JPH09322112A - Multi-image storage reproduction device and method having provision for various image systems - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the multi-image storage reproduction device and the method having provision for various image systems in which input, processing, storage, transmission, broadcast and display of an image are attained as a information network. SOLUTION: The device is provided with a program enable calculation means 1, an image system setting section 2, an image unit setting section 3, a split processing section 4, a synthesis processing section 5, a multi-image processing means 7 consisting of a buffer memory section, a storage means 8, a communication control means 13, an external coupling line 15, an image system identification designation means 16, and a system calculation means 17, and in the case of input, processing, storage, transmission, broadcast and display of image data, they are coped with through the provision of one or a plurality of digital systems of image units.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to storing and reproducing images of one or a plurality of resolutions handled by one or a plurality of image systems of interest, or these images to which voice or character data is added. Information in the analog system is digitized so that it can be regarded as all digitized image data, including the case where image processing is applied, and one or more digital image units Is provided, the image is divided by this image unit, and is regarded as a digital multi-image composed of one or a plurality of image units, and this multi-image is stored. When storing, managing, or reproducing, it is possible to combine multiple images into images of various image formats that have been set, or reproduce and transmit or broadcast multiple images. The present invention relates to a multi-image storage / playback apparatus and method compatible with various image systems, and in particular, storage, playback, and transmission of high-resolution image data and large-capacity image data that exceed the capabilities of each component and a unified image using multi-images A multi-image storage / reproduction method capable of storing, reproducing, and transmitting in a data format, and further, each of the above-mentioned multi-image storage / reproduction devices corresponding to various image systems is made, or the above-mentioned multi-image storage / reproduction method compatible with various image systems. By arranging a plurality of them and arranging them in different places, and connecting the external coupling lines of the above-mentioned devices and methods with each other through a communication path to integrally configure an information network, inputting and processing images, A multi-image storage / reproduction device compatible with various image systems, which enables storage, transmission, broadcasting, and display as an information network, and It is obtained by adapted to constitute the image information network system based on law.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a moving image and a still image are recorded, and editing operations such as registration, deletion and retrieval, and devices for transmitting these are roughly classified into a digital system and an analog system. Among them, the digital type device digitizes the inputted analog type image and processes, stores, stores and reproduces it. Further, these digital type devices are classified into a studio standard device which is a standard for images and a device for user images.

Generally, in the former method, a high resolution image is recorded by a non-compressed or information lossless compression method, so that the amount of information becomes enormous. This limits the number of images that can be recorded.
On the other hand, in the latter case, the amount of information can be reduced by using an image with a resolution that the terminal can accept. From this fact, it is possible to reduce the storage amount and the transmission amount, but it is impossible to completely restore the original image due to the loss of information and the image processing required for image compression and decoding becomes complicated.

The image quality and the number of printable images are in a contradictory relationship between the former device and the latter device. Therefore, in order to record uncompressed images and high resolution images, devices using a large amount of video tapes and video discs have been realized. However, it is difficult for these devices to quickly read or write a part of the image for searching or editing. Further, the image system that the conventional device must target includes various television broadcasting systems and many computer-specific display systems. These images are determined by using the physical image standard of the number of scanning lines and the number of frames in the horizontal and vertical directions of the image pickup device, the recording / reproducing device, the image receiver, and the display device.

According to the Attachment No. 59 of the Report of the Telecommunications Technology Council, a standard digital image studio standard CCIR REC. The NTSC system defined by 601 is 525 scanning lines, frame frequency 30 Hz, CCIR REC. H defined in 709
The DTV system has 1125 scanning lines and a frame frequency of 60.
There are ones with a scanning frequency of 1250 and a frame frequency of 50 Hz. In the UDTV system shown in the above report, UD
TV-0 (horizontal 1920 pixels x vertical 1080 pixels), U
DTV-I (horizontal 3840 pixels x vertical 2160 pixels),
UDTV-II (horizontal 5760 pixels x vertical 3240 pixels), UDTV-III (horizontal 7680 pixels x vertical 432)
0 pixels), each standard frame frequency is 60 Hz. Further, as a typical example of the computer graphic display method, a horizontal 102
There are 4 pixels × vertical 1024 pixels frame frequency 60 Hz.

