet based on the broadcast result information, the broadcast history table is created. Is easy and easy. In addition, manual input work is reduced, and work mistakes can be reduced accordingly. The broadcast history information can be created based on the cue sheet, and the creation of the broadcast history information can be automated, which is convenient and can be provided to a third party, so that the utility value of the broadcast history information can be increased.

Therefore, the cue sheet creating method, the creating apparatus and the program sending system according to the present invention are extremely suitable for application to a program sending system such as a mini broadcasting station such as a DJ studio as described above.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system diagram of a main part showing an embodiment of a program transmission system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a system diagram of essential parts showing an embodiment of a cue sheet creating apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display example of a creation screen for a cue sheet or the like.

FIG. 4 is a system diagram of essential parts showing an embodiment of a program transmission device according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a screen display example of a program transmission schedule based on cue sheet information (No. 1).

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a screen display example of a program transmission schedule based on cue sheet information (No. 2).

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a transmission key.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a relationship between a transmission key and a listening mode.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of processing on the program transmission device side.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of processing on the side of a cue sheet creating device (part 1).

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an example of processing on the side of a cue sheet creating device (part 2).

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a program transmission schedule table.

FIG. 13 is a system diagram of a program transmission device.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 DJ Studio 14 Mixer 42 Program transmission schedule creation device 44,50 sound source server 52 Output control unit 54 Program sending device 60 display screen Display column for 78 ON AIR 79 OFF AIR display column 80 List display column 81 Music recording mark

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Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a broadcast history creating method and a program sending system. For details, broadcast attribute information about music, sound effects, and narration used for music broadcasts that are transmitted based on the program transmission schedule,
The broadcast history table can be easily created by reflecting the transmission time of music, sound effects, and narration used for music broadcasting on the cue sheet (CUE SHEET), which is a temporary version of the program transmission schedule table. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a desk jockey (DJ) studio or the like, a program transmission schedule is created according to a transmission order from music used for music broadcasting, sound effects, and narration.

In actual broadcasting, a director in a DJ studio operates a broadcast program while instructing an assistant director or the like according to the program transmission schedule.

FIG. 12 shows an example of a program transmission schedule. In this example, the program starts with the opening of the program, broadcasts music or news on the way, or inserts commercials on the way. Narrator narration and sound effects may be inserted.

When creating a program transmission schedule,
Select the music, sound effects, and narration required for the program. The media containing the music, sound effects, and narration used in these music broadcasts differ depending on the genre. In other words, music is CD or MD, sound effect is D
It may be AT or MD, or the narration may be tape. Therefore, the director or assistant director must remember which source the music is recorded in, or write it in the schedule table in advance and insert the above music in the middle of the broadcast while watching the schedule table. ing.

FIG. 13 is a conceptual diagram of a DJ studio. This DJ studio 10 has a DJ booth 1 where the host can enter.
2. It is often composed of a library room 16 in which music and the like are stored and a sub-adjustment room 14.

In the sub-adjustment chamber 14, in addition to the above-described mixer 20 for controlling the sending and stopping of music and the like, a plurality of players in which corresponding media are set in advance so that the music and the like listed in the schedule can be played back. There are 22. Typical players 22 are a CD player 24, a DAT player 26, a tape deck 28, and an MD player 30, as shown in the figure.

The mixer 20 is provided with a plurality of faders FD. In the figure, eight faders FD1 to FD8 are provided, but in actuality, more are provided.

There is a one-to-one relationship with the players 22 controlled by these faders FD. For example, as shown in the figure, two faders FD1 and FD2 control two MD players 30, respectively, and the faders FD
Two tape decks 28 are controlled by 3 and FD4. Similarly, the remaining faders FD5 to FD8
Thus, the CD player 24 and the DAT player 26 are controlled respectively.

The sub-adjustment room 14 is further provided with a program transmission control section 32. A personal computer is usually used as the transmission control unit 32, and since the program transmission schedule data described above is stored therein, the transmission processing is performed according to the program transmission schedule table and the program progresses.

When the director inserts music or the like, while watching the program transmission schedule displayed on the monitor (not shown) of the broadcast transmission control unit 32, the director gives a queue (action for instruction) to the assistant director. The player director 22 sets the medium containing the music to be transmitted next among the players 22 corresponding to this queue.
Operate the fader FD connected to.

