JP2004220679A - Reproducing device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily select a desired screen by a simple operation while a moving image is reproduced. <P>SOLUTION: When there is a first instruction during the reproducing of a moving image, slow reproduction is automatically started from the position of a predetermined period before a position corresponding to the first instruction. When there is a second instruction during slow reproduction, a screen corresponding to the second instruction is extracted as a still image. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a playback apparatus, and more particularly, to control of a moving image playback operation.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a video printer that selects and prints one screen from a moving image reproduced by a VTR or the like is known.
[0003]
When printing is performed using such a video printer, the user operates the VTR to reproduce a moving image, and confirms the reproduced moving image and reproduces the moving image when a desired screen is reproduced. It pauses and sends a still image signal to the printer via a cable or the like to print.
[0004]
A video printer system of this type is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-245179.
[0005]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-6-245179
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, as described above, it is difficult to pause on a desired screen while checking a moving image, and usually, operations such as rewinding, fast-forwarding, playing, and pausing are repeated to search for a desired screen. Must choose.
[0007]
Such an operation is a very difficult operation for a user unfamiliar with the machine operation, and it takes a very long time to select a desired screen.
[0008]
An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem.
[0009]
Another object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily select a desired screen by a simple operation while reproducing a moving image.
[0010]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-described problems, in the present invention, a reproducing unit for reproducing a moving image signal from a recording medium, an instruction unit, and the instruction unit according to the instruction by the instruction unit during reproduction of the moving image signal. And control means for controlling the reproducing means so as to reproduce the moving image signal at a speed lower than the normal reproduction speed than the second screen before a predetermined period of the first screen corresponding to the first screen.
[0011]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described.
[0012]
In the present embodiment, a case will be described in which the present invention is applied to a system for printing a desired screen by connecting a video camera and a video printer with a cable or the like.
[0013]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a video camera 100 to which the present invention is applied.
[0014]
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 101 denotes an imaging unit, and 102, a microphone unit, which outputs a moving image signal and an audio signal, respectively. An encoding processing unit 103 encodes a moving image signal from the imaging unit 101 and an audio signal from the microphone 102 in a shooting mode, and decodes a reproduced image signal and an audio signal in a reproduction mode. A display control unit 104 outputs an image signal to the display panel 105. A display panel 105 uses a liquid crystal display device in this embodiment.
[0015]
Reference numeral 106 denotes a data bus, and 107 denotes a RAM, which is used for encoding, decoding, and the like by the encoding processing unit 103. A disk I / F 107 records and reproduces image data and audio data on the disk D. In this embodiment, a magneto-optical disk such as a DVD is used as the disk D. An external I / F 108 transmits and receives various digital data in addition to image data to and from a connected device in the present embodiment. In this embodiment, data is transmitted and received in the IEEE 1394 format, and is connected to a video printer via a cable as described later.
[0016]
109 is a control bus, 110 is a ROM, and 111 is a RAM. The ROM 110 stores various data such as a control program used by a microcomputer in the control unit 112. Reference numeral 111 is used for processing of the control unit 112. A control unit 112 controls the operation of each unit of the video camera 100 according to an instruction from the operation switch 113. An operation unit 113 has various switches such as a start / stop trigger of moving image shooting, a playback / fast-forward / rewind key, and a mode switch for switching between a shooting mode and a playback mode. Reference numeral 114 denotes a television signal processing unit which outputs an image and an audio signal output from the encoding processing unit to an external device such as an external television monitor, and inputs an image and an audio signal from an external video camera or the like. .
[0017]
Next, a printing system using the video camera 100 of FIG. 1 will be described.
[0018]
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a printing system to which the present invention is applied. In FIG. 2, the television signal processing unit 114 of the video camera 100 and the monitor M are connected by a cable C1, and the digital I / F 108 of the video camera 100 and the digital I / F 201 of the printer 200 are connected by a cable C2.
[0019]
Then, the moving image signal reproduced from the disk D is output to the monitor M for display, and one screen in the reproduced moving image signal is output to the printer 200 as a still image signal.
