JPH1093844A - Video display method and video data selection system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To display an indication content on a computer screen and to visibly display it to an operator operating an adjusting panel. SOLUTION: A program staff sets a computer 120 at an input mode by operating an input device 124 and inputs indication data. The computer 120 generates display data with the indication of the procedure of an on air operation as the content, displays it on a display device 122 and shows it to the operator based on inputted and indicated data and the like. The computer 120 controls a video server device 18 based on indicated data and reproduces video data of respective cuts. The operator viewing display data operates a selector 24 so that the input terminal of the selector 24, which is indicated from the adjusting panel 14, makes it select the cut to be broadcasted and supplies it to a broadcasting equipment 26.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a video display method for displaying which of a plurality of video data to be used for each part of a program is to be selected and broadcast in a television broadcasting station or the like, and an instruction for the same. And a video data selection system for selecting and outputting video data according to the video data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, in a television broadcasting station, a video of a news program is prepared and reproduced in advance by recording a plurality of recordings for each topic to be provided (story). Production is performed by performing predetermined processing such as superimposition processing of subtitles (superimpose processing) or the like as appropriate with the video in the studio, and selecting and broadcasting one of these video that has been subjected to the predetermined processing. . Further, for example, the sound of a news program is produced by selecting or mixing (mixing processing) sound of a studio or sound attached to a reproduced video.

[0003] In the above-mentioned selection of audio / video of a news program and the processing for these, the topic to be provided is often determined only after the start of the program, not immediately before the broadcast (on-air) of the actual news program. , When broadcasting a news program, the program staff (operator)
Is often performed by manually operating a console in a sub-adjustment room (also called a news sub). Conventionally, an instruction of an operation (on-air operation) to the operator of the sub-adjustment room at the time of on-air is performed by writing the name of a video to be broadcast next on a large number of sheets called cue sheets, and sequentially turning over the cue sheets. This was done by showing to the operator.

However, when a cue sheet is used,
The operator cannot be instructed through the entire program, and the operator cannot perform an on-air operation with a margin of view ahead of the program, which increases the burden on the operator. In addition, when a cue sheet is used, since it is performed almost exclusively with character information, visibility is lacking, and the amount of information that can be shown to an operator is extremely small, so that it is difficult to give an appropriate instruction.

On the other hand, recently, video data and audio data or any one of them (audio / video data) is recorded on a randomly accessible recording medium such as a hard disk or a magneto-optical disk (MO).
2. Description of the Related Art Disk array devices capable of reproducing an arbitrary portion of recorded audio / video data in response to an operation of an operator have been put to practical use. There is a demand for the development of a broadcasting system that can reproduce audio / video data in accordance with the operation of an operator and efficiently perform on-air operation using such a disk array device.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems and demands of the prior art, and has an image display method and an image data capable of instructing an operator through an entire program without using a cue sheet. It aims to provide a selection system. The present invention also provides a video display method and a video data which can issue an appropriate instruction to an operator, enable the operator to perform on-air operation with a margin of view ahead of the program, and reduce the burden on the operator. It aims to provide a selection system.

According to the present invention, an instruction using visual information in addition to character information can be issued to an operator, and a video display method and a video data with good visibility and a large amount of information to be presented to the operator. It aims to provide a selection system. Further, the present invention provides a video display method and a video data selection system capable of efficiently performing an on-air operation by effectively utilizing a disk array device capable of reproducing an arbitrary portion of recorded audio / video data. The purpose is to provide.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, a video display method according to the present invention comprises: a plurality of first instruction data each indicating a plurality of parts constituting a program;
A plurality of second instruction data indicating each of the plurality of videos constituting each of the plurality of portions and a plurality of third instruction data indicating respective times at which the plurality of portions and the plurality of videos are selected are accepted. Displaying the received first instruction data side by side in a predetermined first direction on a display screen, and associating the received second instruction data with the first instruction data in a predetermined first direction on the display screen. And displaying the received third instruction data on the display screen in association with the first instruction data and the second instruction data.

Preferably, fourth instruction data for instructing a content of a process to be performed on each of the sounds attached to each of the plurality of videos, and fifth instruction data for instructing a process for each of the plurality of videos. Are further received, and the received fourth instruction data and the fifth instruction data are further displayed on the display screen in association with the first instruction data and the second instruction data.

