WO2021106820A1

WO2021106820A1 - Shooting assistance system, shooting notification information output method, and program

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Publication number: WO2021106820A1
Application number: PCT/JP2020/043551
Authority: WO
Inventors: 純子長峯; 健田島
Original assignee: ＦｉｌｍＳｏｌｕｔｉｏｎｓ株式会社
Priority date: 2019-11-27
Filing date: 2020-11-24
Publication date: 2021-06-03
Also published as: JP2021086340A

Abstract

[Problem] There has been a problem with conventional shooting assistance systems in that time and effort are required to provide notification, each day, to participants involved in shooting about the shooting. [Solution] By a shooting assistance system 1 provided with a schedule acquisition unit 155 for acquiring a shooting schedule that includes participant information about participants involved in shooting a work for each shooting day, a shooting notification information acquisition unit 156 for, by using the participant information about the shooting schedule acquired by the schedule acquisition unit 155, acquiring shooting notification information for the participants involved in shooting for the day, and a shooting notification information output unit 186 for outputting the shooting notification information acquired by the shooting notification information acquisition unit 156, the shooting notification information for the participants involved in shooting for the day can be easily outputted on the basis of the shooting schedule.

Description

Shooting support system, shooting guidance information output method, program

The present invention relates to a shooting support system that outputs shooting guidance information for persons involved in shooting on one shooting day, a shooting guidance information output method, and a program.

Conventionally, as a shooting support system, for example, there is a system that manages management information of contents shot based on script data or the like (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2007-013911

By the way, a lot of people concerned participate in the shooting of the work. It is necessary to inform each person concerned about the schedule of the shooting day so that the shooting can be performed smoothly on each shooting day. Conventionally, there has been a problem that it is troublesome to provide guidance regarding the schedule of the day for each shooting day over a plurality of days to the persons concerned with the shooting.

The shooting support system of the first invention has a schedule acquisition unit that acquires a shooting schedule including information on persons involved in shooting each shooting day of a work, and information on persons involved in the shooting schedule acquired by the schedule acquisition unit. A shooting guidance information acquisition unit that acquires shooting guidance information for related parties involved in shooting one day, and a shooting guidance information output unit that outputs shooting guidance information acquired by the shooting guidance information acquisition unit. It is a shooting support system equipped with.

With such a configuration, it is possible to easily output shooting guidance information for related parties involved in shooting one day based on the shooting schedule.

Further, in the photography support system of the second invention, the contact information in which the contact information of the person concerned with the photography of the work and the party identifier identifying the person concerned are associated with the first invention. The shooting guidance information output unit is further provided with a contact information storage unit in which the information is stored, and the shooting guidance information output unit is involved in shooting the day with the shooting guidance information of the day acquired by the shooting guidance information acquisition unit based on the contact information. It is a shooting support system that outputs to the people concerned.

With such a configuration, it is possible to easily guide the shooting to the persons concerned.

Further, in the shooting support system of the third invention, with respect to the first or second invention, the shooting schedule includes the shooting location information regarding the shooting location for each shooting date of the work, and is based on the shooting location information. It also has a map information acquisition unit that acquires map information of the shooting location, and the shooting guidance information acquisition unit is a shooting support system that acquires shooting guidance information for the day including the map information acquired by the map information acquisition unit. ..

With such a configuration, it is possible to easily output easy-to-understand shooting guidance information including map information of the shooting location.

Further, in the shooting support system of the fourth invention, for any one of the first to third inventions, the shooting schedule includes shooting time information regarding the shooting time, and the shooting guidance information acquisition unit performs shooting. Based on the time information, it is a shooting support system that acquires the shooting guidance information of the day including the gathering time information of the parties concerned for shooting the day.

With such a configuration, it is possible to easily output easy-to-understand shooting guidance information including information on the meeting time for shooting.

Further, the photography support system of the fifth invention further includes a note information acquisition unit for acquiring note information regarding photography for any one of the first to fourth inventions, and the photography guidance information acquisition unit is a note. This is a shooting support system that acquires shooting guidance information based on the note information acquired by the information acquisition unit.

With such a configuration, it is possible to easily output easy-to-understand shooting guidance information including note information.

In addition, the shooting support system of the sixth invention is related to any one of the first to fifth inventions involved in shooting scenes for each of a plurality of scenes shot on each shooting day in the shooting schedule. The related party information is specified, and the shooting guidance information acquisition unit is a shooting support system that acquires shooting guidance information including a daily schedule table for shooting on each shooting day.

With such a configuration, it is possible to easily output shooting guidance information including a daily schedule table.

Further, in the shooting support system of the seventh invention, for any one of the first to sixth inventions, the shooting guidance information acquisition unit changes the shooting schedule acquired by the schedule acquisition unit. This is a shooting support system that acquires shooting guidance information based on the changed shooting schedule.

With such a configuration, when the shooting schedule is changed, the shooting guidance information according to the changed shooting schedule can be easily reacquired and output.

According to the shooting support system according to the present invention, it is possible to easily output shooting guidance information for related parties involved in shooting one day based on the shooting schedule.

Schematic diagram of the information system according to the first embodiment of the present invention Block diagram of the information system A flowchart showing an example of the operation of the shooting support system A flowchart showing an example of the shooting schedule generation process Flowchart showing an example of the schedule candidate generation process A diagram showing a specific example of the script information format used in the shooting support system. The figure which shows the content example of the shooting condition information used in the shooting support system The figure which shows the content example such as the information which constitutes the shooting schedule used in the shooting support system. The first figure which shows a specific example of the script information used in the shooting support system. The second figure which shows a specific example of the script information A diagram showing a specific example of a shooting schedule table generated by the shooting support system. A flowchart showing a modified example of the schedule candidate generation process Block diagram of the information system according to the second embodiment of the present invention A flowchart showing an example of the operation of the shooting support system A flowchart showing an example of the shooting guidance information acquisition process performed by the shooting guidance information acquisition unit. The figure which shows the content example of the information used for the acquisition of the shooting guidance information in the shooting support system. A diagram showing a specific example of the daily schedule table output by the shooting support system. A flowchart showing a modified example of the operation of the shooting support system Overview of the computer system according to the above embodiment Block diagram of the computer system

Hereinafter, embodiments of the shooting support system and the like will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, since the components with the same reference numerals perform the same operation in the embodiment, the description may be omitted again.

The terms used below are generally defined as follows. It should be noted that the meanings of these terms should not always be interpreted as shown here, and should be interpreted based on the explanations, for example, when they are explained individually below.

A work is a product used by the shooting support system at the time of production. That is, the shooting support system can be used for producing a work, and more specifically, it is used for supporting the creation of a shooting schedule. The work is, for example, a video work such as a drama or a commercial broadcast by a movie or a television broadcast, but is not limited to this. For example, it may be another kind of work, such as a work that involves shooting or recording on location.

The script describes the content of the work, and includes, for example, information about the title of the work, information about the characters (roles), and the content of the scene (including dialogue and writing).

A scene is an individual scene in a work. The work usually contains multiple scenes.

The amount of the scene means, for example, the amount of description (line and writing, etc.) about the scene. The quantity is represented by, for example, the number of pages occupied by the description in a script described in a predetermined format, but is not limited thereto. For example, it may be the number of characters described in the script, or may be the time of the scene if it is estimated in advance.

The person concerned means the person involved in the shooting. That is, without particular limitation, the related parties include performers (main performers), extras (performers other than performers), staff (production-related persons), etc. who appear in the work.

The role is the role assigned to each person involved in shooting. That is, when the role is not particularly limited, the role includes the role in which the performer is cast in the work, and the role of the staff who produces the work (for example, director, assistant director, voice, etc.).

Regarding photography, the article refers to an article used for photography, and may include, for example, props appearing in the scene and equipment for photography.

Regarding photography, resources are a concept that refers to things, places, people, etc. used for photography. For example, resources include related parties, articles, shooting locations (shooting locations), and the like.

The shooting schedule is information that identifies the schedule and schedule for shooting the work. In the shooting schedule, the shooting date of each scene is specified.

For a certain item, the identifier is a character or code that uniquely indicates the item. The identifier is, for example, an ID, but any type of information can be used as long as it is information that can identify the corresponding item. That is, the identifier may be the name of what it indicates, or it may be a combination of codes so as to uniquely correspond to each other.

The acquisition may include acquiring the matters input by the user or the like, or may include acquiring the information stored in another device. Acquiring the information stored in the other device may include acquiring the information stored in the other device via API or the like, or the document file provided by the other device. It may include acquiring the content (including the content of the web page) by scraping or the like. Further, it may include acquiring information in a format different from the original information based on the original information, such as acquiring information by performing optical character reading on the image file.

In addition, a so-called machine learning method may be used to acquire information. Regarding the use of the machine learning method, for example, the following can be performed. That is, a learning device that inputs a specific type of input information and outputs the output information of the type to be acquired is configured by using a machine learning method. For example, two or more sets of input information and output information are prepared in advance, and the two or more sets of information are given to a module for configuring a learning device for machine learning to configure a learning device, and the configured learning device is provided. Accumulate in the storage unit. The learner can also be called a classifier. The machine learning method may be, for example, deep learning, random forest, SVR, or the like. Further, for machine learning, for example, functions in various machine learning frameworks such as fastText, tinySVM, random forest, TensorFlow, and various existing libraries can be used. The learner can also be called a classifier.

Outputting information includes enabling the display of information on a display such as a computer, sending it as an e-mail, or outputting information for printing. The display on the display includes, but is not limited to, the display as a web page.

Information reception means receiving information input from input devices such as keyboards, mice, and touch panels, receiving information transmitted via wired or wireless communication lines, and recording media such as optical disks, magnetic disks, and semiconductor memories. It is a concept including acceptance of information read from.

For various types of information stored in information processing devices, etc., updating means changing the stored information, adding new information to the stored information, and updating the stored information. It is a concept that includes the fact that part or all of it is erased.

(Embodiment 1)

In the present embodiment, the shooting support system generates a shooting schedule for the work based on the script information of the work having a plurality of scenes. More specifically, the shooting support system sets a shooting schedule based on the shooting condition information regarding the shooting conditions acquired from the script information and the resource information stored in advance for each of the plurality of resources used for shooting. Generate. The shooting support system preferably generates a shooting schedule so as to satisfy the preset shooting constraints of the work, wherein the constraints include at least one of a time constraint and a cost constraint. Is preferable.

The resource information includes at least one of the available time information indicating the time when each resource can be used for shooting, the cost information indicating the cost when each resource is used for shooting, and the resource identifier that identifies each resource. Information to have. That is, at least one of the usage time information and the cost information is associated with the resource identifier.

The shooting support system may generate a shooting schedule based on environmental forecast information regarding the environment of the shooting location in the future (for example, information regarding the weather forecast at the shooting location of the scene). Further, when the environment prediction information on the scheduled shooting date changes, the shooting support system may regenerate the shooting schedule based on the changed environment prediction information. In addition, the shooting support system acquires the position information of the shooting location of each scene, calculates the time and cost required to move from the first shooting location to the second shooting location, and generates a shooting schedule. May be good. Further, when the shooting support system detects a change in at least one of the stored script information and resource information, the shooting schedule for each scene may be regenerated.

The shooting condition information includes a shooting location identifier corresponding to the shooting location of one scene and scene time zone information corresponding to the time zone of the scene. The resource information may include information associated with a shooting location identifier corresponding to the shooting location related to the shooting of the work and the shooting location available time information indicating the available time of the shooting location. The shooting condition information includes a role identifier corresponding to the role played by the parties involved in shooting one scene. The resource information may include information associated with a related party identifier corresponding to a related party involved in shooting the work and a related party operating time information indicating the operating time of the related party.

