JPH0683877A - Medium for retrieving animation image information and device therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the animation image information retrieving medium and its retrieving device which can be made easily and can be referred to efficiently. CONSTITUTION:The retrieving medium is provided with an animation image copying part 110, a status code 120 and a scale counting code 125, as a video album 10. The animation image copying part 110 is formed by allowing an animation image to be subjected to hard copy linearly to a time base. The retrieval device is provided with a TV monitor 1, a video player 3, an information position retrieving device 5 and an optical scanner 7, and the optical scanner 7 scans the status code 120 and the scale count code 125. In the status code 120, the initial value of the animation image copying part 110 and the resolution of the scale counting code 125 are encoded. The information position retrieving device 5 multiplies the scanning quantity of the optical scanner 7 by the resolution, and also, adds the initial value thereto and calculates a position in a video tape corresponding to a designated image index. A video player 3 executed the program searching of a video signal tape from its position, reproduced the image, and displays it on the TV monitor 1.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an interactive information search method and apparatus suitable for searching, editing and grasping the contents of moving image information recorded on, for example, a video tape or a video disc, and an apparatus thereof. , Information Retrieval Media Used for This Interactive Information Retrieval.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a moving image recorded on a video tape or a video disc is reproduced or edited by a video tape reproducing device or a video disc reproducing device, a desired moving image position is efficiently searched. There is a demand for efficient so-called cueing, in which the head is positioned at that position.

As one conventional method, a high speed search function is used in a video tape reproducing apparatus to search for a recorded image position desired by the user. However, this method has a problem that the search takes time.

As a method for efficiently performing information retrieval, some key scenes of moving image information are hard-copied in advance, and the whole moving image can be grasped or desired by using index values of those key scenes. A method for searching scenes has been proposed, but its content is still poor.

Further, there is known a device for displaying a moving image index constructed on a linear time axis for moving image retrieval on a monitor so that the user can grasp the whole. In this device, search information is obtained by pointing to the moving image index displayed on the monitor.

[0006]

In the above-mentioned device, a plurality of screens can be handled in order to search and edit all moving images on the monitor, and a mechanism for designating a predetermined point on the monitor screen is provided. There is a problem that a special monitor device, such as a work station, is required and the device becomes large in size. In addition, there is a problem that it is not a good idea to hardcopy all moving image frames to grasp the entire moving image because the moving image has a huge amount of data, and only some scenes were made into hardcopy. However, there is a problem in that information cannot be obtained to search for a desired scene.

An object of the present invention is to provide a moving image information search medium and a moving image information search device that can efficiently search for a desired moving image. That is, the present invention provides image information display means that can efficiently perform a moving image search operation by printing information that allows the overall flow of a moving image to be easily grasped and instructing the printed matter.

[0008]

A moving image information retrieval medium of the present invention is a moving image index (index) that is visible by hard copying a part of a moving image recorded on a moving image recording medium such as a video tape. ), And an optically readable code indicating the position of the copied image in the recording medium is printed corresponding to this image index.
As the moving image index, the moving image index is constructed on a linear time axis, or the image index itself indicates the time information by a method such as having accurate time information.
The moving image information search device of the present invention optically scans the code of the moving image information search medium to calculate the position in the recording medium corresponding to the image index, and finds the head of the recording medium based on the calculated position. An apparatus for reproducing an image is provided.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the image copy portion obtained by extracting and copying a part of the moving image and the original moving image position corresponding to the copy image, which is arranged corresponding to this image copy portion, are shown. A moving image information search medium having a code is provided. Preferably, the image copy portion has a plurality of sections. Further, preferably, the image copying portion having the plurality of sections is provided in a plurality of stages on one leaf.

Specifically, the section in the moving image copy portion has images extracted at equal intervals so as to show a linear time axis. More specifically, the code is a code indicating the absolute position of the section. Alternatively, specifically, the division in the moving image copy portion is divided by a mark indicating a scene change. Further, as the scene change, the division of the moving image copy portion is shifted from the frame image at the time of the scene change, or the division of the moving image copy portion changes the aspect ratio of the display image according to the length of the scene. It is displayed differently.

The code has a status code indicating the initial position of each stage of the plurality of image copying portions and the resolution of the code indicating the division. Specifically, the status code is printed as a bar code. In addition to the status code, the code also has a scale count code indicating a linear position corresponding to a section in the moving image copy portion.