That is, when the sending timing comes after the cue has come out, the fader FD is slid from the stop mode (off mode) to the start mode (on mode). When in the start mode, the fader FD
For example, the player (one of the two MD players) 30 controlled by the fader FD1 enters the reproduction mode. Fader F is the signal (digital signal or analog signal) used for music broadcasting such as reproduced music.
It is supplied to the sending control unit 32 via D1.

Since the slide position of the fader FD1 is the volume adjustment position as it is, the signal used for music broadcasting such as the music is transmitted at the volume corresponding to the slide position of the fader FD1. DJ booth 12 in sub-adjustment room 14
Since the speaker 34 that can listen to the sound collected by the microphone 13 and the reproduced sound such as music is provided, the sending timing and volume of the music and the like can be grasped by watching the reproduced sound from the speaker 34.

[0014]

By the way, in the program transmission system as described above, the program progresses according to the program transmission schedule table shown in FIG. Create a cue sheet that can be called a version. This cue sheet is also a table that summarizes the main contents along with the time, similar to the program transmission schedule.

Further, when a certain program is broadcast, when the broadcast ends, a broadcast history table is created in order to save what was broadcast. This broadcast history table is completely independent from the information on the program transmission schedule table and is completely independently created by an assistant director and stored in a broadcast library or the like.

However, in many cases, such as the creation of the cue sheet, the creation of the program transmission schedule table and the creation of the broadcast history table are manually created by an assistant director or the like.

Therefore, the cue sheet information, the program transmission schedule information, and the broadcast history information stored in each other are often manually processed, so that a work error is likely to occur and data input is troublesome. Moreover, since the systems are not linked to each other, the resources such as the program transmission schedule information cannot be used for the broadcast history information, and the utility value as information is small.

Therefore, the present invention has solved the above-mentioned conventional problems, and is broadcast attribute information relating to music, sound effects, and narration used for music broadcasting transmitted based on a program transmission schedule, and music broadcasting. A broadcast history creation method and a program delivery system that can easily create a broadcast history table by reflecting the music, sound effects, and narration delivery times used for It is a proposal.

[0019]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the broadcast history creating method according to the present invention described in claim 1 has a screen display section and external input means for receiving an input from a user. , Displaying the information of the cue sheet transmitted from the cue sheet creating device on the screen display unit, and performing the correction processing of the information of the cue sheet on the basis of the information input to the external input means, and sending the confirmed program A schedule table is created, and music, sound effects, and narration to be used for music broadcasting are sent based on the created program sending schedule table, and music and effects are played from the start to the end of the program. The sound, the time when the narration is sent, and the broadcast attribute information about the sent music, the sound effect, and the narration are transferred to the cue sheet creating device. , Characterized in that to create a broadcast history table to reflect the delivery time and the broadcast attribute information to the information of the cue sheet.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program sending system having a cue sheet creating device and a program sending device each having an external input means and a screen display section. In the program sending device, the cue sheet creating device is provided. A process of creating a program transmission schedule table based on the information of the cue sheet transmitted from the device and the information from the external input means, and music used for music broadcasting based on the created program transmission schedule table. ,Sound effect,
In addition to the process of transmitting the narration, during the period from the start to the end of the broadcast of the program, music, sound effects, the time when the narration is transmitted, and the broadcast attribute information regarding the transmitted music, the sound effects, and the narration are transmitted to the cue sheet creating apparatus. Transfer processing is performed, and in the cue sheet creating device, in addition to the cue sheet creating process, a process of creating a broadcast history table by reflecting the received sending time and broadcast attribute information in the cue sheet information is performed. It is characterized by being done.

In the present invention, a cue sheet, which is a temporary version of the program transmission schedule table, is created. Information on the created cue sheet is transmitted to the program transmission device. The program transmission device determines the program transmission schedule table based on the received cue sheet information and external input information. Broadcasting proceeds based on the confirmed program transmission schedule table. Broadcast attribute information regarding broadcasted music, sound effects, narration, and transmission time (broadcast time) are transferred to the cue sheet creation device via a communication line, and these information are reflected in the cue sheet information to create a broadcast history table. To be done.

