JPH09224007A - Cm transmission device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To surely transmit a commercial message(CM) even at the time of transferring to transmission based on multi-data in the file capacity of a present condition as it is. SOLUTION: An on-air(OA) order file 30 for which all the data inside the regular file 20 of operation data and a multi-file 21 are gathered and rearranged in the order of the transmission time is prepared. Then, the recordable portion of CM materials are recorded in a sub-video file in the descending order of the transmission time inside the OA order file 30. After transmitting the predetermined number of the CMs, recording is performed again from the CM material after the CM materials recorded in a previous time inside the OA order file 30. In such a manner, the CM materials are recorded in the order of the transmission time without the distinction of files and CM transmission is performed with the file capacity of the present condition as it is even at the time of transferring from the regular file 20 to the multi-file 21 or 22 by the change of program constitution.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a CM transmitting apparatus, and more particularly to a CM transmitting apparatus for recording CM data stored in a main video file in a sub video file and transmitting a CM (Commercial Message) from the sub video file. Regarding

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a normal C in a CM sending device is used.
M transmission is regular data (C used during normal transmission)
(M data). However, when the baseball broadcast or the like is extended or canceled, the program structure is changed, so that the CM to be transmitted is also changed. For that case, it is usual to prepare multi-data (CM data used only when the program is extended or stopped).

When the program structure is changed, the regular data is transmitted and then the transmission is changed, and the CM is transmitted based on the multi-data. After that, when the normal program transmission is resumed, the CM transmission based on the regular data is performed again.

In the conventional CM transmitting apparatus, when recording the CM material from the main video file section to the sub video file section, all the CM materials in the regular file of the operation data are recorded, and then the CM materials in the multi file are recorded. The method of recording was done. An example of the conventional CM recording will be described with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 6, the regular data file for the CM to be originally transmitted is the regular file 2.
C, which is 0 and should be sent when the program configuration is changed
It is assumed that the multi-data files for M are multi-files 21 and 22.

As shown by an arrow Y in the figure, conventionally, EDPS (Electric Data Proce) is used.
CM data was recorded in the order of the data of the regular file 20, the data of the multi-file 21, and the data of the multi-file 22 for the operation data output from the (Singing System). As a result, when the time to send is reached, a command is input from a control CPU (not shown), and CMs to be sent at that time are sent in frame units.

[0007] In the figure, "0800" and the like are transmission times at which the CM should be transmitted, and "A0000001" and the like are frame codes indicating frames of the CM. Also, "CM1"
And “CM2” are data of CM materials.

[0008]

In the above-mentioned conventional CM transmitting apparatus, the capacity of the video file may be insufficient and the data may be recorded only halfway. For example,
In the case as shown in FIG. 6, multi-file 2
Data up to the transmission time “0900” of the second data can be recorded. In such a case, the data after the transmission time “0930” will not be recorded.

In this case, consider a case where the CM to be transmitted is changed from the data of the regular file 20 to the one based on the data of the multi-file 22. In such a case, the data after the transmission time “0930” is not recorded, and the CM material after the same time cannot be transmitted.

That is, in the conventional CM transmitting apparatus, if all the CM materials in the multi-file cannot be recorded in the sub video file, there is a drawback that the CM cannot be transmitted when changing to the transmission based on the multi-data. . on the other hand,
There is also a drawback that a large amount of sub video file is required to record all the CM material for one day.

Incidentally, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 63-72790 discloses that
This is related to the reduction of the editing time of the OA tape, and the above-mentioned drawbacks cannot be solved. Also, the fairness 1-3
Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 8798 is concerned with shortening the CM editing time, and cannot solve the above-mentioned drawbacks.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art, and the purpose thereof is to always send out a CM even when the current file capacity remains unchanged and when the transfer is switched to the multi-data based transfer. It is an object of the present invention to provide a CM transmitting device capable of performing the above.

[0013]

A CM sending device according to the present invention is a CM sending device including a regular file in which a CM to be originally sent is stored and a multi-file in which a CM to be sent when a program is changed is stored. A sending order recording means for recording all CMs stored in the both files into a file for transmission according to the order of the time to be transmitted, and a CM recorded in the file for transmission. Re-recording means for recording a CM to be subsequently transmitted in the transmission file instead of a CM which has not been scheduled to be transmitted after the time to be transmitted has passed.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The operation of the present invention is as follows.

