JP5384209B2 - File name setting method - Google Patents

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  The present invention relates to a method for setting a file name of a data file that is set when a data file obtained by imaging using an imaging device (such as a television camera) having a recording function such as a camcorder is recorded on a recording medium. is there.

  An imaging device (such as a television camera) used for imaging in news gathering or the like is generally provided with a recording medium for recording a captured video signal, and the video signal and the audio signal are recorded on the recording medium. Conventionally, a tape medium has been used as a recording medium, but in recent years, technology has been developed to use a hard disk or an IC memory.

  In addition, for recording data obtained by imaging, an analog recording system such as a VTR has been used in the past. However, recording has been changed from analog to digital as the recording medium has been changed to a hard disk or IC memory. It has shifted to the method. In addition, since data obtained by a digital recording method is also used by a computer, it is generally managed as a data file.

  FIG. 7 shows an example of a list of data files recorded on a hard disk as a recording medium. These files employ a directory tree structure, and a representative directory name is a BIN file (binary file). In addition, a clip file (individual data file) is defined (CLIP0001...) In a lower layer of the directory and recorded and saved. It is well known that the directory tree structure has different display modes depending on the OS used in the computer.

  However, when managing and editing data files displayed in these directory tree structures, the imaging target (imaging theme), such as what the file was captured and where it was captured ) Is extremely difficult to recognize, and the contents of the file must be confirmed one by one.

  In addition, in the non-linear editing, a directory tree structure often used in a hard disk is adopted. In this case, a BIN file (binary file) name in the directory tree structure and a clip file (an individual file obtained by actual imaging) (Data file) name is generally used to manage the file name of the data file. However, in order to display this on an editing machine for video, etc., the file name is limited by the length of the character and the file system. It was necessary to set a short and easy-to-understand name. Therefore, the material editing work has become very complicated.

Therefore, various techniques have been developed in order to facilitate work such as file management. For example, in Patent Document 1, information on an imaging position is acquired based on position data related to the current location at the time of imaging by a TV camera and map data stored in advance, and a file based on the information on the imaging position is acquired. A technique related to a method for setting the name of a name is disclosed, and according to this, it becomes easy for a photographer to recall the contents of the file from the file name, and the file based on the imaging position from the file name. It is said that an effect that management and editing work becomes possible occurs.

  Conventionally, when reporting with a television camera, the management information of the coverage (hereinafter referred to as coverage information) is registered in advance in a device that performs imaging processing of the television camera. Such a technique has been used that it is used for setting the file name of the data file obtained by the above. In addition, when a photographer such as a cameraman selects the coverage information displayed on the liquid crystal display section of the television camera, the selected coverage information (as camera material information) is converted into a data file obtained by imaging. By adding, it is easy to know the contents of the data file, and as a result, a technique for facilitating the management and editing of the data file is also used. Note that the coverage information means information that is generally used when data captured later is edited.

JP 2002-352218 A

  However, in the technique described in Patent Document 1, the position of the imaging location (coverage location) is easy to visually recognize, but it is still difficult to understand what the contents of the file were intended for, There were indications that management was difficult. Also, even when the coverage information is used for setting the file name, the previously registered coverage information always creates the file name setting, that is, the name of the BIN file or the name of the clip file. Necessary items (information) are not always included, and some items are missing. For this reason, when an item (information) is missing, it has been pointed out that the photographer has to set the file name and the like, and the work of managing the captured data file becomes complicated. It was.

  The present invention was made in order to solve the above-described problem, and utilizes the coverage information necessary for coverage using an imaging device such as a TV camera, and the coverage information is missing. Even so, it is an object to provide a file name setting method capable of automatically creating the names of BIN files and clip files.