These various image systems and standards include 195
Explains the importance of interoperation between multiple standards of the same system and with other image systems, except for the NTSC system, which was first approved by the FCC in 3 years, and the PAL system and SECAM system based on this system. . In the actual interoperability, the characteristics of the image are cleverly used and the relation between individual methods is specified. For example, for an NTSC receiver, it is due to the blanking time and there is no screen interference (horizontal about 17
%, Vertical about 6.5%) effective scan lines are allowed. Generally, in the NTSC system, this is used to circulate an image of a standard of various devices as an image within the range of the effective scanning line number of the receiver. According to IEEE, the HDTV system in the United States is one system, but it is composed of a plurality of standards, and is a multi-format that emphasizes interoperability between various image systems. This is provided in order to convert the images of the currently popular NTSC system TV and movies into the US HDTV system.

The standard of this system consists of the following three types of formats relating to spatial resolution and frame frequency relating to temporal resolution. (1) Sequential scanning, horizontal 1280 pixels × vertical 720 pixels, three types of frame frequency 60 Hz, 30 Hz, 24 Hz, (2) Progressive scanning, horizontal 1920 pixels × vertical 1080 pixels, two types of frame frequency 30 Hz, 24 Hz, (3 ) Interlace scanning,
One type with 1920 horizontal pixels x 1080 vertical pixels with a frame frequency of 30 Hz, and a frame frequency of 59.94H for interoperability with images of the broadcasting standard of the NTSC system.
3 types of z, 29.97Hz and 23.98Hz are also recognized. Image-adaptive preprocessing and format conversion are defined to support these multi-formats.

In addition, V is used as a recording medium for image recording and transmission.
There is TR. The VTR has an analog system and a digital system, and a plurality of standards are accepted for each image system in view of the video frequency that can be physically recorded or the writing / reading speed in comparison with the studio standard of various image systems.
As a result, in order to maintain compatibility between standards of the same image system, there are a method of making an image of a studio standard and a simple method of making an image within a standard range of a widely used receiver. The former is a method of physically performing a complete conversion process to form a standard image, and the latter is a method of cleverly utilizing the ambiguous definition of the physical image display of the receiver to display without a conversion process. is there. That is, 17% to the right of the horizontal scan line and 6.5 below the vertical scan line due to the blanking time of the receiver.
This is a simple method that uses the non-display section of%.

In the image receiver, if the image is within this range, various standards such as VTR, TV camera and computer display are also absorbed in the non-displayable part of the image receiver and displayed as an image of the same standard. . Furthermore, interoperability with other image systems is individually supported because each system was created independently depending on the physical device. For example, although the US HDTV system is composed of a plurality of standards in spite of one system, the scanning line standard concerning the spatial resolution of (1), (2), and (3) and the frame frequency concerning the temporal resolution are premised on image conversion. The standard is set and dealt with. In particular, regarding the conversion from the NTSC system to the US HDTV system, it is specified that the spatial resolution is at least twice as high as that of the NTSC system.

[0010]

As described in the prior art, with respect to the conventional image storage / playback apparatus, an enormous amount of image data is required to store and play a high resolution image in an uncompressed or editable state. Therefore, there is a technical limit in the physical processing, storage reproduction and transmission of these images. Further, regarding the conventional image system, it is difficult to convert the image of the studio standard into the image of the other studio standard by a simple physically dependent method.