A regular file of operation data and all the data in the multi-file are put together to create an on-air (hereinafter referred to as OA) sequential file in which the data is rearranged in the order of transmission time. Then, in order from the earliest sending time in the OA order file,
The CM material is recorded in the sub video file as much as it can be recorded. After sending a predetermined number of CMs, recording is performed again from the CM material after the previously recorded CM material in the OA order file.

By doing so, the CM material can be recorded in order of the sending time without distinguishing the files, and the CM can be sent with the current file capacity even when transferring from the regular file to the multi-file. .

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of a CM transmitting apparatus according to the present invention. In the figure, a CM sending device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a control CPU 1, a memory 2 for storing operation data and OA order data, and a CM.
It is configured to include a main video file unit 3 for recording and reproducing material, a sub video file unit 4, and a CM material reproducing file material device 5.

The control CPU 1 creates an OA sequential file based on the operation data stored in the memory 2, and controls the reproduction of the main video file unit 3 and the recording control of the sub video file unit 4.

The main video file section 3 is a mother file of CM data. The CM data in the file section 3 is recorded in the sub video file section 4 and then the file section 4 is recorded.
The CM is transmitted from. When the CM material 6 is added to the main video file unit 3, the control CPU 1 controls the CM material reproducing file material device 5.

It is assumed that the storage media of the main video file section 3 and the sub video file section 4 are both realized by magneto-optical disks. It is assumed that the storage capacity of the main video file section 3 is 2 minutes and 30 seconds per disc, and the storage capacity of the sub video file section 4 is 32 minutes per disc. The sub video file section 4 has two sets of heads, C
It is assumed that M reproduction processing and CM recording processing can be performed.

It should be noted that the control CPU 1 and both video file units may be connected by RS422, which is a well-known serial interface, for example. Then, the recording process is realized by the control CPU 1 simultaneously performing reproduction control for the main video file unit 3 and recording control for the sub video file unit 4 for each CM material.

In such a structure, a plurality of CM materials 6 carried in from an advertising agency are first recorded in the main video file section 3. In order to directly send the recorded CM material, only the necessary CM material is recorded again in the sub video file section 4 having an access speed faster than that of the main video file section 3. Then, from this sub video file section 4 to C
M is transmitted.

Here, the recording of the CM material in the sub video file section 4 is performed in the order of the operation data files (regular file, multi-file order) based on the operation data output from the EDPS (not shown). That is, in this device, the regular file and the multi-file are sorted based on the transmission time in the operation data to create the OA sequential file, and the CM material is recorded from the main video file section to the sub video file section based on that. Of.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of transferring data from a regular file to a multi-file,
The same parts as in FIG. 6 are indicated by the same reference numerals. Normal C
M transmission is performed based on the regular file, but in the case of extension or cancellation of baseball broadcasting, etc., transmission CM
Contents will be changed.

In this case, first, the transmission is performed based on the data of the regular file until the transmission time "0800" (). Next, the transmission time "090
From "0", the file is transferred to the multi-file 21 and transmitted (). Then, the transmission time “230
The data is transmitted again from "0" based on the regular file ().

In this way, when transferring files, the following OA sequential file is created, and this file is recorded in the sub video file section 4, and the file section 4 to C
M is sent out.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of creating an OA sequential file by the CM transmitting apparatus, and the same parts as those in FIGS. 2 and 6 are designated by the same reference numerals. The figure shows an example in which data in the regular file 20, data in the multi-file 21, data in the multi-file 22 are sorted based on the file order and the sending time order to create the OA order file 30. ing. In the OA sequential file 30 in the figure, the regular file 20 is stored as the file “A”, the multi-file 21 is stored as the file “B1”, and the multi-file 22 is stored as the file “B2”.

As shown in the figure, in the OA sequential file 30, the transmission time "0800" in the regular file 20 and the transmission time "08 in the multi-file 21 are sequentially arranged.
00 ”, the transmission time“ 090 ”in the regular file 20
0 ”, the transmission time“ 0900 ”in the multi-file 21,
Each data of the transmission time “0900” in the multi-file 22 and the transmission time “0930” in the multi-file 22 is recorded, and finally the transmission time “2” in the regular file 20 is recorded.
It becomes the data of "300".

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of CM material recording of an OA sequential file by the CM transmitting apparatus, and the same portions as those in FIGS. 2 and 3 and 6 are designated by the same reference numerals. C
M material recording is performed from the main video file to the sub video file in the ascending order of transmission time in the OA order file.
C when the sub video file is full
The first recording process ends with M material. In this state, the CM sending process is started.

