JP2007096629A - Data selection assisting program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a data selection assisting program that assists in selecting still picture data so that an attractive slide show with music wherein image and the music are united can be created. <P>SOLUTION: A computer is made to function as a data number calculating means 13 of calculating a range of the numbers of selectable still picture data based upon the playing time of one or a plurality of selected music data or the time obtained by subtracting the reproduction time of moving picture data from the playing time, and recommended values of display times of individual still picture data of the slide show, and a display control means 16 of making a display means 5 display the calculated range of the numbers of selectable still picture data and also making the display means 5 display a warning picture showing that too many choices are made or a selection prompting picture showing that the number of choices is not large enough based upon a result of comparison between the range of the numbers of selectable still picture data and the number of still picture data having been selected. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a program for selecting data, and more particularly to a data selection support program for selecting still image data used for a slide show with music.

  In recent years, various services relating to photographic images have been provided. For example, a digital camera or digital camera media that has taken a photo is brought into a photo shop such as a minilab, and recorded on the digital camera or media by operating an unmanned terminal (kiosk) or store terminal provided in the store. The image data can be written on a recording medium such as a CD-R or a DVD-R (for the unmanned terminal, see, for example, Patent Document 1 below).

  In addition, image data read from a digital camera or media is not simply recorded on a recording medium, but also music data and a slide show program for reproducing these image data as a slide show with music together with the image data are recorded on a CD-R or DVD. -R or other services for writing to a recording medium, and data for reproducing these image data as a slide show with music on home appliances such as DVD players, DVD recorders, HDD recorders, and game machines (hereinafter referred to as home appliance data) .) And writing it on a recording medium such as a CD-R or DVD-R.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-8817 (page 3-4, FIG. 1)

  Here, when there is an appropriate relationship between the amount of image data recorded on a digital camera or media and the performance time of music data used as a slide show BGM, the display of images and the playback of music are synchronized. You can create a slide show in which images and music are integrated, but for example, if the amount of image data is large compared to the performance time of the music data, the slide interval becomes shorter and the images change frequently. On the contrary, when the amount of image data is small compared to the performance time of music data, there is a problem that the slide interval becomes longer and the slide show becomes longer.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and its main purpose is to select still image data so that a slide show with music that combines images and music can be created. It is to provide a data selection support program that supports the above.

  In order to achieve the above object, a data selection support program according to the present invention causes a computer to perform based on a performance time of one or more selected music data and a recommended value of a display time of individual still image data in a slide show. And a data quantity calculating means for calculating a range of selectable still image data quantities, and a display control means for causing the display means to display the range of selectable still image data quantities.

  The data selection support program according to the present invention also displays a time obtained by subtracting the playback time of the selected moving image data from the performance time of the selected music data or a plurality of music data, and the display of the individual still image data in the slide show. Functions as data quantity calculation means for calculating the range of selectable still image data based on the recommended time value, and display control means for displaying the selectable still image data quantity range on the display means It is something to be made.

  In the present invention, the display control means informs the display means that the selected number exceeds when the quantity of selected still image data exceeds the range of the quantity of selectable still image data. It can be set as the structure displayed.

  Further, in the present invention, the display control means indicates that the number of selected still image data is insufficient when the number of selected still image data is less than the range of the selectable still image data. It can also be configured to be displayed.

  As described above, according to the present invention, by referring to the displayed information, it is possible to easily select a quantity of still image data suitable for the performance time of the selected music data or a plurality of music data. You can easily create a good-looking slideshow with music that has a sense of unity with music.

  According to the data selection support program of the present invention, it is possible to easily create a good-looking music slideshow with a sense of unity between an image and music, in which images are not frequently switched or displayed in an extended manner. Can do.

  The reason is that the performance time of one or a plurality of music data selected as the BGM of the slide show by the data selection support program or the time obtained by subtracting the playback time of the moving image data from the performance time and the individual still image data in the slide show Based on the recommended value for the display time (slide interval), the range of selectable still image data quantities is calculated, and the calculated quantity range is displayed on the display means. This is because it is possible to easily select a quantity of still image data suitable for the music data.

