JP7232025B2 - Automatic time keeping device and program - Google Patents

Description

Application of Article 30, Paragraph 2 of the Patent Law 1. On April 27, 2018, Ayaka Nishide disclosed the content of the invention pertaining to the application in the preliminary draft of the 28th NHK Chugoku-Shikoku Local Broadcasting Technology Briefing. 2. On May 16, 2018, Ayaka Nishide disclosed the content of the invention pertaining to the application at the 28th NHK Chugoku-Shikoku Regional Broadcasting Technical Briefing.

The present invention relates to an automatic time keeping device and a program for automatically keeping the time of a program composed of a plurality of items.

Conventionally, in studio production at a broadcasting station, a timekeeper manages the progress of a program using a stopwatch or the like, and adjusts the time so that the program can proceed as scheduled. Further, Patent Literature 1 discloses a technique for automatically updating, in real time, the broadcastable time of a cushion item for adjusting the program progress time, in order to smoothly broadcast a program.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-136137

The technology described in Patent Document 1 can automatically display the broadcastable time of the cushion item, but it is desired to further reduce the burden on the timekeeper by automating the measurement of the remaining time of each item. was

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention, which has been made in view of such circumstances, is to provide an automatic timekeeping device and a program capable of reducing the burden on a timekeeper in studio production.

In order to solve the above problems, an automatic time keeping device according to the present invention is an automatic time keeping device for automatically keeping time of a program composed of a plurality of items, wherein the unit of the items is a corner, and a tally is displayed. A tally signal classification unit that classifies signals by device group, a data acquisition unit that acquires program configuration information including information on program item names and scheduled broadcast times, and a program that measures the program elapsed time, which is the elapsed time of the program. an elapsed time measuring unit; a progress grasping unit that calculates the total time of the delay time and the advance time with respect to the scheduled broadcast time up to the item before the item currently in progress; and the scheduled broadcast time of the item currently in progress. and an item remaining time calculation unit for calculating the difference time between the item remaining time and the elapsed time of the item currently in progress; a next item time determining unit for determining a next item time which is a time; and a time keeping screen showing the program configuration information, the program elapsed time, the total time, the item remaining time , and the next item time. and a data output unit for outputting the time keeping screen to a display device. Based on this, it is characterized in that it is grasped that the item has progressed .

Further, in the automatic time keeping device according to the present invention, the time keeping screen generation unit is characterized in that the item name of the item currently in progress is displayed in a manner distinguishable from other item names.

Further, the automatic time keeping device according to the present invention further comprises a next item time determining unit for determining a scheduled time at which the item currently in progress is switched to the next item based on the program configuration information, and the time keeping screen The generation unit is characterized by indicating the time determined by the next item time determination unit.

Further, in the automatic time keeping device according to the present invention, a delay/advance time adjusting unit for calculating an adjusted time by subtracting the total time up to the item before the predetermined item from the scheduled broadcast time of the predetermined item. The time keeping screen generation unit is characterized in that it indicates the adjustment time.

Further, the automatic time keeping device according to the present invention further comprises a sub screen generation section for generating a sub screen showing the item name of the item currently in progress and the program elapsed time, wherein the data output section The screen and the sub-screen are output to different display devices.

Further, the automatic timekeeping device according to the present invention further comprises an audio data generation section for generating audio data for notifying the item remaining time, wherein the data output section outputs the audio data to an audio output device. Characterized by

Further, in the automatic time keeping device according to the present invention, the voice data generating section further generates voice data for notifying the total time.

Further, in order to solve the above problems, a program according to the present invention is characterized by causing a computer to function as the automatic time keeping device.

According to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the burden on the timekeeper in studio production.

