JP2023043120A - Content creation support system, content creation support method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily create a content.

SOLUTION: A system for supporting creation of a content comprises: an input unit which receives designation of voice data to reproduce with a first timing in a scene; a reproduction option designation unit which receives designation of an offset time from the first timing to the reproduction of the voice data; and a scene creation unit which creates scene information for outputting the scene so as to reproduce the voice data with a second timing shifted from the first timing by the offset time.

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COPYRIGHT: (C)2023,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to a content creation support system, a content creation support method, and a program.

Patent Literature 1 discloses a serialized work distribution device that distributes serialized novels over the Internet.

JP 2011-227596 A

However, it takes time and effort to create content such as novels and comics.

The present invention has been made in view of such a background, and an object of the present invention is to provide a technique for easily creating content.

The main invention of the present invention for solving the above problems is a system for supporting content creation, comprising: an input unit for receiving designation of audio data to be reproduced at a first timing in a scene; a reproduction option designation unit for receiving a designation of an offset time from the first timing to the reproduction of the audio data; and a scene creation unit for creating scene information for output.

Other problems disclosed by the present application and solutions thereof will be clarified by the section of the embodiment of the invention and the drawings.

According to the present invention, content can be easily created.

It is a figure which shows an example of the novel which can be produced by the content creation support system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the whole structural example of the content creation support system of this embodiment. 2 is a diagram showing an example hardware configuration of a management server 1; FIG. It is a figure which shows the software structural example of the content creation support system of this embodiment. FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining the flow of scene production processing; It is a figure which shows an example of the input screen of audio|voice data. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen during recording. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a screen for setting reproduction parameters of audio data; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a screen during playback of audio data;

<Overview of the invention>
The contents of the embodiments of the present invention are listed and explained. The present invention has, for example, the following configurations.
[Item 1]
A system for supporting the creation of content,
an input unit that receives designation of audio data to be reproduced at a first timing in a scene;
a reproduction option designation unit that receives designation of an offset time from the first timing to reproduction of the audio data;
a scene creation unit for creating scene information for outputting the scene so as to reproduce the audio data at a second timing shifted from the first timing by the offset time;
A content creation support system comprising:
[Item 2]
The content creation support system according to item 1,
The input unit collects sound from a microphone to create the sound data;
A content creation support system characterized by:
[Item 3]
The content creation support system according to item 1 or 2,
The reproduction option designation unit further receives designation of a reproduction speed of the audio data,
wherein the scene creation unit reproduces the audio data at a second timing shifted from the first timing by the offset time according to the specified reproduction speed;
creating the scene information;
A content creation support system characterized by:
[Item 4]
The content creation support system according to any one of items 1 to 3,
the reproduction option specifying unit reproduces the audio data at the second timing in accordance with an instruction from a creator;
A content creation support system characterized by:
[Item 5]
A method of assisting content creation, comprising:
a step of accepting designation of audio data to be reproduced at a first timing in the scene;
receiving a specification of an offset time from the first timing to the reproduction of the audio data;
creating scene information for outputting the scene so as to reproduce the audio data at a second timing shifted from the first timing by the offset time;
A content creation support method, characterized in that a computer executes:
[Item 6]
A program for supporting the creation of content,
a step of accepting designation of audio data to be reproduced at a first timing in the scene;
receiving a specification of an offset time from the first timing to the reproduction of the audio data;
creating scene information for outputting the scene so as to reproduce the audio data at a second timing shifted from the first timing by the offset time;
A program that causes a computer to run

<Overview of the system>
An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

The content creation support system according to the present embodiment is a story in which a user (writer) creates stories (contents) such as novels and comics using content materials such as backgrounds and characters created by a provider (creator). It is a production support platform.

Stories include, for example, novels, comics, picture books, games, dramas, animations, plays, movies, and the like. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a novel that can be created by the content creation support system according to the first embodiment. In this example, lines are displayed one after another along with a plurality of background images and character images, and the story can be read by input operations such as clicking and tapping on the touch screen.

<Configuration>
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of the content creation support system of this embodiment. The content creation support system includes a management server 1 , user terminal 2 , provider terminal 3 , network 4 and viewer terminal 5 . The server 1 is connected to the user terminal 2 , the provider terminal 3 and the viewer terminal 5 via the network 4 . Further, specific devices of the terminals 2, 3, and 5 are computers such as mobile phones, smart phones, tablet computers, and personal computers. A writer who creates a story operates a user terminal 2, and a creator who provides content materials operates a provider terminal 3 to access the management server 1 and use the story creation support platform.

