JPH0271242A - Photographing device of superimposed dialogue for movie - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically perform a continuous photographing and processing of superimposed dialogue form in accordance with a required number of photographic frames by combining a code discriminating means which specifies the required number of photographic frames of the superimposed dialogue form and a camera control means. CONSTITUTION:A feeder 12 which feeds a superimposed dialogue form P where superimposed dialogue is displayed in a prescribed position, a camera 11 which photographs the superimposed dialogue form fed by the feeder 12, a code discriminating means 21 which specifies a required number of photographic frames of the superimposed dialogue form in accordance with the code on the fed superimposed dialogue form, and a camera control means 22 which drives and controls the camera in accordance with the required number of photographic frames from the code discriminating means 21 are provided. When the superimposed dialogue form P is fed by the feeder 12, the code discriminating means 21 first specifies the required number of photographic frames of the superimposed dialogue form P in accordance with the code on this form P. The superimposed dialogue form P is automatically photographed on the prescribed number of frames because the camera control means 22 drives and controls the camera in accordance with the specified required number of photographic frames, and the same procedures are repeated to produce a superimposed dialogue film.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Industrial Field of Application This invention provides a method for displaying on a screen a subtitle super (translated text such as lines in a foreign language) on a foreign movie film, the video information of the subtitle text. The present invention relates to a subtitle photographing device for movies that can efficiently produce a subtitle film when a subtitle film (hereinafter the same applies) is included.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION It is common for foreign film films to be provided with so-called subtitles for the convenience of movie viewers prior to their screening and distribution.

The film F2 for distribution with subtitles is a subtitle text shot in a predetermined position that does not cause any significant disturbance to the movie image, such as on the left or right or below each screen of the original film Fo. The film F1 is produced and completed by combining the original film 0 and this subtitle film F1 (FIG. 6).

That is, now, corresponding to n frames iS i1, i +2-・i +n-1 on the original film Fo,
If we add the fifth subtitle super, first, n
By creating a subtitle text film F1 that captures the fifth subtitle text on the fixed pieces jSj+1, j+2...jn1, and combining the two images, n frames kSk+1,
The distribution film F2 in which subtitles are included in k + 2 .k n-1 is obtained. At this time, the original film F.

The start frame numbers i and Lk in the subtitle film F1 and the distribution film F2 may be cut scenes that are omitted in the distribution film F2 even if they are in the original film Fo, or may be cut scenes that are omitted in the distribution film F2 even if they are in the original film Fo. There are some scenes where subtitles are not available, so in general, 1.
fjf-ni.

In producing the film F2 for distribution in this manner, the conventional method for producing the subtitle film F1 is as follows. That is, first, for each subtitle sentence,
A handwritten subtitle sheet is created, and each subtitle sheet is manually photographed, each with the required number of frames n, and there is no known device that automates this series of operations. There wasn't.

The problem to be solved by the invention is that when using such conventional technology, the required number of photographic frames differs depending on the subtitle paper, so the work is extremely complicated and requires a high degree of skill to manufacture. Not only that, but the drawback was that it required an enormous amount of work time.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the current state of the prior art, it is an object of the present invention to process subtitle sheets printed by a device having a word processing function in a batch process, so that even an unskilled person can process them in a short time. Another object of the present invention is to provide a novel subtitle photographing device for movies that can easily produce a subtitle film fully automatically.

Means for Solving the Problems The structure of the present invention to achieve the object includes a feeder that feeds subtitle paper with subtitle text displayed at a predetermined position, and a photograph of the subtitle text paper fed by the feeder. a camera, and a code determination means for identifying the required number of frames to be photographed for the subtitle paper from the code on the fed subtitle paper;
The gist thereof is to include a camera control means for driving and controlling the camera in accordance with the required number of frames to be photographed from the code discrimination means.

In addition, the code on the subtitle text paper is a bar code, the content thereof is used as a series number, and the code determination means refers to a comparison list from the series number to specify the required number of shooting frames, or, It is also possible to set the contents of the barcode as a series number, a start frame number, and an end frame number, and the code determination means to specify the required number of frames to be photographed only from the barcode.

With this configuration, when a subtitle paper is fed by the feeder, the code determination means first identifies the required number of frames for shooting the subtitle paper from the code on the subtitle paper. do. Subsequently, the camera control means drives and controls the camera according to the required number of frames to be photographed thus specified, so that the subtitle paper can be automatically photographed over a predetermined number of frames. By repeating the steps above, a subtitled film can be produced. Note that the code on the subtitle text form may be displayed on the subtitle text form when the subtitle text form is created.

When using a barcode that simply indicates a series number as a code, it is best to prepare a comparison list of the series number and data for calculating the required number of frames in advance.
The code determination means can identify the required number of frames by referring to this comparison list. however,
This comparison list may be collected and created in a recording medium such as a disk device when creating a subtitle text sheet, and the contents thereof may be read by the code discrimination means.

Furthermore, when using a bar code that indicates the start frame number and end frame number in addition to the series number, the code determination means uses these data to identify the required number of frames to be shot by simple calculations. It is possible to do so.