1 is a diagram showing an outline of an automatic timekeeping system including an automatic timekeeping device according to a first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of an automatic time keeping device according to a first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a control section in the automatic time keeping device according to the first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of a program structure table. It is a figure which shows an example of a program structure information screen. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a time keeping screen before starting time keeping; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a timekeeping screen for designating a start position; FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a first example of a time keeping screen after starting time keeping; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a second example of the time keeping screen after starting time keeping; 4 is a flow chart showing an operation example of the automatic time keeping device according to the first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an outline of an automatic timekeeping system including an automatic timekeeping device according to a second embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of an automatic time keeping device according to a second embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a control unit in an automatic timekeeping device according to a second embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a sub-screen after starting time keeping;

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 shows an outline of an automatic timekeeping system including an automatic timekeeping device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The automatic timekeeping system 1 includes an automatic timekeeping device 10, an input device 20, a display device 30, a switcher 40, an interface 42, a tally signal classification device 44, one or more imaging devices (cameras) 50, and one or more recorded video transmission devices 60 . In FIG. 1, the automatic timekeeping device 10, the input device 20, and the display device 30 are displayed separately. It may be configured integrally with the display device 30 .

The input device 20 receives an input by a user's operation. The input device 20 is, for example, a keyboard and mouse. The display device 30 displays a screen according to control by the automatic time keeping device 10 . The display device 30 is, for example, a liquid crystal display or an organic EL (Electro-Luminescence) display. The input device 20 and the display device 30 may be configured integrally as a touch panel.

The switcher 40 can automatically or manually switch the video according to the progress of the program. The switcher 40 automatically generates a tally signal based on video switching and outputs the tally signal to the interface 42 .

The interface 42 distributes contacts of tally signals input from the switcher and outputs them to the tally signal classifier 44 .

The tally signal classification device 44 classifies the tally signal input from the interface 42 into a group of the imaging device 50 and a group of the recorded video transmission device 60 in this embodiment. The group classification can be arbitrarily designated, and for example, the relay video transmission device group may be further included into three groups. When the tally signal moves between the groups as the program progresses, it can be seen that the item (corner) has advanced by one. In the example shown in FIG. 1, the automatic time keeping device 10 is provided with the tally signal classifying device 44 outside, but the automatic time keeping device 10 may have the function of the tally signal classifying device 44 . When it is difficult to acquire the tally signal from the switcher 40, the automatic time keeping device 10 operates based on the user's manual take operation using a manual switch connected to the tally signal classification device 44 or a take button described later. to determine that the item has advanced.

The automatic time keeping device 10 is a device that plays the role of a time keeper during program production, and automatically performs time keeping of a program composed of a plurality of items (corners).

FIG. 2 shows a configuration example of the automatic timekeeping device 10. As shown in FIG. The automatic timekeeping device 10 includes a data acquisition section 11 , a storage section 12 , a control section 13 and a data output section 14 .

The data acquisition unit 11 acquires program configuration information and the like input by a user (for example, a director) using the input device 20 . The program configuration information is information described in the program configuration table, and includes information on program item names and scheduled broadcast times (scales). Details of the program configuration information will be described later.

The storage unit 12 stores arbitrary information used for the operation of the automatic timekeeping device 10, such as program configuration information. The storage unit 12 includes one or more memories, and may include, for example, semiconductor memory, magnetic memory, optical memory, and the like. Each memory included in the storage unit 12 may function as, for example, a main memory device, an auxiliary memory device, or a cache memory.

The control unit 13 generates a time keeping screen, which will be described later. The control unit 13 may be configured by dedicated hardware, or may be configured by a CPU (Central Processing Unit).

The data output unit 14 converts the format of the time keeping screen generated by the control unit 13 so as to be suitable for the display device 30, and then outputs it to the display device 30 for display.

FIG. 3 shows a configuration example of the control unit 13. As shown in FIG. The control unit 13 includes a program structure display screen generation unit 131, a program elapsed time measurement unit 132, an item elapsed time measurement unit 133, a progress grasping unit 134, an item remaining time calculation unit 135, and a next item time determination unit. 136 , delay/advance time adjustment section 137 , and time keeping screen generation section 138 .

The program configuration display screen generation unit 131 generates a program configuration information input screen for allowing the user to input program configuration information. The user inputs program configuration information on the program configuration information input screen, and the data acquisition unit 11 acquires the program configuration information. Then, the program configuration display screen generation unit 131 generates a program configuration display screen based on the program configuration information input screen and the program configuration information acquired by the data acquisition unit 11 . Note that the automatic time keeping device 10 may take in the program configuration information from the program configuration table and automatically complete the program configuration display screen.

