JPH0792648B2 - Synchronous editing device - Google Patents

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a synchronous editing apparatus for displaying video data and sentences / figures in a mixed manner and synchronizing the sentences / figures with the progress of the video data. .

Prior Art FIG. 4 shows a block diagram of a conventional synchronous editing apparatus.

In FIG. 4, 401 is a character code input means for the user to input a character code, and 402 is a synchronization setting storage means for interpreting and storing the character code obtained by the character code input means as a synchronization setting.

FIG. 5 shows an example of the synchronization setting sentence stored in the synchronization setting storage means.

Reference numeral 501 in FIG. 5 means that the next line is executed when the reproduction frame number becomes 1230 frames. 502 means to display the object represented by FIG_A in the execution statement at that time. 503 means that the next line is executed when the reproduction frame number reaches 1893 frames. 504
Means to delete the object represented by FIG_A in the execution statement at that time.

Thus, when the reproduction frame of the video data becomes 1230 frames, the object represented by FIG_A is displayed, and when it becomes 1893 frames, the sentence of FIG. 5 shows that the synchronous operation of deleting the object is executed. .

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention In the conventional synchronous editing apparatus, the user had to remember various command sentences in order to perform synchronous editing.

In addition, when editing the synchronization relationship, it is necessary to write out the correspondence between the frame number and the scene, which makes it difficult to set the synchronization relationship due to directional error.

In view of the above point, the present invention has an object to provide a synchronous editing apparatus that does not require a user to memorize a command sentence and can set a synchronous relationship by directivity error.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, the synchronous editing apparatus according to the present invention, when the video data and other objects such as figures and sentences are mixedly displayed, the reproduction status of the video data. A tool panel display means for displaying a tool panel expressing a time axis in one direction with space for setting display enable / disable of each of the objects synchronized with, and a user can directly specify coordinates in the tool panel. Direct coordinate designation means, video data time axis display means for displaying the time axis of the video data in a bar shape in the tool panel, and object time axis display means for displaying the time axis of the object in a bar shape in the tool panel And an arbitrary frame represented on the time axis of the displayed video data and a table on the time axis of the displayed object. Event display means for displaying an event representing a state change at the start / display end position, and an event displayed on the time axis of the object by the event display means from the event displayed on the time axis of the video data. Event-related link display means for displaying an event-related link indicating that the displayed event is excited, and a user generates an event on an arbitrary frame on the time axis of the video data by using the direct coordinate designation means. However, an event-related link direct setting means for setting an event-related link from the event to the start or end event of the time axis of an arbitrary object is provided.

Action The synchronous editing device according to the present invention has the above-mentioned configuration.
When the video data and other objects such as figures and sentences are displayed in a mixed manner, there is a space for the tool panel display means to set display enable / disable of each object in synchronization with the reproduction status of the video data. A tool panel expressing a time axis in one direction is displayed, and video data time axis display means displays a bar shape on the time axis of the video data in the tool panel, and object time axis display means displays the time axis of the object. It is displayed as a stick in the tool panel.

Further, the event display means displays an event indicating a state change at an arbitrary frame displayed on the time axis of the displayed video data and a display start / display end position on the time axis of the displayed object. An event indicating that the event-related link display means excites the event displayed on the time axis of the object by the event display means from the event displayed on the time axis of the video data by the event display means. Display related links.

When the user generates an event on an arbitrary frame of the time axis of the video data by using the direct coordinate designation means, the event display means displays the event on the time axis.
When the user instructs to set an event-related link from the event to the start or end event of the time axis of any object, the event-related link direct setting means sets the relationship between the events. As a result, the event related links are displayed by the event related link display means in the tool panel.

Embodiment FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.
Here, 101 is a tool panel display unit, 102 is a direct coordinate designation unit, 103 is a video data time axis display unit, 104 is an object time axis display unit, 105 is an event display unit, 106 is an event-related link display unit, and 107 is an Event-related link direct setting means, 108 is current playback frame display means, 109
Is a playback speed changing means, and 110 is a display screen.

FIG. 2 is an example of a display screen in one embodiment of the present invention.
Here, 201 is a display screen, 202 is video data being displayed, 203 is an object being displayed, and is a figure in FIG.

204 is a tool panel, 205 is a time axis of video data 202, 206
Is the time axis of object 203, 207 and 208 are video data 2
02 Event on time axis 204, 209 is display start event of object 203, 210 is display end event of object 203, 211 is event related link from event 207 to event 209, 212 is event from event 208 to event 210 A related link, 213 is a pointer for directly inputting coordinates to the coordinate designating means, and 214 is a current reproduction frame of the video data 202.

