JP4473434B2 - Broadcast material transmission apparatus, broadcast material transmission method, and storage medium storing broadcast material transmission control program - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a commercial transmission system that transmits CM (commercial) materials for TV (television) broadcasting and radio broadcasting, for example, and in particular, selectively selects CM materials consisting of still images, audio, moving images, and any combination thereof. The present invention relates to a broadcast material transmission apparatus, a broadcast material transmission method, and a storage medium storing a broadcast material transmission control program.
[0002]
[Prior art]
As is well known, for example, in a commercial transmission system that transmits CM material for TV broadcasting or radio broadcasting, a video server that stores CM material and reproduces the CM material at an arbitrary timing is used. This video server accumulates CM material consisting of still images, audio, video, and any combination of these in each area, and when the address is specified, the CM material accumulated in the designated area is instantly stored. Will be played.
[0003]
By the way, with respect to the video server used in the above system, at the time of reproduction, first, an individual address where the CM material to be reproduced is stored from outside is designated, and at the timing at which each designated CM material is to be reproduced. Playback control must be performed. Therefore, the processing burden on operation increases. Further, when the number of types of CM materials increases, a storage area corresponding to the number of CM materials is required, resulting in an increase in the size of the apparatus.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
As described above, in the conventional video server, when reproducing the CM material, it is necessary to consider a reproduction operation for sending an arbitrary CM material externally, which increases an operational processing load. become. Furthermore, as the types of CM materials increase, the storage area must be expanded, leading to an increase in the size of the apparatus.
[0005]
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to automatically transmit arbitrary broadcast material information without considering a reproduction operation for transmitting arbitrary broadcast material information outside, and to store the broadcast material information. An object of the present invention is to provide a broadcast material transmission apparatus and a broadcast material transmission method capable of reducing the capacity, and a storage medium storing a broadcast material transmission control program.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The broadcast material transmission device according to the present invention is a broadcast material transmission device for transmitting broadcast material information including any one of still image, audio, and moving image information or a combination of these information, and is a component that shows at least a still image, audio, and moving image A material information storage unit for storing information in separate storage areas; and an instruction information storage unit for storing instruction information for sending component element information alone or in combination as broadcast material information in accordance with a reproduction command signal; A reproduction command input unit for inputting a reproduction command signal provided from the outside, a storage area for the material information storage unit and the instruction information storage unit, and an instruction information storage unit based on the reproduction command signal from the reproduction command input unit The instruction information is taken in and analyzed, and one or a plurality of arbitrary component information is taken in from the material information storage unit based on the analysis result. It is obtained by so and a processing unit for transmitting a broadcast material information by combining a plurality of arbitrary component element information.
[0007]
The broadcast material transmission method according to the present invention is a broadcast material transmission method for transmitting broadcast material information including any one of still image, audio, and moving image information, or a combination of these information, the first memory and the second memory. Are stored in advance in separate storage areas of the first memory, and the still image, the sound, and the moving image are individually stored in advance according to the playback command signal. Instruction information to be transmitted in combination as a broadcast material information is stored in the second memory, and when a reproduction command signal is input from the outside, an instruction is issued from the second memory based on the reproduction command signal. Information is captured and analyzed, one or more arbitrary component information is captured from the first memory based on the analysis result, and single information or arbitrary plural components Characterized by transmitted as broadcast material information by combining broadcast.
[0008]
Furthermore, the storage medium according to the present invention includes a material information storage unit that stores at least component information indicating still images, audio, and moving images in separate storage areas, and a still image, audio, and moving images according to a reproduction command signal. A broadcast material sending apparatus comprising an instruction information storage unit for storing instruction information for sending alone or in combination as broadcast material information is broadcast including information on any one of still images, audio and moving images, or a combination of these information A storage medium storing a broadcast material transmission control program used for transmitting material information. When a reproduction command signal is input from the outside, the instruction information is fetched from the instruction information storage unit based on the reproduction command signal. Based on the first step to be analyzed and the analysis result of the first step, one or more arbitrary component information from the material information storage unit Uptake, characterized in that it comprises a second step of transmitting a broadcast material information in combination singly information or any plurality of the component element information.
