JPH0258714B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

The present invention relates to an editing device for a video tape recorder (hereinafter abbreviated as VTR), and particularly provides a novel editing device with improved operability. The basic configuration of the editing device according to the present invention is explained with reference to FIG. In Figure 1, 1 is the recording side
2 indicates the VTR on the playback side. Each VTR connects to a microprocessor unit (MPU) 4 via a VTR interface 3.
connected to. Connected to the microprocessor unit 4 is a memory 5 for storing and setting programs for controlling the editing device and registers, counters, etc. necessary for executing the programs. Therefore, the memory 5 includes read-only memory (ROM) in which programs are stored and random access memory (RAM) required to execute the programs. Furthermore, MPU
4 is connected to a display device 7 via a display interface 6 and a keyboard 9 via a keyboard interface 8, respectively. The VTR interface 3 issues operation commands to each VTR 1 and 2, and
Receives operation status signal from VTR. Furthermore, a CTL pulse reproduction signal is received from each VTR. Further, each VTR 1 and 2 is connected to a video switcher 10, and the video switcher 10 is connected to monitors 11R and 11P. The control signal to the video switcher 10 is
Given from VTR interface 3. still,
The MPU 4 receives a clock signal from an oscillator 14 to which a crystal oscillator 13 is connected, and this clock signal is supplied to a frequency divider 15, and a clock signal for interrupt processing is also supplied to the MPU 4. In the actual configuration, the portion surrounded by the dotted line in FIG. 1 is housed in one housing as the editing control device 20. This editing control device 20 has a second operation panel.
As shown in the figure. In FIG. 2, 21R and 21P are R-
The timer display section for VTR1 and the timer display section for P-VTR2 are shown, and based on the CTL pulse,
Displays hours, minutes, seconds, and frames. Also, memory entry display sections 22R and 23R are arranged side by side with the timer display section 21R, and the timer display section 21
Alongside P, memory entry display section 22P, 2
3P is provided. Also, the keyboard 9 in Figure 1
Function buttons for remote control and function buttons for editing control are arranged on the operation unit.
The operation button for remote control is a recorder
It is provided for each of VTR1 and player VTR2. In this explanation, we will explain the button group for VTR1 on the recorder side and VTR2 on the player side.
The button group for is marked with a suffix P and the explanation will be omitted. First of all, the button group includes stop button 30R and play button 31.
A fast forward button 32R, a rewind button 33R, and a pause button 34R are arranged. Furthermore, a search dial 36R is provided to arbitrarily change the speed and direction of the tape and to facilitate the determination of editing points, and playback using the search dial 36R is enabled by operating the search button 35R. recorder side
A record button 37 is further provided for the VTR 1, but this record button 37 is
It is not provided for. Furthermore, the recorder side
An edit button 38 for manual editing is provided for the VTR1. Next, to explain the editing control buttons, an assemble button 50 and an insert button 51 are provided.
Select the editing type. Also, recorder side VTR1
The entry button 52 is used to determine the editing point for
With R as the center, an in button 53R is arranged on the left side, an out button 54R on the right side, and a trim button 55+ above. Similarly, an entry button 52P, an in button 53P, an out button 54P, and a trim button 55- are provided for the player side VTR 2, respectively. Furthermore, below the above button group, from the left, a preview button 56, a return/jump button 57, a review button 58, an automatic edit button 59, and an end button 60 are provided, respectively. Also, the display section 21
Next to R and 21P are reset buttons 61R and 61, respectively.
P is provided to reset the memory group, which will be described later. The editing device according to the present invention performs program control using a microprocessor, and in order to better understand the operation relationship, the editing device 5 is stored in the memory 5.
The main counters, registers, etc. set in the RAM section will be explained using FIG. In other words, as shown in Figure 3, the recorder side
Counters, registers, etc. are set for each of the VTR 1 and the player-side VTR 2. First, a display register 70R is provided for the display section 21R, and a display register 70P is provided for the display section 21P. Also, as explained above, the editing apparatus according to the present invention performs editing based on the CTL pulse (usually 30 Hz) on the videotape, and therefore the CTL counters 71R and 71P are set. recorder side
The CTL counter 71R of VTR1 is the CTL played by the CTL head 72R of VTR1 on the recorder side.
