JPH06295567A - Portable editing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate speech editing operation by synthesizing the speech of a microphone with the speech signal of a CD or cassette selectively, and supplying and recording the mixed signal on a video tape as a speech input. CONSTITUTION:A CD deck 3, a contained VTR 4, a cassette deck 5, and an external VTR 10 are placed in operation simultaneously and the speech signal from the microphone is added. Consequently, the signal generated by superposing the speech from the microphone on the speech from the CD deck 3, cassette deck 5, and VTR 10 is supplied to the contained VTR 4 and after-recorded on the speech track of a cassette tape. At this time, the speech from the microphone which is after-recorded is reproduced by speakers 12 and 13, so what kind of speech is recorded can be confirmed. The speech from the microphone and the speech signals from the CD deck 3, cassette deck 5, and VTR 10 have their levels adjusted by variable resistors 82-85 respectively and are mixed by a mixer 80 and sent to a VTR 4. Therefore, the mixing state, can be varied by adjusting the resistors 82-85. Then the deck 3, VTR 4, cassette deck 5, speakers 12 and 13, etc., are all integrated in one body.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a background music (hereinafter referred to as background music) recorded on a video cassette tape on which a video recorded in a video movie is recorded, a sound (narration) recorded by a microphone on a compact disc or an audio cassette. The present invention relates to a portable editing device capable of being mixed as BGM) and subjected to after-recording (hereinafter referred to as after-recording).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, stationary video tape recorders and video movies have become quite popular, and there is an increasing demand for video editing in which the recorded material is used and the expression is changed as desired.

[0003]

However, in the conventional editing system, it is necessary to wire various devices such as a video tape recorder, a video movie, a compact disc player, an audio cassette tape recorder, etc. to the editing device in a complicated manner. Therefore, the editing work was not easy.

As a prior art, Japanese Patent Application No. 3-165
Japanese Patent No. 394 discloses a laptop-type video-audio device having a flat screen on the back surface of a foldable lid. This video-audio device is an integration of a video tape recorder, a television receiver, a compact disc player, and a radio receiver, but it mixes the sounds of various sound sources and edits video cassette tapes such as post-records. Could not be done.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a portable editing apparatus capable of easily performing an editing operation of mixing audio signals such as narration and BGM and recording them on a video cassette tape.

[0006]

A portable editing apparatus of the present invention comprises a main body case and a main body lid hinged to the main body case so as to cover the upper surface of the main body case in a closed state. The main body case is provided with a video tape recorder, a disc player and an audio cassette tape recorder. Further, an image display and a speaker are provided on the back side of the main body lid. Furthermore, an external or built-in microphone, selection means for selecting the operation of each of the video tape recorder, disk player and audio cassette tape recorder, and interlocking control means for interlocking the video tape recorder, disk player and audio cassette tape recorder during editing. And an editing means for selectively synthesizing the audio signal from the microphone with the audio signals of the disc player and the audio cassette tape recorder and supplying the audio signal to the video tape recorder as an audio input for recording.

The video tape recorder has a structure having a video cassette tape insertion opening on the front surface of the main body case or a structure having a pop-up type video cassette tape insertion opening on the upper surface of the main body case. In the latter case, the main body lid is used. The video cassette tape insertion opening is lowered in conjunction with the closing of the. Further, the editing means adds the plurality of variable resistors for level adjustment respectively provided in the input portions of the audio signal from the microphone and the audio signal of the disc player and the audio cassette tape recorder, and the outputs of the plurality of variable resistors. An audio signal from a microphone and an audio signal from a disk player and an audio cassette tape recorder are selectively combined by a plurality of variable resistors and an adder.

The interlocking control means may have a function of simply releasing all the pause operations at once, but the editing start position of each recording medium driven by the video tape recorder, the disc player and the audio cassette tape recorder,
It has a storage means for storing one set or a plurality of sets of edit information such as edit time, edit order, etc., and fast-forwards, rewinds, stops / pauses, etc. for each recording medium according to the edit information sequentially read from this storage means. It is also possible to adopt a configuration having an edit control means for performing the pause release all at once after performing the cueing.

[0009]

According to the structure of the present invention, the video tape recorder, the disc player and the audio cassette tape recorder are interlocked at the time of editing so that the voice signal from the microphone and the voice signal of the disc player and the audio cassette tape recorder are selectively combined. Then, it is supplied to the video tape recorder as an audio input and recorded on the video cassette tape.