  Also, when the range of selectable still image data is compared with the selected still image data, the selected still image data exceeds the selectable still image data. Displays a warning screen indicating that the number of selections has been exceeded on the display means, and if the number of selected still image data is less than the range of selectable still image data, Since a selection promotion screen indicating that the number of selections is insufficient is displayed on the display means, it is possible to easily select a quantity of still image data suitable for the music data selected using this display. It is.

  In a preferred embodiment of the data selection support program of the present invention, the computer is set to play time of one or a plurality of music data selected as BGM of a slide show or a time obtained by subtracting the playback time of moving image data from the performance time. Data quantity calculating means for calculating a range of selectable still image data quantities based on the recommended display time of individual still image data in the slide show, and a calculated range of selectable still image data quantities Is displayed on the display means, and a warning screen or selection indicating that the number of selections is exceeded based on the comparison result between the range of selectable still image data quantity and the selected still image data quantity This function serves as a display control means for displaying on the display means a selection promotion screen indicating that the number is insufficient. By using the display, it is possible to select a quantity of still image data suitable for the performance time of the music data, so it is easy to create a good-looking music slideshow with a sense of unity between images and music. Can do.

  In order to describe the above embodiment in detail, a data selection support program according to a first example of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a recording apparatus according to the present embodiment, and FIGS. 2 to 6 are diagrams illustrating variations thereof. FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing means of the recording apparatus, and FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure using the recording apparatus. FIG. 9 to FIG. 14 are diagrams showing examples of screen configurations displayed on the display means of the recording apparatus, and FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a data recording structure in the recording medium. FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a data recording area in the recording medium, and FIG. 17 is a diagram schematically showing the structure of the recording medium (CD-R).

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 7, the recording apparatus 1 of the present embodiment includes a smart media, a compact flash (registered trademark), a memory stick (registered trademark), an SD memory card, and a multimedia card loaded in a media loading unit 2. A recording medium such as a recording medium (hereinafter referred to as a medium 8), a digital camera 7 (including both a digital still camera and a digital movie camera) connected to the device connection unit 3, a photographing device such as a camera-equipped mobile phone 7a, Image data (data including still image data, moving image data, and image information is collectively referred to as image data from a server 10 (for example, an image storage server) connected via a communication network 11 such as the Internet using a network connection unit. And is loaded into the storage means 17 and the recording medium loading unit 4. From a recording medium 9 such as a D-R / RW, DVD ± R / RW, DVD-RAM, HD-DVD, or Blu-ray disc, or a server 10 (for example, a music distribution server) connected using a network connection unit. Data input means 12 for inputting music data (data including music information regardless of file format is collectively referred to as music data), and the performance time of the selected one or more music data or the performance time Data quantity for calculating a range of selectable still image data based on the time obtained by reducing the playback time of the video data and the display time of each still image data in the slide show (hereinafter referred to as slide interval) Based on the calculation means 13 and the selected image data and music data, the DVD player, DVD recorder, HDD recorder, game machine, etc. The data generation means 14 for generating data for home appliances such as Video-CD format, DVD-Video format, HDTV format and the like that can be used in home appliances, and the recording medium 9 loaded in the recording medium loading unit 4 are generated. Data recording means 15 for recording data for home appliances, selected image data, selected music data, etc., and storage means 17 such as HDD or RAM for storing recommended values of slide intervals, music data, etc. are calculated. Display control means 16 for displaying the range of the quantity of still image data, warning screen, selection promotion screen, etc. on display means 5, display means 5 such as LCD and CRT, and operation means 6 such as buttons, keyboard and mouse. I have.