Further, the video data selection system according to the present invention specifies a plurality of first instruction data for each of a plurality of parts constituting a program and a plurality of video data for each of the plurality of parts constituting each of the plurality of parts. Instruction data receiving means for receiving a plurality of second instruction data, a plurality of third instruction data indicating respective times at which the plurality of portions and the plurality of video data are selected, and Video data recording means for recording, and arranging the received first instruction data in a predetermined first direction on a display screen, and displaying the received second instruction data in association with the first instruction data. The third instruction data is arranged in a predetermined second direction on the screen, and the received third instruction data is associated with the first instruction data and the second instruction data. Display data generating means for generating display data to be displayed on a display screen, display means for displaying the generated display data on the display screen, and each of the second instruction data among the plurality of recorded video data is instructed by Reproduction control means for reproducing video data to be reproduced at a time pointed by each of the third instruction data corresponding to each of the second instruction data, and reproduction data according to selection data inputted according to the displayed display data. Selecting means for selecting any of the above-mentioned video data.

[0011] The video data selection system according to the present invention comprises:
For example, a television program broadcasts a news program,
Used for on-air operation and production during the broadcast, the content includes topics to be provided (incidents, weather forecasts, etc.), information indicating a plurality of parts (story) constituting a news program, and information included for each story Timing of broadcasting a plurality of videos (cut; video in a studio that shows a close-up of an announcer, recorded video shot at a news site, etc.), or superimposing subtitles on these videos (superimposing process), etc. Information that instructs the operator to perform the predetermined processing, and information indicating at what timing the audio added to the recorded video or the audio in the studio is used at the computer screen with good visibility to the operator. Display and select a cut according to the operation of the operator who saw this display Rui is supplied to the transmission facilities.

The instruction data receiving means includes, for example, first instruction data indicating the title of each of a plurality of stories constituting a news program or the like, and each cut used in each story as a symbol [video to be broadcast (announcer in the studio). ), And a plurality of pieces of third instruction data indicating the time to broadcast each story and each cut.

The video data recording means is, for example, a disk array device, and records each cut used in a news program, and reproduces an arbitrary portion of each recorded cut under the control of the reproduction control means.

The display data generating means displays, for example, the contents of the first instruction data (such as the title of the story) as a graphic arranged in the vertical (Y) direction of the display screen of the computer in the order of broadcast time, and displays the first instruction data. The contents of the second instruction data (symbols indicating the contents of the cut, etc.) are displayed as graphics arranged in the horizontal (X) direction of the display screen in the order of the broadcast time in association with the instruction data. The third instruction data shown is associated with the first instruction data and the second instruction data, and display data to be displayed on a predetermined portion of each figure showing the contents of these instruction data is generated.

The display means displays the display data generated by the display data generation means on a display screen of the computer, and displays the contents of the first to third instruction data received by the instruction data receiving means to the operator. .

[0016] The reproduction control means sets a cut corresponding to each second instruction data recorded on the video data recording means.
Reproduce at the time indicated by each corresponding third instruction data,
Supply to selection means. The selection means is, for example, a control table placed in a sub-adjustment room of a news program, and the operator can display a cut obtained from the video data recording means or a cut taken in the studio by a computer display screen. Selection is made according to the operation performed while watching, and the selected cut is supplied to a broadcasting facility or the like.

Preferably, the instruction data receiving means includes fourth instruction data for instructing a reproduction time of each of the plurality of audio data attached to each of the plurality of images, and an instruction for processing each of the plurality of images. And receiving the fifth instruction data,
Generating display data for further displaying the received fourth instruction data and the fifth instruction data on the display screen in association with the first instruction data and the second instruction data; The means further reproduces each of the plurality of audio data at a reproduction time indicated by each of the received fourth instruction data, and performs a process indicated by each of the received fifth instruction data on the corresponding plurality of video data. There is further provided processing means for performing each of the data.

Preferably, the instruction data receiving means further receives sixth instruction data indicating which of the plurality of reproduced video data is to be selected, and the selecting means receives the received sixth instruction data. The video data indicated by the data is selected.

[0019]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a broadcast system 1 according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the broadcasting system 1 includes a video device 10, an instruction / control device 12, a control console 14, a monitor device 16, a video server device (VS) 18, and a selector (S).
EL) 24, a broadcast facility 26, and a remote control device 28, and the instruction / control device 12 includes a computer (P
The video server device 18 includes a playback control device 20 and a hard disk array (HDA) device 22.

The broadcast system 1 uses these components to provide, for example, topics (incidents, weather forecasts, special features, and advertisement films (CM) inserted into programs) provided in news programs at television broadcast stations. Etc .; video data [cut] included in the story]
Is broadcasted on the air at the time of broadcast of the program (on the air).
room)) and display it to the program staff (operator) who selects the story and cut (on the air opration), and according to the operator's operation according to this display, selects one of the reproduced cuts Select and broadcast or transmit.