When the information on the cue sheet is transferred to the program sending device, the input contents of the cue sheet become empty. The received transmission time and the broadcast attached information are applied to the corresponding columns of the cue sheet. By this processing, the cue sheet is filled with the same information as before the information transmission. This is saved as a broadcast history table.

The broadcast history table can be configured to be provided to general third parties. In this case, for example, Web
By transferring the broadcast history information to the site, so-called i-
By utilizing browsing software such as mode (R) (eye mode (R)), information broadcasted in the past can be easily browsed.

[0024]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Next, an embodiment of a broadcast history creating method and a program sending system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the program transmission system according to the present invention, the case where the process of inserting music, sound effects, and narration used for music broadcasting in the ongoing broadcasting is applied to a system that is as automated as possible is illustrated.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a main part of a music program transmission system 40 according to the present invention, which has a sound source server 44. The sound source server 44 is composed of a music server dedicated to a sound source and a music database that stores additional information stored in the server.

The music server stores not only the music itself actually used for broadcasting, but also music for audition that is listened to before broadcasting. Listening music is usually compressed. The compression format is, for example, MPEG1 audio lay.
You can use compression technology such as er2.

In addition to the above, the music server may also store the waveform information of the music together. The waveform information is also stored in order to simplify the editing work when editing the music of a plurality of channels.

Here, the waveform information is a bar display of appropriately thinned information of the envelope information. In addition to this, the sound source server 44 stores various sound effects such as sound of waves and sound of airplanes. In some cases, the narration of multiple narrators can also be recorded.

The auxiliary information accumulated in the music database includes the title of the music, the artist, the type and production number of the master, the composer, and the like.

A backup server 46 is provided for the sound source server 44 in this music program transmitting system. DVD-RO as the backup server 46
M or the like can be used.

In producing a music program, the music program transmission schedule table is created as described above, but this program transmission schedule table may be created using a cue sheet which is a provisional table of the program transmission schedule table. Many. Cue sheets can be created at an external booth connected to the broadcasting studio via a LAN. The cue sheet creating device 42 is installed in this booth. The cue sheet creating device 42 creates the song and the accessory information stored in the sound source server 44 which is also connected by the LAN.

The information on the created cue sheet is stored in the creating device 42, and is also sent to the DJ studio 10, which is a broadcasting studio, via a communication line such as a bus, an external communication network line, and an internal network line (LAN). Will be delivered.

The DJ studio 10 is composed of a DJ booth 12, a sub-adjustment room 14 and a library 16 as in the conventional case. In this embodiment, a sound source server 50 is prepared in the library 16, and here, a sound source server 50 is provided. It is assumed that a part of the information accumulated in the sound source server 44 is recorded.

Therefore, unlike a conventional CD library, a master such as a CD is not provided. The sound source server 50 may store music or the like including waveform information necessary for one-day or several-day music broadcasting. These pieces of information may be distributed from the sound source server 44 in advance.

By using the sound source server 44 and the backup server 46 in this way, it is not necessary to equip the DJ studio with an original disc for music or the like, or a reproducing device for reproducing the original disc. Therefore, the CD library 16 does not store the master disc or the like. Further, the sub-adjustment chamber 14 is not equipped with a master disc reproducing device or the like. With this, the simple DJ studio 10 can be constructed.

A mixer 20 having a plurality of faders FD is prepared in the sub adjusting chamber 14 as in the conventional case, and the operation information of the faders FD is sent from the mixer 20 as an operation signal CTL. The operation signal CTL is supplied to the output control unit 52 for music or the like provided in the sub adjustment chamber 14. A program transmission device 54 is provided in association with the output control unit 52.

A personal computer or the like can be used as the program sending device 54, and the cue sheet creating device 4 is provided in the internal storage means (not shown) provided therein.
The cue sheet information created in 2 is taken in via an internal wiring cable or communication network line. The program sending device 54 creates a final program sending schedule table with reference to the information on the cue sheet.

