JP4266871B2 - Information processing device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention is copyright protected content, for example, to information processing device that records the image data.

  In recent years, it has become easy to record image data and audio data captured by an imaging device such as a digital video camera as digital data on a recording medium such as an optical disk or a semiconductor memory. Unlike a tape medium such as a magnetic tape, these recording media can be randomly accessed and can reproduce desired data without waiting time.

  Patent Document 1 discloses an optical disc having a ROM area that is a read-only storage area and a RAM area that is a rewritable storage area. A program for updating the data recorded in the ROM area and recording it in the RAM area is recorded in the ROM area of the optical disc.

In a recording medium in which content is recorded and sold in advance, a function for protecting the copyright is required. Patent Document 2 describes a configuration that prevents content from being edited indefinitely by recording permission / prohibition information for editing the content recorded on the recording medium together with the content. Also, the permission / prohibition of editing is determined according to the type of content providing medium.
JP 2000-76076 A JP 2001-117817 A

  In the recording medium described in Patent Document 2, permission / prohibition of editing of the content itself recorded on the recording medium is controlled. However, when editing of the content is permitted, a new one generated by editing is controlled. There is no way to protect the copyright of the content.

  In other words, the copyright protection function is added to the content recorded and sold in advance on the recording medium, but the copyright cannot be sufficiently protected with respect to the edited data after the copyright-protected content is edited. There was a problem.

  In addition, there is a problem that the copyright of the edited content generated when the content not protected by copyright and the content protected by copyright are edited is not sufficiently protected.

  In such a case, it is desired to allow editing using content, but it is required to be able to prohibit only content from being copied and distributed indefinitely.

In view of the above-described conventional problems, the present invention protects copyrights on edited data when the copyrighted content is edited on a recording medium on which content data with copyright protection is recorded. adding a function and an object thereof is to provide information processing apparatus capable.

An information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a processing unit that generates editing data using first image data that is not copy-restricted and second image data that is copy-restricted, and generated by the processing unit Generating means for generating copyright protection data indicating copy restrictions of the edited data, recording means for recording the editing data and the copyright protection data on a recording medium, and a plurality of the first by the processing means. When generating edit data in which the second image data is inserted between the image data, the generation means is controlled to generate the copyright protection data indicating copy prohibition, and the processing means when generating edited data by combining the image of the second image data in the image of the first image data, said to generate said copyright protection data indicating copy permission And a controlling means for controlling the forming means.

  According to the present invention, when editing copyright-protected content, copyright management information can be added to the edited content. That is, it is possible to manage the copyright even for the content used secondarily. Further, by using a recording medium in which editing content is recorded in advance, it is possible to expand functions such as special effects during editing. Also, by having the content control data as a program, it is possible to extend the user interface at the time of editing.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a basic data flow in an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a system configuration, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing contents of data recorded on a recording medium.

  In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1000 denotes an imaging device that shoots a subject and generates and records image data, 1100 denotes an optical disk type recording medium that records image data, 1001 denotes shot image data, and 1002 edits shot image data. Editing content data used at the time, 1003 indicates copyright protection data, and 1004 indicates edited image data obtained by editing the captured image data 1001 using the editing content 1002.

  In FIG. 2, 2001 is an optical system in which a light beam from a subject is incident, 2002 is an image pickup device such as a CCD that converts light into an electrical signal, and 2003 is an image processing unit that processes image signals from the image pickup device 2002 to correct images. Video signal processing circuit that performs processing such as compression, 2004 is a microphone, 2005 is an audio processing circuit that performs processing such as correction and compression on the audio signal from the microphone 2004, 2006 is a monitor that outputs image data and audio data, and An output device including a speaker, 2007, an operation interface for accepting an operation from a user, 2008, a CPU for controlling processing of the imaging apparatus 1000, 2009, an internal memory composed of ROM and RAM, and 2010, an interface with a recording medium Reference numeral 2100 denotes an optical disk type recording medium.