  Each of the above units may be configured as hardware in the recording apparatus 1, but the computer is configured as a data selection support program that functions as the data quantity calculation unit 13 and the display control unit 16, and the data selection support program Can be installed in the recording apparatus 1 and executed. 1 shows a computer device such as a personal computer as the recording device 1, the form of the recording device 1 is arbitrary. For example, the recording device 1 is installed in a store such as a photo shop or a convenience store as shown in FIG. Unmanned terminals (kiosks), dedicated set-top boxes as shown in FIG. 3, portable writers as shown in FIG. 4, DVD recorders and HDDs equipped with arithmetic processing functions as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, the recorder may be a portable device in which a terminal having a hard disk and a main body for reading and writing image data can be separated, or a car navigation device having an arithmetic processing function. it can.

  A procedure of processing using the recording apparatus 1 (data selection support program) having the above configuration will be described with reference to a flowchart of FIG. In the following, the case of generating data for home appliances in the Video-CD format will be described, but the present invention can also be applied to the case of generating data for home appliances in the DVD-Video format or HDTV format.

  First, when a predetermined menu screen is displayed on the display unit 5 of the recording apparatus 1 and the user selects the creation of the recording medium by operating the operation unit 6, the display control unit 16 displays the display unit 5, for example, as shown in FIG. Such a BGM selection screen 20 is displayed. On the BGM selection screen 20, a reading destination selection column 21 for selecting a reading destination of music data, a list display column 22 for displaying the title name, artist name, performance time, etc. of the music data, and the selected music data are confirmed. A selection music display field 23, a work procedure display field 24 indicating a work procedure, and the like are provided. When the user operates the reading destination selection field 21 and selects a reading destination of music data, the reading is displayed in the list display field 22. A list of previously stored music data is displayed. In step S101, when the user selects one or more music data from among them, the selected music data is displayed in the selected music display field 23, and the selected music data is auditioned. The music data to be used as BGM is determined. As this music data, data in any format such as WAV, MP3 (MPEG Audio Layer-3), AAC (Advanced Audio Coding), ATRAC (Adaptive TRansform Acoustic Coding), CD-Track, etc. can be used. .

  Next, in step S102, the data quantity calculation means 13 selects still image data that can be selected as a slide show based on the performance time of the one or more music data selected in step S101 and a predetermined slide interval. Calculate the range of quantities. Specifically, the performance time of music data (the sum of the performance times in the case of a plurality of music data) (Tmusic) is obtained by referring to the header information of the music data, etc., and the slide interval is recommended from the storage means 17. The maximum value (Tslide-max) and minimum value (Tslide-min) are read, and the music data playing time is divided by the maximum or minimum recommended slide interval as shown in the following equation. A range of possible still image data quantities, that is, a minimum value (Nmin) and a maximum value (Nmax) of selectable quantities are calculated. Note that the slide interval is not particularly limited, but images are frequently switched when the slide interval is short, and the slide show is extended when the slide interval is long. min = 4 seconds and Tslide-max = 6 seconds. In the calculation, the value obtained by dividing the performance time of the music data by the maximum value or the minimum value of the recommended value of the slide interval may be rounded up, rounded down, or rounded off.

Nmin = Tmusic / Tslide-max (1)
Nmax = Tmusic / Tslide-min (2)

  Next, in step S103, the display control unit 16 causes the display unit 5 to display a selection support screen 25 as shown in FIG. On this selection support screen 25, the range of the quantity of selectable still image data calculated in the above steps is displayed, and the user can select how many frames of still image data by viewing this screen. Can know. The selection support screen 25 is provided with a button for proceeding to the next step (“forward” button) and a button for returning to the previous step (“return” button). When the “return” button is pressed, the BGM selection screen is displayed. 20 is displayed, and when the quantity of still image data to be selected by the user does not fall within the range of the quantity displayed on the selection support screen 25, the music data can be selected again. Also good. Further, in the above, after the BGM selection screen 20 shown in FIG. 9 is displayed, the selection support screen 25 shown in FIG. 10 is displayed. For example, as shown in FIG. 11, the list display field of the BGM selection screen 20 In addition to the title name, artist name, and performance time of the music data, the range of the quantity of still image data that can be selected may be displayed in the optimal selection image number column.