[0009]
That is, in this invention, since the instruction information for combining and configuring the component information such as still image, sound, and moving image stored in the material information storage unit in accordance with the reproduction command signal in advance in the instruction information storage unit is stored. Arbitrary configuration that the arithmetic processing unit fetches instruction information from the instruction information storage unit based on the reproduction command signal when the reproduction command signal is input from the outside, and sends out from the material information storage unit based on the instruction information Element information is taken in, and arbitrary component element information can be sent as broadcast material information alone or in combination with a plurality of arbitrary component element information.
[0010]
For this reason, it is not necessary to consider the playback operation for sending any broadcast material information, and any broadcast material information is automatically played back by providing only one playback command. The above burden can be reduced. In addition, it is not necessary to store broadcast material information in which still images, audio, and moving images are selectively combined in advance, and accordingly, the storage capacity of the material information storage unit can be reduced as compared with the related art.
[0011]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[0012]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a video server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0013]
In the video server 1 of FIG. 1, a material information memory 12, a control memory 13, an I / O (input / output) interface 14, a LAN (local area network) interface 15, and a CPU 16 are connected to a data bus 11. The Here, in the material information memory 12, information indicating still images, sounds, and moving images is stored in separate storage areas for each material type. The control memory 13 stores instruction information A1 and A2 (see FIG. 2) input in advance via the I / O interface 14. The instruction information A1 and A2 include a material type and material address such as broadcast event time, still image, sound, and moving image.
[0014]
A reproduction command from an automatic program transmission control device (APC) described later is input to the LAN interface 15. This reproduction command includes the broadcast event time and the material type to be transmitted.
[0015]
The CPU 16 fetches the instruction information from the control memory 13 based on the reproduction command input to the LAN interface 15, analyzes the reproduction start address and the reproduction speed of the material information memory 12 from the instruction information, and uses the analyzed address. Information in the material information memory 12 is transmitted as CM material information through the I / O interface 14 at the analyzed reproduction speed. The CPU 16 manages addresses of the material information memory 12 and the control memory 13.
[0016]
Next, the operation of the system using the video server 1 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG.
First, at the time of initial setting, instruction information A1 and A2 are written into the control memory 13 of the video server 1 by the input unit 2. Then, during system operation, a playback command including the broadcast event time and the type of instruction information (A1, A2) is sent from the APC 3 to the video server 1. In the video server 1, the reproduction command sent from the APC 3 is notified to the CPU 16 through the LAN interface 15. The CPU 16 reads the corresponding broadcast event time, material type, material address, and reproduction speed stored in the control memory 13 from the content of the reproduction command, and at the reproduction speed read from the material address read according to the broadcast event time, Information in the material information memory 12 is transferred to the I / O interface 14 as CM material information to be broadcast. Thus, CM material information is transmitted.
[0017]
As described above, in the above-described embodiment, the instruction information A1 and A2 for combining and configuring information such as still images, audio, and moving images stored in the material information memory 12 in response to the reproduction command in advance is stored in the control memory 13. Therefore, when a reproduction command is input from the APC 3, the CPU 16 fetches instruction information from the control memory 13 based on the reproduction command, and sends an arbitrary information to be sent from the material information memory 12 based on the instruction information. Information is taken in, and arbitrary information alone or a plurality of arbitrary information can be combined and transmitted as CM material information.
[0018]
Therefore, it is not necessary to consider the playback operation for sending any CM material information on the APC 3 side, and any CM material information is automatically played back from the video server 1 by providing only one playback command. This reduces the operational burden.
[0019]
When the composite material A to be sent is still images 1, 2, and 3 and the composite material B is still images 1, 2, and 5, the still information 1, 2 is stored in the material information memory 12 of the video server 1. , 3 and 5 need only exist, it is not necessary to store the composite materials A and B in the material information memory 12 in advance, thereby reducing the storage capacity of the material information memory 12 and increasing the size of the apparatus. It is possible to suppress the operation cost.
