JP3097090B2 - Still image file device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention will be described in the following order.

A Industrial field of application B Outline of the invention C Conventional technology D Problem to be solved by the invention E Means to solve the problem F Function G Example H Effect of the invention A Industrial field of application The present invention is a still image The file device can be applied to, for example, a device in which a still image used for a news program is created and filled, and read out and transmitted as necessary.

B. Summary of the Invention The present invention relates to a still picture file apparatus, in which an image signal between a still picture storage means and a still picture storage control means is transmitted in a signal form in accordance with a D-1 format of a digital video tape recorder. Thus, the connectable distance between the still image storage control unit and the still image storage unit can be significantly extended.

C Conventional technology Conventionally, in news programs, in addition to videos of news casters and commentators shot with a TV camera, and videos of incident scenes recorded with a video tape recorder (VTR), photos and images according to news A still image composed of a commentary board or the like is transmitted, so that the viewer can easily understand the contents of the news.

A so-called still image file apparatus has been proposed for creating and firing this still image, reading it out at a predetermined timing, and sending it out (Japanese Patent Application Nos. 1-108760 and 1-108761).

That is, in this still image file device, for example, still image information such as a photograph is photographed by a television camera, and character data such as a comment is superimposed on one frame of the input video signal obtained as a result, and predetermined identification information is also added. A still image is created with the addition.

The still image thus created is filed in a large-capacity storage device such as a magneto-optical disk device, and as a result, a still image file is formed on the magneto-optical disk.

The still image file on the magneto-optical disk is read out at a predetermined timing and sent out as a still image in a news program.

The transmission timing of still images in such a news program is based on a playlist created separately by designating the transmission order, transmission time, presence / absence of special effects, etc., for a plurality of still image files filed on a magneto-optical disc. Is controlled based on the

D. Problems to be Solved by the Invention In the still image file device having such a configuration, a magneto-optical disk device is built in the device. When the optical disk is installed, it takes a lot of trouble to replace the magneto-optical disk, and there is a problem that the portability of the magneto-optical disk is hindered.

Therefore, if the magneto-optical disk device can be installed at a position farther away from the still image file device, it is considered that the usefulness of the still image file device can be further improved.

However, in such a still image file device, an analog component video signal or a composite video signal is actually transmitted between the control unit of the still image file device and the magneto-optical disk device. Therefore, the distance between the still image file device and the magneto-optical disk device cannot be sufficiently secured due to the limit of the transmission distance.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and has as its object to propose a still image file device which can solve the conventional problems at once and can improve the usefulness.

E. Means for Solving the Problem In order to solve such a problem, in the present invention, still image creating means 30 to 37 for creating a plurality of desired still images and adding identification information designated to the still images, Still image storage means 24 for storing a plurality of still images to which identification information has been added
And a transmission list creation means 20 for creating a still image transmission list in the order of transmission of still images in correspondence with the identification information.
Still image creation means 30-37, still image storage means 24-26, 6
0, sending list creating means 20 and sending signal generating means 61, 62
Is connected, and responds to the transmission signals input from the transmission signal generation means 61 and 62, and reads out the still images from the still image storage means 24 to 26 and 60 based on the transmission order of the transmission list. In the still image file device 1 having the following, the still image storage means 24 to 26, 60 and the still image storage control means
The image signals between 40 are converted to digital component signals RV1, R
Transmitted as V2.

F function Still image storage means 24 to 26, 60 and still image accumulation control means 40
The image signal between the digital component signals RV1, RV2
As a result, the connectable distance between the still image storage control means 40 and the still image storage means 24 to 26, 60 can be significantly extended.

G Example Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes an entire configuration of a still image file device used as a whole in a news program broadcasting site, and predetermined broadcasting equipment is provided in a director room 2, a still image creation room 3, a machine room 4, a studio 5, and a program control room 6. Is arranged.

That is, the director room 2 has a workstation 20 for transmitting and receiving control commands and creating a playlist, a library 22 of magneto-optical disks 21 on which still image files are filed, a monitor 23 for displaying still images and the like, and three magneto-optical disks. Disk devices 24, 25 and 26 are provided.

In the case of this embodiment, the workstation 20 is connected to the still image file control device 40 in the machine room 4 by a signal line RS1 based on the RS-422 interface standard so that the control command and the created playlist can be transmitted and received. Has been made.

