JPH09198370A - Multimedia scenario editing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a multimedia scenario editing device which can easily generate/edit a multimedia scenario by means of using a template. SOLUTION: When node information in an editing data preservation means 14 refers to a node template in a template preservation means 19, a data editing means 15 generates media information from a media template in the node template and adds it to node information. When reference is separated, added media information is eliminated. When the node template is edited in a template editing means 110, a template reflection means 17 retrieves node information in a scenario preservation means 13 and collectively changes nodes referring to the node template in the middle of editing. A template registration means 18 can freely register node information and media information in the editing data preservation means 14 to the template preservation means.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for editing a multimedia scenario that describes a presentation position, presentation order, and presentation effect of multimedia data including a moving image, a sound, a still image, and a text, and particularly a multimedia scenario using a template. Related to a device for creating.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Some scenarios in a multimedia authoring system manage media data in screen units. Such a screen unit is generally called a node. The node describes the time, position, presentation method, etc. of the media to be presented. By creating multiple nodes and specifying presentation relationships between nodes, you can build scenarios for hypermedia applications and presentation systems. For example, the presentation software PowerPoint (Micro
soft powerPoint User's G
node), a node is called a slide, and Lotu
In FreeLance (FreeLance User's Guide) of s company, it is called a page.

In order to efficiently construct such a scenario, there is an editing method using a template. For example, if a fixed number of layout patterns and a template having a presentation attribute are prepared and a node is created from the template, the temporary media is displayed at the location where the media is presented. Media can be created by simply replacing the temporary media with media data, and detailed presentation attributes need not be specified. The screen patterns are limited for certain applications such as business presentations, so prepare a template of a predetermined layout pattern and create a style that sets a common color, a common presentation position, etc. for specific media separately. Just prepare. A wide variety of templates can be provided by combining layout patterns and styles. Nodes created from the above templates can have a uniform background, character attributes, and a formatted layout. As an example of these, the PowerPoint
t, FreeLance, etc. In these systems, the attributes of the media frame can be automatically changed by combining dozens of types of layout patterns called slide masters with a layout style having a set of media frame attributes and background data. The layout style describes a set that specifies the attributes of the background and each media frame.

This example will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 2, the slide master A is (1) a layout that holds only one text area in the center. (2) For text presentation attributes (font, size, etc.), refer to the text common attributes of the layout style. (3) The presentation position information refers to the position information for the slide master A in the layout style. The slide master B is (1)
It is a layout that retains the title character area.
(2) The presentation attributes and presentation position information of the title text are
Refer to the title text common attribute of layout style. (3) The presentation position information refers to the position information for the layout master slide master B. The slide master C is (1) a layout that holds a still image area and a text area. (2) The text attribute refers to the text common attribute as in the slide master A. (3) For the presentation position information of the still image and the text, refer to the presentation position information for the slide master C in the layout style.

If the layout style 1 and layout style 2 have different text attributes, title text attributes, and presentation position information, the presentation attributes can be changed by changing the style. For example, if a character of Mincho type 16 points is defined as a character attribute of layout style 1, the character attributes of media frame A1 (text) of slide master A and text C1 of slide master C are also 16 points of Mincho type. Is displayed. Here, when the style referred to by the scenario is switched from the layout style 1 to the layout style 2 in which the character attribute is the Gothic font 20 points, all the text frames are in the Gothic font 20.
Displayed as point characters. At this time, the presentation positions of C1 and C2 of the slide master C are also changed.

In the entire scenario, one layout style is selected and each screen refers to the slide master.
Therefore, by changing the layout style, it is possible to collectively change the font color, font, background graphics, etc. of the presentation. Furthermore, the character fonts and colors of the presentation can be unified.

