JPH10308909A - Program additional information generator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device where man-hours for generating a database for application, including broadcast program sources)are reduced and the job time is decreased. SOLUTION: A device is provided with a means 1 that uses a program item configuration list in a program broadcast system 10 having a means which generates the program item configuration list where information relating to a plurality of items being components of a broadcast program is listed by items depending on a progress order of the program so as to generate a frame of the configuration of a database and with a means that generates the database by recording resources used for the broadcast program in the program broadcast system 10 into a recording means 2 in matching with the frame and an application is generated by editing the database.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for creating information accompanying a broadcast program, and more particularly to an apparatus for saving labor and time required for the creation operation.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In today's television broadcasting programs, not only broadcast materials such as video and audio are transmitted on TV radio waves, but also, with the advancement of information and communication means, applications incorporating these materials are being transmitted to the Internet. Or on a computer network such as a CD-ROM
And publishing services. In this specification, the entirety of an application that incorporates the broadcast material of such a program will be referred to as “program accompanying information”.

In order to create the program accompanying information, it is necessary to first create a database in which the materials are arranged in accordance with the items of the program. By editing this database using an authoring tool, the program accompanying information can be obtained. Created.

Heretofore, the operation of creating this database has been performed by the operator by organizing and inputting individual materials as an operation separate from the operation of broadcasting a program.

[0005]

However, there is a problem that such an inputting operation is troublesome (twice as the operation of broadcasting a program) and takes a long time.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a program supplementary information creating apparatus which realizes labor saving and time saving of a program supplementary information database. .

[0007]

A program supplementary information creating apparatus according to the present invention creates a program item configuration table in which information on a plurality of items constituting a broadcast program is arranged for each item in accordance with the progress order of the program. Means for creating a frame of the configuration of the database using the program item configuration table in the program broadcasting system having the means, and recording the material to be broadcast in the program broadcasting system in accordance with the frame, thereby making the database And means for creating program-related information from this database.

[0010] According to the program supplementary information creating apparatus, a frame of a database is configured by using the program item configuration table created in the program broadcasting system, and the material to be broadcast in the system is included in this frame. A database is created by recording together. Then, program supplementary information is created from this database.

[0009] Thus, when a program is broadcast, a database in which the broadcasted materials are arranged according to the program items is automatically and almost simultaneously created with the broadcast, so that the work of creating the database is labor-saving and time-saving. You.

Next, the program supplementary information creating apparatus according to the present invention further comprises, in addition to the above means, means for correcting a database according to a difference between a program item configuration table and an actual broadcast result. Features.

According to the program supplementary information creating apparatus, when the program item configuration table created before the broadcast is different from the actual broadcast result (for example, when an emergency news is broadcast in a news program), the difference is determined. Therefore, in such a case, the program supplementary information having the content corresponding to the actual broadcast result is created.

As a program broadcasting system having means for creating a program item configuration table, for example, a system described in a patent application (Japanese Patent Application No. 5-307241) filed by the present applicant may be used. For this reason, in the following embodiments, an example using the system will be described.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 shows a configuration example of a program supplementary information creating apparatus according to the present invention. This program supplementary information creation device uses a LAN (local area network)
1 includes a terminal 1 (for example, a workstation or a personal computer) for transmitting and receiving signals to and from the program broadcasting system 10 through the PC and an external recording device 2 (for example, a hard disk device).

FIG. 2 shows an example of the configuration of the program broadcasting system 10. This program broadcast system includes, for example, a program item configuration table creation device (terminal) 11 installed at a news production desk.
For example, a plurality of (three in the illustrated example) video editing devices 12 installed in an editing booth, a transmission console (operation console) 13 installed in an operator room, and a broadcast material installed in a sub control room Playback device for transmission (V
TR, an optical disc reproducing device, etc.) and a controlled device group 14 such as a switcher for switching various reproducing devices, and a host computer 15 installed in, for example, a news production department and centrally monitoring and controlling the various devices via a LAN. I have.

