U.S. patent application number 09/800318 was filed with the patent office on 2001-07-19 for edited-list creating apparatus, editing apparatus and editing method.
This patent application is currently assigned to SONY CORPORATION.. Invention is credited to Kushizaki, Makoto, Ohmori, Shigeru, Tsukimori, Koji.
Application Number | 20010008572 09/800318 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 27341705 |
Filed Date | 2001-07-19 |
United States Patent
Application |
20010008572 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Ohmori, Shigeru ; et
al. |
July 19, 2001 |
Edited-list creating apparatus, editing apparatus and editing
method
Abstract
The present invention displays a second mark of the length
corresponding to the material length of a specified image/sound
material at the corresponding position on the first track in an
edited-list creating screen; when a first mark displayed on one of
first and second track is specified on the edited-list creating
screen, emphatically displays the specified first mark and a first
mark displayed on the second or first track corresponding to this
in the case where video information and audio information of the
video/audio material corresponding to the specified first mark are
linked and registered; in obtaining edited image and/or sound,
continuously plays back edit material to be played back with the
same playback device; in edit-processing a plurality of continuous
second edit materials of edit processing period of time is included
in a first edit material on the time axis, creates edited data for
continuously performing said edit processing on individual second
edit materials from the first of second edit material to the last
of second edit material.
Inventors: |
Ohmori, Shigeru; (Kanagawa,
JP) ; Kushizaki, Makoto; (Kanagawa, JP) ;
Tsukimori, Koji; (Kanagawa, JP) |
Correspondence
Address: |
FORMMER LAWRENCE & HAUG, LLP
10TH FLOOR
745 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK
NY
10151
US
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Assignee: |
SONY CORPORATION.
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Family ID: |
27341705 |
Appl. No.: |
09/800318 |
Filed: |
March 6, 2001 |
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09800318 |
Mar 6, 2001 |
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09374555 |
Aug 13, 1999 |
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09374555 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
386/281 ;
G9B/27.012; G9B/27.051 |
Current CPC
Class: |
G11B 27/031 20130101;
G11B 27/34 20130101; G11B 27/034 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
386/52 ;
386/55 |
International
Class: |
H04N 005/76; H04N
005/93; G11B 027/00 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
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Application Number |
Dec 17, 1997 |
JP |
9-364511 |
Dec 17, 1997 |
JP |
9-364512 |
Dec 17, 1997 |
JP |
9-364519 |
Claims
1. An edited-list creating apparatus capable of creating an edited
list with the edit content defined in such a manner that: a desired
image/sound material is specified out of a plurality of
pre-registered image/sound materials and then a desired position on
a first track provided along the time axis is specified and
thereby, a first mark of the length corresponding to the material
length of said specified image/sound material is displayed at said
specified position on said first track; said edited-list creating
apparatus comprising: first display control means for displaying
said first mark at said position specified on said first track; and
second display control means for displaying a second mark of the
length corresponding to the material length of said specified
image/sound material at a corresponding position on said first
track, till the position on said first track at which said first
mark is displayed is determined.
2. The edited-list creating apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein: said first track has a second track for image and a third
track for sound; said first display control means displays said
first mark with the same length at the same positions on said time
axis of said second track and said third track, if video
information and audio information of said specified image/sound
material are linked and registered; and said second display control
means displays said second mark with the same length at the same
positions on said time axis of said second track and said third
track, if said video information and said audio information of said
specified image/sound material are linked and registered.
3. The edited-list creating apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein: said first mark is composed of a frame in which identity
information of corresponding said image/sound material is
displayed; and said second mark is composed of a shadow.
4. An edited-list creating apparatus capable of creating an edited
list with the edit content defined in such a manner that: a desired
image/sound material is specified out of a plurality of
pre-registered image/sound materials and then a desired position on
a first track for image or a second track for sound provided along
the time axis is specified and thereby, a mark of the length
corresponding to the material length of said specified image/sound
material is displayed at said specified position on said first or
second track; said edited-list creating apparatus comprising:
display means for displaying said first and second tracks; and
display control means, in the case where said mark displayed on one
of said first and second track is specified, for emphatically
displaying only said specified mark if video information and audio
information of said image/sound material corresponding to said
specified mark are unlinked and registered, and on the other hand,
for emphatically displaying said specified mark and said mark
correspondingly displayed on said second or first track if said
video information and said audio information of said image/sound
material corresponding to said specified mark are linked and
registered.
5. The edited-list creating apparatus according to claim 4, wherein
said second display control means highlights corresponding said
mark.
6. The edited-list creating apparatus according to claim 4, wherein
said mark is composed of a frame in which identity information of
corresponding said image/sound material is displayed.
7. An editing apparatus for controlling a plurality of playback
devices based on an edited list defining the edit content, playing
back necessary image and/or sound material from recording media of
tape type with corresponding said playback device and thereby,
producing edited image and/or edited sound in accordance with said
edited list, said editing apparatus comprising control means for
continuously playing back said necessary image and/or sound
material with corresponding said playback device in succession,
until said image and/or sound material to be played back with said
corresponding playback device is needed, in producing said edited
image and/or edited sound.
8. The editing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said control
means continuously plays back said necessary image and/or sound
material with corresponding said playback device in succession,
until said image and/or sound material to be played back with said
one and same playback device is needed, in producing said edited
image and/or edited sound; and thereafter, said control means
repeats a processing for continuously playing back said necessary
image and/or sound material with corresponding said playback device
in succession in the same way, until said image and/or sound
material to be played back with said one and same playback device
is needed.
9. An editing method of controlling a plurality of playback devices
based on an edited list defining the edit content, playing back
necessary image and/or sound material from recording media of tape
type with corresponding said playback device and thereby, producing
edited image and/or edited sound in accordance with said edited
list, said editing method comprising: a first step of detecting the
presence of said image and/or sound material to be played back with
said corresponding playback device based on said edited list; and a
second step of continuously playing back necessary said image
and/or sound material with corresponding said playback device in
succession based on said edited list and the result detected in
said first step, until said image and/or sound material to be
played back with said corresponding playback device is needed.
10. The editing method according to claim 9, wherein said second
step continuously plays back said necessary image and/or sound
material with corresponding said playback device in succession,
until said image and/or sound material to be played back with said
corresponding playback device is needed, in producing said edited
image and/or edited sound, and thereafter, repeats a processing for
continuously playing back said necessary image and/or sound
material with corresponding said playback device in succession in
the same way, until said image and/or sound material to be played
back with said corresponding playback device is needed.
11. An editing apparatus for executing an edit processing based on
an edited list defining the edit content, comprising edited data
creating means for, in respectively edit-processing a plurality of
continuous second edit materials of which a edit processing period
of time is included in a first edit material on the time axis,
based on said edited list, creating edited data for continuously
performing said edit processing on each of said second edit
materials after starting said edit processing of the first of
second edit material up to the last of second edit material.
12. The editing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said
edited data creating means for creating in advance edited data for
continuously performing said edit processing on each of said second
edit materials after starting said edit processing of said first of
second edit material up to said last of second edit material,
before executing said edit processing based on said edited list.
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to an edited-list creating
apparatus, an editing apparatus and an editing method, and is
appropriately applied to an edited-list creating apparatus, an
editing apparatus and an editing method capable of creating a
so-called edited list in which the edit content is defined for
obtaining a desired edited image and sound, for example, by linking
a plurality of pre-registered image and sound materials
(hereinafter, referred to as clips) together in a desired
state.
BACKGROUND ART
[0002] Formerly, there has been proposed such an editing apparatus
capable of displaying a predetermined GUI (Graphical User
Interface) screen, in which a user can create the edited list by
using the GUI screen.
[0003] In practice, the GUI screen displays identify information
such as ID number of each clip pre-registered or titles, and in
this state, a desired clip can be selected through the manipulation
of a mouse.
[0004] Moreover, as shown in FIG. 16A, the GUI screen displays
first and second tracks 91A and 91C for image, a track 91B for
video special-effect, first and second tracks 91D and 91E for
sound, along the time axis 90.
[0005] On the GUI screen, after a desired clip being selected, a
desired position of the track 91A, 91C, 91D or 91E for image or
sound is specified through the manipulation of the mouse and
thereby, as shown in FIG. 16B, frames 92A to 92D having a length
corresponding to the material length of the selected clip are
displayed with the specified position as the front end, on the
track 91A, 91C, 91D or 91E.
[0006] Thus, in such editing apparatus, the aforementioned
operation is successively repeated on the GUI screen, and frames
92A to 92D of the desired clips are displayed successively on the
first or second track 91A, 91C for image, and the first or second
track 91D, 91E for sound so that the frames are continuous with
each other on the time axis 90, and thereby an edited list can be
created.
[0007] However, in such a conventional editing apparatus, if the
frame 92A to 92D of the desired clip is displayed on the track 91A,
91C, 91D or 91E, it is hard to previously recognize the length of
the frame 92A to 92D. Therefore, since it is difficult to
beforehand grasp the relations between the frame 92A to 92D and
other frames previously displayed on the track 91A, 91C, 91D or
91E, there was a problem of difficulty in creating an edited list
efficiently.
[0008] Besides, as such editing apparatus as mentioned above, there
have in recent years been those in which the image and the sound of
individual clips are linked or unlinked and registered while being
linked or unlinked. In the editing apparatus of such a
configuration, if the image and the sound of the clips are
registered while being linked, the frame 92C or 92D is
automatically displayed on the track 91D or 91E for sound
corresponding to displaying of the frame 92A or 92B on the track
91A or 91C for image, and if the image and the sound of the clips
are registered while being unlinked, the frame 92A to 92D is
displayed only on the specified track 91A, 91C, 91D, 91E for image
or sound.
[0009] Further, in this editing apparatus, when the position of the
frame 92A to 92D displayed on the track 91A, 91C, 91D, 91E for
image or sound is moved along the time axis 90, moving one frame
92A to 92D displayed on the track 91A, 91C, 91D, 91E for image or
sound enables a frame 92A to 92D displayed on the track 91A, 91C,
91D, 91E for image or sound integrally corresponding to the
relevant frame to be also moved along the time axis 90, in the case
where the image and the sound are linked.