Of the three magneto-optical disk devices 24, 25 and 26,
The first magneto-optical disk device 24 is a still image file control device.
40 is connected to a signal line based on the RS-422 interface standard and a coaxial cable RV1.
Digital component video signals according to the SMPTE D-1 format can be transmitted and received.

In addition to this, the first magneto-optical disk drive 24 is a SCSI
(Small computer system interface) Standards have expansion buses SC1 and SC2, and second and third magneto-optical disk devices 25 and 26 are cascaded through the expansion buses SC1 and SC2.

Further, the monitor 23 is connected to the still image file control device 40 by the coaxial cable VD1, and the still image file control device 4
An analog video signal is input from 0.

In the still image creation room 3, first, a television camera 30 and a video tape recorder (VT) are used as video devices for inputting still image information.
R) 31, Character generator 32, Magneto-optical disk device 33
Are arranged.

In addition, a video switch 34 for selecting video signals VD ₃₀ , VD ₃₁ , VD ₃₂ , VD ₃₃ transmitted from the respective video devices 30 to ₃₃ and an external input video signal VD _IN , drawing device 35 is a video signal VD _ST selected to create a predetermined still image is input, and a monitor 36 and the controller 37 are disposed by.

Drawing device 35 comprises a micro-computer configuration that has a keyboard, a mouse or the like as a command input device includes a CPU (central processing Yunitsuto), the video signal VD _ST input
The while displaying on the monitor 36, cut out one frame of the video signal VD _ST as a still image by operating a keyboard or a mouse, and further controls the Kiyarakuta generator 32 adds the character information or the like on the still picture Still image data can be created.

Further, the still image data thus created is filed on a predetermined magneto-optical disk together with predetermined identification information by operating the controller 37 for command transmission.

In the case of this embodiment, the drawing device 35 is connected to the still image file control device 40 in the machine room 4 by the coaxial cable VD2,
It is capable of transmitting analog video signals.

Further, the controller 37 is connected to the still image file control device 40 by a signal line RS2 based on the RS-422 interface standard, so that control commands can be transmitted and received.

Furthermore, the video switch 34 is a still image file control device.
40 is connected by a coaxial cable VD3, and an analog video signal VD _IN is input.

The program control room 6 includes a magneto-optical disk device 60 for driving a magneto-optical disk on which a still image file is filed, a command input controller 61 for reading and sending the still image that has been filed, and a switch 41 for the machine room 4.
Console console 62 for controlling the image, a still image monitor 63 for an index screen in which a plurality of still images to be transmitted according to the playlist are displayed in a reduced screen, and a broadcast television signal actually transmitted as a news program An on-air monitor 64 for monitoring the air pressure is provided.

In this embodiment, the magneto-optical disk device 60 is connected to the still image file control device 40 in the machine room 4 by a signal line based on the RS-422 interface standard and a coaxial cable RV2, and transmits and receives control commands through the signal line. In addition, a digital component video signal according to the SMPTE D-1 format can be transmitted and received through a coaxial cable.

The controller 61 and the switch console 62 are provided with the still image file control device 40, the switch 41 and the VTR 4 in the machine room 4.
Signal line based on RS-422 interface standard for 2
It is connected by RS3 and can send and receive control commands.

Further, the still image monitor 63 and the on-air monitor 64 are connected to the switch 41 of the machine room 4 by coaxial cables VD4 and VD5, respectively, and input analog video signals.

The machine room 4 has a still image file control device 40 and a switch 41.
And a VTR 42, a still image transmission video signal VD _STL and a still image index screen video signal VD _IDX transmitted from the still image file control device 40, a VTR reproduction video signal VD _VTR transmitted from the VTR 42, and a studio. TV video signal transmitted from the TV camera 50 provided in the TV 5
VD _TVC is input to the switch 41.

The switch 41 selects a still image transmission video signal VD _STL , a VTR playback video signal VD _VTR and a TV camera video signal VD _TVC based on control commands input from the controller 61 and the switch console 62 of the program control room 6. hand,
And sends the air monitor 64 which monitors this sends out a broadcast equipment (not shown) as a broadcast television signal VD _OA of news program.

The switch 41 sends a still image index screen video signal VD _IDX , which is updated every time a still image is sent, to the still image monitor 63.

In practice, this still image file control device 40 has a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and an internal SMPTE
It has a micro-computer configuration including a video bus capable of transmitting and receiving digital component video signals according to the D-1 format in real time.