The configuration and operation of each part of the broadcast system 1 will be described below with reference to FIGS. The video device 10 is, for example, a television camera (TV camera) or a video tape recorder (VTR) device, and includes a plurality (n ″) of videos in a studio or news videos that have been recorded.
Is supplied to the selector 24 and the monitor device 16 or the audio data and the video data or any one of them (audio / video data (VIDEO; S10)).

The instruction / control device 12 displays the contents of the on-air operation to the operator (OP) based on the input instruction data. In the instruction / control device 12, the display device 122 is placed in, for example, a news sub,
As shown by a symbol a in FIG.
0 displays the generated display data to the operator.

The input device 124 includes a keyboard, a mouse, and the like. The input device 124 is input by a program staff or the like as indicated by reference numeral c in FIG. 1 and is used for on-air information such as which cut of any story is to be broadcast / transmitted at the time of on-air. The computer 120 accepts instruction data indicating the contents of the operation, symbol data and the like (C124) indicating the contents of each story and each cut, and the contents of the processing for these, and indicating the graphics and the like displayed on the display device 122. Output to The contents of the display data generated by the computer 120 and displayed by the display device 122 and the contents of the instruction data input to the input device 124 will be described later with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a software configuration of the computer 120 of the instruction / control device 12 (FIG. 1).
As shown in FIG. 2, the computer 120 has a database unit 126, a display control unit 128, and a video server control unit 130, for example, in the form of software.

In the computer 120, a database section 126 is used to display management data of each cut inputted from the video server device 18, contents inputted from the input device 124 and contents of processing for each cut. Symbol data indicating a figure (symbol) or the like to be input is input, and the database unit 126 stores and manages the input data, and stores and manages the data.
The managed data is supplied to the display control unit 128 in response to a request.

The display control unit 128 generates display data based on the instruction data input from the input device 124,
The information is displayed on the display device 122. Further, the display control unit 128
Is a video server device 18 indicating the end of reproduction of a cut, etc.
Whenever scrolling (story broadcast is completed based on the reproduction response data (C120) from story display unit 300 _A to 300 cue sheet display unit 30 _c, 30
0 c _'and moves the cut display unit 310 _A1 to 310 _c1 by one step upward), and tally corresponding to the operator's operation on the mixing console 14 (tally; movement of the marking relative to the story and cut in air) Etc. are changed.

The video server control unit 130 controls the input device 1
The reproduction control data (CONT .; C120) is generated based on the instruction data input from the CPU 24, and the video server device 18 is controlled to reproduce each cut of each story indicated by the instruction data at the timing indicated by the instruction data. Get ready. Note that the video server control unit 130 reproduces each cut prepared for reproduction in accordance with the operation of the remote control device shown in FIG. 1 by the operator. Further, the video server control unit 130 controls the video server device 18 to perform predetermined processing on audio / video data [superimposition of subtitle data on video data (superimposition), mixing of audio data [mixing (mixing)]. And fade-in / fade-out).

FIG. 3 shows the video server device 1 shown in FIG.
8 is a diagram showing a configuration of FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the reproduction control device 20 of the video server device 18 includes a control circuit (CP
U) 200, encoder circuit 202, decoder circuit 20
4 and a data processing circuit 206 for controlling the hard disk array device 22 in accordance with the reproduction control data input from the instruction / control device 12 and preparing a plurality (n ′) of cuts recorded in the hard disk array device 22 for reproduction. Then, the reproduction of the cut is started in response to the operation of the remote controller 28 by the operator, and the cut is supplied to the selector 24 and the monitor 16 (S20).

In the reproduction control device 20, the control circuit 20
0 controls each component of the reproduction control device 20 and the hard disk array device 22 according to the control of the instruction / control device 12 via the reproduction control data, and manages the management data of each cut recorded in the hard disk array device 22; In addition, playback response data indicating the start and end of playback of the cut and the like are output to the instruction / control device 12.

The encoder circuit 202 includes the video device 10,
The video data supplied from the video server device 18 and the selector 24 are compression-encoded by, for example, the MPEG method or the like, and output to the hard disk array device 22. The decoder circuit 204 decompresses and decodes the compressed video data input from the hard disk array device 22 and outputs it to the data processing circuit 206. Data processing circuit 2
Reference numeral 06 performs the predetermined processing (such as superimposition) on the audio / video data input from the decoder circuit 204.