On the other hand, Micro by Microsoft
Soft Windows 3.1 and Sy from Apple
Opera of personal computer such as system7
The dragging and dropping function is implemented in the attending System. The drag-and-drop function allows you to select the file name or the icon representing the file displayed in the file management application with the mouse, drag the mouse while holding down the mouse, and then release the mouse button in another application to release the mouse. On the selected application, the selected file (media data)
Can be read. Such a file management application is generally called a drag-and-drop server compatible application, and a file manager of Microsoft Corporation is an example. In addition,
In Microsoft PowerPoint etc.,
By dragging and dropping a file (media data), media data is added to the dragged part.

[0008]

The conventional multimedia presentation editing apparatus having a template function and multimedia scenario editing apparatus have the following problems.

First, there is not provided a framework for users to freely create and add templates. For example, P
In the powerPoint, the given slide master can be used, but a new slide master cannot be created. Further, since all the attributes are collectively managed, only limited attributes such as the title text color, font, size, presentation position and background graphic file can be managed.

Second, since all attributes cannot be registered as a template, a template including media data such as a template containing text characters cannot be realized.

Thirdly, in the conventional example, there is a template for each node, but there is no template available for each media.

Fourthly, a reference to a template cannot be set for each attribute, and when a node references the template, all attributes in the node are unified into the template attribute.

Fifth, no framework is provided for retaining common attributes between templates. For example, the A1 medium of the slide master A and the B1 of the slide master B in FIG.
There is no framework for unified management of media attributes.

Sixth, in the conventional example, even if the media data is dragged and dropped onto the temporary medium, the medium is newly added to the node, and the media data and the temporary medium cannot be replaced. When changing the temporary media created by the template to media data, you had to launch the attribute setting dialog and specify the media file.

[0015]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has solved the above-mentioned problems, and includes scenario storage means for storing a scenario on a memory, and editing for storing a node and a medium to be edited on the memory. A data storage unit, a data editing unit that edits data in the edited data storage unit, a template editing unit that edits a node template that is a node template and a media template that is a media template, and the template editing unit. Template attribute reflecting means for reflecting the attribute in the scenario of the scenario storing means, template storing means for storing the node template and media template, and node template and media template are created and registered from the node information and media information of the data editing means. Te A plate registration means, an input management means for monitoring mouse / keyboard input from the user and notifying the data editing means of the type of the input event, a file operating means for inputting / outputting a scenario file, and the editing data A multimedia scenario editing device, comprising: display processing means for displaying the contents of the storage means on a display.

[0016]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

The scenario used in the present invention will be described. FIG. 3 illustrates a scenario, a node, a data structure of media, and related examples. A scenario to be edited in this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

A scenario is composed of media and a node that presents the media in screen units. The node holds a media name included in the node, a media presentation order, an erasing order, a list of overlaps at the time of presentation, and a node template name described later.

The media includes, as attributes, the type of media to be presented (moving image, audio, draw, text, etc.), presentation position on the screen, size of presentation window, presentation data name,
It holds a presentation effect attribute, a delete effect attribute, a frame attribute, a repeat attribute, a link attribute, an exception flag, and a media template name described later. The presentation / erasure effect attribute holds an effect name (fade, wipe, stripe, etc.) at the time of presentation and erasure, an effect direction, and an effect time. The frame attribute holds the presence / absence of a frame when presenting media, the color of the frame, and the type of the frame (button type, shaded, line, etc.). The repetition attribute holds the presence or absence of repetition of presentation and the number of repetitions. The link attribute holds the event name that activates the link and the link destination node name.

The exception flag is a flag for designating whether or not attribute modification by the template is possible. Flags exist for all attributes. When the flag is set, the corresponding attribute is not changed by the template. The flag can be set by displaying an interactive window or the like and specifying it by the user, or by the system monitoring the edit and automatically setting the flag for the edited attribute.

The above scenario description format is merely one example for explaining the multimedia scenario editing apparatus of the present invention, and does not limit the scenario description format.

Next, the template will be described. The template of the present invention can hold all attributes of nodes and media. A node template is called a node template, and a media template is called a media template. The node template has the same data structure as the node, and the media template has the same data structure as the media.

When the node holds the node template name, it refers to the corresponding node template. Similarly,
When the media holds the media template name, it refers to the corresponding media template.