Input of the program configuration information by the user will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a program structure table. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a program configuration information input screen and a program configuration display screen.

The program configuration information input screen 309 is composed of a plurality of item columns 314 . Each item column 314 includes an item name column 311 , a length column 312 and a program cumulative time column 313 . The user uses the input device 20 to enter the “item name” described in the program structure table in the item name column 311 of the program structure information input screen 309 displayed on the display device 30 . "Item name" is the name of the item in the program. In the program structure table shown in FIG. 4, it is described that the "item names" are "selling V", "advanced theory", "VTR1", and "studio 1". Since it is sufficient for the user to identify the item names, it is not necessary to completely match the item names in the program structure table and the item names in the item name column 311 . Also, the item name can be rewritten later.

Also, the user uses the input device 20 to enter the "length" described in the program structure table, that is, the scheduled broadcast time of each item, in the duration column 312 of the program structure information input screen 309 displayed on the display device 30. do. The program structure table shown in FIG. 4 describes that the duration of the item whose item name is "selling V" is 2 minutes and 24 seconds. Hereinafter, an item whose item name is "○○" will be abbreviated as an item "○○". Similarly, in the program structure table shown in FIG. 4, the duration of the item "Omaesetsu" is 1 minute and 36 seconds, the duration of the item "VTR1" is 9 minutes and 17 seconds, and the duration of the item "Studio 1" is 4 minutes. It is stated that it is minutes and 43 seconds. Note that the length of the recorded video does not change when the program is broadcast, but the length of the studio video can change when the program is broadcast.

When the user enters the time in the duration column 312 of the program configuration information input screen 309, in the program accumulated time column 313, the cumulative time from the start of the program until the end of the item with the item name described in the same item column 314 is displayed. Time is calculated automatically. In the example shown in FIG. 5, the duration of the item "sales V" is 2 minutes and 24 seconds, and the duration of the item "great presumption" is 1 minute and 36 seconds. is displayed as 4 minutes and 0 seconds, which is the total time of both. The time entered in the duration column 312 can be changed with the up and down buttons, and when the time in the duration column 312 is changed, the time in the program cumulative time column 313 is also automatically changed. When the user enters the program configuration information in the item name column 311 and the length column 312 of the program configuration information input screen 309, the time in the program cumulative time column 313 is automatically displayed, and the program configuration display screen 310 is completed.

Returning to FIG. 3, the program elapsed time measurement unit 132 measures the elapsed time (program elapsed time) from the start of the broadcast of the program.

The item elapsed time measurement unit 133 measures the elapsed time of the item currently in progress (item elapsed time).

The progress grasping unit 134 calculates the time difference between the actual broadcast time of the item and the scheduled broadcast time when the broadcast of the item ends. The actual broadcast time of the item is measured by the item elapsed time measurement unit 133 . If the actual broadcast time is longer, the positive differential time is lag time, and if the actual broadcast time is shorter, the negative differential time is lead time. It should be noted that there is no need to calculate the above differential time for items that broadcast video whose time is fixed, such as recorded video, because neither delay time nor advance time occurs. Then, the progress status grasping unit 134 calculates the total time of the delay time and the advance time with respect to the scheduled broadcast time up to the item before the item currently in progress.

The item remaining time calculation unit 135 calculates the difference time (item remaining time) between the scheduled broadcast time of the currently ongoing item and the item elapsed time measured by the item elapsed time measurement unit 133 .

The next item time determination unit 136 determines the scheduled time (next item time) at which the item currently in progress is switched to the next item based on the program configuration information.

The delay/advance time adjustment unit 137 calculates the time (adjusted time) by subtracting the total time of the delay time and the advance time with respect to the scheduled broadcast time of the item before the predetermined item from the scheduled broadcast time of the predetermined item. do.

