JPH05290473A - Theme deliverying device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To remarkably discriminate data on a specific recording medium by classifying by coloring the data on the recording medium displayed on a display means corresponding to the kind of a broadcasting theme recorded on a recording medium. CONSTITUTION:When a cassette is an external cassette, a control part 32 displays the data on the cassette to be displayed on the display screen of a monitor 13 in a color Y corresponding with the external cassette. Therefore, only the display area AR of the data on the external cassette is displayed in a color different from the one of another part on the display screen of the monitor 1, thereby, a user can easily discriminate the fact that the data are data on the external cassette based on the data classified by coloring.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a material sending apparatus, and is particularly suitable for being applied to a case where a broadcasting material recorded in a cassette is directly aired as needed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a broadcasting system having a structure as shown in FIG. 4 has been proposed (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-2787).
32 gazette). That is, as shown in FIG. 4, for example, a cassette 1 having a tape cassette, which is recorded for each material such as broadcast material, for example, program material, commercial material (CM) material, is stored in the cassette storage portion 3A or 3B of the cart machine 2. , A plurality of video tape recorders (VTRs) are automatically taken out sequentially from the cassette storage section 3A or 3B via the transport mechanism, the cassette 1 in which the broadcast material is recorded according to the transmission order list created in accordance with the broadcasting order. ) Is automatically attached to the video tape recorder unit 4A or 4B, and the broadcast material information S1A or S is sequentially reproduced at the broadcast start time determined by the transmission order list.
1B is sent to the outside of the cart machine 2 as main sending information S2 through the switcher 5 and sent directly to the on-air transmission line 8 through the sending device 7.

The cart machine 2 is provided with a device controller 11 constituting a lower computer, and an operator inputs transmission control information S3 based on a transmission order list using a keyboard of a system controller 12 constituting a higher computer. , Cassette storage 3
Control information S11A, S11 between A, 3B, the video tape recorder units 4A, 4B, and the switcher 5, respectively.
B, S12A, S12B and S13 are communicated with each other, whereby the cassette take-out process and the return process between the cassette storage units 3A and 3B and the video tape recorder units 4A and 4B are performed.
The recording / reproducing process in the video tape recorder units 4A and 4B and the switching process in the switcher 5 can be controlled.

The control status of the cart machine 2 by the system controller 12 is displayed on the display screen of the monitor 13. In particular, when a failure or abnormality occurs in the cart machine 2, a message 13A is displayed on the display screen of the monitor 13. It is done like this.

When the material sending device having the structure shown in FIG. 4 is applied as a commercial material sending system, one commercial one so-called one cassette 1CM system in which one commercial material is recorded in one cassette and a large number of commercials in one cassette There is a so-called multi-segment method for recording materials, and the multi-segment method has an advantage that the number of commercial materials that can be recorded in the cart machine 2 can be significantly increased. The mainstream is the multi-segment method.

[0006]

The cassettes used in this type of material feeding apparatus are classified into two types according to their usage conditions. That is, the first type cassette is always stored in the storage unit 3A in the cart machine 2, and dubbing, editing, etc. are performed in the cart machine 2 to create a predetermined broadcasting material (hereinafter, this cassette will be referred to as "cassette"). Call the mother event cassette).

On the other hand, in the second type of cassette, broadcasting material is created outside the cart machine 2 (hereinafter, this cassette is referred to as an external cassette).

This mother event cassette is stored in the storage portion 3A of the cart machine 2 shown in FIG.
The broadcast material is transmitted by. Further, the istankal cassette is stored in the storage portion 3B, and the broadcast material thereof is sent out by the VTR portion 4B.

Here, in the material sending apparatus, a cassette sending order list is displayed on the monitor 13, and this sending order list is displayed on the screen in the sending order of a plurality of broadcasting material data for each cassette. It is displayed by scrolling.

However, the difference between the display of the mother event cassette and the display of the external cassette is only that a predetermined identification code is attached to the head position of the display data, and the user sends the broadcast material of the external cassette. There was a problem that it was not easy to identify what was planned.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and it is an object of the present invention to propose a material sending apparatus by which a user can easily discriminate specific display data such as an external cassette.

[0012]

In order to solve such a problem, in the first invention, a plurality of recording media 1 in which predetermined broadcast materials are recorded are housed, and if necessary, from predetermined reproducing devices 4A and 4B. In the material sending device for selectively sending the broadcast material, the data of the recording medium 1 displayed on the display unit 13 is color-coded according to the type of the broadcast material recorded on the recording medium 1.

In the second aspect of the present invention, a material transmission for accommodating a plurality of recording media 1 in which a plurality of predetermined broadcast materials are recorded and selectively transmitting the broadcast material from predetermined reproduction devices 4A and 4B as necessary. In the apparatus, the data of the recording medium 1 displayed on the display unit 13 is color-coded according to the number of broadcast materials recorded on the recording medium 1.

[0014]

With respect to the data of the plurality of recording media 1 displayed on the display means 13, the data displayed according to the type and / or the number of the broadcast material recorded on the recording media 1 are color-coded to identify the specific data. The recording medium 1 can be more easily discriminated.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, in which parts corresponding to those in FIG. 4 are designated by the same reference numerals, reference numeral 12 denotes a system controller as a whole, and the system controller 12 has a plurality of processes started by a selected processing menu. It is provided.

