JPH07334651A - Data editing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily discriminate the connection structure of scenes consisting of multimedia data and to change this connection structure by easy editing operation. CONSTITUTION:This device is device is provided with a storage means 21, an edited information temporary storage means 28 which takes out and temporarily stores scene connection management information from the storage means 21, a scene connection structure picture generating means 22 which takes out scene connection management information from the edited information temporary storage means 28 to generate a scene connection structure picture, a display output means 23 which outputs the scene connection structure picture to a display device, an input means 26 which accepts an editing request input, and an editing control means 27 which updates scene connection management information in the storage means 21 based on the editing request input from the input means 26. The storage means 21 consists of a scene information storage part 211 where material data and scene constitution information are stored and a scene connection management information storage part 212 where scene connection management information consisting of inter-scene connection relation information and connection type information is stored.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data editing apparatus for editing a scene connection structure in which a plurality of scenes composed of multimedia data are connected and combined.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the capacity of a storage medium has been increased and the price thereof has been reduced, and the power of the CPU has increased. There is an increasing demand for specific applications such as creating a scene with a story by combining multimedia data, presenting it on the screen, and storing it in a CD-ROM for publication, so that it can be easily and used by users. There is a demand for a data editing device with good operability.

An example of the above-mentioned conventional data editing apparatus will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 14 shows the structure of a conventional data editing apparatus. Although the present invention refers to a scene composed of multimedia data, as a conventional example, a scene composed of only one moving image material is used for explanation.

In FIG. 14, reference numeral 11 is a storage means for storing a plurality of moving image materials and reproduction order information for managing the reproduction order of these moving image materials. Reference numeral 12 is a reduced moving image screen generation means for generating reduced images of moving image materials and displaying them side by side in the reproduction order. Reference numeral 13 is a display output unit for outputting the reduced moving image screen generated by the reduced moving image screen generation unit to a display device, and 14 is a display device. Reference numeral 15 is an input device such as a keyboard and mouse, and 16 is an input means for receiving an edit request input from the input device 15. 17
Is edit control means for changing the reproduction order information stored in the storage means 11 based on the edit request input from the input means 16.

FIG. 15 is an auxiliary diagram for explaining a conventional example and shows a conceptual diagram of a reduced moving image screen. In FIG. 15, 1
Reference numeral 51 is the entire reduced moving image screen, and 152, 153 and 154 are individual reduced moving images.

The operation of the data editing apparatus configured as described above will be described below with reference to FIGS. 14 and 15. First, the storage unit 11 stores a plurality of moving image materials and reproduction order information for managing a reproduction order for sequentially reproducing the moving image materials. Reduced moving image screen generation means 12
Reads a plurality of moving image materials sequentially from the storage unit 11, and reduces and deforms, for example, the first frame of these moving image materials to generate reduced moving image figures 142, 143, 144. Further, the reproduction order information of those moving image materials is read out from the storage means 11, and according to the reproduction order information, the reduced moving image screen 141 in which the corresponding reduced moving image figures are arranged in the reproduction order.
To generate. The display output unit 13 outputs the reduced moving image screen generated by the reduced moving image screen generating unit 12 to the display device 14. The input unit 16 receives an edit request input from the input device 15 such as a keyboard and a mouse, and the edit control unit 17
Changes the reproduction order information stored in the storage means 11 based on the edit request input from the input means 16.

[0008]

However, in the above-described structure, the screens representing the structure of the scene are composed of a plurality of scene substitute screens arranged in a single scene reproduction order. If a scene playback order is required or the playback order structure becomes a little complicated, it becomes difficult to understand the relationship between scenes and their connection structure at a glance, and the editing operability and recognizability are poor. The problem and the second problem that the operability is bad because it is not possible to determine the scene playback order and the scene-to-scene connection relationship by directly editing the scene connection structure screen, and a hierarchy of multiple scenes. A third problem that the connection relationship between scenes may be broken due to an erroneous operation when structural relationships are provided and the same scene is shared, and a scene edit screen and scene connection The fourth problem is that it is difficult to know which scene is related to the scene currently being edited when the scene is edited because the creation screens are not linked, and the scene playback. There is a fifth problem that it is difficult to know which scene is currently being played back when the scene is played back because the screen and the scene connection structure screen are not linked. Was.

In view of the above problems, the present invention is an apparatus for editing a scene connection structure in which a plurality of scenes composed of multimedia data are connected and combined, and the scene connection structure can be easily discriminated and simple editing is performed. An object of the present invention is to provide a data editing device capable of changing the scene connection structure by operation.

[0010]

In order to solve the above problems, the first data editing apparatus of the present invention constructs a scene with material data such as moving images, voices, graphics, texts and the like. Information, a scene information storage unit that stores scene configuration information, a scene connection management information storage unit that stores scene connection management information consisting of scene-to-scene connection relationship information and connection type information, a scene information storage unit, and a scene connection A storage unit including a management information storage unit, an editing information temporary storage unit that retrieves scene connection management information from the storage unit, and temporarily stores it as scene connection management information during editing, and a scene connection management from the editing information temporary storage unit. Generated by the scene connection structure screen generation means for extracting information and generating the scene connection structure screen and the scene connection structure screen generation means Display output means for outputting a screen to display a connection structure, input means for receiving an edit request input from an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse, and scene connection management information in the storage means based on the edit request input from the input means Is provided with an edit control means for updating.