The time keeping screen generating unit 138 generates a program structure display screen generated by the program structure display screen generating unit 131, a program elapsed time display screen indicating the program elapsed time measured by the program elapsed time measuring unit 132, and a progress status grasping screen. A progress display screen showing the time calculated by the section 134, an item remaining time display screen showing the item remaining time calculated by the item remaining time calculation section 135, and the next item time determined by the next item time determination section 136. and an adjustment time display screen indicating the adjustment time calculated by the delay/advance time adjustment unit 137. A time keeping screen is generated. The time keeping screen generation unit 138 may further include an item elapsed time display screen showing the item elapsed time measured by the item elapsed time measuring unit 133 in the time keeping screen. Then, the time keeping screen generation unit 138 outputs the generated time keeping screen to the data output unit 14 .

When the broadcast of the program starts, the time keeping screen generator 138 may display the item name of the item currently in progress on the program structure display screen in a manner distinguishable from other item names.

In addition, the time keeping screen generation unit 138 may generate a button icon indicating a button for receiving an instruction from the user and include it in the time keeping screen. Each functional block of the control unit 13 is notified of on/off of the button icon by the user.

FIG. 6 shows an example of the timekeeping screen displayed on the display device 30 before timekeeping is started. In the example shown in FIG. 6, the time keeping screen 31 includes a program configuration display screen 310, a program elapsed time display screen 320, a progress display screen 330, an item remaining time display screen 340, an item progress display screen 341, It includes a next item time display screen 350 , a program schedule display screen 360 , a start button 371 , a stop button 372 , a reset button 373 and a take button 374 .

The program configuration display screen 310 displays the program configuration display screen generated by the program configuration display screen generation unit 131 . That is, it shows the item name of the program, the broadcast time for each item, and the accumulated program time. In the initial state, the program structure display screen is based on the program structure table, but when the program starts, the broadcast time and program cumulative time change according to the actual progress of the program.

The program elapsed time display screen 320 displays the program elapsed time measured by the program elapsed time measurement unit 132 .

The progress display screen 330 displays the time calculated by the progress grasping section 134 .

The item remaining time display screen 340 displays the item remaining time calculated by the item remaining time calculation unit 135 .

The item progress display screen 341 displays the number of the item currently in progress from the start of the program.

The next item time display screen 350 displays the next item time determined by the next item time determining unit 136 .

The program schedule display screen 360 displays the broadcast time of the entire program. This value is a fixed value after the start of time keeping.

When the start button 371 is turned on by the user, it instructs the control section 13 to start timekeeping. A button is turned on by clicking or touching the button using the input device 20 .

When the stop button 372 is turned on by the user, it instructs the control section 13 to end the time keeping.

When the reset button 373 is turned on by the user, it instructs the control section 13 to return the time keeping screen to the state before the start of time keeping.

When the take button 374 is turned on by the user, it instructs the control unit 13 to proceed to the next item. The user need not operate the take button 374 when it is possible to automatically determine that the item has progressed, such as when a tally signal can be acquired.

Timekeeping may be performed automatically from the beginning of the program, or the user may specify the start position. For example, since the rehearsal does not always start from the beginning of the program, it is necessary to determine whether to keep the time from the beginning of the program, from the beginning of a predetermined item, or from the remaining 30 seconds. The starting position can be specified arbitrarily. For example, when the user wants to rehearse from the item "studio 1", the user uses the input device 20 to turn on the item name field 311 containing "studio 1" or the item field 314 containing the item name field 311. Then, when the start button 371 is turned on, the time can be kept from the middle of the program, assuming that the item "Studio 1" progressed according to the scheduled broadcast time.

FIG. 7 shows an example of the time keeping screen 31 displayed on the display device 30 when specifying the start position. As shown in FIG. 7, when the user uses the input device 20 to perform a predetermined operation such as right-clicking near the field of an item, the display device 30 displays a pop-up screen in which the item is displayed. The user may be allowed to select how many seconds before the broadcast starts time keeping.

FIG. 8 shows a first example of the time keeping screen 31 displayed on the display device 30 after starting time keeping. In the example shown in FIG. 8, the program elapsed time display screen 320 displays that 17 minutes and 47 seconds have passed since the start of the program, and the item remaining time display screen 340 displays the remaining item of the item currently in progress. It shows that the scheduled time is 13 seconds. The next item time display screen 350 displays that the scheduled time for switching to the next item is 19:48:00. That is, the time keeping screen 31 of FIG. 8 displays that the item currently in progress "Studio 1" will be switched to the next item "V2: Population increase" at 19:48:00, 13 seconds later. there is Note that even during execution of time keeping, the user can change the description in the item name column 311 and the description in the duration column 312 of items subsequent to the current item.