That is, the key input S _KEY input by the user from the terminal (terminal device) 14 is converted into internal data in the man-machine interface 31, and the control unit 32
To enter. The control unit 32 receives the input key data D _KEY
Is stored and the processing timing of the entire system controller 12 is controlled, and the contents of the database 34 are confirmed in the database management unit 33 based on the key data D _KEY . The database 34 stores the recording information of the cassette 1 in the cart machine 2.

Further, the drive section 35 uses the control data D _CON from the control section 32 to generate a drive signal S _D for driving the cart machine 2.
And is sent to the cart machine 2. Therefore, when the CM (commercial) transmission program is executed by the user's terminal operation, for example, the man-machine interface 13 requests the control unit 32 to perform processing by the key data D _KEY . At this time, the control unit 32 confirms the cassette 1 currently stored in the cart machine 2 with respect to the database management unit 33, and sends the control data D _CON for sending the cassette to the drive unit 35, thereby driving By sending the signal S _D to the cart machine 2, the predetermined cassette 1 is sent according to the sending program.

When a program for transmitting a predetermined broadcast material is executed by the user's operation of the terminal, the control unit 3
2 enters the color coding processing procedure of the screen display from step SP1 shown in FIG.
The information is read from the bar code attached to the rear surface of the cassette stored in, and it is determined in step SP3 that the cassette is a mother event cassette or an external event.

If a positive result is obtained here, this indicates that the cassette is a mother event cassette. At this time, the control unit 32 displays the data of the cassette displayed on the display screen of the monitor 13. The color X corresponding to the mother event cassette is displayed.

On the other hand, when a negative result is obtained in step SP3, this means that the cassette is an external cassette, and at this time, the control unit 32 is displayed on the display screen of the monitor 13. Set the data of the cassette to the color Y corresponding to the external cassette.
Display with.

As a result, the display screen of the result monitor 13 is shown in FIG.
The data shown in is displayed. That is, in the display screen of FIG. 3, the third data and the seventh data are data representing the external cassette, and the data are displayed in different colors from the data representing other mother event cassettes. In this color coding, the area AR surrounding the character of the data is displayed in a predetermined color Y.

Further, the control unit 32 uses the step SP6 of FIG.
It is determined whether or not the sending program is completed in step S3, and the processes in steps SP2 to SP5 described above are repeated until a positive result is obtained.

Thus, on the display screen of the monitor 13, only the display area AR for the data of the external cassette is displayed in the color Y different from the other portions, so that the user can change the data from the color-coded data. It is possible to easily discriminate that the data is of the external cassette.

According to the above configuration, the data of the external cassette is displayed in different colors among the plurality of cassette data displayed on the display screen of the monitor 13, which makes it easier for the user. It is possible to identify the xanthal cassette.

In the above embodiment, the case has been described in which the area AR surrounding the data of the external cassette is displayed in different colors, but the present invention is not limited to this, and only the characters of the data are displayed in different colors. Various color-coding methods such as displaying can be used.

In the above embodiment, the case where the data of the external cassette is color-coded has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and only the data of the mother event cassette is different from the color of the other display areas. May be displayed as.

In the above embodiment, the case where the mother event cassette and the external cassette are displayed in different colors has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and one additional cassette 1C among the external cassettes is used.
The M type and the multi segment type are displayed in different colors, and the break event cassette sent by using the VTR not connected to the cart machine 2 and the line other than the VTR connected to the cart machine 2 are connected. The respective data of the logo event cassette transmitted by the device may be displayed in different colors.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the case where the display data is color-coded according to the kind of the broadcast material recorded in the cassette has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the display data is recorded in one cassette. The data of the cassette may be displayed in different colors according to the number of broadcasting materials that are in use.

[0030]

As described above, according to the present invention, the data of the recording medium is color-coded and displayed by the predetermined display means according to the type and / or the number of materials recorded on the recording medium. By doing so, it is possible to realize a material sending device that can further discriminate the data of a specific recording medium and reduce the cost.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a material feeding device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing a procedure of a cassette color coding process for screen display.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a screen display example of a monitor.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a cart machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Cassette, 2 ... Cart machine, 3A, 3B ...
Cassette storage section, 4A, 4B ... VTR section, 12 ... System controller, 13 ... Monitor, 14 ... Terminal device, AR ... Display area.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A material sending apparatus for storing a plurality of recording media in which predetermined broadcasting materials are recorded, and selectively sending the broadcasting materials from a predetermined reproducing apparatus as needed, wherein the recording materials are recorded in the recording medium. A material sending device, wherein the data of the recording medium displayed on the display means is color-coded according to the type of broadcast material. 2. A material sending apparatus for accommodating a plurality of recording media in which a plurality of predetermined broadcast materials are recorded, and selectively sending the broadcast material from a predetermined reproducing apparatus as needed, wherein the material is recorded on the recording medium. The material sending device is characterized in that the data of the recording medium displayed on the display means is color-coded according to the number of broadcast materials.