JPH09322113A - Method and device for editing image - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To grasp the entire contents or story of still pictures at a glance by reading one or plural still pictures from moving images or still pictures and editing them according to an editing form. SOLUTION: When any desired picture to be selected is instructed out of picture moving images displayed on the display screen of a color display device 2 by operating a keyboard 4, the image of the selected picture is sent to a personal computer(PC) 3 as a still picture. Besides, when any image is inputted by an image scanner 7 concerning the still picture of photographing or drawing, the inputted still picture is sent through an SCSI board 5 to the PC 3. At the PC 3, the colors of the still picture selected out of images read by an image reader like this are automatically corrected, an index is added according to the operation of the keyboard 4 due to the operator, and the still picture is edited according to the selected still picture editing form suitable for that still picture.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention reads one or more still images from a moving image such as a television image or a recorded image of video, or a still image such as a photograph or a drawing, and reads the read still image. Edit according to the editing form so that you can grasp the entire contents and scenario of the edited still image at a glance, and if necessary, print the edited image to print a print image or print image collection such as a memorial stand. The present invention relates to an image editing method and an image editing apparatus that can be created.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when saving various images and recordings, the images and recordings are recorded on a recording medium such as a video tape, and the recorded recording medium is given a heading, for example.
It has been considered to create an index of recordings and save the images and recordings. However, even through the headings and indexes, it is impossible to grasp at a glance the overall outline of the video recorded on a recording medium such as a video tape or the content of the recorded recording, the outline and the outline of the story, In particular, when the recording medium as a material is a recording medium invisible as it is, such as a video tape, and the number of stored data is large, the content can be further identified only by the heading or index. It is difficult to remember the outline immediately. Further, for example, even if a user wants to save a part of a TV image as a still image, a general viewer can easily take out a part of the TV image as a still image at home and save it. There was no such device in the past. In addition, still images such as photos or drawings were usually pasted in an album or simply stacked and saved, but if there are many photos or drawings recorded at various events or events, the whole In the past, there was no suitable way to get an overview of memories and records at a glance.

[0003]

As described above, it is possible to save the outline of a moving image such as a video or recording record and the outline of a still image such as a photograph or a drawing at a glance. Since there has never been a means to do this, an overview of moving images such as videos and recorded records, as well as photographs and drawings, when storing recorded records and materials, or trying to stop recording images that you want to store There has been a demand for the appearance of a method or apparatus for enabling the storage of such an outline of a still image in a form that can be grasped at a glance.