A connector for a coaxial cable and a connector for a signal line based on the RS-422 interface standard are provided on the video bus of the still image file control device 40, respectively, and a frame memory for storing one frame of a video signal. An interface board for a magneto-optical disk device having the following (hereafter, this is called an MOI / F board) and an interface board for inputting and outputting video signals and control commands (hereafter, this is called an IOI / F board) Is connected.

Actually, the MOI / F board and the IOI / F board have the same built-in protocol. Therefore, the controllers 37 and 61 and the monitor 23 connected to the IOI / F board are connected to the MOI / F board. By directly connecting to the magneto-optical disk devices 24 and 60 and operating the controllers 37 and 61 and inputting a read command, a desired image file stored in the magneto-optical disk loaded in the magneto-optical disk devices 24 and 60 can be obtained. Can be read out and displayed on the monitor 23 or the like.

Thus, the still image file control device 40 can control the creation, writing, reading, and transmission of a still image in accordance with commands input from the controllers 37, 61 and the like.

In the above configuration, the director who is in charge of the production of the news program first creates a still image corresponding to the content of the news program to be produced, by disc ID which is the identification information of the magneto-optical disc 21 to be stored and the still image to be produced. An order is placed with the still image creation room 3 together with the picture ID which is the identification information of the image.

After that, the director operates the workstation 20 in the director room 2 to transmit the ordered still images in accordance with the broadcasting order and broadcasting method of the news program, the switching mode of the still images such as wipe and dissolve, and the switching time. Create a playlist by specifying etc.

In parallel with this, the person in charge of the still image creation in the still image creation room 3 may, for example, obtain a television camera video signal VD ₃₀ obtained by taking a picture with the television camera 31 according to the content of the still image specified by the director. And a switch 34 for controlling a reproduced video signal VD ₃₁ obtained by reproducing a video tape with a VTR ₃₁ , a reproduced video signal VD ₃₃ obtained by reproducing a magneto-optical disc with a magneto-optical disc device ₃₃ , or an external video input VD _IN. Input to the drawing device 35 selectively.

As a result, the video signal VD _ST input to the image forming apparatus 35 is displayed on the monitor 36, and when a still image creation person cuts out the video signal VD _ST at a desired still image position while visually checking the video signal VD _ST , the still image is displayed. It is displayed on the monitor 36.

In this state, the person in charge of creating a still image controls the character generator 32 by operating a keyboard, a mouse, or the like, thereby generating character data such as a description of the still image displayed on the monitor 36, and converting the character data into a still image. still image data DT _ST is displayed on the monitor 36 are created heavy suit image.

Accordingly, the still image creator determines that the still image data DT _ST displayed on the monitor 36 conforms to the instruction from the director, and determines the disk ID specified by the director.
And a picture ID, and send it to the still image file control device 40 using the controller 37.

In practice, the still image file control device 40
Multiple magneto-optical disk devices 24, 6 connected to I / F board
For 0, disk I of the loaded magneto-optical disk
A command for confirming D is transmitted, and as a result, the disc ID of the magneto-optical disc loaded in each of the magneto-optical disc devices 24 and 60 can be detected.

In the case of this embodiment, the first magneto-optical disc device 24
The second and third magneto-optical disk devices 25 and 26 connected to the optical disk device 24 via the SCSI expansion buses SC1 and SC2 are connected to the magneto-optical disk device which is always loaded from the magneto-optical disk device 24.
ID is managed.

Accordingly, when the still image file control device 40 sends a command for confirming the disk ID of the magneto-optical disk mounted on the magneto-optical disk device 24, the still image file control device 40 is mounted on the first to third magneto-optical disk devices 24-26. It is possible to detect the disc IDs of all the magneto-optical discs, thereby enabling the still image file control device 40 to regard the magneto-optical disc device 24 as if three magneto-optical discs are loaded. ing.

Thus, the still image file control device 40
Detects the magneto-optical disk devices 24 and 60 loaded with the magneto-optical disk of the disk ID specified by 37, and sends the still image data along with the write command to the corresponding magneto-optical disk devices 24 and 60 through the MOI / F board. The DT _ST is transmitted, and the still image data DT _ST is stored in the desired magneto-optical disk with the picture ID specified by the director, thereby forming a still image file.

In practice, the director accesses the work station 20 using the controller 61 and the switch console 62 of the program control room 6 before and after this, and thereby, through the still image file control device 40 according to the playlist created in advance, It reads the still image data DT _ST stored in the magneto-optical disc.

