JPH09130718A - Image pickup device and edit device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify the edit job more than that of a conventional device by recording information relating to an image pickup result and image pickup device to specify a recording medium onto the recording medium. SOLUTION: A timer 9 generates sequentially data D1 of image pickup date and time and provides the data to an additional information generating circuit 8. A counter 10 outputs a count D2 to the additional information generating circuit 8. Furthermore, the user operates an entry means 11 to enter data D3 of a name of a cameraman and an image pickup place. A memory 12 stores the entered text data D3 and data D4 representing a form and a serial number of the text data D3 is outputted to the additional information generating circuit 8. The additional information generating circuit 8 combines the data D1-D4 to generate information relating to the image pickup to specify the recording medium and records the information onto a magnetic tape via a modulation circuit 5.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image pickup device and an editing device, and is applied to, for example, a camera-integrated video tape recorder and an editing device for editing an image pickup result recorded by the camera-integrated videotape recorder. Information related to shooting for identifying the recording medium is recorded together with the imaging result, and at the time of editing, the recording medium to be edited is reproduced based on the information related to shooting for identifying the recording medium to perform editing work. To simplify.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in broadcasting stations, etc.,
In a shooting location or the like, after a desired subject is imaged by a video tape recorder with a built-in camera, it is edited at a later date and used for broadcasting or the like.

That is, in so-called off-line editing, which is an editing operation of this kind, an original tape cassette photographed by a camera-integrated video tape recorder is copied to create an editing tape cassette. Furthermore, after using the editing tape cassette to select the video to be edited, the in-point and out-point etc. are set for these video to be edited. As a result, in this editing work, data for editing is created, and from this data, an edit list is created in which the video to be edited, the IN point and the OUT point, etc. are recorded.

In the editing operation, in the subsequent main editing, the video recorded on the original tape cassette is selectively re-recorded according to this editing list to create a tape cassette for program broadcasting. As a result, broadcasting stations and the like often create programs of, for example, about 90 minutes from about 100 original tape cassettes.

[0005]

By the way, in the case of creating a program of about 90 minutes from about 100 original tape cassettes in this book editing, it is necessary to load this original tape cassette into the video tape recorder according to the editing list without fail. There is.

For this reason, the conventional editing apparatus has a problem that in this main editing, a great deal of labor is required to search for the original tape cassette and replace the device. If this labor can be reduced, the editing work can be simplified accordingly.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and an object thereof is to propose an image pickup apparatus and an editing apparatus which can simplify the editing work as compared with the conventional art.

[0008]

In order to solve such a problem, the present invention is applied to an image pickup apparatus for recording an image pickup result obtained by picking up an image of a desired subject on a prescribed recording medium. In this image pickup device, together with the image pickup result, information relating to photographing for identifying the recording medium is recorded in the recording medium.

At this time, the information relating to the photographing for specifying the recording medium is at least the identification information of the image pickup device,
Serial number of the recording medium loaded in the imaging device, or information of the serial number of the recording medium recorded by the imaging device,
It is formed by the information of the shooting place and the shooting date and time.

Further, instead of this, the present invention is applied to an editing device for editing the image pickup result recorded in a prescribed recording medium. In this editing device, the recording medium records the information relating to the photographing for specifying the recording medium together with the imaging result, and at this time, the editing device uses the information relating to the photographing for specifying the recording medium as a reference, The recording medium to be edited is selectively played.

At this time, the information relating to the photographing for specifying the recording medium is at least the identification information of the image pickup device,
The serial number of the recording medium loaded in the imaging device, or the serial number information of the recording medium recorded by the imaging device, and the information of the shooting location and the shooting date and time are formed.

By these means, in the image pickup device,
If the information relating to the shooting for identifying the recording medium is recorded in the recording medium together with the imaging result, it is possible to identify the recording medium on the basis of this information in the main editing.

More specifically, the information relating to the photographing for specifying the recording medium is at least the identification information of the image pickup device, the serial number of the recording medium loaded in the image pickup device, or the recording medium recorded by the image pickup device. If it is formed by the information of the serial number of and the information of the shooting place and the shooting date and time,
The recording medium can be identified in relation to the editing work.

As a result, the editing apparatus can selectively reproduce the recording medium to be edited based on the information relating to the photographing for specifying the recording medium and execute the main editing work.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

(1) First Embodiment FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a camera-integrated video tape recorder according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The camera-integrated videotape recorder 1 records, on a magnetic tape, information related to shooting for specifying a recording medium, in addition to a video signal, an audio signal, and a time code of a subject.