The moving image is a moving image recorded on a video tape or a video disc. Preferably, a video tape or a video disk, on which a moving image is recorded, is housed in a portion corresponding to the image copying portion.

Further, according to the present invention, as an apparatus for processing the moving image information retrieval medium, (1) an image copy portion obtained by extracting and copying a portion of a moving image recorded on a recording medium; ) Scanning means for scanning the code of the moving image information retrieval medium, which is arranged corresponding to the image copy portion and has a code indicating the original moving image position corresponding to the copied image,
(3) means for calculating the position of the corresponding moving image in the recording medium from the result of scanning by the scanning means, and (4) moving image corresponding to the recording medium in response to the calculated position from the position calculating means. There is provided a moving image information retrieval apparatus having means for positioning at an image portion, and (5) means for continuously reproducing from the position of the positioned moving image from a recording medium on which the moving image is recorded. Preferably, the moving image information retrieval device further has means for displaying the reproduced image data from the image reproducing means.

Specifically, the moving picture information search device performs processing according to the form of the moving picture information search medium. For example,
The image copy portion has a plurality of sections, the code is a status code indicating the initial position of the image copy section and the resolution of the code indicating the section, and a linear code corresponding to the section in the moving image copy section. And a scale count code at equal intervals indicating a time axis, the scanning means in the moving image information retrieval apparatus has means for optically reading a linear code and means for instructing the end of reading, and the position The calculating means discriminates the initial position of the copy portion and the resolution of the scale count code based on the result of scanning of the status code by the scanning means, and further the number of codes in response to the scanning of the scale count code by the scanning means. The recording medium corresponding to the division from the initial position, the code count value and the resolution in response to the end of scanning by the scanning means. To calculate the position. Alternatively, when the image copy portion has a plurality of sections and the code has a status code indicating the initial position of the image copy section and the resolution of the section, the scanning means in the moving image information retrieval device is It has means for optically reading a linear code, means for measuring the scanning distance, and means for instructing the end of reading, and the position calculating means is based on the result of scanning the status code by the code reading means of the scanning means. Identify the initial position and resolution of the copy,
Further, the measured distance of the scanning distance measuring means of the scanning means is counted, and in response to the scanning end of the reading end instruction means of the scanning means, it corresponds to the section in the recording medium from the initial position, the distance count value and the resolution. The position to be calculated is calculated.

When the status code is printed as a bar code, the position calculating means identifies the bar code and detects the initial value and the resolution. When the code is a code indicating the absolute position of the section, the position calculation means calculates the position corresponding to the section in the recording medium based on the scanning result of scanning the code by the scanning means. When the division in the moving image copy portion is divided by a mark indicating a scene change,
The scanning means detects the mark, and the position calculating means switches the position corresponding to the section in the recording medium in response to the mark detection of the scanning means, and calculates the position from the switching position.

Further, according to the present invention, (1) an image copy portion obtained by extracting and copying a part of a moving image recorded on a recording medium, and a copy image provided corresponding to the image copy portion. A two-dimensional digitizer tablet device loaded with a moving image information retrieval medium having a code indicating a corresponding original moving image position and outputting a position signal corresponding to the image position designated by the indicating means; Means for calculating the position of the corresponding moving image in the recording medium based on the position detection result from the three-dimensional digitizer tablet device; and (3) a corresponding moving image from the recording medium in response to the calculated position from the position calculating means. Means for positioning on the image part, (4)
There is provided a moving image information retrieval apparatus having means for continuously reproducing from the position of the positioned moving image from the recording medium recording the moving image.

[0017]

The user visually recognizes the image index and scans the scanning means to the position corresponding to the desired image index. The position calculating means detects the initial value and resolution of the image index from the status code scanned by the scanning means, and calculates the position of the image index according to the initial value and resolution and the amount scanned by the scanning means. This calculated value is applied to the reproducing means, and the reproducing means moves the recording medium corresponding to the image index loaded by the user to the calculated position for heading, and then reproduces. This reproduced image is displayed on the display means. There are various modes of the moving image information search medium, and the moving image information search device performs the above-described operation according to the mode of the moving image information search medium.