As a result, a still image index screen is created. As a result, the still image index screen video signal VD _IDX is sent to the still image monitor 63, and the still image index screen is displayed.

In the case where there is one unfinished as still image data DT _ST corresponding to the playlist, where the position of the still image Indetsukusu screen of the still image data DT _ST is displayed in black level to a still image monitor 63, director Can easily grasp this.

In this state, when the actual news program is broadcast, the director presses the take button of the controller 61 while visually checking the still image index screen of the still image monitor 63, and instructs transmission of a still image for each pressing operation. sending command is sent to the still image file controller 40 and the switcher 41, the still image data DT _ST corresponding to the play list is read out in the order of the playlist, wipes designated by sequential play list, switching method such Deizorubu that Is sent in response to

Here, in the case of the still image file device 1 of this embodiment, the still image file control device 40 and the magneto-optical disk devices 24 and 60 are used.
Between the still image file control device 40 and the magneto-optical disk devices 24 and 60 by transmitting and receiving the still images as digital component video signals according to the SMPTE D-1 format. The distance can be extended to about 300 [m] for practical use.

As a result, the magneto-optical disk devices 24 and 60 can be arranged in the director room 2 or the program control room 6 at a position away from the machine room 4 in which the still image file control device 40 is installed, and the director can be at hand. The magneto-optical disk can be replaced.

According to the above configuration, the still image file control device 40 and the magneto-optical disk devices 24 and 60 are connected by a coaxial cable, and the still image is transmitted and received as a digital component video signal according to the SMPTE D-1 format. By doing so, the connectable distance between the still image file control device 40 and the magneto-optical disk devices 24 and 60 can be significantly extended, and thus the still image file device 1 that can further improve its usefulness can be realized. .

In the above embodiment, the case where the still image file control device 40 and the magneto-optical disk devices 24 and 60 are connected by a coaxial cable and extended to about 300 [m] has been described. A longer distance can be extended if a given amplifier is inserted between the cables, thus further improving the usefulness.

In the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which a still image is created only by a drawing device provided in the still image creation room. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a plurality of drawing devices are provided, and a simultaneous creation is performed by an instruction from the director. Still images may be created in parallel.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which a television camera, a VTR, a character generator, and a magneto-optical disk device are used as video input devices for creating a still image. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Even if another input means such as a reader is used, the same effect as in the above-described embodiment can be realized.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the magneto-optical disk is loaded into the magneto-optical disk device has been described, but a magneto-optical disk device with an auto-changer of the magneto-optical disk may be used instead.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the magneto-optical disc device is used as the large-capacity storage means for storing a still image has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other recording media such as a magnetic disc and an optical disc may be used. The same effect as in the above-described embodiment can be realized by using a recording / reproducing apparatus using the same.

Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the still image file device according to the present invention is applied to a program used for a news program has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be applied to a program used for commercial program and other program production. Is also widely applicable.

H Effect of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, the image signal between the still image storage means and the still image storage control means is transmitted as a digital component signal, so that the still image storage control means and the still image storage It is possible to realize a still image file device that can significantly extend the connectable distance between the means and thus can significantly improve the usefulness.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of an embodiment of a still image file device according to the present invention. 1 ... still image file device, 2 ... director room, 3 ...
... Still image creation room, 4 ... Machine room, 5 ... Studio, 6 ...
… Program control room, 20 …… Work stations, 24, 25, 2
6, 33, 60 ... magneto-optical disk device, 23, 36, 63, 64 ...
… Monitor, 30, 50 …… TV camera, 31, 42 …… VTR, 3
2 ... Character generator, 34 ... Video switch, 3
5. Drawing device, 37, 61 ... Controller, 40 ... Still image file control device, 41 ... Switch, 62 ... Switch console.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A still image creating means for creating a plurality of desired still images and adding identification information designated to the still images, and a still image storing the plurality of still images to which the identification information is added. Storage means; transmission list creation means for creating a still image transmission list in the transmission order of the still images corresponding to the identification information; and the still image creation means, the still image storage means, the transmission list creation means, and A transmission signal generating means connected thereto, a still image storage control means for reading out the still images in the still image storage means based on the transmission order of the transmission list in response to a transmission signal inputted from the transmission signal generating means; and Wherein the image signal between the still image storage means and the still image accumulation control means is transmitted as a digital component signal. Still image file apparatus according to claim.