The program item configuration table creating device 11 includes a program item table in which start times, required times, broadcast materials, and the like regarding a plurality of items constituting a broadcast program are arranged for each item in accordance with the progress order of the program. This is an apparatus that creates a configuration table (item configuration table) of specific video types, audio types, and the like regarding the broadcast contents of items. (These program item tables and item configuration tables are collectively referred to as a program item configuration table.)

First, regarding the program item table, the creator:
For example, in the program item table in a blank frame displayed on the monitor screen, as shown in FIG. 3, the program name, the creator name, the broadcast date and time, and the items of each item constituting the program are arranged in accordance with the program image and the broadcast order. Name, start time, required time (item time), material,
One program item table can be created by inputting the name of the person in charge, the VTR transmission time, the number of superimposed titles, and the number of output still images by operating the input means 19 such as a keyboard and a mouse. I have.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4, an item number display area Z1 and an item name display area Z
2. It is composed of a person in charge name display area Z3 and a breakdown display area Z4 in which a specific processing order according to the program progression order of the corresponding item is displayed. Corresponding characters, numerical values, icons (pictographs), and the like are displayed.

For example, in the case of a news program, the breakdown display area Z4 includes, as shown in the figure, a type of video such as a live-action video of an announcer, a video of a VTR, a broadcast time of a video,
The effect, the sound, the sound MIX, the number of superimposed characters, the specific title, the content of the still image, and the like are displayed. By inputting these items by operating the input means 19 such as a keyboard and a mouse in the same manner as in the program item table, one item configuration table can be created.

The program item configuration table created by the program item configuration table creating device 11 is supplied to the host computer 15 through the LAN. The host computer 15
The data file relating to the program item configuration table is stored in the external storage device 16 (for example, a hard disk device).

The data file stored in the external storage device 16 is selectively read out by the host computer 15 in response to a read request from the program item configuration table creation device 11, and is transmitted via the LAN. It is supplied to. This makes it possible to refer to the program item configuration table once created in creating the program item configuration table, so that the efficiency of the work of creating a program item configuration table for a program having a standard configuration such as a news program can be reduced. improves.

The host computer 15 operates the input means 17 such as a keyboard to connect the selected data file among the stored data files relating to the program configuration table to the printer 1.
8 and a program configuration table corresponding to the data file can be printed on printer paper.

The video editor 12 operates various operation buttons and the like on the operation panel by the video editor to reproduce the video tape stored in the video cassette brought back by the news gathering group and to broadcast the recorded contents for broadcasting. This is a device for editing and recording on an editing video tape. The video cassette CS containing the recorded editing video tape is stored in the video cart machine 21 or is mounted on a single transmission VTR 22a or 22b in the controlled equipment group 14 described later.

The transmission console 13 is provided with two monitors 23 and 24 at the center of the operation side of the console panel, and a keyboard, operation buttons, joy stick, etc. for performing various operations at a position where the operator can easily operate. Of input means 25 is provided. In addition, the transmission console 13 performs control according to an input signal from the input means 25, transmission of display data to the monitors 23 and 24,
A main controller 27 for exchanging data via the interface circuit 26 is provided. The interface circuit 26 includes a main controller 2
7, a local bus, a LAN, and a serial bus leading to the controlled device group 14 in the sub-control room. The monitors 23 and 24 are both of a touch panel type in which an operator can directly contact the screen with an index finger or the like to supply a coordinate signal to the main controller 27.

The host computer 15 constantly searches the program item configuration table for the start time (FIG. 3), so that, for example, a data file of a program whose start time is three minutes after the current time is transmitted through the LAN. 13 is supplied. On the basis of this data, the main controller 27 generates a list of progress signals for on-air
Sheet). This cue sheet is on monitor 2
3, which is used for the operator to grasp the progress of the program (especially grasping the timing of operating the input means 25 to give a signal). The operator can change the contents of the cue sheet by touching and selecting a function key displayed on the screen of the monitor 23.

The other monitor 24 is capable of multi-display of 16 screens, and is used when the broadcast schedule is suddenly changed and there is no room to change the program composition table, such as when jumping in emergency news. , And 16 are displayed, and the operator touches and selects the symbol mark of the controlled device group 14.
Under the control of the main controller 27, broadcast data can be transmitted from the selected controlled device.

