JP2019204438A - Moving image creation system and moving image creation program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a technology related to long-distance running, the technology to create a moving image allowing a watcher to more easily grasp a runner's positions in a course.SOLUTION: A moving image creation device 10 creates a moving image related to long-distance running in a running course C including measurement points C1 to C7. The moving image creation device 10 acquires a running record indicating the time at which a runner arrives at the measurement points C1 to C7, acquires a map image showing the running course C, determines the runner's positions in the running course C according to the time on the basis of the running record, and creates a moving image in which a first mark 31 indicating the runner moves on the map image on the basis of the runner's positions.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

  The present invention relates to a moving image creating apparatus, a program, and a moving image creating system, and more particularly to a device that creates a moving image related to long-distance running.

  Various techniques are known as an apparatus for creating a moving image related to long-distance running. For example, a known video camera can simply create a moving image of a runner. The apparatus described in Patent Document 1 creates a moving image by joining photographed images.

JP 2004-159151 A

  However, the conventional apparatus has a problem that it is difficult to grasp the runner position from the created moving image.

  For example, it is difficult to specify the position of the runner in the whole course from a moving image obtained by simply photographing the runner with a known video camera. Since the apparatus of Patent Document 1 is also based on photographs actually taken, it is difficult to specify the position of each photograph in the entire course from a moving image.

  This invention is made in order to solve such a problem, and it aims at providing the technique which produces the moving image which can grasp | ascertain the runner position in a course more easily.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the moving image creating apparatus according to the present invention is:
A video creation device that creates a video about long-distance running in a running course that includes one or more measurement points,
A travel record acquisition function for acquiring a travel record representing the time at which the runner arrived at each measurement point;
A map image acquisition function for acquiring a map image representing the traveling course;
A runner position determination function for determining a runner position in the travel course according to time based on the travel record;
A moving image creating function for creating a moving image in which a first sign representing the runner moves on the map image based on the runner position;
According to a particular aspect,
The video creation device further includes:
A function of acquiring position information representing the latitude and longitude of each measurement point;
And a function of acquiring position information representing latitude and longitude related to the map image.
According to a particular aspect,
The video creation device further includes:
A function of acquiring a diagram including points representing the start point and end point of the traveling course;
Based on the travel record, according to the time, the function of calculating the ratio that the runner ran out of the travel course in the travel record,
With
In the moving image, a second indicator representing the runner is displayed at a position corresponding to the ratio in the diagram.
According to a specific aspect, in the moving image, after the first sign reaches the end point of the traveling course, at least one of the rank, gross record, net record, and lap record of the runner at the plurality of measurement points is Is displayed.
In addition, the video creation system according to the present invention includes:
The above-mentioned video creation device;
At each measurement point, a measurement device that measures the time at which the runner has reached,
With
The video creation device executes the travel record acquisition function and the video creation function in response to the runner reaching the end point of the travel course.
Further, the program according to the present invention causes a computer to function as the above-described moving image creating apparatus.

  According to the moving image creating apparatus, the program, and the moving image creating system according to the present invention, a moving image in which a runner sign moves on a map image is created based on an actual running record. Can be grasped more easily.

It is a figure which shows the example of a structure containing the moving image production system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart explaining the example of the flow of a process of the moving image production apparatus of FIG. It is an example of the running scene of the moving image created. It is an example of the information display scene of the moving image produced.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 shows an example of a configuration including a moving image creation system 100 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. The moving image creating system 100 includes a moving image creating device 10, a travel record collecting device 20, and one or more measuring devices 21. The moving image creation device 10 is configured to be able to communicate with the travel record collection device 20. The travel record collection device 20 is configured to be communicable with the moving image creation device 10 and each measurement device 21. The communication can be performed by any method, and may be wired communication such as the Internet, or Wi-Fi or other wireless communication.