In addition, the time keeping screen 31 displays the item name of the item currently in progress in a manner distinguishable from other item names, and similarly, the item name of the next item is also displayed in a manner distinguishable from other item names. to display. For example, the frame or background color of the item name field 311 or the item field 314 of the item "Studio 1" currently in progress is displayed in the first color, and the item name field 311 or the item of the next item "V2: population increase" is displayed in the first color. The frame or background color of the field 314 is displayed in a second color, and the frame or background color of the item name field 311 or the item field 314 of the remaining items is displayed in a third color. The time keeping screen 31 also displays an item remaining time display screen 340 in a manner that can be associated with the item name of the item currently in progress. It may be displayed in a form that can be attached. For example, the frame or background color of the item remaining time display screen 340 is displayed in the same first color as the frame or background color of the item name column 311 or the item column 314 of the item "studio 1" currently in progress, The frame or background color of the next item time display screen 350 is displayed in the same second color as the frame or background color of the item name column 311 or item column 314 of the next item "V2: population increase".

FIG. 9 shows a second example of the time keeping screen 31 displayed on the display device 30 after starting time keeping. When the actual broadcast time of an item differs from the scheduled broadcast time, the control unit 13 overwrites the actual broadcast time in the scale column 312 of the program structure display screen 310, and the actual broadcast time and the scheduled broadcast time are overwritten. The difference time is displayed near the scale column 312 . Also, the control unit 13 overwrites the program cumulative time column based on the actual broadcast time.

The item column 314 may include an item progress display screen 315 that displays the progress of each item. In the example shown in FIG. 9, the scheduled broadcast time of the item "studio 1" was 4 minutes and 43 seconds, whereas the actual broadcast time was 4 minutes and 50 seconds. is updated from 4 minutes 43 seconds to 4 minutes 50 seconds, and the item progress display screen 315 displays +7 seconds as the delay time. Also, while the scheduled broadcast time of the item "Studio 2" was 3 minutes and 30 seconds, the actual broadcast time was 3 minutes and 38 seconds. to 3 minutes and 38 seconds, and the item progress display screen 315 displays +8 seconds as the delay time. Also, the time in the program cumulative time column 313 is updated in accordance with the update of the time in the duration column 312 . Also, since the delay time of the item "Studio 1" is 7 seconds and the delay time of the item "Studio 2" is 8 seconds, the progress display screen 330 calculates the total delay time and displays +0 minutes and 15 seconds. .

Also, since the accumulated program time up to the item "Studio 2" is 30 minutes and 53 seconds, and 37 minutes and 25 seconds have passed since the program started, 6 minutes and 32 seconds have passed for the item "V3: Bridge". ing. Since the scheduled broadcast time of the item "V3: Bridge" is 7 minutes and 10 seconds, the item remaining time display screen 340 displays that the item remaining time is 38 seconds. When the program start time is 19:30, 37 minutes and 25 seconds have passed since the program started, and the item remaining time is 38 seconds. is displayed.

The item field 314 may also include an adjustment time display screen 316 that displays the time when the delay time and advance time are adjusted with respect to the scheduled broadcast time. The user designates in advance which item is to be adjusted. In the example shown in FIG. 9, adjustment of delay time and advance time is performed in the item "Studio 3". The scheduled broadcast time of the item "Studio 3" is 3 minutes and 42 seconds, and the program progress is delayed by 15 seconds. Therefore, it is necessary to shorten the broadcast time of the item "Studio 3" by 15 seconds. Therefore, the adjustment time display screen 316 displays 3 minutes and 27 seconds as the scheduled broadcast time after the push-wind absorption. Then, while the item "Studio 3" is in progress, the item remaining time display screen 340 displays the remaining time for 3 minutes and 27 seconds.

Next, an operation example of the automatic timekeeping device 10 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a flow chart showing an operation example of the automatic timekeeping device 10. As shown in FIG.