[0010] However, in an editing apparatus of such a configuration,
when the frame 92A to 92D displayed on the track 91A, 91C, 91D, 91E
for image or sound is moved, it is difficult to determine whether
the image and the sound of the clip corresponding to the relevant
frame are linked or unlinked to be registered. Therefore, there is
a problem of difficulty in creating an edited list efficiently.
[0011] Further, in the conventional editing apparatus described
above, based on the edited list created described above, edited
image and sound corresponding to the edited list are produced by
controlling a plurality of video tape recorders respectively at
predetermined timings to successively play back the corresponding
clips and by successively joining these clips together while
subjecting them to the special-effect processing if necessary.
[0012] Meanwhile, in performing an editing processing of joining
two clips together through the special effect processing, such
former editing apparatus obtains edited image and sound by allowing
one to perform a playback or record processing again after once
stopping both the video tape recorder for playback and a video tape
recorder for record and accomplishing a cue and rewind
operation.
[0013] Moreover, the editing apparatus of this type performs a
similar operation whenever joining clips together and therefore it
has a problem at the time of editing such as joining a plurality of
clips together in succession in that so much time is required for
the cue and rewind operation of a video tape recorder as not to
perform a real time processing, thereby resulting in a significant
decrease in the operating efficiency of editing processing.
[0014] Moreover, for example, when it is desired to obtain such a
special effect as picture-in-picture, the former editing apparatus,
in the case where such an list that the edit time of a first clip
CL10 and that of a second clip CL11 overlap on the time axis 90
(FIG. 16A) and that of the second clip CL11 is within that of the
first clip as shown in FIG. 17A (herein after, referred to as
inclusion), is so constructed as to switch the edit processing
object from the first clip CL10 to the second clip CL11 and
thereafter switch over to the original first clip CL10 again at the
stage of completion of edit processing of the second clip CL11.
[0015] Consequently, for example, even if an edited list with a
plurality of second continuous clips CL13.sub.A to CL13.sub.D to be
edit-processed within the edit period of time for the first clip
CL12 is made up as shown in FIG. 17B, since the edit processing
object is switched from the first clip CL10 to the second clip
CL11.sub.A and thereafter it is returned to the original first clip
CL10 at the stage of completion of edit processing of the relevant
second clip CL11.sub.A as designated with the arrow "a" in FIG.
17C, the editing apparatus of this type has a problem of being
incapable of executing such an edit as to switch over from one
video to another in the filial screen with the one-time edit at the
time of a special effect such as picture-in-picture.
[0016] Thus, formerly, to obtain such a special effect, the
corresponding edited list is so arranged as to be created after the
image for the filial screens of picture-in-picture is previously
edited and brought into one material, and there is a problem of
difficulty in efficiently performing an edit operation.
DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION
[0017] The present invention is made in consideration of the above
points and its object is to propose an edited-list creating
apparatus, an editing apparatus and an editing method, capable of
markedly improving the operating efficiency in the operation of
creating an edited list or the editing operation.
[0018] To solve these problems, the present invention provides an
edited-list creating apparatus for creating an edited list with the
edit content defined in such a manner that a first mark of the
length conforming to the material length of a specified image/sound
material is displayed at a specified position on the first track by
specifying desired positions on a first track provided along the
time axis after specifying a desired image/sound material out of a
plurality of pre-registered image/sound materials, the edited-list
creating apparatus comprising first display control means for
displaying the first mark at the position specified on the first
track; and second display control means for displaying a second
mark of the length conforming to the material length of the
specified image/sound material at a corresponding position on said
first track till the position at which the above first mark is
displayed on the above first track.
[0019] As a result, according to the present invention, the display
position of the first mark can be determined while easily
confirming the display situation of the first mark after the
determination based on the second mark visually in determining the
display position, and thereby an edited-list creating apparatus
capable of markedly improving the operating efficiency in the
operation of creating an edited list can be realized.
[0020] Besides, the present invention provides an edited-list
creating apparatus for creating an edited list with the edit
content defined in such a manner that a mark of the length
conforming to the material length of the specified image/sound
material is displayed at a specified position on the first or
second track by specifying a desired position on the first or
second track for image or sound provided along the time axis after
specifying a desired image/sound material out of a plurality of
pre-registered image/sound materials, the edited-list creating
apparatus comprising display control means for emphatically
displays the specified mark and a mark displayed on the second or
first track corresponding to this when the mark displayed on one of
the first and second track is specified, in the case where the
video information and the audio information of the image/sound
material corresponding to the specified mark are linked and
registered.
[0021] As a result, according to the present invention, it can be
easily judged, based on the emphatic display, whether the video
information and the audio information of the image/sound material
corresponding to the mark are linked or unlinked to be registered.
Thus, an edited-list creating apparatus capable of markedly
improving the operating efficiency in the operation of creating an
edited list can be realized.
[0022] Moreover, the present invention provides an editing
apparatus comprising control means for controlling a corresponding
playback device to successively play back necessary image and/or
sound materials continuously until image and/or sound materials to
be played back by the same playback device are needed, in obtaining
edited image and/or edited sound.
[0023] As a result, according to the present invention, edited
image and/or edited sound are obtained in a real time by a playback
device until the image and/or sound materials to be played back by
the same playback device are needed. Thus, editing apparatus
capable of markedly improving the operating efficiency in the
editing operation can be realized.
[0024] Moreover, the present invention provides an editing method
comprising a first step of detecting the presence of edit materials
to be played back by means of the same playback device based on the
edited list; and a second step of successively playback necessary
image and/or sound continuously by a corresponding playback device
until image and/or sound materials to be played back by the same
playback device are needed, based on the detected result and the
edited list.
[0025] As a result, according to the present invention, edited
image and/or edited sound are obtained in a real time by a playback
device until the image and/or sound materials to be played back by
the same playback device are needed. Thus, an editing method
capable of markedly improving the operating efficiency in the
editing operation can be realized.
[0026] Moreover, the present invention provides an editing
apparatus comprising edited-data creation means for creating edited
data in such a manner as to continuously perform edit processing on
individual second edit materials starting from the primary second
edit material to the last second edit material, when performing the
edit processing on a plurality of second continuous edit materials
with their processing periods of time being included in that of the
first edit material on the time axis.
[0027] As a result, according to the present invention, the editing
operation can be simplified. Thus, an editing apparatus capable of
markedly improving the operating efficiency in the editing
operation can be realized.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0028] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the entire configuration
of an editing apparatus according to the present invention.
[0029] FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a
main control section.
[0030] FIG. 3 is a schematic chart showing a main screen.
[0031] FIG. 4 is a schematic chart showing a video clip edit
window.
[0032] FIG. 5 is a schematic chart showing a main screen.
[0033] FIG. 6 is a schematic chart showing a main screen.
[0034] FIG. 7 is a schematic chart showing a select effect
window.
[0035] FIG. 8 is a schematic chart showing the appearance of a
shadow on the main screen.
[0036] FIG. 9 is a schematic chart showing the appearance of a
shadow on the main screen.
[0037] FIG. 10 is a flow chart showing the framing procedure.
[0038] FIG. 11 is a flow chart showing the highlighting
procedure.
[0039] FIG. 12 is a schematic chart serving for the illustration of
a continuous control procedure.
[0040] FIG. 13 is a flow chart showing a continuous control
procedure.
[0041] FIGS. 14A and 14B are schematic charts serving for the
illustration of a longer clip and a plurality of shorter clips
inclusively related to it.
[0042] FIG. 15 is a flow chart showing a continuous editing
procedure.
[0043] FIGS. 16A to 16B are schematic charts serving for the
illustration of a GUI screen of a conventional editing
apparatus.
[0044] FIGS. 17A to 17C are schematic charts serving for the
illustration of the edit processing of a conventional editing
apparatus.
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
[0045] Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be
described referring to the drawings.
[0046] (1) Configuration of an editing apparatus according to this
embodiment
[0047] In FIG. 1, an editing apparatus according to this
embodiment, denoted by 1 as a whole, is arranged so as to register
a desired portion of the image and sound recorded on a video tape
as a clip and on the other hand to take the video signal and the
audio signal of a desired clip into a hard disk drive 2, if
necessary.
[0048] Besides, this editing apparatus 1 is arranged so as to
create an edited list defining the edit content for obtaining a
desired edited image and sound by combining individual registered
clips together in a desired state, and further actually perform an
edit processing in according with the edited list created in order
to record the obtained edited image and edited sound on a video
tape.
[0049] Namely, this editing apparatus 1 is comprised of connecting
a main control section 3, a system control section 4, a video input
section 5, a video output section 6, a digital video and audio
input/output section 7, a video special-effect processing section
8, an audio input/output and mixer section 9 and a disk control
section 10 through a control bus 11.
[0050] In this case, the main control section 3 allows a given
operational screen (hereinafter, referred to as a main screen) to
be displayed on a display 12 at the initial time. Besides, the main
control section 3 selects the clip registration mode by
manipulating a mouse 13 under this state and sends a control
command C1 to the system control section 4 which corresponds to a
playback operation instruction of one video tape recorder 14A to
14D out of the video tape recorders 14A to 14D connected to the
editing apparatus 1 when this instruction is inputted.
[0051] By sending a control signal S1 to the corresponding video
tape recorder 14A to 14D in accordance with the control command C1
supplied, the system control section 4 allows the playback
operation of the video signal and the audio signal recorded on a
video tape to be performed.
[0052] As a result, an analog video signal S2 and an analog audio
signal S3 as well as a digital video signal S4 and a digital audio
signal S5 are outputted from this video tape recorder 14A to 14D,
while the analog video signal S2 and analog audio signal S3 are
respectively given to the video input section 5 or the audio
input/output and mixer section 9, and the digital video signal S4
and the digital audio signal S5 are given to the digital video and
audio input/output section 7.