It works as described above.

Example Examples will be described below with reference to the drawings.

The subtitle photographing device for movies consists of a camera 11 and a feeder]-2
an imaging device main body 10 integrally formed with a control device 20;
(Figure 1).

The camera 11 is for photographing the subtitle paper P fed by the feeder 1.2 onto a roll film. The timing of starting and stopping the operation of the camera 11- and the number of frames to be photographed are controlled by a camera control signal Sc from the control device 20, and the camera 11 feeds back the photographing completion signal Sc1 to the control device 20. do.

The feeder 12 includes a paper feed tray 12a that feeds a plurality of subtitle papers P, P, . and a discharge roller 1 which discharges the photographed subtitle paper P from the photographing position 12b to the discharge tray 12c.
4, and an ejection tray 12c for stocking ejected subtitle paper P, P, . . . . The paper feed roller 13 and the discharge roller 14 are connected to clutches 13a and 14, respectively.
It is assumed that the feeder 12 is connected to a motor (not shown) via a, and the feeder 12 as a whole is controlled via a feeder control signal Sf from the control device 20.

Note that the paper feed tray 12a is equipped with a paper presser]-2d.

The feeder 12 further includes a paper feed tray switch 15 that detects the presence of subtitle paper P, P, etc. on the paper feed tray 12a, and a paper feed tray switch 15 that detects the presence of subtitle paper P, P, etc. on the paper feed tray 12a, and a paper feed tray switch 15 that detects the presence of subtitle text paper P, P, etc. A feed completion detection switch 16 for detecting that the feed is on the subtitle paper P, and a code reader 17 for reading the barcode B displayed on the subtitle paper P are incorporated. However, the subtitle paper P has a photographing area Pa set by the camera 11 on its surface (Fig. 2).
, predetermined display positions Pal, Pa2, etc. within the photographing area Pa.
A predetermined subtitle text shall be displayed on one or more of the above, and the barcode B shall be displayed at an appropriate position outside the photographing area Pa.

The subtitle paper P can be produced by printing, for example, using a device (not shown) having a word processing function. That is, in this device, by specifying and inputting the content of the subtitle text and its display position Pal, Pa2, etc. on the subtitle text paper P, the text on the subtitle text paper P is displayed in a font suitable for the subtitle text. Subtitle text can be printed and displayed at the specified position, and at the same time, as barcode B,
For example, it is assumed that the series number J of the subtitle paper P is displayed as a code. In addition, in the same device, the subtitle text sheet P of the series number J is arranged from the start frame number N5=j to the end frame number N on the subtitle text file no.
n pieces (nNe-1'Js +1
) is created as a comparison list I-T for each subtitle paper P (Fig. 3), and this is stored and collected in a recording medium such as a disk device, for example. shall be able to go.

The control device 20 includes a code discrimination means 21, a camera control means 22, and a feeder control means 23 (FIG. 4).
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The output of the code reader 17 is input to the code discrimination means 21, while the output of the code discrimination means 21 is supplied to the camera 11- via the camera control means 22 as a camera control signal Sc. In addition, the camera control means 2
The other output of 2 is input to the feeder control means 23. The photographing completion signal Scl from the camera 11 is fed back to the camera control means 22.

The feeder control means 2B is further input with the outputs of the start switch SW, paper feed tray switch 15, and feed completion detection switch 16, and its output is supplied to the feeder 12 as a feeder control signal Sf. has been done.

The operation of the movie subtitle photographing apparatus having such a configuration is as follows (FIG. 5).

First, subtitle paper sheets P, P, etc. are stocked on the paper feed tray 12a of the feeder 12, and as soon as the start switch SW in the control device 20 is operated, the program step (1) in FIG. (simply written as (1)), the feeder control means 23 of the control device 20 controls the paper feed tray 1.
2) Confirm that there are subtitle papers P, P... on paper feed tray 12a with the paper feed tray switch] 5.2), and when the paper feed tray 12a is empty, a message indicating that the work is completed is displayed (3).
), stop all system operation. On the other hand, paper feed tray 1
2a is not empty, by outputting a feeder control signal Sf to the feeder 12, the feeder 12
Start (4).

The feeder 12 operates the paper feed roller 13 in response to the feeder control signal Sf, and feeds one of the subtitle sheets P, P, . . . on the paper feed tray ]-2a to the photographing position 12
Feed paper to b.

Since the feed completion detection switch 16 can detect that the fed subtitle paper P has reached the fixed position of the photographing position 12b, the control device 20 waits for this and then (5) (7). However, the barcode B displayed on the surface of the subtitle paper P being fed is read (6), and the reading result is transmitted from the code reader 1-7 to the code discrimination means 21. is input. Here, by reading the barcode B multiple times at appropriate time intervals, for example, it is possible to correct the reading error. In addition, when using a scanning type code reader 17 that can read barcodes on stationary objects, after the feeder 12 has stopped, the barcode B
It is also possible to read.

