JP2537829B2 - Information editing device - Google Patents

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information editing apparatus for inputting a large amount of information such as images, voices, characters, editing, processing, and outputting the content in a specified form. is there.

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, called the information society, there is a huge amount of information around us in various forms. Especially, information such as images, voices, characters, etc. is broadcast, newspapers, publications. It is provided to people in the form of things. Among them, how to retrieve specific information required by a person from a large amount of information is a big problem including the means for realizing it.

On the other hand, with the remarkable development of computers and their peripheral devices, it has become possible to edit, process, store, and use a large amount of information at high speed. The cost for processing is significantly reduced as the size, price, and performance of arithmetic and processing devices and storage devices for storing information are advanced. In particular, regarding character information, an online information search service that allows a database to be constructed based on a large amount of data processed at high speed by a large-scale computer and searched via a communication line or the like has also become widespread. In addition, a service of providing such data to a user using a medium such as a floppy disk is also provided.

In addition, many newspaper companies have already put into practical use a newspaper editing system that uses a large computer to consistently perform operations from inputting collected news manuscripts to editing articles, laying out pages, and creating printing masters. However, some services have begun to provide online full-text content of newspaper articles in response to user search instructions prior to the publication of newspapers.

On the other hand, as for image and audio information, these information are basically analog information, and when digital conversion is performed, the amount of information is much larger than that of character information.
An extremely large-capacity storage device is required for the processing. For example, in the case of image information, 360 x 240 pixels per screen, 64
It requires 64 kilobytes for color display, and several hundred kilobytes for increasing color resolution. In the case of voice information, a quantization bit number of 8 bits and a sampling frequency of 20 kilohertz require an information amount of 100 kilobytes for voice output for 5 seconds. Furthermore, not only is there a large amount of voice information,
There is a problem in that it is necessary to output in real time for the reproduction, an operation such as time axis correction is required, and a large amount of apparatus for calculation and storage for that is also required.

In recent years, in addition to the development of various image and audio signal compression techniques, with the advancement of semiconductor technology and the increase in the capacity of semiconductor memories and the practical use of optical discs, storage devices have become very inexpensive. 2. Description of the Related Art Electronic information files that record a large amount of information using a large-capacity storage device and that can be searched electronically have been put to practical use. These are planned to be used as digitized data files such as thin telephone numbers and patent publications. Moreover, even in encyclopedias and pictorial books such as animal pictorial books, botanical pictorial books, etc. as large-scale information sources that have existed in the past,
It is also possible to realize an electronic picture book device that is configured by combining character information and image information, stores the contents in a storage device, electronically retrieves and outputs in a format suitable for the purpose of the user. Some devices for creating such information have also been proposed (for example, JP-A-60-148274).

Hereinafter, a conventional information editing apparatus will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 3 shows an information registration device for editing information for creating a data file of characters and images.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 51 is a microcomputer for controlling the entire apparatus, 52 is a system bus connecting the microcomputer 51 and each interface circuit (hereinafter referred to as I / F) 53 to 59, 5
Reference numerals 3 to 59 are I / Fs connected to the system bus 52. 60 is an image memory connected to the system bus 52, 61 and 62 are first image pickup devices and shutter switches such as TV cameras connected to the I / F 53, and 63 is a scanner connected to the I / F 54. Second image pickup device, 64 is a printer connected to the I / F 55, 6
5 is an external storage device such as a floppy disk connected to the I / F 56, 66 is a hard disk device (hereinafter referred to as HDD) connected to the I / F 57, and 67 is a display device 68 connected to the I / F 58.
A terminal device including a keyboard 69 and a keyboard 70 is a communication line connected to the I / F 59. In the first image pickup device 61, a pickup tube or CC
It is equipped with a two-dimensional image sensor such as D, and electrically scans two-dimensional image data such as a human face photograph. The shutter switch 62 gives an instruction as to the timing of capturing image data. In the second image pickup device 63, character data such as various records written on the sheet is read by a high resolution scanner using a one-dimensional image sensor.