It functions as a counter that receives pulses and counts up or down, and the direction of counting is determined by the direction in which the tape is transported. Similarly, CTL pulses from the CTL head 72P of the player side VTR 2 are also applied to the CTL counter 71P. Further, in-memories 73R, 73P and out-memories 74R, 74P are set for each VTR to store editing in-points and out-points. A save memory is also provided for each memory. That is, for the in-memories 73R and 73P, the in-escape memories 75R and 75P are used, and the out-memory 74R and
Out escape memory 76 for 74P
R, 76P are provided. Additionally, a comparator 77R for determining the editing point,
77P is also set, and each output is 78P.
Timing signals are obtained at R, 78P according to various modes. The reset keys 61R and 61P explained in FIG. 2 are commonly connected to all counters and memories, and are used when clearing. In the editing device according to the present invention, the recorder side
The operations for VTR 1 and the operations for VTR 2 on the player side are almost the same, and below, the operations on the player side
Focusing on the operation of VTR2, we will proceed with a detailed explanation of the operation along with the actual operation. First, prior to editing, the type of editing, assembling and inserting is determined by operating the assemble button 50 or the insert button 51. In editing, in assemble mode, images are connected from the editing start point in the recording servo state, and in insert mode, a new image part is inserted only in the middle of the original signal, and the original It operates in the state of reproduction servo without erasing the CTL pulse of the image. Now, assemble button 50 or insert button 51
After setting the edit mode as an operation, next operate the search button 35P to select the player side VTR 2.
Set to playback search mode and press search dial 3.
Search for the editing start point using 6P. Search button 35
P's operation causes the MPU 4 to issue a search mode command to the player side VTR 2 via the VTR interface 3, and also
The playback video signal from VTR2 is transferred to the monitor 11.
A switching signal is sent to the video switcher 10 to supply video to the video switch P. Thereafter, by operating the search dial 36P, the videotape being played on the player side VTR 2 is moved back and forth while the image is displayed on the monitor 11P. Normally, in playback search mode, a VTR uses a capstan and pinch roller to feed the tape, and the capstan and pinch roller do not separate even when the tape is stationary. Edit points must always be determined in search mode because if the capstan and pinch roller are separated, the tape tension may loosen and the determined position may shift. Now, on the player's VTR2, during the search mode, the
CTL pulse is regenerated by CTL head 72P,
CTL counter 7 provided in memory 5 under the control of MPU 4 via VTR interface 3
Count in 1P. At this time, the output of the CTL counter 71P is controlled to be supplied to the display register 70P, and the count number is converted into hours, minutes, seconds, and frames, and the tape position is displayed on the display section 21R. You may operate the reset key 61P at any time, but once you have determined the edit point,
Once imported into 3P, any operation will erase it, so do not operate it until the series of editing operations is completed. Now, once you have decided on the desired editing starting point, turn search dial 36P.

Stop running the tape at the [0] position. When the entry button 52P and the in button 53P are operated simultaneously, the MPU 4 issues a command to import the contents of the CTL counter 71P into the in-memory 73P. At the same time, the flashing memory entry display section 22P turns on, indicating that the editing start point has been stored. After the editing start point has been memorized in this way, the editing end point is determined in the same manner, and the entry button 52P and out button 54P are operated simultaneously to import the contents of the CTL counter 71P into the out memory 74P. At this time as well, the memory entry display section 23P, which is blinking, changes to lit.
Displays that the editing end point has been memorized. In the case of actual operation, it is sufficient to determine the editing end point for only one of them. After the editing start point and editing end point are determined and stored as described above, by pressing the automatic editing button 59, the MPU 4 controls the editing control device according to the automatic editing program. The actual operation can be depicted as a chart showing the relationship between time and tape position as shown in Figure 4.
80P and 80R indicate the portions of the videotape on each VTR, and the editing points IN-P, OUT-P, and IN- correspond to the positions on each tape.
R and OUT-R are determined. Therefore, the editing we are about to do now is to erase the video signals in the sections IN-R and OUT-R on the tape 80R of the VTR 1 on the recorder side, and edit the video signals in the sections IN-R and OUT-R on the tape 80P on the VTR 2 on the player side. The video signal of the OUT-R section is to be recorded. First, when the automatic editing button 59 is operated, the video tapes 80P and 80R are stopped at positions corresponding to 5 seconds on the tape from the editing start points IN-P and IN-R on the respective VTRs 1 and 2. This position is usually called the pre-roll point, and it actually aligns the tape positions of the two VCRs with respect to the editing start point. When performing this operation, the contents of the CTL counter 71P,
The contents of the in-memory 73P are sent to the comparator 77P, and the value of the CTL counter 71P becomes {(IN-P)-
5 seconds}, the MPU 4 issues various control signals in accordance with the editing program so as to issue a stop command to the output 78P. When the pause operation at the pre-roll point is confirmed in both VTRs 1 and 2, both VTRs 1 and 2 play back the respective video tapes 80P and 80R at 1x speed while IN-
Transfer toward P and IN-R. At this time, the output of the CTL counter 71P and the output of the in-memory 73P are supplied to the comparator 77P.