In the present embodiment, the information system 900 including the shooting support system 1 used for shooting a work having a plurality of scenes will be described.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the information system 900 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the information system 900 includes a shooting support system 1, a user terminal device 910, and an external information processing device 300. The photographing support system 1, the user terminal device 910, and the external information processing device 300 can communicate with each other via a network such as the Internet.

Note that, in FIG. 1, for example, a portable information terminal device such as a so-called smartphone, a tablet-type information terminal device, a personal computer (PC) such as a laptop computer, and the like are shown as user terminal devices 910. Any of these may be used as the user terminal device 910, and devices other than these may be used as the user terminal device 910. A user (user) of the information system 900 can use the information system 900 by using the user terminal device 910. In the following examples, it is assumed that a so-called smartphone is used as the user terminal device 910, but the description is not limited to this.

The user terminal device 910 is, for example, a general smartphone and has a display device provided with a touch panel. The user terminal device 910 is realized from a storage unit, an MPU, a memory, or the like in which various information, programs, or the like are stored. The user terminal device 910 connects a processing unit that performs various processes by executing a program, the user terminal device 910, to a network so that communication can be performed with other devices connected to the network. It has a communication unit and the like to control it.

In the user terminal device 910, for example, the web browser function can be made to function or the e-mail transmission / reception function can be made to function by the processing unit executing the program. With such a function, the user of the user terminal device 910 can browse the information received from another device connected to the network, or cause the user terminal device 910 to transmit the information to the other device. can do.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the information system 900.

As shown in FIG. 2, the external information processing device 300 includes an external device storage unit 310, an external device processing unit 350, and an external device communication unit 370. The external information processing device 300 is a server device having a so-called web server function or information distribution function.

The external device storage unit 310 is preferably a non-volatile recording medium, but can also be realized by a volatile recording medium. Various information, programs, and the like are stored in the external device storage unit 310. The process in which such information is stored does not matter. For example, the information may be stored in the external device storage unit 310 via the recording medium, or the information transmitted via the communication line or the like may be stored in the external device storage unit 310. Well, or the information input via the input device may be stored in the external device storage unit 310.

The external device processing unit 350 can usually be realized from an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the external device processing unit 350 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded in a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

The external device communication unit 370 connects the external information processing device 300 to the network and controls it so that it can communicate with other devices connected to the network. The external device communication unit 370 may be configured to perform wireless communication using, for example, wireless LAN or data communication of a mobile phone, or may be configured to perform various types of wired communication. ..

The external information processing device 300 can transmit the information stored in the external device storage unit 310 to another device via the network. Such an operation of the external information processing device 300 can be realized, for example, by the external device processing unit 350 controlling the operation of each of the other units.

In the present embodiment, the external information processing device 300 has a function of specifying a position corresponding to the place name or the like when information such as a predetermined place name or the like (place name, address, facility name, etc.) is input. Have. Further, the external information processing device 300 has, for example, a function of outputting weather forecast information regarding a weather forecast at that position when information indicating a position is input. The external information processing device 300 is a moving cost related to the cost of moving from the first position to the second position when two positions, the first position and the second position, are input. It has a function to output information (for example, cost, distance, time, etc.). The external information processing device 300 may be capable of transmitting information indicating the execution result of these functions to an external device set to be communicable in advance via the API, for example.

As shown in FIG. 2, the photographing support system 1 includes a storage unit 110, an information processing unit 150, an information output unit 170, a communication unit 190, and the like.

The storage unit 110 includes a script information storage unit 111, a resource information storage unit 112, a constraint condition information storage unit 113, and a shooting schedule storage unit 114. A non-volatile recording medium is suitable for the storage unit 110, but a volatile recording medium can also be used. Information acquired by each part of the information processing unit 150 is stored in each part of the storage unit 110, for example, as will be described later, but the process of storing information or the like in each part of the storage unit 110 is limited to this. Absent. For example, information or the like may be stored in the storage unit 110 via a recording medium, or information or the like transmitted via a communication line or the like may be stored in the storage unit 110. Alternatively, the information or the like input via the input device may be stored in the storage unit 110.

The script information storage unit 111 stores script information indicating the script of the work. In this embodiment, the script information includes scene information for each of the plurality of scenes of the work. The scene information is information in which shooting condition information and a resource identifier that specifies a resource used at the time of shooting the scene are associated with each other. Each of the scene information is associated with a scene identifier. As the scene identifier, for example, a scene number or a unique ID can be used, but the scene identifier is not limited to this.

In the present embodiment, for example, the script information transmitted by the user to the photographing support system 1 using the user terminal device 910 is received by the information processing unit 150 and stored in the script information storage unit 111. The script information may be stored in the script information storage unit 111 by another method. For example, the information processing unit 150 may access the external information processing device 300 in which the script information is stored and receive the script information transmitted from the external information processing device 300.

Shooting condition information is information related to the conditions for shooting the scene. For example, the shooting condition information includes time conditions such as the season or date of the scene, time zone of the scene, environmental conditions such as the weather of the scene, quantity conditions such as the amount of the scene, and resources used for shooting the scene. Includes resource conditions for. The time zone of the scene may be different from morning, night, dusk, and night, or may be information about a specific time zone. Resource conditions include, for example, the location, location, roles and extras that appear in the scene, and the items used (props, costumes, equipment, etc.). The location may indicate whether it is outdoors or indoors. The conditions relating to a resource correspond to, for example, a resource identifier that identifies the resource. That is, in the shooting condition information, the resource used at the time of shooting the scene is specified in association with the resource identifier.

In the present embodiment, the shooting condition information for one scene is, for example, the shooting location identifier corresponding to the shooting location of the scene, the scene time zone information corresponding to the time zone of the scene, and the shooting of the scene. Includes role identifiers that correspond to the roles that the parties involved are in charge of, and quantity information about the quantity of each scene. The information included in the shooting condition information is not limited to this. The shooting condition information may include other information, or may not include some of these information. For example, in the shooting condition information, the related party identifier of the person in charge of the role corresponding to the role identifier may be included, or the related person identifier of the related person in charge of the role is included instead of the role identifier. You may be.

One or more resource information is stored in the resource information storage unit 112. Resource information is information about a plurality of resources used for shooting a work. In the present embodiment, for example, for each of a plurality of resources, resource information is associated with both an identifier that identifies the resource (sometimes referred to as a resource identifier) and available time information and cost information. Information that is available. In addition, in the resource information, only one of the available time information and the cost information may be included for one resource.

Available time information is information indicating the time when the resource can be used for shooting. For example, it is information indicating the available time by day, hour, time zone, period, frequency, interval, total time, etc., but is not limited to this.

In addition, the cost information is information indicating the cost required when the resource is used for shooting. As the cost information, for example, the unit price per hour and the unit price per work are specified, but the cost information is not limited to this. For example, a plurality of patterns of cost information may be set according to the role of the resources involved.

In the present embodiment, as resource information, for example, resource information related to related parties, resource information related to the shooting location, and resource information related to goods are prepared in advance. That is, the resource information includes the related party identifier corresponding to the related party related to the shooting of the work, the related party operating time information indicating the time when the related party can operate, and the case where the related party is operated for shooting. Includes information associated with required party cost information. In addition, the resource information is required when the shooting location identifier corresponding to the shooting location related to the shooting of the work, the shooting location available time information indicating the available time of the shooting location, and the shooting location are used for shooting. Includes information associated with shooting location cost information. Further, for example, the resource information includes an article identifier corresponding to an article used for photographing the work, an article availability time information indicating the time when the article can be used, and an article cost required when the article is used for photographing. Includes information associated with information. That is, in the present embodiment, the resource identifier included in the resource information includes a related party identifier, a shooting location identifier, and an article identifier. In addition, the available time information included in the resource information includes the related party operating time information, the shooting location available time information, and the article usable time information. Further, as the cost information included in the resource information, there are related party cost information, shooting location cost information, and article cost information. The resource information may include other information, or may not include some of these information.

In the present embodiment, for example, as resource information corresponding to the shooting location identifier, position information indicating the position of the shooting location and weather forecast information related to the weather forecast (an example of environmental forecast information) are stored. .. These pieces of information are information acquired by the information processing unit 150 in the present embodiment, for example, as described later.

As for these resource information, for example, the information transmitted by the user to the photographing support system 1 using the user terminal device 910 is received by the information processing unit 150 and stored in the resource information storage unit 112. The information processing unit 150 may analyze the contract information of each related party to read the related party cost information corresponding to the related party. The contract information may include, but is not limited to, the fees and other conditions contracted between the parties concerned and the producer. In addition, as resource information, performance information on works produced so far may be used. Specifically, for example, the cost information related to the same or similar resources or the average value thereof may be used as the cost information of the resource information used this time.

The constraint condition information storage unit 113 stores the constraint condition information. The constraint condition information is information indicating the constraint conditions related to the shooting of the work. In the present embodiment, the constraint condition information includes, for example, both time constraint condition information regarding the time for performing imaging and cost constraint condition information regarding the cost for performing imaging. The constraint condition information may include only one of the time constraint condition information and the cost constraint condition information. Further, the constraint condition information may include information indicating other constraint conditions.

In the present embodiment, for example, the time constraint condition information includes information for designating the shooting period. Specifically, for example, it includes information about a schedule candidate that can be included in the shooting schedule as a shooting date. In addition, the present invention is not limited to this, and may include, for example, information on the daily shootable time. It may also include information about the total amount of time that can be spent.

Also, for example, the cost constraint condition information includes the upper limit of the cost for shooting. The upper limit of this cost may be set for each type of resource, for example. Further, the present invention is not limited to this, and the lower limit of the cost may be included. The types of resources include, for example, the labor cost of staff, the labor cost of performers, the cost of using goods, the cost of moving related persons, and the like.

In the present embodiment, for example, the cost constraint condition information transmitted by the user to the shooting support system 1 using the user terminal device 910 is received by the information processing unit 150 and stored in the constraint condition information storage unit 113. , Not limited to this. For example, the information processing unit 150 may extract cost constraint condition information based on script information or resource information. Further, for example, the information processing unit 150 may access the external information processing device 300 in which the cost constraint condition information is stored and receive the cost constraint condition information transmitted from the external information processing device 300.

The shooting schedule storage unit 114 stores a shooting schedule (information indicating the shooting schedule) generated as described later. The shooting schedule includes, for example, information on staff involved in shooting for each shooting date, and includes information corresponding to the shooting date of the scene and shooting condition information for each scene. The shooting schedule may include information entered by the user. Examples of the information input by the user include notes about the scene and the shooting date.

The information processing unit 150 has a shooting condition information acquisition unit 151, a schedule generation unit 154, an environment prediction information acquisition unit 161, a position information acquisition unit 162, a movement cost acquisition unit 163, and an input information acquisition unit 165. The information processing unit 150 can usually be realized from an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the information processing unit 150 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded in a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

The information processing unit 150 performs various processes. The various processes are, for example, the processes performed by each unit of the information processing unit 150 as described above as follows. As an example, the information processing unit 150 includes script information stored in the script information storage unit 111, resource information stored in the resource information storage unit 112, and constraint conditions stored in the constraint condition information storage unit 113. Based on the information, the process related to the generation of the shooting schedule is executed.

The shooting condition information acquisition unit 151 acquires shooting condition information for each of a plurality of scenes from the script information. That is, the shooting condition information acquisition unit 151 acquires, for each scene, a scene identifier indicating the scene and the shooting condition information of the scene as a pair. As described above, the shooting condition information acquisition unit 151 acquires the shooting condition information based on the scene information included in the script information.