In order to keep time, the user first inputs program configuration information to the automatic time keeping device 10 based on the program configuration table, and performs initial setting (step S101).

The automatic timekeeping device 10 causes the display device 30 to display an initial screen of the timekeeping screen 31 as shown in FIG. 6 based on the user's instruction. When the start button 371 is turned on, the automatic time keeping device 10 starts time keeping. In addition, when the automatic timekeeping device 10 acquires an "on-air tally signal" (a signal indicating the start of a program) from the switcher 40, it automatically starts timekeeping (step S102).

When the automatic timekeeping device 10 starts timekeeping, and if the stop button 372 is off (step S103-No), the automatic timekeeping device 10 grasps the item currently in progress and measures the elapsed time of the program and the elapsed time of the item. (Step S104).

Then, the automatic time keeping device 10 causes the display device 30 to display a time keeping screen 31 as shown in FIGS. step S105).

The automatic timekeeping device 10 determines take-in based on the classification result of the tally signal classification device 44 (step S106). If the take button 374 is turned on, it is determined that there has been a take-in (step S106-Yes). If the tally signal from the switcher 40 is not switched and the take button 374 is off, it is determined that there is no take-in (step S106-No).

When the automatic timekeeping device 10 determines that there is no take-in (step S106-No), the process returns to step S103, and when it determines that there is a take-in (step S106-Yes), there is a next item. (step S107). If there is a next item (step S107-Yes), the item is moved to the next item (step S108), and the process returns to step S103.

When the stop button 372 is turned on (step S103-Yes) or when there is no next item (step S107-No), the automatic time keeping device 10 ends the time keeping (step S109).

In this way, the automatic time keeping device 10 acquires the program configuration information by the data acquisition unit 11, measures the elapsed time of the program by the control unit 13, and calculates the delay time from the scheduled broadcast time of the current item to the previous item. And the total time of the advance time is calculated, and the difference time between the scheduled broadcast time of the item currently in progress and the broadcast time of the item currently in progress is calculated to generate a time keeping screen, and the data output unit 14 outputs the time. A keep screen is output to the display device 30 . Therefore, it is possible to reduce the burden on the timekeeper in studio production and support program production.

(Second embodiment)
Next, a second embodiment of the invention will be described. The same reference numerals are given to the same configurations as in the first embodiment, and the description thereof will be omitted as appropriate.

FIG. 11 shows an outline of an automatic timekeeping system including an automatic timekeeping device according to a second embodiment of the present invention. The automatic timekeeping system 2 includes an automatic timekeeping device 10', an input device 20, a plurality of display devices 30, a switcher 40, an interface 42, a tally signal classifier 44, and one or more imaging devices (cameras). 50 and one or more recorded video transmission devices 60 . The automatic timekeeping system 2 may further include an audio output device 70 .

FIG. 12 shows a configuration example of an automatic time keeping device 10'. The automatic timekeeping device 10 ′ includes a data acquisition section 11 , a storage section 12 , a control section 13 ′, and a data output section 14 . That is, the automatic timekeeping device 10' differs from the automatic timekeeping device 10 of the first embodiment in the operation of the control section.

FIG. 13 shows a configuration example of the control section 13'. The control unit 13' includes a program structure display screen generation unit 131, a program elapsed time measurement unit 132, an item elapsed time measurement unit 133, a progress grasping unit 134, an item remaining time calculation unit 135, and a next item time determination unit. A delay/advance time adjustment section 137 , a time keeping screen generation section 138 , a sub-screen generation section 139 and an audio data generation section 140 are provided. That is, the control unit 13' further includes a sub-screen generation unit 139 and an audio data generation unit 140, as compared with the control unit 13 of the first embodiment.

The sub-screen generation unit 139 generates an item name display screen showing the item name of the item currently in progress, a program elapsed time display screen showing the program elapsed time measured by the program elapsed time measurement unit 132, and an item remaining time calculation unit. A sub-screen including an item remaining time display screen showing the item remaining time calculated by 135 and a progress display screen showing the total time calculated by the progress grasping unit 134 is generated and output to the data output unit 14. . The data output unit 14 outputs the sub-screen to the display device 30 for display.