  Then, when the “forward” button is pressed, a screen prompting loading of the medium 8 or connection of the digital camera 7 is displayed on the display means 5. When the digital camera 7 is loaded or the digital camera 7 is connected to the device connection unit 3, the data input unit 12 reads image data from the media 8, the digital camera 7, or the like in step S 105. This image data is not limited to the image data obtained by photographing with the digital camera 7, but image data obtained by scanning a negative film or a photo print, moving image data obtained from a video tape recorder, or a moving image. Still image data obtained by capturing may be used, and the reading destination may be a recording medium such as a CD-R or DVD-R, or the server 10 connected via the communication network 11.

  When the reading of the image data is completed, the display control unit 16 causes the display unit 5 to display an image selection screen 26 as shown in FIG. The image selection screen 26 includes a tag display field 27 that indicates a reading destination of image data, a list display field 28 that displays a list of images based on the read image data, and a selected image display that displays an image selected from the list. A column 29, a work procedure display column 24 for displaying a work procedure, and the like are provided. In step S106, the user confirms the images in the list display column 28 and selects image data to be displayed in the slide show. In addition, in order to enable selection of image data while referring to a range of selectable still image data quantities, it is possible to select a predetermined place on the image selection screen 26 (here, above the selected image display field 29). A range of still image data quantities may be displayed, or a range of selectable still image data quantities may be displayed only on the image selection screen 26 instead of the image support screen 25.

  Here, if the user always selects still image data within a selectable quantity range, the process may immediately move to the home appliance data generation step, but still image data exceeding the selectable quantity range is selected. It may be possible to select, select still image data that is less than the selectable quantity range, or select a mixture of still image data and moving image data. Therefore, when the selection of the still image data is completed, in step S107, the data quantity calculation means 13 refers to the extension of the image data and the like, and the moving image data is included in the image data selected in step S106. In step S108, the range of the quantity of selectable still image data is recalculated in consideration of the reproduction time of the moving image data. Specifically, the playback time of the video data (sum of the playback times in the case of a plurality of video data) (Tmovie) is obtained by referring to the header information of the video data, and the music data as shown in the following equation: The range of still image data that can be selected by dividing the time obtained by subtracting the playback time of the video data from the performance time of the image by the maximum value or minimum value of the recommended value of the slide interval, that is, the minimum value (Nmin ) And the maximum value (Nmax). In the calculation, the value divided as described above may be rounded up, rounded down, or rounded off.

Nmin = (Tmusic-Tmovie) / Tslide-max (3)
Nmax = (Tmusic-Tmovie) / Tslide-min (4)

  In step S109, the minimum value (Nmin) and the maximum value (Nmax) of the selectable still image data calculated in step S102 or step S108, and the quantity (N) of the still image data selected in step S106. If the quantity (N) of the selected still image data is not within the selectable still image data quantity range (Nmin to Nmax), the image selection screen 26 is displayed again to select the image data. Let At this time, the image selection screen 26 may be displayed immediately, or a display for facilitating selection of an appropriate amount of still image data may be performed. Specifically, when the quantity (N) of selected still image data exceeds the maximum value (Nmax) of selectable still image data, in step S110, the display control means 16 A warning screen 30 as shown in FIG. 13 is displayed on the display means 5 to inform the user that the selected number exceeds the range of selectable still image data, and the selected still image is displayed. If the data quantity (N) is less than the minimum quantity (Nmin) of selectable still image data quantity, the display control means 16 displays a selection promotion screen 31 as shown in FIG. Can be displayed on the display means 5 to notify the user that the number of selections is insufficient with respect to the range of the quantity of still image data that can be selected.