In the present embodiment, the shooting condition information acquired by the shooting condition information acquisition unit 151 does not have to match the information included in the script information, and corresponds to the information included in the script information. Shooting condition information may be acquired. For example, the information included in the script information is included in the script information by using a relation table in which the information included in the script information and the information included in the shooting condition information acquired by the shooting condition information acquisition unit 151 are associated in advance. The shooting condition information may be acquired based on the above.

Further, for example, the shooting condition information acquisition unit 151 may be configured to extract shooting condition information from the script information by using a machine learning method. As a result, the shooting condition information can be accurately acquired from the script information. Regarding the use of the machine learning method, for example, the following can be performed. That is, a learning device that inputs specific information included in the script information and outputs shooting condition information for each scene may be configured by using various machine learning methods. Specific information included in the script information includes, for example, information divided for each scene, information after the script information described in a predetermined format as described later is analyzed, and the like. Then, by inputting specific information included in the script information into the configured learning device, the shooting condition information of each scene output from the learning device may be acquired.

The schedule generation unit 154 generates a shooting schedule in which at least the shooting date of each scene of the work is specified based on the shooting condition information acquired by the shooting condition information acquisition unit 151 and the resource information. The schedule generation unit 154 extracts, for example, a day when all the resources can be used as a candidate day for shooting the scene, based on the available time information of each resource used in each scene. Then, based on the candidate dates for each scene, the shooting dates of each scene that do not interfere with the shooting of each scene are specified, and the shooting schedule is generated.

Further, in the present embodiment, the schedule generation unit 154 generates, for example, a shooting schedule so as to satisfy the constraint condition based on the constraint condition information. Generating a shooting schedule so as to satisfy the constraint condition means, for example, that when a shooting date or period is fixed, a shooting schedule is generated so that shooting is performed on that day or period. Further, for example, when the budget for shooting has an upper limit, a shooting schedule is generated so that shooting can be performed within the budget. At this time, a shooting schedule may be generated for each budget subject so that shooting can be performed within the budget. Budget subjects may be set as appropriate, such as a budget for performers, a budget for shooting staff, and a budget for travel expenses. The constraint conditions are not limited to those related to time and those related to cost (budget), and may be set as appropriate.

Specifically, the schedule generation unit 154 can specify the shooting date of each scene and generate a shooting schedule by performing the following processing, for example.

That is, for example, the schedule generation unit 154 extracts all the resource identifiers included in the shooting condition information for one scene, refers to the resource information, and extracts the available time information corresponding to each extracted resource identifier. get. The schedule generation unit 154 compares the acquired available time information with each other, and determines the time included in the available time of all resources as the shooting candidate time for the scene. The schedule generation unit 154 determines the shooting candidate time in this way for each of the plurality of scenes. Then, the schedule generation unit 154 determines the shooting date of each scene based on the shooting candidate time of each scene and the constraint condition, and generates a shooting schedule. That is, when a day that can be a shooting date or a shooting time for each day is set as a time constraint condition, the schedule generation unit 154 satisfies the time constraint condition among the shooting candidate times of one scene. The shooting date that can be taken is determined as the shooting date of the scene. If there are a plurality of days that can be set as the shooting date, the earliest day may be set as the shooting date, but the present invention is not limited to this. The schedule generation unit 154 sequentially determines the shooting date in this way for all the scenes. If there are a plurality of days that can be set as shooting dates for one scene, and if there are days during which other scenes with the same shooting location can be shot, the schedule generation unit 154 may set the schedule generation unit 154. The day may be determined as the shooting date of one scene and another scene. For example, the shooting date can be determined in this way by performing a process of extracting another scene that includes the same shooting location identifier as the shooting location identifier included in the shooting condition information of one scene in the shooting condition information. it can. Further, when there are a plurality of days that can be set as shooting dates for one scene, and if there is a day during which shooting of another scene in which the shooting location is close can be performed, the schedule generation unit 154 may perform the shooting date. , The day may be determined as the shooting date of one scene and another scene. For example, the shooting date is determined in this way by reading the position information corresponding to the shooting location identifier included in the shooting condition information of each scene from the resource information and performing the process of calculating the distance between the shooting locations of the two scenes. It can be performed.

Then, when there is an upper limit to the budget for shooting set in the constraint condition information, the schedule generation unit 154 performs processing as follows, for example. That is, when the schedule generation unit 154 determines the shooting date for each scene, the schedule generation unit 154 calculates the cost for shooting on the shooting date determined for each scene. The schedule generation unit 154 calculates the cost by using all the resource identifiers included in the shooting condition information of the scene and the cost information corresponding to each resource identifier included in the resource information. Then, the total cost of the calculated costs is compared with the budget upper limit for shooting set in the constraint condition information. The total cost calculated here can be said to be the cost required to shoot all the scenes of the work. If the cost of shooting all the scenes does not exceed the budget limit, a shooting schedule is generated according to the shooting date determined for each scene.

Further, in the present embodiment, the schedule generation unit 154 may generate a shooting schedule based on, for example, the environment prediction information acquired by the environment prediction information acquisition unit 161. For example, when the weather forecast information corresponding to the shooting location is acquired as the environmental forecast information, it may not be desirable depending on the day. For example, the weather at the shooting location may be undesired for the purpose of shooting, or may be undesired due to the shooting environment. The case where the weather at the shooting location is not desirable for the purpose of shooting is, for example, when the weather in the scene is fine but rainy or cloudy weather is predicted. The undesired weather in the shooting environment is, for example, a case where a typhoon is predicted to arrive or a case where extreme heat is predicted. In such a case, the schedule generation unit 154 generates a shooting schedule so as to avoid setting that day as the shooting date of the shooting location.

Specifically, for example, the constraint condition information includes predetermined repellent weather information (for example, rain, typhoon, high temperature, etc.). Then, when the schedule generation unit 154 determines the shooting date for each scene, the weather prediction information for each day corresponding to the shooting location identifier included in the shooting condition information of the scene is compared with the repellent weather information. If there is a day when the weather prediction information matches the repellent weather information, the schedule generation unit 154 may perform a process of excluding that day from the candidate days of the shooting date. Further, for example, the shooting condition information of each scene may include scene weather information corresponding to the weather of the scene as an environmental condition. In such a case, the schedule generation unit 154 compares the weather prediction information of each day corresponding to the shooting location identifier included in the shooting condition information of the scene with the scene weather information. Then, if there is a day when the weather prediction information matches the scene weather information, it is possible to perform processing such as determining that day as the shooting date of the scene.

Further, in the present embodiment, the schedule generation unit 154 may generate a shooting schedule based on the movement cost information acquired by the movement cost acquisition unit 163 as described later. For example, the schedule generation unit 154 may generate a shooting schedule, for example, with it as one of the desirable viewpoints that the movement cost is reduced. The travel cost is, for example, a cost for a person concerned to move on the shooting date, but is not limited to this, and the travel time may be regarded as a travel cost. That is, the cost is not limited to monetary cost, but may be regarded as a concept including time and energy consumed.

Specifically, for example, in the case of determining the shooting date for one scene as described above, the shooting date has already been determined for each day that can be set as the shooting date for the scene. There may be a scene of. In such a case, the schedule generation unit 154 acquires the movement cost required to move between the shooting locations of the two scenes. Then, it may be determined whether or not the acquired movement cost exceeds a predetermined threshold value, and if it exceeds the predetermined threshold value, a process of excluding that day from the candidate days of the shooting date may be performed.

In addition, there may be a plurality of combinations of shooting dates of all scenes that can be used as a shooting schedule. In such a case, the schedule generation unit 154 generates each combination as a shooting schedule candidate (schedule candidate), selects one of a plurality of schedule candidates according to a preset standard, and selects the selected schedule candidate. It may be a shooting schedule to be generated.

Various methods can be used as the selection criteria for the shooting schedule. For example, the schedule generation unit 154 can be selected as a shooting schedule for generating a schedule candidate having the lowest cost for shooting. Further, for example, the schedule generation unit 154 can select a schedule candidate that takes the least number of days for shooting, or can select a schedule candidate that finishes shooting earliest. Further, the schedule generation unit 154 can also select a schedule candidate having the smallest movement cost based on the movement cost information acquired by the movement cost acquisition unit 163 as described later. Not limited to these methods, for example, the schedule generation unit 154 may evaluate each of the plurality of schedule candidates with respect to one or more factors such as the cost required for shooting, the time required for shooting, and the moving cost. Good. Then, one schedule candidate may be selected according to the evaluation result. It should be noted that the operation of selecting the shooting schedule to be generated from the plurality of schedule candidates may be accepted from the user, and the shooting schedule to be generated may be selected according to the operation of the accepted user.

When the schedule generation unit 154 generates a shooting schedule, the schedule generation unit 154 determines the information as a formal shooting schedule. The schedule generation unit 154 stores the determined shooting schedule in the shooting schedule storage unit 114. The formal shooting schedule may be determined after the information processing unit 150 performs a process of confirming a predetermined condition (for example, that the constraint condition is satisfied). Further, once the schedule generation unit 154 generates a shooting schedule that satisfies the shooting conditions, the shooting schedule may be presented to the user and an approval instruction or a change instruction for changing the schedule may be accepted by the user. In this case, the schedule generation unit 154 may determine the content reflecting the instruction by the user as a formal shooting schedule.

Here, in the present embodiment, when at least one of the script information stored in the script information storage unit 111 and the resource information stored in the resource information storage unit 112 is changed in the schedule generation unit 154. In addition, the shooting schedule may be regenerated. For example, the information processing unit 150 periodically confirms the update date and time of the script information stored in the script information storage unit 111, and when the update date and time has changed since the previous confirmation, the script information has been changed. Detect that. Further, for example, the information processing unit 150 periodically confirms the update date and time of the resource information stored in the resource information storage unit 112, and when the update date and time has changed since the previous confirmation, the resource information is changed. Detect that it has been done. Then, when the information processing unit 150 detects that the script information or the resource information has been changed, the schedule generation unit 154 generates a shooting schedule using the changed script information or the resource information.

Further, in the present embodiment, the schedule generation unit 154 changes the environment prediction information regarding one shooting location acquired by the environment prediction information acquisition unit 161 from the environment prediction information previously acquired for one shooting location. In some cases, the shooting schedule may be generated based on the changed environment prediction information. For example, the environment prediction information acquisition unit 161 periodically acquires the environment prediction information and compares the acquired environment prediction information with the previously acquired environment prediction information. Then, the information processing unit 150 detects that the environmental prediction information has changed for one shooting location when the acquired environmental prediction information has changed from the previously acquired environmental prediction information for one shooting location. Then, when the information processing unit 150 detects that the environment prediction information has changed with respect to one shooting location, the schedule generation unit 154 generates a shooting schedule using the changed environment prediction information.

By regenerating the shooting schedule in this way, it is possible to easily generate a highly accurate shooting schedule that corresponds to the latest situation and enables smooth shooting.

Further, in the present embodiment, the schedule generation unit 154 may regenerate the shooting schedule when the constraint condition information stored in the constraint condition information storage unit 113 is changed. For example, the information processing unit 150 periodically confirms the content of the constraint condition information stored in the constraint condition information storage unit 113, and when the content has changed since the previous confirmation, the constraint condition information is changed. Detect that. Then, when the information processing unit 150 detects that the constraint condition information has been changed, the schedule generation unit 154 generates a shooting schedule using the changed constraint condition information information.