[0018]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a moving image information retrieval apparatus of the present invention. This moving image information searching device has a TV monitor 1, a video player (video reproducing device) 3, an information position searching device 5, a pen-shaped optical scanner 7, and a video album 10 as a moving image information searching medium. In a video album 10 as a moving image information retrieval medium, a moving image copying (hard copy) portion 110, which is a printing portion obtained by copying (hard copying) a moving image key portion, and contents of the moving image copying portion 110 are shown. A status code 120, which is a bar code, and a scale count code 12, which indicates a position corresponding to a copy image in the moving image copy portion 110.
5 are provided. Details of the video album 10 will be described later.

An outline of the operation of the moving picture information retrieval apparatus shown in FIG. 1 will be described. The user is the image recording medium to be searched,
For example, when loading a video tape on the video player 3,
Select the corresponding video album 10 for probing the image on that videotape. User has video album 1
The moving image copy portion 110 in 0 is viewed, and the optical scanner 7 is scanned to a desired copy printing portion. The scanning state of the optical scanner 7 is input to the information position searching device 5, and the information position searching device 5 searches for the position scanned by the optical scanner 7. The position search result is input to the video player 3, and the video player 3 scans an image recording medium, for example, a video tape mounted therein to a position corresponding to the search position to perform head search, and from that position. The moving images are continuously output to the TV monitor 1. The TV monitor 1 displays the moving image output from the video player 3.

FIG. 2 shows details of the video album 10 shown in FIG. The video album 10 shown in FIG. 2 reproduces in advance a hard copy (copy) of a portion (scene) to be searched for in a moving image recorded on a video tape.
4 stages of moving image copy parts 110, 130, 150, 1 as visible moving image indexes printed
70, status code 12 printed as a bar code indicating the status (status) of the moving image in these stages
0, 140, 160, 180, and line segment patterns (codes) 125, 145, 165 indicating linear time axes at equal intervals provided under the moving image copy portions 110, 130, 150, 170 of each stage. , 185. In this example, the moving image copy portions 110, 130, 150 of each stage,
Each of 170 is printed in a form in which a part of the moving image of 5 sections can be visually recognized, and the scale count code 125,
Reference numerals 145, 165 and 185 show these sections. In other words, a portion which is a key for searching a moving image recorded on the video tape mounted on the video player 3 is arranged in each of the moving image copying portions 110, 130, 150, 170.

The moving image copy portion 110 serving as a moving image index is, for example, a video browser already proposed by the applicant of the present invention (for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-260075).
This is a sampled image created by a technique such as the Japanese Patent Publication, reference). This image is composed of a series of moving image data displayed two-dimensionally, which is obtained by moving one-dimensionally one sampling direction in each sampling position and one-dimensionally sampling the other direction on a linear time axis. Therefore, it is possible to grasp the entire flow of the moving image along the time axis. Since this image is constructed on a linear time axis, it is possible to obtain a desired index value, that is, a time code value, by using the scale count code 125 to set graduations at equal intervals and counting the number of graduations. This scale is the scale count code.

As shown in FIG. 3, the status code 12
0 is a start frame code N indicating the time code at the left end position of each one stage, which is expressed by dividing a block of five sections of the printed moving image index into four stages, and a scale printed on the right side of the status code. The resolution code dN indicating the resolution between the scales of the count code 125 is shown as a bar code. The status code 120 and the scale count code 125 can be optically read by using the scanner 7.

FIG. 3 shows a method of reading the scale count code 125 shown in FIG. Status code 120 and scale count code 1 as shown in FIG.
The user scans 25 the optical scanner 7 along the SCAN direction and stops at the desired search position. The information position search device 5 inputs the result of scanning by the optical scanner 7 and calculates the search position. The optical scanner 7 scans and optically reads information encoded in the line thickness, spacing, or number of lines of the status code 120 and the scale count code 125, and also has a switch indicating the end of reading. . In other words, the user searches the moving image copy portion 110 of the video album 10 to be searched.
When the optical scanner 7 is scanned up to the position A within a certain section by scanning the status code 120 and the scale count code 125 at the bottom of the, the switch of the optical scanner 7 indicating the end of the scanning is pressed to terminate the scanning. Give instructions.