  If N is not Nmin to Nmax, it is preferable to select the image data again. However, in any of the above cases, the slide show looks bad, but a slide show can be created. In addition, the selection promotion screen 31 is provided with a button for creating a slideshow without reselection (“continue as it is” button), and whether to reselect still image data or continue without reselection. May be selected by the user.

  Then, after selecting the still image data by repeating the processing of steps S106 to S111, if necessary, the order of the images is changed, the images are rotated, the title of the slide show is input, and each image is commented. Processes such as inputting.

  Next, in step S112, the data quantity calculation unit 13 divides the performance time of the selected one or more music data by the quantity of the selected still image data, and sets the actual slide interval. Specifically, when the performance time of music data is 180 seconds and the quantity of still image data selected is 36 frames, the slide interval is set to 5 seconds.

  At this time, if the value obtained by dividing the performance time of the music data by the quantity of the still image data is not divisible, rounding up, rounding down, or rounding off causes the performance time of the music data and the display time of the still image data not to match. As a measure in that case, for example, a value obtained by dividing the performance time of music data by the quantity of still image data is rounded down to a predetermined position to shorten the slide interval. Only the display time of the still image data to be displayed) is preferably lengthened so that the performance time of the music data and the display time of the still image data as a whole coincide with each other. For example, when the performance time of music data is 180 seconds and the quantity of selected still image data is 35 frames, the divided value is 5.14..., But the slide interval is set to 5 seconds, and 1 to 34 is set. The frame up to the frame is displayed at intervals of 5 seconds, and the 35th frame is displayed at 180-34 × 5 = 10 seconds, so that the display time of the still image data can be 180 seconds.

  Further, only the display time of the still image data to be displayed last is set in advance, such as 10 seconds longer than usual, so that the remaining still image data falls within the recommended value range of the slide interval. Good. In that case, the display time of the still image data displayed last is subtracted from the performance time of the music data (or the time obtained by subtracting the playback time of the video data from the performance time), and the remaining time is used as the recommended value of the slide interval. The number of selectable still image data may be calculated by dividing by the maximum value (Tslide-max) and the minimum value (Tslide-min). For example, when the performance time of music data is 190 seconds, the slide interval is 4 to 6 seconds with respect to 180 seconds obtained by subtracting the display time (10 seconds) of the still image data that is displayed last from 190 seconds. As described above, still image data of 30 to 45 frames may be selected (in this case, the total quantity of still image data is 31 to 46 frames).

  Next, in step S113, the data generation unit 14 is used to generate home appliance data based on the selected still image data (or still image data and moving image data) and the selected one or more music data. To do. Specifically, first, difference data based on the slide effect for the slide interval set in step S112 is added to each still image data (data of difference 0 when the same image is displayed for a certain period of time). Then, moving image data in a predetermined format (here, MPEG1 format) is created, music data is combined with the moving image data, and MPEG1 format moving image data in which the music data is combined can be reproduced by a home appliance ( For example, the data is converted into Video-CD format in the case of CD-R, DVD-Video format in the case of DVD-R, and HDTV format data in the case of a Blu-ray disc.

  Thereafter, in step S114, a recording medium 9 such as a CD-R / RW, a DVD ± R / RW, a DVD-RAM, or a Blu-ray disk is loaded into the recording medium loading unit 4 of the recording apparatus 1. Although any commercially available recording medium can be used as the recording medium 9, data may be recorded only on a specific recording medium 9. The recording medium 9 can be identified based on whether or not identification information for identifying the recording medium 9 is recorded in this area. The content of the identification information is not limited, but if the contents of the identification information are easily known, the identification information itself is also copied. Therefore, at least a part of the identification information is information that cannot be recorded by the computer OS, Specifically, information in the program memory area, information by guide groove modulation (ATIP: Absolute Time In Pre-groove) given at the time of CD-R molding, and the like are preferable.