The environment prediction information acquisition unit 161 acquires the environment prediction information regarding the environment of the shooting location of the scene to be shot in the future based on the shooting condition information. The environment prediction information acquisition unit 161 specifies a shooting location according to, for example, a shooting location identifier included in the shooting condition information. Then, for example, the weather forecast information regarding the weather forecast of the shooting location is acquired from the external information processing device 300. The environment prediction information acquisition unit 161 records the acquired weather prediction information as resource information stored in the resource information storage unit 112 in association with the shooting location identifier. When the weather forecast information acquired in the past is recorded for the same shooting location, the weather forecast information may be updated and recorded, but the present invention is not limited to this. The environment prediction information acquisition unit 161 may specify the shooting location and acquire the weather prediction information based on the resource information or the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 162. ..

The environmental forecast information is not limited to the weather forecast information. For example, various information such as prediction information such as the amount of people and vehicles coming and going at the shooting location and prediction information such as the presence or absence of an event such as an event may be acquired. These environmental prediction information may also be obtained from an external information processing device 300 such as a vendor of the prediction information, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, information input by the user may be acquired as various environmental prediction information.

The position information acquisition unit 162 acquires the position information of the shooting location of each scene based on the shooting location identifier included in the shooting condition information. The position information is, for example, information indicating longitude and latitude, but is not limited to this. The position information acquisition unit 162 acquires the position information of the shooting location from, for example, the external information processing device 300. The position information acquisition unit 162 records the acquired position information as resource information stored in the resource information storage unit 112 in association with the shooting location identifier.

The movement cost acquisition unit 163 acquires the movement cost information necessary for moving between the shooting locations of the two scenes included in the shooting condition information. The movement cost acquisition unit 163 acquires movement cost information between the shooting locations of the two scenes from, for example, the external information processing device 300. The external information processing device 300 moves from the first position to the second position when the movement cost acquisition unit 163 gives the position information of the first position information and the second position information. Output the movement cost information to. Here, the position information may be information that identifies each shooting location. It should be noted that the movement cost information may be acquired for two scenes having different shooting locations within the shooting day of the same day based on the shooting schedule to be generated at the time of generating the shooting schedule. Further, the movement cost information may be acquired comprehensively for any combination of two scenes having different shooting locations among a plurality of scenes when the shooting condition information is acquired.

The input information acquisition unit 165 acquires the input information input by the user (worker). The user can input information using, for example, the user terminal device 910, and the input information acquisition unit 165 receives the input information from the user terminal device 910. The input information includes, for example, memorandums given by the user for each shooting date and each scene regarding the shooting schedule, but the input information is not limited to this.

In the above description, an example of acquiring information from the external information processing device 300 for each of the environment prediction information acquisition unit 161, the position information acquisition unit 162, and the movement cost acquisition unit 163 has been described, but the information acquisition method is limited to this. I can't. For example, each information included in the input information from the user acquired by the input information acquisition unit 165 may be acquired.

The information output unit 170 outputs information by, for example, transmitting information stored in the storage unit 110 to an external device. In the present embodiment, the information output unit 170 transmits, for example, the shooting schedule stored in the shooting schedule storage unit 114 to the user terminal device 910 as information in a predetermined format and a predetermined data format. Can be done.

In the present embodiment, the information output unit 170 generates and outputs a shooting schedule table based on the shooting schedule stored in the shooting schedule storage unit 114. Specifically, the shooting schedule table is, for example, a layout of information on the shooting schedule in a predetermined table format that is easy for the user to see. The shooting schedule table is generated, for example, by the information output unit 170 arranging the information included in the shooting schedule using the template data prepared in advance. It can be said that the template data is data in which the position where a predetermined type of information is arranged is specified. That is, in the shooting schedule, the scenes to be shot on each shooting day are specified. The information output unit 170 arranges various information included in each shooting condition information of the scene to be shot in a tabular format according to the template data for each shooting date. The information to be arranged may be the information included in the shooting condition information, the resource identifier itself, or the information corresponding to the resource identifier included in the resource information.

The communication unit 190 connects the shooting support system 1 to the network and controls it so that it can communicate with other devices connected to the network. As a result, the photographing support system 1 can send and receive information to and from the user terminal device 910 and the external information processing device 300, for example.

(Example of processing flow related to generation of shooting schedule)

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the shooting support system 1.

In the present embodiment, for example, the shooting support system 1 operates as follows with respect to the generation of the shooting schedule.

(Step S101) The shooting condition information acquisition unit 151 acquires shooting condition information for each scene from the script information stored in the script information storage unit 111.

(Step S102) The schedule generation unit 154 acquires the constraint condition information stored in the constraint condition information storage unit 113. Further, the environment prediction information acquisition unit 161 acquires the environment prediction information based on the shooting condition information. For example, for each shooting location where shooting is performed, the environment prediction information that can be acquired is acquired regardless of the shooting date.

(Step S103) The schedule generation unit 154 performs a shooting schedule generation process. The shooting schedule generation process will be described later.

(Step S104) The information output unit 170 generates a shooting schedule table based on the shooting schedule stored in the shooting schedule storage unit 114. The information output unit 170 outputs the generated shooting schedule table. At this time, the information processing unit 150 sets the time when the predetermined time has elapsed as the predetermined time. The predetermined time may be set so as to be acquired every few hours or every day, but the time is not limited to this.

(Step S105) The information processing unit 150 determines whether or not the fixed time set in step S104 has arrived. When the predetermined time has arrived, the process proceeds to step S106. When proceeding to step S106, the information processing unit 150 sets the time when the next predetermined time has elapsed as the next predetermined time.

(Step S106) The information processing unit 150 determines whether or not the script information has been changed. If the script information has not been changed, the process proceeds to step S107. On the other hand, if the script information is changed, the process returns to step S101. As a result, the shooting schedule is regenerated based on the changed script information.

(Step S107) The information processing unit 150 determines whether or not the constraint condition information has been changed. If the constraint condition information has not been changed, the process proceeds to step S108. On the other hand, when the constraint condition information is changed, the process returns to step S102. As a result, the shooting schedule is regenerated so that the changed constraint condition information is satisfied.

(Step S108) The information processing unit 150 determines whether or not the resource information has been changed. If the resource information has not been changed, the process proceeds to step S109. On the other hand, when the resource information is changed, the process returns to step S103. As a result, the shooting schedule is regenerated based on the changed resource information.

(Step S109) The environment prediction information acquisition unit 161 acquires the environment prediction information based on the shooting condition information. As a result, the latest environmental forecast information is acquired.

(Step S110) The information processing unit 150 determines whether or not the acquired environmental prediction information has changed from the previously acquired environmental prediction information. If the environmental prediction information has not changed, the process returns to step S105. On the other hand, when the environmental prediction information changes, the process returns to step S103. As a result, the shooting schedule is regenerated based on the latest environmental prediction information.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of the shooting schedule generation process.

In the present embodiment, the schedule generation unit 154 generates a schedule that can be established under various constraints such as shooting conditions, resource information, and constraint conditions as schedule candidates. Then, one of the schedule candidates is selected, and the shooting schedule is finally generated. Not limited to this, the schedule generation unit 154 may generate only one shooting schedule according to a predetermined rule.

(Step S121) The schedule generation unit 154 performs a schedule candidate generation process. The details of the schedule candidate generation process will be described later.

(Step S122) The schedule generation unit 154 determines whether or not there is a schedule candidate generated by the schedule candidate generation process. If there is a generated schedule candidate, the process proceeds to step S124. If there is no generated schedule candidate, the process proceeds to step S123.

(Step S123) The information output unit 170 outputs an error indicating that the shooting schedule could not be generated. As a result, the user can know that the shooting schedule could not be generated. The error output can be performed in various modes such as transmission of a message to the user terminal device 910 used by the user, transmission of an e-mail, display on a display seen by the user, and the like. When an error is output, the generation of the shooting schedule ends.

(Step S124) The schedule generation unit 154 selects as a shooting schedule to generate one of the generated schedule candidates according to a predetermined selection criterion. As a result, a shooting schedule is generated.

(Step S125) The schedule generation unit 154 stores the generated shooting schedule in the shooting schedule storage unit 114. When the acquired shooting schedule is stored in the shooting schedule storage unit 114, the shooting schedule generation process ends, and the process returns to the process of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of the schedule candidate generation process.

Here, as an example, an example is shown in which a schedule candidate is generated with the time constraint condition as the first requirement. The first requirement may be a requirement to be considered before other constraints. The priority items for generating schedule candidates are not limited to this, and there may be no priority items for generating schedule candidates.

(Step S141) The schedule generation unit 154 sets 1 in the counter i.

(Step S142) The schedule generation unit 154 satisfies the time constraint condition defined in the time constraint condition information by making at least a part of the combination of the scene and the shooting date different from the already generated schedule candidate. As described above, the shooting date of each scene is determined based on the available time information of each resource.

(Step S143) The schedule generation unit 154 determines whether or not it was possible to determine the shooting dates of all the scenes in the process of step S142. If it is not possible to determine the shooting date, the schedule candidate generation process is terminated and the process returns to the process shown in FIG. If it is possible to determine the shooting dates of all the scenes, the process proceeds to step S144.

(Step S144) The schedule generation unit 154 calculates the cost of shooting based on the shooting date of each scene determined in step S142 and the cost information included in the resource information. Further, the moving cost acquisition unit 163 acquires the moving cost information of each shooting day based on the shooting date and the shooting condition information of each scene.

(Step S145) The schedule generation unit 154 determines whether or not the cost constraint condition is satisfied based on the calculation result of the cost for shooting. If the cost constraint condition is not satisfied, the schedule candidate to which the shooting date of each scene determined in step S142 is applied is not adopted, and the process returns to the process of step S142. If the cost constraint condition is satisfied, the process proceeds to step S146.

(Step S146) The schedule generation unit 154 predicts the environment at the shooting location on each shooting date based on the shooting date of each scene determined in step S142 and the environment prediction information included in the resource information (for example,). , Weather prediction result) is judged whether it is suitable for shooting. If there is a shooting date in which the environment is unsuitable, the schedule candidate to which the shooting date of each scene determined in step S142 is applied is not adopted, and the process returns to the process of step S142. If the environment on each shooting day is suitable for shooting, the process proceeds to step S147.

(Step S147) The schedule generation unit 154 generates the i-th schedule candidate. In the schedule candidates generated here, the shooting date of each scene is set to the shooting date determined in step S142.

(Step S148) The schedule generation unit 154 stores the i-th schedule candidate in the storage unit 110.

(Step S149) The schedule generation unit 154 increments the counter i by 1. Return to step S142.

In the above process, if the movement cost exceeds a predetermined value, the process of step S142 may be returned without adopting the schedule candidate to which the shooting date of each scene determined in step S142 is applied. Good. The predetermined value may be a predetermined cost or a predetermined time.

(Specific example of generation of shooting schedule)

A specific example of generating a shooting schedule based on script information, which is performed using the shooting support system 1 in the present embodiment, will be described.

First, a specific example of the process of acquiring shooting condition information from the script information will be described.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a specific example of the script information format used in the shooting support system 1.

As shown in FIG. 6, in this specific example, the script information is described in, for example, a JSON (Javascript Object Notation) format. The format of the script information is not limited to this, and may be another format.

In FIG. 6, the objects included in the script information and their names are examples, and as the values in each object, words and phrases explaining the contents of the values of the objects are shown.