As shown in FIG. 3, the hard disk array device 22 has a SCSI (small computer system).
terface) control circuit (SPC circuit) 220 and m
Consists pieces of the hard disk device 222 ₁ to 222 _m, has a recording capacity of several tens G bytes to hundreds of G bytes, operates under the control of the control circuit 200, is input from the encoder circuit 202 of the reproduction control apparatus 20 The compressed audio / video data of each cut is recorded in a randomly accessible manner, and the recorded compressed audio / video data is reproduced and output to the decoder circuit 204.

Referring again to FIG. 1, the operation of each component of the broadcast system 1 will be described. The adjustment console 14 is placed in, for example, a news sub of a television broadcasting station, and controls the selector 24 in accordance with an operation of an operator as shown by the reference numeral d in FIG. N (n = n ′ +)
n ") of audio / video data (S10, S20).

The monitor device 16 is composed of n + 1 monitors, and as shown by the reference character b in FIG. 1, the audio / video data output from the video equipment 10, video server device 18 and selector 24 is transmitted to the operator. Display for
The selector 24 selects one of the n pieces of audio / video data input from the video equipment 10 and the selector 24 under the control of the adjustment console 14 and outputs it to the broadcasting equipment 26. The broadcast facility 26 is, for example, a transmission facility or a relay facility, and broadcasts audio / video data input from the selector 24 to general viewers, or relays and transmits it to another television broadcast station.

The contents of the display data displayed on the display device 122 and the instruction data input to the input device 124 by the program staff will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the display contents of the display data 3 on the display device 122. As shown in FIG. 4, the display content of the display data 3 on the display device 122 includes a que sheet display unit 30 and a window operation unit 3.
2, including an overall display unit 34, an audio display unit 36, and a function operation unit 38. The display control unit 128 controls the window operation unit 3
In 2, icons used for opening and closing a window for displaying the display data 3 are displayed.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of the cue sheet display section 30 of the display data 3 shown in FIG. In FIG. 5, the story display unit 300 _A to 300 _c, 300
_{c ',} respectively, have the same display area, the display portion other than the story display unit 300 _A for simplicity of illustration is shown omitted.

As shown in FIG. 5, the cue sheet display unit 3
0 is a story A to C, C ′ constituting a news program.
And story display sections 300 _A to 30 indicating broadcast times (time to be selected by selector 24) and the like.
0 _c, 300 _{c ',} cut constituting each story A1~
C1 and a cut display section 31 indicating the broadcast time and the like thereof
0 _{A1 to} 310 _c1 , and an operation unit 320,
Story display unit 300 _A ~300 _c, 300 _{c ',} respectively start time display unit 302 and the range display unit 304,
It has a name display unit 306 and a super number display unit 308, and is conventionally used for giving an instruction to an operator instead of a cue sheet in which characters, figures, and the like are written on a predetermined sheet.

The display control unit 128 includes a name display unit 306 for the story display units 300 _{A to} 300 _c and 300 _{c ′.}
For example, the actual name of each story such as "Q cut (story taken in a studio with a bird's-eye view of the studio immediately after the start of the program)", "CM" or "overseas travel"
It is displayed instead of the symbols A to C ′. The story C ′ is, for example, a lower story (substory) in the case where the contents of the story C are hierarchized, and is displayed on the display screen of the input device 124 immediately below the upper story C with a little left end left. Is done. Also, the display control unit 1
An icon 28 is displayed on the operation unit 320, for example, for scrolling the display content of the cue sheet display unit 30.

FIGS. 6A and 6B are diagrams showing the relationship between the broadcast time of each story and each cut and the display contents of the display data 3 on the cue sheet display section 30. FIG.
As shown in FIG. 6 (A), each story A~C is broadcast between the time _{t 00 ~t 10, t 10 ~t} 20, t 20 ~t 30 respectively, in each story A~C Each of the cuts is scheduled to be broadcast at times t _{00 to} t ₀₁ ,..., T _{20 to} t ₃₀ .

The display control unit 128 (FIG. 2) of the computer 120 (FIG. 1) receives first instruction data input from the input device 124 and indicating each story A to C and each cut A1 to C1 in association with each other. and based on the second instruction data, as shown in FIG. 6 (B), a story display unit 300 _a to 300 _c, the left end of the display screen, as those broadcast time is slow vertical (Y) direction of the lower And display them.

The display control unit 128 includes a cut display unit.
310_A1~ 310_c1The story display section 300_A~ 30
0_cThe broadcast time is later (X)
Queue so that it is arranged and displayed on the right side of the
The display data of the sheet display unit 30 is generated. Further
In addition, the display control unit 128_A~
300_cInput device 1 in the start time display section 302 of
Broadcast start time t input from 24₀₀, T _Ten, T₂₀(No.
3 is displayed, and the range display unit 304
The display time of each of the stories A to C (display range
Box) t₀₀-T_Ten, T_Ten-T₂₀, T₂₀-T₃₀Is displayed and
The number indicating the type of caption is displayed in the
indicate.