A control program for controlling the transmission order of the music broadcasts according to the program transmission schedule based on the operation signal from the mixer 20 is stored in the corresponding memory means (described later) of the program transmission device 54, and the corresponding music is stored. When specified, the information is read from the sound source server 50, and is on-aired from the terminal 56 derived from the program transmitting device 54 side.

The information accumulated in the sound source server 44 includes, as described above, the music for broadcasting, its accompanying information, the music compressed for listening, various sound effects and the like.

As the sound source server 44 used when creating the cue sheet, a music piece and its associated information linked to each other and stored in the same storage device are used. Therefore, a large-capacity recording device (hard disk device or the like) is used as a storage unit of the sound source server 44.

The sound source server 44 stores tens of thousands of pieces of music. The additional information related to music and the like includes the title of the music, the sending time, the playing time of the music, and the like. When the music and the attached information are linked and recorded, the music recording information indicating that the music is recorded is also included.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the hardware structure of the cue sheet creating device 42. In addition to having a cue sheet creating function, the creating device 42 has a creating function for a broadcast history table based on broadcast program information.

Since the cue sheet creating device 42 is a computer-based process, as shown in FIG. 2, the CPU 82, which is the key to performing various processing operations, and the cue sheet, which is a temporary version of the program transmission schedule table, are displayed. A memory means (for example, ROM) 84 in which a processing program for creating is stored, and a working memory means (for example, RAM) 86 used when creating the cue sheet are provided. An interface 8 for communicating with the broadcasting studio 10 and the outside via a LAN or the like.
8 is connected.

Further, according to the present invention, a screen display unit 60 using a liquid crystal or the like is provided for performing the cue sheet creation process through the screen, and in connection therewith, a keyboard 62 or a mouse for performing external input is provided. The external input means 64, etc. are also connected to the bus.

FIG. 3 shows a screen display example used when creating a cue sheet. The display screen is roughly divided into two, and the following contents are displayed in the upper area of the screen. The information (data) to be input to the display screen can be input by the operator himself as well as the information (library search information) obtained by searching the sound source server 44.

First, the title column (TITLE) 70 shows the title (song name) of the song, the SPONSOR column 71 shows the sponsor name that provides the program, and the performer column 73 appears in the program broadcast. All the performers including the guest who will be displayed are displayed.

In the director (DIRECTOR) column 74 and the producer (PODUCER) column 75, the director in charge of the program and the producer's name in some cases are displayed. The above is a display example of typical bibliographic information, which is usually manually input.

Next, the broadcasting date and time are entered in the broadcasting date column 76, and the broadcasting time (hours and minutes) of that day is entered in the broadcasting time column 77, respectively. And in connection with this, the contents of the list display field 80 displayed at the bottom of the screen are actually broadcast (ON
Columns 78 and 79 are provided to indicate whether (AIR) has been performed or not (OFF AIR).

That is, in the case of OFF AIR, it is the information of the cue sheet which is a temporary version of the program transmission schedule table, and in the case of ON AIR, the program information transmitted from the program transmission device 54 after being actually broadcast. (Transmission log), the broadcast history table is created by directly following the screen configuration of the cue sheet. Therefore, FIG. 3 shows the contents of the cue sheet table itself or the contents of the broadcast history table.

Note that the cue sheet information is sent to the program sending device 5
When the data is sent to No. 4, the information (library information or input information) already entered from this cue sheet field disappears and becomes a blank field, but when the broadcasting is started, the bibliographic information is sent to the cue sheet creation device 42. Therefore, the information corresponding to the bibliographical column is pasted (inserted and displayed) and the information corresponding to the list display column 80 is pasted every time music or the like is broadcast, as will be described later.

In the list display field 80, a list of songs to be broadcast in the program is displayed. This list display field 80 is 7
It is made up of two columns, but in reality there are more.
I omit it for convenience of explanation.

The title of the song is displayed in the content column 80a, the artist of the song is displayed in the artist column 80b, and the identification number of the master (CD, MD, etc.) in which the song is stored in the media type column 80c. Is displayed. The information attached to the sound source server 44 is used as the above information.

The special effect display (AUDIO MODE) column 80d is
Apply fader (fade-in FI, fade-out FO) or cut (cut-in CI,
This is a field for designating whether to make a cutout CO). FI,
It is displayed by an abbreviation such as CI. The SP column 80e is a column for displaying whether or not the program is provided by the sponsor. When the sponsor is involved, the column is displayed in a specific color.