The basic operation of the multimedia scenario editing apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG.
(A) (b) (c) is a figure explaining operation | movement of this apparatus. In FIG. 16, N1 represents a node and M1 represents a medium.

FIG. 16A shows an example of creating and registering a template from a node and a medium. FIG.
When a template is created from the node N1 in (a), the media template M having the same attribute value as the media M1
A node template NT1 having the same attribute value as T1 and the node N1 is created. MT1 is set in the node N1 as a template name, and MT1 is set in M1 as a media template name. This is node N
1 refers to the node template NT1 and the media M1
Refers to the media template MT1.

FIG. 16B shows an example of creating nodes and media using a template. When a node is created using the node template NT1 created in FIG. 16A, a node N2 having the same attribute value as the node template NT1 and a medium M2 having the same attribute value as the media template MT1 are created. Where N
2 and M2 have NT1 as the template name,
MT1 is set.

FIG. 16C shows an example of collective attribute management by a media template. Media template M
When T1 is changed, the media M1 and M2 that refer to it
Is changed to the same presentation position as the media template MT1.

Next, the relationship between nodes and node templates and the relationship between media, media templates, and common media templates will be described with reference to the drawings. The common media template is that the media template belongs to the node and is unique only inside the node.
The common media template provides a media template that is unique and common to multiple nodes throughout the scenario. Further, the media template in the node template has a reference to the common media template, so that the attributes between the node templates can be made common. FIG. 15 is a conceptual diagram showing the relationship between the common media template, the media template, and the media.

In FIG. 15, CM1, CM2 are common media templates, and NT1, NT2, NT3.
Is a node template, and N1, N2, and N3 are nodes. NT1M1 and NT1M2 are media templates of the node template NT1, and similarly NT2M1 and NT2M2 are node templates N.
T2 media template, NT3M1, NT3M2
Is a media template of the node template NT3. Furthermore, N1M1 is the media of the node N1, N
2M1 and N2M2 are media of the node N2, N3M1,
N3M2 is a medium of the node N3.

In the figure, the reference relationship from N2 to NT2 and N3 to NT3 is a reference from a node to a node template. Here, N2M1 and N2M2 are created from NT2M1 and NT2M2, respectively, and hold references to them. N3M1 and N3M2 of N3 also hold references to NT3M1 and NT3M2.

When NT3M1 is edited and the attribute value is changed, N3M1 having a reference is also changed. N
The reference from 1M1 to CM1 represents the reference from the media to the common media template. Template NT1M1, NT2M1 to CM1 reference and NT
The reference from 2M2 to CM2 is from the media template to the common media template.

If the attribute of CM1 is changed, N
T1M1, NT2M1 media templates and N1
The media of M1 are changed all at once. Further, N2M1 is updated as the media template MT2M1 in NT2 is changed.

FIG. 1 shows an example of the configuration of a multimedia scenario editing apparatus which realizes the present invention. Details of the apparatus are as follows.

The input management means 11 monitors the input event of the keyboard, mouse, joystick, and other pointing devices of the computer, and notifies the data editing means 15 of the type of event.

The display processing means 12 is means for displaying the data of the edit data storage means 14, the edit menu, the dialogue window, the mouse pointer, etc. on the display.

The scenario storage means 13 is a means for holding a scenario to be edited on a memory.

The edit data storage means 14 is means for holding a node to be edited.

The data editing means 15 is a core means of the multimedia scenario editing device, and stores the edit object selected by the edit data saving means 14,
Corresponding edit processing is performed based on the input event from the input management means 11 and the current edit mode.

The file operating means 16 is means for managing data storage in a file and data reading from the file.

The template attribute reflecting means 17 is means for overwriting the attributes of the template with respect to the nodes in the scenario storing means 13 for the nodes that refer to the template.

The template registration means 18 is means for creating a template from the nodes and media existing in the edited data storage means 14 and registering it in the template storage means 19.