FIG. 7 is a diagram exemplifying the contents of the cut display sections 310 _{A1 to} 310 _c1 shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 and a method of inputting instruction data displayed on these sections. Cut display unit 310 as shown in FIG. 7 _A1 to 310 _c1
Are a super display section 332, a video effect display section 334, a symbol display section 336, an audio display section 338, a broadcast time display section 312, and an allocation channel display section 314, respectively.
Having.

The display control unit 128 (FIG. 2) of the computer 120 (FIG. 1) describes, in the super display unit 332, a method of superimposing subtitles on each cut indicated by the cut display units 310 _{A1 to} 310 _c1 by using characters or graphics. To display instruction data (fifth instruction data). Incidentally, for example, cut C1 as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 includes a plurality of video, such a case, the display control unit 128 enlarges the cut display unit 310 _C1, a symbol indicating all images included in the cut indicate. Further, the display control unit 128 causes the video effect display unit 334 to display the cut display units 310 _{A1 to} 310 A.
Instruction data (for example, fade-in / fade-out or processing for synthesizing a panel image and a studio image) performed on each cut indicated by _c1 using characters or graphics 5 instruction data) is displayed.

The display control unit 128 displays characters and graphics indicating the contents of each cut indicated by the cut display units 310 _{A1 to} 310 _{c 1 on the} symbol display unit 336. Also,
The display control unit 128 causes the audio display unit 338 to broadcast and distribute the audio in the studio (such as an announcement sound of an announcer) and the audio added to the recording (only one of the audios, or both). Instruction data (fourth instruction data) indicating whether audio is to be mixed and broadcast is displayed by a graphic. In FIG. 7,
For example, at the beginning and end of the cut, the audio in the studio and the sound attached to the recorded video are mixed and broadcast, and a graphic indicating that only the voice of the recorded video is broadcast in the middle of the cut is displayed on the audio display unit 338. Is displayed in.

Further, the display control unit 128 provides a broadcast time table or the like.
The display section 312 includes a cut display section 310. _A1~ 310_c1Shows
Enter the broadcast range of each cut or the title such as "insert"
indicate. Further, the display control unit 128 controls the distribution channel table.
The display unit 314 includes a cut display unit 310._A1~ 310_c1Shows
The audio / video data of each cut is
Instruction data that indicates whether the input is being made to the input terminal of
(Sixth instruction data) is displayed.

Hereinafter, a method of inputting the instruction data displayed on the display device 122 by the display control unit 128 will be described with reference to FIG. FIGS. 8A and 8B are diagrams exemplifying a method of inputting instruction data displayed on the symbol display section 336 and the audio display section 338 of the display content of the display device 122 shown in FIG. 7, respectively.

When inputting instruction data, first, the program staff operates the input device 124 (FIG. 1) to set the display control unit 128 (FIG. 2) of the computer 120 to the input mode. When the display control unit 128 is set to the input mode, the program staff next uses the mouse to move the cursor to a portion on the display screen of the display device 122 where the instruction data to be input is displayed, and click it.

The display control unit 128 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in (A) and (B), the input icons 322, 324,
326 and 328 are displayed. The program staff, for example,
When the user wants to select an effect-added subtitle (effect super) as instruction data to be displayed on the super display portion 332, the user moves the cursor using a mouse and the icon 322 “ES” shown in FIG. 7 is displayed. If you want to select a subtitle (title super) indicating the title of the program by clicking on the part, move the cursor using the mouse,
The user clicks on the portion of the icon 302 displayed as “TS” to input instruction data.

Further, the program staff operates the video effect display unit 3
34, dissolve processing,
When it is desired to select a figure indicating the wipe process, the display of the relay video, and the display of the still video, the super display portion 3
32, the first to fourth parts from the right of the icon 324 shown in FIG. In addition, the program staff includes, as instruction data to be displayed on the symbol display unit 336, a symbol indicating a video of one male announcer, a symbol indicating a video of one female announcer, a symbol indicating one other performer, and two other performers. A symbol, a symbol indicating three or more other performers, a symbol indicating one male in the company, a symbol indicating one person in the company, a symbol indicating two persons in the company,
A symbol indicating three or more persons in the company, a symbol indicating one performer and a panel, a symbol indicating a panel, a symbol (NV) indicating an image in the video server device 18, and an image of the video device 10 (VTR device). Symbol (N
S), when it is desired to select a symbol indicating a still life or a symbol indicating a model, the portions (X ₁ , Y ₁ ),..., (X ₄ , Y ₁ ) of the icon 326 shown in FIG.
(X ₁ , Y ₂ ),..., (X ₄ , Y ₂ ), (X ₁ ,
Y ₃ ),..., (X ₄ , Y ₃ ), (X ₁ , Y ₄ ),.
Click (X ₄ , Y ₄ ).