FIG. 3 is a procedure diagram showing a synchronization setting method in an embodiment of the present invention. The synchronization setting operation in the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, and 3.

In the synchronous editing apparatus according to the present invention, the tool panel display means 101 displays the tool panel 204 when the video data 201 and the other object 202 are mixedly displayed as shown in FIG.

Then, the video data time axis display means 103 displays the time axis of the video data 201 in a rod shape as 205 in the tool panel 204.

Next, the object time axis display means 104 displays the object 203.
The time is displayed as a bar in the tool panel 204 like 206.

Next, the event display means 105 displays an event 207 indicating a state change at an arbitrary frame represented on the displayed video data time axis 205 and a display start / display end position on the time axis 206 of the displayed object. , 208, 209, 210
Is displayed. Next, event related link display means 10
6 from the events 207 and 208 displayed on the time axis 205 of the video data by the event display means 105,
Event-related links 211 and 212 indicating that the events 209 and 210 displayed on the time axis of the object 203 are respectively excited by the event display means 105 are displayed.

Now, a method of setting an event-related link will be described by taking as an example the case where the display of an object is erased in a frame having video data.

First, the video data is played back to find the scene where the event is to occur. When the target scene is reproduced, the reproduction speed changing means 109 is used to reproduce a still image in the scene. At this time, in the tool panel 204, which frame is being reproduced on the video data time axis 205 is displayed by the current reproduction frame display means as the current reproduction frame 214. The tool panel in this state is shown at 301 in FIG.

Now, with the pointer 213, the user sets the time axis 205 of the video data.
If you specify the intersection 302 of the current playback frame 214 and the current playback frame 214, the event display means 105 displays an event on the intersection 302,
The event-related link display means 106 displays the event-related link in a state where the event of the excitation partner is undetermined. The tool panel at this time is shown in 303. 304 in the tool panel 303
Is an event on the video data time axis, and 305 is an event-related link in a state where the excitation destination event is undetermined.

The arrow destination coordinate 306 of the event-related link 305 is designated by the pointer 213, and the event is moved to the target excitation destination event. Now, when the arrow tip is moved to the coordinate 307 of the display end event 210 of the object time axis 206, the coordinate is acquired by the direct coordinate designating means and sent to the event related link direct setting means 109. The event-related link direct setting means 109 recognizes the excitation destination of the event-related link from the coordinates and transmits the information to the event-related link display means 106. As a result, event related links 308
Is displayed and you can finish editing the synchronization.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the direct coordinate designating means 10
2, video data time axis display means 102, object time axis display means 103, event display means 105, event related link display means 106, event related link direct setting means 107
By providing the above, it is possible to visually set the synchronization relationship, and the user does not need to remember the command statement for setting the synchronization relationship. In addition, since the synchronization relationship can be set while watching the scene of the reproduced video data 202, it is possible to make a directional error.

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION As described above, according to the present invention, it is not necessary for the user to memorize a command sentence, and the synchronization relation can be set by directivity error.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram in an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen in an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
FIG. 4 is a procedure diagram showing a synchronization setting method in an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a conventional synchronous editing apparatus, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a synchronous setting statement in the conventional synchronous editing apparatus. 101 ... Tool panel display means, 102 ... Direct coordinate designation means, 103 ... Video data time axis display means, 104 ... Object time axis display means, 105 ... Event display means, 1
06 …… Event related link display means, 107 …… Event related link direct setting means.

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. When video data and other objects such as graphics and sentences are displayed in a mixed manner, there is a space for setting display enable / disable of each object in synchronization with the reproduction status of the video data. A tool panel display means for displaying a tool panel expressing a time axis in one direction, a direct coordinate designation means for allowing a user to directly specify coordinates in the tool panel, and a time axis of the video data in a rod shape in the tool panel. A video data time axis display means for displaying, an object time axis display means for displaying the time axis of the object in a bar shape in the tool panel, and an arbitrary time axis displayed for the video data displayed. Event display that displays an event indicating a state change at the display start and display end positions of the frame and the displayed object on the time axis And an event-related link indicating that the event displayed on the time axis of the video data by the event display means excites the event displayed on the time axis of the object by the event display means. A user generates an event on an arbitrary frame of the time axis of the video data by using the event-related link display means and the direct coordinate designation means, and from the event, an event of start or end of the time axis of an arbitrary object. A synchronous editing apparatus comprising: an event-related link direct setting means for setting an event-related link.