[0020]
In the above embodiment, an example in which information including the broadcast event time and the type of instruction information is provided as a playback instruction has been described. However, if instruction information is stored in the control memory 13 in association with the time. Only time information may be included. In this case, the video server 1 can be automatically operated by the local clock of the broadcasting station.
[0021]
In the above embodiment, an example in which CM material is handled has been described. However, for example, a broadcast program or the like may be handled.
[0022]
In addition, the configuration of the video server, the type of playback command, the contents stored in the material information memory and the control memory, the CM material transmission procedure, and the like can be variously modified without departing from the scope of the present invention.
[0023]
【The invention's effect】
As described above in detail, according to the present invention, arbitrary broadcast material information can be automatically transmitted without considering a reproduction operation for transmitting arbitrary broadcast material information externally, and the broadcast material information is stored. Therefore, it is possible to provide a broadcast material transmission apparatus and a broadcast material transmission method capable of reducing the storage capacity for the storage, and a storage medium storing a broadcast material transmission control program.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a video server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a view showing stored contents of a control memory according to the embodiment;
FIG. 3 is a view for explaining the operation of the system to which the embodiment is applied;
[Explanation of symbols]
1 ... Video server,
2 ... input part,
3 ... Automatic program transmission control device (APC),
11: Data bus,
12 ... Material information memory,
13 ... Control memory,
14 ... I / O interface,
15 ... LAN interface,
16 ... CPU.

Claims (3)

Still image, audio, the broadcast material delivery device for delivering broadcast material information including any information or combinations of these information of the moving image,
A material information storage unit that stores at least component information indicating the still image, the sound, and the moving image in separate storage areas;
An instruction information storage unit for storing instruction information in which component information is associated with a broadcast event time and configured to be transmitted alone or in combination as broadcast material information;
When the reproduction command signal including at least the broadcast event time from the automatic program transmission control apparatus is inputted, the reproduction in accordance with a command signal analyzing captures instruction information from the instruction information storing section, the basis of the instruction information thereafter A broadcast processing system comprising: an arithmetic processing unit that takes in one or a plurality of arbitrary component information from a material information storage unit and sends the single material or a combination of a plurality of arbitrary component information as the broadcast material information Material delivery device. Still image, audio, the broadcast material delivery method for delivering broadcast material information including any information or combinations of these information of the moving image,
When comprising a first memory and a second memory,
The component information indicating at least the still image, the sound, and the moving image is stored in advance in separate storage areas of the first memory,
Instruction information in which the component information is associated with the broadcast event time in advance to be transmitted alone or in combination as broadcast material information is stored in the second memory,
When a reproduction command signal including at least the broadcast event time is input from the automatic program transmission control device, instruction information is fetched and analyzed from the second memory based on the reproduction command signal, and then the instruction information is based on the instruction information. A broadcast material sending method, wherein one or a plurality of arbitrary component information is fetched from a first memory, and single information or a plurality of arbitrary component information is combined and sent as the broadcast material information. Corresponding material information storage unit that stores at least component information indicating still images, audio, and moving images in separate storage areas, and component information to be transmitted as broadcast material information alone or in combination with broadcast event time Broadcast material transmission control program used for transmitting broadcast material information including any information of still images, audio and moving images, or a combination of these information, by a broadcast material transmission device comprising an instruction information storage unit for storing received instruction information A storage medium storing
A first step of receiving and analyzing instruction information from the instruction information storage unit based on the reproduction instruction signal when a reproduction instruction signal including at least the broadcast event time is input from the automatic program transmission control device;
Based on the instruction information in the first step, one or a plurality of arbitrary component information is fetched from the material information storage unit, and the single information or a plurality of arbitrary component information is combined and transmitted as the broadcast material information. A storage medium storing a broadcast material transmission control program comprising two steps.

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