As an example, the script information is divided into a header part and a body part. In the header part, for example, values such as the title of the work, the version of the script (creation date), the role name appearing, and the related staff name (which may be the role name of the staff) are described. The text part is composed of, for example, an array in which the elements of the script of each scene are objects. For each scene, for example, scene identifier, scene name, scene time, scene time zone, scene location, scene details (line and writing), role name appearing in the scene, extra appearing in the scene, scene Values such as the article used and the location identifier of the scene are included.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a content example of shooting condition information used in the shooting support system 1.

In this specific example, the acquired shooting condition information is recorded as a record for each scene in the shooting condition information table. The shooting condition information table is stored in, for example, the storage unit 110, but the present invention is not limited to this. In FIG. 7, a model of the shooting condition information table is shown. That is, in the shooting condition information table, for example, for each scene, each element of a scene identifier, a season / year / month, a scene time zone information, a quantity information, a location information, a role identifier, an extra information, an article identifier, and a shooting location identifier. Information about is recorded.

In addition, the shooting condition information acquisition unit 151 extracts the values included in the objects of each scene in the script information as shown in FIG. 6, and refers to other resource information and the like to shoot these shots. It can be acquired for each element of condition information. Since the script information is described in a format that is highly machine-readable, the shooting condition information acquisition unit 151 can easily acquire the shooting condition information.

Next, a specific example of the relationship between various information used for generating the shooting schedule and the information constituting the generated shooting schedule will be described.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of contents such as information constituting a shooting schedule used in the shooting support system 1.

FIG. 8 shows an example of the content of the information constituting the shooting schedule, an example of the content of the information constituting the resource information, and an example of the content of the role table.

The role table is a database that contains information showing the relationship between a role and the person in charge of that role in this specific example. The role table is stored in, for example, the storage unit 110. In the role table, the role identifier and the related party identifier are recorded in association with each other.

In this specific example, the resource information includes a related party table in which resource information related to related parties is recorded, a shooting location table in which resource information related to the shooting location is recorded, and an article table in which resource information related to articles is recorded. It is prepared in advance.

In the related party table, the related party identifier, the related party operating time information, and the related party cost information are recorded for each related party.

The shooting location table records the shooting location identifier, the shooting location available time information, the shooting location cost information, the position information acquired for the shooting location, and the weather prediction information for each shooting location.

In the article table, an article identifier, article availability time information, and article cost information are recorded for each article.

In this specific example, the shooting schedule includes, for example, a shooting date table and schedule details regarding scenes shot on each shooting day.

The shooting date table includes, for example, the shooting date, the role identifier related to the staff, and the input information for each shooting date for each shooting date. The input information for each shooting date is the information received from the user for each shooting date.

The schedule details include, for example, a scene identifier, a shooting date, and a shooting order of the scene on that shooting date for each scene. In addition, the schedule details include season / year / month, scene time zone information, quantity information, location information, role identifier related to the performer, extra information, article identifier, shooting location identifier, weather prediction information, and scene-specific input information. .. The scene-specific input information is information received from the user for each scene.

In this specific example, each record of the shooting date table and the schedule details is associated with the role table and each resource information. Based on the information on the shooting schedule, it is possible to identify the staff, performers, extras, and other related parties involved in the shooting on each shooting day, the cost information for each resource, and the weather forecast information for each scene.

FIG. 9 is a first diagram showing a specific example of script information used in the shooting support system 1. FIG. 10 is a second diagram showing a specific example of the script information. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a specific example of a shooting schedule table generated by the shooting support system 1.

In this specific example, it is assumed that the shooting schedule table as shown in FIG. 11 is output based on the script information as shown in the excerpts of FIGS. 9 and 10. The shooting schedule table as shown in FIG. 11 may be referred to as a total schedule table (sometimes referred to as a total schedule). At this time, the relationship between the script information and the shooting schedule shown in the shooting schedule table is as follows.

That is, in the script information, the information of each scene in which the scene identifier (value of scene_num) is 3, 4, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37, 51, 52, 53, respectively, is included. In each of these scenes, the resources to be used are specified by various resource identifiers (values of carrier, extra, location_id, etc.). In addition, it is assumed that the staff involved in shooting (specified by the value of staff) will be involved in shooting the entire schedule. If the staff is also involved only in a specific scene, it may be specified in each scene in the script information, or it may be specified in other information such as resource information and a role table. In the description here, it is assumed that the available time is always set to be available (the shooting date is not limited) with respect to the use of these resources.

Here, among the scenes, each scene whose scene number is 3, 4, 30, 31, 51, 52, 53 has the same shooting location identifier (value of location_id) of "L021", and the shooting location is the same. It is the same. Further, each scene having the

scene numbers

33 and 34 has the same shooting location identifier as "L022", and the shooting location is the same. Further, each scene having the

scene numbers

35 and 37 has the same shooting location identifier of "L023", and the shooting location is the same. Since it is basically more efficient to shoot scenes with the same shooting location on the same shooting date, it is preferable to generate a shooting schedule so that the shooting dates are the same. ..

As shown in FIG. 11, in the shooting schedule table showing the shooting schedule generated in this way, for example, information about each scene and related parties can be listed. The mode of the shooting schedule table is not limited to this. In the shooting schedule table, notes and remarks information for each shooting date may be displayed based on the information input by the user. As a result, the shooting schedule can be displayed in a list in the shooting schedule table, including matters not included in the script information.

The shooting order of multiple scenes with the same shooting date is, for example, the similarity of shooting locations, the similarity of scenes at the same shooting location, the similarity of scene contents, the similarity of performers, and the season / year of scenes. It can be set based on the similarity of months, the similarity of time zones, and so on. Since it is relatively easy to change the shooting order of a plurality of scenes at the same shooting location on one shooting day at the site on that day, the shooting order may be set as a guide. Moreover, it is not necessary to set the shooting order.

As described above, in the present embodiment, it is possible to easily generate a shooting schedule in which the shooting date of each scene is specified based on the script information. Since the available time information regarding resources such as each person concerned and the shooting location is taken into consideration when generating the shooting schedule, it is possible to easily generate a consistent and highly feasible shooting schedule. Further, since a shooting schedule satisfying the constraint conditions such as a time constraint condition and a cost constraint condition is generated, it is possible to easily generate a shooting schedule according to various circumstances.

The environment prediction information of the shooting location of the scene is acquired, and the shooting schedule is generated based on the environment prediction information. Therefore, it is possible to easily generate a shooting schedule that is likely to be able to shoot in an environment suitable for shooting, and to enable smooth shooting. When the environmental prediction information changes, a shooting schedule is generated based on the changed environmental prediction information. Therefore, the possibility of shooting in an environment suitable for shooting can always be maintained high.

Also, a shooting schedule is generated based on the moving cost required to move between the shooting locations of the two scenes. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the moving burden of the persons concerned and effectively reduce the cost of shooting.

Note that the shooting schedule may be generated based on the amount information of each scene. For example, a shooting schedule may be generated so that the total amount of information on the scenes to be shot on one shooting day does not exceed a predetermined threshold value. Thereby, for example, the amount of shooting per day can be reduced to less than a predetermined amount, and shooting can be performed on a reasonable schedule.

Further, in the above description, an example of the schedule candidate generation process performed with the time constraint condition as the first requirement has been described. However, for example, the schedule candidate generation process may be performed with the cost constraint condition as the first requirement. Good. In addition, the travel cost for each shooting day does not necessarily have to be calculated. A modified example of such a schedule candidate generation process will be described below.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a modified example of the schedule candidate generation process.

(Step S161) The schedule generation unit 154 sets 1 in the counter i.

(Step S162) The schedule generation unit 154 satisfies the cost constraint condition defined in the cost constraint condition information by making at least a part of the combination of the scene and the shooting date different from the already generated schedule candidate. As described above, the shooting date of each scene is determined based on the cost information of each resource.

(Step S163) The schedule generation unit 154 determines whether or not it was possible to determine the shooting dates of all the scenes in the process of step S162. If it is not possible to determine the shooting date, the schedule candidate generation process is terminated and the process returns to the process shown in FIG. If it is possible to determine the shooting dates of all the scenes, the process proceeds to step S164.

(Step S164) The schedule generation unit 154 captures the prediction result of the environment at the shooting location on each shooting date based on the shooting date of each scene determined in step S162 and the environment prediction information included in the resource information. Determine if it is suitable for. If there is a shooting date in which the environment is unsuitable, the schedule candidate to which the shooting date of each scene determined in step S162 is applied is not adopted, and the process returns to the process of step S162. If the environment on each shooting day is suitable for shooting, the process proceeds to step S167.

(Step S165) The schedule generation unit 154 determines whether or not the time constraint condition is satisfied based on the shooting date of each scene determined in step S162 and the available time information included in the resource information. .. If the time constraint condition is not satisfied, the schedule candidate to which the shooting date of each scene determined in step S162 is applied is not adopted, and the process returns to the process of step S162. If the time constraint condition is satisfied, the process proceeds to step S166.

(Step S166) The schedule generation unit 154 generates the i-th schedule candidate. In the schedule candidates generated here, the shooting date of each scene is set to the shooting date determined in step S162.

(Step S167) The schedule generation unit 154 stores the i-th schedule candidate in the storage unit 110.

(Step S168) The schedule generation unit 154 increments the counter i by 1. Return to step S162.

Even in such a modified example, the shooting schedule can be easily generated as described above.

Note that the processing in this embodiment may be realized by software. Then, this software may be distributed by software download or the like. Further, this software may be recorded and disseminated on a recording medium such as CD ROM. The software that realizes the shooting support system 1 in the present embodiment is the following program. In other words, this program is a shooting support system used for shooting works with multiple scenes, and is a resource related to each of the script information storage unit that stores the script information of the work and the plurality of resources used for shooting the work. A program executed by a computer of a shooting support system that includes a resource information storage unit that stores information, and is a shooting condition information acquisition unit that acquires shooting condition information related to shooting conditions from script information for each of a plurality of scenes. And, based on the shooting condition information acquired by the shooting condition information acquisition unit and the resource information, at least to function as a schedule generation unit that generates a shooting schedule in which the shooting date of each scene of the work is specified. It is a program.

(Embodiment 2)

In the second embodiment, the shooting support system 201 acquires a shooting schedule including related party information regarding the related parties involved in the shooting, and based on the acquired shooting schedule, directs the related parties involved in the shooting of the day. Acquires shooting guidance information and outputs the acquired shooting guidance information. The shooting support system 201 is obtained one-day shooting guidance information based on the contact information associated with the contact information of the parties involved in the shooting of the work and the related party identifiers that identify the related parties. May be output to the parties involved in the shooting of the day.

The shooting schedule may include shooting location information regarding the shooting location where the work is shot for each shooting date. In this case, the shooting support system 201 may acquire the map information of the shooting location based on the shooting location information, and may acquire the shooting guidance information including the map information. In addition, the shooting schedule may include shooting time information regarding the shooting time. In this case, the shooting support system 201 may acquire shooting guidance information including the gathering time information of the persons concerned for shooting one day based on the shooting time information. Further, the shooting support system 201 may acquire the note information of one shooting date and acquire the shooting guidance information based on the acquired note information.

In the shooting schedule, related party information regarding the related parties involved in the shooting of the scene may be specified for each of a plurality of scenes shot on each shooting day. In this case, the shooting support system 201 may generate shooting guidance information including a schedule table for shooting on each shooting day, and acquire the generated schedule table. In the following, such a schedule table may be referred to as a daily schedule table, and may also be referred to as a daily schedule. Further, when the acquired shooting schedule is changed, the shooting support system 201 may acquire shooting guidance information based on the changed shooting schedule.

Such a shooting support system 201 can be used in the information system 900 in the same manner as the shooting support system 1 according to the first embodiment described above.