The second data editing apparatus of the present invention is
In addition to the first data editing device, an edit control means for outputting a part of the edit request input from the input means to the scene connection structure screen generation means, and a screen generated based on the scene connection management information in the edit information temporary storage means. And a scene connection structure screen generation means for generating a scene connection structure screen, and the scene connection structure screen generation means generates a scene connection structure edit screen in response to an edit request input from the edit control means. The scene connection structure edit screen is output to the display output means including the screen generation section, and the edit control means changes the scene connection management information stored in the edit information temporary storage means in accordance with the edit request input from the input means. It is equipped with the configuration.

The third data editing apparatus of the present invention is
In addition to the second data editing device, a storage unit having a scene connection management information storage unit that includes scene relationship information and connection type information, and scene hierarchy information that describes a hierarchical relationship between hierarchically connected scenes. And a scene group display management unit that manages and controls the display state of the scene based on the scene connection management information retrieved from the storage means via the edit temporary storage means and the edit request input from the edit control means. This is provided with a structure called a scene connection structure screen generating means.

The fourth data editing apparatus of the present invention is
In addition to the third data editing apparatus, the scene information and the scene connection management information are fetched from the storage means and temporarily stored, and the scene information is fetched from the edited information temporary storage means and the scene is edited. A scene edit screen generating means for generating a scene edit screen, and a display output means for receiving outputs from the scene connection structure screen generating means and the scene edit screen generating means and outputting the scene connection structure screen and the scene edit screen to a display device. The scene edit screen generation means includes a scene list generation unit that generates a list of scenes based on the scene connection management information extracted from the edit information temporary storage means, and outputs the scene edit screen and the scene list to the display output means. It is equipped with a configuration that does.

A fifth data editing apparatus of the present invention is
In addition to the third data editing device, the scene information reading means for reading the scene information and the scene connection management information stored in the storage means in response to a command from the editing control means, and the scene information reading means read the information. A scene reproduction screen generation means for generating a scene reproduction screen based on the scene information and outputting it to the display output means, and a scene connection structure for generating a scene connection structure screen based on the scene connection management information read by the scene information reading means. And a screen generation means,
The scene connection structure screen generation means obtains the information of the scene to be reproduced from the scene information reading means, and visually changes the scene graphic and the scene connection graphic corresponding to the scene generated by the scene reproduction screen generation means. It has a scene figure generation unit and outputs the changed scene connection structure screen to the display output means, and the display output means generates the scene connection structure screen generated by the scene connection structure screen generation means and the scene reproduction screen generation means. The configuration is such that the scene reproduction screen is output to the display device.

[0015]

According to the first data editing apparatus of the present invention, with the above-mentioned configuration, the scene connection structure screen generating means retrieves the scene connection management information from the editing information temporary storage means, and a scene figure that represents the scene as a simplified figure. , A scene connection figure that expresses a scene and a scene connection with a figure is generated, and the shape of the scene figure and the scene connection figure and the display position of the scene figure and the scene connection figure are determined based on the scene connection management information, A scene connection structure screen in which at least one scene graphic is connected by a scene connection graphic is generated, and display output means outputs the scene connection structure screen generated by the scene connection structure screen generation means to a display device for editing control. Means, based on the edit request input from the input means,
The scene connection management information stored in the edit information temporary storage means is changed, and the scene connection management information in the storage means is updated with the information in the edit information temporary storage means based on the edit request input from the input means. The connection structure screen can represent the relationship between scenes and the connection structure between scenes even in the case of a plurality of scene reproduction orders or a structure having a complicated reproduction order, thereby improving editing operability and recognizability.

According to the second data editing apparatus of the present invention, with the above configuration, the editing control means outputs a part of the editing request input from the input means to the scene connection structure screen generation means, and the scene connection structure screen is generated. The generation unit combines the screen generated based on the scene connection management information of the edit information temporary storage unit to generate the scene connection structure screen, and receives the edit request input from the edit control unit to generate the scene connection structure screen. Position of scene figure and scene connection figure,
Includes a structure edit screen generation unit that generates a scene connection structure edit screen in which the shape and color are changed, outputs the scene connection structure edit screen to the display output means, and the edit control means follows the edit request input from the input means. Based on the position information where the scene graphic is arranged by the scene connection structure screen generating means, the scene connection management information and the connection type information of the scene are obtained, and the scene connection management information stored in the editing information temporary storage means is changed. So, directly edit the scene connection structure screen,
Since the reproduction order of scenes and the connection relationship between scenes can be determined, very good operability can be obtained.

In the third data editing apparatus of the present invention, according to the above-mentioned structure, the storage means describes the hierarchical relationship between scenes connected hierarchically in addition to the scene-to-scene connection relationship information and connection type information. A scene connection management information storage unit composed of hierarchical information is provided, and the scene connection structure screen generation means is a scene representative figure for a scene having a sub-layer based on the scene connection management information retrieved from the storage means via the editing temporary storage means. In the case where a plurality of scenes having the same sub-layer are displayed at the same time based on the input of the edit request from the editing control means, the display state information of each scene having the sub-layer is held. When the hierarchy is displayed, the others have a scene group display management unit that manages to display the scene representative figure, and at least one scene Since the scene connection structure screen in which the shapes are connected by the scene connection figure is generated, even if multiple scenes have a hierarchical structure relationship and share the same scene, it is possible to prevent the connection relationship between scenes from being broken by mistake. It will be possible.