FIG. 4 shows the operation of the information position searching device 5 which processes the read data of the optical scanner 7 and detects the position A in the section 113. Hereinafter, the search position specifying method and the time code converting method will be described with reference to FIG. Step S01: The user scans the optical scanner 7 from the status code 120 at the left end of the lower part of the moving image copying portion 110, and starts reading the status code 120. The information position searching device 5 first inputs the status code 120 printed as a bar code from the scanning result of the optical scanner 7 to identify the number N of start frames and the resolution code dN. Step S02: The information position searching device 5 sets the scan count n for counting the scale count code 125 to the initial value (0), and the scale count code 12
Prepare for 5 inputs. The user has the above status code 12
Following the 0 scan, the optical scanner 7 is used to scan the scale count code 125. The optical scanner 7 has a scan end switch (not shown) for instructing the end of scanning, and the scan data of the optical scanner 7 is stored in the information position until the user scans the optical scanner 7 and presses the end switch. It is input to the search device 5. Users are classified 11
When the position A in 3 is reached, the scan end switch of the optical scanner 7 is pressed. The information position search device 5 performs the processing corresponding to the operation during this period as follows. Step S03: The information position searching device 5 inputs the scanning result of the scale count code 125 from the optical scanner 7 and sequentially updates the scan count n. Step S04: The update of the scan count continues until the end switch of the optical scanner 7 is pressed. Step S05: When the scanning of the optical scanner 7 is completed, the information position searching device 5 performs conversion into the absolute time code T defined by the following formula. T = N + (nxdN) (1) Step S06: The information position search device 5 outputs this absolute time code T to the video player 3.

This absolute time code T is recorded in the video tape loaded in the video player 3.
The recording position of the moving image of the third section 113 in the moving image copy portion 110 is shown. The video player 3 refers to the input absolute time code T, starts the beginning of the video tape loaded therein, reproduces the recorded contents of the video tape from that position, and outputs it to the TV monitor 1. Although the position calculated by the information position search device 5 is within the section 113, the video player 3 reproduces the video tape from the position that exactly corresponds to the calculated position. That is, the video tape is not necessarily played back from the position that completely matches the copy image section 113 of the image copy portion 110, but the video tape is played back from the position calculated by the information position search device 5. Therefore, when the optical scanner 7 is scanned to the central position of the section 113 and the scanning is finished, the image corresponding to the section 113 is reproduced, and when the scanning of the optical scanner 7 is finished in the first half of the section 113. Is reproduced from an image slightly before the copied image. Further, when the video player 3 does not perform the positioning that accurately responds to the calculated position of the information position searching device 5 as described above and an arbitrary position in the section 113 is calculated, the video tape corresponding to the section 113 It can be played from the position. Since the resolution and the size of the segment are known in this significance determination, the information position searching device 5 first accurately calculates the position A in the segment 113, and then the information position searching device 5 further computes the segment 113. The calculated position information may be corrected so as to be in the center of the position and sent to the video player 3, or the position may be corrected in the video player 3 to position the video tape. In this way, the moving image output from the video player 3 is displayed on the TV monitor 1.
The time code T can be sent from the information position searching device 5 to the video player 3 by direct connection as shown in the figure, or by remote transfer with an infrared remote controller.

As described above, according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the moving image recorded on the video tape in advance is hard-copied in a linear relationship to make a hard copy, and the moving image copy portions 110, 14 are formed.
0, 160, 180, and the user visually searches this hard-copy video album 10 and scans the optical scanner 7 with the scale count code 125 below the corresponding image index. ，
It is possible to search for an image on a desired video tape without operating the video tape. Further, the moving image information retrieval medium described above becomes a portable and inexpensive image information display means by using a printed matter, and since the image information is configured on a linear time axis, it is easy to grasp the content of the moving image. Become. Further, since the position information on the printed material corresponds to the time information on the moving image, the time code of the moving image can be obtained by reading the position information, and the desired scene can be searched on the printed material. In addition, using printed materials simplifies distribution and does not require large-scale hardware for searching. Therefore, image processing for indexing, color printing, etc. can be performed by a system such as a photographic lab for users. The burden can also be reduced.

In the above-described embodiment, since the moving image index printed on the moving image copy portion 110 is constructed on a linear time axis, the resolution information is common to all moving images, and the video album 10 is used. It is enough to have one printed on each page. However, by printing the status code containing the resolution information on the left end of each scale count code, there is an advantage that all the information can be obtained by one scanning operation without the need to scan separately. is there.