As shown in FIG. 5, the controlled equipment group 14 includes an announcer, an annunciation monitor, and an announcer's ear, which are used to inform the announcer or the program progressor in the studio of the progress of the program. Notification means 31, such as earphones, mounted on the camera, a broadcast camera 32, a preset switcher 33, a VTR 34, a still image reproducing device 35 (for example, a video tape or a magneto-optical disk is used as a recording medium for still image data), a computer A graphic transmission device 36, a first audio output device 37 (for example, a video tape or a magneto-optical disk is used as a recording medium for audio data), a switcher 38, a DME 39, a second audio output device 40, and an operation switch 41 , Office clock 4
2. It includes an alarm message printer 43, a video cart machine 21, a first sending VTR 22a, a second sending VTR 22b, and the like. These controlled equipment groups 14 are individually remote controllers 51-51.
Via 66, it is connected to a serial bus leading to the interface circuit 26 of the sending console 13.

The preset switcher 33 has a remote
Based on a control signal from the main controller 27 of the sending console 13 input to the controller 53, a signal input mainly from outside the broadcasting station (such as a network line or a relay line) is switched, and the signal is transmitted to the switcher 38. What to send.

The switcher 38, based on a control signal from the main controller 27 input to the remote controller 58, controls the video cart machine 21,
Video signals and audio signals from the TRs 22a and 22b and the like are sequentially switched and selectively transmitted to a video transmitter or an audio transmitter (not shown). Video transmitter,
As is well known, the audio transmitter modulates a predetermined broadcast radio wave with a video signal and an audio signal, respectively, and transmits the modulated radio wave from a transmission antenna (not shown).

The operation switch 41 is connected to the sending console 13.
Is a switch for an operator operating the program to appropriately operate according to the progress of the program, and supplies a trigger pulse for the progress of the program to the main controller 27 via the remote controller 61 every time the switch is operated.

The video cart machine 21 has a shelf on which a plurality of video cassettes can be mounted, a take-out mechanism for taking out one desired video cassette from the shelf and moving it to a transport mechanism, and a transport mechanism. And a system controller for performing servo control and control of the above various mechanisms.

The in-station clock 42 is for supplying an in-station reference clock signal to the main controller 27 via the remote controller 65, and serves as a basis for ascertaining the current time and the program progress. is there.

Printer 43 for printing alarm message
Is executed when a software error occurs in the processing of the main controller 27, when a system error occurs in a controlled device, or when an error occurs in the on-air control internal bus. Based on the supply of an error occurrence signal and its message data from the main controller 27 via the remote controller 65, the message data is printed on printer paper. As a result, centralized monitoring of the entire system can be performed, and the occurrence of an abnormality can be quickly detected.

As described above, a real-time network is formed by connecting the controlled device group 14 to the serial bus via the remote controllers 51 to 66,
Further, since the remote controllers are distributed and arranged for each controlled device, the system can be easily expanded simply by adding the remote controllers.

The program supplementary information creating apparatus creates program supplementary information by using the program broadcasting system 10 having the above configuration. FIG. 6 shows a terminal 1 of the program supplementary information creating apparatus.
It is a flowchart which shows an example of the preparation process of the program supplementary information database performed by this.

In this process, a request to read a data file relating to a program item configuration table (see FIGS. 3 and 4) of a program for which a database is to be created is issued by turning on / off the program.
Before the air, it is sent to the host computer 15 of the program broadcasting system 10 through the LAN. The data file selectively read from the external storage device 16 by the host computer 15 in response to the read request is stored in the LA.
The data is taken in through N (step S1).

Subsequently, from the data file, data necessary for creating a frame of a database configuration, such as item names and materials, is extracted (step S).
2). Then, a frame of the configuration of the database is created based on the extracted data (step S3).