  The moving image creating device 10 is a device that creates a moving image related to long-distance running. In the example of FIG. 1, the moving image relates to long-distance running on the running course C. The traveling course C includes one or more measurement points. In the example of FIG. 1, the traveling course C includes a total of four measurement points C1 to C7. The measurement points may include a start point (start point) and an end point (goal point) of the traveling course C. In the example of FIG. 1, the measurement point C1 corresponds to the start point (or a point immediately after the start of travel), and the measurement point C7 corresponds to the end point.

  The travel record collection device 20 collects a travel record for each runner participating in the long distance run. The travel record is associated with, for example, a runner ID that identifies the runner. The travel record includes a record representing the time when the runner reaches each of the measurement points C1 to C7. The expression format of time is arbitrary, for example, it may be expressed by the elapsed time from the travel start time, or may be expressed by Japan Standard Time (in this case, for example, the travel start time is subtracted from the measured time) To get the running time).

  A measuring device 21 is provided at each measurement point. Each measuring device 21 measures the time when the runner traveling on the traveling course C reaches the measurement point. In the present specification, “the time when the runner reaches the measurement point” can be rephrased as “the time when the runner passes the measurement point”. When the measurement point is the start point (C1) of the traveling course C, “the time when the measurement point is reached” can be expressed by “the time when the measurement point departs”. In addition, when the runner's actual departure point is a position away from the start point C1 (for example, when there are many participants and it is unavoidable to depart from the back), the starter C1 also says “the runner has reached the measurement point” Time "can also be used.

  The moving image creating apparatus 10 has a configuration as a known computer, and includes a calculation unit that performs processing such as calculation and a storage unit that stores information. The arithmetic means includes, for example, a CPU (central processing unit), and the storage means includes, for example, a semiconductor memory and a removable storage device. In addition, the moving image creating apparatus 10 includes an input unit and an output unit for inputting and outputting information. The input means and output means include, for example, a network interface and a removable storage medium interface.

  The storage means of the moving image creating apparatus 10 stores information necessary for the operation of the moving image creating apparatus 10 described in this specification. The storage means stores a moving image creating program, and this moving image creating program causes the computer to function as the moving image creating apparatus 10. That is, the computer realizes the function as the moving image creating apparatus 10 by executing the moving image creating program.

  The traveling record collection device 20 also has a configuration as a known computer.

The operation of the moving image creating system 100 configured as described above will be described below.
The moving image creating system 100 according to the first embodiment operates in response to a long-distance running event being performed on the traveling course C. The long distance running event may be, for example, a competition or competition in which a large number of runners participate. The measurement device 21 and the travel record collection device 20 measure, collect, and record the time at which the runner reaches the measurement points C1 to C7 for each runner.

  A person skilled in the art can appropriately design the configuration and processing for measuring the time by the measuring device 21. For example, if each runner carries a unique RFID tag and the measurement device 21 includes an RFID tag detection device, the time when the RFID tag is detected can be measured as the arrival time. Alternatively, for example, if each runner wears a specific race bib and the measurement device 21 includes a camera, the time when the race bib is recognized from the image taken by the camera can be measured as the arrival time.

  The measuring device 21 transmits the time measured for each runner to the travel record collection device 20, and the travel record collection device 20 receives this and stores it in the storage means as a travel record. The format of the running record can be arbitrarily designed. For example, it is created for each runner, and represents the time when the runner reaches each measurement point or the run time to each runner's measurement point. Further, the running record may include the rank of the runner.

  When the runner completes the run course C (that is, finishes), the run record collection device 20 transmits the run record of the runner to the moving image creation device 10 accordingly. In addition, it can be detected that the runner has completed the traveling course C by receiving the arrival time from the measuring device 21 at the measuring point C7, for example.

When the moving image creating apparatus 10 obtains the run record of the runner by receiving it, the moving image creating apparatus 10 starts processing related to the moving image creation.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining an example of the processing flow of the moving image creating apparatus 10. This process is started in response to the moving image creating apparatus 10 acquiring a travel record from the travel record collection apparatus 20 (step S1, travel record acquisition function).