In order to cope with the above-described problems, the present invention takes the following technical means.
That is, the invention according to claim 1 is a file name setting method of the data file that is set when a data file obtained by imaging with an imaging device is recorded on a recording medium, before the imaging by the imaging device. If it is detected by the news gathering information detecting step that the news gathering information related to the imaging is registered in the imaging device and the news gathering information detecting step, the news gathering information is registered. A news gathering information reading step for reading information, a BIN file information detecting step for detecting whether BIN file information is included in the news gathering information read by the news gathering information reading step, and the BIN file information detecting step, If it is detected that BIN file information is included in the coverage information, When the BIN file information is set to the BIN file name, and it is detected that the BIN file information is not included in the coverage information, the BIN file that sets the date information obtained from the coverage information to the BIN file name Clip information is included in the coverage information by a name setting step, a clip information detection step for detecting whether the coverage information read by the coverage information reading step includes clip information, and the clip information detection step. If the clip information is detected, the clip information is created as a clip name. If the clip information is not included in the coverage information, the clip information is read from the read coverage information. Clip name to create a clip name by arbitrarily selecting from the information excluding the date information And forming step, a file name setting method characterized by including: a clip file name setting step of setting the clip file name on the basis of the clip name created by the clip name creation step.

The invention according to claim 2 is the file name setting method according to claim 1, wherein the clip file name setting step is provided in advance in the imaging device to the clip name created by the clip name creation step. The clip file name is set by adding a numerical value set to a counter with a predetermined number of digits. The invention described in claim 3 is the file name setting method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the clip information is composed of two pieces of information.

  According to the present invention, since the BIN file name and the clip file name are surely set in the data file to be recorded on the recording medium, it becomes easy to understand the material used when editing the data, and the editing efficiency can be improved. Also, since the data file name itself is simple and easy to understand, the management of the material becomes extremely easy. Furthermore, even if BIN file information or clip information is not included in the coverage information, other information can be set as the data file name, so even if some of the coverage information is missing, Data file name can be created and set. In addition, since the clip file name can be configured based on two pieces of clip information, the contents of the data file can be more easily recognized. As a result, the data file can be managed and edited. It becomes easy.

4 is a simplified flowchart of a file name setting method according to the present invention. It is the flowchart in 1st Embodiment of the file name setting method which concerns on this invention, Comprising: It shows to the step which produces a clip name. It is the flowchart in 1st Embodiment of the file name setting method which concerns on this invention, Comprising: From the setting of a clip file name to the completion | finish of operation | movement is shown. FIG. 6 shows an example of coverage information used in the embodiment of the file name setting method according to the present invention, where (a) is described in the items of “PROGRAM”, “SCENE”, and “BINNAME”, (b) Is described in the items of “PROGRAM” and “SCENE” and not described in the item of “BINNAME”, (c) is described in the items of “PROGRAM” and “BINNAME”, and “SCENE” (D) is described in the items “SCENE” and “BINNAME” and not described in the “PROGRAM” item, and (e) is the item “BINNAME”. Are not described in the “PROGRAM” and “SCENE” items. 6 shows an example of a list of file names created by the embodiment of the file name setting method according to the present invention. 6 shows an example of a list of file names created by the embodiment of the file name setting method according to the present invention. It shows an example of a conventional file name list.

  An embodiment of a file name setting method according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a flow of a file name setting method according to the present invention in a simple flowchart. First, it is detected whether or not news gathering information is registered in an imaging device, and if registration is not detected. If the imaging operation is completed and registration is detected, it is detected whether or not the BIN file information is included in the coverage information. If the BIN file information is included, the BIN file information is set as the BIN file name. If the BIN file information is not included, the date information is set as the BIN file name.

Subsequently, it is detected whether or not clip information is included in the coverage information. If clip information is included, the clip information is created as a clip name. If clip information is not included, information other than date information is selected from the coverage information, and the selected information is selected as the clip name. Create as. Then, a clip file name is set based on the created clip name, and then imaging and recording are performed, and the imaging operation is completed.

2 and 3 are flowcharts showing an embodiment of the file name setting method according to the present invention. First, it is detected whether or not news gathering information is registered in the imaging device before imaging with the imaging device of the television camera (S1). Detection of coverage information registration is performed based on whether or not the coverage information is selected by an imager or the like in a state in which all coverage information is displayed on the display unit (liquid crystal display unit) of the television camera. That is, when the photographer or the like cannot select the coverage information displayed on the display unit of the TV camera (for example, select by pressing the selection button), it is detected that the coverage information is not registered. Will be.

  When registration of news gathering information is not detected, imaging is completed as shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. Here, when the registration of the coverage information is detected (when the photographer or the like selects the coverage information displayed on the display unit of the television camera), the coverage information is read into the memory of the imaging device (S2). ). Subsequently, it is detected whether or not the BIN file information is included in the coverage information read in S2 (S3).