Subsequently, the process waits until a program configuration start event signal generated in the program broadcasting system 10 at the start of the program on-air is input through the LAN (step S4). When this event signal is input, the material to be broadcast in the program broadcasting system 10 is captured via the LAN (step S5). Then, a database is created by dividing the fetched material in accordance with the frame of the database configured in step S3 and filing it in the external recording device 2 (step S3).
6).

More specifically, in step S5, the video transmitted from the video cart machine 21, the transmission VTRs 22a and 22b, etc. to the video transmitter or the audio transmitter by the switcher 38 in the controlled equipment group 14 (FIG. 5). Try to capture signals and audio signals. However, as another example, a material to be provided for broadcasting may be directly called and taken in from each controlled device in the controlled device group 14.

Subsequently, the host of the program broadcasting system 10
Broadcast result information output from the computer 15 (information such as "from what time, what minute, what second to what time, what minute, what second" and "currently broadcasting item □ □") or the host The log data of the computer 15 is fetched through the LAN (step S7).
Then, the actual broadcast result indicated by the broadcast result information or the log data is compared with the contents of the program item configuration table indicated by the data file captured in step S1, and it is determined whether or not the two are different (step S8). .

For example, when an emergency news is broadcast in a news program, the two are different, so it is determined to be YES, and the database created in step S6 is corrected according to the difference (step S9). Then, the process proceeds to step S10. On the other hand, if the two are not different, the process jumps to step S10.

In step S10, it is determined whether a program configuration end event signal generated in the program broadcasting system 10 at the end of the on-air of the program has been input through the LAN. If it has not been input (if it is still on the air), the process returns to step S4, and the processes from step S4 onward are repeated for the material to be subsequently broadcast. Then, when this event signal is input (on-air ends), the database creation processing ends.

With the above processing, the frame of the database configuration is configured using the program item configuration table created in the program broadcasting system 10, and the material to be broadcast in the system 10 is matched to this frame. The database is created by recording. Thus, when the program is broadcast, a database in which the broadcasted materials are arranged according to the items of the program is automatically and almost simultaneously created with the broadcast, so that the work of creating the database is labor-saving and in a short time.

The terminal 1 also performs processing for editing this database using a known authoring tool. (However, it goes without saying that this editing process may be performed by a computer different from the terminal 1).

As shown conceptually in FIG. 1, the program supplementary information created by this editing process is, for example, HTML (Hy
per text markup language (WWW), a hypertext information system
Provided on the Internet by using
The information is supplied through various information communication means, such as being recorded in M and published, or read by a search terminal 3 directly connected to the program accompanying information creating apparatus.

The program broadcasting system used in the present invention is not limited to those shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, but may be any suitable program broadcasting system having means for creating a program item configuration table. May be. In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and may take various other configurations without departing from the gist of the present invention.

[0046]

As described above, according to the program supplementary information creating apparatus of the present invention, when a program is broadcast, a database in which broadcasted materials are arranged according to program items is automatically and almost simultaneously with the broadcast. Since it is created, the effect of saving labor and time for creating a database for program supplementary information can be obtained.

When the program item configuration table created before the broadcast differs from the actual broadcast result, the database is modified in accordance with the difference, and even in such a case, the database matches the actual broadcast result. The effect is obtained that the program accompanying information of the content can be created.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration of a program supplementary information creating apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a program broadcasting system.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display example of a program item table.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display example of an item configuration table.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a controlled device group.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a database creation process.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 terminal, 2 external storage device, 3 search terminal,
Reference Signs List 10 program broadcasting system, 11 program item configuration table creation device, 13 transmission console, 14 controlled equipment group, 15 host computer, 21 video cart machine, 22a, 22b transmission VTR, 27
Main controller

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. Using a program item configuration table in a program broadcasting system having means for creating a program item configuration table in which information on a plurality of items constituting a broadcast program is arranged for each item in accordance with the progression order of the program. Means for creating a frame of the configuration of the database, and a means for creating a database by recording the material to be broadcast in the program broadcasting system in accordance with the frame, comprising: A program supplementary information creating device characterized by creating. 2. The program supplementary information creating apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for modifying said database according to a difference between said program item configuration table and an actual broadcast result. Additional information creation device.