  FIG. 3 shows data recorded on the recording medium corresponding to the recording medium 1100 (FIG. 1) and the recording medium 2100 (FIG. 2).

  In FIG. 3, 3100 is an optical disk type recording medium, 3101 is a ROM area which is a reproduction-only area, 3102 is a RAM area where recording and reproduction are possible, 3011 is data recorded in the ROM area 3101, and 3012 is in the RAM area 3102. Data to be recorded, 3001 for editing content, 3002 for copyright protection data, 3003 for captured image data, and 3004 for edited image data.

  Next, the processing flow will be described in detail.

  FIG. 3 shows an optical disk-like recording medium for recording image data taken by the imaging apparatus. This optical disk is composed of a ROM area 3101 provided on the inner periphery side of the disk and a RAM area 3102 provided on the outer periphery side. Data is written in the ROM area 3101 in advance, and this data cannot be overwritten or erased by the user. In the RAM area 3102, data photographed by the user can be freely recorded, overwritten, and erased. In the ROM area 3011, content 3001 for image editing and copyright protection data 3002 are recorded in advance.

  The content 3001 for image editing is, for example, a special effect when connecting images by editing, such as a wipe-processed image as shown in FIG. 4A, and a shooting as shown in FIG. 4B. Content used when editing an image, such as a frame image that is combined with an image and an animation that is combined with the image as shown in FIG.

  The editing content 3001 is subjected to a process for prohibiting any or all of copying, moving, and editing in order to protect the copyright of the content supplier. The processing for copyright protection may use existing technology such as encryption and digital watermark.

  The copyright protection data 3002 is data for protecting the copyright of the edited content generated using the image editing content 3001.

  Next, a flow of using content recorded on a recording medium will be described. The captured image data 1001 in FIG. 1 is generated through the optical system 2001, the image sensor 2002, and the video processing circuit 2003 in FIG. This captured image is recorded in the RAM area (3003 in FIG. 3) of the recording medium 2100 via the interface 2010. Also, audio data is generated through the microphone 2004 and the audio processing circuit 2005, and is recorded on the recording medium together with the captured image data 1001.

  Next, an operation when the captured image data 1001 recorded as described above is edited by the imaging apparatus will be described. When the recording image editing mode is called by the user's operation on the operation interface 2007, the CPU 2008 checks whether or not editing content is recorded on the recording medium 2100. Check data (not shown) is recorded at a predetermined position of the recording medium 2100 for this check process, and it can be determined by reading it. Alternatively, a mark that can be physically determined is attached to the recording medium itself, and it can also be determined by checking the mark.

  If there is no editing content 1002 in the recording medium 2100, the editing content stored in the internal memory 2009 in advance is read and displayed on the editing content selection screen. FIG. 5 shows a content selection screen for editing. In FIG. 5A, 5000 indicates the entire screen displayed on the liquid crystal monitor which is the output device 2006 of the imaging apparatus, and 5001 indicates one of the captured image data 1001. Reference numeral 5002 denotes the read content for editing. In the example of FIG. 5A, editing contents (A, B, C, D) recorded in advance in the internal memory of the imaging apparatus are read and displayed as 5002.

  When a photographed image 5001 to be edited and an editing content 5002 for the photographed image are selected by the user, an editing operation is performed by processing of the CPU, and edited image data 1004 is generated. Then, the edited image data 1004 is recorded in the RAM area (3004 in FIG. 3) of the recording medium 2100. As described above, when the editing medium 1002 does not contain the editing content 1002, it is the same as the editing and recording in the conventional imaging recording / reproducing apparatus with an editing function.

  On the other hand, when the editing content 1002 is contained in the recording medium 2100, the editing content 1002 is read into the internal memory 2009. The read content is displayed together with the edited content (A, B, C, D) in the internal memory and the edited content 1002 (α, β, γ) from the recording medium, as shown in FIG. . Alternatively, the editing content on the recording medium may be displayed in the form of overwriting the editing content in the internal memory.