The timing (TIMING) column 80f is a column showing the broadcast time. Therefore, in the OFF AIR state, it is a display column for the scheduled time to be broadcast, and in the ON AIR state, it is a display column for the broadcast time.

The link column 80g is a column for identifying whether or not the music is already recorded in the tone generator server 44, and when recorded, a music recording mark 81 which is music recording information is displayed. In the embodiment, quarter notes are used as the music recording mark 81.

By clicking the column marked with the music recording mark 81, the corresponding music can be listened to. At this time, the compressed listening music is used, but of course, the broadcasting music itself can be read and listened to.

Below the list display field 80 is a function key field 90. As a typical example, the auxiliary information registration key 90 for the list display field 80 and the like.
a, a cue sheet information confirmation key 90b, a data transmission key 90c for transferring the confirmed cue sheet information, and the like. When the cue sheet information is confirmed, the cue sheet creating process ends, and then the data transmission key 90c
Is used to send the information to the broadcast studio 10 or the like.

The screen display example shown in FIG. 3 is an example.
Actually, in addition to this, for example, in the list display field 80
A column for displaying the label name of the master such as D is provided, but it is omitted for convenience of drawing.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the hardware structure of the program transmission device 54. Since the program sending device 54 is a process by a computer, it is almost the same as the cue sheet creating device 42 shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 4, this program sending device 54
Is a CPU 82, which is a key for performing various processing operations.
, And a memory means (for example, RO for storing a processing program for creating a program transmission schedule table).
M) 84 and working memory means (for example, RAM) 86 used when creating a program transmission schedule table are provided. Then, in order to communicate with the outside, an interface 88 with the sound source server 50 and the output control unit 52, an interface 90 for transmitting a broadcast program, and an interface 92 for connecting a LAN for mutual communication with the cue sheet creating device 42 and the like. Etc. are connected to the bus.

Further, in the present invention, a touch panel type screen display unit 60 is prepared, and external input means such as a keyboard 62 and a mouse for performing external input are also connected to the bus.

FIG. 5 is an example of a screen display used when creating a program transmission schedule table. The display screen is large 2
In this example, the screen configuration is such that two channels can be transmitted simultaneously. A list display section 64 is provided at the center of the upper part of the screen, and in this example, the title of music such as music in the program transmission schedule table transferred from the cue sheet creation device 42 is displayed.

The lower part of the screen is a transmission key group 6 for two channels.
6 (66A, 66B) are arranged. Send key group 66 is 2
Channels are displayed, and in this example, each is composed of 12 send keys 70 (70A, 70B, 70C, ...). Also, the respective sending key groups 66A, 66
B has broadcast mode (ON AIR) and listening mode (AU).
Keys 68A and 68B for selecting (DITION) are provided. The mode switches each time the key is pressed.

On the left and right display portions 69A and 69B at the top of the screen, attached information regarding the music selected in the list display portion 64 is displayed. For example, starting from the broadcast time, the artist name of the song, a facial photograph, a standby song, etc. are displayed.

Now, in such a screen configuration, for example, a specific music (for example, music A) in the list display section 64 is displayed.
When selecting "" and confirming this as music for broadcasting, the song A is pasted to a specific send key, for example, 70A provided in the first send key group 66A, for example. For pasting, for example, a drag-and-drop process of dragging the column of the music A and dropping it on the send key 70A is performed. By this processing, the title of the music A can be pasted on the transmission key 70A. When pasted, the title of the music A is the transmission key 70A as shown in FIG.
Is displayed in.

As shown in FIG. 6, the sending key 70A further displays the sending time and the elapsed time under the title. When the send key 70A to which the title of the music is pasted is selected (touch operation), the display color of the send key 70A is changed from, for example, sky blue to red. This makes it easy to visually confirm which title of music is being broadcast.

Here, there are times when it is desired to listen to what is actually broadcast. In such a case, as shown in FIG. 5, the selection key 68 is touched to switch to the listening mode (AUDITION mode). In this embodiment, in the hearing mode, the same touch key can be used so that the sending key also functions as the hearing key.