  Here, the structure of a general recording medium 9 (CD-R) will be described with reference to FIG. 17. The CD-R is formed on a polycarbonate substrate 100 with an organic dye layer 101 such as cyanine, phthalocyanine, or azo. A reflective layer 102 made of silver or the like and a protective layer 103 are laminated to form a pit by applying a laser beam of a predetermined power to the organic dye layer 101 to decompose the dye and deform the substrate to form pits. Recording is performed, but the laser power has an optimum value depending on the type of the laser head that irradiates the laser beam and the type of the organic dye layer 101 to be used. -The drive side needs to recognize the recommended type of R type and laser recording power. Therefore, information such as the disc application code and recommended laser recording power is written as information by guide groove modulation (ATIP) at the recording medium manufacturing stage, and this information is read by the drive firmware. The laser power is adjusted by control. Since such guide groove modulation (ATIP) can only be created at the time of manufacture, copying at the user level can be prevented. Further, lead-in start time, maximum lead-out startable time, etc., which are guide groove modulation (ATIP) other than the above, can be used as identification information by appropriately setting.

  Next, the image data input to the recording medium 9 and the generated home appliance data are recorded. At this time, since the recording area in which the home appliance can read the data is limited, the data is stored in step S115. The recording unit 15 writes the home appliance data on the inner peripheral side of the logical address area of the recording medium 9. The logical address area is an area in which user data (program) is recorded, such as a program memory area in which user data arrangement information is recorded, a lead-in / TOC (Table Of Contents) area, and a lead-out area. Does not include the information area, the application code of the disc, the recommended value of laser recording power, and the area of guide groove modulation (ATIP) information in which other information is recorded. Shall be pointed to.

  Next, after closing the session as necessary, in step S116, the data recording unit 15 uses the data for computer equipment such as the selected still image data and music data recorded on the tip of the recording medium 9 for home appliances. Write outside the data.

  As shown in FIG. 16, various information is recorded on the recording medium 9 created in the above procedure, and identification information is recorded outside the innermost logical address area of the disk type recording medium 9, and on the outer side thereof. Home appliance data is recorded on the inner periphery side of the logical address area, and computer equipment data is recorded on the outer area.

  The directory structure of the recording medium 9 created in the above procedure is as shown in FIG. 15A, for example, and includes image data, music data, a slide show playback program, a slide show setting file, and various information about the recording medium 9. Data for computer equipment is composed of an information file in which “VCD” is described, image data for associating image data in the “VCD” folder as a Video-CD format, image data to be displayed on the TV screen in the “SEGMENT” folder, “MPEGAV Data for home appliances is composed of moving image data in the “folder” and an application for displaying still image data on the TV screen in the “CDI” folder. Further, the directory structure of the recording medium 9 (DVD-R) is as shown in FIG. 15B, for example, and the home appliance data includes the video manager (VMG) and the video title set (in the “VIDEO_TS” folder). VTS) constitutes home appliance data (DVD-Video data). More specifically, the VMG is composed of VIDEO_TS.IFO in which information for controlling the entire video is recorded, VIDEO_TS.BUP that is a backup file thereof, and VIDEO_TS.VOB file for a title selection menu. , VTS _ ** _ 0.IFO that describes the information that controls the entire VTS, VTS _ ** _ 0.BUP that is the backup file, VTS _ ** _ *. VOB that is the video data of each VTS title, etc. The

  Although the directory structure of the image data is arbitrary, in order to facilitate management when the image data is backed up to a computer device or the like, for example, as shown in FIG. Folder indicating the storage location of image data for each media 8, device, and film in the lower hierarchy of PS_Roll (ROYYMMDDyyy_XXXXXXAABxxx, YYMMDD: Number specifying the date of writing, yyy: Sequential number for each day, XXXXXX: Random ID number, AA: Manufacturer code (00 to ZZ), B: Software, product category (0 to Z), xxx: Sequential number), etc., and each image data is CCYYMMDDxxxxxx (CC: Image data Type, YYMMDD: Number specifying the date of writing, xxxxxx: Sequential number), etc. can be renamed.