Therefore, the present invention reads one or more still images from a moving image such as a television image or a recorded image of a video, or a still image such as a photograph or a drawing, and edits the read still image. Edit the image according to the following, and make it possible to grasp the entire contents and scenario of the edited still image at a glance, and if necessary, print the edited image to create a print image or print image collection such as a memorial stand. It is an object of the present invention to provide an image editing method and an image editing apparatus capable of performing the above.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the image editing method of the present invention provides an image reading process of reading an image and a still image of the image read in the image reading process on a storage medium. Still image capture process to be captured, and still image edit form that matches the still image captured in the still image capture process is selected from still image edit form files stored in the storage medium Still image edit form selection And a still image editing step of editing the still image captured in the still image capturing step according to the still image editing form selected in the still image editing form selecting step. Also, the image editing method of the present invention includes an image reading process of reading an image from an image recording medium, a color correction process of performing color correction on the read still image of the image, and taking each of the still images into a storage medium. Still image capturing process and still image editing form selecting process for selecting a still image editing form suitable for the still image captured in the still image capturing process from still image editing form files stored in a storage medium. And a still image editing step of editing the still image captured in the still image capturing step according to the still image editing form selected in the still image editing form selecting step. Further, the image editing method of the present invention includes a printing process of printing the edited still image edited on the storage medium in the still image editing process as a visible still image. The image editing apparatus of the present invention includes an image reading apparatus that reads an image,
A still image capturing device that captures and stores a still image of an image read by the image reading device, and a still image editing form that matches the still image captured by the still image capturing device are stored in a storage medium. Still image editing form selecting means for selecting from the still image editing form file and the still image captured by the still image capturing device are edited according to the still image editing form selected by the still image editing form selecting means. And a still image editing device. Furthermore, the image editing apparatus of the present invention includes an image reading apparatus that reads an image from an image recording medium, a color correction apparatus that performs color correction on a still image of the read image,
A still image edit form selecting means for selecting a still image edit form file that is stored in a storage medium to select a still image edit form suitable for a still image color-corrected by the color correction device; And a still image editing device for editing the created still image according to the still image editing form selected by the still image editing form selecting means. Further, the image editing apparatus of the present invention includes a printing apparatus that prints the edited still image edited by the still image editing apparatus on the storage medium as a visible still image. Further, the image editing apparatus of the present invention includes an image reading instruction unit for giving an image reading instruction to the image reading apparatus to read an image, and a storage medium for storing a still image of the image read by the image reading apparatus. In a still image editing form file in which a storage command unit for giving a storage command to store each of the still images and a still image editing form suitable for the still images stored in the storage device are stored in a storage medium. A still image edit form selection command section for giving a still image edit form selection command to the still image edit form selection means to select a still image edit form; and a storage medium storing the still image. The still image is edited according to the still image editing form selected by the still image editing form selecting means. Still image editing apparatus to give a still image edit command and a still image editing instruction section for editing the still image. Further, the image editing apparatus of the present invention includes a color correction instruction unit for giving a color correction instruction to the color correction apparatus so as to perform color correction on the still image of the image read by the image reading apparatus. ing. Further, the image editing apparatus of the present invention is a print command unit for giving a print command to the printing apparatus so as to print the edited still image edited by the still image editing apparatus on the storage medium as a visible still image. Is equipped with.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an example of a personal computer and its peripherals used in implementing the present invention. In FIG. 1, an image editing apparatus 1 of the present invention includes a personal computer 3 to which a color display device 2 and a keyboard 4 are connected, and this personal computer 3 has a SCSI board (a peripheral device interface for a small computer).
5, a hard disk device 6 and an image scanner 7 are connected to each other, and a printer 8
, And a video camera 10 and a video tape recorder 11 are connected via a video capture board 9, respectively.

CPU (Central Processing Unit) of the image editing apparatus 1
The processing power, for example 100 MHz _Z or things desirable, the storage capacity of the main memory is preferably more than for example 16MB. Moreover, it is recommended that the storage capacity of the HDD (hard disk device) built into the computer be about 1 GB. It is recommended that the color display device 2 be compatible with full color, and the externally connected hard disk device 6 be a removable type.

In the image editing work, a moving image such as a photographed image photographed by the video camera 10 or a recorded image recorded by the video tape recorder 11 is passed through the video capture board 9 to the color display device 2.
While displaying on the display screen of, the keyboard 4 is operated to indicate the screen to be selected from the moving images displayed on the display screen of the color display device 2, and the image of the selected screen is a still image. Is sent to the personal computer 3. In addition, the video camera 1 as described above
0, not a moving image by video tape recorder 11,
When you want to select and read one or more still images from still images such as photos and drawings, input the image of still images such as photos and drawings with the image scanner 7 The input still image is sent to the personal computer 3 through the SCSI board 5.

The personal computer 3 includes a color correction device for automatically performing color correction on a still image selected from the images read by the image reading device as described above, and the color correction device. An indexing device which adds an index to the color-corrected still image according to the operation of the keyboard 4 by the operator;
A device for storing each of the still images indexed by the index assigning device in a still image storage device, and a still image editing form suitable for the still image stored by the still image storage device in a storage medium Device for selecting a still image edit form selected from the stored still image edit form files, and the still image edit form selected by the still image edit form selecting device for the still image stored by the still image storage device. And a still image editing device for editing according to the above. Further connected to the personal computer 3 is a printer 8 as a printing device for printing an edited still image edited on the storage medium by the still image editing device as a visible still image collection.