  Next, the moving image creating apparatus 10 acquires position information of the measurement points C1 to C7 (step S2). The position information of the measurement point can be expressed by, for example, the latitude and longitude of the measurement point. Further, the position information of the measurement point may include information indicating the altitude of the measurement point. Further, the position information of the measurement points is the distance between the measurement points (for example, 5 km from the measurement point C2 to the measurement point C3) or the distance from the start point to each measurement point (for example, the measurement point from the start point of the traveling course C). Information up to C3 may be included.

  In this specification, “distance” refers to a length (also referred to as “road”) measured along the traveling course C, and does not necessarily match the linear distance between two points.

  Next, the moving image creating apparatus 10 acquires a map image representing the traveling course C (step S3, map image acquisition function). The map image can be configured in any format. For example, commercial map image data may be used, an aerial photograph image may be used, or an image obtained by projecting three-dimensional shape data in two dimensions may be used. May be.

  Next, the moving image creating apparatus 10 acquires position information of the map image (step S4). The position information of the map image can be represented by, for example, the latitude and longitude of a specific reference point of the map image (for example, the upper left point in the case of a rectangular image). Further, the position information of the map image may include information indicating the altitude of the reference point. Further, the position information of the map image may include information indicating the direction (azimuth or the like) of the map image.

  Next, the moving image creating apparatus 10 determines the runner position on the travel course C according to the time based on the travel record (step S5, runner position determination function). For example, when the time when a certain runner reaches the measurement point C2 is 0:10:00, and the time when the runner reaches the measurement point C3 is 0:20:00, the runner position between these times Is between measurement point C2 and measurement point C3.

  In addition, a known interpolation calculation may be used for determining the runner position. For example, in the above example, when linear interpolation is used, it is possible to calculate that the runner position is a point obtained by dividing the measurement point C2 and the measurement point C3 into 2: 8 at 0:12:00.

  In addition, regarding the traveling course C, when information regarding altitude or ascending / descending at points between the respective measurement points is available, the runner position may be corrected using such information. For example, it is possible to perform correction calculations such that a runner travels relatively fast on a downhill compared to a flat ground, and a runner travels relatively slow on a downhill compared to a flat ground.

  Next, the moving image creating apparatus 10 calculates a running ratio according to the time based on the running record (step S6). The running ratio refers to the ratio that the runner has run in the running record in the running course C. Although the specific calculation method of this ratio is arbitrary, for example, when information indicating the distance between the measurement points or the distance from the start point to each measurement point is available, the information and the step S5 It can be calculated based on the determined runner position. For example, in a traveling course from the start point to the end point of 40 km, when the runner position is 30 km from the start point, the running ratio can be calculated as 30/40 = 0.75.

Next, the moving image creating apparatus 10 creates a moving image (step S7, moving image creating function).
FIG. 3 shows an example of one scene (running scene) of the created moving image. The moving image displays a map image and a first sign 31 representing a runner. The 1st label | marker 31 is what is called an avatar showing a runner. The 1st label | marker 31 moves on a map image with progress of time based on driving | running | working recording. For example, a course line 32 (a broken line or a curve) representing the traveling course C is displayed on the map image, and the moving image is displayed so that the first sign 31 moves on the course line 32 based on the runner position determined in step S5. Is created.

  The shape of the course line 32 can be determined by an arbitrary method. The moving image creating apparatus 10 may store information representing the shape of the course line 32 associated with the map image in advance, or may generate the course line 32 based on the position information of the measurement point.

  Although the format of the 1st label | marker 31 is arbitrary, in the example of illustration, it combines the concentric circle and the quadrangular pyramid, and becomes what was pseudo-sterically displayed. The center of the concentric circle and the vertex of the quadrangular pyramid indicate the same position, which corresponds to the runner position.