Also, the program staff is provided with an audio display unit 338.
As the instruction data to be displayed, a symbol indicating that the audio added to the recording is broadcast for all of the cuts, and audio obtained by mixing the audio added to the recording only at the beginning and end of the cut with the audio inside the studio If you want to select a symbol indicating that only the audio attached to the recording is broadcast in other parts, or a symbol indicating that only the audio inside the studio is to be broadcast in all of the cuts, Are the portions V ₁ shown in FIG.
~V ₄ a click, respectively.

When inputting instruction data to be displayed on the broadcast time etc. display unit 312, the program staff clicks the portion of the broadcast time etc. display unit 312 with a mouse and inputs display contents from the keyboard. Distribution channel display 3
14, a computer 120 is connected to the video server device 18.
Is displayed, which indicates which video is input to which input terminal of the selector 24.

The story display sections 300 _{A to} 300 _A
The input operation for inputting each instruction data to be displayed in each part of _c , 300 _{c '} (FIGS. 4 and 5) is also performed by each instruction to be displayed in each part of the cut display units 310 _{A1 to} 310 _c1 described above. Like the data input operation, the input operation can be performed by operating the icon after setting the input mode.

FIG. 9 is an enlarged view of the entire display section 34 of the display data 3 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 9, the display control unit 128 determines that the story display units 340 _{A to} 340 _{d ′} of the overall display unit 34 correspond to the stories used in the program so that the entire story constituting the program can be seen through. Cut display section 310 _{A1 to} 31
The same instruction data as _0c1 is reduced and displayed as needed. The display control unit 1 of the computer 120 (FIG. 1)
28 (FIG. 2) displays, on the preliminary display unit 342, instruction data of a preliminary story or a story that is no longer broadcast.

FIG. 10 shows the sound of the display data 3 shown in FIG.
The voice display unit 36 and the function operation unit 38 are shown in an enlarged manner.
FIG. As shown in FIG. 10, the display control unit 128
Is displayed on the first audio display portion 360 of the audio display section 36.
Cut display section corresponding to the cut broadcasted at
310 _A1~ 310_c1Of the voice display section 338
I do. Further, the display control unit 128 includes a second audio display part.
At 370, a cut display corresponding to the cut to be broadcast next
Part 310_A1~ 310_c1Of the audio display section 338
Show.

The display control unit 128 controls the audio display unit 36
In the base audio display portions 362 and 372 of 0,370, the transmission time of the audio commonly used for the two audio channels used for broadcasting is displayed, and the main audio display portions 364 and 372 are displayed.
At 74, the transmission time of the audio used for the main audio channel is displayed, and at the sub audio display portions 366, 376, the transmission time of the audio used for the sub audio channel is displayed. When the display control unit 128 is set to the input mode, the audio display portions 360 and 370 indicate a time indicating which timing of the audio added to the recording or the audio in the studio is to be used at what timing. , Input device 124 from the keyboard.

The display control unit 128 provides the function operation unit 38 with:
An icon used for an operation for executing a function such as a hard copy of a display screen is displayed. The display control unit 12
Numeral 8 indicates a number indicating the combination of functions on the switching section 380, and the program staff or the like uses the mouse to switch the switching section 380.
When the button is clicked, the display control unit 128 switches the switching portion 380
Are changed, and the function combinations F1 to F10 corresponding to the changed numbers are displayed on the function display unit 382.

Hereinafter, the operation of the broadcasting system 1 (FIGS. 1 to 3) will be described. The program staff who issues an instruction to the operator in the news sub operates the input device 124 to set the display control unit 128 (FIG. 2) of the computer 120 (FIG. 1) to the input mode and inputs instruction data. As described with reference to FIG. 5 and the like, the input of the instruction data is performed by an icon operation, and the instruction data obtained as a result of the input includes, for example, the contents shown in Table 1-1 and Table 1-2 below. become.