That is, in the camera-integrated videotape recorder 1, the audio processing circuit 2 amplifies the audio signal of the subject, and then performs analog-digital conversion processing and outputs. The image processing circuit 3 receives a video signal in the form of a digital signal from an image pickup unit (not shown), compresses the video signal, and outputs the data. The time code generation circuit 4 generates a time code which sequentially advances from the head of the magnetic tape, and outputs the data of this time code.

The modulation circuit 5 receives the output data of the audio processing circuit 2, the image processing circuit 3 and the time code generating circuit 4, processes them by a prescribed data processing circuit, and then outputs them at prescribed timing. . As a result, in the camera-integrated video tape recorder 1, the magnetic head 6 is driven by the output signal of the modulation circuit 5 to record these data on the magnetic tape housed in the tape cassette 7.

In addition to the configuration of such a general magnetic recording system, in the video tape recorder 1 with a built-in camera, the additional information generating circuit 8 generates the information relating to the photographing capable of specifying the recording medium. Modulation circuit 5
This information is recorded on the magnetic tape via.

That is, in the camera-integrated video tape recorder 1, the timer 9 sequentially generates the shooting date data D1 and outputs it to the additional information generation circuit 8. On the other hand, the counter 10 is formed so as to increment the count value each time the tape cassette 7 is loaded, and outputs the count value D2 to the additional information generation circuit 8. As a result, in the camera-integrated video tape recorder 1, the serial number (that is, the reel number) is assigned to the tape cassette loaded in the camera-integrated video tape recorder 1.
Is designed to generate data.

The input means 11 is formed so as to be able to input text data in response to an operation of an operator provided in the camera-integrated video tape recorder 1. In the camera-integrated video tape recorder 1, this input means 11 is used. Means 1
Operate 1 to record the photographer's name and shooting location data D
You can enter 3.

The memory 12 is an EPROM (Erasable Pro).
grammable read only memory), and the data of the format and serial number of the camera-integrated video tape recorder 1 recorded at the time of factory shipment is recorded. Further, the memory 12 holds the text data D3 input via the input means 11, and at the same time, the input means 1
The text data D3 is formed so as to be updated in response to the operation 1 and the text data D3, the format, and the serial number data D4 are output to the additional information generation circuit 8.

The additional information generating circuit 8 receives these data D
1 to D4 are put together to generate information related to photographing that specifies the recording medium, and this information is recorded on the magnetic tape via the modulation circuit 5. That is, in the shooting of this broadcast program, a plurality of shooting staffs may shoot in parallel at a plurality of shooting sites at the same time. The difference between these shooting staffs is that the format of the camera-integrated video tape recorder 1, the serial number, and the shooting It can be identified by location.

In this type of shooting site, various objects are shot in one shooting site by exchanging the tape cassette of the camera-integrated video tape recorder 1 as needed. In this case, the plurality of tape cassettes can be identified by the serial numbers of the tape cassettes.
Further, a plurality of camera-integrated video tape recorders may be used at this one shooting site, and shooting may be performed at the same shooting site by changing the date and time. In this case, the difference between the photographing equipment and the photographing site can be identified by the format of the camera-integrated video tape recorder 1, the serial number, and the photographing date and time.

As a result, at least the format of the camera-integrated video tape recorder 1 and the serial number data D4,
Data D2 of the serial number of the tape cassette, data D3 of the shooting location, and data D1 of the shooting date and time are stored in each tape cassette 7.
If the data is recorded in, the data unique to each tape cassette 7 can be assigned by these data D1 to D4. As a result, in the camera-integrated video tape recorder 1, it becomes possible to select a required tape cassette from a plurality of tape cassettes 7 recorded for creating a broadcast program based on this information at a later date.
It is formed so that the labor of exchanging can be reduced and the efficiency of editing work can be improved. By the way, since it is possible that there are people with the same surname among photographers,
This cameraman data D3 can be used in offline editing together with data of other shooting locations to select an editing target.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a recording format of a magnetic tape formed by the camera-integrated video tape recorder 1. In this camera-integrated video tape recorder 1, diagonal tracks are sequentially formed on the magnetic tape 14, and the diagonal tracks are divided into audio signals,
The video signal and the information related to the shooting that specifies the recording medium are recorded. That is, in the magnetic tape 14, the areas on the scanning start end side and the scanning end end side of the oblique track are assigned to the video signal recording area ARV, and the data-compressed video signal is recorded in the recording area ARV.

In the magnetic tape 14, the central area of the remaining diagonal track is divided into two parts, and the audio signal is recorded in the divided area ARA on the scanning end side. Further, on the magnetic tape 14, information related to photographing for specifying a recording medium is recorded in the area ARD divided into two parts on the scanning start end side. Further, in the magnetic tape 14, two recording tracks are formed in the longitudinal direction of the lower end, and the time code is recorded on one recording track TR1 among them, while the remaining one recording track TR2 is formed by an analog signal. An audio signal is recorded.