[0053] At this time, by controlling either the video input section
5 and the audio input/output and mixer section 9 or the digital
video and audio input/output section 7 through the control bus 11,
the system control section 4 allows either the analog video signal
S2 and the analog audio signal S3 or the digital video signal S4
and the digital audio signal S5 outputted from the video tape
recorders 14A to 14D to be taken in.
[0054] In this manner, if the analog video signal S2 is taken in
via the video input section 5, this is given as a digital video
signal S6 to the video special-effect processing section 8 after
being digital-converted by the video input section 5, whereas this
is given to the video special-effect processing section 8 as it is
if the digital video signal S4 is taken in via the digital video
and audio input/output section 7.
[0055] At this time, under the control of the system control
section 4, the video special-effect processing section 8 sends the
digital video signal S6 and S4 supplied from the video input
section 5 and the digital video and audio input/output section 7 to
the main control section 3. Thereby, in the display 12 at this
time, an image based on the digital video signal S6 or S4 is
displayed at a given position on the main screen.
[0056] Besides, at this time, if the analog audio signal S3 is
taken in, it is sent from the audio input/output and mixer section
9 to a speaker (not shown) as it is, whereas if the digital audio
signal S5 is taken, it is sent to the speaker after being
analog-converted by the audio input/output and mixer section 9.
[0057] Thereby, with this editing apparatus 1, an operator can
specify a desired portion of image and sound based on the image
displayed on the display 12 and the sound given from the speaker by
using the mouse 13 and a keyboard 15 and can employ this as a clip
to register such related data as time code at its in-point and
out-point and material length (duration) in the main control
section 3.
[0058] Besides, at this time, if the take-in mode is selected in
advance, the main control section 3 sends the control command C1
corresponding to this to the system control section 4.
[0059] By sending a control signal S1 to a corresponding video tape
recorder 14A to 14D in accordance with the control command C1
supplied, the system control section 4 allows the image and sound
of a specified clip to be played back in the video tape recorder
14A to 14D and on the other hand, allows either the analog video
signal S2 and analog audio signal S3 or the digital video signal S4
and digital audio signal S5 outputted from the video tape recorder
14A to 14D to be taken in by controlling either the video input
section 5 and audio input/output and mixer section 9 or the digital
video and audio input/output section 7 through the control bus
11.
[0060] As a result, in the case where the analog video signal S2 is
taken in via the video input section 5, it is sent as a digital
video signal S6 to the disk control section 10 via the video
special-effect processing section 8 after being digital-converted
by the video input section 5, whereas in the case where the digital
video signal S4 is taken in via the digital video and audio
input/output section 7, it is sent to the disk control section 10
as it is.
[0061] Besides, at this time, in the case where the analog/digital
signal S3 is taken in via the audio input/output and mixer section
9, it is sent as a digital audio signal S7 to the disk control
section 10 after being digital-converted by the audio input/output
and mixer section 9, whereas in the case where the digital video
signal S5 is taken in via the digital video and audio input/output
section 7, it is sent directly to the disk control section 10.
[0062] And, based on a command given at this time through the
control bus 11 from the system control section 4, the disk control
section 10 successively takes in the digital video signals S6, S4
given from the video special-effect processing section 8 and the
digital video and audio input/output section 7 and the digital
audio signals S7, S5 given from the audio input/output and mixer
section 9 and the digital video and audio input/output section 7,
supplies these to the hard disk drive 2 and allows them to be
recorded at specified positions of the hard disk.
[0063] In this manner, this editing apparatus 1 is arranged so as
to play back a specified image and sound of the clip from the video
tape and to take it into the hard disk drive 2.
[0064] On the other hand, when clips are registered as mentioned
above, the main control section 3 allows the list of registered
clips to be displayed on the main screen displayed in the display
12.
[0065] And, an operator can make up the edit data as the edited
list which defines the edit content such as how to combine each
clip with another clip, by using this main screen. Besides, after
the completion or in the middle of creation of the edited list, an
operator can confirm the edited image and edited sound based on the
edited list.
[0066] Actually, when the preview mode of the edited image and
sound based on the edited list is selected after the completion or
in the middle of creation of the edited list, the main control
section 3 sends the control command C1 corresponding to this to the
system control section 4.
[0067] By sending the control signal S1 to a corresponding video
tape recorder 14A to 14D based on the supplied control command C1
if necessary, the system control section 4 allows an image and
sound of the clip utilized for the edit processing to be played
back in the video tape recorder 14A to 14D, whereas it allows the
image and sound of the clip utilized for the edit processing to be
played back from the hard disk drive 2 by controlling the disk
control section 10 through the control bus 11 if necessary.
[0068] As a result, the analog video signal S2 and the analog audio
signal S3, and the digital video signal S4 and the digital audio
signal S5 of a specified clip are outputted from this video tape
recorder 14A to 14D. The analog video signal S2 and the analog
audio signal S3 are respectively given to the video input section 5
and the audio input/output and mixer section 9, and the digital
video signal S4 and the digital audio signal S5 are given to the
digital video and audio input/output section 7.
[0069] At this time, by controlling either the video input section
5 and the audio input/output and mixer section 9 or the digital
video and audio input/output section 7 through the control bus 11,
the system control section 4 allows either the analog video signal
S2 and the analog audio signal S3 or the digital video signal S4
and the digital audio signal S5 outputted from this video tape
recorder 14A to 14D to be taken in.
[0070] Thereby, in the case where the analog video signal S2 is
taken in via the video input section 5, it is given as the digital
video signal S6 to the video special-effect processing section 8
after being digital-converted in the video input section 5, whereas
in the case where the digital video signal S4 is taken in via the
digital video and audio input/output section 7, it is given to the
video special-effect processing section 8 as it is.
[0071] At this time, under the control of the system control
section 4, the video special-effect processing section 8 performs a
special-effect processing on the supplied digital video signals S6,
S4 of individual clips so as to be in the specified state according
to necessity. Besides, the video special-effect processing section
8 inserts video data such as letters of a title or various graphics
given at this time from the main control section 4 according to
necessity into the digital video signals S6, S4 of individual
clips, or superimposes them onto the digital video signals S6, S4,
so as to send an edited video signal S8 obtained thus to the video
output section 6.
[0072] Under the control of the system control section 4, the video
output section 6 analog-converts the supplied digital edited video
signal S8, and sends an edited video signal S9 thus obtained to the
monitor 16.
[0073] On the other hand, at this time, if the analog audio signal
S3 out of the analog audio signal S3 and the digital audio signal
S5 outputted from the video tape recorder 14A to 14D is taken in
via the audio input/output and mixer section 9, it is sent as an
edited audio signal to the speaker after being submitted to the
edit processing such as mixing in the audio input/output and mixer
section 9, whereas if the digital audio signal S5 is taken in via
the digital video and audio input/output section 7, it is
analog-converted in the audio input/output and mixer section 9,
submitted to the edit processing such as mixing and thereafter sent
as an edited audio signal to the speaker.
[0074] As a result, in this editing apparatus 1, the edited image
based on the edited video signal S9 is displayed on the monitor 16
and the edited sound based on the edited audio signal is given from
the speaker, thus enabling an operator to confirm the edited image
and the edited sound based on the edited list.
[0075] Furthermore, after the edited list was created, the main
control section 3 sends a corresponding control command C1 to the
system control section 4 when its execution instruction is inputted
by manipulating the mouse 13 or the keyboard 15.
[0076] By sending the control signal S1 to a corresponding video
tape recorder 14A to 14D based on the supplied control command C1
according to necessity, the system control section 4 allows the
image and sound of a clip utilized for the edit processing to be
played back in the video tape recorder 14A to 14D, whereas it
allows the image and sound of the clip utilized for the edit
processing to be played back from the hard disk drive 2 by
controlling the disk control section 10 through the control bus 11
according to necessity.
[0077] As a result, to the video special-effect processing section
8 as with the above-mentioned preview mode, the digital video
signal S6, S4 of the required clip is given from the video tape
recorder 14A to 14D via the video input section 5 or the digital
video and audio input/output section 7, or the digital video signal
S6, S4 of the required clip is given from the hard disk drive 2 via
the disk control section 10.
[0078] Besides, at this time, to the audio input/output and mixer
section 9, the analog audio signal S3 of the required clip is given
directly or via the digital video and audio input/output section 7
from the video tape recorders 14A to 14D or the digital audio
signals S7, S5 of the required clip is given via the disk control
section 10 from the hard disk drive 2.
[0079] And, under the control of the system control section 4, as
with the preview mode, the video special-effect processing section
8 performs the special-effect processing on the digital video
signals S6, S4 of individual supplied clips, sends the digital
edited video signal S8 comprising video signals of the edited image
thus obtained to the video output section 6.
[0080] Under the control of the system control section 4, the video
output section 6 analog-converts the supplied digital edited video
signal S8 and sends the obtained edited video signal S9 to the
corresponding video tape recorder 14A to 14D.
[0081] Besides, at this time, under the control of the system
control section 4, the audio input/output and mixer section 9
submits the supplied analog audio signal S2 or digital audio signal
S5, S7 of individual clips to the edit processing such as mixing if
necessary as with the above-mentioned preview mode, and sends the
edited audio signal S10 thus obtained to the corresponding video
tape recorder 14A to 14D.
[0082] In accordance with the control signal S1 given from the
system control section 4, the video tape recorder 14A to 14D
records the edited video signal S9 supplied from the video output
section 6 and the edited audio signal S10 supplied from the audio
input/output and mixer section 9 at a specified position of the
video tape.
[0083] In this manner, the editing apparatus 1 is arranged so as to
edit and process the image and sound of a specified clip into the
specified state in accordance with the edited list created for
registration on the video tape.
[0084] (2) Configuration of the main control section
[0085] Here, as shown in FIG. 2, in the main control section 3, a
CPU (central processing unit) 20, a ROM (read only memory) 21, a
RAM (random access memory) 22, a display processing section 23, a
title/graphic creating section 24 and an interface circuits 25 and
26 are connected to each other with a CPU bus 27. And the main
control section 3 is connected to a mouse 13 and a keyboard 15 with
individual interface circuits 25 and 26.