Hereinafter, a part of the configuration of the shooting support system 201 according to the second embodiment, which is different from the shooting support system 1 according to the first embodiment, will be described.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram of the information system 900 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 13, the photographing support system 201 includes a storage unit 210, an information processing unit 250, an information output unit 270, and a communication unit 190.

The storage unit 210 has a script information storage unit 111, a resource information storage unit 112, a constraint condition information storage unit 113, and a shooting schedule storage unit 114, similarly to the storage unit 110 of the shooting support system 1 according to the first embodiment. .. Information is stored in each of these parts, as in the first embodiment. In the second embodiment, the storage unit 210 has a guidance information storage unit 216.

A non-volatile recording medium is suitable for the storage unit 210, but a volatile recording medium can also be used. Information acquired by each part of the information processing unit 250 is stored in each part of the storage unit 210, as will be described later, but the process of storing information or the like in each part of the storage unit 210 is limited to this. Absent. For example, information or the like may be stored in the storage unit 210 via a recording medium, or information or the like transmitted via a communication line or the like may be stored in the storage unit 210. Alternatively, the information or the like input via the input device may be stored in the storage unit 210.

The guidance information storage unit 216 stores the shooting guidance information acquired by the shooting guidance information acquisition unit 256 as described later. The shooting guidance information is, for example, information directed to a person related to the shooting on each shooting day, but may be directed to a person other than the person concerned in addition to the person concerned. .. In other words, the shooting guidance information is, for example, useful information for a person related to shooting on each shooting day, but may also be useful for a person other than the person concerned.

In the present embodiment, the shooting guidance information for each shooting day includes map information regarding the shooting location where the shooting on the shooting day is performed. The map information is, for example, visually indicating the location of the shooting location in a map image showing the shooting location, but is not limited to this. For example, the map information may be a code such as a URL of a web page displaying a map indicating a shooting location, or can be read by a user terminal device 910 equipped with a camera representing a code such as such URL. It may be a two-dimensional code or the like. Further, here, the map information regarding the shooting location may include, for example, a place where related parties related to the shooting date gather (an example of a place related to the shooting location). The map information is acquired by the map information acquisition unit 267 as described later, but is not limited to this. The map information does not have to be included in the shooting guidance information.

Further, in the present embodiment, the shooting guidance information on each shooting day includes the gathering time information of the persons concerned for shooting on the shooting day. The set time information may be, for example, one time on each shooting day, or two or more times when shooting at a plurality of shooting locations is included. The set time information may be indicated by a time zone from the first time to the second time. The meeting time information may be shown for each party concerned. The set time information is acquired by the shooting guidance information acquisition unit 256 as described later, but is not limited to this. The meeting time information does not have to be included in the shooting guidance information.

Further, in the present embodiment, the shooting guidance information for each shooting day includes note information regarding the shooting on that day. Note information is, for example, information representing notes regarding resources used in individual scenes to be photographed, but is not limited thereto. For example, it may include information indicating matters that should be known to the persons concerned on the shooting date. Note information is, for example, information represented by characters, but is not limited to this. The note information may be, for example, information represented by an image, a figure, or the like. The note information is information acquired by the note information acquisition unit 269, but is not limited to this. Note that the note information does not have to be included in the shooting guidance information.

In the present embodiment, the shooting guidance information includes, for example, information constituting a so-called daily schedule. The daily schedule shows the performers, extras, equipment used, props, weather, etc. in a table format for each scene in which shooting is performed. That is, the information constituting the daily schedule includes, for example, a scene identifier that specifies a scene in which shooting is performed on a specific shooting date, and resource information associated with each scene identifier. Further, in the present embodiment, the information constituting the daily schedule includes, for example, the meeting time information of the persons concerned, the map information, and the note information. Other information may be included in the information constituting the schedule on a daily basis, or some information may not be included. It can be said that such shooting guidance information is directed to a person concerned with the shooting on the shooting day, and is useful information for the person concerned.

In the second embodiment, the shooting schedule storage unit 114 stores the shooting schedule including the resource utilization information generated in the same manner as in the first embodiment. The resource utilization information includes shooting location information regarding the shooting location where shooting is performed, shooting time information regarding the shooting time, and related party information regarding related parties involved in shooting. Further, in the present embodiment, the resource utilization information includes information on resources such as articles to be used. The resource utilization information does not have to include any of these information. Further, in the present embodiment, the shooting schedule may include input information input by the user in addition to resource utilization information.

In the second embodiment, the shooting schedule specifies the shooting date of each scene as in the first embodiment. That is, in the shooting schedule, the resources to be used and the usage time are specified for each scene. That is, the shooting location identifier or the like corresponding to the shooting location of each scene is specified as the shooting location information. In other words, the shooting schedule includes shooting location information regarding the shooting location where the work is shot for each shooting date. In addition, the related party identifiers and the like corresponding to the related parties involved in the shooting of each scene are specified as the related party information. In other words, the shooting schedule is information over a plurality of days, including related party information regarding the parties involved in the shooting of the work for each shooting date. In the shooting schedule, related party information regarding the parties involved in the shooting of the scene is specified for each of the plurality of scenes shot on each shooting day. In addition, resource identifiers corresponding to other articles used for shooting each scene have been identified. Then, as the shooting time information of each scene, for example, the quantity information and the scheduled shooting start time are specified. The shooting time information may include the time required for shooting each scene and the scheduled shooting start time. The required time is, for example, a time calculated by multiplying the quantity information by a predetermined count, but is not limited to this. Further, the scheduled start time of shooting may be specified only for the scene scheduled to be shot at the beginning of each shooting day, or may be specified for each shooting date. Further, regarding the shooting dates when shooting is performed at a plurality of shooting locations, the scheduled shooting start time may be specified for each shooting location.

Further, in the second embodiment, the resource information storage unit 112 includes a contact information storage unit 212. The contact information storage unit 212 stores contact information in which the contact information of a person involved in shooting the work and the party identifier that identifies the person concerned are associated with each other. Here, the contact information is, for example, information indicating an e-mail address, account information in SNS or other team communication services, a telephone number, or the like, but is not limited thereto. The contact information is included in, for example, the related party information of the resource information. That is, contact information, cost information of related parties, and available time information of related parties are stored in association with one related party identifier. The related party information may be stored in the storage unit 210 in association with the related party identifier, in distinction from the resource information.

Similar to the information processing unit 150 of the shooting support system 1 according to the first embodiment, the information processing unit 250 includes a shooting condition information acquisition unit 151, a schedule generation unit 154, an environment prediction information acquisition unit 161 and a position information acquisition unit 162. It has a movement cost acquisition unit 163 and an input information acquisition unit 165. Further, in the second embodiment, the information processing unit 250 has a schedule acquisition unit 255, a shooting guidance information acquisition unit 256, a map information acquisition unit 267, and a note information acquisition unit 269.

The information processing unit 250 can usually be realized from an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the information processing unit 250 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded in a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

As described above, in addition to the various processes performed by the information processing unit 150 in the first embodiment, the information processing unit 250 includes a schedule acquisition unit 255, a shooting guidance information acquisition unit 256, a map information acquisition unit 267, and note information acquisition. For example, the following processing is performed by the unit 269 and the like.

The schedule acquisition unit 255 acquires the shooting schedule stored in the shooting schedule storage unit 114. That is, the schedule acquisition unit 255 acquires the shooting schedule generated by the schedule generation unit 154 based on the script information.

In the second embodiment, the schedule acquisition unit 255 may acquire, for example, a shooting schedule created by the user, a shooting schedule transmitted from the external information processing device 300, or the like. These shooting schedules may include resource utilization information. In addition, the shooting schedule does not have to be completely specified for all the resources used for shooting, and may be undecided for some resources. For example, specific parties may not be associated with each role required in shooting. That is, the cast may be undecided. In that case, information indicating that it is undecided may be associated with the role identifier and included in the resource utilization information.

The map information acquisition unit 267 acquires the map information of the shooting location based on the shooting location information. The shooting location information is, for example, specified from the resource utilization information of the shooting schedule, but is not limited to this. For example, the map information acquisition unit 267 transmits information indicating the shooting location to the external information processing device 300 having a function of transmitting the map information of the location when the information indicating the location is received, and externally. Receives the map information transmitted from the information processing device 300. The information indicating the point is, for example, the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 162, but is not limited to this. The method of acquiring map information is not limited to this. For example, information about a map in a predetermined range is stored in the storage unit 210 in advance, and the map information acquisition unit 267 acquires map information indicating a map of an area including a shooting location from the storage unit 210. May be good.

Note information acquisition unit 269 acquires note information regarding shooting. For example, the note information acquisition unit 269 acquires the input information input by the user acquired from the input information acquisition unit 165 that corresponds to the note items as the note information. In other words, the note information acquisition unit 269 and the input information acquisition unit 165 receive input from the user regarding the note information for each resource and the note information for each shooting date. When the note information acquisition unit 269 acquires the note information for each resource, the note information acquisition unit 269 stores the note information in the storage unit 210 in association with the resource identifier. In this case, for example, the note information may be stored in the resource information storage unit 112 as resource information. Further, when the note information acquisition unit 269 acquires the note information for each shooting date, the note information acquisition unit 269 stores the note information in the storage unit 210 in association with the shooting date. In this case, for example, the note information may be included in the shooting schedule and stored in the shooting schedule storage unit 114.

In the second embodiment, the shooting guidance information acquisition unit 256 acquires the shooting guidance information for the persons involved in the shooting of the day by using the information related to the shooting schedule acquired by the schedule acquisition unit 255. To do. Further, in the present embodiment, the shooting guidance information acquisition unit 256 acquires shooting guidance information based on the map information regarding the shooting location, the meeting time information of the persons concerned, and the note information regarding the shooting on the day. To do. The shooting guidance information acquisition unit 256 includes map information, meeting time information, and note information in the shooting guidance information to be acquired. The shooting guidance information acquisition unit 256 acquires information constituting daily schedules related to shooting on each shooting day as shooting guidance information. The shooting guidance information may be acquired by searching for information from the resource usage information of the shooting schedule using related party information, or other information based on the information searched from the resource usage information or the like. May be done by generating or retrieving.

Specifically, the shooting guidance information acquisition unit 256 acquires shooting guidance information as follows, for example. That is, the shooting guidance information acquisition unit 256 acquires the shooting scene identifier and the corresponding resource usage information from the shooting schedule for the shooting date corresponding to the shooting guidance information. Further, the shooting guidance information acquisition unit 256 acquires information on the resources used in each scene from the resource information based on the acquired resource utilization information. For example, the position information associated with the shooting location is acquired. In addition, the contact information of the persons concerned is acquired. In addition, when the resource utilization information includes a resource identifier (for example, an alphanumeric string that serves as an ID) for which the contents cannot be easily grasped by the persons concerned, the resource information includes the resource identifier. A highly readable character string representing the name or abbreviation of the resource, which is included in the associated state, may be acquired. In addition, the shooting guidance information acquisition unit 256 acquires the meeting time information. For example, the shooting guidance information acquisition unit 256 acquires a time that is a predetermined time earlier than the scheduled shooting start time as the set time information, but is not limited to this. In addition, the shooting guidance information acquisition unit 256 acquires the note information related to the shooting date among the note information stored in the storage unit 210. As the note information related to the shooting date, the note information associated with the shooting date and the note information associated with the resource identifier of the resource used on the shooting date may be acquired. Not limited to. Then, the shooting guidance information acquisition unit 256 associates the acquired information with the shooting date and stores it in the guidance information storage unit 216.