According to the fourth data editing apparatus of the present invention, with the above-mentioned configuration, the edit information temporary storage means retrieves the scene information and the scene connection management information from the storage means and temporarily stores them, and the scene edit screen generating means. Generates a scene edit screen for extracting the scene information from the edit information temporary storage means and editing the scene, and the display output means receives outputs from the scene connection structure screen generation means and the scene edit screen generation means, and connects the scene. The structure screen and the scene edit screen are output to the display device, and the scene edit screen generation means generates a list of scenes connected to the current scene based on the scene connection management information retrieved from the edit information temporary storage means. It includes a scene list generation unit and outputs the scene edit screen and scene list to the display output means. Because you are to continue structure screen work together, when editing of the scene, to know whether it is what is the connection associated with a scene that is currently being edited scene scene it becomes very easy.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, according to the above-mentioned structure,
The scene information reading means receives a command from the editing control means, reads the scene information and the scene connection management information stored in the storage means, and the scene reproduction screen generating means reads the scene information read by the scene information reading means. Based on the information, generate a scene playback screen to play the scene,
A scene to be output to the display output means, the scene connection structure screen generation means to generate a scene connection structure screen based on the scene connection management information read by the scene information read means, and further to be reproduced from the scene information read means. Information of the scene connection structure screen, and based on the scene connection structure screen, it has a reproduction scene figure generation section for visually changing the scene figure and the scene connection figure corresponding to the scene generated by the scene reproduction screen generation means. The scene connection structure screen is output to the display output unit, and the display output unit outputs the scene connection structure screen generated by the scene connection structure screen generation unit and the scene reproduction screen generated by the scene reproduction screen generation unit to the display device. Therefore, since the scene playback screen and the scene connection structure screen work together, which scene is currently playing is To know there is very easy.

[0020]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first data editing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the first data editing apparatus in the embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 21 is a storage means, 211 is a scene information storage section, 212 is a scene connection management information storage section, 22 is a scene connection structure screen generation means, 23 is a display output means, 24 is a display device, and 25 is An input device, 26 is input means, 27 is edit control means, and 28 is edit information temporary storage means.

The operation of the first data editing apparatus configured as described above will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1, 7, and 8.

7 and 8 are auxiliary diagrams for explaining the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram of a scene and a scene connection structure screen in the embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 7, 75 is a scene, 76 is a moving image material, 77 is a graphic material, and 78 is a text material. 71 is a scene connection structure screen, 72 is a scene figure,
Reference numeral 73 is a scene connection graphic a, and 74 is a scene connection graphic b.

FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram of the scene connection management information in the embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 8, reference numeral 81 is scene connection management information. First, the storage unit 21 is a readable / writable storage medium such as a hard disk. The scene information storage unit 211 that constitutes the storage unit 21 stores material data such as moving images, audio, graphics, and text, and scene composition information for composing a scene with these material data. The scene is, for example, in the form shown in scene 75,
A plurality of different material data are arranged at arbitrary positions on one screen and reproduced. The scene configuration information is information such as at which position, at what timing, and for how long the material data such as a moving image, sound, graphics, and text is displayed. When there are a plurality of scenes, the scene connection management information storage unit 212 that constitutes the storage unit 21 stores them as a table as shown in the scene connection management information 81 consisting of scene-to-scene connection relationship information and connection type information. . The scene connection management information 81 indicates that scene 1 and scene 2 are siblings and their connection type is normal. After scene 1 is displayed, scene 1 disappears and scene 2 is displayed. 32
Is a parent-child relationship and its connection type is a popup type,
The scene 32 is shown to be overwritten and displayed on the scene 3.

The edit information temporary storage means 28 is a semiconductor memory such as a RAM and retrieves scene connection management information from the scene information storage section 211 of the storage means 21 and temporarily stores it as scene connection management information during editing.

The scene connection structure screen generation means 22 uses the CP
A part of the U function or a dedicated image processor is used to retrieve the scene connection management information from the editing information temporary storage means 28, and to express the scene as a simplified figure and the scene-to-scene connection as a figure. And a scene connection figure are generated, and the shapes of the scene figure and the scene connection figure and the display positions of the scene figure and the scene connection figure are determined based on the scene connection management information, and at least one scene figure is connected to the scene. Generate a scene connection structure screen connected by figures. The scene graphic is, for example, an icon like the scene graphic 72. The scene connection figure is a combination of lines and arrows like the scene connection figure a73 and the scene connection figure b74. When the scene management information is information like the scene connection management information 81, a scene connection structure screen as shown in the scene connection structure screen 71 is generated.

The display output means 23 is composed of a part of the functions of the CPU or a dedicated image processor and an image memory. The scene connection structure screen generated by the scene connection structure screen generation means is displayed on a display device 24 such as a CRT. Output.

The input means 26 is realized by a part of the function of the CPU and receives an edit request input from the input device 25 such as a keyboard and a mouse.