[0057]

TABLE 1 Story display unit 300 _A to 300 _c, instruction data to be displayed on the 300 _{c '[{name} display 306 the name of the story A (FIG. 5)}, broadcast story A of {start time display unit 302 Start time (t ₀₀ ; FIG. 6), {range of story A in range display section 304 (time length; t ₁₀ −t ₀₀ )}, {subtitle number displayed on super number display section 308, etc.}, {story Name of substory included in A (none) {{Name of cut included in story A (A1, A2)}], [[name of story C], {broadcast of story C in start time display section 302 starting time (t _20)}, {range story C range display section _{304 (t 20 -t 30)}} , { such as number of subtitles super number display portion 308}, Substory included in {story a Name (C ′)}, {Name of cut included in story A (C1)}], [{Name of story C '}, {Broadcast start time of story C' in start time display unit 302}, {Range display The range of the story C 'of the section 304, the subtitle number of the super number display section 308, the name of the substory included in the story C' (none), the name of the cut included in the story C ' ] (1-1) instruction data to be displayed on the cut display unit 310 _A1 to 310 _c1 [{name of cut A1}, {content of the superimposing process of super display portion 332 (FIG. 7)}, {image effect display Contents of the video effect of the unit 334 (FIG. 7), {symbols of the symbol display unit 336 (FIG. 8A)}, contents of the audio display unit 338 (FIG. 8B)} 312 broadcast During (t ₀₀ -t _01; FIG. 6 (A))} {Other data to be displayed on the broadcast time, etc. display portion 312}], the name of ... [{Cut C1}, {superimpose super display portion 332 Contents of processing {}, {contents of video effect of video effect display section 334}, {symbol of symbol display section 336}, {contents of audio display section 338} {broadcast start time (t ₂₀ − t ₃₀ )｝ {Other, data displayed on the display unit 312 such as the broadcast time}] (1-2)

Display control unit 128 of computer 120
Is input from the input device 124, and based on the instruction data having the contents shown in Tables 1-1 and 1-2, the database unit 12
6, the display data 3 containing the instruction of the on-air operation procedure is generated as shown in FIG. 4 and the like, displayed on the display device 122, and shown to the operator (OP). The video server control unit 130
Based on the input instruction data (Table 1-1 and Table 1-2), the video server device 18 is controlled to start reproducing the video data of each cut at the broadcast start time. Start playback according to the operation.

Display data 3 displayed on display device 122
The operator who sees the monitor monitors the progress of the image of the inside of the studio and each cut with reference to the monitor device 16 and operates the selector 24 so that the input terminal displayed on the distribution channel display unit 314 is selected from the adjustment console 14. Operate and select the cut to broadcast. Further, the operator operates the data processing circuit 206 of the video server device 18 to execute the contents of the processing displayed on the super display portion 332 or the like of the cut display units 310 _{A1 to} 310 _c1 as necessary,
A desired process is performed on the reproduced audio / video data. The display control unit 128 changes the display content displayed on the display device 122, for example, scrolls the display content according to the operation of the operator on the adjustment console 14 and the control response data from the video server device 18. Do.

The selector 24 selects audio / video data from the video equipment 10 or the video server device 18 input to the input terminal according to the operation of the operator via the adjustment console 14, and Output. The broadcast equipment 26 broadcasts the audio / video data input from the selector 24 to general viewers or relays the audio / video data to another television broadcast station.

Each component of the broadcasting system 1 may be configured as software or hardware as long as equivalent functions and performances can be realized. Also, the display contents of the display data 3 shown in FIGS. 4 to 10 are examples, and the broadcasting system 1 is modified so that other necessary data can be further input, or the input of unnecessary data is omitted. It can be deformed.

Further, the data indicating that the selector 24 selects the audio / video data input to which input terminal by what timing can be further input to the computer 120 as instruction data.
May control the selector 24 to select the audio / video data according to the instruction data. In addition, the instruction / control device 12
In addition to controlling the video server device 18 to prepare for reproduction based on the instruction data, it is also possible to configure the broadcast system 1 to actually start reproduction. The video server device 18 can be replaced with a video server having another configuration, such as a disk array device using a number of MO disk devices.

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As described above, according to the video display method and the video data selection system of the present invention, the operator can be instructed through the entire program without using a cue sheet. Further, according to the video display method and the video data selection system according to the present invention, an appropriate instruction can be issued to the operator, and the operator can perform an on-air operation with an eye on the future of the program, and the burden on the operator can be increased. Can be reduced.

Further, according to the video display method and the video display method according to the present invention, it is possible to issue an instruction to the operator using visual information in addition to the character information, so that the visibility is good and the operator is presented with the information. The amount of information can be enriched. Further, according to the video display method and the video data selection system according to the present invention, a disk array device capable of reproducing an arbitrary portion of recorded audio / video data is effectively used to efficiently perform on-air operation. be able to.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a broadcast system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a software configuration of a computer of the instruction / control device illustrated in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a video server device illustrated in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing display contents of display data generated by a computer (FIG. 1) on a display device.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a cue sheet display section of the display data shown in FIG. 4;

FIGS. 6A and 6B are diagrams showing a relationship between broadcast times of stories and cuts and display contents of display data on a cue sheet display unit.