Further, when the video tape recorder has a video cassette tape insertion opening on the front surface of the main body case, the video cassette tape insertion opening does not get in the way when the main body lid is opened and closed. If the video tape recorder has a pop-up type video cassette tape insertion opening on the top surface of the main body case, the pop-up type video cassette tape insertion opening is lowered by interlocking with the closure of the main body lid. The video cassette tape insertion opening does not hit the image display on the main body lid and damages the image display, and the video cassette tape insertion opening does not interfere when the main body lid is opened and closed.

Further, the audio signals from the microphone and the audio signals from the disc player and the audio cassette tape recorder are added by the weighted adder by the plurality of variable resistors for level adjustment. In addition, one or a plurality of sets of editing information including each editing start position, editing time, and editing order of each recording medium driven by the video tape recorder, the disc player, and the audio cassette tape recorder are stored in the storage unit in advance. Aside
According to the editing information sequentially read from the storage means by the editing control means, it is possible to perform fast-forwarding, rewinding, stopping / pausing, etc. for each recording medium to perform cueing, and then to release the pauses all at once.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A laptop type portable editing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of the portable editing apparatus of this embodiment in a state where the main body lid is open, and FIG. 2 shows a side view of the portable editing apparatus when the main body lid is closed. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, this portable editing device hinges a main body cover 1 to a main body case 1 so as to cover a front upper surface portion of the main body case 1 in a closed state. Are connected.

In the body case 1, the compact disc player 3 is arranged on the front left side of the top surface (position forward of the hinge connection portion of the body cover 2), and on the front right side of the top surface (position forward of the hinge connection portion of the body cover 2). The video tape recorder 4 is arranged in the rear side of the upper surface (position behind the hinge coupling portion of the main body lid 2).
An audio cassette tape recorder (a so-called double cassette type, one of which is a recording / playback type and the other of which is a playback only type) is arranged in the. Although not shown, a television tuner and a radio tuner are built in.

The video tape recorder 4 includes a main body case 1
Has a video cassette tape insertion opening 4a on its front side, and the upper surface of the main body case 1 is partially transparent (the part denoted by reference numeral 4b) so that the winding state of the video cassette tape 6 can be visually checked. There is. Although different from the structure shown in FIG. 4, the video tape recorder 4 may have a video cassette tape insertion opening on the upper surface of the main body case so that the video cassette tape insertion opening pops up when the video cassette tape is attached or detached. . In this case, the structure is such that the video cassette tape insertion opening descends in conjunction with the closure of the main body lid.

The compact disc player 3 has a structure in which a disc is inserted from the upper surface of the body case 1 and has a structure 3a.
Is a lid. The audio cassette tape recorder 5 has a structure in which the cassette is inserted from the upper surface of the main body case 1. Next, the main body cover 2 is provided with an image display device 11 made of, for example, a color liquid crystal panel or the like at a substantially central portion on the back surface thereof, and speakers 12 and 13 are provided on both sides thereof, respectively. The image display device 11 displays a television image or a video tape recorder image, and also digitally displays the television or radio channel selection state, the current time, etc. alone or by superimposing them on the television image or the video tape recorder image. As the display mode,
For example, "TV 6", "FM80.2MHz", "AM
Examples are "1008 kHz" and "PM 10:00". The speakers 12 and 13 reproduce various sounds such as television sound, radio sound and video tape recorder sound.

A power button 21, a recording button 22, a stop button 23, a pause button 24, a rewind button 25, a fast forward button 26, a play button 27, near the position where the video tape recorder 4 is provided on the upper surface of the main body case 1. An eject button 28 is provided. A stop button 31, a pause button 32, a rewind button 33, a fast forward button 34, a play button 35, and an eject button 36 are provided near the position where the compact disc player 3 is provided on the upper surface of the main body case 1. The above various buttons are used for the video tape recorder 4, the compact disc player 3
And selecting means for selecting the operation of the audio cassette tape recorder 5, respectively.