FIG. 14 shows an example of a sub-screen displayed on the display device 30 after the start of time keeping. In the example shown in FIG. 14 , the sub-screen 32 includes an item name display screen 381 , a program elapsed time display screen 382 , an item remaining time display screen 383 and a progress display screen 384 .

In the example shown in FIG. 14, the item name display screen 381 displays that the item name of the item currently in progress is "V2: population increase". The progress display screen 384 indicates that the delay time from the start of the program to the item before the item currently in progress is seven seconds.

The program elapsed time display screen 382 displays the program elapsed time. In that case, you may use a pie chart together. In the example shown in FIG. 14, the outer circle indicates seconds and the inner circle indicates minutes, indicating that 22 minutes and 33 seconds have passed since the start of the program.

The item remaining time display screen 383 displays that the item remaining time of the item currently in progress is 4 minutes and 42 seconds. As shown in FIG. 9, the scheduled broadcast time of the currently ongoing item "V2: population increase" is 9 minutes and 8 seconds, and the cumulative program time up to the previous item "Studio 1" is 18 minutes and 7 seconds. , if the program elapsed time is 22 minutes and 33 seconds as shown in the program elapsed time display screen 382, the remaining time of the item "V2: population increase" is 9 minutes and 8 seconds - (22 minutes and 33 seconds - 18 minutes and 7 seconds) = 4 minutes and 42 seconds. Note that the method of calculating the remaining time is not limited to this.

The display device 30 displays a sub-screen 32 in addition to the time keeping screen 31 . For example, one display device 30 displays the time keeping screen 31 and the remaining display devices 30 display the sub-screen 32 .

The voice data generation unit 140 generates voice data for notifying the time to the user as necessary, and outputs the data to the data output unit 14 . The data output unit 14 outputs audio data to the audio output device 70 .

Specifically, the voice data generation unit 140 generates voice data for notifying the item remaining time at a preset timing before the end of the item. For example, voice data of "10 seconds before, 5, 4, 3, 2" may be generated to count down the remaining time from 10 seconds before the item remaining time. Alternatively, in order to notify how many seconds it is before the end of the item, instead of the countdown, voice data of "X seconds before" may be generated.

Audio output ON/OFF setting can be performed by the audio output device 70 . Alternatively, an icon of an audio output button for outputting audio data may be generated on the time keeping screen 31 and/or the sub-screen 32 and the audio output button may be displayed on the display device 30 .

Further, the voice data generation unit 140 may generate voice data for notifying the item remaining time calculated by the item remaining time calculation unit 135 . For example, when an audio output button displayed on the display device 30 is turned on by the user, audio data for notifying the item remaining time at that time is generated.

Also, the audio data generation unit 140 may generate audio data for notifying the total time of the delay time and the advance time calculated by the progress status grasping unit 134 . For example, when an audio output button displayed on the display device 30 is turned on by the user, the total time of the delay time and the advance time at that time is generated. For example, if the total time is -15 seconds, the voice data "15 seconds roll" is generated, and if the total time is +30 seconds, the voice data "30 seconds push" is generated.

The audio output device 70 outputs the audio data generated by the audio data generator 140 as audio. Audio output is a function closer to the role of a real timekeeper. In the case where the audio output device 70 is a smart speaker, the audio output may be performed when the user verbally hears the remaining time.

As described above, in this embodiment, by arranging the display devices 30 for displaying the sub-screens 32 in various places, necessary information can be conveyed in an easy-to-understand manner to the person in charge of the program such as the technical staff other than the director. It is possible for a person to check the progress of the program. Also, in this embodiment, it is possible to read out the item remaining time and the like in place of the timekeeper. Therefore, it is possible to further reduce the burden on the timekeeper.

Although the automatic timekeeping devices 10 and 10' have been described above, it is also possible to use a computer to function as the automatic timekeeping devices 10 and 10'. Such a computer stores a program describing the processing details for realizing each function of the automatic timekeeping devices 10, 10' in the storage unit (storage unit 12) of the computer, and the CPU (control unit) of the computer. 13, 13') to read and execute this program.