  Here, the BIN file information (binary file information) indicates directory information, which is information representing a directory (folder) in which the file is stored when file management is performed in the directory tree structure. That is, the data file is stored in the lower layer of the set directory. In FIG. 4A shown as an example of the coverage information used in the embodiment of the file name setting method according to the present invention, “Bongname” “Togoshi Park” is BIN file information. That is, “BINNAME” is searched from the coverage information as a key, and it is detected whether or not the BIN file information is included in the coverage information.

  In S3, when it is detected that the BIN file information is not included in the coverage information (when “BINNAME” is not described), the date information included in the coverage information is replaced with BIN instead of the BIN file information. Set as file name (directory name). In the coverage information shown as an example in FIG. 4B, “2009-04-06” which is “DATE” is set as the BIN file name. Note that date information is an indispensable item for news gathering information and will not be missing (if there is a missing date, a warning will be issued when the news gathering information is created), so the BIN file name may not be set. There is nothing.

  When it is detected that BIN file information is included in the coverage information (when “BINNAME” is set), the BIN file information is directly set as the BIN file name. In the news gathering information shown as an example in FIG. 4A, “Binname” “Togoshi Park” is set as the BIN file name.

  Subsequently, it is detected whether or not clip information is included in the read coverage information (S6 to S8). Here, the clip information means information related to an imaging target (imaging theme). In this embodiment, “PROGRAM” “cherry blossom season” and “ “SCENE” means two pieces of information “Tokyo Spring”. That is, it is information indicating what is to be imaged as a theme.

  First, it is detected whether or not information is described in the “PROGRAM” item of the coverage information (S6). Here, when it is detected that it is described, the description of the “PROGRAM” item is temporarily stored in the temporary storage memory or the like of the imaging device, and then the information is described in the “SCENE” item of the coverage information. It is detected whether or not this is done (S7). When it is detected that information is described in the “SCENE” item, the description of the “PROGRAM” item and the description of the “SCENE” item stored in the temporary storage memory are combined. Created as a clip name (S9). Here, since the clip name is created based on the two pieces of clip information, the data file name can be recognized more easily. When it is detected in step S7 that no information is described in the “SCENE” item (see FIG. 4C), only the description of the “PROGRAM” item that has been once saved is used as the clip name. (S10).

  When it is detected in S6 that no information is described in the “PROGRAM” item (see FIG. 4D), it is detected whether or not information is described in the “SCENE” item of the coverage information (see FIG. 4D). S8). When it is detected that information is described in the “SCENE” item, only the description of the “SCENE” item is created as a clip name (S11). Further, when it is detected that no information is described in the “SCENE” item (when clip information is not included in the coverage information), the date information in the coverage information (see FIG. 4E) is displayed. The other items excluded are arbitrarily selected, and a description of the selected item is created as a clip name (S12).

  In the coverage information shown as an example in FIG. 4E, for example, “Taro Ikegami” described in the “DIRECTOR” item is created as a clip name. For example, arbitrary items may be programmed so as to select the highest item among the items described in the coverage information, and a priority is set for each item. Further, it may be programmed to detect whether or not an item is described from a high priority item and to select the detected item when the described item is detected. Since the coverage information is created based on a script or the like, not all of the coverage information is lost. Therefore, the case where the clip name cannot be created does not occur.

  Subsequently, a counter with a predetermined number of digits provided in the memory or the like of the imaging device is set to “0001”, and the selection flag is reset (S13). The counter number is added when setting the clip file name in a later step. In other words, when multiple imaging operations are performed on the same imaging target (same clip information), for example, according to the coverage information shown as an example in FIG. Since the same clip name will be created in duplicate with the season "Spring of Tokyo" ..., a unique number is added for each imaging task to avoid duplication. (In step S17, which will be described later, the counter number is incremented for each imaging operation).

  Next, a counter number is added to the clip name created in S9 to S12 to set a clip file name (S14). By this step, even with the same clip name as “Cherry Blossom Season Tokyo Spring 0001”, “Cherry Blossom Season Tokyo Spring 0002”..., The file name can be uniquely recognized and stored in the storage medium. Then, the imaging person or the like performs imaging using a television camera and recording of the imaging data (S15).