The operation of the information registration apparatus having the above configuration will be described below. Consider creating a personnel record file using this device. When a new file is created, a face image of a person is input by the first image pickup device 61, and character data such as personnel records is input by the second image pickup device 63. The input data is stored in the image memory 60 via the system bus 52. The stored data is called to the display device 68, and the data is synthesized while giving necessary instructions from the keyboard 69. According to the above instruction, the character segment data in the image memory 60 is added, deleted, corrected, etc., and displayed on the display device 68. When one file is completed, a predetermined code is added to the file and it is stored in the HDD 66 as a series of data. When calling a registered file, when a predetermined key operation is performed, the data on the HDD 66 is searched, a corresponding series of data is read and transferred to the image memory 60. The contents of the image memory 60 are displayed on the display device 68, and when there is a print instruction, the data in the image memory 60 is output to the printer 64 to perform hard copy. Further, the data is connected to the communication line 70 via the I / F 59 and can be exchanged online.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, these electronic information files described above have extremely large capacities, and the total amount of data is several hundred megabytes especially in encyclopedias and picture books having a large number of characters. The information editing device used for that purpose will also be large-scale, input of images and audio information for file creation, conversion processing such as data compression, creation of playback procedures such as search programs, editing and processing of all information data In order to be able to store the information in a storage medium such as an optical disk. In order to perform these processes, a device capable of editing and processing a large amount of information at high speed is required. Also, check whether the contents of the file created by the above editing device and the playback procedure are as intended by the creator, and whether the contents of each data have been correctly converted to the specified format and can be restored correctly to the original information. There is a need to. In addition, among these editing and processing, it is necessary to edit the audio information so that it can be output in real time in order to actually hear the original sound, and when combining it with other information such as images and characters to create a file. Currently, it is extremely difficult to perform editing while combining with other information, adjusting reproduction timing, and checking the result at the editing stage.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, and a large amount of images, sounds,
It is an object of the present invention to provide an information editing device capable of creating an information file by performing conversion processing, editing and processing of information such as characters.

Means for Solving Problems In order to solve the above problems, the information editing apparatus of the present invention has an input means for externally inputting information such as images, voices, characters and the like, and the input information as its attribute. A conversion processing unit that performs data compression and other conversion processing in a predetermined format according to the first processing, and a first storage unit that stores the input or converted information.
Storage means, editing means for editing the information stored in the first storage means into a predetermined file format, creating a procedure for reproduction and reproduction, and storing information edited and processed by the editing means. Second storage means for reproducing information, reproduction means for reproducing information using the information stored in the first or second storage means, and for confirming the content of the edited information, reproduction procedure, etc. Third storage means for storing the stored information in a form of outputting the stored information to the outside, output means for outputting the information stored in the third storage means to the outside, coupling means for coupling the respective means, and It is provided with a structure called control means for controlling the operation of the means.

Action The present invention provides the image, sound, and
Characters and other information are converted according to their attributes, a data file to which the data format, attributes, data length, etc. have been added is created and stored in the first storage means. The information stored in the first storage means is edited by the editing means into a predetermined file format, processed, and a procedure for reproduction is created. In the process of editing and processing, the reproducing means was used, and the contents of the individual information edited using the information and data stored in the first or second storage means were correctly converted, and each information was created. Alternatively, check whether the reproduction is properly performed according to a predetermined reproduction procedure. This confirmation is realized by recording the information and data stored in the storage means on the recording medium by using the reproducing means and performing the simulated reproduction as if the information is reproduced. By these operations, it is possible to easily confirm the real-time reproduction of the pitch data, the combination of the image and the sound, and the quality of the reproduction timing. It is also possible to confirm the quality of the reproduction procedure such as the search program created by the input means or the edit means. The information and data that have been edited and processed are stored in the third storage means, the above-mentioned final confirmation is made, and output to the outside by the output means.

The control means can control the operations of the above means by presetting and inputting these operations or by inputting each operation as a command from the outside.

Embodiment An information editing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a conceptual basic configuration in one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention specifically showing the basic configuration in FIG.