For example, when converting from the studio standard of the NTSC system to the studio standard of the US HDTV system, as described above, simply doubling the horizontal and vertical scanning lines of the NTSC system produces a resulting image on the receiver. It can be within the range of effective scan lines, but not the studio standard. Therefore, some kind of digital image processing to fill the difference becomes necessary. Furthermore, there are various standards relating to imaging devices, recording / playback devices, and receivers, and images within the range of effective scanning lines of the receiver are used to convert images handled by these devices into images handled by these devices of other systems. If the conversion method is used, many types of images will be created and become complicated. Further, even if the number of frames is the same, conversion between interlaced scanning and progressive scanning becomes a problem in consideration of the transmission system.

From the above, it is possible to develop a technology related to physical processing of individual devices and storage / reproduction that does not depend on storage / reproduction or transmission, or to develop a technology capable of uniformly processing, storing, reproducing or transmitting images of various image systems. It becomes important. That is, in order to solve these problems, a digitized spatially integrated and temporally continuous physical image is divided into images that can be processed, stored, reproduced, and transmitted by a single device, and Since these divided images can be stored and reproduced as one unit and the digitized image can be processed by a computer, it is required to make the image unit easy to handle by the computer. or,
It is difficult to convert both analog and digital images to other methods by using only the image conversion method that depends only on the physical resolution, and in order to solve this problem, interoperability is maintained and an image representation method that can be handled uniformly Is long-sought.

The object of the present invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks and to realize a high resolution which exceeds the communication capacity of the inner coupling line and the outer coupling line and the individual capability of each means by integrating each means of the above-mentioned device. By making it possible to organically and efficiently perform image processing, memory reproduction, and transmission, the technological barriers that were previously built up by the capabilities of each component itself were overcome, and some conventional devices could not be realized at all. Realization of possible storage and reproduction of ultra-high resolution images and management of divided images in image units common to various image systems, and when reproducing, combine images with images of specified image system or support various image systems Provided are a multi-image storage / playback apparatus and method corresponding to various image systems and various image systems, which are characterized by enabling unified storage / reproduction of images by forming multiple images. Lies in the fact.

Further, a plurality of the above-mentioned devices are made, respectively, or a plurality of the above-mentioned methods are realized, and they are arranged at mutually different places, and the external coupling lines of the above-mentioned devices and methods are connected by a communication path. A multi-image storage / playback apparatus and method corresponding to various image systems characterized in that an information network is integrally formed by being coupled with each other, and image input, processing, storage, storage, transmission, broadcasting, and display are possible as an information network. The image information network system based on the above can be configured.

[0015]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a multi-image storage / reproduction apparatus compatible with various image systems according to the present invention is provided so that the apparatus can process these image data in units of: Programmable computing means for enabling transmission, processing, storage, control, input / output and display for broadcasting; possible to set one of one or more image formats of interest Image system setting unit, an image unit setting unit capable of setting the image unit, a division processing unit for dividing the image data into image units to form a multi-image, images of various image systems in which the multi-image is set A multi-image processing means composed of a synthesizing processing unit for synthesizing and an image buffer memory unit for storing images for division, synthesizing and processing; Storage and storage means for storing, storing, and managing; multi-image means configured by combining the multi-image processing means and the storage and storage means with the programmable calculation means, an external device, and an external communication path Communication control means for transmitting and communicating image data and control information between them; an internal coupling line for connecting this communication control means and each multi-image means; this communication control means and the outside External connection line for connecting equipment and communication path; various image formats of input and output images can be identified and specified, and the image format can be transmitted to each means when combining image data from multiple images Image system identification and specifying means; and a programmable system calculation means for managing and operating all of these means; and handling one or more target image methods. For storing and reproducing images with one or more resolutions or those with voice or character data added to these images, the information of the analog part is digitized, including the case where image processing is added. Can be regarded as all digitized image data, and one or a plurality of digital image units can be provided.
All of these means are integrated together, and by these means, when inputting, processing, storing, reproducing, managing, transmitting, broadcasting, or displaying the image data, one or a plurality of digital image units are provided, A digital multi-image in which one or a plurality of resolutions of digitized image data handled by one or a plurality of image systems of interest are formed as they are or after being processed. Any target image data can be input, processed, stored, stored, managed, or transmitted in a centrally dispersed or collective or reconstructed manner with this image unit. The whole or a part of these one or more multi-images divided into image units so that they can be broadcast and displayed, as if in space. In addition, it is possible to reconstruct and reproduce one or a plurality of images or a temporally continuous image or moving image or an original target image. .