The edit control means 27 is realized by a part of the function of the CPU, and based on the edit request input from the input means 26, if the edit request input is a request to change the connection management information of the scene, the edit control means 27 If the scene connection management information stored in the information temporary storage means 28 is changed and the edit request input is the update of the scene connection management information storage section 212, the information in the edit information temporary storage means 28 is used to connect the scenes in the storage means 21. The scene connection management information in the management information storage unit 212 is updated.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the scene information storage unit 211 for storing the material data such as the moving image, the sound, the graphics, the text and the scene composition information for composing the scene with these material data. , A scene connection management information storage unit 212 that stores scene connection management information including scene-to-scene connection relationship information and connection type information.
And a storage unit 21 including a scene information storage unit 211 and a scene connection management information storage unit 212, and edit information that is taken out of the scene connection management information from the storage unit 21 and temporarily stored as scene connection management information in the process of being edited. The scene connection management information is taken out from the temporary storage means 28 and the editing information temporary storage means 28, and a scene figure representing a scene in a simplified figure and a scene connection figure representing a scene and a scene connection are created. Based on the scene connection management information, the shape of the scene figure and the scene connection figure and the display positions of the scene figure and the scene connection figure are determined, and a scene connection structure screen in which at least one scene figure is connected by the scene connection figure is displayed. The scene connection structure screen generation means 22 to generate, and the scene connection structure generated by the scene connection structure screen generation means 22 Input device and the display output means 23 for outputting a surface to the display device 24, a keyboard, a mouse 25
From the input means 26 that receives an edit request input from the input means 26, the scene connection management information stored in the edit information temporary storage means 28 is changed based on the edit request input from the input means 26, and the edit request input from the input means 26 is performed. By providing the edit control means 27 for updating the scene connection management information of the storage means 21 with the information of the edit information temporary storage means 28 based on the above, the scene connection structure screen displays a plurality of scene reproduction orders or complicated reproduction orders. With this structure, the relationship between scenes and the connection structure between scenes can be expressed, and editing operability and recognizability can be improved.

Next, a second data editing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of the second data editing apparatus in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an auxiliary diagram for explaining the operation of the second data editing apparatus in the embodiment of the present invention, which is a conceptual diagram of the scene connection structure editing screen being edited.

In FIG. 2, 31 is a storage unit, 311 is a scene information storage unit, 312 is a scene connection management information storage unit, 32 is a scene connection structure screen generation unit, 321 is a structure screen editing unit, and 33 is a display output unit. , 34 is a display device,
Reference numeral 35 is an input device, 36 is input means, 37 is edit control means, and 38 is edit information temporary storage means.

In FIG. 1, the storage means 31 is the storage means 21 in FIG. 1, the scene information storage section 311 is the scene information storage section 211 in FIG. 1, and the scene connection management information storage section 312 is in FIG.
Scene connection management information storage unit 212, display output means 33
1 is the display output unit 23, the display unit 34 is the display unit 24 in FIG. 1, the input unit 35 is the input unit 25 in FIG. 1, the input unit 36 is the input unit 26 in FIG.
Reference numeral 8 corresponds to the editing information temporary storage means 28 of FIG. 1, and the above is the same as the configuration of FIG.

The difference from FIG. 1 is that the structure screen editor 321
This is the point that the scene connection structure screen generating means 32 including the above and the editing control means 37 for exchanging information with the structure screen editing section 321 are provided.

FIGS. 13-a and 13-b show the second embodiment of the present invention.
1 is an auxiliary diagram for explaining the operation of the data editing device of FIG.
31, 132, 132, 133, and 134 are respectively
The conceptual diagram of the scene connection management information is shown.

The operation of the second data editing apparatus configured as described above will be described below with reference to FIGS. 2, 9 and 13.

The editing control means 37 outputs a part of the editing request input from the input means 36 to the scene connection structure screen generation means 32, and the scene connection structure screen generation means 32 outputs the scene of the editing information temporary storage means 38. A scene connection structure screen is generated by combining the screen generated based on the connection management information, and the structure edit screen generation unit 321 is included in the scene connection structure screen generation means 32 and receives an edit request input from the edit control means 37. To generate a scene connection structure edit screen in which the position, shape, and color of the scene graphic on the scene connection structure screen and the scene connection graphic are changed, output the scene connection structure edit screen to the display output means 33, and edit control means 37. According to the edit request input from the input unit 36, the scene connection structure screen generation unit 32 generates a scene based on the position information in which the scene graphic is arranged. Seeking a connection relation information and connection type information over down to change the scene connection management information stored in the editing information temporary storage means 38. For example, in the conceptual diagram 91 of the scene connection structure screen, the color is changed to indicate that the mouse pointer is on the scene figure indicating the scene 3 and the scene 3 is selected. In the conceptual diagram 92 of the scene connection structure screen, the mouse pointer is moved to the position just below the scene figure showing the scene 1. When the mouse is released at this position, as shown in the scene connection structure screen conceptual diagram 93, the scene 3 moves below the scene 1, that is, next to the scene 1 in the time order. The scene connection management information representing the scene connection structure screen conceptual diagram 91 is the scene connection management information conceptual diagram 131.
The scene connection management information representing the scene connection structure screen conceptual diagram 93 is as follows.
It becomes like 32. Further, as another editing example, in the scene connection structure screen conceptual diagram 94, the color changes to indicate that the mouse pointer is on the scene graphic indicating scene 3 and scene 3 is selected. In the conceptual diagram 95 of the scene connection structure screen, the mouse pointer is moved to the scene 2
It was moved right next to the scene figure showing →. When the mouse is released at this position, as shown in the scene connection structure screen conceptual diagram 96, the scene 3 moves to the right of the scene 2, that is, the child position of the scene 2 in the parent-child relationship. The scene connection management information expressing the scene connection structure screen conceptual diagram 94 is as shown in the scene connection management information conceptual diagram 133, and the scene connection management information expressing the scene connection structure screen conceptual diagram 96 is the scene connection management information conceptual diagram. It looks like 134.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the edit control means 37 for outputting a part of the edit request input from the input means 36 to the scene connection structure screen generation means 32, and the edit request from the edit control means 37. A scene connection structure screen is generated by receiving an input and including a structure edit screen generation unit 321 for generating a scene connection structure edit screen, and combining it with a screen generated based on the scene connection management information of the edit information temporary storage means 38. By providing the scene connection structure screen generation means 32, the scene connection structure screen can be directly edited to determine the reproduction order of the scenes and the connection relationship between the scenes, so that very good operability can be obtained.