  The display mode of the course line 32 is arbitrary. For example, the color of the already run part (the part below the runner position in FIG. 3) and the part that has not run (the part above the runner position in FIG. 3) are changed. It may be different. Further, for example, for each measurement section (between two adjacent measurement points), the color may be different based on the traveling speed in the measurement section. In particular, the colors may be different based on the relative ratio of the traveling speed in each measurement section.

  The display mode of the map image may be fixed in the moving image or may change as the first marker 31 moves. For example, in the illustrated example, as the runner position advances, the map image rotates so that the front of the running course C viewed from the runner position faces upward on the screen, and the first indicator 31 is positioned at a predetermined position on the screen (for example, FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the map image is translated so as to be fixed at a position slightly above the lowermost center of the screen. Alternatively, a pseudo 3D expression that is inclined so that the front of the traveling course C viewed from the runner position faces the back direction of the screen may be used. When the map image includes solid shape data, the map image may be redrawn based on the position and orientation of the viewpoint in each scene.

  The time scale in the moving image can be arbitrarily set, and it is not necessary to faithfully reproduce the running record. For example, the time from when the first marker 31 starts moving to when it ends (for example, from the measurement point C1 to the measurement point C7) is set to be a predetermined time (for example, 5 minutes or 10 minutes). May be. In this way, it is possible to browse a long running record in a short time.

  As described above, in the moving image, the first marker 31 moves on the map image based on the actual travel record. For this reason, the viewer (for example, the runner) of the moving image can easily grasp the running situation in the course at any time.

  In addition, the running ratio calculated in step S6 is displayed in the moving image. The display of the running ratio can be performed using, for example, a diagram 33 including points representing the starting point and the ending point of the traveling course C. As illustrated, the start point and end point of the traveling course C in the diagram 33 may be different from the start point and end point of the course line 32 in the map image. In this diagram 33, a second indicator 34 representing a runner is displayed at a position corresponding to the running ratio.

  The diagram 33 may be a straight line, or a broken line or a curve representing the altitude as shown. In addition, acquisition of the diagram 33 can be performed by arbitrary methods, and what is previously stored in the memory | storage means of the moving image preparation apparatus 10 may be acquired, and the moving image preparation apparatus 10 is used for the positional information on each measurement point. You may make and acquire based on.

  The display form of the diagram 33 is arbitrary. For example, a part that has already run (the part on the left side of the second sign 34 in FIG. 3) and a part that has not run (the part on the right side of the second sign 34 in FIG. 3) You may change the color. Further, for example, the color may be changed for each measurement section based on the traveling speed in the measurement section. In particular, the colors may be different based on the relative ratio of the traveling speed in each measurement section.

  Further, other information or the like may be displayed in the moving image. In the example shown in the figure, the name of the competition (“FUJISA MARATHON”), the classification of the competition (“Full Marathon”), the runner ID (“No. 112”), the runner name (“Taro XX”), the target time (“2:29:59”), etc. are displayed. Such information can be acquired by an arbitrary method. The runner name and the target time may be stored in advance in association with the runner ID.

  Furthermore, information updated for each scene may be displayed in the moving image. In the example shown in the figure, the time (for example, Japan Standard Time at the time of the competition, “10:11:15”), the runner in the scene from the start point. The travel distance to the position (“20 km”), the rank of the runner in the scene (“2nd place”), the travel time from the start point (“Net 01:10:15”), the travel time from the previous measurement point (“ Lap 00:17:11 ") and the like are displayed.

  In addition, a photograph of the runner may be displayed in the moving image. In the example of FIG. 3, a photograph of the runner is displayed in the lower left. A configuration for taking a photograph of a runner, a method for selecting a photograph displayed at any time, and the like can be arbitrarily designed based on known techniques.