[0086] In this case, by sending the control command C1 to the
system control section 4 if necessary in accordance with the
program stored in the ROM 21 when the execution instruction of a
predetermined processing is given via the interface circuit 25 or
26, for example, by manipulating the mouse 13 or the keyboard 15,
the CPU 20 allows the corresponding video tape recorder 14A to 14D,
the video input section 5, the video output section 6, the digital
video and audio input/output section 7, the video special-effect
processing section 8, the audio input/output and mixer section 9
and/or the disk control section 10 to execute a predetermined
operation via the system control section 4 and thus allows the
editing apparatus 1 as a whole to execute various processing as
mentioned above.
[0087] Besides, at this time, by reading the video data in the ROM
21 if necessary in accordance with the program stored in the ROM 21
to give them via the display processing section 23 to the display
12, the CPU 20 allows the main screen or various windows as
mentioned below to display, and on the other hand, allows a cursor
moving in the main screen in response to a mouse manipulation or
numerals or letters inputted with the keyboard 15 to be displayed
on the display 12, and an image based on the digital video signal
S6 or S4 given from the video special-effect processing section 8
via the title/graphic creating section 24 to the display processing
section 23 or a static image to be displayed at a predetermined
position in the main screen.
[0088] Furthermore, the CPU 20 is arranged so as to control the
title/graphic creating section 24 if necessary in accordance with
the program stored in the ROM 21 in creating video data of letters
of titles or graphics and to send them to the video special-effect
processing section 8.
[0089] (3) Processing of the CPU on a main screen
[0090] Here, actually, at the rising time when the power is
supplied, the CPU 20 displays a main screen 30 as shown in FIG. 3
on the display in accordance with the program stored in the ROM
21.
[0091] This main screen 30 is provided with a plurality of buttons
31A to 31Q for an operator to select a desired processing content,
a clip information display part 32 for displaying the list of
individual registered clips or the like, a plurality of buttons 33A
to 33T for specifying various processing at the time of creating
the edited list and an edited-list creating part 35 for creating
the edited list.
[0092] And, when the video clip edit button 31K at the upper level
of the screen is selected by a mouse manipulation on this main
screen 30 being displayed on the display 12, the CPU 20 displays a
window 40 as shown in FIG. 4 (hereinafter, referred to as a video
clip edit window) superimposed on the main screen 30.
[0093] In this case, in the video clip edit window 40, a plurality
of source select buttons 41A to 41D respectively corresponding to
the video tape recorders 14A to 14D are displayed at the top left
and a desired video tape recorder 14A to 14D can be selected by
selecting any one of these source select buttons 41A to 41D through
the mouse manipulation.
[0094] And, when any one of video manipulating buttons 42A to 42G
displayed in the video clip edit window 40 is selected through the
mouse manipulation after any one of the source select buttons 41A
to 41D is selected, the CPU 20 allows the relevant video tape
recorder 14A to 14D to execute the operation corresponding to the
selected video manipulating button 42A to 42G by controlling the
corresponding video tape recorder 14A to 14D via the system control
section 4. Incidentally, also on manipulating a slider 43 in the
video clip edit window 40, the CPU 20 similarly allows the
corresponding video tape recorder 14A to 14D to execute a specified
operation.
[0095] And at this time, when allowing the video tape recorder 14A
to 14D to execute a playback operation or speed change playback
operation, the video played back from the video tape by using the
relevant video tape recorder 14A to 14D is displayed in a live
image display section 44 on this video clip edit window 40.
[0096] Thereby, by clicking an in-point specifying button 45 or an
out-point specifying button 46 while visually assuring the image
displayed in this live image display part 44, an operator can
specify the in-point and the out-point of the image part to be
registered as a clip. And at this time, the images of a specified
in-point and out-point are respectively displayed in an in-point
image display part 47 and an out-point display part 48.
[0097] Besides, the time codes in the video tapes of individual
images specified as the in-point and out-point are respectively
displayed on the in-point time code display part 49 and out-point
time code part 50, and the material length (duration) of a
specified clip is displayed on a duration display part 51.
[0098] Incidentally, when a frame-advancing button 52A or 52B in
the video clip edit window 40 is selected through the mouse
manipulation, the CPU 20 advances images displayed on the live
image display section 44 frame by frame in the forward direction or
in the backward direction by controlling the corresponding video
tape recorder 14A to 14D via the system control section 4. On the
other hand, the CPU 20 moves the display image in the live image
display section 44 to the in-point or to the out-point by
controlling the corresponding video tape recorder 14A to 14D via
the system control section 4 when a live image move button 53 or 54
is selected.
[0099] And, when a registration button 55 is selected through the
mouse manipulation after the in-point and the out-point of a clip
are specified as mentioned above, the CPU 20 takes in, as a
database, related data such as time code of the in-point and the
out-point, material length and recorded position (in a video tape
or the hard disk drive 2) of the clip displayed at this time on the
display 12 into the RAM 22 and on the other hand, displays the
related data such as time code of the in-point and the out-point,
material length and registered position of the clip registered thus
on the clip information display part 32 of the main screen 30.
[0100] Besides, at this time, when the take-in mode is selected in
advance on a setup screen (not shown) that can be opened, for
example, by selecting a more button 56 of the video clip edit
window 40, the CPU 20 controls the corresponding video tape
recorder 14A to 14D, the video input section 5 and audio
input/output and mixer section 9 or the digital video and audio
input/output section 7, the video special-effect processing section
8 and the disk control section 10 via the system control section 4
as mentioned above to make the hard disk drive 2 take in the image
and sound of this clip as mentioned above and on the other hand,
stores the data, indicating that the recorded position of this clip
is in the hard disk drive 2, at the corresponding position in the
database (e.g., setup of a flag).
[0101] Meanwhile, at this time, the CPU 20 takes in the video
signal and the audio signal of this clip into the hard disk drive 2
in excess of predetermined interval (for example, 2 seconds) before
and after the specified range (from the in-point to the out-point).
Besides, at this time, if the link mode is selected in advance on
the above setup screen, for example, by an operator, the CPU 20
takes in the image and sound as data into the hard disk drive 2
after linked and on the other hand, takes in the image and sound as
data into the hard disk drive 2 while unlinked if the non-link mode
is selected.
[0102] And thereafter, when the new edit button 57 is selected
through a mouse manipulation, the CPU 20 turns this video clip edit
window 40 back to the initial state. Thereby, an operator can
successively register other clips hereafter according to a
procedure similar to the above one. Besides, when the close button
58 is selected through a mouse manipulation, the CPU 20 closes the
relevant video clip edit window 40.
[0103] On the other hand, as described above, an operator can use
the edited-list creating part 35 on the main screen 30 with the
list of registered clips displayed at the clip information display
part 32 on the main screen 30 (FIG. 5) to create an edited list
according to the following method.
[0104] In this case, first after putting the cursor with a level of
the desired clip in the clip information display part 32, one clip
is specified by pressing the button of the mouse 13, the cursor is
moved to a desired position in the first or second video track 35C
or 35E with the time scale 35A of the edited-list creating part 35
employed as the index as it is and thereafter the button of the
mouse 13 is released.
[0105] As a result, in this first or second video track 35C or 35E,
the CPU 20 displays frames 60A to 60D of the length corresponding
to the material length of the clip specified in the manner
mentioned above with the position of the cursor at that time set to
their heads as shown in FIG. 6. At this time, in the frame 60A to
60B, identify information such as an ID number of the corresponding
clip is displayed.
[0106] Besides, at this time, if the image and sound of the clip
are registered while linked, the CPU 20 displays the frames 61A to
61D of the same length at the same position on the time scale 35A
in the first or second audio track 35G or 35H corresponding to the
first or second video track 35C or 35D in which the frames 60A to
60D are displayed as those of the frames 60A to 60D displayed in
the first or second video track 35C or 35E.
[0107] And an operator repeats manipulations as mentioned above and
successively displays the frames 60A to 60D and 61A to 61D in the
first and second video tracks 35C and 35E and the first and second
audio tracks 35G and 35H so that they continue on the time scale
35A from the beginning of time code ("00:00.00:00") of the time
scale 35A to a desired time code (i.e., for a desired period of
time). At this time, in the frame 61A to 61D, identify information
such as an ID number of the corresponding clip is displayed.
[0108] Here, such a display of the frames 60A to 60D and 61A to 61D
in the first and second video tracks 35C, 35E and the first and
second audio tracks 35G and 35H means that the image of the
corresponding clip is displayed or its sound is given on the time
represented by the time scale 35A at the output time of edit image
and sound in the frames 60A to 60D and 61A to 61D. Accordingly,
through such a manipulation, an edited list composed by
successively defining clip images or clip sounds displayed as
edited images or given as edited sounds can be created.
[0109] Incidentally, in creating an edited list like this, when it
is desired to apply a special-effect processing at the time of
switch over, e.g., from the image of a first clip to that of a
second clip, a first frame 60A to 60D corresponding to the first
preceding clip is displayed in one of first and second video track
35C and 35E, and a second frame 60A to 60D corresponding to the
second succeeding clip is displayed in the other of second and
first video track 35E and 35C so that part of the back side of the
first frame 60A to 60D is overlapped on part of its front side on
the time code of the time scale 35A.
[0110] Subsequently, the select effect button 33R at the middle of
the screen is clicked through a mouse manipulation. As a result,
the CPU 20 displays on the main screen 30 a predetermined window
(hereinafter, referred to as a select effect window) 62 with a
plurality of icons 63A to 63Y indicating the content of various
executable special-effect processing, for example, as in FIG.
7.
[0111] Next, after moving the cursor onto the icon 63A to 63Y of a
desired special-effect processing, the button of the mouse 13 is
pressed, the cursor is moved under this condition to the portion
where the time codes of the first frame 60A to 60D displayed at one
of first and second video track 35C and 35E in the effect track 35D
of the above edited list and the second frame 60A to 60D displayed
at the other of second and first video track 35E and 35C are
overlapped one to another on the time scale 35A, and the button of
the mouse 13 is released.