  As described above, in this embodiment, when one or a plurality of music data to be used as a slide show BGM is selected, the performance time of the music data (or the time obtained by subtracting the reproduction time of the moving image data from the performance time of the music data). And a range of selectable still image data quantities is calculated on the basis of the minimum and maximum recommended values for the predetermined slide interval, and the calculated range of quantities is displayed on the display means 5. Since the screen indicating that the selected number is excessive or insufficient is displayed on the display means 5 based on the comparison result between the range of the selectable still image data quantity and the selected still image data quantity. , It is possible to easily select an appropriate amount of still image data for the performance time of music data, so that images can be switched frequently or displayed in an extended manner. No, it is possible to easily create good music with a slide show look good.

  In this embodiment, the selection support screen 25 displays the range of selectable still image data quantities, or the comparison result between the selectable still image data quantity ranges and the selected still image data quantities. The warning screen 30 and the selection promotion screen 31 are displayed based on the above, and the order and contents of other processes can be changed as appropriate. For example, music data is selected after inputting image data. Alternatively, the home appliance data may be generated after the recording medium 9 is loaded.

  Next, a data selection support program according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 18 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure using the recording apparatus, and FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a screen displayed on the display unit of the recording apparatus.

  In the first embodiment described above, after still image data is selected in a lump, the range of selectable still image data is compared with the number of selected still image data. A comparison may be made every time is selected. The procedure in that case will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, as in the first embodiment, in step S201, one or a plurality of music data to be used as a slide show BGM is selected from a predetermined reading destination, and in step S202, the data quantity calculation means 13 selects the selected music data. The range of the quantity of still image data that can be selected as a slide show based on the performance time of the data and the recommended minimum and maximum values of the predetermined slide interval, that is, the minimum value of the selectable still image data and The maximum value is calculated, and in step S203, the display control unit 16 causes the display unit 5 to display the calculated range of the quantity of still image data that can be selected.

  Subsequently, in step S204, the medium 8 is loaded into the medium loading unit 2 of the recording apparatus 1, or the digital camera 7 is connected to the device connection unit 3. In step S205, the data input unit 12 Read image data from etc. Then, the display control means 16 causes the display means 5 to display an image selection screen 26 as shown in FIG.

  Next, in step S206, the user confirms the images in the list display field 28, and selects one image data to be displayed in the slide show, and in step S207, the data quantity calculation unit 13 selects the selected image data. Is the moving image data, and in the case of moving image data, in step S208, the time obtained by subtracting the reproduction time of the moving image data from the performance time of the music data is the maximum value or the minimum value of the recommended value of the slide interval. Divide by to recalculate the range of selectable still image data quantities.

  In step S209, the minimum value (Nmin) and the maximum value (Nmax) of the selectable still image data calculated in step S202 or step S208, and the integrated amount (N) of the still image data selected in step S206. If the quantity (N) of the selected still image data is equal to or smaller than the minimum value (Nmin) of the selectable still image data, the display control means 16 in FIG. A selection promotion screen 31 as shown is displayed on the display means 5 to notify the user that selection is still possible for the range of selectable still image data quantities. Then, a predetermined number of still image data is selected by repeating the processes of steps S206 to S210.

  Next, in step S211, the data quantity calculation means 13 divides the performance time of the selected one or more music data by the quantity of the selected still image data to set the actual slide interval. At that time, if the value obtained by dividing the performance time of the music data by the quantity of the still image data is not divisible, only the display time of the predetermined still image data (preferably, the last displayed still image data) is lengthened. As a whole, the performance time of the music data may be the same as the display time of the still image data. Alternatively, the display time of predetermined still image data (preferably, the still image data to be displayed last) may be set in advance, and the amount of remaining still image data may be set in consideration of the display time.