[0020]
The printer 200 has a well-known print function, and prints an image according to an image signal sent from the video camera 100. The printer 200 has a digital I / F 201 having the same function as the digital I / F 114 of the video camera 100, and outputs a control signal corresponding to the operation of the direct print key 203 to the video camera 100 as described later. At the same time, an image signal output from the video camera 100 is input. An operation switch 202 includes various switches such as a power switch in addition to the direct print key 203.
[0021]
Next, the operation of the direct print function for selecting and printing a desired screen in a moving image signal reproduced from the disk D in the system of FIG. 2 will be described.
[0022]
When performing direct printing, the user first operates the operation unit 114 in FIG. 1 to instruct reproduction of a moving image signal from the disk D. The control unit 112 controls the disk I / F 107 according to the reproduction instruction, and reproduces a moving image signal recorded on the disk D. The encoding processing unit 103 decodes the moving image signal reproduced by the disk I / F 107 in response to a reproduction start instruction from the control unit 112, and outputs the decoded video signal to the monitor M via the television signal processing unit 114.
[0023]
In this state, the user operates the direct print key 203 of the printer 200 at a desired screen playback timing while viewing the playback image displayed on the monitor M. When the direct print key 203 is operated, a command indicating a direct print request is output from the digital I / F 201 to the digital I / F 108 of the video camera 100.
[0024]
Upon receiving the direct print request, the digital I / F 109 of the video camera 100 outputs the request to the control unit 113 via the control bus 110. When the control unit 113 receives the direct print request during the reproduction of the moving image signal, the control unit 113 stores the current reproduction position of the moving image signal in the RAM 111, and a predetermined period (the number of frames) from the current reproduction position, for example, in this embodiment. The disk I / F 107 is controlled so that the moving image signal is reproduced at a speed lower than the normal reproduction speed from the position about 10 seconds before.
[0025]
In the present embodiment, a time code added to the reproduced moving image signal is detected, and this time code is used as reproduction position information.
[0026]
In response to a control signal from the control unit 112, the disk I / F 107 reproduces a moving image signal at a speed lower than the normal reproduction speed from a position a predetermined period before the current reproduction position. The encoding processing unit 103 decodes the moving image signal reproduced at such a low speed and outputs it to the monitor M via the television signal processing unit 114. As a result, a moving image signal that is slow-reproduced is displayed on the monitor M from a screen that is a predetermined period before the time when the user operates the direct print key 203.
[0027]
When the user operates the direct print key 203 again while checking the slow-moving moving image, the digital I / F 201 outputs a frame determination command.
[0028]
The digital I / F 114 of the video camera 100 receives the frame determination command and outputs it to the control unit 112. When a frame determination command is input during slow playback, the control unit 112 causes the disk I / F 108 to store the image signal of the screen being played back at the time the frame determination command is input in the RAM 107 as a print candidate still image signal. Control. The disk I / F reproduces the image signal of the designated screen from the disk D in accordance with the instruction from the control unit 112 and stores it in the RAM 107. Then, the digital I / F 110 outputs the image signal of one screen stored in the RAM 107 to the printer 200 as a still image signal of a print candidate.
[0029]
The encoding processing unit 103 repeatedly outputs the image signal of the screen stored in the RAM 107 from the television signal processing unit 115 until the transmission of the still image signal of the print candidate from the digital I / F 110 is completed, thereby reproducing the image. Put into the paused state.
[0030]
In this embodiment, the moving image signal is encoded and recorded according to the MPEG system. In the MPEG system, an image signal is encoded by combining intra-frame encoding processing and inter-frame encoding processing. The inter-frame encoding processing encodes difference data between the image signal of the reference frame and its own frame. Therefore, it cannot be decrypted by itself. Therefore, in this embodiment, when the screen designated as a print candidate is an inter-frame coded screen, the image signal of the intra-frame coded screen closest to this screen is selected as a print candidate image signal. Is playing.
[0031]
The printer 200 receives the still image signal of the print candidate transmitted from the video camera 100 as a result of the above operation, decodes the still image signal, and prints.
[0032]
The above situation will be described with reference to FIG.
[0033]
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a state of an image reproduced in the direct print processing.
[0034]
Reference numeral 301 denotes a moving image reproduced from the disk D, which is reproduced in the direction of the arrow 302. When the direct print key 203 is operated at the timing of 303 during the reproduction of the moving image 301 and a direct print request is received, a speed lower than the normal reproduction speed from the position 304 that is a predetermined period F before the position corresponding to the 303. To play the moving image.