[0112] As a result, the CPU 20 moves the icon 63A to 63Y displayed
in the select effect window 62 together with the cursor on the
screen and moreover, displays the relevant icon 63A to 63Y in a
pasted state at the position where the button of the mouse 13 is
released.
[0113] Thereby, a direction can be inputted that a special-effect
processing corresponding to the icon 63A to 63Y pasted in the
manner mentioned above in the connection part between the image of
the clip corresponding to the first frame 60A to 60D displayed at
one of first and second video track 35C and 35E and that of the
clip corresponding to the second frame 60A to 60D displayed at the
other of second and first video track 35E and 35C should be
executed. Incidentally, the select effect window 62 can be closed
by selecting a close button 64 through a mouse manipulation.
[0114] Furthermore, when the preview button 33D displayed at the
middle of the main screen 30 is selected through a mouse
manipulation like this after the completion or in the middle of
creating an edited list, the CPU 20 displays the edited image based
on this edited list on the monitor 16 and outputs the edited sound
based on this edited list from the speaker as output means by
controlling the corresponding video tape recorder 14A to 14D, the
video input section 5, the video output section 6, the digital
video and audio input/output section 7, the video special-effect
processing section 8, the audio input/output and mixer section 9
and/or the disk control section 10 via the system control section 4
according to necessity as mentioned above.
[0115] Still further, when the registration button 33G displayed at
the middle of the main screen 30 is selected after an edited list
is created in the manner mentioned above, the CPU 20 executes an
edit processing based on the edited list by controlling the
corresponding video tape recorder 14A to 14D, the video input
section 5, the video output section 6, the digital video and audio
input/output section 7, the video special-effect processing section
8, the audio input/output and mixer section 9 and/or the disk
control section 10 according to necessity via the system control
section 4 as mentioned above and records the edited image and the
edited sound obtained thus via the video tape recorder 14A to 14D
specified in advance by an operator.
[0116] (4) Framing processing and highlighting processing
[0117] Addition to such a configuration, with this editing
apparatus 1, when one clip is specified by pressing the button of
the mouse 13 and the cursor is moved as it is to a desired position
on a first or second video track 35C or 35D or a first or second
audio track 35G or 35H of the edited-list creating part 35 after
conforming the cursor to a desired clip level in the clip list
display part 32 of the main screen 30 through a mouse manipulation
in the middle of creating an edited list, the CPU 20 displays a
shadow 71A of the length corresponding to the material length of
the corresponding clip on the corresponding first or second video
track 35C or 35E or first or second audio track 35G or 35H with the
position of the cursor 70 at this time as its head as shown in FIG.
8.
[0118] And, when the button of the mouse 13 is released in this
state, the CPU 20 displays the frame 60A to 60D or 61A to 61D in
place of the shadow 71A on the first or second video track 35C or
35E or first or second audio track 35G or 35H as mentioned
above.
[0119] Thereby, this editing apparatus 1 is so arranged that in the
middle of creating an edited list, an operator can create an edited
list while visually assuring the position and length of the shadow
71A corresponding to a specified clip by using the edited-list
creating part 35 of the main screen 30.
[0120] Besides, if the video information and audio information of
the relevant clip is unlinked and registered, for example, in
displaying the shadow 71A on a first or second video track 35C or
35E or first or second audio track 35G or 35H, the CPU 20 displays
the shadow 71A only on a first or second video track 35C or 35E or
first or second audio track 35G or 35H specified by the cursor 70
as shown in FIG. 8, whereas if the video information and the audio
information of the clip are linked and registered, as shown in FIG.
9, it displays the shadows 71A and 71B on one of first and second
video track 35C and 35E and first and second audio track 35G and
35H specified by the cursor 70 and on the corresponding other of
first and second audio track 35G and 35H and first and second video
track 35C and 35E, respectively.
[0121] Thereby, this editing apparatus 1 is so arranged that in the
middle of creating an edited list, an operator can easily assure
visually on the basis of the shadows 71A and 71B displayed at a
first or second video track 35C or 35E or first or second audio
track 35G or 35H whether the video information and audio
information of a specified clip are registered with linked or
unlinked, and thus can easily create an edited list.
[0122] On the other hand, by selecting a dedicated command from a
predetermined drop down menu to input a numerical value after
specifying the relevant frame 60A to 60D, 61A to 61D by conforming
the cursor 70 to a desired frame 60A to 60D, 61A to 61D from
individual frames 60A to 60D and 61A to 61D displayed on the first
and second video tracks 35C and 35E and first and second audio
tracks 35G and 35H and clicking the mouse 13, this editing
apparatus 1 can move the position of the relevant frame 60A to 60D,
61A to 61D on the same first or second video track 35C or 35E or
first or second audio track 35G or 35H.
[0123] Thereby, an operator can move individual frames 60A to 60D
and 61A to 61D displayed on the first and second video tracks 35C
and 35E and first and second audio tracks 35G and 35H to desired
positions if necessary.
[0124] Besides, at this time, if the video information and audio
information of the clip corresponding to the relevant frames 60A to
60D and 61A to 61D are linked and registered, the frame 61A to 61D
or 60A to 60D displayed at the other of first and second audio
tracks 35G and 35H and first and second video tracks 35C and 35E
corresponding can be moved together with the frame 60A to 60D or
61A to 61D displayed at one of first and second video tracks 35C
and 35E and first and second audio track 35G and 35H.
[0125] And, in this case, if the image and sound of the clip
corresponding to the frames 60A to 60D and 61A to 61D specified
through the mouse manipulation are unlinked and registered, the CPU
20 highlight-displays only the inside of the frames 60A to 60D and
61A to 61D. On the other hand, the CPU 20 highlight-displays the
inside of the frames 60A to 60D and 61A to 61D and the inside of
the frames 60A to 60D and 61A to 61D displayed at the first or
second video track 35C or 35E or first or second audio track 35G or
35H corresponding to this, if the video information and audio
information of the clip corresponding to the relevant frames 60A to
60D and 61A to 61D are linked and registered.
[0126] Thereby, this editing apparatus 1 is arranged so as to
easily judge on the basis of highlighting when the frames 60A to
60D and 61A to 61D are specified at the time of creating an edited
list whether the video information and audio information of the
clip corresponding to the relevant frames 60A to 60D and 61A to 61D
are linked or unlinked, and registered.
[0127] Here, actually, at the time of creating an edited list, the
CPU 20 displays the frames 60A to 60D and 61A to 61D on the first
and second video tracks 35C and 35E or the first and second audio
track 35G and 35H of the main screen 30 in accordance with the
framing procedure RT1 shown in FIG. 10.
[0128] Namely, when pressing the button of the mouse 13 with the
cursor 70 conformed to the level corresponding to any clip in the
clip information display part 32 of the main screen 30, the CPU 20
starts this framing procedure RT1 at the step SP1 and recognizes
the clip specified at the subsequent step SP2.
[0129] Next, the CPU 20 proceeds to the step SP3 and judges on the
basis of the data base of related data of each clip stored in the
ROM 21 (FIG. 2) whether or not the video information and audio
information of the relevant clip are linked and registered.
[0130] And, when getting the affirmative result at this step SP3,
the CPU 20 proceeds to the step SP4, displays a shadow 71A or 71B
of the length corresponding to the material length of the image or
sound of the corresponding clip with the front end of the cursor 70
at that time as its head on the first or second video track 35G or
35H or on the first or second audio track 35G or 35H when the
cursor 70 is moved onto the first or second video track 35C or 35E
or onto the first or second audio track 35G or 35H of the screen
30. Moreover, the CPU 20 moves these two shadows 71A and 71B onto
the first or second video track 35C or 35E and onto the first or
second audio track 35G or 35H in response to the movement of the
cursor 70.
[0131] Furthermore, the CPU 20 proceeds to the step SP5 to judge
whether the button of the mouse 13 is released or not. The CPU 20
returns to the step SP4 if the negative result is obtained. On the
other hand, the CPU 20 proceeds to the step SP6 if the affirmative
result is obtained, then displays the frame 60A to 60D and 61A to
61D of the same length as that of the shadows 71A and 71B displayed
respectively on the first or second video track 35C or 35E and on
the first or second audio track 35G or 35H at the same positions as
those of the shadows 71A and 71B, respectively, and proceeds to the
step SP7 to terminate this framing procedure RT1.
[0132] In contrast, when obtaining the negative result at the step
SP3, the CPU 20 proceeds to the step SP8 and displays the shadow
71A or 71B of the length corresponding to the material length of
the corresponding clip with the front end of the cursor 70 then as
its head only on the first or second video track 35C or 35E or on
the first or second audio track 35G or 35H, when the cursor 70 is
moved onto the first or second video track 35C or 35E or onto the
first or second audio track 35G or 35H, and moreover, it moves this
one shadow 71A or 71B in response to the movement of the cursor 70
on the corresponding first or second video track 35C or 35E or on
the corresponding first or second audio track 35G or 35H.
[0133] Furthermore, the CPU 20 proceeds to the step SP9 to judge
whether the button of the mouse 13 is released or not. The CPU 20
returns to the step SP8 if the negative result is obtained. On the
other hand, the CPU 20 proceeds to the step SP10 if the affirmative
result is obtained, then displays a frame 60A to 60D and 61A to 61D
of the same length as that of the shadow 71A or 71B displayed on
the first or second video track 35C or 35E or on the first or
second audio track 35G or 35H at the same positions as that of the
relevant shadow 71A or 71B, and thereafter proceeds to the step SP7
to terminate this framing procedure RT1.
[0134] On the other hand, when any of the frames 60A to 60D and 61A
to 61D displayed on the first or second video track 35C or 35E or
on the first or second audio track 35G or 35H of the main screen 30
is clicked, the CPU 20 starts the highlighting procedure RT2 shown
in FIG. 11 at the step SP20 and judges at the subsequent step SP21
based on the database of related data of each click stored in the
ROM 21 (FIG. 2) whether the image and sound of the clip
corresponding to a specified frame 60A to 60D or 61A to 61D are
linked or unlinked to be registered.