Further, an opening / closing panel 37 and an edit button 38 are provided. The edit button 38 is used for editing work. The edit button 38 is set when the compact disc player 3, the video tape recorder 4 and the audio cassette tape recorder 5 are in a paused state.
When is pressed, the compact disc player 3, the video tape recorder 4 and the audio cassette tape recorder 5 are released from the pause state all at once and start moving.
When the edit button 38 is pressed again, the compact disc player 3, the video tape recorder 4 and the audio cassette tape recorder 5 are simultaneously returned to the paused state. The edit button 38 constitutes an interlocking control means for interlocking the video tape recorder 4, the compact disc player 3 and the audio cassette tape recorder 5 during editing.

When the external video tape recorder is also used for editing, since the external video tape recorder is not linked to the edit button 38, the pause release operation of the external video tape recorder is performed at the same time when the edit button 38 is operated. It is necessary to do. In order to interlock the pause release operation of the external video tape recorder with the operation of the edit button 38, since the infrared video tape recorder is provided with the infrared remote control receiver, for example, the infrared transmitter is connected to the main body case 1.
The pause signal and the pause cancellation signal may be transmitted to the external video tape recorder by infrared rays in association with the operation of the edit button 38.

Below the opening / closing panel 37, there are various adjusting buttons for editing such as a selector, and the opening / closing panel 37 is opened as appropriate during the editing work. On the side surface of the main body case 1, a microphone terminal 41 for connecting a microphone (not shown), an input terminal 42 for a video signal from an external video tape recorder (not shown), and an output terminal 43 for a video signal, Audio signal input terminal 44 and output terminal 4
5 are provided.

The main body lid 2 has an AM / FM / TV / time switching button 51 and a tuning / channel button 5.
2, 53 are provided. Next, the audio signal (BGM) of the compact disc player 3 and the audio cassette tape recorder 5 and the like is mixed with an audio signal (narration) from an external microphone (which may be built in the main body case) to mix it with the video tape recorder. 4 to the audio track of the video cassette tape 6, for example B
The editing means 60 for recording (post-recording) as a narration with GM will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 3 shows a schematic circuit diagram (only one channel is shown) of the audio system of this embodiment. In FIG. 3, a block 61 indicates a compact disc player 3, a video tape recorder 4, an audio cassette tape recorder 5, a television tuner 7 and a radio tuner 8 integrally, and 62 is a microphone output terminal. , 63 is a compact disc player output terminal, 64 is an audio cassette tape recorder output terminal, 65 is a radio tuner output terminal, 66 is an external video tape recorder audio output terminal, 67 is a television tuner output terminal, and 68 is an audio cassette tape recorder input. Terminals 69 are audio input terminals of the built-in video tape recorder 4.

Reference numerals 71, 72 and 73 are interlocking changeover switches for switching between the narration creating mode for post-recording and the normal reproduction (normal) mode. Reference numeral 74 is a switch for switching a reproduction sound source during normal reproduction. 75 to 79 are mixers for karaoke, and 80 is a mixer for narration. Reference numeral 81 is a variable resistor for karaoke, 82 to 85 are variable resistors for narration, respectively, and 86 is a variable resistor for adjusting reproduction volume. 87
Is a power amplifier for reproduction and is built in the main body case 1.

Next, the operation of this portable editing apparatus will be described. First, an editing operation of adding narration to a prerecorded video cassette tape by an after-recording operation will be described. First, a video cassette tape 6 to be narrated is attached to the video tape recorder 4, and a compact disc player 3, an audio cassette tape recorder 5 and an external video tape recorder 10 are compact in which music to be BGM at the time of narration is contained. Install discs, audio cassette tapes, video cassette tapes, etc. as appropriate. Further, the changeover switches 71, 72, 73 are switched to the narration creation side.

The compact disc player 3,
The audio cassette tape recorder 5 and the externally connected video tape recorder 10 are placed in a pause state in the reproduction mode, and the built-in video tape recorder 4 is placed in a pause state in the after-recording mode. Then, the edit button 38 is pressed to operate the compact disc player 3, the video tape recorder 4 and the audio cassette tape recorder 5 all at once, and the audio signal is added from the microphone 9. An external video tape recorder 1
For 0, it is necessary to cancel the pose separately.
As a result, audio (BGM) from the compact disc player 3, the audio cassette tape recorder 5 and the external video tape recorder 10 is superposed with audio (narration) from the microphone 9 and supplied to the video tape recorder 4 to be supplied to the video tape. In the recorder 4, the sound is recorded on the audio track of the video cassette tape. At this time, since the voice-over narrated is reproduced by the speakers 12 and 13, it is possible to confirm what kind of sound is recorded.