[0035]
Then, as indicated by reference numerals 305 to 309, each frame in this period F is played back in slow motion.
[0036]
Here, when the direct print key 203 is not operated during the slow reproduction period and reproduction to the position corresponding to 303 is completed, the control unit 112 controls the disk I / F 108 to repeat the slow reproduction again from the position 304. .
[0037]
FIG. 42 shows the operation timing of the printer 200 and the video camera 100 as described above.
[0038]
When the direct print key 203 of the printer 200 is operated at 401 during reproduction of a moving image by the video camera 100, a direct print request 402 is output to the video camera 100. After outputting the response 403 to the direct print request 402 to the printer 200, the video camera 100 starts slow reproduction 404 from a position a predetermined period before the time when the direct print request is issued. Thereafter, when the direct print key 203 is operated at 405, a frame selection request 406 is output to the video camera 100. In the video camera 100, the image signal 408 of the screen being reproduced at the time of receiving the frame selection request 406 is transmitted from the digital I / F 110 to the printer 200, and the reproduced screen is temporarily stopped during the period 409. Then, when receiving a reply 410 of the completion of the reception of the still image signal from the printer 200, the process ends.
[0039]
As described above, according to the present embodiment, when a direct print request is received during the playback of a moving image, the video camera automatically performs slow playback from the screen a predetermined period before the time of the request, so that the user can perform complicated operations. It is possible to select a desired screen from a moving image without performing the above operation.
[0040]
Further, in this case, a desired screen can be selected only by a very simple operation such as operation of the direct print key, so that even a user who is not operated by the video camera can easily utilize the direct print function.
[0041]
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
[0042]
Also in this embodiment, the configuration of the video camera is the same as the configuration shown in FIG. A print system using the video camera 100 has a configuration shown in FIG.
[0043]
The printing system of FIG. 5 is almost the same as the system of FIG. 2, except that an enter key 204 is added to the printer 200.
[0044]
In the first embodiment, slow playback is performed from a screen that is a predetermined period before the position designated according to the operation of the direct print key, but a desired screen is selected while confirming the reproduced moving image. In order to do so, playback must be performed at a very slow speed, and even if playback is started from a screen several seconds before, it may take a considerable amount of time.
[0045]
Thus, in the present embodiment, the slow reproduction is started from the screen before a predetermined period from the designated position in the same manner, but the slow reproduction from the screen before the predetermined period is repeatedly performed, and the reproduction speed is gradually increased. The structure is such that the return period is gradually shortened while being delayed.
[0046]
In this embodiment, the table shown in FIG. 6 is stored in the ROM 111 of FIG.
[0047]
In FIG. 6, reference numeral 601 denotes a playback speed when performing slow playback after returning to the screen before the position designated by the direct print key 203, and 602 denotes a period (frame number) to return from the designated position. ). The reproduction speed S is the fastest in S1, gradually decreases in the order of S2 and S3, and the maximum speed is Smax. In the reproduction range F, the value of F1 is the largest. In other words, the period for returning from the designated screen is the longest, and gradually becomes shorter in the order of F2 and F3, and Fmax is the shortest.
[0048]
Next, the direct print processing by the system of FIG. 5 will be described.
[0049]
When performing direct printing, the user first operates the operation unit 114 in FIG. 1 to instruct reproduction of a moving image signal from the disk D. The control unit 113 controls the disk I / F 108 according to the reproduction instruction, and reproduces a moving image signal recorded on the disk D. The encoding processing unit 103 decodes the moving image signal reproduced by the disk I / F 108 in response to a reproduction start instruction from the control unit 113, and outputs the decoded moving image signal to the monitor M via the television signal processing unit 115.
[0050]
In this state, the user operates the direct print key 203 of the printer 200 at a desired screen playback timing while viewing the playback image displayed on the monitor M. When the direct print key 203 is operated, a command indicating a direct print request is output from the digital I / F 201 to the digital I / F 109 of the video camera 100.