Next, a third data editing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the third data editing apparatus in the embodiment of the present invention.

10 and 11 are auxiliary diagrams for explaining the operation of the third data editing apparatus in the embodiment of the present invention, and are conceptual diagrams of the scene connection structure screen.

In FIG. 3, 41 is a storage unit, 411 is a scene information storage unit, 412 is a scene connection management information storage unit, 42 is a scene connection structure screen generation unit, 421 is a structure edit screen generation unit, and 422 is a scene group display. Management department, 4
3 is a display output means, 44 is a display device, 45 is an input device,
46 is an input unit, 47 is an edit control unit, and 48 is an edit information temporary storage unit.

2, the storage means 41 is the storage means 31 in FIG. 2, the scene information storage unit 411 is the scene information storage unit 311 in FIG. 2, and the scene connection management information storage unit 412 is in FIG.
2, the structure edit screen generation unit 421 is the structure edit screen generation unit 321, the display output unit 43 is the display output unit 33 of FIG. 2, the display device 44 is the display device 34 of FIG. The input device 45 is the input device 3 of FIG.
5, the input means 46 corresponds to the input means 36 of FIG. 2, the edit information temporary storage means 48 corresponds to the edit information temporary storage means 38 of FIG. 2, and the above is the same as the configuration of FIG.

The difference from FIG. 2 is that the structure screen editing unit 421 is used.
In addition to this, a scene connection structure screen generation unit 42 including a scene group display management unit 422 is provided.

The operation of the third data editing apparatus configured as described above will be described below with reference to FIGS. 3, 10, and 11.

The scene connection management information storage unit 412 of the storage unit 41 has scene hierarchy information describing the hierarchical relationship between scenes connected hierarchically, in addition to scene connection information and connection type information, and scene group information. The display management unit 422 expresses a scene having a sub-layer as a scene representative figure based on the scene connection management information retrieved from the storage unit 41 via the editing temporary storage unit 48, and displays state information of each scene having the sub-layer. Hold. For example, in the scene connection structure screen 101 of FIG.
The scene graphic of the sub-hierarchy is displayed for the root route 3 and the scene graphic of the sub-hierarchy is hidden and represented by the representative graphic on the scene connection structure screen 102. Marks such as 1011, 1012 are displayed on the left side of the respective scene figures in order to indicate the display state. In the case of a triangle pointing down like mark 1011,
This means that up to the sub-layer of the scene figure is displayed, and in the case of a triangle pointing right like mark 1012, it means that the sub-layer of the scene figure is hidden. Since scene 1 and route 3 have different subhierarchy structures, they are visually different representative figures. Further, when the scene group display management unit 422 simultaneously displays a plurality of the same scenes having sub-layers based on the edit request input from the edit control means 47, when the sub-layers belonging to one scene are displayed. , The others are managed to be displayed as scene representative figures, and the scene connection structure screen generation means 4
2 generates a scene connection structure screen in which at least one scene figure is connected by a scene connection figure. For example, as shown in FIG. 11, there are 2 scenes 2 with sub-layers.
When they are simultaneously displayed, on the scene connection structure screen 111, the upper scene 2 is displayed up to the sub-layer thereof, and the lower scene 2 is hidden in the sub-layer. Now, if you try to display the sub-hierarchy of Scene 2 below,
As shown in the 12 scene connection structure screen, the above scene 2
The sub-layer of will be hidden.

As described above, by providing the scene connection structure screen generation means 42 including the scene group display management unit 422 in addition to the structure screen editing unit 421, the scene cohesion is replaced by the substitute scene graphic corresponding to the hierarchical structure type. Since it can be expressed by, the screen is not complicated, and even when a plurality of scenes have a hierarchical structure relationship and the same scene is shared, it is possible to prevent the connection relationship between the scenes from being broken by an erroneous operation.

Next, a fourth data editing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 4 shows a block diagram of the fourth data editing apparatus in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 7 and 12 are auxiliary diagrams used to explain the operation of the fourth data editing apparatus in the embodiment of the present invention, and are conceptual diagrams of the scene connection structure screen and the scene editing screen. is there.

In FIG. 4, 51 is a storage unit, 511 is a scene information storage unit, 512 is a scene connection management information storage unit, 52 is a scene connection structure screen generation unit, 521 is a structure edit screen generation unit, and 522 is a scene group display. Management department, 5
3 is a display output means, 54 is a display device, 55 is an input device,
Reference numeral 56 is input means, 57 is edit control means, 58 is edit information temporary storage means, 59 is scene edit screen generation means, and 591.
Is a scene list generation unit.