  Thereafter, in the same manner as in the first embodiment, in step S212, the data generation means 14 is used to select the selected still image data (or still image data and moving image data) and the selected one or more music data. Based on this, the home appliance data is generated, the recording medium 9 is loaded into the recording medium loading section 4 of the recording apparatus 1 in step S213, and the home appliance data is stored in the logical address area of the recording medium 9 in steps S214 and S215. After writing to the inner circumference side and closing the session as necessary, the selected still image data, music data, etc. are written outside the previously recorded home appliance data.

  As described above, even when still image data is selected one by one, it is possible to easily select an appropriate amount of still image data with respect to the performance time of the music data. It is easy to create a good-looking slideshow with music that does not switch or display images that are extended.

  In each of the above embodiments, the range of selectable still image data is displayed and the user selects the still image data with reference to the display. In addition to the display, selection of still image data exceeding the range is automatically prohibited (for example, it is not displayed in the selected image display field 29 even if selected in the list display field 28 of the image selection screen 26). You may) In addition, when the quantity of selected still image data exceeds the range of selectable still image data, the configuration is such that the user selects the still image data again. However, according to a predetermined rule (for example, Still image data may be automatically reduced (such as descending or ascending order of file names).

1 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration of a recording apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the other structure of the recording device which concerns on the 1st Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the other structure of the recording device which concerns on the 1st Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the other structure of the recording device which concerns on the 1st Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the other structure of the recording device which concerns on the 1st Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the other structure of the recording device which concerns on the 1st Example of this invention. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a recording apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart figure which shows the procedure of the process using the recording device which concerns on 1st Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen structure (BGM selection screen) displayed on the display means of the recording device based on 1st Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen structure (selection assistance screen) displayed on the display means of the recording device based on 1st Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen structure (BGM selection screen) displayed on the display means of the recording device based on 1st Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen structure (image selection screen) displayed on the display means of the recording device based on 1st Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen structure (warning screen) displayed on the display means of the recording device based on 1st Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen structure (selection promotion screen) displayed on the display means of the recording device based on 1st Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the recording structure of the data in the recording medium (CD-R) based on 1st Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows typically the recording area of the data in the recording medium based on the 1st Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows typically the structure of a recording medium (CD-R). It is a flowchart figure which shows the procedure of the process using the recording device which concerns on 2nd Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen structure (selection promotion screen) displayed on the display means of the recording device based on 2nd Example of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Recording device 2 Media loading part 3 Device connection part 4 Recording medium loading part 5 Display means 6 Operation means 7 Digital camera 7a Mobile phone with camera 8 Media 9 Recording medium 10 Server 11 Communication network 12 Data input means 13 Data quantity calculation means 14 Data generation means 15 Data recording means 16 Display control means 17 Storage means 20 BGM selection screen 21 Reading destination selection field 22 List display field 23 Selected music display field 24 Work procedure display field 25 Selection support screen 26 Image selection screen 27 Tag display field 28 List display field 29 Selected image display field 30 Warning screen 31 Selection promotion screen 100 Polycarbonate substrate 101 Organic dye layer 102 Reflective layer 103 Protective layer

Claims (4)

Computer
Data quantity calculation means for calculating a range of selectable still image data based on the performance time of the selected one or more music data and the recommended value of the display time of each still image data in the slide show;
A selection control program that functions as display control means for causing a display means to display a range of the quantity of still image data that can be selected. Computer
Still images that can be selected based on the time obtained by subtracting the playback time of the selected moving image data from the performance time of the selected music data or a plurality of music data, and the recommended display time of the individual still image data in the slide show Data quantity calculation means for calculating the range of the quantity of data,
A selection control program that functions as display control means for causing a display means to display a range of the quantity of still image data that can be selected.   In the display control means, when the quantity of selected still image data exceeds the range of the quantity of selectable still image data, the display means displays that the selection number is exceeded. The selection control program according to claim 1 or 2.   In the display control means, when the number of selected still image data is less than the range of the selectable still image data, the display means displays that the selection number is insufficient. The selection control program according to claim 1 or 2.

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