When the contents of the CTL counter 71P become equal to IN-P, an edit execution command is sent to the output 78P and the edit is executed. That is, after the editing start point, the recorder side VTR 1 is set to recording mode, receives the video signal played by the player side VTR 2 via the video switcher 10, and outputs the video tape 8.
Record it on 0R. After passing the editing start point, the contents of the out memory 74P are converted to the comparator 77P.
MPU4 issues the command as given to
When the value of OUT-P and the contents of the CTL counter 71P match, the comparator 77P outputs an editing end command to the output 78P. When the editing end command is obtained, the recorder side VTR1 stops recording operation,
After passing the editing end point OUT-R for 2 seconds, the OUT-R point is searched again, and the tape 80R stops running at the OUT-R point. In these operations, by supplying the outputs of the CTL counter 71R and out memory 74R to the comparator 77R, the timing signal of each command can be obtained at the output 78R. On the other hand, on the player side VTR2, the editing end point
Tape 80 at the point 2 seconds beyond OUT-P
An action is taken to stop P. In this way, the 80P videotape on the player side
The video signal from IN-P to OUT-P is from IN-R of video tape 80R on the recorder side.
It is inserted and recorded in the OUT-R section. If the editing mode is set to assemble editing using the assemble button 50, the recorder side
The VTR 1 is controlled to stop the recording operation 2 seconds after OUT-R. Also, press the end button 6 during editing operation.
When 0 is operated, that point is forcibly set as the editing end point, and each VTR ends the editing operation. When performing an actual editing operation, it is quite difficult to determine the editing point, so a rehearsal of the normal editing is performed.
That is, although no actual recording operation is performed, a preview button 56 is provided so that the connected state of the same edited video signal can be monitored on the monitor 11R or 11P. Therefore, when the preview button 56 is pressed after determining the editing point, the series of operations explained in FIG. 4 is executed except for the actual recording, and for example, the finished state of editing is monitored on the recorder side monitor 11R. A series of images will be displayed. Therefore, normally, the preview button 56 is used to rehearse, the editing point is changed as necessary, the preview is performed again, and after the editing point is finally determined, the automatic editing button 59 is operated to perform the actual editing. Editing is commonly performed. When the actual editing is completed, the contents of in-memory 73R, in-memory 73P, out-memory 74R, and out-memory 74P are moved to in-escape memories 75R, 75P and out-escape memories 76R, 76P, respectively, and the memory entries are displayed. The sections 22R, 22P and 23R, 23P change from lighting to blinking. Also, if the end button is pressed during automatic editing in the insert editing mode or during editing rehearsal executed using the preview button 56, the contents of the CTL counter 71P at that point will be changed to OUT-P.
It is taken into the out memory 74P as. This means that the contents of the CTL counter 71R are also taken into the out memory 74R. After editing, if you want to see the results, press the review button 58. Then, in this case, the following operation is executed only for the recorder side VTR 1.
First, the contents of the in-escape memory 75R and the out-escape memory 76R are stored in the in-memory 7.
Return to 3R and out memory 74R, advance the tape in the same way as in the preview mode, and use the video switcher 10 to start the recorder side videotape 80R from the (IN-R) - 5 second point (OUT-R).
Play through to the +2 second point. By doing so, the result after editing can be immediately inspected. When the review operation is completed, the contents of out memory 74R and in memory 73R are transferred to out escape memory 75R and out escape memory 76R, respectively. Also in memory 7
If you press the preview button 56 or automatic edit button 59 when the display sections 22R and 22P of 3R and 73P are in a blinking state (IN-R and IN-P have not been determined or after the automatic editing or review operation has finished), then of
The contents of the CTL counters 71R, 71P are taken into the in-memories 73R, 73P, and the modes according to the respective buttons are executed. Note that the display registers 70R and 70P normally capture the contents of the CTL counters 71R and 71P, but when only the in buttons 53R and 53P are operated, the contents of the in-memories 73R and 73P or the in-escape memories 75R and 75P are transferred to the respective memories 73
After being moved to R, 73P, it is taken in. When only the out buttons 54R and 54P are pressed, a similar operation is performed regarding the editing end point. Further, the trim buttons 55+ and 55- become effective when operated at the same time as the in and out buttons. For example, when the in-memory button 53P is pressed, the contents of the in-memory 73P are displayed on the display section 21P via the display register 70P as described above, and when the trim button 55+ is pressed at that time, the contents of the in-memory 73P are displayed in the frame corresponding to the number of times the button was pressed. amount will be added. Further, the value is subtracted using the trim button 55-. In this way, editing points can be changed frame by frame. The above is a commonly performed operation, but
Next, the features of the editing device according to the present invention will be explained in order. First, there is a warning about incorrect settings of edit points.