Even in the case of listening, sometimes the whole of the song is listened to, sometimes only the touch of the beginning part is listened to, or only the end (the end part) of the song is desired to be listened to. There are cases.

Since the send key 70 is a touch key, it is displayed in a size that can cover the size of a finger. At least the three listening modes described above must be realized using the send key 70 of this size. Moreover, in order not to change the specifications such as the design change of the display screen, it is necessary to realize the three listening modes with only one send key 70. Therefore, this embodiment is realized by adopting the following means.

First, as shown in FIG. 7, the touch area of the send key (touch key) 70 is divided into left and right in this example.
Therefore, a touch switch (not shown) is provided in each area. Then, it is classified into a first touch that is touched and immediately released, and a second and third touch that is dragged while being touched in either the left or right direction from the touched position.

In the first touch, as shown in FIG. 5A, the touch position on the send key 70 is not questioned, but it is determined whether or not the touch key is immediately released. When the player touches and immediately leaves, it is determined to be the listening mode (all listening mode) for listening to all the music. At this time, when the touch operation is valid, the display color of the send key 70 is changed. For example, when the original display color is, for example, sky blue, it is changed to, for example, yellow to confirm the touch, and when the transition to the listening mode is confirmed next, yellow is changed to, for example, red. By changing the display color, it is found that the touch operation is effective, and it becomes easy to confirm the mode transition.

In the second touch, the touched position is the left half KL as shown in FIG. 5B, the touched position is determined, and the finger is moved to the right while being touched from the touched position. Determine whether or not it has been released. When each touch switch confirms that you have touched the left side and dragged to the right,
It is judged to be the partial listening mode in which only the beginning of the music is listened.

In this partial listening mode, the music is reproduced from the beginning portion for a few seconds, for example. The music used for the audition is compressed music data stored in the sound source server 50. Of course, the music data (non-compressed data) used for broadcasting may be used for listening.

At this time, when the touch operation and the drag operation of the send-out key 70 are effective, the display color of the send-out key 70 is changed (switched) so that the operation can be visually recognized. When the touch operation is valid, it changes from sky blue to yellow, and when the drag operation is valid, it becomes purple during the drag operation. When the drag is completed and the finger is separated from the send key 70, the display color changes to red, Transition to partial listening mode. With this, the transition to the partial hearing mode can be surely confirmed visually.

In the third touch, the touched position is the right half KR (see FIG. 4) as shown in FIG. 5C, and the touched position is discriminated and the finger is moved leftward from the touched position while being touched. Determine if a drag has been made. When it is confirmed that the right side is touched and dragged in the left direction, it is determined to be the partial listening mode in which only the end portion of the music is listened. In this partial listening mode, songs from the end to a few seconds before are played back. And in this case also, in the sense of confirming the touch operation and the drag operation,
The display color of the send key 70 changes. With this, the transition to the partial listening mode can be visually confirmed.

Touch processing other than this is invalidated as an abnormal key touch. For example, if you drag and the direction is up or down, or if you stop dragging in the middle,
In any of these cases, it is determined that the key touch is abnormal, and in this embodiment, the hearing mode is terminated and a transition is made to the first mode selection process.

The audition described above can be performed not only for music but for all sound effects and narration.

FIG. 9 and subsequent flowcharts are flowcharts showing the processing procedure for explaining the embodiment of the broadcast history creating method according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 shows an example of processing on the program transmission device 54 side. When the processing program for program transmission is activated, a program transmission schedule table as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the screen ( Steps 101 and 102). Next, a line connection process with the cue sheet creation device 42 is performed, and when the line connection is completed, a transfer instruction of the cue sheet information is issued (step 103).

When the program sending processing program is started in advance, the cue sheet creating device 42 sends the cue sheet information and sends it to the program sending device 54.
You can also save it on your side.

Next, the information of the provisional version (provisional table) of the program transmission schedule table received from the cue sheet creating device 42 is temporarily stored (step 104), and the line disconnection process is performed at the stage where all the information is stored (step 104). 105)
The information of the received cue sheet is inserted (pasted) into the corresponding area on the screen and displayed (step 106).