The template storing means 19 is a means for storing all template data referred to by the scenario.

The template editing means 110 is means for editing a node template and a media template.

A detailed configuration example of the data editing means 15 will be described. FIG. 4 shows a configuration example of the data editing means 15.

The event discriminating means 41 is the input managing means 1
It is a means for discriminating an edit command from the event sent from 1 and the current edit state, and notifying the edit management means 44. The event identified by the event determination means 41 is
These include mouse events such as mouse clicks and mouse downs, and keystrokes from the keyboard.

The dialog window management means 42 displays windows such as media attribute setting and confirmation message.
The dialog window is effective for selecting items and confirming processing. An example of the dialogue window is a setting dialog box for file selection, color selection, media effect, and the like.

The comparison means 43 compares the attributes of the nodes and media in the edited data storage means 14 with the attributes of the node template and media template in the template holding means 19.

The editing management means 44 is the data editing means 15
It is a means for managing each means inside. The edit state storage means 45 is a means for storing the current edit state, and holds the edit state such as, for example, displaying an interactive window or selecting a medium.

The media editing operation of the editing management means 44 is as follows. When the user selects a medium on the screen with the mouse, a mouse event is sent from the input management means 11 to the data editing means 15. The editing management means 44 of the data editing means 15 determines the notified medium from the position where the mouse is pressed, and notifies the editing state storage means 45 of the selected medium.

When the user issues a detailed edit request for the selected medium, the edit management means 44 causes the dialog window management means 42 to display the attribute setting dialog window. The user can
Set the media attribute.

FIG. 5 shows an example of the configuration of the edit data storage means 14.

The exception flag storage means 51 is means for managing the exception flags of the nodes and media of the edited data storage means 14. When the attribute in the edit data storage means 14 is edited or the user specifies, the corresponding exception flag is turned on. The template name storage means 52 is
The name of the node template referenced by the editing node in the editing data storage means 14 and the name of the media template referenced by the media in the node are stored. The node storage unit 53 stores the node to be edited, and the media storage unit 54 stores the media included in the node.

FIG. 14 shows an example of the configuration of the template editing means 110. 14, the template editing means 110 includes a template editing management means 1401 for managing template editing processing, an editing template data saving means 1402 for saving node template data and a media template being edited, and an editing state storage means 1403. The instruction discriminating means 1404. The operation of the template editing means 110 is basically not much different from the processing operation of the data editing means 15.

An example of the editing operation of the data editing means 15 will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a new node creation process using a node template. First, the data editing means 15 creates a new node in the edited data storage means 14 (step 61). Next, the user is prompted to input the node template name saved in the template saving means 19 (step 62).
If the user has not selected a template, the new creation process ends (step 63). Once the template is specified, create media from the media templates in the selected node template (step 6).
4). If the media data is not designated or the temporary medium is designated (step 65), the temporary media data is displayed at the designated presentation position on the display (step 66). If the media data is set, the corresponding media data is displayed (step 67). If processing has not been completed for all media templates in the node template, the process returns to step 64 (step 68). Node media presentation order, erase order, Z
-Set the Order attribute (step 69). The node template name referred to by the node and the media template name referred to by each medium are written in the template name storage means 52 (step 610). The media data designated by the medium in the edited data storage means 14 and the temporary medium are displayed on the display with the designated attributes (step 611).

The temporary media is media data designated in advance (for example, icon or bitmap data).
Or, the display frame is displayed only in a straight line.

An operation example when the node disconnects the reference of the template will be described with reference to FIG.

First, the node template described in the template name storage means 52 is searched, and if there is no node template, the process ends (step 71). If there is a node template, the medium in the edited data storage means 14 is searched, and the media template name to be referred to is acquired (step 72). Next, it is checked whether the acquired media template is included in the node template (step 73). If no media template is included, proceed to step 76. If the media template name is included, the corresponding exception flag is checked (step 74), and if the flag is not set, it is deleted (step 75). If it is set, the process proceeds to step 76. When the processing is completed for all media, the process proceeds to step 77, and if not completed, the process returns to step 72 (step 76). Template name storage means 52
The node template name is deleted from and the process ends (step 77).