In FIG. 1, 1 is an input means for inputting reproduction information such as images, voices, characters, search programs, and other information from the outside, and 2 is data compression of the information input by the input means 1 into a predetermined format. The conversion processing means 3 for performing the conversion processing, the first storage means 3 for storing the information input by the input means 1 or the information converted by the conversion processing means 2 and the added data representing the attribute thereof, 4 are the first storage means. The information stored in 3 is edited and processed by the editing and processing necessary for creating and reproducing a medium such as a file and creating and adding a reproduction procedure such as a search program. The second storage means 6 for storing information stores the information edited and processed by using the information stored in the first or second storage means 3, 5 according to the reproduction procedure created in advance in the process of inputting or editing. Convert correctly A reproducing means for examining and confirming whether or not the reproduction can be accurately performed, and 7 is a third means for storing the information confirmed to be edited and processed correctly by the reproducing means 6 in the form of outputting to the outside. Storage means, 8 is an output means for outputting the information file stored in the third storage means, 9 is a connecting means for connecting the above-mentioned respective means 1 to 8 and the control means 10, and 10 is each of these means. It is a control means for controlling the operation.

In FIG. 2, 11 is a CP that controls the operation of the entire device.
U and 12 are system buses that connect each component of the device, 13
Is an image input device that edits or inputs various image information,
14 is an image memory for storing image information of the image input device 13,
Reference numeral 15 is a voice input device that inputs voice information, 16 is a conversion processing device that performs signal compression and other conversion and processing of the input information, 17 is an editing device that edits and processes the stored information, and 18 is a user An operating device consisting of a display device 19 and a keyboard 20 for performing actual operations such as inputting commands and character information, 21 is a printer for outputting various information, 22 is an input / output device for a large amount of data and a storage device. A magnetic tape device (hereinafter referred to as an MT device) that backs up stored data, 23 is a HDD as a storage device that stores information that has been input, converted, or edited, and 24 is an external device that outputs edited and processed information. A disk file device using a disk-shaped storage medium (for example, an optical disk) for storing in a final form. Reference numeral 25 denotes information stored in the disk file device 24 such as a master tape. Premastering apparatus as an output means for outputting, 26 and 27 images, characters,
Image character output device and audio output device as reproduction means for demodulating and reproducing information such as voice, 28 to 39 are system bus 12
The I / F, 40 that connects each device to each device is the main memory device (hereinafter referred to as RAM) of the device, and is used to examine and confirm whether the edited and processed information is correctly converted and can be reproduced correctly. Image character output device 26, audio output device 27, HDD2
3, the disk file device 24, the CPU 11 and the like constitute a simulated playback device.

The operation of the embodiment of the information editing apparatus of the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG.

It is assumed that, for example, an animal pictorial book composed of images, sounds, characters, etc. is created by using the information editing apparatus of the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. Image information of a natural image such as a photograph showing the appearance and ecology of animals is converted into an image signal by an image pickup device such as a TV camera and sent to the image input device 13, and if necessary, using the image memory 14 or the like. Image processing and editing at the material level are performed, and the data is stored in the HDD 23 via the I / F 28 and 37.
Graphs and animations are created in advance by an external device and input from the image input device 13, or the image input device 13
It is created using the drawing function of and is also stored in the HDD 23.

Voice information such as animal crying and narration of explanation is converted from a prerecorded medium into a voice signal by a reproducing device such as a tape recorder and sent to the voice input device 15, and the HDD 23 through the I / F 29, 37. Memorized in. Character information such as a description is input from the keyboard 20 of the operation device 18 or created in advance and collectively input from the MT device 22, and stored in the HDD 23 via the I / F 34 or 36, 37. These operations may be individually performed by the instruction from the keyboard 20, or the input procedure may be stored in the RAM 40 in advance and automatically performed by the instruction from the keyboard 20 under the control of the CPU 11. Of the information stored in the HDD 23, those that require conversion and processing such as data compression are sent to the conversion processing device 16 via the I / F 37, 30 and converted to a predetermined format and processed (for example, ΔYUV conversion for image information). , ADPCM conversion for voice information (8Bit, 4
Bit, etc.) is performed and the data is stored in the HDD 23 as a converted material data file via I / F 30, 37. In this conversion and processing, input information may be directly converted and processed, or may be stored in the HDD 23 and then converted and processed. The attributes of each information (file name, data type,
A data file indicating data length, data conversion, processing method, other information to be synchronized, etc.) is created or added and stored in the HDD 23 as a control file.
In addition, the data files that were previously created and backed up in the form of magnetic tape, etc.
The data is stored in HDD 23 after passing 37. The CPU 11 controls the operation of the entire series of these devices.