Audio (narration) from the microphone 9 and audio signals from the compact disc player 3, the audio cassette tape recorder 5 and the external video tape recorder 10 are variable resistors 82 to 8, respectively.
After the level is adjusted by 5, the mixer 80 mixes it and sends it to the video tape recorder 4, so that the variable resistors 82 to 8
With the adjustment of 5, the mixed state can be arbitrarily changed.
Further, for example, it is not necessary to use all of the compact disc player 3, the audio cassette tape recorder 5 and the external video tape recorder 10 at the time of mixing, and any one or a plurality of them may be used for mixing. . Furthermore, it is also possible to send only the sound from the microphone 9 to the video tape recorder 4 for recording.

Further, it is not necessary to record the narration live on the video cassette tape, but it is also possible to record it once on the audio cassette tape and then record the narration recorded on the audio cassette tape on the video cassette tape while mixing it with music later. it can. At this time, the video cassette tape can be recorded in the FM recording area (in the same track as the video signal).

It is also possible to record a mixture of narration and music on an audio cassette tape, check the contents, and then record it on the video cassette tape by the video tape recorder 4. Further, when mixing voice and music, fade-in and fade-out may be performed.

Information indicating the operating time of a recorded signal and the recording position (such as a tape counter) is generally used for CDs, VTRs and compact cassettes.
Therefore, even in this portable editing apparatus, when performing an editing operation, it is possible to automatically combine the necessary portions of the audio and video signals of the respective recording media by using the information indicating the recording position and the operation time. Editing is possible.

In the case of automatic editing operation, the storage information of the system microcomputer for controlling the system of the editing device stores the editing information such as the start and end positions and time of the recording medium of each component such as CD, VTR and compact cassette. To record. When there are a plurality of editing positions, information indicating the order of editing is also recorded in the storage means of the system microcomputer. In this way, the recording medium of each component such as a CD, VTR, or compact cassette is operated based on the editing information read from the storage means by the editing control means of the system microcomputer and indicating the editing position and the editing position and time. By sequentially performing (fast forward, rewind, stop, pause, etc.), it becomes possible to automatically perform the editing operation for canceling the pause all at once after cueing.

Furthermore, by recording the signal level of each signal in the system microcomputer, it is possible to perform fade-in and fade-out of audio and video. Next, a case of performing normal reproduction will be described. in this case,
When the changeover switches 71, 72, 73 are switched to the normal side, they can be used not as an editing device but as a reproducing device for a compact disc player, an audio cassette tape recorder, a radio tuner, a television tuner, or the like. That is, in this way, the audio of the compact disc player 3, the audio cassette tape recorder 5, the radio tuner 8, the television tuner 7, and the external video tape recorder 10 is transmitted via the changeover switch 74 to the power amplifier 87 and the built-in video tape recorder. 4 and the audio can be selectively reproduced or can be recorded on the video tape recorder 4. As a matter of course, the compact disc player 3, the audio cassette tape recorder 5, and the video tape recorder 10 need to be in the reproduction state.

In addition, by using the microphone 9 during normal reproduction, the portable editing device can be used as a karaoke device. That is, the compact disc player 3, the audio cassette tape recorder 5, the radio tuner, the television tuner, the external video tape recorder, and the like are set to the reproduction state or the operation state, and the sound of the microphone is mixed with the accompaniment output from them to produce a speaker. Can be played on 12, 13
You can practice karaoke. At this time, the volume of the microphone 9 can be adjusted by the variable resistor 81.

Although not shown in the drawings, when the television tuner 7 or the external video tape recorder 10 is selected, the image display 11 naturally displays the television image or the video tape recorder image in conjunction with each other. Will be displayed. If the compact disc player 3 is capable of reproducing a CD-I (still image) or a CD-G, for example, lyrics can be displayed on the image display 11 when using karaoke, and lyrics on the screen can be displayed. You can practice karaoke while watching the etc.

When an external video tape recorder or a video movie is connected to the portable editing apparatus of this embodiment, it is possible to perform various editing on images, though not shown. Various examples of editing are conceivable, such as splicing editing, insert editing, title insertion, overlap, wipe, and effect.