As a result, the magnetic tape 14 is formed so that the time code can be reproduced without omission even when the fast forward reproduction is performed, and the information relating to the photographing for specifying the recording medium is intermittently provided during the fast forward reproduction. It is formed so that it can be demodulated from the reproduced signal obtained in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an editing apparatus for permanently editing a magnetic tape recorded by the camera-integrated video tape recorder 1 or the like. Here, this editing device 20
The editing work to which is applied is that a copy tape cassette is created from an original tape cassette created by the camera-integrated video tape recorder 1 or the like in advance in advance offline editing, and a program is created based on the copy tape cassette. An editing list is created in which the imaging results to be edited and the IN and OUT points of each imaging result are set in the broadcast order. The editing device 20 executes the main editing process according to the editing list created by this offline editing,
Create a tape cassette for program broadcasting from the original tape cassette.

In this pre-offline editing, in this embodiment, when a copy tape cassette is created from the original tape cassette, information relating to shooting for identifying the recording medium of each original tape cassette is It is recorded on the copy tape cassette together with the video signal and audio signal time code. Further, in this offline editing, when the tape cassette of this copy is reproduced to create an editing list, the recording medium of the tape cassette in which the editing target is recorded is specified together with the time code of the in point and the out point. Information related to shooting is added to the edit list data.

As a result, the editing apparatus 20 automatically selects tape cassettes sequentially designated by the editing list from a large number of original tape cassettes according to the information added to the editing list, and executes the main editing process.

That is, in this editing apparatus 20, the automatic program recording / reproducing apparatus 21 selectively reproduces a plurality of tape cassettes stored in the tape cassette storage shelf 22 by the video tape recorder 23 and, if necessary, the video tape recorder. The reproduction result is recorded by 24. Here, the tape cassette storage shelf 22 has a plurality of tape cassette storage positions to which respective identification numbers are assigned, and the original tape cassettes for main editing are stored in the respective tape cassette storage positions.

The tape cassette transport mechanism 26 switches its operation under the control of the system control circuit 27, and based on the identification number assigned to the tape cassette storage position, the original tape cassette is transferred from each tape cassette storage position to the video tape recorder. 23, and the original tape cassette is loaded into the video tape recorder 23. On the contrary, the tape cassette transport mechanism 26 transports the original tape cassette discharged from the video tape recorder 23 to the tape cassette storage shelf 22 and stores it in the original tape cassette storage position.

The video tape recorders 23 and 24 are controlled by the system control circuit 27 to switch their operations.
A recording / reproducing process is executed, and in this editing, the system control circuit 27 uses the original tape cassette loaded in the video tape recorder 23 as a reference for the time code.
The video tape recorder 24 records the reproduction result for the period specified by. Also, before the main editing, the video tape recorders 23 and 24 reproduce the original tape cassettes at the tape cassette storage positions conveyed by the tape cassette conveying mechanism 26, and specify the recording medium recorded in each original tape cassette. The information related to shooting is reproduced and output to the system control circuit 27.

As a result, this automatic program recording / reproducing apparatus 21
Then, in the system control circuit 27, with respect to the original tape cassettes stored in advance in the respective tape cassette storage positions, the correspondence relation between the information relating to the photographing for specifying the recording medium and the identification number of each tape cassette storage position is confirmed. In the main editing, the original tape cassettes stored in the corresponding tape cassette storage positions are conveyed to the video tape recorder 23 in the main editing in accordance with the data of the edit list sequentially input.

That is, in the editing device 20, the hard disk device 28 records the data of the editing list created by the off-line editing, and sequentially outputs the data of the editing list in response to the request from the computer 29. The computer 29 has a keyboard 30 and a mouse 31.
In response to this operation, a control command is issued to the automatic program recording / playback apparatus 21, and the system control circuit 27 grasps the correspondence relationship between the tape cassette storage position and the information relating to shooting for specifying the recording medium. Further, when the operator instructs the start of the main editing, the computer 29 sequentially reads the data of the editing list from the hard disk device 28 and outputs it to the system control circuit 27, whereby the original tape cassette designated by this editing list is recorded on the video tape. It is sequentially reproduced by the recorder 23 and recorded by the video tape recorder 24.

For this reason, in the editing device 20,
Each original tape cassette can be identified and automatically transported and edited based on the information related to shooting that identifies the recording medium, which saves the labor required for replacing the conventional original tape cassette, and edits accordingly. The work can be simplified.

The computer 29 displays a menu or the like that can be selected through the monitor 32 when executing this series of operations, and, in the main editing, displays an edit list to display the progress status of the editing operation. Is displayed so that the usability can be improved.