Operation of each device such as the above-mentioned color correction device, indexing device, device for storing still images in the still image storage device, still image editing form selection device, still image editing device and printing device, and cooperation of these devices. The timing adjustment for performing the operation is performed according to the command signal from the command storage medium which operates under the keyboard operation of the operator.

The instruction storage medium includes an image reading instruction unit for giving an image reading instruction to the image reading apparatus to read an image, and a color for an image selected as a still image from the images read by the image reading apparatus. A color correction command section for giving a color correction command to the color correction device so as to perform the color correction, and an index giving command for giving an index to the still image read by the image reading device. And an indexing command unit for adding an index, and a storage command to a storage medium to store each of the still images indexed by the indexing unit to store each of the indexed still images. A storage command unit and a still image editing form suitable for the still image stored in the storage device are stored in a storage medium. A still image edit form selection command section for giving a still image edit form selection command to the still image edit form selection means to select a still image edit form so as to select from still image edit form files Still image editing device is given a still image editing command to edit the still image stored in the image storage device according to the still image editing form selected by the still image editing form selecting means. An image edit command section and a print command section for giving a print command to the printing apparatus to print the edited still image edited by the still image editing apparatus on the storage medium as a visible still image collection. ing.

FIG. 2 shows an operation flow of the image editing apparatus when selecting a still image from a video image such as a captured image captured by the video camera 10 or a video recording image reproduced by the video tape recorder 11. One example is shown. Referring to FIG. 2, the video camera 1 is initialized after the image editing apparatus 1 is initialized in an initialization process 12.
Video image 1 such as a photographed image photographed by 0 or a video recorded image reproduced by the video tape recorder 11
4 is read by the image editing apparatus 1 in the reading process 13. In the indexing step 15, from among the video images 14 read by the image editing apparatus 1 and displayed on the color display apparatus 2, the editor operates the keyboard 4 to perform operations such as bookmarking the images. Through the operation of dropping a frame of a still image, indexing is performed on the still image subjected to the frame dropping. Each indexed still image is captured once on a storage medium in a still image capture process 16. Of the captured still images, those for which color correction is not necessary proceed to the end step 20 as they are, but for those for which color correction is necessary, color correction is performed in color correction step 19 and color correction is performed. The captured still image is returned to the indexing process 15 and the still image capturing process 16 again. Then, in the still image selecting step 17, the still image to be saved is selected from the still images captured in the still image capturing step 16, and the selected still image is stored in the storage device in the storing step 18.

In FIG. 3, using the selected still image,
An example of an operation flow of the image editing apparatus in the process of editing a still image according to an editing form and producing a still image printed matter used as a memorial stand or the like is shown. In FIG. 3, after the image editing device 1 is initialized in the initialization process 21, the still image 23 selected for editing is captured by the still image capturing device of the editing device 1. Still image editing form selection process 2
In 2, the still image editing form that matches the still image captured in the still image capturing process is selected from the still image editing form files stored in the storage medium according to the operation of the keyboard 4 by the editor. It Then, in the still image editing step 25, the still image captured in the still image capturing step is edited according to the still image editing form selected in the still image editing form selecting step 22.
The still image edited in the still image editing step 25 is saved on the storage medium in the saving step 26. However, when printing the edited still image as a visible still image collection,
In the printing process 27, the still image in the edited state is printed by the printer 8 and used as a still image collection in the form of visualized printed matter such as a document for organizing or a memorial stand.

Various types of application forms can be considered as the application forms stored in the still image editing form file. For example, the following application forms
Forms are conceivable. Of course, it is not limited to these. Application forms for family stories include marriage record form, child birth record form, child growth record form, athletic meet record form,
A travel record form, a New Year's holidays record form, a Christmas record form, an idol concert record form, a recital record form, etc. are conceivable.As an application form for company stories, a presentation material form, A meritorious commendation record form, a work record form, etc. can be considered, and a video story form, etc. can be considered as an application form for the cinema story.