[0135] And, when obtaining the affirmative result at the step SP22,
the CPU 20 proceeds to the step SP23 to emphasize the inside of the
frames 61A to 61D and 60A to 60D displayed on the first or second
audio track 35G or 35H and on the first or second video track 35C
or 35E corresponding to the above frames 60A to 60D and 61A to 61D
by highlighting and thereafter, proceeds to the step SP24 to
terminate this highlighting procedure RT2.
[0136] In contrast, when obtaining the negative result at the step
SP22, the CPU 20 proceeds to the step SP25 to emphasize only the
inside of the relevant frame 60A to 60D or 61A to 61D by
highlighting and thereafter proceeds to the step SP24 to terminate
this highlighting procedure RT2.
[0137] (5) Continuous control processing
[0138] On the other hand, the CPU 20, at the preview mode or the
recording mode, is arranged so as to successively play back the
video signals and/or audio signals of the required clips by
continuously controlling individual video tape recorders 14A to 14D
and the hard disk drive 2 in succession for a period (period
T.sub.1) till the clip to be played back by the same video tape
recorder 14A to 14D within the edit range T.sub.0 to be previewed
or to be record-processed as shown in FIG. 12 based on the edited
list which is created or is in the middle of creation by using the
edited-list creating part 35 of the main screen 30.
[0139] Besides, after continuously playing back the video signals
and/or audio signals of the required clips in succession like this,
the CPU 20 is arranged so as to successively play back the video
signals and/or audio signals of the required clips by continuously
controlling individual video tape recorders 14A to 14D and the hard
disk drive 2 in succession till the clip to be played back by the
same video tape recorder 14A to 14D appears within the rest edit
period (period T.sub.2) and thereafter successively repeat a
similar processing.
[0140] Like this, this editing apparatus 1 is arranged so as to
successively repeat a processing of continuously controlling
individual video tape recorders 14A to 14D and the hard disk drive
2 in succession according to the need till the clip to be played
back by the same video tape recorder 14A to 14D appears based on an
edited list at the preview mode or the recording mode. Thus, the
editing apparatus 1 can perform the playback processing till the
clip to be played back by the same video tape recorder 14A to 14D
appears in a real time.
[0141] Here, actually, the CPU 20 controls individual video tape
recorders 14A to 14D and the hard disk drive 2 in the continuous
control procedure RT3 shown in FIG. 13 at the preview mode and the
recording mode.
[0142] Namely, when the preview button 33D or the recording button
33G displayed at the middle of the main screen 30 is clicked
through a mouse manipulation during the process or at the
completion of creating an edited list, the CPU 20 starts the
continuous control procedure RT3 of FIG. 13 at the step SP30 and
detects the edit range T.sub.0 (FIG. 12) to be preview-processed or
recording-processed on the time scale 35A based on the edited list
at the subsequent step SP31.
[0143] Next, the CPU 20 proceeds to the step SP32 to confirm the
stored place (in a video tape recorder or the hard disk drive 2) of
the video signal and/or audio signal of the clip with the smallest
time cord value of the front end on the time scale 35A of the
corresponding frame 60A to 60D, 61A to 61D out of individual clips
within the edit range T.sub.0, based on the edited list and the
data base of related data of individual clips stored in the RAM 22,
and judges whether the stored places for all clips within the edit
range T.sub.0 were confirmed or not at the step SP33.
[0144] If the affirmative result is obtained at the step SP33, the
CPU 20 proceeds to the step SP38, or proceeds to the step SP34 if
the negative result is obtained to judge whether the video signal
and/or audio signal of the relevant clip is stored on the video
tape loaded in any video tape recorder 14A to 14D or not.
[0145] And if the negative result is obtained at this step SP34,
the CPU 20 returns to the step SP32 and thereafter repeats the loop
of steps SP32-SP33-SP34-SP32 while changing the clip to be
confirmed from the minimum time cord of the front end of the
corresponding frame 60A to 60D, 61A to 61D for the clip to be
confirmed in sequence at the step SP32 till the affirmative result
is obtained at the step SP33 or the step SP34.
[0146] And before long if the affirmative result is obtained at the
step SP34, the CPU 20 proceeds to the step SP35 to store the number
of the video tape recorder 14A to 14D in which the video tape with
the video signal and/or audio signal of the relevant clip stored is
loaded and thereafter, proceeds to the step SP36 to judge whether
the relevant number has appeared by then.
[0147] Obtaining the negative result at the step SP36 means that
there is no same clip played back by a video tape recorder 14A to
14D as the relevant clip among the clips played back earlier than
the relevant clip at the preview mode or the recording mode, and at
this time the CPU 20 returns to the step SP32, then repeats the
loop of step SP32 to step SP36 as with the above case.
[0148] In contrast, obtaining the affirmative result at the step
SP36 means that there is the same clip played back by a video tape
recorder 14A to 14D as the relevant clip among the clips played
back earlier than the relevant clip at the preview mode or the
recording mode, and at this time the CPU 20 proceeds to the step
SP37 to determine the continuous edit range (periods T.sub.1 and
T.sub.2 in FIG. 12) so as to continuously play back the clips of
the range extending from the first clip to the last.
[0149] And thereafter, the CPU 20 proceeds to the step SP38 and
sets the video tape to the head of the video signals and/or audio
signals of the respective clips corresponding to them by
controlling individual corresponding video tape recorders 14A to
14D and the hard disk drive 2.
[0150] Besides, by controlling the corresponding video tape
recorders 14A to 14D, the video input section 5, the video output
section 6, the digital video and audio input/output section 7, the
video special-effect processing section 8, the audio input/output
and mixer section 9 and/or the disk control section 10, if
necessary, at a predetermined timing via the system control section
4, the CPU 20, for the continuous edit range determined at the step
SP37, displays the edited image based on the edited list on the
display 16 and gives the edited sound from the speaker at the
preview mode, and on the other hand, records the edited image and
sound into a video tape via the corresponding video tape recorder
14A to 14D as well at the recording mode.
[0151] And, before long when this preview processing or recording
processing terminates, the CPU 20 proceeds to the step SP39 and
judges whether all clips within the edit range T.sub.0 detected at
the step SP31 were submitted to a preview or recording
processing.
[0152] If the negative result is obtained at this step SP39, the
CPU 20 proceeds to the step SP40 to reset the numbers of individual
video tape recorder 14A to 14D, stored at the step SP35, then
returns to the step SP31 to restart the confirmation of the stored
position of the video signal and/or audio signal of each clip from
the last clip continuously edit-processed at the step SP38 and
thereafter repeats the loop of step SP32 to step SP40 as with the
above case to successively perform a processing.
[0153] Furthermore, before long when the affirmative result is
obtained at the step SP39, the CPU 20 proceeds to the step SP41 to
terminate this continuous control procedure RT3.
[0154] (6) Continuous edit processing
[0155] On the contrary, for example, as shown in FIG. 14A, in the
case of edit-processing a plurality of continuous clips
(hereinafter, referred to as shorter clips) CL2.sub.A to CL2.sub.D
without directive of effect, shorter in material length than a clip
(hereinafter, referred to as a longer clip) CL1, respectively in
accordance with the edited list 80 to be edit-processed within the
edit processing period of time of the longer clip CL1 at the
preview mode and recording mode, the CPU 20 continuously performs
the edit-process on the individual shorter clips CL2.sub.A to
CL2.sub.D after switching from the edit processing of the longer
clip CL1 to the edit processing of the first shorter clip
CL2.sub.A, till the directive of the next effect is given (i.e.,
till the completion of the last shorter clip CL2.sub.D).
[0156] Actually, in accordance with an edited list 80 as shown in
FIG. 14A, the CPU 20 plays back a longer clip CL1 first of all by
controlling a first video tape recorder 14A to 14D or the hard disk
drive 2 to play back the longer CL1 via the system control section
4 and on the other hand, set the video tape to the head of the
video signal of each shorter clip CL2.sub.A to CL2.sub.D by
controlling a second tape recorder 14A to 14D or the hard disk
drive 2 to play back each shorter clip CL2.sub.A to CL2.sub.D in a
relationship of its edit processing time being overlapped on and
included in that of the longer clip CL1 (hereinafter, referred to
as an inclusive relationship) via the system control section 4.
[0157] Besides, at this time, the CPU 20 selects the signal line
corresponding to the longer clip CL1 by controlling a switcher (not
shown) in the video special-effect processing section 8 via the
system control section 4.
[0158] As a result, the video signal of the longer clip CL1 played
back with the first video tape recorder 14A to 14D or the hard disk
drive 2 is given to the video special-effect processing section 8
via the video input section 5, the digital video and audio
input/output section 7 or the disk control section 10, taken into
the video special-effect processing section 8 to be submitted to a
special-effect processing if necessary and thereafter, the obtained
digital edited video signal S8 is sent as an edited video signal S9
to the monitor 16 or to a third recording video tape recorder 14A
to 14D via the video output section 6.
[0159] Furthermore, if the operating mode at this time is the
recording mode, the CPU 20 starts the record processing by
controlling the third video tape recorder 14A to 14D via the system
control section 4 and thus records this edited video signal S9 on a
video tape.
[0160] On the other hand, at the time of switching from the edit
processing of the longer clip CL1 to that of the first shorter clip
CL2.sub.A, the CPU 20 plays back the video signal of the first
shorter clip CL2.sub.A by controlling the corresponding second
video tape recorder 14A to 14D via the system control section 4,
and on the other hand, selects the signal line corresponding to the
relevant shorter clip CL2.sub.A by controlling the switcher in the
video special-effect processing section 8 via the system control
section 4.
[0161] As a result, the video signal of the first shorter clip
CL2.sub.A played back with this second video tape recorder 14A to
14D or the hard disk drive 2 is given to the video special-effect
processing section 8 via the video input section 5, the digital
video and audio input/output section 7 or the disk control section
10, taken into the video special-effect processing section 8 to be
submitted to a special-effect processing in accordance with the
edited list 80 and thereafter, the obtained digital edited video
signal S8 is sent as an edited video signal S9 to the monitor 16
and/or to the third recording video tape recorder 14A to 14D via
the video output section 6.