<Hardware configuration>
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration example of the management server 1. As shown in FIG. The management server 1 constitutes a part of the system by executing information processing through communication with the user terminal 2 and the provider terminal 3 . The management server 1 may be, for example, a general-purpose computer such as a workstation or personal computer, or may be logically realized by cloud computing.

The management server 1 includes at least a control unit 10, a memory 11, a storage 12, a transmission/reception unit 1
3. It has an input/output unit 14 and the like, which are electrically connected to each other through a bus 15 .

The control unit 10 is an arithmetic unit that controls the overall operation of the management server 1, controls transmission and reception of data between elements, and performs information processing necessary for executing applications. For example, the control unit 10 is a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and executes each information processing by executing a program or the like stored in the storage 12 and developed in the memory 11 .

The memory 11 is a DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory
y) and other volatile storage devices, and flash memory and HDD (Hard
Auxiliary memory composed of a non-volatile memory device such as a Disc Drive). The memory 11 is used as a work area or the like for the control unit 10, and stores a BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) executed when the management server 1 is started, various setting information, and the like.

The storage 12 stores various programs such as application programs. A database storing data used for each process may be constructed in the storage 12 .

The transmission/reception unit 13 connects the management server 1 to the network 4 . In addition, the transmission/reception unit 13
Bluetooth® and BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy
The short-range communication interface of y) may be provided.

The input/output unit 14 is an information input device such as a keyboard and a mouse, and an output device such as a display, which are used as necessary.

A bus 15 is commonly connected to the above elements and transmits, for example, address signals, data signals and various control signals.

In addition, the user terminal 2 and the provider terminal 3 can have the same hardware configuration as the management server 1 .

<Software configuration>
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a software configuration example of the content creation support system of this embodiment.

<User terminal 2>
The user terminal 2 includes an input unit 211, a reproduction option designation unit 212, a use request transmission unit 213.
, and a transmitter 214 .

The input unit 211 receives input of data from the user. The input unit 211 can receive text input from, for example, a keyboard or a touch panel. Input unit 21
1 can collect sound from a microphone (not shown) provided in the user terminal 2 and create sound data. The input unit 211 can also receive text data obtained by analyzing voice data. The input unit 211 can also accept options selected from forms such as displayed buttons and pull-down lists.

The reproduction option designation unit 212 can accept designation of reproduction parameters (options) of audio data. If the reproduction option designation unit 212 does not accept designation of an option, the audio data is reproduced with default parameters.
In this embodiment, the playback parameters may include playback offset time and playback speed. The offset time is the time to shift from the designated reproduction timing (first timing) of the audio data to the actual reproduction timing (second timing) of the audio data. The offset time can also be negative. The offset time can be, for example, +0.1 seconds or -0.1 seconds, and can be 0.1 seconds after reaching the reproduction timing of the designated audio data or 0.1 seconds after reaching the reproduction timing. You can start playing audio data seconds before. Also, the playback speed may be specified by a tempo (BPM), or may be specified by a multiple of the normal playback speed, such as 1.1 times or 0.8 times. Audio data is played back at the specified playback speed.

The use request transmission unit 213 transmits a request to save the story (hereinafter referred to as a use request) to the management server 1 .

The transmission unit 214 transmits the input data received by the input unit 211 and the reproduction option designation unit 212.
sends the received parameters to the management server 1 .

<Management server 1>
The management server 1 includes a content material reception section 111 , a content material provision section 112 , a story reception section 113 , a user request reception section 114 , a scene generation section 115 , a content material storage section 120 and a story storage section 130 .

Note that the content material receiving unit 111, the content material providing unit 112, the story receiving unit 113, the user request receiving unit 114, and the scene generating unit 115 are controlled by the control unit 10 provided in the management server 1 by executing programs stored in the storage 12. The content material storage unit 120 and the story storage unit 130 are realized by reading to the memory 11 and executing.
1 and/or storage 12 .