[0015]

As described above, according to the image editing method of the present invention, the following effects can be obtained. (1) An image reading process of reading an image, a still image taking process of taking a still image of the image read in the image reading process onto a storage medium, and the still image taken in the still image taking process Selecting a still image editing form from a still image editing form file stored in a storage medium, and selecting the still image editing form by selecting the still image captured in the still image capturing process. Since the still image editing process of editing according to the still image editing form selected in the process is included,
Read moving images such as television images and recorded images of videos, or still images such as photographs and drawings, and grasp the still image of the read image according to the edit form at a glance about the entire contents of the still image and the outline of the scenario. It can be automatically edited in a form that allows it (Claim 1). (2) An image reading process of reading an image from an image recording medium, a color correction process of performing color correction on the read still image of the image, and a still image taking process of taking each of the still images into a storage medium. Still image editing form selecting step of selecting a still image editing form file stored in a storage medium from a still image editing form file that matches the still image captured in the still image capturing step, and the still image capturing step In the still image editing process of editing the still image captured in step S10 according to the still image editing form selected in the still image editing form selection process, a moving image such as a recorded image of a television image or a video, or Read still images such as photos and drawings, and -By performing correction, you can capture a still image as a clear still image, and according to the editing form, it is automatically edited in a form that allows you to grasp the entire contents of the still image and the outline of the scenario at a glance. It is possible (Claim 2). (3) Since the printing process of printing the edited still image edited on the storage medium in the still image editing process as a visible still image is included, the edited image is recorded as a memorial material or a stored material such as a memorial stand. It can be printed in a format that can be used as (Claim 3). According to the image editing apparatus of the present invention, the following effects can be obtained. (4) An image reading device that reads an image, a still image capturing device that captures and stores a still image of the image read by the image reading device, and a still image that matches the still image captured by the still image capturing device. Still image editing form selecting means for selecting an image editing form from a still image editing form file stored in a storage medium, and the still image editing form selecting means for selecting the still image captured by the still image capturing device. Since it is equipped with a still image editing device that edits according to the still image editing form selected by, a still image such as a moving image such as a recorded image of a television image or a video or a still image such as a photograph or a drawing is read and According to the editing form, you can grasp the entire contents of the still image and the outline of the scenario at a glance. It can be automatically edited in the form such that it can (claim 4). (5) An image reading device that reads an image from an image recording medium, a color correction device that performs color correction on the read still image of the image, and a still image that matches the still image color-corrected by the color correction device Still image editing form selecting means for selecting an editing form from a still image editing form file stored in a storage medium, and still image selected by the still image editing form selecting means for the color-corrected still image. Since it is equipped with a still image editing device that edits according to the image editing form, it can read moving images such as TV images and video recorded images, or still images such as photographs and drawings, and can perform color correction on the still images of the read images. The still image can be captured as a clear still image by Accordingly it is possible to automatically edit the form such that it can overview of the entire content or scenario to grasp at a glance the still image (claim 5). (6) Since the printer has a printing device for printing the edited still image edited by the still image editing device on the storage medium as a visible still image, the edited image can be used as a memorial material such as a memorial stand or a stored material. It can be printed in a format that can be used (Claim 6). (7) An image reading command unit for giving an image reading command to the image reading device to read an image, and a storage command for storing a still image of the image read by the image reading device to give a storage command to each of the above A storage command unit for storing a still image, and a still image for selecting a still image editing form suitable for the still image stored in the storage device from a still image editing form file stored in a storage medium. A still image edit form selection command section for giving a still image edit form selection command to the edit form selection means to select a still image edit form, and the still image stored in the storage medium for storing the still image is edited as the still image. Still image editing device to edit according to the still image editing form selected by the form selecting means. Since it has a still image editing command section that gives an image editing command to edit a still image, a moving image such as a recorded image of a television image or a video, or a still image such as a photograph or a drawing is read and the read image is read. The still image can be automatically edited according to the editing form into a form in which the entire content of the still image and the outline of the scenario can be grasped at a glance (claim 7). (8) Since a color correction command unit for giving a color correction command to the color correction device to perform color correction so as to perform color correction on the still image of the image read by the image reading device is provided, a television image or A still image can be captured as a clear still image by reading a moving image such as a recorded image of video or a still image such as a photograph or a drawing and performing color correction on the still image of the read image (claim 8). ). (9) The still image editing apparatus includes a print command unit that gives a print command to the printing apparatus so as to print the edited still image on the storage medium edited by the still image editing apparatus as a visible still image. The formed image can be printed in a format that can be used as a memorial material such as a memorial stand or a stored material (claim 9).