Further, the method for storing and reproducing a Matil image corresponding to various image systems according to the present invention is such that: the image data can be processed in image units, and transmission, processing, storage, control for communication or broadcasting, Programmable calculation means for enabling input / output and display; Image scheme setting unit capable of setting one of a plurality of image schemes of interest, the image unit can be set Image unit setting unit, a division processing unit for dividing the image data into multi-images by image unit, a combination processing unit for combining the multi-images with images of various set image systems, and division and combination. And a multi-image processing unit configured from an image buffer memory unit that stores images for processing; and a storage / storage unit for storing, storing, and managing the multi-image. Image data and information for control between the multi-image means configured by combining the multi-image processing means and the storage storage means with the programmable calculation means and an external device or an external communication path are provided. Communication control means for transmitting and enabling communication; Internal coupling line for coupling this communication control means and each multi-image means; External coupling for coupling this communication control means with external equipment and communication paths Lines; image system identification and designating means capable of identifying and designating various image systems of input and output images, and transmitting the image system to each means when synthesizing image data from a multi-image; all of these means An image of one or more resolutions handled by one or more image systems of interest, or a programmable system computing means for managing and operating In storing and reproducing the image with voice and character data added to the image, the information of the analog part is digitized and all of these are converted into digital image data including the case where image processing is added. It is also possible to consider it, and one or a plurality of digital image units can be provided, and all these means are combined into one body, and the input, processing and storage of the image data are performed by these means. When storing, reproducing, managing, transmitting, broadcasting, or displaying, one or more digital image units are provided, and digitized image data of one or more resolutions handled by one or more target image systems is stored. As it is or after processing, it can be regarded as a digital multi-image composed of one or a plurality of image units. In this way, any target image data can be input, processed, stored, stored, managed, transmitted, broadcast, or displayed in a centralized distributed or collective manner or reconstructed by this image unit. The whole or a part of the one or more multi-images divided into image units, as if they were spatially one or more or a temporally continuous image or moving image. Alternatively, it is characterized in that it can be reconstructed and reproduced as an original target image.

In a preferred embodiment according to the present invention, all of the communication control means, the programmable calculation means and the system calculation means, or some of them are integrated into one means having a combined function. A feature of the present invention is a method and apparatus for storing and reproducing a Matil image corresponding to various image systems.

Further, in the image information network system of the present invention, a plurality of multi-image storage / reproduction devices corresponding to various image systems are respectively made, or a plurality of the above-mentioned methods can be realized, and they are arranged at different places from each other. Characterized by the fact that external connection lines are connected to each other through a communication path to form an information network integrally by a device or method, and image input, processing, memory storage, transmission, broadcasting and display are possible as an information network. Is.

[0019]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A multi-image storage / playback apparatus and method compatible with various image systems according to the present invention allows a builder or a user to individually control or manage each means by the programmable calculation means or system calculation means. In addition to being capable of operating, it is possible to easily process, store, reproduce, and transmit a target image by combining one or more multi-image means, and without developing a new individual image storage / reproduction device, the multi-image means By adding the above, it is possible to reconfigure a device or method using a Matil image storage / reproduction device compatible with various image systems capable of easily storing / reproducing a target image.

By all means of these devices and methods, images of one or a plurality of resolutions handled by one or a plurality of image systems of interest, or those in which voice or character data is added to these images are stored and reproduced. In addition, the information in the analog system is digitized so that it can be regarded as all digitized image data including the case where image processing is applied. This image unit is regarded as a digital multi-image composed of one or a plurality of image units by dividing each image unit so that an image unit and a computer unit can be provided. When storing, storing, managing, or reproducing images, multi-images are combined into images of various set image formats or multi-images are processed. It makes it possible to reproduce transmitted or broadcast Te. At this time, the processing of the difference generated by the conversion is processed inside the device.