At this time, it is detected whether or not the coverage information registered in the imaging device is selected by, for example, pressing a selection button or the like by the photographer, and when it is detected that the coverage information is selected, The selection flag reset in S13 is set (S15). When this selection flag is set, coverage information is added to the data file in step S16 described later. Note that the coverage information is added in order to improve the efficiency of editing data files.

  Next, it is detected by the photographer or the like whether or not the imaging work has been completed (S16). The detection method can be programmed to detect a signal generated by pressing an imaging stop button or the like, for example. When it is detected that the imaging work has not been completed, the imaging work is continued as it is. When it is detected that the imaging work has been completed, if the selection flag is set in S15, the data file In addition to adding news gathering information, recording on the recording medium with the set file name is completed, and the process proceeds to the next step S17. If the selection flag is not set, recording on the recording medium is completed without adding coverage information to the data file, and the process proceeds to the next step S17.

  Subsequently, in S17, the counter number provided in the imaging device is incremented, and when the selection flag is set, the selection flag is reset. As described above, the number is incremented so that the clip file name can be uniquely managed when the imaging operation is performed a plurality of times, and the selection flag is reset. This is to avoid automatically adding news gathering information to a data file recorded in the next imaging operation.

  Next, in S18, it is detected whether or not all the imaging operations are completed. This is for determining whether or not the imaging for the imaging target has been completed. For example, the imaging person or the like may be programmed to detect a signal generated by pressing the power-off button. . When the end of the imaging operation is detected, the process ends as it is and the power is turned off. When the end of the imaging work is not detected, that is, because the imaging work is continued, the process returns to step S14 again.

  Here, an example of the file name of the data file set by the steps S1 to S18 is shown in FIGS. The file name of the data file shown in FIG. 5 is BIN file name (directory name) “Togoshi Park”, and the clip file names are “Cherry Blossom Season Tokyo Spring 0001” and “Cherry Blossom Season Tokyo Spring 0004”. , “Cherry blossom season Tokyo Spring 0002” is added with coverage information (with coverage information). In addition, “(with news gathering information)” is displayed in text, but this text display is for easy understanding of the explanation in the figure, and is displayed as text when the file is actually displayed on an editing machine or the like. It is not something.

  FIG. 6 shows a list of file names of data files when the date information is set as the BIN file name when the BIN file information is not included in the coverage information. That is, the BIN file name (directory name) is created based on the date information included in the coverage information, that is, “DATE”. As in FIG. 5, the clip file names are “Cherry Blossom Season Tokyo Spring 0001” and “Cherry Blossom Season Tokyo Spring 0004”, and the “Cherry Blossom Season Tokyo Spring 0001” includes the coverage information ( (With coverage information). As in FIG. 5, “(with news gathering information)” is not displayed when an actual file is displayed.

  The file name setting method according to the present invention can be used very suitably when news gathering is performed by an imaging device such as a TV camera, and is also very useful when performing management and editing work after the interview. Is.

Claims (3)

A file name setting method of the data file set when recording a data file obtained by imaging with an imaging device on a recording medium,
A news gathering information detecting step for detecting that news gathering information relating to the imaging is registered in the imaging equipment before imaging by the imaging equipment;
When it is detected by the news gathering information detection step that the news gathering information is registered, a news gathering information reading step for reading the news gathering information;
A BIN file information detection step for detecting whether BIN file information is included in the coverage information read by the coverage information reading step;
When the BIN file information detection step detects that the BIN file information is included in the coverage information, the BIN file information is set to the BIN file name, and the BIN file information is included in the coverage information. A BIN file name setting step for setting date information obtained from the news gathering information to a BIN file name when it is detected that it is not included;
A clip information detection step for detecting whether or not clip information is included in the coverage information read out by the coverage information readout step;
When it is detected by the clip information detection step that clip information is included in the coverage information, the clip information is created as a clip name, and the clip information is not included in the coverage information A clip name creation step for creating a clip name by arbitrarily selecting from the information obtained by removing the date information from the coverage information read out,
A clip file name setting step for setting a clip file name based on the clip name created by the clip name creation step;
File name setting method characterized by including.   In the clip file name setting step, the clip file name is set by adding a numerical value set in a counter with a predetermined number of digits provided in the imaging device to the clip name created in the clip name creation step. The file name setting method according to claim 1, wherein:   3. The file name setting method according to claim 1, wherein the clip information is composed of two pieces of information.

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