FIG. 5 shows a second embodiment of the moving image information retrieval apparatus of the present invention.
A configuration as an example is shown. In this moving image information retrieval device, the video player 3 and the information position retrieval device 5 shown in FIG. 1 are integrated as a video player 3A with an information position retrieval function. That is, the information position searching device 5 for calculating the absolute time code T from the scanning result of the optical scanner 7 is built in the video player 3 and configured as a video player 3A with an information position searching function. The processing content of the entire moving image information retrieval apparatus is the same as that described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 6 shows a video album 20 as another embodiment of a moving picture information search medium provided with a moving picture index having time information according to the present invention. FIG. 6 (A),
(B) is an example of an index using a scene change mark (inverted triangle), in which a frame image at a scene change point is formed on a linear time axis in consideration of the length of the scene. With this moving image index, the contents of the scene, the scene change timing, and the length of the scene can be viewed. FIG. 6A shows an example in which the frame images at the time of the scene change are shifted and displayed. FIG. 6B shows an example in which the aspect ratio of the display image is changed according to the length of the scene. The information on the timing of scene change and the length of each scene is important information as a search point, and the information printed as a moving image index can also be applied to the present invention. FIG. 6C shows an example of a moving image index based on a search / edit method using a video index, and in this example also, the image index is formed on a linear time axis.

FIG. 7 shows a third moving image information retrieval medium of the present invention.
1 shows a video album 20A as an example. This video album 20A is an example of a moving image index in which the image index itself has accurate time information. The displayed frame image is an extracted image at the time of the scene change and is associated with the scene change mark on the time axis. Figure 7 (A) shows below the image at the scene change,
This is an example in which a bar code indicating accurate time information corresponding to the time is printed, and this code is used by the optical scanner 7
It is possible to search a moving image at a scene change timing, which is important as a point to be searched, by reading through the. FIG. 7B is an example in which a time code is obtained by scanning on a time axis using a scanner having a status code and a distance measuring roller described later. The search point can be specified from the scene change image and the scene change mark.

Another example of the reading means will be described. FIG. 8 shows an example of a video album suitable for scanning on the time axis using the scanner 8 having the distance measuring roller shown in FIG. FIG. 9 shows a scanner 8 having a distance measuring roller.
FIG. The scanner 8 having a distance measuring roller has a scanner main body 81, a code reading optical sensor 82 provided at the tip of the scanner main body, a distance measuring roller 83, and a selection button 84. The scanner 8 having the distance measuring roller directly measures the distance (the number of frames) by the distance measuring roller 83 instead of scanning the scale count code 125 as in the optical scanner 7 shown in FIG. In the video album 20B shown in FIG. 8, a status code 290 similar to the status code 120 shown in FIG. 2 and a moving image copy portion 28 similar to the moving image copy portion 110 as a visible moving image index are provided.
0 is printed, and the code corresponding to the scale count code 125 shown in FIG. 2 is not printed.

A scanner 8 having a distance measuring roller is shown in FIG.
Alternatively, it is used in place of the scanner 8 having the distance measuring roller in the moving image information retrieval device shown in FIG. In the moving image information retrieval apparatus using the scanner 8 having the distance measuring roller, the user first scans the status code 290 using the scanner 8 having the distance measuring roller to read the contents of the status code 290, Position search device 5 or video player 3A with information position search function
At, the number of start frames N and the resolution dN indicating the measurement resolution of the roller are identified. The user then directly scans on the moving image index 280 to the scene to be directly searched, that is, by rolling the distance measuring roller 83 of the scanner 8 having the distance measuring roller, the information position searching device 5 or the video with the information position searching function. The player 3A measures the distance. A desired moving image time code T can be obtained from the distance and the initial value of the start frame N in the information position search device 5 or the video player 3A with the information position search function. Video player 3 or video player 3A with information position search function
At, the video tape corresponding to the measured distance is cued, and the corresponding image is reproduced and displayed on the TV monitor 1. Even in the pattern recognition device using the scanner 8 having the distance measuring roller, the significance processing in the information position search device 5 or the video player 3 is performed similarly to the pattern recognition device using the optical scanner 7 described above. You can In the moving image information search device using the scanner 8 having the distance measuring roller, it is not necessary to provide the scale count code in the video album 20B, and thus the printing area can be reduced.