In the above-described structure, in the video tape recorder 1 with a built-in camera (FIG. 1), a desired subject is imaged while being carried to the shooting site, and the image pickup result is recorded in the tape cassette 7 together with the audio signal and the time code. . At this time, in the tape cassette 7, the format and serial number data D4 of the camera-integrated video tape recorder 1, the shooting location, the cameraman data D3, and the shooting date data D are recorded.
1. Data D2 of the serial number of the tape cassette 7 is recorded, and as a result, information relating to shooting, which is unique to the tape cassette 7 formed by these data D1 to D4, is recorded.

The tape cassette 7 is a copy tape cassette formed by recording a video signal, an audio signal, a time code, and information relating to shooting for specifying a recording medium in offline editing. An edit list is formed by. At this time, in this edit list, information related to shooting of the corresponding tape cassette is added and formed.

As a result, in the main editing, the original tape cassette is selectively reproduced by the video tape recorder 23 according to the editing list, with reference to the information relating to the shooting for specifying the recording medium added to the editing list. The reproduction result is recorded by the video tape recorder 24 to form a tape cassette for program broadcasting.

According to the above configuration, at the time of shooting, the information related to shooting for identifying the recording medium is recorded in each recording medium for shooting in each tape cassette, and this information is recorded at the time of main editing. By selectively reproducing each tape cassette based on the standard, the work of the main editing can be unmanned. This makes it possible to omit the conventional work of replacing the original tape cassette and simplify the editing work.

(2) Other Embodiments In the above embodiment, the case where the original tape cassette is copied to create the copy tape cassette for creating the edit list in the offline editing has been described. Is not limited to this, and may be created at the time of shooting. That is, FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a camera-integrated video tape recorder according to another embodiment.

This camera-integrated video tape recorder 4
0 is formed so that the hard disk device 41 can be connected to the back surface, and like the tape cassette 7, video signal, audio signal, time code, and information D1 to D4 related to shooting for specifying a recording medium are provided in the hard disk device 41. Record. In addition, among the configurations shown in FIG. 4, the same configurations as those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the corresponding reference numerals, and a duplicate description will be omitted.
Further, in this case, in the camera-integrated video tape recorder 40, as compared with the case of recording on the tape cassette 7,
The resolution of the video signal is reduced and recorded on the hard disk device 41, and is recorded for a long time so as to be equivalent to the tape cassette or to correspond to a plurality of tape cassettes.

Accordingly, in the camera-integrated video tape recorder 40, the hard disk device 41 is used.
It is possible to create an edit list by using the image pickup result recorded by, and it is possible to shorten the time required to create the copy tape cassette and improve the efficiency of the edit work. Further, by creating the edit list by the hard disk device, it is possible to shorten the time required to access the edit target, which also simplifies the edit work. In this case, the hard disk device 41
Alternatively, the same effect can be obtained by recording with an IC card or the like.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the case where the image pickup result is recorded on the magnetic tape by the video tape recorder integrated with the camera and is edited is described.
The present invention is not limited to this, and can be widely applied to a case where an image pickup result is recorded by various recording media such as a magnetic disk device and the image is edited.

[0047]

As described above, according to the present invention, by recording together with each recording medium the information relating to the photographing for identifying each recording medium and the photographing result, and in the main editing,
By selectively reproducing each recording medium on the basis of this information, the main editing work can be unmanned, and thus the editing work can be simplified as compared with the conventional art.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a video tape recorder with a built-in camera according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a schematic diagram showing a recording format by the camera-integrated video tape recorder of FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an editing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a camera-integrated video tape recorder according to another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 40 Video tape recorder with integrated camera 7 Tape cassette 9 Timer 10 Counter 11 Input means 12 Memory 20 Editing device 21 Automatic program recording / playback device

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An image pickup apparatus for recording an image pickup result obtained by picking up a desired subject on a prescribed recording medium, wherein the image pickup result and information relating to image pickup for specifying the recording medium are recorded on the recording medium. An imaging device characterized by: 2. Information relating to photographing for identifying the recording medium includes at least identification information of the imaging device, a serial number of the recording medium loaded in the imaging device, or the information recorded by the imaging device. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image pickup apparatus is formed of information on a serial number of a recording medium and information on a shooting place and a shooting date and time. 3. An editing apparatus for editing an imaging result recorded in a prescribed recording medium, wherein the recording medium records information related to imaging for identifying a recording medium together with the imaging result, and the editing apparatus comprises: An editing apparatus which selectively reproduces a recording medium to be edited on the basis of information relating to photographing for specifying the recording medium. 4. Information relating to photographing for identifying the recording medium includes at least identification information of an imaging device, a serial number of the recording medium loaded in the imaging device, or the recording recorded by the imaging device. The editing device according to claim 3, wherein the editing device is formed of information about a serial number of the medium and information about a shooting location and a shooting date and time.