A certain number of CMs are sent after the CM sending processing is performed.
The second time the recording process is performed at the time when the is sent.
In this case, the CM material after the previously recorded CM material is used. As a result, the regular file 20 and the multi files 21 and 22 can be transmitted at the transmission time “0800”.

Next, the above processing operation will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, in the storage medium of the sub video file,
Addresses are assigned to each C when creating an OA sequential file.
Assign the address to M material (Step 5)
1). The CM material for which the address allocation has been completed becomes a recording target in the sub video file section 4. In this state, the CM material recording process is started (step 52). Note that the number of CM materials that can be assigned addresses depends on the number of mounted sub video file units.

After the CM recording process, a CM sending process is performed (step 53). That is, C
M is read from the sub video file unit 4 and transmitted.
When this CM is transmitted, it is judged whether or not the number of CMs transmitted has reached a predetermined constant value (step 54). When it exceeds the fixed value, the process proceeds to step 55. The constant value is, for example, "60". The user may freely set the value.

At the next recording start-up, that is, when a certain number of CMs is sent out (steps 54 → 55), the address corresponding to the one which has passed the time to be sent out and is not scheduled to be sent out in the future. release. In this case, the address corresponding to the CM that has already been transmitted by OA and is not scheduled to be transmitted in the future may be released. In this case, untransmitted CM (for example, data in the multi-file) remains as it is. Therefore, in this case, the CM not yet sent
You can release all the addresses at once when the date changes.

Next, the released address is assigned to the CM material not recorded in the sub video file section 4 (the CM material next to the CM recorded last time) (step 5).
6). Then, the recording process is started when the allocation becomes impossible (the address disappears) (step 5).
6 → 52).

By repeating the above process, the CM recording process and the CM sending process are performed.

In short, in this apparatus, all the data in the regular file and the multi-file are put together, and these are rearranged in the order of transmission time to create the OA sequential file. Then, the CM material is recorded in the sub video file as much as can be recorded in the order of the earliest transmission time in the OA order file, and then the CM is transmitted, and a predetermined number of CMs are recorded.
After sending, the recording is performed again from the CM material after the previously recorded CM material in the OA order file. By doing so, it is possible to record the CM material in order of the transmission time without distinguishing the files, and it is possible to perform the CM transmission with the current file capacity even when changing from the regular file to the multi-file by changing the program configuration. You can do it.

The present invention can further have the following aspects in connection with the description of the claims.

(3) The CM sending device according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined number is changeable according to an external command.

[0041]

As described above, the present invention provides a CM sending apparatus including a regular file in which CMs to be originally sent are stored and a multi-file in which CMs to be sent when a program is changed are stored. All the CMs stored in both files are recorded in a file for transmission according to the order of the time when they should be transmitted, and among the CMs recorded in the files, the time when the time to be transmitted has passed and there is no scheduled transmission. By recording the CMs to be transmitted later in the file instead of the above, there is an effect that the CMs can be surely transmitted when the transmission is changed to the one based on the multi-data even with the current file capacity.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a CM sending device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Fig. 2] Fig. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example in which transfer is performed in transmission from a regular file to a multi-file.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of creating an OA sequential file by the CM transmitting device of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of CM material recording of an OA sequential file by the present CM transmission device.

5 is a CM recording process and C by the CM transmission device of FIG.
It is a flow chart which shows operation of M sending processing.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional CM sending device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Control CPU 2 Memory 3 Main Video File Section 4 Sub Video File Section 5 CM Material Playback File Material Equipment

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A CM sending device including a regular file in which CMs to be originally sent are stored, and a multi-file in which CMs to be sent when a program is changed are stored, and the CM sending device stores the files in both files. A transmission order recording means for recording all CMs in the transmission file in accordance with the order of the times to be transmitted, and the time to be transmitted among the CMs recorded in the transmission file has passed and there is no scheduled transmission. A CM sending device comprising: a re-recording means for recording a CM to be subsequently sent in the sending file instead of the CM. 2. The re-recording means, when the number of CMs which have already been transmitted among the CMs recorded in the transmission file has reached a predetermined number, a CM to be transmitted thereafter is transmitted. The CM transmission device according to claim 1, wherein the CM transmission device stores the file in a transmission file.