  In the video, an information display for displaying predetermined information after displaying the movement of the first sign 31 according to the traveling scene as shown in FIG. 3 (for example, after the first sign 31 reaches the end point of the running course C). A scene may be displayed.

  FIG. 4 shows an example of such an information display scene. The runner ID, runner name, target time, and information at each measurement point are displayed. The information at the measurement point includes the distance from the start point to the measurement point, the rank of the runner at the measurement point, the gross record at the measurement point (elapsed time from the gun that started running), and the net record at the measurement point (from the start point) Travel time), the difference between the net record and the target net time, the lap record at that measurement point (the travel time from the previous measurement point), the difference between the lap record and the target lap time, and the like. The target net time and the target lap time may be stored in advance in the storage unit of the moving image creating apparatus 10 in association with the runner ID.

  When the creation of the moving image is completed, the moving image creating apparatus 10 outputs the created moving image (step S8). The mode of output can be arbitrarily designed. For example, the output mode may be stored in the storage unit of the moving image creating apparatus 10 or may be transmitted to another computer via a communication network. Moreover, when transmitting to another computer, you may utilize a content sharing service, for example. For this purpose, the moving image creating apparatus 10 may have a function of uploading a moving image to a site or a server constituting the content sharing service.

  There are various ways to use the output video. For example, each runner can use the video as a memorial to participate in the competition or as a record (completion of completion) indicating that he has completed the competition. May be provided.

  As described above, according to the moving image creating system 100 (including the moving image creating apparatus 10 and the moving image creating program) according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, the first sign on the map image is based on the actual travel record. Since the moving image in which 31 moves is created, the viewer (for example, the runner himself) of the moving image can grasp the runner position in the traveling course C relatively easily.

In the first embodiment described above, the following modifications can be made.
The execution timing of the process in FIG. 2 can be arbitrarily changed. In the first embodiment, the moving image creating apparatus 10 executes the process of FIG. 2 (particularly including steps S1 and S7) for each runner in response to each runner reaching the end point of the running course C. As a modification, after all the runners have finished running and received a specific video creation start command from the administrator of the video creation device 10, as shown in FIG. Processing may be started.

  The execution order of steps S1 to S4 can be arbitrarily changed. For example, the moving image creating apparatus 10 may execute the processes of steps S2 to S4 in advance to acquire each data, and may wait for the travel record transmission from the travel record collection apparatus 20 to start the subsequent process. Moreover, it is not necessary to perform the process of step S2-S4 for every runner.

  Prior to step S1, a finish signal including a runner ID for identifying the runner and information indicating that the runner has completed the running course C may be transmitted from the running record collecting device 20 to the moving image creating device 10. . In response to the finish signal, the moving image creating apparatus 10 may request the travel record collection apparatus 20 to transmit a travel record corresponding to the runner ID.

  The display of the diagram 33 and the second indicator 34 may be omitted. In that case, step S6 need not be executed.

  The information display scene is not limited to the configuration shown in FIG. Other information may be additionally displayed, and a part of the information in FIG. 4 may be omitted. For example, at least one of a runner's rank, gross record, net record, and lap record may be displayed.

  The processes related to a plurality of traveling courses may be executed in parallel. For example, if different competitions are held at two locations on the same day, each traveling course and traveling record can be distinguished using identification information such as a tournament ID, etc., according to the tournament ID included in the traveling record. A movie can be created using a course. In that case, you may acquire a different map image according to tournament ID in step S3.

  For example, the moving image C is configured such that the first sign 31 moves from the start point to the end point of the travel course C, but may be configured to move only a part of the travel course C (that is, the start point C1 is not necessarily limited to the end point C7). May not include the entire process).

  In Embodiment 1, the latitude and longitude are used as the position information of the measurement point and the map image. However, the position information is not limited to the latitude and longitude as long as the information can represent the correspondence between the measurement point and the map image.