[0034]

According to the portable editing apparatus of the present invention, the video tape recorder, the compact disc player, and the audio cassette tape recorder are interlocked with each other at the time of editing, so that the sound from the microphone and the audio signal of the compact disc player and the audio cassette tape recorder are combined. Can be selectively combined and supplied to a video tape recorder as audio input and recorded on a video cassette tape, making it easy to edit audio without connecting other equipment such as a compact disc player or audio cassette tape recorder. It can be performed.

Further, when the video tape recorder has a video cassette tape insertion opening on the front surface of the main body case, the video cassette tape insertion opening does not get in the way when the main body lid is opened and closed. If the video tape recorder has a pop-up type video cassette tape insertion opening on the top surface of the main body case, the pop-up type video cassette tape insertion opening is lowered by interlocking with the closure of the main body lid. It is possible to prevent the video cassette tape insertion opening from hitting the image display on the main body lid and damaging the image display, and the video cassette tape insertion opening does not interfere when the main body lid is opened and closed.

Further, the audio signals from the microphone and the audio signals from the disc player and the audio cassette tape recorder can be weighted and added by the adder using a plurality of variable resistors for level adjustment, and each audio signal can be added as desired. It is possible to mix in levels. In addition, one or a plurality of sets of editing information including each editing start position, editing time, and editing order of each recording medium driven by the video tape recorder, the disc player, and the audio cassette tape recorder are stored in the storage unit in advance. It is possible to cancel the pause at the same time after fast-forwarding, rewinding, stopping, pausing, etc. for each recording medium according to the editing information sequentially read out from the storage means by the editing control means to find the head, By setting the editing information in advance, it becomes possible to automatically perform complicated editing work.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the configuration of a portable editing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing the configuration of the same portable editing apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a schematic circuit diagram showing an editing unit of the same.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Body Case 2 Body Lid 3 Compact Disc Player 4 Video Tape Recorder 5 Audio Cassette Tape Recorder 6 Video Cassette Tape 11 Image Display 12, 13 Speaker 21 Power Button 22 Recording Button (Selecting Means) 23 Stop Button (Selecting Means) 24 Pause Button (selection means) 25 Rewind button (selection means) 26 Fast forward button (selection means) 27 Play button (selection means) 28 Eject button 31 Stop button (selection means) 32 Pause button (selection means) 33 Rewind button (selection) Means) 34 fast-forward button (selection means) 35 playback button (selection means) 36 eject button 38 edit button (interlocking control means) 60 edit means

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A main body case, a main body lid hinged to the main body case so as to cover the upper surface of the main body case in a closed state, a video tape recorder, a disc player and an audio cassette tape recorder provided in the main body case. An image display and a speaker provided on the back side of the main body lid, an external or built-in microphone, selection means for selecting the operation of each of the video tape recorder, the disc player and the audio cassette tape recorder, and a video during editing. Interlocking control means for interlocking the tape recorder, the disc player and the audio cassette tape recorder, and the video tape recorder by selectively synthesizing the voice signal from the microphone and the voice signal of the disc player and the audio cassette tape recorder. A portable editing device provided with an editing means for supplying and recording as voice input. 2. The video tape recorder has a video cassette tape insertion opening on the front surface of the main body case.
The portable editing device described. 3. The video tape recorder has a pop-up type video cassette tape insertion opening on the upper surface of the main body case, and the video cassette tape insertion opening is lowered in conjunction with the closure of the main body lid. The portable editing device described. 4. The editing means comprises a plurality of variable resistors for level adjustment, which are respectively provided at input portions of a voice signal from a microphone and a voice signal of the disc player and the audio cassette tape recorder, and the plurality of variable resistors. An adder for adding each output, wherein the plurality of variable resistors and the adder selectively synthesize the audio signal from the microphone and the audio signal of the disc player and the audio cassette tape recorder. 1. The portable editing device according to 1. 5. The interlocking control means includes one set or a plurality of sets of edit information including each edit start position, edit time, edit order, etc. of each recording medium driven by a video tape recorder, a disc player and an audio cassette tape recorder. Edit control having a storage means for group storage and performing fast-forward, rewind, stop / pause, etc. for each recording medium in accordance with the edit information sequentially read from this storage means to perform cue release, and then simultaneously cancel the pause The portable editing device according to claim 1, further comprising means.