  When there is no editing content in the internal memory 2009 of the imaging apparatus in advance, an editing menu (not shown) can be selected only when a disc 2100 containing editing content is inserted.

  When the user selects the edited image 1002 (α, β, γ) loaded from the captured image data 1001 and the recording medium as the editing material, the CPU 2008 performs a predetermined process according to the type of the editing content 1002. In addition to the captured image data 1001, edit data 1004 is generated. Next, it reads from the recording medium 1100 appropriate copyright protection data 1003 corresponding to the shooting data 1001 to be edited, the editing content 1002 and the editing method thereof.

  The acquired copyright protection data 1003 is added to the edited data 1004 after editing in a predetermined format. By adding the copyright protection data 1003 to the editing data 1004, it is possible to prohibit or limit the number of times copying and moving the editing data 1004. The contents of the protection data 1003 are information such as “freely copyable”, “duplication prohibited”, “copyable only once”, for example.

  The reason why the copyright protection information 1003 is added to the edited data 1004 is to prevent only the editing content from being extracted and freely copied. Depending on the type of editing content 1002, only the content portion can be easily extracted from the edited data 1004. For example, image content that is simply inserted between captured images and audio content such as sound effects to be combined with image data can be considered. When the copyright holder wants to prevent the editing data including the content from being copied easily and without limitation, the content provider in advance copies the copyright protection data such as prohibition of copying, the number of times of copying, or generation management together with the content. By recording on the recording medium, it is possible to protect the copyright of the content even if the copyrighted content is used for secondary use such as editing. Further, in the example shown in FIG. 5, it is considered that it is not easy to extract and reuse the content such as a wipe for editing and a frame for composition by extracting only the content from the edited data. It is possible to set for each content such as adding permission information.

  The editing data 10004 to which the copyright protection data 1003 is added as described above is recorded in the RAM area of the recording medium 2100.

  In the above example, the edited content 1002 and its control data 1003 are recorded separately. However, the control data 1003 or the copyright management information 1005 may be included as metadata of the editing content 1002. .

  Although the copyright protection data 1003 is added to the edit data 1004 after editing, it may be added when the edit data is generated.

  In the above example, the data once photographed is read from the recording medium 1100 and then edited. On the other hand, when the editing content 1002 is a content to be combined with a photographed image as shown in FIG. 5B, composition processing is performed when the photographed image 1001 is photographed, and copyright protection is performed on the resultant image. Data 1005 may be added and recorded on the recording medium 1100. At this time, not only the synthesized image is stored in the recording medium 1100, but the unsynthesized captured image 1001 may also be stored in the recording medium.

  Next, an operation when the edit data 1004 is copied will be described. When the photographing and recording apparatus reads the edited image 1004, first, the copyright protection data 1003 embedded in the edited image by the above-described processing is read. At this time, data that does not include the copyright protection data 1003 is stopped as invalid data, and a display warning that the data is illegal is output to the output device 2006.

  When the data includes copyright protection data 1003, when a dubbing instruction is received by a user operation, the copyright protection data 1003 is analyzed to check whether it can be copied. If the data can be replicated, the replication process is performed. If the data is copy-prohibited, a copy-prohibition warning is output to the output device 2006.

  It is possible to control the data movement and the number of times of duplication by the same processing. Any processing may be used for the copyright-protected data as long as the processing according to the copyright protection data is performed. The same applies to processing such as copying by connecting to an external device.

  In addition, a mechanism may be introduced in which the creator of the edit data 1004 changes the copyright protection data 1003 added to the edit image 1004. In this case, the copyright protection data 1003 cannot be changed without limitation, but can be changed only by the device that performed the editing.

  A configuration for realizing this mechanism is shown in FIG. 6, 6001 and 6002 are the imaging devices described in the above example, 6003 and 6004 are imaging device IDs, 6005 and 6006 are edited image data, 6007 and 6008 are data recorded in the edited image data 6005 and 6006, and 6100. Indicates a recording medium.