The code determination means 21 identifies the required number n of photographic frames for the subtitle paper P from the contents of the barcode B read in this way (8). Now, the content of the barcode B is the series number J attached to the subtitle paper P, and the start frame number N5=j and the end frame number Ne=j+n-1 corresponding to the series number J are in the comparison table. Since the front side is tabulated in the recording medium in the shape of a T (Fig. 3), the code discrimination means 21. refers to this comparison table T,
By performing the calculation n = Ne −Ns + 1, the required number of photographic frames n of the fed subtitle paper P can be easily calculated.
can be specified. However, it is assumed that the recording medium on which the comparison table T is recorded is loaded into the control device 20 in advance so that it can be read by the code discrimination means 21.

Subsequently, the camera control means 22 sends a camera control signal Sc to the camera 11, thereby controlling the camera 1.
1 (9). However, the camera control means 22
Before starting the camera 11, the code determination means 21
, the required number n of frames to be photographed is transmitted to the camera control means 22, and the camera control means 22 is assumed to include information regarding the required number n of frames to be photographed in the camera control signal Sc.

When the camera 11 is activated and photographs the subtitle paper P fed to the photographing position 12b for the required number of photographic frames n, the camera 11 generates a photographing completion signal Scl. In response to (10), camera 1
1 (11).

Note that the stop control of the camera 1 at this time can also be performed using the camera control signal Sc.

When the camera 11 has stopped, the camera control means 22 transmits this to the feeder control means 23, and the feeder control means 23 sends the photographed subtitle paper P to the feeder]-2 to the ejection tray], 2. Discharge to C (12
).

Thereafter, by repeating the same procedure, the subtitle sheets P, P, etc. on the paper feed tray 1.2a are sequentially photographed according to the required number of photographic frames n for each subtitle sheet P, and
Since a predetermined subtitle film F1 can be created, the film F2 for distribution can then be created by combining this subtitle film F1 and the original film Fo (FIG. 6). However, original film FO
If there is a mismatch between the start frame numbers i and Lk of the subtitle text sheet P between the subtitle text film F1 and the distribution film F2, adjustments shall be made as appropriate during this compositing work.

], 5 Here, if we compare FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the code discrimination means 21 in the former corresponds to program step (8) in the latter, and hereinafter, the camera control means 22 corresponds to program step (9). In program steps (2) to 11), feeder control means 23 executes program steps (2) to 4) and (5).
), (7), and (1, 2).

It goes without saying that the subtitle text paper P of other embodiments can not only be printed by a device having a word processing function, but also can be produced by handwriting the predetermined subtitle text. However, in this case, the barcode B needs to be separately displayed on the subtitle paper P using another suitable code printing machine.

Barcode B is simply the series number J of subtitle paper P.
In addition to displaying , it may be a multi-digit number including the start frame number Ns and end frame number Ne of the subtitle paper P. At this time, the code discrimination means 21 can extract the start frame number Ns and the end frame number Ne1.6 from the read barcode B, so there is no need to refer to the comparison table T (as described above). From the formula, it is possible to specify the required number of photographic frames n, and therefore there is no need to use a recording medium for collecting the comparison table T.

Furthermore, in each of the above embodiments, the barcode B may be changed to any other code system as long as it can be read by the control device 20 and the code reader 17 and can display predetermined information. Needless to say, it's a good thing.

As described in detail, according to the present invention, there is provided a feeder for feeding subtitle paper, a camera for photographing the subtitle paper, and a code determining means for specifying the required number of frames for capturing the subtitle paper.
By combining the camera with a camera control means that drives and controls the camera, the subtitle paper can be automatically and continuously photographed in accordance with the required number of frames. This method also has an extremely excellent effect in that it allows the production of subtitled films to be carried out efficiently and easily.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figures 1 to 6 show examples, where Figure 1 is a conceptual diagram of the overall configuration, Figure 2 is a diagram of the configuration of the subtitle sentence paper, Figure 3 is a diagram of the configuration of the comparison table, and Figure 4 is the overall configuration. The system diagram, FIG. 5 is an operation flowchart, and FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram of the manufacturing process. P...Subtitle text paper T...Comparison table J...Series number Ns...Start frame number n...Required number of shooting frames B...Barcode 11...Camera 12... Feeder 21...Code discrimination means 22...Camera control means Ne...End piece number

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1) A feeder that feeds subtitle paper with subtitle text displayed at a predetermined position, a camera that photographs the subtitle paper fed by the feeder, and a subtitle paper fed by the feeder. code discrimination means for specifying the required number of frames to be photographed for the subtitle text sheet from the code on the text sheet; and camera control means for driving and controlling the camera in accordance with the required number of frames to be photographed from the code determination means. A subtitle recording device for movies. 2) The movie subtitle photographing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the code on the subtitle paper is a bar code. 3) The movie according to claim 2, wherein the barcode indicates a series number, and the code determination means specifies the required number of shooting frames from the series number by referring to a comparison list. Caption device for subtitles. 4) The barcode indicates a series number, a start frame number, and an end frame number, and the code determination means specifies the required number of frames to be photographed from the barcode. Subtitle photography device for movies as described in Section 1.