The content material reception unit 111 receives provision of content materials from the provider terminal 3 . Content materials are images, videos, sounds, texts, symbols,
This is data such as an icon. Backgrounds, characters, items, stills,
It is used as background music, sound effects, voice, text, symbols, icons, etc., but is not limited to these. The provider can provide the content material produced and obtained by himself/herself through the provider terminal 3. - 特許庁

The content material reception unit 111 stores the provided content material data in the content material storage unit 120 . The content material providing unit 112 provides content materials to the user terminal 2 in response to requests from the user terminal 2 .

The story accepting unit 113 accepts stories. In this embodiment, the story reception unit 113 can create a story by creating scenes that form the story one or more times. The story accepting unit 113 accepts specification of content materials such as backgrounds, characters appearing, and objects (things, animals, etc.) appearing in scenes, and also accepts inputs such as lines spoken by characters and narration flowing in scenes. can. The story receiving unit 113 may present content materials registered in the content material storage unit 120 and receive selection from them, or may receive input of content materials from the user. . Also, the story reception unit 113
can create a story as a sequence of multiple scenes. i.e.
The story receiving unit 113 can create story information (information representing a story) including a plurality of scene information.

User request receiving unit 114 receives an input from the user indicating that the story is to be saved.
The user request receiving unit 114 can register a story in the story storage unit 130 according to the input from the user.

The scene generator 115 generates information for reproducing a scene (hereinafter referred to as scene information). The scene information can be, for example, a file describing events that occur. Scene information can be, for example, a structured text file such as XML or JSON. The scene generation unit 115 can describe in the scene information events such as the background received by the story reception unit 113, the appearance of a character, the appearance of an object (such as an object or an animal), and the reproduction of audio data. can. In the present embodiment, when a story is reproduced, the next event can be generated by tapping the screen of a smartphone or the like by the viewer, and scene information can be created by arranging the events to be generated. The scene generation unit 115 can generate a scene by calling the content material selected by the user from the content material storage unit 120 and associating it with the text or the like input by the user. The scene generation unit 115 can also create a scene using content material data received from the user. For example, setting information such as the display position of each content material and text, display order at the time of browsing, timing, etc. can be added. A story may be composed of a scene, which is the minimum unit composed of one or more content materials and text data, and an episode composed of an arbitrary number of scenes, but is not limited to this.

The scene generating unit 115 also receives input of audio data and playback timing from the input unit 211, and when receiving offset time and playback speed from the playback option specifying unit 212, shifts the received playback timing by the offset time. A scene can be generated so that the audio data is reproduced at the designated reproduction speed at the timing specified.

<Flow of story production>
The scene production process in story production will be described below.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the flow of scene creation processing.

The story accepting unit 113 accepts designation of a background (S201), accepts selection of an event (S202), and sets the accepted event (S203) until an instruction to end scene production is received. In this embodiment, the event means the appearance of a character,
the character exiting the stage, displaying the lines uttered by the character as a character string, outputting the lines uttered by the character by voice (reproducing audio data related to the lines),
Starting playback of BGM, playing sound effects, displaying the narration of the scene as a character string, outputting the narration of the scene by voice (creating audio data related to the narration), and appearing of an item. , the item disappears, and so on. Note that the event is not limited to these, and may be any event that can be included in the scene. The setting of an event is to set the specific contents of the event in the scene. , there are input of the contents of dialogue and selection of the shape of speech balloons. There are item selection and selection of the position where the item appears. In addition, when reproducing audio data such as lines, BGM, and sound effects, the audio data to be reproduced and the audio data reproduction parameters (offset time and reproduction speed in this embodiment, but not limited to these) Any parameters related to the playback of audio data can be specified.)
can be set as an event setting.

After repeating the selection and setting of the event, the story receiving unit 113 creates scene information in which the event is set to occur in the scene (S204).

As described above, the story receiving unit 113 can create scene information.
Note that the story receiving unit 113 can finally create a story by creating a series of scene information.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of an input screen for voice data. In addition, in the examples of FIGS. 6 to 9, it is assumed that scenes are created using a smart phone, but the present invention is not limited to this, and it is also possible to create scenes using a personal computer. The examples shown in FIGS. 6 to 9 can be performed by interaction between the story reception unit 113 and the user using the user terminal 2. FIG.