A process when a node template with different nodes is referenced will be described.

FIG. 8 shows processing in the data editing means 15 when a node refers to another node template.

The data editing means 15 first causes the user to specify a node template name to be newly referred to (step 81). After the input, the template separating process (steps 71 to 75) is performed (step 82). If the user has not specified a new node template name, the process ends (step 83). If the template name is specified, the specified node template is checked (step 84), and if there is no corresponding node template, the process ends (step 85). If there is a corresponding node template, the node template is acquired and the media templates included in the node template are checked one by one (step 86). When all media templates have been processed, the process ends (step 87). The media in the edited data storage means 14 is checked to see if it refers to the media template (step 88). If there is a medium to be referred to, the process proceeds to step 811 (step 89). If there is no media, media creation and addition processing by the media template (step 64 to
67) is performed (step 810). It is checked whether the exception flag of the media attribute is set (step 81).
1). When all the exception flags have been checked, the process returns to step 86 (step 812). If the flag is set, nothing is done and the process returns to step 811 to check the next exception flag (step 813). If the flag is not set,
The attribute value of the media template attribute is overwritten, the process returns to step 811, and the next flag is checked (step 81).
4).

Next, the batch change processing of node / media attributes by the template will be described.

FIG. 9 illustrates the operation of the template attribute reflecting means 17. The node attribute batch change process will be described with reference to FIG.

The template attribute reflecting means 17 acquires the node template name from the template editing means 110 (step 91). Next, the user is allowed to select an attribute that is not reflected (step 92). Scenario storage means 13
Of the node template is checked to see if it refers to the input node template (step 93). When the search for all the nodes is completed, the process is completed (step 9).
4). If there is no node to refer to, the process returns to step 93 (step 95). If there is a reference, the corresponding node is read into the edited data storage means 14 (step 9).
6). The data editing means 15 is made to perform template attribute overwrite processing (steps 811 to 814) (step 97). When the processing is completed, the process returns to step 93.

FIG. 10 is a flow chart showing the operation of the template editing means 110. The template file read / write operation of the template editing means 110 will be described with reference to FIG.

If there is a template being edited (step 1001), the template editing means 110 saves the template data in the template saving means 19 (step 1002). Next, the user is prompted to specify a template file to save or read (step 100).
3). In the case of saving (step 1004), all the data in the template saving means 19 is saved through the file operating means 16 (step 1005). In the case of a read request (step 1006), the file designated by the file operating means 16 is read (step 1007). The media template included in the node template is read (step 1008). The read node template name is checked, and if a node template with the same name does not exist in the template storage means 19 (step 100
9), the read node template is added to the template storing means 19, and the process returns to step 1007 (step 1010). If the template with the same name exists, the node template of the template storage unit 19 is deleted (step 1011). The read node template is stored in the template storage unit 19 and the template editing unit 1.
It is stored in 10 (step 1012). The template reflecting means 17 is caused to collectively change the template attributes (step 1013). If reading of all node templates has not been completed, the process returns to step 1007 (step 1014).

Next, an embodiment of the node template registration operation will be described. Detailed operation of the template registration means 18 at the time of registration will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the template registration means 18 receives the template registration request, the edited data storage means 14
A node template is created from this node and stored in the template editing means 110 (step 1101).
The template registration means 18 causes the display processing means 12 to display an interactive window. In the dialogue window,
Template name, media to be templated,
Presence or absence of media data, media template name, etc. are set (step 1102). After the input is completed, the dialogue window is closed, the registration data is stored in the data editing means 15, and the template name is stored in the template name saving means 52 (step 1103). The registration parameter held by the data editing means 15 is checked (step 1104), and in the case of registration, a media template is created from the medium (step 1105). Next, it is checked whether registration of the media data is designated (step 1106). If it is designated, the media data is registered in the media template (step 1107). If it is not designated, the dummy medium is registered in the media template. (Step 1108). If processing has not been completed for all media, the process returns to step 1104 (step 1
109). When finished, the media template and the node template are stored in the template storing means 19 (step 1110). When the registration is completed, the template attribute reflection means 17 is used to perform reflection processing (step 1111).