3, the storage means 51 is the storage means 41 in FIG. 3, the scene information storage unit 511 is the scene information storage unit 411 in FIG. 3, and the scene connection management information storage unit 512 is in FIG.
3, the scene connection management information storage unit 412 and the scene connection structure screen generation unit 52 of FIG.
The structure edit screen generation unit 521 is the structure edit screen generation unit 421 in FIG. 3, the scene group display management unit 522 is the scene group display management unit 422 in FIG. 3, and the display output unit 53 is in FIG.
The display output means 43 and the display device 54 of FIG.
4, the input device 55 is the input device 45 and the input means 56 of FIG.
3 corresponds to the input means 46 of FIG. 3, the edit control section 57 corresponds to the edit control section 47 of FIG. 3, the edit information temporary storage means 58 corresponds to the edit information temporary storage means 48 of FIG. 3, and the above is the same as the configuration of FIG. It is a thing.

The difference from FIG. 3 is that the editing information temporary storage unit 5 is used.
8 and includes a scene list generation unit 591, which outputs a scene edit screen, a scene edit screen generation unit 59, a scene connection structure screen generation unit 52, and a scene edit screen generation unit 5
9 is that a display output unit 53 that outputs the screen output from the display device 9 to the display device 54 is provided.

The operation of the fourth data editing apparatus configured as described above will be described below with reference to FIGS. 4, 7, and 12.

The editing information temporary storage means 58 is a storage means 5.
The scene information storage unit 511 and the scene connection management information storage unit 512 retrieve the scene information and temporarily store the scene information.

The scene edit screen generating means 59 generates the scene edit screen for extracting the scene information from the edit information temporary storage means 58 and editing the scene. 12 of FIG.
1 is an example of a scene edit screen, and the layout of materials and the like can be edited on the screen.

The display output means 53 receives the outputs from the scene connection structure screen generation means 52 and the scene edit screen generation means 59, and outputs the scene connection structure screen and the scene edit screen to the display device 54.

The scene list generation section 591 in the scene edit screen generation means 59 generates a list of scenes connected to the current scene based on the scene connection management information retrieved from the edit information temporary storage means 58. The scene edit screen generation means 59 outputs the scene edit screen and the scene list to the display output means 53. For example, when the scene connection structure is the scene connection structure screen 71 of FIG. 7 and the scene 3 is edited, a scene list such as 122 shown in FIG. 12 can be displayed on the scene edit screen. Since there are scenes 31 and 32 as children of scene 3, their names are displayed in the scene list 122.

As described above, the scene edit screen generation unit 59 connected to the edit information temporary storage unit 58, including the scene list generation unit 591, and outputting the scene edit screen, the scene connection structure screen generation unit 52, and the scene edit screen By providing the display output unit 53 that outputs the screen output from the screen generation unit 59 to the display device 54, since the scene editing screen and the scene connection structure screen are linked, the current editing is performed when the scene is edited. It becomes very easy to know which scene is the scene related to the inside scene.

Next, a fifth data editing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of the fifth data editing apparatus in the embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 5, reference numeral 61 is a storage unit, 611 is a scene information storage unit, 612 is a scene connection management information storage unit, 62 is a scene connection structure screen generation unit, 621 is a structure edit screen generation unit, and 623 is a reproduction scene figure. Generator 63, display output means 64, display device 65, input device 66
Is an input unit, 67 is an edit control unit, 68 is a scene information reading unit, and 69 is a scene reproduction screen generation unit.

3, the storage means 61 is the storage means 41 in FIG. 3, the scene information storage unit 611 is the scene information storage unit 411 in FIG. 3, and the scene connection management information storage unit 612 is in FIG.
The scene connection management information storage unit 412 and the scene group display management unit 622 of FIG.
2, the display output means 63 is the display output means 43 of FIG. 3, the display device 64 is the display device 44 of FIG. 2, the input device 65 is the input device 45 of FIG. 3, the input means 66 is the input means 46 of FIG. The section 67 corresponds to the edit control section 47 of FIG. 3, and the above is the same as the configuration of FIG.

3 is different from FIG. 3 in that it is connected to the storage unit 61 and connected to the scene information read-out unit 68 and the scene information read-out unit 68 which receives a command from the edit control unit 67 and generates a scene reproduction screen. Connected to the scene reproduction screen generating means 69 and the scene information reading means 68, and including the scene group display management part 621 and the reproduction scene figure generation part 623, and generating and outputting the scene connection structure screen. Display output means 6 for outputting the screen output from the means 62, the scene connection structure screen generation means 62 and the scene edit screen generation means 59 to the display device 64.
3 is provided.

The operation of the fifth data editing apparatus configured as described above will be described below.

The scene information reading means 68 receives the command from the editing control means 67 and reads the scene information and the scene connection management information stored in the scene information storage section 611 of the storage means 61.

The scene reproduction screen generating means 69 generates a scene reproduction screen for reproducing a scene based on the scene information read by the scene information reading means and outputs it to the display output means. The scene reproduction screen is similar to the screen 75 in which moving images, graphics, and text are laid out and displayed, as shown in FIG. 7, for example.

The scene connection structure screen generation means 62 generates a scene connection structure screen based on the scene connection management information read by the scene information reading means 68, and a scene figure generation section 623 in the scene connection structure screen generation means 62. Is
Information of the scene to be reproduced is obtained from the scene information reading means 68, and the scene figure and the scene connection figure corresponding to the scene generated by the scene reproduction screen generating means 69 are visually obtained based on the scene connection structure screen. The scene connection structure screen generation means 62 outputs the changed scene connection structure screen to the display output means 63. For example, in FIG.
If scene 3 is presented on the scene playback screen, the scene graphic representing scene 3 is highlighted.