After the display process is completed, the hearing process is executed (step 107), and when a part of the display information is corrected or changed as a result of the hearing process, the correction / change process of the sending time and the like is performed. Furthermore, a series of correction processes such as the replacement process of the selected music proceeds while repeating the listening process (steps 108, 109, 107).

When this listening and correction process is completed, the program transmission schedule table to be actually broadcast is completed, so this final version is stored as the program transmission schedule table (step 110). When the broadcast starts, music, sound effects, and narration used in the music broadcast are automatically transmitted according to the program transmission schedule table (step 111).

With the start of the broadcast, the line connection processing with the cue sheet creating device 42 is performed again (step 11).
2) The transmission time (broadcast time) and the contents of the broadcast attribute information regarding the broadcasted music broadcast are transferred to the creating device 42 side (step 113). The information to be transferred includes almost all items of the transmission information transmitted from the creating device 42 side. However, the broadcast time, music, etc. are the actual broadcast times,
Since the music is used, the information content itself may be different.

Information transmission to the creating device 42 is carried out until the end of the broadcast (steps 114 and 110), and the line disconnection process is carried out at the same time as the end of the broadcast (step 115). The line connection process in step 112 can be performed only when the information to be transferred is generated.

FIG. 10 is a flow chart showing an embodiment of a procedure for creating a cue sheet or the like on the side of the cue sheet creating apparatus 42.

First, the processing program for creating a cue sheet or the like is activated, and while the search processing of the sound source server 44 or the like is performed, the creation processing of the cue sheet, which is a provisional version of the program transmission schedule, is performed (steps 121 and 12).
2). Then, the created cue sheet information is saved (step 123).

Next, after confirming the line connection processing on the program transmitting device 54 side, in this example, necessary information (from the stored cue sheet information (based on the instruction from the program transmitting device 54 side) (Data) is transferred to the program transmitting device 54 side (step 124). Most of the information to be transferred is the display information of FIG. 3, and in this embodiment, by transferring the displayed information, the fields of the items shown in FIG. 3 are blank and the display is “ON AIR”. Can be switched.

When the transfer information is completed, the fact that the transfer information is completed is transferred to the program transmitting device 54 side, and then the mode is changed to the data reception standby mode from the program transmitting device 54 side (step 12).
6). When information is received in the data reception standby mode, the process of pasting the received information to the corresponding item column of the cue sheet is performed, and when all the information is received and the pasting process for the column of the corresponding item is completed, This is saved as broadcast history information. That is, the broadcast history table is completed (step 127).

Here, in order to reflect the broadcast history, for example, the time column 80f displays the time of the actual broadcast, and the content column 80a displays the music used for the broadcast. In the content column 80a, not only the music used but also "narration" is displayed in the case of narration, and "sound effect" is displayed in the case of sound effect.

By thus creating the broadcast history table by following the screen display configuration of the cue sheet as it is, the broadcast history information can be easily created. Since the processing programs are almost the same, the processing load on the CPU 82 in the creating device 42 is reduced.

The broadcast history information stored on the creating device 42 side can be searched and displayed at an arbitrary timing, and can also be disclosed to a third party. In that case, W
It is convenient to use the eb site.

FIG. 10 shows an example of processing in this case. Since steps 121 to 127 are the same as the processing steps in FIG. 9, a description thereof will be omitted, but in this embodiment, the saved broadcast history information is transferred to the website (step 127). Website is so-called i-mode
Since it can be easily browsed and searched by (R) or an internet browser, a third party such as a general listener can easily browse the contents. As a result, of the contents that have been broadcast in the past, you can browse the contents that you want to know (such as the song title and artist name) and utilize the broadcast history information. Browsing can be paid or free.

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As described above, in the broadcast history creating method according to the present invention, the cue sheet transmitted from the cue sheet creating apparatus has a screen display section and external input means for receiving an input from the user. Information on the screen display section, and at the same time, the cue sheet information is corrected based on the information input to the external input means to create a confirmed program transmission schedule table, and based on the created program transmission schedule table. Music used for music broadcasting, sound effects,
While transmitting narration, between the start and end of program broadcasting, music, sound effects, time when narration is sent, and broadcast attribute information relating to the sent music, sound effects, and narration are stored in a cue sheet creating apparatus. The broadcast history table is created by reflecting the transmitted time and broadcast attribute information on the information of the cue sheet.