[0162] Furthermore, at the time of switching from the edit
processing of the first shorter clip CL2.sub.A to that of other
subsequent shorter clips CL2.sub.B to CL2.sub.D, the CPU 20
successively plays back the video signal of the other corresponding
shorter clips CL2.sub.B to CL2.sub.D at a predetermined timing by
controlling the corresponding second video tape recorders 14A to
14D via the system control section 4 based on the edited list 80,
and on the other hand, selects the signal line corresponding to
these other shorter clips CL2.sub.B to CL2.sub.D by controlling the
switcher in the video special-effect processing section 8 via the
system control section 4.
[0163] As a result, the video signals of other individual shorter
clips CL2.sub.B to CL2.sub.D are continuously played back with
these second video tape recorders 14A to 14D or the hard disk drive
2, these video signals are successively taken into the video
special-effect processing section 8 via the video input section 5,
the digital video and audio input/output section 7 or the disk
control section 10 and cut/connected, then sent as an edited video
signal S9 to the monitor 16 and/or to the third recording video
tape recorder 14A to 14D via the video output section 6.
Incidentally, in this case, if submitting the first shorter clip
CL2.sub.A to the special-effect processing of filial screen display
such as picture-in-picture, the video special-effect processing
section 8 executes a special-effect processing of cut/connection to
the video signals of individual shorter clips CL2.sub.B to
CL2.sub.D subsequent to this in the filial screen.
[0164] Furthermore, at the time of switchover from the edit
processing of this last shorter clip CL2.sub.D to that of the
longer clip CL1, the CPU 20 selects the signal line to the relevant
last shorter clip CL2.sub.D by controlling the switcher in the
video special-effect processing section 8 via the system control
section 4.
[0165] As a result, the video signals of the longer clip CL1 being
played back with the first video tape recorders 14A to 14D or the
hard disk drive 2 are taken into the video special-effect
processing section 8, and submitted to a specified given
special-effect processing, and thereafter the obtained digital
edited video signal S8 is sent as an edited video signal S9 to the
monitor 16 and/or the recording third video tape recorder 14A to
14D via the video output section 6.
[0166] In this manner, the CPU 20 executes an edit processing based
on the edited list 80 as shown in FIG. 14A.
[0167] Here, actually, at the time of the preview mode and
recording mode, the CPU 20 executes an edit processing in
accordance with the continuous editing procedure RT4 shown in FIG.
15.
[0168] Namely, when the preview mode or the recording mode is
selected by clicking the preview button 33D or the recording button
33G in the main screen 30, the CPU 20 starts this continuous
editing procedure RT4 at the step SP50 and checks for the presence
of a longer clip CL1 and shorter clips CL2.sub.A to CL2.sub.D
inclusively related on the basis of the edited list created by
using the edited-list creating part 35 of the main screen 30 at the
subsequent step SP51.
[0169] And at the subsequent step SP52, the CPU 20 judges on the
basis of the check result at the step SP51 whether or not there is
a set of the longer clip CL1 and shorter clips CL2.sub.A to
CL2.sub.D inclusively related. The CPU 20 proceeds to the step SP56
if the negative result is obtained. On the other hand, the CPU 20
proceeds to the step SP53 if the affirmative result is obtained,
and confirms the continuity of the corresponding clips CL2.sub.A to
CL2.sub.D (how many shorter clips CL2.sub.A to CL2.sub.D are
continuous without directive of effect) and the positions of the
continuous shorter clips CL2.sub.A to CL2.sub.D on the time scale
35A (a time code of the front end of the first shorter clip
CL2.sub.A and a time code of the rear end of the last shorter clip
CL2.sub.D in the continuous shorter clips CL2.sub.A to CL2.sub.D).
Incidentally, at this time, if there are a plurality of sets of
longer clip CL1 and shorter clips CL2.sub.A to CL2.sub.D inclusive
related, the CPU 20 confirms the positions of the continuous
shorter clips CL2.sub.A to CL2.sub.D on the time scale 35A for the
respective sets.
[0170] Next, the CPU 20 proceeds to the step SP54 and confirms on
which the first and second video tracks 35C, 35E of the edited-list
creating part 35 of the main screen 30 individual frames 60A to 60D
corresponding respectively to the longer clip CL1 and individual
shorter clips CL2.sub.A to CL2.sub.D are displayed.
[0171] Furthermore, thereafter the CPU 20 proceeds to the step SP55
and creates such edited data as to continuously perform an edit
processing on individual shorter clips CL2.sub.A to CL2.sub.D from
the first to the last, for any of longer clip CL1 and individual
continuous shorter clips CL2.sub.A to CL2.sub.D inclusively related
to it.
[0172] And, the CPU 20 proceeds to the step SP56 to execute an edit
processing by controlling a video tape recorder 14A to 14D, the
video input section 5, the video output section 6, the digital
video and audio input/output section 7, the video special-effect
processing section 8, the audio input/output and mixer section 9,
the disk control section 10 and the hard disk drive 2 based on the
above edited data at a predetermined timing according to necessity,
then proceeds to the step SP57 to terminate this continuous editing
procedure RT4.
[0173] (7) Operations and advantages of this embodiment
[0174] (7-1) Operations and advantages of framing processing and
highlighting processing
[0175] With the above configuration, when the cursor is moved onto
the first or second video track 35C or 35E or onto the first or
second audio track 35G or 35H after one clip in the clip list
display part 32 of the main screen 30 is specified at the time of
creating an edited list, this editing apparatus 1 displays a shadow
71A or 71B on the first or second video track 35C or 35E or on the
first or second audio track 35G or 35H specified by the cursor
70.
[0176] Accordingly, at the time of creating an edited list, this
editing apparatus 1 can assure the display state of the frame 60A
to 60D or 61A to 61D corresponding to a specified clip in advance
on the basis of a shadow 71A or 71B displayed on the first or
second video track 35C or 35E or on the first or second audio track
35G or 35H, thereby enabling the operation of creating an edited
list to be simplified by such an extent.
[0177] Besides, when any of the frames 60A to 60D and 61A to 61D
displayed on the first or second video track 35C or 35E or on the
first or second audio track 35G or 35H of the main screen 30 is
clicked, this editing apparatus 1 emphasizes only the inside of the
relevant frame 60A to 60D or 61A to 61D by highlighting if the
video information and the audio information of the corresponding
clip are unlinked and registered.
[0178] And, if the video information and the audio information of
the corresponding clip are linked and registered, the editing
apparatus 1 emphasizes both the inside of the relevant frame 60A to
60D or 61A to 61D and the inside of the relevant frame 60A to 60D
or 61A to 61D displayed on the first or second video track 35C or
35E or on the first or second audio track 35G or 35H corresponding
to it by highlighting.
[0179] Accordingly, at the time of creating an edited list, in this
editing apparatus 1, it can be easily judged visually whether the
video information and audio information of the clip corresponding
to a specified frame 60A to 60D or 61A to 61D are linked or
unlinked to be registered, based on the highlighting of frames (a
frame) 60A to 60D and/or 61A to 60D displayed on the first or
second video track 35C or 35E and/or on the first or second audio
track 35G or 35H of the main screen 30. Therefore, the operation of
creating an edited list can be simplified by such an extent.
[0180] According to the above configuration, a shadow 71A or 71B of
the length corresponding to material length of a specified clip is
so arranged as to be displayed with the front end of the cursor 70
set to its head on the first or second video track 35C or 35E or on
the first or second audio track 35G or 35H at the time of creating
an edited list, so that an operator can assure the display state of
the frame 60A to 60D or 61A to 61D corresponding to a specified
clip in advance on the basis of this shadow 71A or 71B. Thus, an
editing apparatus capable of markedly improving the operating
efficiency of creating an edited list can be implemented.
[0181] Besides, according to the above configuration, at the time
of creating an edited list, if the video information and the audio
information of the clip corresponding to the frame 60A to 60D or
61A to 61D to be changed in position are linked and registered
which is displayed on the first or second video track 35C or 35E or
on the first or second audio track 35G or 35H, the two
corresponding frames 60A to 60D and 61A to 61D are highlighted. On
the other hand, if the video information and the audio information
of the corresponding clip are unlinked and registered, only the one
corresponding frame 60A to 60D or 61A to 61D is highlighted. Thus,
an operator can easily recognize whether a link is present or not
between the video information and the audio information of the
corresponding clip based on the highlighting, thereby enabling an
editing apparatus capable of markedly improving the operating
efficiency of creating an edited list to be implemented.
[0182] (7-2) operations and advantages of continuous control
processing
[0183] Further, at the preview mode and the recording mode, in the
case where there is no clip to be played back by the same video
tape recorder 14A to 14D within the edit range T.sub.0 to be
preview-processed or recording-processed based on the edited list,
this editing apparatus 1 continuously plays back all clips included
in the relevant edit range T.sub.0 in succession by controlling
continuously the corresponding video tape records 14A to 14D and/or
the hard disk drive 2 in succession at a predetermined timing.
[0184] In contrast, if there is a clip to be played back with the
same video tape recorder 14A to 14D within the edit range T.sub.0
to be preview-processed or recording-processed, the editing
apparatus 1 continuously plays back these individual clips in
succession by continuously controlling the video tape recorder 14A
to 14D corresponding to each clip or the hard disk drive 2 during a
period (period T.sub.1 in FIG. 12) till the relevant clip is
needed.
[0185] Besides, thereafter in a similar manner, in the case where
there is a clip whose video signal and/or audio signal to be played
back with the same video tape recorder 14A to 14D within the rest
edit range (period T.sub.2 in FIG. 12), the editing apparatus 1
continuously plays back these individual clips in succession by
continuously controlling the video tape recorder 14A to 14D
corresponding to each clip or the hard disk drive 2 till the
playback of the relevant clip.