On the other hand, a scenario created in advance (for example, the type and contents of animals to be recorded in the picture book, how to search, search keyword,
Based on the creator's intention such as a reproduction procedure, the specific reproduction order and data arrangement are determined and the program is created. The order and arrangement of these can be determined by the creator inputting necessary instructions from the keyboard 20 while looking at the display contents of the display device 19 of the operating device 18, or by using the MT device with the instruction contents previously created by another device. 22 By inputting from other input devices, the arrangement and combination of the data files on the recording medium are determined from the contents of the control file and the input commands, and the contents are stored as a program file in the editing device 17. It is made into a file and stored in the HDD 23 via the I / F 31, 37. Further, in accordance with it, in the editing device 17, the attributes, types, arrangement on the recording medium, the combination with other data files to be synchronized, etc. of individual data files containing images, sounds, characters and other information, Editing and processing such as grouping data into units (blocking), superimposing with other data files (interleaving), etc. are performed, and further converted into a fixed format (FORMAT) defined by the recording medium. It is stored in the HDD 23 via / F31,37. For example, in the animal pictorial book, a data file with a structure in which if you name the animal by editing and processing these, a picture of the animal appears on the screen and the cry of the animal according to the voice of the commentary is output as voice. Is edited, converted into FORMAT, and stored in the HDD 23.

The edited and processed data file has its contents correctly converted, and in order to examine and confirm whether or not it can be correctly reproduced according to the defined reproduction procedure, the image character output device 26, the audio output device 27, the HDD 23, the disk File device 24, CPU11
A simulated playback device composed of the above is used. The operation of the simulated playback device will be described below. The program file that defines the reproduction procedure of the above-mentioned data file recorded on the final recording medium (optical disc such as a compact disc (CD) that is made in large numbers for the user to use) is stored in the HDD23 to the I / F37. After that, it is stored in RAM40, CPU11
By this, the instruction and control of simulated reproduction are performed. Each data file is sent from the HDD 23 through the I / F 37, 32, 33 to the image character output device 26 and the audio output device 27 in accordance with a predetermined procedure in the program file, demodulates the contents of the data file, and the image, character, It reproduces and outputs the original information such as voice. As a result, the HDD23
Using the data file stored in, it is possible to perform simulated playback assuming that it is playing back the data recorded on the final form of the recording medium. It is relatively easy to check the combination of and voice, and the quality of the reproduction timing. For example, in the case of an animal pictorial book, if you search for an individual animal, you can definitely search for the specified animal, and repeatedly examine whether the picture, commentary, cry etc. can be played correctly in the specified order and timing. , You can check and edit the file efficiently.

The operation of the program files and data files, whose operation has been confirmed by the above simulated reproduction and whose editing has been almost completed, is determined in the order and arrangement on the final recording medium, and the disk file device using an optical disk or the like through the I / F 38. Stored in the final form. Using the program file and data file stored in the disk file device 24, the final operation is performed by performing simulated reproduction under almost the same conditions as when reproducing the data recorded in the storage medium in the final form. Confirm and edit is complete. The edited information file is sent to the premastering device 25 via the I / Fs 38 and 39, and a master tape for creating a recording medium is created. Further, each data file created in the process of editing is sent to the MT device 23 via the I / F 36 and a backup is created. These help prevent data from being destroyed due to unexpected accidents during editing work, and the created file can be used for another purpose as it is, saving the time required for editing etc. it can.