  When the image capturing apparatus 6001 edits a captured image (not shown) using edited content, copyright protection data is added to the edited image data 6005 by the above-described method. The device ID 6003 of the imaging device is also recorded in the edited image data 6005 in the same manner. The edited image data 6005 is recorded in a predetermined area of the recording medium 6100. When the user wants to change the copyright protection data of the edited image data, the edited image data 6005 is read, and the device ID added to the image data is compared with the device ID 6004 of the device 6002 that has read the data. , Allow changes to copyright protection data.

  In addition to the device ID, an ID that personally authenticates the edited editor may be used so that the copyright protection data cannot be changed by anyone other than the editor.

  In the above embodiment, the ROM area and the RAM area are described separately. However, the recording medium may be composed of the RAM area. Moreover, the structure which does not isolate | separate the content area | region and the area | region which records a picked-up image may be sufficient. Furthermore, the content for editing need not be recorded in advance, and the content and the control data corresponding to the content (or the control data described in the content itself) may be downloaded.

  In the above description, the imaging device and the recording disk thereof have been described as examples. However, for example, original music data and music data for karaoke without lyrics are included as contents, and the user can read the karaoke data. The embodiment may be such that data sung in time with music is recorded in the RAM area of the recording medium. In this case, although the music for karaoke is copyright-protected, it is considered that the user may want to duplicate the data sung. Therefore, control information for preventing duplication and movement is recorded in advance along with the music data in data obtained by editing the music for karaoke (data obtained by multiplexing the user's song).

  On the other hand, the music data, the image data taken by the user, and the original music data described above may be edited to create image content with sound and record it in the RAM area. In this case, the audio data and the image data can be easily separated from the edited content data. Therefore, control information for generating information for prohibiting duplication and movement is also recorded in the recording medium in the edited data. Alternatively, control information to be recorded on a recording medium by performing processing that makes it impossible to easily restore the original data from the edited data is recorded in advance on the disc.

  As described above, when creating edited content using copyrighted editing content recorded on a recording medium, the copyright is based on the control information recorded on the recording medium together with the editing content. By adding the protection data to the edited content, it is possible to protect the copyright of the content according to the intention of the content provider.

  In the second embodiment, a control program is recorded on a recording medium. The second embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

  In FIG. 7, 7100 is an optical disk medium, 7101 is a ROM area which is a reproduction-only area, 7102 is a RAM area where recording and reproduction are possible, 7011 is data recorded in the ROM area 7101, and 7012 is data recorded in the RAM area 7102. 7001 indicates editing content, 7002 indicates copyright protection data, 7003 indicates captured image data, 7004 indicates edit image data, and 7005 indicates a control program.

  In FIG. 8, reference numeral 8000 denotes an imaging device that captures a subject and generates image data, 8100 denotes an optical disc that records the image data, 8001 denotes captured image data, and 8002 denotes editing content data used when editing the captured data. 8003 denotes copyright protection data, 8004 denotes edited image data obtained by editing the photographed image data 8001 using the editing content 8002, and 8005 denotes a program for controlling the content.

  The optical disks 7100 and 8100 shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 have the same configuration as that shown in FIG. However, the control data 3001 in FIG. 3 corresponds to the content control program 7001 in FIG.

  In addition, an imaging apparatus that records and reproduces data on a recording medium has the same configuration as that shown in FIG.

  An editing process using the editing content recorded on the recording medium will be specifically described.

  In FIG. 8, captured image data 8001 is generated and recorded on the recording medium 8100 in the same manner as in the first embodiment.

  Next, an operation when the recorded captured image data is edited by the imaging apparatus will be described. When the recording image editing mode is called by the operation of the user operation interface 2007, whether or not the recording medium 2100 is a recording medium on which editing content is recorded by the processing of the CPU 2008 is the same as in the first embodiment. Checked.

  When no editing content is recorded, it is possible to display and edit the editing content recorded in advance in the imaging apparatus, as in the first embodiment.