FIG. 10 shows a third embodiment of the moving picture information retrieval apparatus according to the present invention, in which a two-dimensional digitizer tablet device 40 is used as retrieval position designating means instead of the optical scanner 7 or the scanner 8 having a distance measuring roller. It is an example. The digitizer tablet device 40 is provided with two-dimensional digitizer tablets 43, 44 on the edge of the base 46 in two orthogonal directions. The video album 30 on which only the moving image index is printed is set on the base 46 of the two-dimensional digitizer tablet device 40 as shown. As the tablets 43 and 44, those which recognize the two-dimensional position by means such as a normal piezoelectric type are used, and the fact that the two-dimensional position on the moving image index 310 and the tablet base 46 is in one-to-one correspondence is used. And get the video time code. That is, the two-dimensional position on the tablet base 46 is known by pointing the scene to be searched for the moving image index using the position indicating means such as the pressing means, and the moving image time code is calculated from the information. When using this two-dimensional digitizer tablet device 40, there is an advantage that it is not necessary to print a code for optical reading.

FIG. 11 shows a video album 50 as a fourth embodiment of the moving picture information retrieval medium of the present invention, using the moving picture information retrieval apparatus using the scanner 8 having the distance measuring roller shown in FIG. An example of performing an image search from is shown. Figure 1
The video album 50 shown in FIG. 1 is provided with video tape storage pockets 550 and 560 on the left paper, and the same video album as the video album 20B shown in FIG. 7B or 8 is provided on the right paper. 10 shows a moving image information search medium having 50. The search for the video album 50 is the same as described above. In this embodiment, the left side sheet is provided with storage pockets 550 and 560 for storing the video tape, which makes it easy to manage and associate the content recorded in the video tape with the video tape itself.

The embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the moving image information retrieval medium and the moving image information retrieval apparatus described above, and various modifications similar to those described above can be adopted.

[0036]

According to the present invention, since the display means is printed so as to list moving image indexes having time information such as being arranged on a linear time axis, the situation of the moving image in the time axis direction can be improved. It can be easily grasped, and at the same time, the code corresponding to the time code of the moving image is printed, so that the code can be read optically, converted into a time code and sent to the image reproduction device to reproduce the corresponding part. It is possible to search for a desired moving image scene. Further, the moving image information retrieval medium of the present invention is inexpensive and portable because the display medium is a printed matter, and is easily duplicated and distributed. In addition, since no large-scale hardware is required for searching, the burden on the user is reduced by performing image processing for indexing, color printing, etc. in a store system such as a photo lab.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a first embodiment of a moving image information retrieval device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a video album as a first embodiment of the moving image information retrieval medium of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a method of searching the video album shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a search process of the video album shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of a moving image information retrieval apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of a video album as a second embodiment of the moving image information search medium of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of a video album as a third embodiment of the moving image information search medium of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of a video album as a third embodiment of the moving image information search medium of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a modification of the scanner used in the moving image information search device of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a configuration diagram of a moving picture information retrieval device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a configuration diagram of a moving picture information retrieval device according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1. TV monitor 3 Video player 3A Video player with information position search function 5 Information position search device 7 Optical scanner 8 Scanner with distance measuring roller 10, 20, 50 ... Video album 110 ... Moving image copy 120 ... Status code 125 ... Scale count code

Claims (21)