Further, the program sending system according to the present invention has a cue sheet creating apparatus and a program sending apparatus each having an external input means and a screen display section. In the program sending apparatus, the cue sent from the cue sheet creating apparatus is provided. A process of creating a program transmission schedule table based on the sheet information and information from an external input means, and a process of transmitting music, sound effects, and narration to be used for music broadcasting based on the created program transmission schedule table In addition, during the period from the start to the end of the broadcast of the program, the process of transferring the music, the sound effect, the time when the narration was sent and the broadcast attribute information relating to the sent music, the sound effect, and the narration to the cue sheet creating device, In the cue sheet creation device, in addition to the cue sheet creation process, In which processing for creating a table broadcast history to reflect the transmission attribute information to the information of the cue sheet has to be made.

According to this, the cue sheet, which is a temporary version of the program transmission schedule table, is created, and the broadcast history table is created by referring to the cue sheet based on the broadcast result information. Therefore, the broadcast history table is created. Is easy and easy. In addition, manual input work is reduced, and work mistakes can be reduced accordingly. The broadcast history information can be created based on the cue sheet, and the creation of the broadcast history information can be automated, which is convenient and can be provided to a third party, so that the utility value of the broadcast history information can be increased.

Therefore, the broadcast history creating method and the program transmission system according to the present invention are extremely suitable for application to a program transmission system such as a mini broadcasting station such as a DJ studio as described above.

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FIG. 1 is a system diagram of a main part showing an embodiment of a program transmission system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a system diagram of essential parts showing an embodiment of a cue sheet creating apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display example of a creation screen for a cue sheet or the like.

FIG. 4 is a system diagram of essential parts showing an embodiment of a program transmission device according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a screen display example of a program transmission schedule based on cue sheet information (No. 1).

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a screen display example of a program transmission schedule based on cue sheet information (No. 2).

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a transmission key.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a relationship between a transmission key and a listening mode.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of processing on the program transmission device side.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a processing example on the cue sheet creating apparatus side (part 1).

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a processing example on the cue sheet creation device side (part 2).

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a program transmission schedule table.

FIG. 13 is a system diagram of a program transmission device.

[Explanation of symbols] 10 DJ Studio 14 Mixer 42 Cue sheet creation device 44,50 sound source server 52 Output control unit 54 Program sending device 60 display screen Display column for 78 ON AIR 79 OFF AIR display column 80 List display column 81 Music recording mark

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[Claims] 1. A cue sheet creating step for creating a cue sheet, which is a provisional version of a program sending schedule for music and the like, and receiving the information indicating the broadcasting result of a program sending schedule table determined based on the cue sheet, and receiving the information. A method of creating a cue sheet or the like, which comprises a broadcast history creating step of creating a broadcast history table by pasting on the cue sheet. 2. The broadcast history creating step includes a step of transmitting the cue sheet information, a step of receiving broadcast attribute information such as music broadcasted based on the program transmission schedule table, and the broadcast attribute information. The method for creating a cue sheet or the like according to claim 1, further comprising the step of inserting each item into the cue sheet to create a broadcast history table. 3. The cue sheet creating device according to claim 2, wherein the cue sheet information is transmitted to a program sending device. 4. A cue sheet creating means that is a provisional version of a program sending schedule for music and the like, and a broadcast history creating means that creates a broadcast history table from the broadcast results of the program sending schedule table determined based on the cue sheet. A device for producing a cue sheet or the like, which comprises 5. The cue sheet creating device according to claim 4, wherein the cue sheet is also used as the broadcast history table. 6. A cue sheet creating device and a program sending device provided in a broadcasting studio, wherein the cue sheet creating device and the program sending device are mutually connected by a communication line, and A temporary version of the program transmission schedule table is created by the cue sheet creation device, and a fixed version of the program transmission schedule table is created by the program transmission device based on the information of the cue sheet. A program sending system in which broadcast attribute information such as music sent based on a table is supplied to the cue sheet creating device via the communication line to create a broadcast history table.