The display output means 63 outputs the scene connection structure screen generated by the scene connection structure screen generation means 62 and the scene reproduction screen generated by the scene reproduction screen generation means 69 to the display device 64. That is, the scene reproduction screen 75 and the scene connection structure screen 71 are simultaneously displayed on the display device 64.

As described above, it is connected to the storage section 61 and connected to the scene information reading means 68 and the scene information reading means 68, which receives a command from the editing control section 67,
It is connected to the scene reproduction screen generation means 69 for generating and outputting the scene reproduction screen and the scene information reading means 68, and includes the scene group display management part 621 and the reproduction scene figure generation part 623 to generate and output the scene connection structure screen. By providing the scene connection structure screen generation means 62 and the display output means 63 for outputting the screen output from the scene connection structure screen generation means 62 and the scene edit screen generation means 59 to the display device 64, a scene reproduction screen is obtained. Since the scene connection structure screens are linked, it becomes very easy to know which scene is currently being reproduced when the scene is reproduced.

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As described above, the first data editing apparatus of the present invention stores material data such as moving images, sounds, graphics, texts, and scene composition information for composing a scene with these material data. A scene information storage unit, a scene connection management information storage unit that stores scene connection management information including scene-to-scene connection relation information and connection type information, a scene information storage unit, and a storage including a scene connection management information storage unit Means and the storage means, and the scene connection management information is extracted from the editing information temporary storage means and the editing information temporary storage means for temporarily storing the scene connection management information as the scene connection management information being edited, and the scene is simplified. The scene connection shape that is expressed by and the scene connection shape that expresses the scene and the scene connection are generated. A scene for determining a shape of a scene figure and a scene connection figure and display positions of the scene figure and the scene connection figure based on the information, and generating a scene connection structure screen in which at least one or more scene figures are connected by the scene connection figure Connection structure screen generation means, display output means for outputting the scene connection structure screen generated by the scene connection structure screen generation means to a display device, input means for receiving an edit request input from an input device such as a keyboard or mouse, and input means The scene connection management information stored in the edit information temporary storage means is changed based on the edit request input from the edit information temporary storage means, and the scene of the storage means is changed by the information of the edit information temporary storage means based on the edit request input from the input means. By providing editing control means for updating the connection management information, the scene connection structure screen can display multiple scene playback orders and multiple scenes. Have a structure of Do reproduction order, can represent relevant and its connecting structure of the scene and the scene, it is possible to enhance the editing operability and recognizability.

Further, the second data editing apparatus of the present invention is
In addition to the configuration of the first data editing apparatus, an edit control means for outputting a part of the edit request input from the input means to the scene connection structure screen generation means, and an edit request input from the edit control means, are connected to the scene. Provided is a scene connection structure screen generation unit that includes a structure edit screen generation unit that generates a structure edit screen and that generates a scene connection structure screen by combining the screen generated based on the scene connection management information of the edit information temporary storage unit. As a result, the scene connection structure screen can be directly edited to determine the scene reproduction order and the scene-to-scene connection relationship, so that very good operability can be obtained.

The third data editing apparatus of the present invention is
In addition to the configuration of the second data editing device, by providing a scene connection structure screen generation unit including a structure screen editing unit and a scene group display management unit, a scene scene can be replaced by a substitute scene corresponding to a hierarchical structure type. Since it can be represented by a figure, the screen is not complicated, and even when a plurality of scenes have a hierarchical structure relationship and share the same scene, it is possible to prevent the connection relationship between the scenes from being broken by an erroneous operation.

Further, the fourth data editing apparatus of the present invention is
In addition to the configuration of the third data editing device, a scene edit screen generation unit that is connected to the edit information temporary storage unit, includes a scene list generation unit, and outputs a scene edit screen, a scene connection structure screen generation unit, and a scene edit screen By providing a display output unit that outputs the screen output from the generation unit to the display device, the scene edit screen and the scene connection structure screen are linked, so when editing the scene, the scene currently being edited It becomes very easy to know which scene is the connection related scene.

Further, the fifth data editing apparatus of the present invention is
In addition to the configuration of the third data editing device, a scene that is connected to the storage unit and that receives a command from the editing control unit and that is connected to the scene information reading unit to generate and output a scene reproduction screen A scene connection structure screen generation unit that is connected to the reproduction screen generation unit and the scene information reading unit, includes a scene group display management unit and a reproduction scene figure generation unit, and generates and outputs a scene connection structure screen, and a scene connection structure screen generation unit. Means and the display output means for outputting the screen output from the scene edit screen generation means to the display device, the reproduction screen of the scene and the connection structure screen of the scene cooperate with each other. It becomes very easy to know which scene is being reproduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a first data editing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a second data editing device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a third data editing apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a fourth data editing apparatus according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of a fifth data editing apparatus according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram of a scene for explaining the operation in the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram of a scene connection structure screen for explaining the operation in the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram of scene connection management information for explaining the operation in the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a conceptual diagram of a scene connection structure edit screen being edited in the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a conceptual diagram of a scene connection structure screen in the example.

FIG. 11 is a conceptual diagram of a scene connection structure screen in the example.

FIG. 12 is a conceptual diagram of a scene edit screen in the example.

13A and 13B are conceptual diagrams of scene connection management information in the embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a block diagram of a conventional data editing device.