In the present embodiment, the edited information file stored in the disk file device 24 is sent to the premastering device 25 via the I / F 38, 39 and is output using a magnetic data medium called a master tape. If the disk of the disk file device 24 is a portable disk medium, it can be used as it is as an output medium. In this case, the disk file device 24 can also be used as the output means, and the premastering device 25 can be omitted.
In addition, a writable and erasable storage medium such as a magneto-optical disc may be used as this disc. In that case, the same medium can be repeatedly used. Even when doing, it is possible to perform more economical editing without wasting the storage medium.

In the present embodiment, the conversion processing device 16 is used as conversion processing means such as data compression of input information,
This function may be performed by each of the image input device 13 and the voice input device 15. In this case, a dedicated conversion processing device becomes unnecessary. Further, the conversion processing device 16 and the editing device 17 are used as means for converting, processing, and editing information, respectively, but software may be used as these means and the processing may be performed by the CPU 11.

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION As is apparent from the above description, the present invention stores images, voices, characters, and other information input by the above configuration,
Depending on the attribute, conversion processing such as data compression, data that indicates the attribute of that information is created and added, stored as a control file, and the data file is edited and processed, and its specific playback sequence and data. It is possible to easily realize an information editing device that creates a large-capacity electronic information file by creating a procedure for reproduction such as the arrangement of. In particular, in the process of editing and processing, the reproducing means is used to reproduce the data recorded on the recording medium in the final form in which it is actually used by using the data file stored in the storing means. You can perform simulated playback under almost the same conditions as above, you can easily check the real-time playback of audio signals, the combination of images and audio, the quality of playback timing, etc. You can easily check the quality of the playback procedure such as the search program.
It is possible to easily and efficiently edit and create an electronic information file with a wide range of new application fields, which is a large amount of information that is organically combined. Further, since the storage means and the output means can be used in common, in that case, the system configuration can be simplified.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a conceptual basic configuration of an information editing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the information editing apparatus showing the same concrete configuration, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an apparatus for editing. 1 ... input means, 2 ... conversion processing means, 3 ... first storage means, 4 ... editing means, 5 ... second storage means, 6 ...
... reproduction means, 7 ... second storage means, 8 ... output means,
9 ... Coupling means, 10 ... Control means.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Koichiro Endo 1006 Kadoma, Kadoma-shi, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Mihiro Mori 1006 Kadoma, Kadoma-shi, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (56) References JP SHO 60-183650 (JP, A) IPSJ 31st (late 1985) Proceedings of national conference (60.9) PP. 1437-1444 IPSJ 32nd (first 1986) ) Proceedings of National Convention (SHO 61-3) PP. 1825-1828 IEEE COMPUTER Vol. 18, No. 10 (1985-10) PP. 15 −30

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. Input means for inputting at least two types of information such as images, voices, characters, etc. from the outside, and data conversion of input information into a predetermined format according to the attribute, data compression, and creation of a data file. Conversion processing means for performing other conversion processing, first storage means for storing the input or converted information, and information stored in the first storage means are defined in the distribution recording medium. Editing means for creating a procedure for editing, processing, and reproducing information in a predetermined file format; second storage means for storing information edited and processed by the editing means; and the first or second storage means. The information stored in the is reproduced in a simulated manner in the final reproduction form based on the created reproduction procedure, and the reproduction means for confirming the quality of the edited and processed reproduction information and the reproduction procedure, and the editing, Third storage means for storing the processed information in a predetermined information form on the recording medium for distribution, output means for outputting the information stored in the third storage means to the outside, and the above-mentioned means are combined. An information editing apparatus comprising a coupling means for controlling the operation and a control means for controlling the operation of each of the above means. 2. The reproducing means comprises a dedicated device for performing demodulation reproduction and output of images, voices, characters and the like, and a control device for controlling the operation of each device, and the control device is created by the editing means. A simulated reproducing apparatus which controls the information stored in the first or second storage means on the basis of the reproduction procedure to reproduce it in a simulated manner, confirms the edited contents and the quality of the reproduction procedure, and stores them in the third storage means. The information editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein 3. A third storage means comprises a storage device using a writable / erasable and removable disk-shaped recording medium, and output means for outputting information by storing the recording medium in the recording medium. The information editing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the information editing apparatus also serves as the information editing apparatus.