  When editing content is recorded, the content control program 8005 is loaded into the internal memory 2009. When this program 8005 is executed by the CPU 2008, the editing application is activated. By using this editing application, the user can perform editing in an environment provided uniquely by the content supplier. The editing application may be an extension of an editing function or application provided in advance in the imaging apparatus, or may be a completely different editing.

  When an editing operation is performed by the user in the editing application, the content control program 8005 performs image editing processing and generates editing data 8004. Next, the content control program 8003 reads from the recording medium 8100 copyright protection data 8003 (7002 in FIG. 7) of edit data corresponding to the type of edit content selected by the user. The read copyright protection data 8003 is added to the editing data 8004 and recorded on a recording medium. The contents of the copyright protection data 8003 added to the edit data 8004 may be the same as those in the first embodiment. Further, when the edit data 8004 is created, a process for adding the copyright protection data 8003 may be performed.

  The editing application may automatically read a plurality of shooting data, insert content image data between the shooting data and the shooting data, and automatically generate one editing image data. Further, an application that automatically edits a captured image based on a predetermined rule and outputs an editing result may be used.

  As described above, the control program 8005 is recorded on the recording medium 8100 together with the editing content 8002 and is read together with the editing content 8002, so that the interface at the time of editing can be changed according to the content. It is possible to provide a simple editing environment to the user.

It is a figure which shows the flow of the data in 1st Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the system configuration example of 1st Example. It is a figure which shows the data structure in the recording medium in 1st Example. It is a figure which shows the content for edit in 1st Example. It is a figure which shows the screen structure at the time of editing in 1st Example. It is a figure which shows the data structure at the time of the image duplication in 1st Example. It is a figure which shows the data structure in the recording medium in 2nd Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the flow of the data in the 2nd Example of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1000: Imaging device 1001: Captured image data 1002: Editing content data 1003: Copyright protection data 1004: Edited image data 1100: Recording medium 2001: Optical system 2002: Imaging device 2003: Video signal processing circuit 2004: Microphone 2005: Audio Processing circuit 2006: Output device 2007: Operation interface 2008: CPU
2009: internal memory 2010: interface 2100: recording medium 3001: editing content 3002: copyright protection data 3003: photographed image data 3004: edited image data 3011: data recorded in the ROM area 3101 3012: recorded in the RAM area 3102 Data 3100: Recording medium 3101: ROM area 3102: RAM area 5000: Whole screen 5001: Captured image 5002: Content for editing 6001, 6002: Imaging device 6003, 6004: Imaging device ID
6005, 6006: Edited image data 6007, 6008: Data recorded in the edited image data 6005, 6006: Recording medium 7001: Editing content 7002: Copyright protection data 7003: Captured image data 7004: Edited image data 7005: Control Program 7011: Data recorded in ROM area 7101 7012: Data recorded in RAM area 7102 7100: Optical disk medium 7101: ROM area 7102: RAM area 8000 capable of recording / reproducing 8000: Imaging device 8001: Image data 8002: For editing Content data 8003: Copyright protection data 8004: Edited image data 8005: Control program 8100: Optical disc

Claims (3)

Processing means for generating edit data using the first image data that is not copy-restricted and the second image data that is copy-restricted;
Generating means for generating copyright protection data indicating a copy restriction of editing data generated by the processing means;
Recording means for recording the editing data and the copyright protection data on a recording medium;
When the editing means generates edit data in which the second image data is inserted between the plurality of first image data, the generating means generates the copyright protection data indicating copy prohibition. When the editing data is generated by combining the image of the second image data with the image of the first image data by the processing means, the copyright protection data indicating permission for copying is generated . An information processing apparatus comprising control means for controlling the generation means. The first image data and the second image data are recorded on the recording medium;
Reproducing means for reproducing the first image data and the second image data from the recording medium,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing unit generates the editing data using the first image data and the second image data reproduced from the recording medium. The processing means generates edit data using the first image data that is not copy restricted and the audio data that is copy restricted,
The control unit controls the generation unit to generate the copyright protection data indicating copy prohibition when the processing unit combines the first image data and the audio data. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2.

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