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an image editing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an image editing process explanatory diagram for explaining an image editing process when an image is edited according to an image editing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an image editing process explanatory diagram for explaining an image editing process when an image is edited according to an image editing method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Image Editing Device 2 Color Display Device 3 Personal Computer 4 Keyboard 5 SCSI Board 6 Hard Disk Device 7 Image Scanner 8 Printer 9 Video Capture Board 10 Video Camera 11 Video Tape Recorder 12 Initialization Process 13 Still Image Reading Process 14 Video Image 15 Index Addition process 16 Still image capture process 17 Still image selection process 18 Saving process 19 Color correction process 20 End process 21 Initialization process 22 Initialization process 22 Still image editing form selection process 23 Still image 24 Still image editing form file 25 Still image editing process 26 Still Image storage process 27 Printing process

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Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. An image reading process of reading an image, a still image taking process of taking a still image of the image read in the image reading process onto a storage medium, and the still image taken in the still image taking process. Still image editing form selecting step of selecting a suitable still image editing form from a still image editing form file stored in a storage medium, and the still image editing of the still image captured in the still image capturing step. And a still image editing step of editing in accordance with the still image editing form selected in the form selecting step. 2. An image reading process of reading an image from an image recording medium, a color correction process of performing color correction on a still image of the read image, and a still image taking process of taking each still image into a storage medium. A still image edit form selecting step of selecting a still image edit form matching a still image captured in the still image capture process from a still image edit form file stored in a storage medium, and the still image And a still image editing step of editing the still image captured in the capturing step according to the still image editing form selected in the still image editing form selecting step. 3. The image editing method according to claim 1, further comprising a printing process of printing the edited still image edited on the storage medium in the still image editing process as a visible still image. Yes, the image editing method. 4. An image reading device for reading an image, a still image capturing device for capturing and storing a still image of the image read by the image reading device, and adapted to the still image captured by the still image capturing device. Still image edit form selecting means for selecting a still image edit form from a still image edit form file stored by a storage medium, and the still image captured by the still image capture device as the still image edit form. An image editing apparatus, comprising: a still image editing apparatus for editing in accordance with a still image editing form selected by a selecting means. 5. An image reading device for reading an image from an image recording medium, a color correction device for performing color correction on a read still image of the image, and a still image color-corrected by the color correction device. Still image edit form selecting means for selecting a still image edit form from a still image edit form file stored in a storage medium, and the still image with the color correction selected by the still image edit form selecting means. And a still image editing device for editing according to a still image editing form. 6. The image editing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a printing device that prints an edited still image on the storage medium edited by the still image editing device as a visible still image. An image editing device. 7. An image reading command section for giving an image reading command to the image reading device to read an image, and a storage command for storing a still image of the image read by the image reading device in a storage medium. A storage command unit that stores each of the still images, and a still image editing form that matches the still image stored in the storage device is selected from the still image editing form files stored in the storage medium. A still image edit form selection command section for giving a still image edit form selection command to the still image edit form selection means to select a still image edit form, and the still image stored by the storage medium storing the still image as the still image. Still image editing apparatus for editing according to the still image editing form selected by the image editing form selecting means An image editing apparatus, comprising: a still image editing command unit for giving a still image editing command to edit a still image. 8. The image editing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein a color correction instruction is given to the color correction apparatus so that the still image of the image read by the image reading apparatus is subjected to color correction. An image editing apparatus comprising a color correction command section. 9. The image editing apparatus according to claim 7 or 8, wherein a print command is issued to the printing apparatus so that the edited still image on the storage medium edited by the still image editing apparatus is printed as a visible still image. An image editing apparatus, comprising: a print command unit for giving and printing.