In the second embodiment, the environment prediction information acquisition unit 161 may perform the following operations in addition to the operations of the first embodiment. That is, at the time of acquiring the shooting guidance information, the environment prediction information acquisition unit 161 acquires the weather forecast information related to the weather forecast of the shooting location of the scene where the shooting is performed on the shooting date when the shooting guide information is created. The weather prediction information may be acquired from the external information processing device 300 as in the first embodiment by using the shooting location information included in the shooting schedule, but the present invention is not limited to this. The shooting guidance information acquisition unit 256 stores the weather prediction information acquired by the environment prediction information acquisition unit 161 in the guidance information storage unit 216 in association with the shooting date and the shooting location identifier, thereby storing the weather prediction information in the shooting guidance information. Can be included in. The shooting guidance information acquisition unit 256 is acquired by the environment prediction information acquisition unit 161 at a timing different from the above (for example, when the shooting schedule is acquired), and is associated with the shooting location identifier in the resource information storage unit 112. The weather prediction information stored as the information may be acquired and included in the shooting guidance information.

In the present embodiment, when the shooting schedule acquired by the schedule acquisition unit 255 is changed, the shooting guidance information acquisition unit 256 acquires the shooting guidance information based on the changed shooting schedule. May be good. The timing of acquiring the shooting guidance information may be immediately after the change in the shooting schedule is detected, or may be after a while has passed from the time when the change in the shooting schedule is detected. For example, the shooting guidance information acquisition unit 256 may periodically check the update date and time of the shooting schedule stored in the shooting schedule storage unit 114. In this case, if the update date and time has changed since the previous confirmation, it may be determined that the shooting schedule acquired by the schedule acquisition unit 255 has been changed. Further, for example, the schedule acquisition unit 255 periodically acquires a shooting schedule, and the shooting guidance information acquisition unit 256 compares the acquired shooting schedule with the previously acquired shooting schedule. Then, the shooting guidance information acquisition unit 256 may detect that the shooting schedule has been changed when the acquired shooting schedule has changed from the previously acquired shooting schedule. When the shooting schedule is generated or changed in response to the input of information from the user, the shooting guidance information acquisition unit 256 indicates that the shooting schedule has been changed when the information is input from the user. It may be detected. Regarding the change of the shooting schedule, the changed place may be specified for each scene or each shooting date.

In this way, when the shooting schedule is changed, the shooting guidance information is reacquired, so that the shooting guidance information corresponding to the latest situation can be easily output.

The information output unit 270 has a shooting guidance information output unit 276 in the second embodiment.

The shooting guidance information output unit 276 outputs the shooting guidance information acquired by the shooting guidance information acquisition unit 256 and stored in the guidance information storage unit 216. In the present embodiment, the shooting guidance information output unit 276 obtains the shooting guidance information of the day acquired by the shooting guidance information acquisition unit 256 based on the contact information acquired by the shooting guidance information acquisition unit 256. Output to the parties involved in shooting on the shooting day.

In the present embodiment, the shooting guidance information output unit 276 uses the shooting guidance information stored in the guidance information storage unit 216 to generate a daily schedule and output it to the persons concerned. Specifically, the daily schedule is, for example, a layout of shooting guidance information in a predetermined table format that is easy for the user to see. The daily schedule is generated, for example, by the shooting guidance information output unit 276 arranging the information included in the shooting guidance information by using the template data stored in the storage unit 210, for example. The template data is data in which a position where a predetermined type of information is arranged is specified. That is, as described above, the shooting guidance information on a specific shooting day includes, for example, a scene identifier that specifies a scene in which shooting is performed on that shooting day, and resource information associated with each scene identifier. included. Further, for example, the meeting time information of the persons concerned, the map information, and the note information are included. The shooting guidance information output unit 276 arranges the names of resources used for the scenes to be shot, the amount information related to the scenes, the meeting time information, the map information, and the note information for each shooting date according to the template data. Further, in the present embodiment, the weather prediction information acquired by the environment prediction information acquisition unit 161 is also arranged according to the template data.

As a result, for each scene in which the shooting is performed, the performers and extras to be performed, the equipment used, props, the weather of the scene, etc. are shown in a table format, and the meeting time information, map information, etc. are included. Scales are generated every day. Daily schedules can include note information and weather forecast information.

Note that the shooting guidance information does not have to be output as a schedule every day. The shooting guidance information can be output in various modes. For example, it may be sent as the body of a message sent to an e-mail or an SNS account, as a so-called attached file, or as information indicating a place where the information is posted (for example, a URL). For example, the shooting guidance information output unit 276 may extract only the information related to each related party by using the related party identifier and output it to the related party. Further, for example, as a method of outputting the shooting guidance information, it is possible to display it on the display of the user terminal 910, or to send it as an e-mail or the like that can be received by the user terminal device 910 or the like. , Output information for printing, etc. can be taken in various ways. The display on the display includes, but is not limited to, the display as a web page. Further, the shooting guidance information output unit 276 may output the shooting guidance information by allowing the external information processing device 300, the user terminal device 910, or the like to acquire the shooting guidance information via, for example, an API.

(Example of processing flow related to acquisition and output of shooting guidance information)

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the shooting support system 1.

In the present embodiment, for example, the shooting support system 1 operates as follows with respect to the acquisition and output of shooting guidance information.

(Step S201) The schedule acquisition unit 255 acquires the shooting schedule stored in the shooting schedule storage unit 114.

(Step S202) The shooting guidance information acquisition unit 256 acquires shooting guidance information based on the acquired shooting schedule. A specific explanation regarding the acquisition of shooting guidance information will be described later.

(Step S203) The shooting guidance information output unit 276 acquires a daily schedule template from the storage unit 210.

(Step S204) The shooting guidance information output unit 276 acquires the shooting guidance information acquired by the shooting guidance information acquisition unit 256 from the guidance information storage unit 216. Then, the shooting guidance information output unit 276 generates a schedule every day by arranging each information of the shooting guidance information according to the template data.

(Step S205) The shooting guidance information output unit 276 determines whether or not the shooting schedule has been changed. As described above, this determination may be made based on, for example, the update date and time of the shooting schedule stored in the shooting schedule storage unit 114 on a regular basis and the content of the shooting schedule, but the determination is not limited to this. .. If the shooting schedule has not been changed, the process proceeds to step S206. On the other hand, if the shooting schedule is changed, the process returns to step S201. As a result, the shooting guidance information is acquired based on the changed shooting schedule.

(Step S206) In the present embodiment, the shooting guidance information output unit 276 determines whether or not the transmission time has arrived. The transmission time may be a predetermined time before the shooting date, or may be a time arbitrarily set by the user. When the transmission time has arrived, the process proceeds to step S207. On the other hand, if the transmission time has not arrived, the process returns to step S205.

(Step S207) The shooting guidance information output unit 276 transmits the generated daily schedule to the persons concerned on the shooting date based on the contact information.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing an example of the shooting guidance information acquisition process performed by the shooting guidance information acquisition unit 256.

(Step S221) Regarding the shooting date, the shooting guidance information acquisition unit 256 acquires the scene identifier of the scene in which shooting is performed on that day and the resource usage information related to the resources used in each scene.

(Step S222) The shooting guidance information acquisition unit 256 acquires information on the resources used in each scene from the resource information based on the resource utilization information. As a result, for example, position information regarding the shooting location of each scene is acquired, but the present invention is not limited to this.

(Step S223) The shooting guidance information acquisition unit 256 acquires the map information indicating the shooting location acquired by the map information acquisition unit 267.

(Step S224) The shooting guidance information acquisition unit 256 acquires the contact information of the persons concerned related to the shooting on the shooting date based on the resource utilization information.

(Step S225) The shooting guidance information acquisition unit 256 acquires the meeting time information based on the scheduled shooting start time.

(Step S226) The shooting guidance information acquisition unit 256 acquires the note information related to the shooting date among the note information stored in the storage unit 210.

(Step S227) The shooting guidance information acquisition unit 256 acquires the weather prediction information of the shooting location acquired by the environment prediction information acquisition unit 161 in association with the shooting location identifier.

(Step S228) The shooting guidance information acquisition unit 256 stores the information acquired in steps S221 to S227 as shooting guidance information in the guidance information storage unit 216 in association with the shooting date. When step S228 is completed, the process returns to the process of FIG.

In the second embodiment, specifically, for example, the following information may be used as resource information, shooting schedule, and the like. A specific example will be described below.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of the content of information used for acquiring shooting guidance information in the shooting support system 1.

In FIG. 16, similarly to the specific example of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 8, the content example of the information constituting the shooting schedule, the content example of the information constituting the resource information, and the content example of the role table are shown. Has been done. The shooting schedule includes a shooting date table and schedule details, as in the specific example of the first embodiment.

In this specific example, the resource information includes a related party table, a shooting location table, and an article table, as in the first embodiment. In each table, in the second embodiment, note information (related party note information, shooting location note information, and article note information) corresponding to each resource is recorded in association with the resource identifier. Further, in the shooting date table, the note information for each shooting date is stored in association with the shooting date. Further, in the schedule details, the note information for each scene is stored in association with the scene identifier and the shooting date.

Further, in this specific example, the scheduled shooting start time is stored in the shooting date table in association with the shooting date. The shooting guidance information acquisition unit 256 can acquire the set time information based on, for example, the scheduled shooting start time.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a specific example of the daily schedule table output by the shooting support system 1.

In this specific example, it is assumed that the shooting guidance information is acquired based on the shooting schedule corresponding to the shooting schedule table as shown in FIG. 11 and output as a daily schedule.

As shown in FIG. 17, in the daily schedule, for example, information about each scene shot on one shooting day, related parties, and resources used can be listed (). The area surrounded by

broken lines

17A and 17B). This information is expressed, for example, for each shooting location, but is not limited to this. In addition, the information related to the shooting location is shown in the daily schedule (the area surrounded by the broken lines 17C and 17D). In addition, in the daily schedule, the gathering time information of the related parties who are the staff (the area surrounded by the broken line 17E) and the gathering time information of the related parties who are the performers (the area surrounded by the broken line 17F) are shown. Has been done. The meeting place information may be included together with the meeting time information, and the meeting place information may be displayed based on, for example, the input information of the user. Further, in the daily schedule, the note information for each scene corresponding to the scene (the area surrounded by the broken line 17G) and the note information corresponding to the resource of the shooting date (in the example shown in FIG. 17, surrounded by the broken line 17H). The shooting location note information of the indicated area) and the shooting date-specific note information (the area surrounded by the broken line 17J) corresponding to the shooting date are shown. Further, in this specific example, the weather prediction information on the shooting date (the area surrounded by the broken line 17K) and the map information indicating the meeting place (the area surrounded by the broken line 17L) are shown.

In addition, the mode of daily schedule is not limited to this. In addition, in daily schedule, for example, based on the user's input information acquired by the input information acquisition unit 165 and the information acquired by the information processing unit 250 from the external information processing device 300 or the like, information that can be used as a reference for related parties is shown in the table. It may be done.

As described above, in the second embodiment, since the information is related to each other in this way, it is possible to easily generate a daily schedule that is highly convenient for the persons concerned based on the shooting schedule. In addition, since the daily schedule includes note information regarding shooting, it is possible to easily generate a more convenient daily schedule.

The generated daily schedule is output to the person concerned based on the contact information of the person concerned involved in the shooting on the day. Therefore, daily schedules can be easily transmitted to the persons involved in the shooting on the day.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a modified example of the operation of the shooting support system 1.