That is, the editing start point IN-R and the editing end point OUT-R
The relationship between IN-R and OUT-R should normally be IN-R<OUT-R. However, IN−R≧OUT−
When R is set, the automatic editing or preview mode is not executed, and the entry display sections 22R and 23R are alternately lit to display errors. The above operation will be explained using the flowchart shown in FIG. First, after starting the program,
Check whether IN-R and OUT-R are both determined. If both have been determined, the process proceeds to step 2, where it is determined whether IN-R≧OUT-R. If IN-R<OUT-R, the process advances to step 4 and it is determined whether the automatic edit button 59 or the preview button 56 has been pressed. If the button has been pressed, the process advances to step 6 to execute the corresponding mode, and at step 8, the entry display sections 22R and 23R remain lit, and the process returns to the original state. Maybe again,
If IN-R≧OUT-R, the program exits to steps 3 and 5, cancels at step 5 even if the automatic edit button 59 or preview button 56 is pressed, and returns to step 7.
Then, the entry display sections 22R and 23R are made to blink alternately. The determination in step 2 is made by applying the contents of the in-memory 73R and out-memory 74R to the comparator 77R. Note that step 9 is a step in which only the entry display section 22R or 23R associated with the determined point is lit. Next, the return function will be explained. This function is executed when the return/jump button 57 is pressed after the preview button 56 is pressed to enter the preview mode, and after the tape has passed the editing start point IN-R. Then, the preview operation is interrupted,
Both the player side VTR 2 and the recorder side VTR 1 are rewound at high speed and stop the tapes 80R and 80P at positions IN-R and IN-P. In other words, after passing the editing start point IN-P in normal preview mode,
The comparator 77P is supplied with the contents of the CTL counter 71P and the contents of the out memory 74P, but by operating the return/jump button 57,
Output of out memory 74P is in memory 73
The output will be switched to P. Also, when the automatic editing is finished, if you press the return/jump button 57, the in-escape memory 75P and out-escape memory 76P will be restored as explained earlier.
The data that had been imported into the in-memory 73P and out-memory 74P are returned to the in-memory 73P and out-memory 74P, and the data is transferred to the recorder side VTR1 and the player side VTR2.
Both tapes 80R and 8 are placed at IN-R and IN-P positions.
Stop 0P. This return function is explained in the flowchart shown in FIG. In other words, starting from the start, the steps
Confirm that the return/jump button 57 is pressed in step 20, and check in steps 21 and 23 whether the preview mode is at the end of automatic editing. In the preview mode, it is confirmed in step 22 that the editing start point has been passed, and the process proceeds to step 24, where both VTRs are sent back to the editing start point at high speed and stopped. If you are not in preview mode, check in step 23 that automatic editing has finished, and then proceed to step 25. After restoring the contents of the escape memory to their respective memories, both
Return the VCR to the editing start point and stop. Providing this return function not only eliminates the need to cue using the search dial, such as when you only need to check the editing start point during preview, or when you want to modify the editing start point after confirming the editing start point. It is also very easy to use when you want to edit again after automatic editing has finished. Next, I will add an explanation about the jump function. This function is used when you want to check only the editing end point after editing. Operate the immediate review button 58, the review operation will start, and the VTR on the recorder side will
When the return/jump button 57 is pressed after the first videotape 80R passes the editing start point IN-R, the tape 80R is sent at high speed to a position corresponding to the editing end point (OUT-R) minus 5 seconds. Of course, at this time, out memory 74R and CTL counter 71R
The contents of the data are compared by a comparator 77R to locate the beginning of the tape. From this (OUT-R) -5 second point, VTR 1 plays the edited tape 80R to a position equivalent to OUT-R + 2 seconds with normal tape forwarding,
After that, it is rewound to OUT-R and then stopped. FIG. 7 shows the relationship between the tape 80R and the operation modes. By doing this, when it is necessary to confirm only the editing start and editing end points, the editing end point can be easily cued up with a single operation of the return/jump button 57 after confirming the editing start point, and long cuts can be easily cued. You will no longer waste time checking when editing. As explained earlier, in order to prevent the editing point from shifting, each VTR 1 and 2 always pinches the tape between the capstan and the pinch roller, and maintains a certain level of tension against the head cylinder containing the rotating magnetic head. However, if the tape remains stationary for a predetermined period of time (for example, 7 minutes), the pinch roller and capstan are automatically separated to prevent damage to the tape or head locking. Has the function of loosening the tape tension. The auto-shut-off function provided in each of the VTRs 1 and 2 is undesirable for an editing device because it is related to the shift of the editing point. For example, if the recorder VTR 1 remains stationary and the player VTR 2 determines the editing point after 6 minutes, a minimum speed running command will be issued to the recorder VTR 1 and the VTR's own shut-off function mentioned above will not work. A feature of the editing apparatus described here is that it attempts to prevent the editing point from shifting. That is, its operation will be explained with the flowchart shown in FIG. In other words, VTR1 and 2 after the start
