JPH0767034A - Manuscript display system for announcer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a manuscript display device for announcer so that the manuscript reading time of an announcer can be matched with a schedule. CONSTITUTION:A manuscript to be read by the announcer during a news program is inputted from a manuscript input device 10 such as a keyboard to a manuscript time managing system 11. The manuscript managing system 11 calculates time required for reading the manuscript from the number of words or the number of characters in the manuscript and based on that time and time previously decided by a queue sheet managing/automatic operating system 14, the speed for the announcer to read the manuscript as scheduled is calculated. Then, according to the calculated speed, the manuscripts are sent to a prompter 12, and the manuscripts are successively displayed on a prompter monitor 13 by this prompter 12 corresponding to a 'KARAOKE' (accompaniment to recorded music) display system.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an announcer document display system for displaying a document read by an announcer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a broadcasting station, the broadcast time of a program to be broadcast is managed by a sheet called a cue sheet in which the contents of the program are written. In particular, in the case of live broadcasting programs, the operator has instructed that the operator can operate according to the schedule while watching the cue sheet. However, in news programs, it is important for announcers to read news manuscripts on schedule.
It is extremely difficult for an announcer who is a human to read a manuscript, and therefore, the announcer tries to adjust the surrounding operations depending on the speed at which the announcer reads the news manuscript. That is, when sending out a news program at a broadcasting station, the operator looks at a predetermined cue sheet,
Moreover, while listening to the manuscript read by the announcer, the material was switched by pressing the switch at the timing.

[0003]

As described above, the reason why the operator has to change the timing in consideration of the timing is that the time when the announcer reads the manuscript is set to a predetermined cue sheet time as described above. This is because it cannot be accurate. Therefore, it is necessary to change the schedule according to the reading time of the announcer's manuscript in the news program etc. where the time is uncertain, and the work for that needs to be done in a short time, so that work is difficult. There was a problem. Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide an announcer original document display device capable of matching the announcer's readings with a schedule.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention calculates the original reading speed of an announcer based on a predetermined original reading time on a cue sheet and the number of words and characters of the original. Based on the calculated speed, the manuscript is displayed on the announcer monitor in a karaoke manner.

[0005]

According to the present invention, since the announcer can read the manuscript at the manuscript reading time set on the cue sheet, it is possible to perform broadcasting without changing the scheduled program. Further, it is possible to enable the fully automatic transmission of news programs.

[0006]

EXAMPLE FIG. 1 shows an outline of an announcer monitor device when an announcer broadcasts a news program. In this figure, reference numeral 1 is a television camera, and an image taken by the television camera 1 is broadcast. 2 is a prompter monitor and announcer 4
Displays the manuscript read by. The document displayed on the monitor 2 is reflected by the mirror 3 mounted on the front surface of the television camera 1. The announcer 4 reads the document reflected by the mirror 3 so that the announcer 4 can broadcast a news program while keeping its eyes on the television camera 1.

In the present invention, the original displayed on the prompter monitor 2 is displayed in a so-called karaoke type in which the color of the characters is changed according to the reading speed.
The speed of reading the manuscript is displayed. An example of this display screen is shown in FIG. As shown in this figure, the manuscript is displayed in a karaoke type based on the manuscript reading time, and the announcer 4 reads the manuscript in accordance with the reading speed of the manuscript displayed in this karaoke type. The speed is adapted to the schedule.

The display speed of the original displayed on the prompter monitor 2 is set to a speed calculated based on the original reading time, the number of words and the number of characters of the original, which are predetermined on the cue sheet. Next, FIG. 3 shows a block diagram of the announcer document display apparatus of the present invention. In this figure, the manuscript read by the announcer in the news program is input to the manuscript time management system 11 from the manuscript input device 10 such as a keyboard. Manuscript management system 11
Calculates the time required to read the manuscript from the number of words and the number of characters of the entered manuscript, and based on the time determined in advance by the cue sheet management / automatic operation system 14, the announcer will prepare the manuscript according to the schedule. Calculate reading speed.

Then, the original is sent to the prompter device 12 in accordance with the calculated speed, and the prompter device 12 displays the original on the prompter monitor 13. This display is a karaoke system display as described above, and the announcer reads the document in accordance with the display speed of the karaoke system document. Also,
The cue sheet management / automatic operation system 14 manages a cue sheet representing the contents of the news program to be sent, and the reading time of a predetermined announcer is set to the manuscript time management system 1.
Notify 1. Further, a response signal when the manuscript time management system 11 determines that the manuscript cannot be read within the predetermined reading time, or when the manuscript is read for a predetermined time and the time is too long. Therefore, the time of the cue sheet is also changed.

In this way, the finalized manuscript reading time of the announcer is managed by the manuscript management system 11, and also the cue sheet / automatic operation management system 1
4 sends a control signal to the sending device 15 to perform automatic sending. Also, cue sheet management / automatic operation system 1
In No. 4, the cue sheet is printed out by the printer 16 and the cue sheet is displayed on the monitor screen 17.

In the above description, the case where the news program is transmitted completely automatically has been explained, but the cue sheet management / automatic operation system 14, the transmission device 15, and the printer 16 have been described.
Also, instead of the automatic sending device 20 including the monitor screen 17, the predetermined manuscript reading time of the announcer may be input to the manuscript time management system 11 manually from a keyboard or the like. The original displayed on the prompter monitor 13 by the prompter device 12 can be displayed in either horizontal writing or vertical writing.

As described above, according to the present invention, the announcer sequentially reads the manuscript to be read based on the number of words of the manuscript and the predetermined time so that the time for reading the manuscript can be set within the predetermined time according to the cue sheet. Since it is displayed on the screen, the announcement reading time of the announcer is fixed, and the broadcast can be performed without changing the scheduled program. Although the present invention provides a karaoke type display for changing the color of the characters of the original displayed on the prompter monitor 13 as an indication of the reading speed of the original, the present invention is not limited to this, and the display of the characters is thin. It is sufficient that the announcer can visually recognize the speed at which the manuscript is read by changing the display by performing or masking, or by blinking characters.

[0013]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it is possible for the announcer to set the time for reading the manuscript within a predetermined cue sheet time, so that the time for the announcer to read the manuscript is fixed. The scheduled program can be broadcast without modification. As a result, the news program can be transmitted completely automatically.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of an announcer monitor device.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a display screen displayed on a monitor device.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a document display device for an announcer of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 TV camera 2 Prompter monitor 3 Mirror 4 Announcer 10 Original input device 11 Original time management system 12 Prompter device 13 Prompter monitor 14 Cue sheet management / automatic operation system 15 Sending device 16 Printer 17 Monitor screen 20 Automatic sending device

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. Input means for inputting a manuscript to a manuscript time management means, cue sheet management / automatic operation means for giving the manuscript time management means time information for reading the manuscript according to a schedule, and input from the input means The manuscript time management means for calculating the manuscript reading speed from the read word count and character count information of the manuscript and the manuscript reading time information given by the cue sheet management / automatic operation means; An announcer manuscript display system comprising: a prompter means for displaying the manuscript on the announcer monitor based on the reading speed calculated by the time management means. 2. The cue sheet management / automatic operation when a response signal from the original time management means that the time information for reading the original is inappropriate is applied to the cue sheet management / automatic operation means. The manuscript display system for an announcer according to claim 1, wherein the means changes the cue sheet. 3. The announcer document display system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the cue sheet is printed out and displayed on a monitor screen.