Next, a method of realizing a common media template, which is a template for a single medium, will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 12 shows a detailed configuration example of the template storage means 19.

In the figure, the node template table means 1201 holds a node template table from which the storage location of the node template can be obtained from the node template name. Node template table means 1
By using 203, the node template in the node template saving means 1202 can be acquired from the node template name.

The node template storage means 1202
It is a means for storing node templates and media templates.

Media template storage means 1203
Is a means for storing the media template included in the node template.

Common media template table means 1
Reference numeral 204 holds a common media template table from which the storage location of the common media template can be acquired from the common media template name. By using the common media template table means 1204, the common media template in the common media template storage means 1205 can be acquired from the common media template name.

Common media template storage means 120
5 is a means for storing a common media template that does not belong to the node template.

The common media template is a media template common to all scenarios. Therefore, when the media refers to the media template, a flag (common media template flag) is added to the media so that the reference destination can be distinguished from the media template or the common media template.

Next, the media creation / attribute change by the common media template will be described.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing an example of media creation using the common media template in the data editing means 15. The editing operation of the data editing means 15 will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, in the case of a media data creation command (step 1301), a dialogue window is displayed to allow the user to select a common media template (step 13).
02). The selected common media template is acquired from the common media template storage unit 1205, and media is created from the common media template (step 1303). A common media template name is set to the created media (step 1304). In the case of a common media template detach command (step 13
05), prompt the user to select a media template whose reference is to be cut off (step 1306). The exception flag is checked (step 1307), and if not set, the medium is deleted (step 1308).

In the case of the attribute change command by the common media template (step 1309), the exception flag of each attribute of the medium is checked (step 1310). If the exception flag is not set, the attribute is overwritten (step 131).
1). When all the attributes are checked, the process ends (step 1312).

When the common media template is edited by the template editing means 110, it is possible to easily change the media in the scenario storing means 13 collectively via the template attribute reflecting means 17.

Next, a process when a file name is dropped from the drag and drop server application onto the temporary medium or the medium will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing the media data name changing process in the data editing means 15.

When a file name is dropped from the drag and drop server on the displayed node, the media type of the dropped file name is checked (step 1
701). If the media type is not compatible, the process ends without doing anything (step 1702). If the media type is compatible, the mouse position dropped from the event discriminating unit 41 is acquired (step 1703), and the presentation position information of the medium in the edited data storage unit 14 is checked,
Check if it has been dropped on the media (step 170)
4). If it is dropped on the media (step 1
705), the media data name of the corresponding media is changed to the dropped file name (step 1706). If the dropped mouse position is not on the medium, a new medium is created (step 1707) and the created medium is added to the node (step 1708). When the change of the media data name or the addition of the medium is completed, the node and the medium are displayed again (step 1709).

[0081]

According to the present invention, the template of the node created by the user can be freely registered as the template, and the template according to the application can be used. Also, all attribute values can be registered in the template, and these can be selectively registered, so that a template including media data can be created.

By the exception flag, even if the node or the medium refers to the template, it is possible not to overwrite the attribute value of the template with only some of the attributes.

The common media template can provide a framework for freely creating and using a template for each media. By referring to the common media template by the media template, it is possible to unify the media template attributes, and more detailed management of the node and media attributes can be realized.

When the media data is dropped on the medium by dragging and dropping, it is possible to change only the presented media data to the dropped media data while keeping the presentation attributes and presentation position of the media. This makes it easy to replace the media data of the media created by the template.

As described above, it is possible to easily edit a multimedia scenario using a template.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a device of this embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a conventional template editing device.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a scenario of this embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram for selecting a data editing unit according to the present exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of edit data storage means of the present embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining a node template, a node from a media template, and a media creation process in the present embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining a reference disconnection process of a node in this embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining a reference destination changing process of a node in the present embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining scenario batch change processing by template editing in this embodiment.