In step 31, it is determined whether the edit point is in a pause (that is, the tape is at rest), and whether the edit point has already been stored in the in-memory or out-memory. If the VTR is not in a pause state or if the editing point has not yet been determined, proceed to step 34 and reset the 6-minute timer. The 6-minute timer in step 34 is configured by counting interrupt operations to the MPU 4 using software, and pulses for this purpose are given to the MPU 4 from the frequency divider 15. Now, when VTR 1 or 2 is in the pause state and the editing point has been decided, in step 32 it is confirmed that the timer by interrupt processing has passed 6 minutes, and in step 33 the tape is started at the lowest speed for the corresponding VTR. Give a command to move. In this way, it is possible to prevent the editing point from shifting due to the auto-shut-off mechanism provided in the VTR itself. The present invention relates to the above-mentioned jump function, and in an editing device that records a playback signal from a first recording medium onto a second recording medium, when the second recording medium is reviewed after editing, the second recording medium passes the editing start point. Afterwards, the second recording medium is caused to run at high speed near the editing end point, and then, after the editing end point is reproduced, the second recording medium is returned to the editing end point. By doing so, when it is necessary to confirm only the editing end point after editing is completed, the editing end point can be easily cued by, for example, a single operation of the return/jump button 57 after confirming the editing start point. Therefore, even if you are editing a long cut, you can skip the middle of it and avoid wasting your checking time.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figures 1 to 8 show embodiments of the present invention, with Figure 1 being a basic circuit configuration diagram, Figure 2 being a plan view of the operation panel, and Figure 3 showing each circuit set in the RAM section of the memory. A circuit configuration diagram, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the relationship between time and tape position to explain the operation during automatic editing, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart to explain the operation to display errors in editing points. Figure 6 is a flowchart explaining the return function, Figure 7 is a diagram showing the relationship between time and tape position to explain the jump function, and Figure 8 is an operation for running at the lowest speed after being stationary for a long time. This is a flowchart for explaining. In addition, in the symbols used in the drawings, 1...
...Recorder side VTR, 2...Player side
VTR, 57...return/jump button.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A playback device that plays back a video signal recorded on a first recording medium, and an editing start point of the first recording medium among the video signals played back by the playback device. A recording/playback device for recording a video signal reproduced from a range from 1 to 3 to an editing end point in a second recording medium in a range from an editing start point to an editing end point; An editing device comprising: a control device for controlling a recording/reproducing operation; a position detecting means for detecting a running position from a starting end of the second recording medium; and an editing start point and an editing end point of the second recording medium. a memory for storing data indicating the position of the second recording medium; a display device for displaying the video signal reproduced by the recording/reproducing device; and a position indicating the current position of the second recording medium given by the position detecting means. a comparison means for comparing the signal with data indicating the position of the editing start point or the editing end point of the second recording medium given from the memory; Later, when an operation is performed to check the editing status of the editing end point, the second
The above-mentioned recording/reproducing method is configured to cause the recording medium to travel at high speed to a position before the above-mentioned editing end point by a predetermined travel length, and to play back at a normal speed from that position to a predetermined position past the above-mentioned editing end point. An editing device comprising: a control means for controlling the editing device.