Further, if there is a request, it is entrusted to the image processing algorithm and format conversion method of each device connected to the outside. If necessary, lossless compression of information, MPEG, J
A compression process involving information loss such as PEG is also performed. As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to store and reproduce an ultra-high-resolution image that exceeds the physical limit of an image that can be stored and reproduced by a conventional single device or a set of modules, and use a multi-image. The storage, reproduction, and transmission can be performed in the same unified image data format.

Further, a plurality of multi-image storage / reproduction devices corresponding to the various image systems described above are respectively made, or a plurality of the multi-image storage / reproduction methods corresponding to the various image systems described above are realized, and they are arranged in different places. Then, although the above-mentioned devices and methods are used, external connection lines are connected to each other through a communication path to integrally form an information network, and image input, processing, storage, storage, transmission, broadcasting, and display are possible as an information network. An image information network system based on a multi-image storage / playback apparatus and method compatible with various image systems characterized by the above.

That is, the multi-image storage / playback apparatus and method for various image systems of the present invention organically perform processing, storage / playback, and transmission that exceed the communication capacity of the internal coupling line or the external coupling line or the individual capability of each means. By making it possible to perform efficiently, it breaks down the technology barrier that was conventionally built by the ability of each component itself and stores ultra-high resolution images and large amounts of images that cannot be realized by conventional devices. Unification by enabling playback and dividing images into image units common to various image systems, storing, storing, and managing them, and combining images into images of a specified image system or creating multiple images for playback It is characterized in that it is possible to store and store a variety of images, and it is extremely suitable especially for a storage / playback device and an image editing device for high-resolution images and a large number of images. Type of system images can be used to such mixed-record player device or an image editing apparatus and image standards converter for. Further, it is characterized in that a plurality of the above-mentioned devices are respectively produced or a plurality of the above-mentioned methods are realized so that the above-mentioned image information network can be configured, and particularly, a high-resolution image. It is ideal for image information network systems that require input, processing, storage, transmission, broadcasting, and display of large numbers of images.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Embodiments of a multi-image storage / playback apparatus and method corresponding to various image systems of the present invention,
FIG. 1 shows a case in which the multi-image means is realized by a multi-image device and is realized by using four units.

In the configuration shown in the figure, a programmable computer 1 as a programmable calculation means, an image method setting unit 2 for various image methods, a common image unit setting unit 3 for various image methods, and an image dividing process for dividing an image into multiple images. A multi-image processing device 7 as a multi-image processing means including a unit 4 and a composite image processing unit 5 from a multi-image to a designated image and an image buffer memory unit 6, and a storage / storage unit for storing and storing or managing the multi-images. Storage / accumulation device 8, multi-image processing device 7 as these multi-image processing means
And a storage storage device 8 serving as storage storage means coupled to the programmable computer 1 serving as programmable calculation means,
Multi-image device 9, 10, 1 as multi-image means
1, 12 are configured.

Of these components, the programmable computer 1 is a programmable program control type computer, a micro program control type computer, a data driven type computer, or a functional memory type computer, and the image buffer memory unit 6 stores image data. It is composed of a memory that enables continuous write continuous read, single write continuous read, single write single read, and continuous write single read simultaneously in image units or at least in pixel units. The storage device 8 is a large-capacity semiconductor memory, a magnetic disk, a RAID.
And a high speed storage device such as an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a digital VTR, a magnetic tape, and the like, are combined.

The above multi-image device 9, 10, 11, 1
2, a communication control device 13 as a communication control means for transmitting and communicating image data and information for control between an external device and an external communication path, the communication control device 13 and each multi-image device 9 , 10, 11, 12 are connected by an internal coupling line 14, and an external coupling line 15 for coupling the communication control device 13 with an external device or communication path.