[0051]
The control operation of the control unit 115 in response to a direct print request by the direct print key 203 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
[0052]
Upon receiving the direct print request, first, the internal variable i is reset to 0 (step S701), and from the table shown in FIG. 6, the number Fi of frames to be returned from the screen where the direct print request was made, here F0 and its The reproduction speed Si for performing slow reproduction from the position, here, the value of S0 is detected and read from the ROM 111 (step S702).
[0053]
Then, the disk I / F 108 is controlled so that the reproduction is started at the reproduction speed Si from the screen preceding the screen for which the direct print request is requested by the number of frames Fi (step S703). When the direct print key 203 of the printer 200 is operated after the slow reproduction is started, a re-search request is output from the printer 200, and it is detected whether or not the re-search request is made (step S704).
[0054]
If there is no re-search request, it is determined whether or not there is a determination request by operating the printer 204 (step S705). Here, when there is a frame determination request, the reproduction screen at the time of the frame determination request is sent to the printer 200 from the digital I / F 107 as a still image signal.
[0055]
If there is a re-search request during slow playback in step S704, i is increased by 1 (step S707). Then, it is detected whether or not the value of i exceeds the maximum value max in the table of FIG. 6, and if not, the process returns to step S702 to read the next value of the current Si and Fi in the table of FIG. The slow reproduction is repeated (step S708). If the value of i exceeds max, it is determined that the reproduction has been repeatedly performed until the reproduction speed Smax and the reproduction range Fmax described at the bottom of the table in FIG. 6 are reached, and the process returns to step S701 and returns to i. Is reset to 0.
[0056]
If the frame determination command is not input during the slow playback in step S705, the playback image becomes a screen for which a direct print request has been received, and it is determined whether or not playback has been completed to the end of the search range, and the search range ends. If not, the process returns to step S704 (step S709). When the search range ends, the process returns to step S702, and the process is repeated with the same Si and Fi as the current one.
[0057]
After operating the direct print key 203 as described above, the printer 200 performs print processing based on the image signal transmitted from the video camera 100 in response to the operation of the enter key 204.
[0058]
As described above, according to the present embodiment, when there is a direct print request, the display returns from the playback screen at the time of the direct print request to the screen before a predetermined period, and performs slow playback. In response to the operation of the direct print key, the playback speed is gradually reduced and the slow playback is repeatedly performed, so that the desired screen can be determined when the playback speed reaches a speed at which the user can recognize the playback screen. Thus, it is possible to reliably select a desired screen in a short time.
[0059]
In addition, when performing slow playback repeatedly, the period for returning from the time of the direct print request is gradually shortened, so that a desired screen can be selected in a short time.
[0060]
In this embodiment, as shown in the flow of FIG. 7, the slow playback is repeated until the enter key is operated. For example, if the value of i exceeds max in step S708, the automatic playback is performed. It is also possible to end the processing in a targeted manner, or the processing may be ended when the processing until the value of i becomes max a predetermined number of times is repeated. Further, the processing may be terminated when the processing is repeated a predetermined number of times at the same reproduction speed.
[0061]
In the first and second embodiments, processing is performed in response to a direct print request and a frame determination request from the printer 200. However, the video camera 100 performs such a direct print request operation and a frame determination operation. May be.
[0062]
Next, a third embodiment will be described.
[0063]
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration of a video camera 800 to which the present invention is applied.
[0064]
In FIG. 8, reference numeral 801 denotes an imaging unit, and 802, a microphone unit, which output a moving image signal and an audio signal, respectively. An encoding processing unit 803 encodes the moving image signal from the imaging unit 801 and the audio signal from the microphone 802 in the shooting mode, and decodes the reproduced image signal and audio signal in the reproduction mode. In the present embodiment, the encoding processing unit 803 performs encoding and decoding according to the DV format, which is the format of a consumer digital VTR. A display control unit 804 outputs an image signal to the display panel 805. A display panel 805 uses a liquid crystal display device in this embodiment mode.
[0065]
Reference numeral 806 denotes a data bus, and 807 denotes a RAM, which are used in encoding and decoding processing by the encoding processing unit 803. A recording / reproducing unit 808 records / reproduces the encoded image and audio signals on / from the magnetic tape T using a rotary head. An external I / F 809 transmits and receives various digital data in addition to image data to a connected device in the present embodiment. In this embodiment, data is transmitted and received in the IEEE 1394 format, and is connected to a video printer via a cable as described later.