FIG. 15 is a conceptual diagram of a reduced moving image screen in a conventional data editing device.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 Conventional storage means 12 Conventional reduced video generation means 13 Conventional display output means 14 Conventional display device 15 Conventional input device 16 Conventional input device 17 Conventional edit control means 21, 31, 41, 51, 61 storage means 211, 311, 411, 511, 611 scene information storage section 212, 312, 412, 512, 612 scene connection management information storage section 22, 32, 42, 52, 62 scene connection structure screen generation means 321, 421, 521 Structure editing screen generation unit 422, 522, 622 Scene group display management unit 623 Playback scene figure generation unit 23, 33, 43, 53, 63 Display output means 24, 34, 44, 54, 64 Display device 25 , 35, 45, 55, 65 Input device 26, 36, 46, 56, 66 Input means 27, 37, 47, 5 , 67 editing control means 28,38,48,58 editing information temporary storage means 59 scene editing screen generating means 591 reads out the scene list generating section 68 scene information means 69 scene playback screen generation means

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁶ Identification number Internal reference number FI Technical indication location H04N 5/91 9463-5D G11B 27/02 K (72) Inventor Paul Fletcher Edinburgh Anderson Pre 2nd Office Workstations Limited (72) Inventor Garry McGill Edinburgh Anderson Place 2nd Office Workstations Limited

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A scene information storage unit for storing material data such as moving images, audio, graphics, texts, and scene configuration information for constructing a scene by these material data, connection relation information between scenes and scenes, and connection. A scene connection management information storage unit that stores scene connection management information that includes type information, a storage unit that includes the scene information storage unit, and the scene connection management information storage unit, and retrieves the scene connection management information from the storage unit. , Editing information temporary storage means for temporarily storing as scene connection management information in the middle of editing, scene connection management information extracted from the editing information temporary storage means, and a scene figure expressing a scene in a simplified figure, and scene and scene A scene connection figure that expresses the connection as a figure is generated, and the scene figure and A scene connection structure screen generation means for determining the shape of the scene connection pattern, the display positions of the scene pattern and the scene connection pattern, and generating a scene connection structure screen in which at least one scene pattern is connected by the scene connection pattern; Display output means for outputting the scene connection structure screen generated by the scene connection structure screen generation means to a display device;
Input means for receiving an edit request input from an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse, and the scene connection management information stored in the edit information temporary storage means is changed based on the edit request input from the input means, and the input is performed. An editing control means for updating the scene connection management information of the storage means with the information of the editing information temporary storage means based on an edit request input from the means. 2. An edit control means for outputting a part of the edit request input from the input means to the scene connection structure screen generation means, and a screen generated based on the scene connection management information of the edit information temporary storage means. And a scene connection structure screen generation means for generating a scene connection structure screen, and the scene connection structure screen generation means receives an edit request input from the edit control means, A structure edit screen generation unit that generates a scene connection structure edit screen in which the position, shape, and color of the scene connection figure are changed is included, and the scene connection structure edit screen is output to the display output unit, and the edit control unit is the In accordance with the edit request input from the input means, the scene connection is made between the scenes based on the position information in which the scene graphic is arranged by the scene connection structure screen generation means. Seeking engagement information and connection type information, the data editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein changing the scene connection management information stored in the editing information temporary storage means. 3. A storage unit having a scene connection management information storage unit, which comprises scene hierarchy information describing a hierarchical relationship between scenes connected hierarchically, in addition to scene connection information and connection type information, and storage means. Based on the scene connection management information retrieved from the means via the editing temporary storage means, a scene having a sub-layer is represented by a scene representative figure,
When the display state information of each scene having sub-layers is held and a plurality of the same scenes having sub-layers are simultaneously displayed based on the edit request input from the editing control means, the sub-layers belonging to one scene are A scene connection structure screen that, when displayed, has a scene group display management unit that manages the others to be displayed as a scene representative graphic, and generates a scene connection structure screen in which at least one scene graphic is connected by a scene connection graphic. The data editing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a generation unit. 4. An editing information temporary storage means for fetching scene information and scene connection management information from the storage means and temporarily storing the scene information, and a scene editing for fetching scene information from the editing information temporary storage means to edit a scene. A scene edit screen generating means for generating a screen, and a display output means for receiving outputs from the scene connection structure screen generating means and the scene edit screen generating means and outputting the scene connection structure screen and the scene edit screen to a display device. The scene edit screen generation means includes a scene list generation section that generates a list of scenes connected to the current scene based on the scene connection management information retrieved from the edit information temporary storage means. The data editing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein a screen and a scene list are output to the display output means. 5. A scene information reading means for receiving a command from the editing control means and for reading the scene information and the scene connection management information stored in the storage means, and a scene read by the scene information reading means. A scene connection screen generating means for generating a scene reproduction screen for reproducing a scene based on the information and outputting it to the display output means, and a scene connection structure based on the scene connection management information read by the scene information reading means. A scene connection structure screen generating means for generating a screen, wherein the scene connection structure screen generating means obtains information on a scene to be reproduced from the scene information reading means, and based on the scene connection structure screen, A reproduction scene figure generation unit for visually changing the scene figure and the scene connection figure corresponding to the scene generated by the scene reproduction screen generation means. The held and changed scene connection structure screen is output to the display output unit, and the display output unit reproduces the scene connection structure screen generated by the scene connection structure screen generation unit and the scene reproduction generated by the scene reproduction screen generation unit. The data editing device according to claim 3, wherein the screen is output to a display device.