The communication switching function, which is composed of the communication control unit 13, the internal coupling line 14 and the external coupling line 15, is either a parallel coupling system using a bus or a crossbar or a distributed coupling system using a network. adopt. Furthermore, these are Ether nets, First that transmit information as electrical signals.
Any of ether, HIPPY, parallel, bus, crossbar method, FDDI, ATM, fiber channel method or wireless communication method for transmitting as an optical signal is adopted.

The image identification designating device 16 as the image identification designating means is capable of identifying various image formats of input and output images and transmitting the image format to each means when synthesizing image data from a multi-image. To do. This device has a function to identify the input image method from the information about the input image method and the stored and stored image method, and retrieves information for combining the necessary images in response to a request from an external device. Registration and deletion of information about the image method for identifying and specifying the function and the image to be set,
It has a function that enables searching. A system computer 17 is provided as a programmable system computing means for managing and operating all of these devices.

The above-mentioned respective devices are combined into one unit, and when these devices are used for processing, storing, storing, reproducing, managing and transmitting image data, the illustrated example shows one or more image systems handled by one or more image systems. Images of resolution or images to which voice or character data is added to these images are identified by the various image system identification designating device 16, and information of analog system part is digitized, including the case where image processing is added.
Considering all of these as digitized image data, this image data is stored in the image buffer memory unit 6, information regarding this image system is transmitted to the multi-image processing apparatus 7, and is set in the image system setting unit 2, From the information, the image unit setting unit 3 selects the greatest common divisor resolution in image units common to each system and computer units based on the multi-image storage / reproduction system corresponding to the various image systems.

For example, computer graphics and NTSC
In the case of a common image unit of system images, horizontal 1024 pixels ×
The maximum image unit in which the vertical 1024 pixels are within the standard range of the NTSC system and can interoperate with the computer unit is defined as horizontal 512 pixels × vertical 512 pixels, and the image division processing device 4 divides the image data into a multi-image. In all the processes of the multi-image processing apparatus 7, the image is divided into horizontal 2 rows and vertical 2 columns to establish a two-dimensional and temporal relationship, and it is spatially divided into one and temporally as a series of images. Distributed management, lossless compression and decoding, MPEG,
High compression and decoding image processing with loss such as the JPEG method is also performed singly or in plural, and the storage and storage device 8 stores and manages storage.

As general image processing, signal processing, image analysis, image recognition, processing relating to an image database and voice, etc. are also performed alone or in plural. If it is necessary to store and reproduce higher resolution images, the multi-image devices 9, 10, 11,
By adding 12, the device can be easily reconfigured without developing a new device.

The system computer 17 divides the input image data into multi-images, space divisions, and time-series information based on the multi-image storage / playback method corresponding to the various image systems, and manages them collectively in an image database or the like to register, It enables deletion, search, and edit, division, and composition operations and transmission.

Further, the system computer 17 controls the communication controller 13 for image input / output and controls one or more internal connection lines depending on the amount of data per unit time required for image transmission required by an external device. 14 and the external coupling line 15 are allocated.

Further, an external device and each multi-image device 9,
Information relating to multiple images added from 10, 11, 12 or the system computer 17 is processed by the system computer 17 or the programmable computer 1 and stored and managed in the storage storage device 8 so that registration, deletion, and retrieval are possible, and editing is performed. ,Split,
Used for compositing operation and transmission.

On the other hand, in the multi-image reproducing method, the storage is performed in the reverse procedure of the method in which the retrieval is performed according to the request designated by the external device, and the multi-image storage is performed based on the image method and the information about the multi-image. The multi-image is output as it is or after being combined with an image of various image methods designated by the combining processing unit 5.

Further, of the above-mentioned devices, the above-mentioned operation is achieved by integrating all of the communication control device 13, the programmable computer 1 and the system computer 17 or one device having a combined function of some of them. It is also possible to perform the same operation as.