[Claims] 1. A moving image having an image copy portion obtained by extracting and copying a part of the moving image, and a code which is arranged corresponding to this image copy portion and which shows an original moving image position corresponding to the copied image. Information retrieval medium. 2. The moving image information retrieval medium according to claim 1, wherein the image copy portion has a plurality of sections. 3. The moving image information retrieval medium according to claim 2, wherein the image copy portion having the plurality of sections has a plurality of stages in one leaf. 4. The moving image information retrieval medium according to claim 3, wherein the sections in the moving image copy portion have images extracted at equal intervals so as to show a linear time axis. 5. The moving image information retrieval medium according to claim 2, wherein the code is a code indicating an absolute position of the section. 6. The moving image information retrieval medium according to claim 2, wherein the divisions in the moving image copy portion are divided by marks indicating a scene change. 7. The moving image information retrieval medium according to claim 6, wherein the division of the moving image copy portion is shifted from the frame image at the time of the scene change. 8. The moving image information retrieval medium according to claim 6, wherein the division of the moving image copy portion is displayed by changing the aspect ratio of the displayed image according to the length of the scene. 9. The moving image information retrieval medium according to claim 1, wherein the code has a status code indicating an initial position of each stage of the plurality of image copying parts and a resolution of the code indicating the division. 10. The moving image information retrieval medium according to claim 9, wherein the status code is printed as a bar code. 11. The code includes, in addition to the status code, a scale count code indicating a linear position corresponding to a section in a moving image copy portion.
The moving image information retrieval medium described in any one of. 12. The moving image is a moving image recorded on a video tape, a video disc, or the like.
The moving image information retrieval medium described in any one of. 13. The moving image information retrieval medium according to claim 12, wherein a video tape or a video disc having a moving image recorded therein is accommodated in a portion corresponding to the image copying portion. 14. An image copy portion obtained by extracting and copying a part of a moving image recorded on a recording medium, and an original moving image position which is arranged corresponding to this image copy portion and corresponds to the copied image. Scanning means for scanning the code of the moving image information retrieval medium having the code shown, means for calculating the position of the corresponding moving image in the recording medium from the result of scanning by the scanning means, and the position calculating means In response to the calculated position of
A moving image information retrieval apparatus having means for positioning a corresponding moving image portion from the recording medium, and means for continuously reproducing from the position of the positioned moving image from the recording medium on which the moving image is recorded. 15. The moving image information retrieval apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising means for displaying reproduced image data from said image reproducing means. 16. The image copy portion has a plurality of sections,
The code includes a status code indicating the initial position of the image copy portion and the resolution of the code indicating the division, and a scale count code at equal intervals indicating a linear time axis corresponding to the division in the moving image copy portion. The scanning means has means for optically reading a linear code and means for instructing the end of reading, and the position calculating means has the copying portion based on the result of scanning of the status code by the scanning means. The initial position and the resolution of the scale count code are detected, the number of codes is counted in response to the scanning of the scale count code by the scanning means, and the initial position and the code are responded in response to the scanning end of the scanning means. 16. The moving image information retrieval apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the position in the recording medium corresponding to the division is calculated from the count value and the resolution. 17. The image copy portion has a plurality of sections,
The code has a status code indicating the initial position of the image copy portion and the resolution of the section, and the scanning means is means for optically reading a linear code, means for measuring a scanning distance, and an instruction to finish reading. Have the means to
The position calculating means detects the initial position and resolution of the copy portion based on the result of scanning the status code by the code reading means of the scanning means, and further counts the measured distance from the scanning distance measuring means of the scanning means. 16. The moving image according to claim 14 or 15, wherein a position corresponding to the section in the recording medium is calculated from the initial position, the distance count value and the resolution in response to the scanning end of the reading end instruction unit of the scanning unit. Image information retrieval device. 18. The status code is printed as a bar code, and the position calculating means detects the initial value and the resolution by identifying the bar code.
Alternatively, the moving image information retrieval device according to item 17. 19. The code is a code indicating an absolute position of the section, and the position calculating means is a position corresponding to the section in the recording medium based on a scanning result obtained by scanning the code of the scanning means. 16. The moving image information search device according to claim 14, which calculates 20. The division in the moving image copy portion is divided by a mark indicating a scene change, the scanning means detects the mark, and the position calculating means responds to the mark detection by the scanning means. 18. The moving image information retrieval apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the position corresponding to the section in the recording medium is switched, and the position is calculated from the switched position. 21. An image copy portion obtained by extracting a part of a moving image recorded on a recording medium to copy the image, and an original moving image arranged corresponding to the image copy portion and corresponding to the copied image. A two-dimensional digitizer tablet device loaded with a moving image information retrieval medium having a code indicating a position and outputting a position signal corresponding to the image position designated by the position designation means, and position detection from the two-dimensional digitizer tablet device. Means for calculating the position of the corresponding moving image in the recording medium from the result, means for positioning the corresponding moving image portion from the recording medium in response to the calculated position from the position calculating means, and the moving image 16. The moving image information retrieval apparatus according to claim 15, further comprising means for continuously reproducing from a recorded recording medium from the position of the positioned moving image.