The order of processing described by the above flowchart or the like can be changed as appropriate. Further, in the present embodiment, using the acquired shooting guidance information and the related party identifier, only the shooting guidance information information related to the relevant related party is extracted for each related party, and the photographed guidance information information related to the relevant related party is extracted and directed to the relevant related party. It may be output. FIG. 18 shows an example of an operation different from that shown in FIG. 14 in this respect.

(Step S241) The schedule acquisition unit 255 acquires the shooting schedule stored in the shooting schedule storage unit 114.

(Step S242) The shooting guidance information acquisition unit 256 acquires shooting guidance information based on the acquired shooting schedule. The acquisition process of the shooting guidance information may be performed in the same manner as described above, for example.

(Step S243) The shooting guidance information output unit 276 acquires a daily schedule template from the storage unit 210.

(Step S244) The shooting guidance information output unit 276 determines whether or not the shooting schedule has been changed. If the shooting schedule has not been changed, the process proceeds to step S245. On the other hand, when the shooting schedule is changed, the process returns to step S241. As a result, the shooting guidance information is acquired based on the changed shooting schedule.

(Step S245) In this modified example, the shooting guidance information output unit 276 determines whether or not the transmission time has arrived. When the transmission time has arrived, the process proceeds to step S246. On the other hand, if the transmission time has not arrived, the process returns to step S244.

(Step S246) The shooting guidance information output unit 276 substitutes 1 for the counter i.

Subsequent processes from step S247 to step S249 are performed for each related party regarding the shooting date.

(Step S247) The shooting guidance information output unit 276 acquires the shooting guidance information acquired by the shooting guidance information acquisition unit 256 from the guidance information storage unit 216. Then, among the shooting guidance information, the information related to the i-th related party (hereinafter, may be referred to as related party-specific guidance information) is acquired. For example, by extracting information from the shooting guidance information using the i-th related party identifier included in the resource utilization information on the shooting date as a key, it is possible to acquire the i-th related party-specific guidance information.

(Step S248) The shooting guidance information output unit 276 generates daily schedules dedicated to the related parties by arranging each information of the related party-specific guidance information according to the template data.

(Step S249) The shooting guidance information output unit 276 transmits the generated daily schedule to the related party based on the contact information corresponding to the i-th related party identifier.

(Step S250) The shooting guidance information output unit 276 determines whether or not there is an unprocessed related person for the shooting date. The person concerned related to the shooting date may be specified based on, for example, the resource utilization information of the shooting date acquired in step S242. If it is determined that there is an unprocessed related party, the process proceeds to step S251, and if not, a series of processes is terminated.

(Step S251) The shooting guidance information output unit 276 increments the counter i by 1.

In this way, since the dedicated related party-specific guidance information for each related party is acquired, it is possible to easily output the shooting guidance information that is more convenient for each related party.

It should be noted that the information related to each person concerned does not have to be transmitted as a schedule every day, and even if only information about a limited item such as a meeting time or a meeting place is transmitted in various transmission forms. Good. Various transmission forms include, for example, transmission as the body of a message sent to an e-mail or an SNS account, transmission as a so-called attached file, and information indicating the location where the information is posted (for example, URL). Anything is fine, such as sending. In addition, guidance information for each related party may be output according to an output method (sending an e-mail, sending a message to an SNS account, etc.) set in advance for each related party.

Note that the processing in this embodiment may be realized by software. Then, this software may be distributed by software download or the like. Further, this software may be recorded on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM and disseminated. The software that realizes the shooting support system 201 in this embodiment is the following program. In other words, this program uses the computer to acquire the shooting schedule including the related party information related to the related parties involved in the shooting of the work for each shooting date, and the related party information of the shooting schedule acquired by the schedule acquisition section. It functions as a shooting guide information acquisition unit that acquires shooting guidance information for people involved in shooting one day, and a shooting guidance information output unit that outputs shooting guidance information acquired by the shooting guidance information acquisition unit. It is a program to make you.

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FIG. 19 is an overview view of the computer system 800 according to the above embodiment. FIG. 20 is a block diagram of the computer system 800.

In these figures, the configuration of a computer that executes the program described in the present specification to realize the shooting support system 1 and the like of the various embodiments described above is shown. The above-described embodiment can be realized by computer hardware and a computer program executed on the computer hardware.

The computer system 800 includes a computer 801 including a CD ROM drive, a keyboard 802, a mouse 803, and a monitor 804.

In addition to the CDIROM drive 8012, the computer 801 is connected to the MPU8013, the bus 8014 connected to the CDYROM drive 8012, the ROM 8015 for storing programs such as the bootup program, and the MPU8013, and is connected to the application program. It includes a RAM 8016 for temporarily storing instructions and providing a temporary storage space, and a hard disk 8017 for storing application programs, system programs, and data. Although not shown here, the computer 801 may further include a network card that provides a connection to the LAN.

The program for causing the computer system 800 to execute the functions of the information processing apparatus and the like according to the above-described embodiment may be stored in the CD ROM 8101, inserted into the CD ROM drive 8012, and further transferred to the hard disk 8017. Alternatively, the program may be transmitted to the computer 801 via a network (not shown) and stored on the hard disk 8017. The program is loaded into RAM 8016 at run time. The program may be loaded directly from the CDI ROM 8101 or network.

The program does not necessarily have to include an operating system (OS) or a third-party program that causes the computer 801 to execute the functions of the information processing apparatus and the like according to the above-described embodiment. The program need only include a portion of the instruction that calls the appropriate function (module) in a controlled manner to obtain the desired result. It is well known how the computer system 800 works, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In the above program, in the transmission step of transmitting information and the receiving step of receiving information, processing performed by hardware, for example, processing performed by a modem or interface card in the transmission step (only performed by hardware). Processing that is not done) is not included.

Further, the number of computers that execute the above program may be singular or plural. That is, centralized processing may be performed, or distributed processing may be performed.

Further, in the above embodiment, the two or more components existing in one device may be physically realized by one medium.

Further, in the above embodiment, each process (each function) may be realized by centralized processing by a single device (system), or may be realized by distributed processing by a plurality of devices. (In this case, it is possible to grasp the entire system composed of a plurality of devices that perform distributed processing as one "device").

Further, in the above embodiment, the transfer of information performed between the respective components depends on, for example, one of the components when the two components that transfer the information are physically different. It may be performed by outputting information and accepting information by the other component, or if the two components that pass the information are physically the same, one component. It may be performed by moving from the processing phase corresponding to the above to the processing phase corresponding to the other component.

Further, in the above embodiment, information related to the processing executed by each component, for example, information received, acquired, selected, generated, transmitted, or received by each component. In addition, information such as threshold values, mathematical formulas, and addresses used by each component in processing may be temporarily or for a long period of time in a recording medium (not shown) even if it is not specified in the above description. In addition, each component or a storage unit (not shown) may store information on a recording medium (not shown). Further, the information may be read from the recording medium (not shown) by each component or a reading unit (not shown).

Further, in the above embodiment, when the information used in each component or the like, for example, the information such as the threshold value and the address used in the processing by each component and various setting values may be changed by the user, the above Although not specified in the description, the user may or may not be able to change the information as appropriate. When the information can be changed by the user, the change is realized by, for example, a reception unit (not shown) that receives a change instruction from the user and a change unit (not shown) that changes the information in response to the change instruction. You may. The reception unit (not shown) may accept the change instruction from, for example, an input device, information transmitted via a communication line, or information read from a predetermined recording medium. ..

It goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications can be made, and these are also included in the scope of the present invention.

An embodiment may be configured by appropriately combining the above-mentioned plurality of embodiments. For example, the configuration itself is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and each component of the above-described embodiment may be appropriately replaced or combined with the component of another embodiment. In addition, some components and functions may be omitted from the above-described embodiments.

As described above, the shooting support system according to the present invention has an effect of easily calculating the cost required for creating a work based on the shooting schedule, and is useful as a shooting support system or the like.

1,201 Shooting support system 110,210 Storage section 111 Script information storage section 112 Resource information storage section 113 Constraint condition information storage section 114 Shooting

schedule storage section

150, 250 Information processing section 151 Shooting condition information acquisition section 154 Schedule generation section 161 Environment Prediction information acquisition unit 162 Position information acquisition unit 163 Movement cost acquisition unit 165 Input information acquisition unit 170,270 Information output unit 190 Communication unit 212 Contact information storage unit 216 Guidance information storage unit 255 Schedule acquisition unit 256 Shooting guidance information acquisition unit 267 Map information acquisition unit 269 Note information acquisition unit 276 Shooting guidance information output unit 300 External information processing device 310 External device storage unit 350 External device processing unit 370 External device communication unit

Claims

The schedule acquisition department that acquires the shooting schedule including the related party information about the parties involved in the shooting of each shooting day of the work,
Using the information related to the shooting schedule acquired by the schedule acquisition unit, the shooting guidance information acquisition unit that acquires the shooting guidance information for the parties involved in the shooting of the day, and the shooting guidance information acquisition unit.
A shooting support system including a shooting guidance information output unit that outputs shooting guidance information acquired by the shooting guidance information acquisition unit.
It further includes a contact information storage unit that stores contact information in which the contact information of the person involved in the shooting of the work and the party identifier that identifies the person concerned are associated with each other.
According to claim 1, the shooting guidance information output unit outputs the shooting guidance information of one day acquired by the shooting guidance information acquisition unit to the persons involved in the shooting of the day based on the contact information. Described shooting support system.
The shooting schedule includes shooting location information regarding the shooting location where the work is shot for each shooting date.
Further provided with a map information acquisition unit that acquires map information of the shooting location based on the shooting location information.
The shooting support system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the shooting guidance information acquisition unit acquires shooting guidance information including map information acquired by the map information acquisition unit.
The shooting schedule includes shooting time information regarding the shooting time.
According to any one of claims 1 to 3, the shooting guidance information acquisition unit acquires shooting guidance information including gathering time information of related parties for shooting one day based on the shooting time information. Described shooting support system.
It also has a note information acquisition unit that acquires note information about shooting.
The shooting support system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the shooting guidance information acquisition unit acquires the shooting guidance information based on the note information acquired by the note information acquisition unit.
In the shooting schedule, related party information regarding the persons involved in the shooting of the scene is specified for each of a plurality of scenes shot on each shooting day.
The shooting support system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the shooting guidance information acquisition unit acquires shooting guidance information including a daily schedule for shooting on each shooting day.
Any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the shooting guidance information acquisition unit acquires shooting guidance information based on the changed shooting schedule when the shooting schedule acquired by the schedule acquisition unit is changed. The shooting support system described in.
It is a shooting guidance information output method realized by using a schedule acquisition unit, a shooting guidance information acquisition unit, and a shooting guidance information output unit.
A schedule acquisition step in which the schedule acquisition unit acquires a shooting schedule including information on persons involved in the shooting of each shooting day of the work.
A shooting guidance information acquisition step in which the shooting guidance information acquisition unit acquires shooting guidance information for related parties involved in shooting on a day by using the shooting schedule related party information acquired in the schedule acquisition step. When,
A shooting guidance information output method, wherein the shooting guide information output unit includes a shooting guide information output step for outputting the shooting guide information acquired in the shooting guide information acquisition step.
Computer,
The schedule acquisition department that acquires the shooting schedule including the related party information about the parties involved in the shooting of each shooting day of the work,
Using the information related to the shooting schedule acquired by the schedule acquisition unit, the shooting guidance information acquisition unit that acquires the shooting guidance information for the parties involved in the shooting of the day, and the shooting guidance information acquisition unit.
A program for functioning as a shooting guidance information output unit that outputs shooting guidance information acquired by the shooting guidance information acquisition unit.