Also, this program may be recorded on a computer-readable medium. It can be installed on a computer using a computer readable medium. Here, the computer-readable medium on which the program is recorded may be a non-transitory recording medium. The non-transitory recording medium is not particularly limited, but may be, for example, a recording medium such as CD-ROM or DVD-ROM.

Although the above embodiments have been described as representative examples, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that many modifications and substitutions may be made within the spirit and scope of the invention. Therefore, the present invention should not be construed as limited by the embodiments described above, and various modifications and changes are possible without departing from the scope of the appended claims. For example, it is possible to combine a plurality of configuration blocks described in the configuration diagrams of the embodiments into one, or divide one configuration block.

1, 2 Automatic Time Keep System 10, 10' Automatic Time Keep Device 11 Data Acquisition Unit 12 Storage Unit 13, 13' Control Unit 14 Data Output Unit 20 Input Device 30 Display Device 31 Time Keep Screen 32 Sub Screen 40 Switcher 42 Interface 44 Tally signal classification device 50 Imaging device 60 Recorded video transmission device 70 Audio output device 131 Program structure display screen generation unit 132 Program elapsed time measurement unit 133 Item elapsed time measurement unit 134 Progress grasp unit 135 Item remaining time calculation unit 136 Next item time Determination unit 137 Delay/advance time adjustment unit 138 Time keeping screen generation unit 139 Sub-screen generation unit 140 Audio data generation unit 309 Program configuration information input screen 310 Program configuration display screen 311 Item name column 312 Length column 313 Program cumulative time column 314 Items Field 315 Item progress display screen 316 Adjustment time display screen 320 Program elapsed time display screen 330 Progress display screen 340 Item remaining time display screen 341 Item progress display screen 350 Next item time display screen 360 Program length display screen 371 Start button 372 Stop button 373 reset button 374 take button 381 item name display screen 382 program elapsed time display screen 383 item remaining time display screen 384 progress display screen

Claims (7)

An automatic timekeeping device that automatically keeps timekeeping for a program composed of a plurality of items,
The unit of the item is a corner,
a tally signal classifying unit that classifies tally signals by device group;
a data acquisition unit that acquires program configuration information including information on program item names and scheduled broadcast times;
a program elapsed time measurement unit that measures a program elapsed time that is the elapsed time of the program;
A progress grasping unit that calculates the total time of the delay time and the advance time with respect to the scheduled broadcast time up to the item before the item currently in progress;
an item remaining time calculation unit that calculates the item remaining time, which is the difference between the scheduled broadcast time of the item currently in progress and the elapsed time of the item currently in progress;
a next item time determination unit that determines a next item time, which is a scheduled time at which an item in progress is scheduled to switch to the next item, based on the program configuration information;
a time keeping screen generation unit for generating a time keeping screen showing the program configuration information, the program elapsed time, the total time, the item remaining time , and the next item time ;
a data output unit that outputs the time keeping screen to a display device;
with
The automatic time keeping device, wherein the progress grasping section and the next item time determining section grasp that the item has progressed based on the classification result of the tally signal classifying section. 2. The automatic timekeeping device according to claim 1, wherein said timekeeping screen generator displays the item name of the item currently in progress in a manner distinguishable from other item names. Further comprising a delay/advance time adjustment unit that calculates the adjusted time by subtracting the total time up to the item before the predetermined item from the scheduled broadcast time of the predetermined item,
3. The automatic time keeping device according to claim 1 , wherein said time keeping screen shows said adjustment time. further comprising a sub-screen generation unit for generating a sub-screen showing the item name of the item currently in progress and the elapsed time of the program;
4. The automatic time keeping device according to claim 1, wherein said data output unit outputs said time keeping screen and said sub -screen to different display devices. further comprising an audio data generation unit that generates audio data for notifying the item remaining time,
5. The automatic timekeeping device according to claim 1, wherein said data output unit outputs said audio data to an audio output device. 6. The automatic time keeping device according to claim 5 , wherein said voice data generator further generates voice data for notifying said total time. A program for causing a computer to function as the automatic timekeeping device according to any one of claims 1 to 6 .

Images