Further, a plurality of multi-image storage / reproduction devices corresponding to the various image systems described above are respectively formed, or a plurality of the multi-image storage / reproduction methods corresponding to the various image systems are realized and are arranged in different places. Then, although the above-mentioned devices and methods are used, external connection lines are connected to each other through a communication path to integrally form an information network, and image input, processing, storage, storage, transmission, broadcasting, and display are possible as an information network. An image information network system based on a multi-image storage / playback apparatus and method compatible with various image systems characterized by the above.

[0039]

As is apparent from the above description, the multi-image storage / playback apparatus and method compatible with various image systems according to the present invention manages the multi-image means collectively by the system calculation means, so that the entire multi-image is reproduced. The image can be stored and reproduced as one image, and therefore, the entire apparatus of the present invention can be regarded as a single high-resolution image storage and reproducing apparatus and used.

Further, the programmable calculation means incorporated in each multi-image means of the constituent elements operate in parallel, and the management of multi-images, the data processing and the transmission are distributed in a single or in a plurality to be performed in a single or in parallel. It becomes possible to do.
If a higher resolution image needs to be stored and reproduced, it can be easily reconfigured by adding a multi-image device without developing a new device.

Furthermore, if necessary, image compression and decoding processes, image editing, and image database processes can be performed in a distributed manner in parallel as described above. Therefore, it becomes possible to consider the multi-image as a high-resolution image by integrating these means and to efficiently process the entire multi-image for storage, storage and management for reproduction and transmission.

Further, since image input, image processing, and storage / reproduction of images are performed in a distributed manner for each multi-image means, the communication capacity of each internal coupling line or external coupling line as a whole of the multi-image device and the communication capacity of each device. It is possible to efficiently and organically and rapidly perform the storage / reproduction and transmission of high-resolution images that exceed the capabilities and the data processing associated with these functions. Conventionally, the technology was built by the capabilities of each component itself. Breaking down the wall of the system and realizing the storage and reproduction of ultra-high resolution images that could not be realized with conventional devices, and dividing and managing images in image units common to various image systems and computer units for reproduction Enables the unified storage / reproduction of images by combining the images of the specified image system or the images of the multi-image method corresponding to various image systems.

From the above, by realizing the apparatus and method of the present invention, it is possible to store and reproduce images of various image systems having different resolutions. Furthermore, each of the above-mentioned devices is made up of a plurality of devices, or a plurality of the above-mentioned methods are realized, and they are arranged in different places, and the external coupling lines of the above-mentioned devices and methods are mutually connected through a communication path. Based on a multi-image storage / playback device and method compatible with various image systems, which is capable of inputting, processing, storing, storing, transmitting, broadcasting, and displaying images as an information network by integrally forming an information network. It has become possible to construct an image information network system.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Programmable computer 2 Image method setting unit 3 Image unit setting unit 4 Division processing unit 5 Compositing processing unit 6 Image buffer memory unit 7 Multi image processing device 8 Storage / storage device 9, 10, 11, 12 Multi image device 13 Communication control device 14 Internal connection line 15 External connection line 16 Image system identification and designation device 17 System computer