FIG. 7 shows the contents of the cut display section shown in FIGS. 5 and 6,
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a method of inputting instruction data displayed in these portions.

8A and 8B are diagrams exemplifying a method of inputting instruction data displayed on a symbol display section and a voice display section of the display content of the display device shown in FIG. 7, respectively.

FIG. 9 is an enlarged view showing a part of an entire display section of the display data shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 10 is an enlarged view showing a voice display unit and a function operation unit of the display data 3 shown in FIG. 4;

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Broadcasting system, 10 ... Video equipment, 12 ... Instruction / control device, 120 ... Computer, 122 ... Display device, 12
4 input device, 126 database unit, 128 display control unit, 130 video server control unit, 14 adjustment console,
16 monitor device, 18 video server device, 20 playback control device, 200 control circuit, 202 encoder circuit, 204 decoder circuit, 206 data processing circuit,
22: Hard disk array device, 220: SPC circuit, 222 _{1 to} 222 _m : Hard disk device, 24:
Selector, 26 ... broadcasting equipment, 3 ... display data, 3 ... display data, 30 ... cue sheet display unit, 300 _A ~300
_c , 300 _{c '} : story display section, 302: start time display section, 304: range display section, 306: name display section, 30
8: super number display section, 310 _{A1 to} 310 _{c 1} : cut display section, 332: super display section, 334: video effect display section, 336: symbol display section, 338: audio display section, 322, 324, 326, 328 ... icon.

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Yukihiro Kobayashi 6-7-35 Kita-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo Inside Sony Corporation (72) Inventor Tomoyuki Okamura 3-1 Kawadacho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Inside Fuji Television (72) Inventor Hiromitsu Wakatsuki 3-1 Kawata-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Tokyo Inside (72) Inventor Toshihiro Kojima 3-1 Kawata-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Inside the television

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of first instruction data indicating each of a plurality of parts constituting a program; a plurality of second instruction data indicating a plurality of videos constituting each of the plurality of parts; And a plurality of third instruction data indicating respective times at which each of the plurality of videos is to be selected. The received first instruction data is displayed side by side in a predetermined first direction on a display screen. The second instruction data is displayed in a predetermined second direction on the display screen in association with the first instruction data, and the received third instruction data is stored in the first instruction data and the first instruction data. A video display method for displaying on the display screen in association with second instruction data. 2. A method according to claim 1, further comprising: fourth instruction data instructing a content of a process to be performed on each of the sounds attached to each of the plurality of videos; and fifth instruction data instructing a process on each of the plurality of videos. 2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: accepting, and further displaying the accepted fourth instruction data and the fifth instruction data on the display screen in association with the first instruction data and the second instruction data. 3. Video display method. 3. A plurality of first instruction data for each of a plurality of parts constituting a program, a plurality of second instruction data for each of a plurality of video data constituting each of the plurality of parts, Instruction data receiving means for receiving a plurality of third instruction data indicating respective times at which the plurality of parts and the plurality of video data are to be selected; video data recording means for recording the plurality of video data; The first instruction data is arranged in a predetermined first direction on a display screen, and the received second instruction data is arranged in a predetermined second direction on the display screen in association with the first instruction data. Table for generating display data for displaying the received third instruction data on the display screen in association with the first instruction data and the second instruction data Data generating means; display means for displaying the generated display data on the display screen; and video data designated by the second instruction data among the plurality of recorded video data, the second instruction data Reproduction control means for reproducing at a time pointed by each of the third instruction data corresponding thereto, and selection for selecting any of the reproduced video data according to selection data inputted according to the displayed display data And a video data selection system. 4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said instruction data receiving means includes: fourth instruction data indicating a reproduction time of each of the plurality of audio data attached to each of the plurality of videos; And the display data generating means associates the received fourth instruction data and the fifth instruction data with the first instruction data and the second instruction data. The display control unit further generates display data to be further displayed on the display screen, wherein the reproduction control unit further reproduces each of the plurality of audio data at a reproduction time pointed by each of the received fourth instruction data. 4. The apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a processing unit configured to perform a process specified by each of the plurality of pieces of instruction data on each of the plurality of pieces of video data. Placing the video data selection system. 5. The instruction data receiving means further receives sixth instruction data indicating which one of the plurality of reproduced video data is to be selected, and wherein the selection means receives the sixth instruction data. The video data selection system according to claim 3, wherein the video data to be instructed is selected.