[0066]
810 is a control bus, 811 is a ROM, and 812 is a RAM. The ROM 811 stores various data such as a control program used by a microcomputer in the control unit 813. Reference numeral 812 is used for processing of the control unit 113. A control unit 813 controls the operation of each unit of the video camera 800 according to an instruction from the operation unit 814. Reference numeral 814 denotes an operation unit, which is a start / stop trigger of moving image shooting, a playback / fast forward / rewind key, a mode switch for switching between a shooting mode and a playback mode, and a moving image played back from the tape T as described later. And various switches, such as an enter key for selecting a desired screen and storing it as a still image in the memory card M. Reference numeral 815 denotes a television signal processing unit which outputs images and audio signals output from the encoding processing unit to an external device such as an external television monitor, and inputs images and audio signals from an external video camera or the like. .
[0067]
A memory card I / F 816 records and reproduces a still image signal on the memory card M. In this embodiment, the memory card I / F 816 has a function of encoding and decoding a still image signal according to the JPEG standard.
[0068]
In such a video camera 800, first, the moving image shooting and the moving image reproduction processing will be described.
[0069]
When a shooting mode is selected by a mode switch of the operation unit 814 and an instruction to start moving image recording is given, the encoding processing unit 803 encodes a moving image signal from the imaging unit 801 and an audio signal from the microphone 802, respectively, and To the recording / reproducing unit 808 via the. The recording / reproducing unit 808 converts the encoded moving image signal and audio signal into a form suitable for recording, and records it on the magnetic tape T.
[0070]
When a reproduction mode is selected by a mode switch of the operation unit 814 and an instruction to start reproduction is issued, the control unit 813 controls the recording / reproduction unit 808 to reproduce a moving image signal and an audio signal from the tape T. The encoding processing unit 803 decodes the reproduced moving image signal and audio signal, outputs the decoded moving image signal to the display control unit 804, and outputs the moving image signal and the audio signal from the television signal processing unit 815. The display control unit 804 displays the reproduced moving image on the display panel 805.
[0071]
Next, still image shooting and still image reproduction processing for the memory card M will be described.
[0072]
When the still image shooting mode for the memory card M is set by the mode switch of the operation unit 814, the encoding processing unit 803 outputs a moving image signal from the imaging unit 801 to the display control unit 804, and the display control unit 804 A moving image from the imaging unit 801 is displayed on the display panel 805. Thereafter, when there is a trigger operation for still image shooting, the control unit 813 stores the image signal of one screen input to the encoding processing unit 803 at that time in the RAM 807. Then, the memory card I / F 816 is controlled, and the image signal of one screen stored in the RAM 807 is encoded according to JPEG and recorded on the memory card M.
[0073]
When the playback mode from the memory card M is set by the mode switch, the control unit 813 controls the memory card I / F 816 to select one of the still image signals recorded on the memory card M. After that, the data is decoded and written into the RAM 807. Then, the control unit 813 controls the encoding processing unit 803 to read out the still image signal recorded in the RAM 087 and outputs it to the display control unit 804. The display control unit 804 displays the still image on the display panel 805.
[0074]
Next, an operation in the case where one screen of the moving image signals recorded on the tape T is recorded on the memory card M as a still image signal will be described.
[0075]
The video camera 800 of the present embodiment has a function of recording one screen of a moving image recorded on the tape T as a still image on the memory card M.
[0076]
In this case, first, the user sets the moving image reproduction mode using the operation unit 814 and instructs reproduction of a moving image. In response to an instruction to reproduce a moving image, a moving image signal is reproduced from the tape T as described above, and the reproduced moving image is displayed on the display panel 805.
[0077]
In such a state, the user operates the trigger key of the operation unit 814 when a desired screen is reproduced, while checking the reproduced moving image displayed on the display panel 805. The trigger key is the same as the key used for instructing the start and stop of moving image recording in the moving image shooting mode.