  The hardware configuration related to the moving image creation system 100 can be arbitrarily changed. For example, a computer that stores information related to the traveling course C (map image data, measurement point data, and the like) may be separated from a computer that creates a moving image. Alternatively, the moving image creation device 10 and the travel record collection device 20 may be configured by a single computer.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 moving image production apparatus (computer), 20 travel record collection apparatus, 21 measurement apparatus, 31 1st label | marker, 33 diagram, 34 2nd label | marker, 100 moving image production system, C running course, C1-C7 measurement point.

The present invention relates to a moving image creating systems and video creation program, and more particularly to those that create a video about run long distances.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the video creation system according to the present invention is:
A video creation system for creating a video about long-distance running in a running course including one or more measurement points,
A measuring device that is provided at the measurement point and measures the arrival time at which each runner has reached the measurement point; and
A travel record collection device that collects the arrival time of each runner as a travel record from the measurement device;
A moving image creation device that acquires the travel record from the travel record collection device and creates a moving image based on the travel record;
With
The video creation device
A travel record acquisition function for acquiring the travel record from the travel record collection device ;
A function for acquiring measurement point position information representing the latitude and longitude of each measurement point;
A map image acquisition function for acquiring a map image representing the traveling course;
A function of acquiring map image position information representing latitude and longitude according to the map image;
A runner position determination function that refers to the measurement point position information and the map image position information, and determines a runner position on the map image in the travel course according to time based on the travel record;
A moving image creating function for creating a moving image in which a first sign representing the runner moves on the map image based on the runner position;
According to an aspect of the specific,
The video creation device further includes:
A function of acquiring a diagram including points representing the start point and end point of the traveling course;
Based on the travel record, according to the time, the function of calculating the ratio that the runner ran out of the travel course in the travel record,
With
In the moving image, a second indicator representing a runner is displayed at a position corresponding to the ratio in the diagram.
According to a specific aspect, in the moving image, after the first sign reaches the end point of the traveling course, at least one of the rank of the runner, the gross record, the net record, and the lap record at the plurality of measurement points is provided. Is displayed.
In addition, the video creation system according to the present invention includes :
In response to the runner reaching the end point of the travel course , the video creation device executes the video creation function.
The program according to the present invention causes a computer to function as the above-described moving image creation system .

According to video creation systems and moving image creating program according to the present invention, based on the actual running record, because on the map image runner labels Videos movement is created, the viewer, runner position in the course It can be grasped more easily.

Claims (6)

A video creation device that creates a video about long-distance running in a running course that includes one or more measurement points,
A travel record acquisition function for acquiring a travel record representing the time at which the runner arrived at each measurement point;
A map image acquisition function for acquiring a map image representing the traveling course;
A runner position determination function for determining a runner position in the travel course according to time based on the travel record;
A moving image creating apparatus comprising: a moving image creating function for creating a moving image in which a first sign representing the runner moves on the map image based on the runner position. The video creation device further includes:
A function of acquiring position information representing the latitude and longitude of each measurement point;
The moving image creating apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a function of acquiring position information representing latitude and longitude related to the map image. The video creation device further includes:
A function of acquiring a diagram including points representing the start point and end point of the traveling course;
Based on the travel record, according to the time, the function of calculating the ratio that the runner ran out of the travel course in the travel record,
With
In the video, a second indicator representing the runner is displayed at a position corresponding to the ratio in the diagram.
The moving image creating apparatus according to claim 1.   2. In the moving image, at least one of the rank of the runner, the gross record, the net record, and the lap record at the plurality of measurement points is displayed after the first sign reaches the end point of the traveling course. The moving image creation apparatus according to any one of? The moving image creation device according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
At each measurement point, a measurement device that measures the time at which the runner has reached,
With
The video creation device executes the travel record acquisition function and the video creation function in response to the runner reaching the end point of the travel course.
Movie creation system.   The program which functions a computer as a moving image production apparatus as described in any one of Claims 1-4.

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