The screen 41 is a screen for accepting input of voice data. FIG. 6 shows an example of registering voice data as lines (voice) of characters appearing in a scene 411 . When the “record” button 412 on the screen 41 is pressed, the voice data collected by the microphone in the user terminal 2 is recorded and uploaded to the management server 1 .
Also, when recorded voice data exists in the user terminal 2, the user can press the "upload" button 413 to select the recorded voice data. The selected audio data can be uploaded to the management server 1. FIG. Here, when a plurality of characters appear in the scene 411, it is possible to select the character whose voice is to be linked, and the designation of the character is uploaded to the management server 1 together with the voice data. be able to.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a screen during recording. When the button 412 is pressed in the example of FIG. 6, recording of audio data collected from the microphone is started, and the display of the button 412 changes to "stop" as shown in FIG. Recording ends when this button 412 is pressed. The audio data can be uploaded to the management server 1 when the "stop" button 412 is pressed.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a screen for setting reproduction parameters of audio data. Once audio data has been recorded or pre-recorded audio data has been selected, playback parameters can be set in form 42 . Specifically, the offset value (speech timing) of the timing to start reproducing the audio data can be set in the input field 421 in units of 0.1 seconds, for example. In the input field 421, a numerical value may be input from a keyboard or the like.
By pressing the toggle button, the offset value may be increased or decreased, for example, in units of 0.1 seconds. A negative value can also be set for the offset value. Also, the playback speed can be set in the setting field 422 . In the example of FIG. 8, the reproduction speed can be set as a multiple of the normal speed. Negative values can also be set for multiples.
The playback speed may be set by inputting a numerical value from a keyboard or the like, or by pressing a toggle button, the playback speed may be increased or decreased in units of 0.1 times, for example. When the "playback" button 423 is pressed, the user terminal 2 can shift the audio data by the offset value and play back the audio data, using the timing of pressing the button as the event generation timing. When the offset value is negative, the user terminal 2 can reproduce the audio data from the time point advanced by the number of seconds indicated by the offset value.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a screen example during playback of audio data. "Play" on the screen shown in FIG.
button 423 is pressed to start reproducing audio data, the display of the button changes to "stop" as shown in FIG. When this button 423 is pressed, reproduction of audio data is terminated.

As described above, events (appearance of characters, utterance of lines by text or voice by characters, placement of narration by text or voice, appearance of items, utterance of sound effects, A series of events can be produced as a scene by setting BGM vocalizations, etc.). Also, when setting the audio data, you can set playback options such as the offset value (speech timing) from the event occurrence timing and playback speed.When an event related to audio data occurs during story playback, It is possible to shift the timing of starting the reproduction of the audio data and change the reproduction speed of the audio data according to this reproduction option.

Although the present embodiment has been described above, the above-described embodiment is intended to facilitate understanding of the present invention, and is not intended to limit and interpret the present invention. The present invention can be modified and improved without departing from its spirit, and the present invention also includes equivalents thereof.

1 Management Server 2 User Terminal 3 Provider Terminal 5 Viewer Terminal

Claims (6)

A system for supporting the creation of content,
an input unit that receives designation of audio data to be reproduced at a first timing in a scene;
a reproduction option designation unit that receives designation of an offset time from the first timing to reproduction of the audio data;
a scene creation unit for creating scene information for outputting the scene so as to reproduce the audio data at a second timing shifted from the first timing by the offset time;
A content creation support system comprising: The content creation support system according to claim 1,
The input unit collects sound from a microphone to create the sound data;
A content creation support system characterized by: The content creation support system according to claim 1 or 2,
The reproduction option designation unit further receives designation of a reproduction speed of the audio data,
wherein the scene creation unit reproduces the audio data at a second timing shifted from the first timing by the offset time according to the specified reproduction speed;
creating the scene information;
A content creation support system characterized by: The content creation support system according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
the reproduction option specifying unit reproduces the audio data at the second timing in accordance with an instruction from a creator;
A content creation support system characterized by: A method of assisting content creation, comprising:
a step of accepting designation of audio data to be reproduced at a first timing in the scene;
receiving a specification of an offset time from the first timing to the reproduction of the audio data;
creating scene information for outputting the scene so as to reproduce the audio data at a second timing shifted from the first timing by the offset time;
A content creation support method, characterized in that a computer executes: A program for supporting the creation of content,
a step of accepting designation of audio data to be reproduced at a first timing in the scene;
receiving a specification of an offset time from the first timing to the reproduction of the audio data;
creating scene information for outputting the scene so as to reproduce the audio data at a second timing shifted from the first timing by the offset time;
A program that causes a computer to run

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