[0078]
When the control unit 813 receives the operation input of the trigger key during the reproduction of the moving image signal, the control unit 813 stores the current reproduction position of the moving image signal in the RAM 812 and a predetermined period (number of frames) from the current reproduction position, for example, in the present embodiment. The recording / reproducing unit 808 is controlled so that the moving image signal is reproduced at a speed lower than the normal reproducing speed from the position about 10 seconds before.
[0079]
The recording / reproducing unit 808 rewinds the tape T from the current reproducing position to a position before a predetermined period from the current reproducing position according to the control signal from the control unit 813, and reproduces the moving image signal at a speed lower than the normal reproducing speed. The encoding processing unit 803 decodes the moving image signal reproduced at such a low speed and outputs it to the display control unit 804. The display control unit 804 displays the decoded moving image on the display panel 805. As a result, the display panel 805 displays a moving image signal that has been slow-reproduced from a screen that is a predetermined period before the time when the user operates the trigger key.
[0080]
When the user operates the trigger key again while checking the slow-moving moving image, the control unit 813 controls the recording / reproducing unit 808 to temporarily suspend the reproducing operation, and the one screen being reproduced at this time point Are stored in the RAM 807. Then, the control unit 813 controls the memory card I / F 816, encodes the image signal of one screen stored in the RAM 807, and stores the encoded image signal in the memory card M as a still image signal.
[0081]
Then, during a period from the operation of the trigger key to the end of storage of the still image in the memory card M, the control unit 113 controls the display control unit 804 to display the screen stored in the RAM 807 as a paused screen. It controls the encoding processing unit 803.
[0082]
When the storage of the still image signal in the memory card M ends, the control unit 813 controls the recording / reproducing unit 808 to start reproducing the moving image again.
[0083]
When the trigger key is not operated during the slow playback period and the playback is first completed to the position specified by the trigger key, the control unit 813 controls the recording and playback unit 808 to repeat slow playback again.
[0084]
As described above, in the present embodiment, when a desired screen is recorded as a still image from a moving image signal recorded on a tape as a still image, when a trigger key is operated during reproduction of the moving image signal, a predetermined period is automatically obtained. Since the slow reproduction is started from the screen, the user can select a desired screen from the moving images and record it on the memory card by a simple operation.
[0085]
In the present embodiment, the rewind, the slow playback start, and the screen selection are instructed by the trigger key operation during the moving image playback. Alternatively, the screen may be selected by pressing the trigger key halfway, rewinding, shifting to slow playback, and pressing the trigger key fully during slow playback.
[0086]
Also, if the trigger key is not operated during slow playback and the desired screen is not selected and the playback is first completed to the screen specified by the trigger key, the slow playback is repeated. You may be comprised so that reproduction | regeneration may be stopped automatically.
[0087]
In the first and second embodiments described above, a system for selecting and printing a desired screen from a moving image reproduced by a video camera is used. In the third embodiment, a desired image is selected from a moving image recorded on a tape. The case where the present invention is applied to the process of selecting a screen and recording it on a memory card has been described. However, the present invention is also applicable to a case where a function of selecting a desired screen from a moving image is realized. The invention can be applied.
[0088]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, slow playback can be automatically performed from a position instructed during reproduction of a moving image for a predetermined period before, and the state of the moving image immediately before the instructed position can be displayed. It is possible to check in detail.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a video camera to which the present invention is applied.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a print system to which the present invention is applied.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a state of an image reproduced according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a state of operation control of the print system of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating another configuration of a print system to which the present invention is applied.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a table indicating a reproduction speed and a reproduction start position.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing another configuration of a video camera to which the present invention is applied.