FIG. 10 saves a template file according to the present embodiment,
9 is a flowchart for explaining an operation by reading.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart for explaining a template registration operation according to this embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a functional block constituting a template storage unit of this embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a flow chart for explaining media creation, deletion, and change operations by the common media template according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a functional block diagram of a template editing unit of this embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a diagram for explaining a relationship among a common media template, a node template, a media template, a node, and a media according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing the concept of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating a modification of media data by dragging and dropping media data according to the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Input Management Means 12 Display Processing Means 13 Scenario Saving Means 14 Editing Data Saving Means 15 Data Editing Means 16 File Operating Means 17 Template Reflecting Means 18 Template Registering Means 19 Template Saving Means 110 Template Editing Means 41 Event Discriminating Means 42 Dialog Window Management Means 43 attribute comparison means 44 edit management means 45 edit state storage means 51 exception flag storage means 52 template name storage means 53 node storage means 54 media storage means 1201 node template storage means 1202 media template storage means 1203 common media template storage means 1204 node template Table means 1205 Common media template table means 1401 Editing template data storage means 1402 Collection template data storage means 1403 editing state storage means 1404 instruction discriminating means

Claims (13)

[Claims] 1. A multimedia scenario editing device for presenting multimedia data including moving images, voices, still images, texts, computer graphics, etc., comprising: A multimedia scenario editing device comprising means for holding a plurality of templates having all the attributes of a node, wherein when the attributes of the template are changed, the attributes of the node referencing the template are also changed. 2. When a node being edited refers to a template, media having the same attribute value as the media template in the template is created, the created media is added to the node, and the created media is the media template. The multimedia scenario editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein 3. When creating a node from a template,
The multimedia scenario editing device according to claim 2, wherein when the media file name is not described in the media template, the temporary media is added to the new node. 4. The multimedia scenario according to claim 1, wherein when the node being edited disconnects the reference to the template, all media referencing the media template in the template are deleted from the node. Editing device. 5. When the template referenced by a node is changed to another template, the attributes of media in the node are changed to
The multimedia scenario editing device according to claim 1, wherein the attribute value of the media template in the changed template is changed. 6. A function of reading and writing a template as a template file, and when a template file is newly read and a template with the same name already exists, the attribute value of the template is overwritten, and the overwriting is performed. The multimedia scenario editing device according to claim 1, wherein the node referencing the template is also changed. 7. In the node which refers to the template,
A flag is prepared for each attribute of the node, and the flag is set according to the condition set by the user or the system. Even if the template attribute is changed, the attribute can be changed even if the flag is set. The multimedia scenario editing device according to claim 1, wherein the multimedia scenario editing device is not performed. 8. In the node which refers to the template,
A flag is prepared for each attribute of the node, and the flag is set according to the condition specified by the user or the system. 8. The multimedia scenario editing device according to claim 4, wherein the node media is not deleted. 9. The multimedia scenario editing device according to claim 1, wherein all the attributes of the node being edited and the media contained in the node are copied and registered as a template of the node. 10. The multimedia scenario editing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the user is allowed to select a medium to be registered when registering the template creation. 11. A means for holding a plurality of media-unit templates common to all scenarios is provided, and when an attribute of the template is changed, an attribute of the corresponding medium in a node that refers to the template is also changed. Multimedia scenario editing device. 12. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for holding a plurality of media templates common to all of the templates, wherein when the attributes of the media template are changed, the attributes of the corresponding media in the template are also changed.
1. The multimedia scenario editing device according to 1. 13. The multimedia scenario editing device according to claim 2, wherein when a media file is dragged and dropped onto the medium from a drag and drop server application, the media data in the medium or the temporary medium is deleted. The multimedia scenario editing device according to claim 2, wherein the dropped media data is changed.