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[Claims] 1. A multi-image storage / reproduction device compatible with various image systems capable of supporting any one of a plurality of image systems, wherein the device is capable of processing these image data in image units and communication and communication. Programmable computing means for enabling transmission, processing, storage, control, input / output and display for broadcasting; possible to set one of one or more image formats of interest Image system setting unit, an image unit setting unit capable of setting the image unit, a division processing unit for dividing the image data into image units to form a multi-image, images of various image systems in which the multi-image is set Multi-image processing means composed of a synthesizing processing unit for synthesizing and an image buffer memory unit for storing images for division, synthesizing and processing; Storage and storage means for storing, storing, and managing; multi-image means configured by combining the multi-image processing means and the storage and storage means with the programmable calculation means, an external device, and an external communication path Communication control means for transmitting and communicating image data and control information between them; an internal coupling line for connecting this communication control means and each multi-image means; this communication control means and the outside External connection line for connecting equipment and communication path; various image formats of input and output images can be identified and specified, and the image format can be transmitted to each means when combining image data from multiple images Image system identification and specifying means; and a programmable system calculation means for managing and operating all these means; and one or more target image methods are handled. Or to store and reproduce images of multiple resolutions or those with voice or character data added to these images, digitize the information of the analog method, including the case where image processing is added. It can be regarded as all digitized image data, and one or a plurality of digital image units can be provided.
All of these means are integrated together, and by these means, when inputting, processing, storing, reproducing, managing, transmitting, broadcasting, or displaying the image data, one or a plurality of digital image units are provided, A digital multi-image in which one or a plurality of resolutions of digitized image data handled by one or a plurality of image systems of interest are formed as they are or after being processed. Any target image data can be input, processed, stored, stored, managed, or transmitted in a centrally dispersed or collective or reconstructed manner with this image unit. All or part of one or more multi-images divided into image units so that they can be broadcast and displayed, as if in space. Various images characterized by being able to be reconstructed and reproduced as an image or a moving image or an original target image, which is made up of one or a plurality of images or a temporally continuous image thereof. System compatible multi-image storage and playback device. 2. The communication control means, the programmable calculation means, and the system calculation means are integrated into one means having a function of combining all or some of them. Multi-image storage and playback device compatible with various image formats. 3. A multi-image storage / reproduction method compatible with various image systems capable of supporting any one of a plurality of image systems, wherein the method is: Programmable computing means for enabling transmission, processing, storage, control, input / output and display for broadcasting; possible to set one of one or more image formats of interest Image system setting unit, an image unit setting unit capable of setting the image unit, a division processing unit for dividing the image data into image units to form a multi-image, images of various image systems in which the multi-image is set Multi-image processing means composed of a synthesizing processing unit for synthesizing and an image buffer memory unit for storing images for division, synthesizing and processing; Storage and storage means for storing, storing, and managing; multi-image means configured by combining the multi-image processing means and the storage and storage means with the programmable calculation means, an external device, and an external communication path Communication control means for transmitting and communicating image data and control information between them; an internal coupling line for connecting this communication control means and each multi-image means; this communication control means and the outside External connection line for connecting equipment and communication path; various image formats of input and output images can be identified and specified, and the image format can be transmitted to each means when combining image data from multiple images Image system identification and specifying means; and a programmable system calculation means for managing and operating all these means; and one or more target image methods are handled. Or to store and reproduce images of multiple resolutions or those with voice or character data added to these images, digitize the information of the analog method, including the case where image processing is added. It can be regarded as all digitized image data, and one or a plurality of digital image units can be provided.
All of these means are integrated together, and by these means, when inputting, processing, storing, reproducing, managing, transmitting, broadcasting, or displaying the image data, one or a plurality of digital image units are provided, A digital multi-image in which one or a plurality of resolutions of digitized image data handled by one or a plurality of image systems of interest are formed as they are or after being processed. Any target image data can be input, processed, stored, stored, managed, or transmitted in a centrally dispersed or collective or reconstructed manner with this image unit. All or part of one or more multi-images divided into image units so that they can be broadcast and displayed, as if in space. Various images characterized by being able to be reconstructed and reproduced as an image or a moving image or an original target image consisting of one or more sheets or a temporal series thereof System compatible multi-image storage and playback method. 4. The communication control means, the programmable computing means, and the system computing means are integrated into one means having a function of combining all or some of them. Multi-image storage and playback method compatible with various image formats. 5. A plurality of multi-image storage / playback devices corresponding to various image systems according to claim 1 or 2, or a plurality of methods according to claim 3 or 4 can be realized. , Place them in different places,
Although the devices and methods described in these claims are connected to each other through external communication lines through a communication path to integrally form an information network, image input, processing, storage, storage, transmission, broadcasting and display are possible as an information network. An image information network system based on a multi-image storage / playback device and method compatible with various image systems.