Claims (24)

Reproducing means for reproducing a moving image signal from a recording medium;
Indicating means;
In response to an instruction from the instruction means during reproduction of the moving image signal, the moving image signal is reproduced at a speed lower than a normal reproduction speed than a second screen before a predetermined period of the first screen corresponding to the instruction. And a control means for controlling the reproduction means to perform the reproduction. A designating means for designating a desired screen from the moving image signal,
2. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit extracts the image signal of the screen specified by the specifying unit as a still image signal during reproduction of the moving image signal at the low speed. 3. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising an output unit that outputs an image signal to an external device, wherein the control unit controls the output unit to output the extracted still image signal. 4. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the external device includes a printer. If the screen is not designated by the designation unit until the moving image signal is reproduced from the second screen to the first screen, the control unit returns the moving image from the second screen again. 3. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein reproduction of the signal is started. The control means controls the reproduction means to stop reproduction of the moving image signal when reproduction of the moving image signal from the second screen to the first screen is repeated a predetermined number of times. The playback device according to claim 5. 3. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the control unit controls the reproducing unit to temporarily stop reproduction of the moving image in accordance with a specifying operation of the specifying unit. 3. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising recording means for recording the image signal in a storage device, wherein the control means controls the recording means to record the extracted still image signal in the storage device. 9. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the recording unit includes an encoding unit that encodes the still image signal by a method different from the moving image signal. 2. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit determines the first screen in accordance with an instruction of the instruction unit during reproduction of the moving image signal at the normal reproduction speed. The control unit controls the reproduction unit to reproduce the moving image signal from the second screen at a speed selected from a plurality of predetermined speeds each lower than the normal reproduction speed. The playback device according to claim 1. 12. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the control unit selects the fastest speed among the plurality of predetermined speeds according to an instruction from the instruction unit. The control means, when a speed switching instruction is issued during reproduction of a moving image signal from the second screen, performs reproduction at a speed lower than a currently selected speed among the plurality of predetermined speeds. 13. The playback device according to claim 11, wherein the playback device controls playback means. 14. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the control unit controls the reproducing unit to reproduce the moving image signal from the second screen again according to the speed switching instruction. 2. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit selects the second screen from a plurality of predetermined screens having different periods up to the first screen. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the control unit selects, as the second screen, a screen having a longest period from the first screen among the plurality of predetermined screens, in accordance with an instruction from the instruction unit. 16. The playback device according to claim 15. The control means, when receiving a switching instruction during reproduction of a moving image signal from the second screen, sets the first screen to be more than the currently selected second screen among the plurality of predetermined screens. A new screen having a shorter period until the second screen is selected as the second screen, and the reproducing means is controlled to reproduce the moving image signal again from the newly selected second screen. Item 17. The playback device according to Item 15 or 16. 2. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said instruction means includes input means for inputting an instruction command from said external device. A system in which one screen in a moving image signal reproduced by a reproduction apparatus is transmitted to a printing apparatus as a still image signal, and the printing apparatus prints a still image indicated by the one-screen still image signal,
In response to a first instruction during the reproduction of the moving image signal, the reproducing device starts the moving image signal at a speed lower than a normal reproducing speed from a screen that is a predetermined period before a screen corresponding to the first instruction. And selecting an image signal of one screen in the moving image signal according to a second instruction during the reproduction of the moving image signal at the slow speed, and transmitting the selected image signal as the still image signal to the printing apparatus. An image processing system characterized by the following. 20. The image processing system according to claim 19, wherein both the first instruction and the second instruction are transmitted from the printing device. An apparatus that extracts one screen in a moving image signal reproduced from a recording medium as a still image signal and stores the extracted still image signal in a storage device,
In response to a first instruction during reproduction of the moving image signal, the moving image signal is reproduced at a speed lower than a normal reproduction speed from a screen that is a predetermined period before a screen corresponding to the first instruction, An image characterized by selecting an image signal of one screen in a moving image signal according to a second instruction during reproduction of the moving image signal at the slow speed, and storing the selected image signal in the storage device as the still image signal. Processing equipment. A reproducing step of reproducing a moving image signal from a recording medium;
The moving image signal is reproduced at a speed lower than a normal reproduction speed from a second screen before a predetermined period of the first screen corresponding to the instruction in response to an instruction from the instruction means during reproduction of the moving image signal. And a control step of controlling the reproduction step. A method of extracting one screen in a moving image signal reproduced from a recording medium as a still image signal and storing the same in a storage device,
In response to a first instruction during reproduction of the moving image signal, the moving image signal is reproduced at a speed lower than a normal reproduction speed from a screen that is a predetermined period before a screen corresponding to the first instruction, An image characterized by selecting an image signal of one screen in a moving image signal according to a second instruction during reproduction of the moving image signal at the slow speed, and storing the selected image signal in the storage device as the still image signal. Processing method. A storage medium storing a program for executing the method according to claim 22 using a computer.

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