[0186] Thus, this editing apparatus 1 require neither rewind
operation nor cue operation of the corresponding video tape
recorder 14A to 14D whenever a juncture between the clips appears
at the preview mode or the recording mode, and can perform a
real-time playback processing during a period till the clip to be
played back by the same video tape recorder 14A to 14D is needed.
Thus, this editing apparatus 1 can preview an edited image and
sound identical with or near to the edited result at the preview
mode and can perform a recording operation more rapidly at the
recording mode.
[0187] According to the above embodiment, individual clips
continuing till a clip to be played back with the same video tape
recorder 14A to 14D appears within the edit range T.sub.0 to be
preview-processed or to be recording-processed are continuously
played back in succession at the preview mode or the recording mode
based on the edited list with individual video tape recorders 14A
to 14D corresponding to these clips and/or the hard disk drive 2
continuously being controlled, so that a playback processing can be
accomplished in a real time during a period till a clip to be
played back with the same video tape recorder 14A to 14D appears,
thus an editing apparatus capable of markedly improving the
operating efficiency of an editing operation can be
implemented.
[0188] (7-3) Operations and advantages of continuous editing
processing
[0189] Further, at the preview mode and the recording mode, if a
longer clip CL1 and shorter clips CL2.sub.A to CL2.sub.D
inclusively related are not present on the basis of the edited
list, this editing apparatus 1 executes an edit processing as it is
based on the edited list. On the other hand, if the longer clip CL1
and shorter clips CL2.sub.A to CL2.sub.D inclusively related are
present, the editing apparatus 1 creates such an edited data as to
continuously edit-process individual continuous shorter clips
CL2.sub.A to CL2.sub.D included in longer clip CL1 without
directive of effect and executes an edit processing based on the
edited data.
[0190] Thus, in the case of an edit that a longer clip CL1 and a
plurality of shorter clips CL2.sub.A to CL2.sub.D are inclusively
related, this editing apparatus 1 does not require an operator to
perform an edit processing of previously merging individual shorter
clips CL2.sub.A to CL2.sub.D into one clip, thereby enabling the
operation of creating an edited list to be simplified by this
extent.
[0191] According to this arrangement, in the case of
edit-processing a longer clip CL1 and the plurality of continuous
shorter clips CL2.sub.A to CL2.sub.D inclusively related to it,
individual subsequent shorter clips CL2.sub.B to CL2.sub.D are
continuously edit-processed after the edit processing of the first
shorter clip CL2.sub.A, so that the edit operation can be
simplified. Thus, the operating efficiency of the edit operation
can be markedly improved.
[0192] (8) Other embodiments
[0193] (8-1) Other embodiments of framing processing and
highlighting processing
[0194] In the above embodiment, a description is made of a case
where the CPU 20 displays the frame 60A to 60D or 61A to 61D
conforming in length to a specified clip at a specified position on
the first or second video track 35C or 35E or on the first or
second audio track 35G or 35H of the main screen 30. However, the
present invention is not limited to this, but other marks of
various shapes than a frame are widely applicable.
[0195] Besides, in the above embodiment, a description is made of a
case where the CPU 20 displays shadows 71A and 71B on the first and
second video track 35C and 35E and on the first and second audio
track 35G and 35H according to necessity. However, the present
invention is not limited to this, but other marks of various shapes
than shadows are widely applicable.
[0196] Furthermore, in the above embodiment, a description is made
of a case where first display control means for displaying shadows
71A and 71B on the first and second video track 35C and 35E and on
the first and second audio track 35G and 35H according to necessity
and second display control means for displaying shadows 71A and 71B
conforming in length to the material length of the corresponding
clip on the first and second video track 35C and 35E and on the
first and second audio track 35G and 35H according to necessity are
comprised in the CPU 20 of the main control section 3 for managing
the control of the whole editing apparatus 1. However, the present
invention is not limited to this, but first and second display
control means can be provided separately from the CPU 20.
[0197] Still further, in the above embodiment, a description is
made of a case where the present invention is applied to the
editing apparatus 1 composed as shown in FIG. 1. However, the
present invention is not limited to this, but is applicable to
other various edited-list creating apparatus, so arranged as
capable of creating an edited list in such a manner that by
specifying a desired position on a first track provided along the
time axis after specifying a desired image/sound material out of a
plurality of image/sound materials registered in advance, and
thereby displaying a first mark conforming in length to the
specified image/sound material at a specified position on the first
track.
[0198] Yet further, in the above embodiment, a description is made
of a case where if the video information and the audio information
of the clip corresponding to a specified frame 60A to 60D or 61A to
61D are linked and registered which is displayed on the first or
second video track 35C or 35E or on the first or second audio track
35G or 35H, the CPU 20 of the main control section 3 for managing
the control of the whole editing apparatus 1 is applied as display
control means for highlighting individual frames 60A to 60D and 61A
to 61D displayed on the first or second video track 35C or 35E and
on the first or second audio track 35G or 35H respectively.
However, the present invention is not limited to this, but the
display control means can be provided separately from the CPU
20.
[0199] Yet further, in the above embodiment, a description is made
of a case where if the video information and the audio information
of the clip corresponding to a specified frame 60A to 60D or 61A to
61D are linked and registered which is displayed on the first or
second video track 35C or 35E or on the first or second audio track
35G or 35H, highlighting the inside of the frames 60A to 60D and
61A to 61D is arranged as an emphasized display method in
emphasizing individual corresponding frames displayed on the first
or second video track 35C or 35E and on the first or second audio
track 35G or 35H respectively. However, the present invention is
not limited to this, but other various methods can be widely
applied for emphasized display method.
[0200] (8-2) Other embodiments of continuous control processing
[0201] Moreover, in the above embodiment, a description is made of
a case where the present invention is applied to an editing
apparatus 1 so configured as shown in FIG. 1. However, the present
invention is not limited to this, but can be widely applied to
other editing apparatuses of various configurations, so arranged as
to obtain the edited image and/or sound according to the edited
list, in brief, by successively playing back edit materials
recorded on recording media of tape type (video tapes in this
embodiment) with corresponding playback devices respectively, based
on the edited list at a predetermined timing. In this case, the
present invention can be applied also to an editing apparatus in
which the editing materials are either of video signals or audio
signals alone.
[0202] Besides, in the above embodiment, a description is made of a
case where the CPU 20 for managing the control of this entire
editing apparatus 1 is applied to control means for allowing
individual corresponding video tape recorders 14A to 14D to
continuously play back the video signals and/or audio signals of
the clips by controlling the corresponding video tape recorders 14A
to 14D in sequence during a period till a clip to be played back by
the same video tape recorder 14A to 14D appears on the basis of the
edited list in obtaining an edited image and sound. However, the
present invention is not limited to this, but such control means
can be provided separately from the CPU 20.
[0203] Furthermore, in the above embodiment, a description is made
of a case where, in continuously playing back clips till the
playback of a clip to be played back by the same video tape
recorder 14A to 14B, the CPU 20 allows individual video tape
recorders 14A to 14D to previously perform a cue. However, the
present invention is not limited to this, but after allowing only
the video tape recorder 14A to 14D playing back the first clip to
perform a cue, the CPU can start the continuous control processing
immediately and can allow a cur of individual subsequent clips to
be performed in sequence at a necessary timing.
[0204] Still further, in the above embodiment, a description is
made of a case where, with respect to all clips within the edit
range T.sub.0 to be preview-processed or recording-processed, video
signals and/or audio signals of required clips are continuously
played back in sequence by continuously controlling individual
video tape recorders 14A to 14D and the hard disk drive 2 in
sequence during a period till a clip to be played back by the same
video tape recorder 14A to 14D appears. However, the present
invention is not limited to this, but a processing similar to the
above can be applied to individual ranges in which a plurality of
clips to be continuously edit-processed among the edit range
T.sub.0 to be preview-processed or recording-processed.
[0205] (8-3) Other embodiments of continuous editing processing
[0206] Incidentally, in the above embodiment, a description is made
of a case where the CPU 20 creates edited data for continuously
performing an edit processing on individual shorter clips CL2.sub.A
to CL2.sub.D inclusively related to any of the longer clips CL1
from the first to the last for the plurality of continuous shorter
clips CL2.sub.A to CL2.sub.D, before execution of edit processing
based on edited list. However, the present invention is not limited
to this, but such edited data can be successively made out while
executing an edit processing.
[0207] Besides, in the above embodiment, a description is made of a
case where, in edit-processing a plurality of continuous shorter
clips CL2.sub.A to CL2.sub.D with their edit-processing periods of
time included in that of the longer clip CL1 on the time scale 35A
based on the edit list, the CPU 20 of the main control section 3
managing the control of this entire editing apparatus 1 is applied
to edited-data creating means for creating edited data for
continuously edit-processing individual second edit materials
CL2.sub.A to CL2.sub.D from the first shorter clip CL2.sub.A to the
last edit material CL2.sub.D. However, the present invention is not
limited to this, but edited data creating means can be provided
separately from the CPU 20.
[0208] Furthermore, in the above embodiment, a description is made
of a case where the present invention is applied to an editing
apparatus with its edit materials made of image/sound materials.
However, the present invention is not limited to this, but can be
widely applied to an editing apparatus in which the edit materials
are only either of image materials or sound materials.
[0209] Still further, in the above embodiment, a description is
made of a case where, in edit-processing a plurality of continuous
shorter clips CL2.sub.A to CL2.sub.D with their edit-processing
periods of time included in that of the longer clip CL1 on the time
scale 35A, the CPU 20 creates the edited data for continuously
edit-processing individual second edit materials CL2.sub.A to
CL2.sub.D from the first shorter clip CL2.sub.A to the last second
edit material CL2.sub.D only for video signals of individual clips.
However, the present invention is not limited to this, but such
edited data can be created only for audio signals of individual
clips or for both video and audio signals of individual clips.
[0210] Yet further, in the above embodiment, a description is made
of a case where, in edit-processing a plurality of continuous
shorter clips CL2.sub.A to CL2.sub.D with their edit-processing
periods of time included in that of the longer clip CL1 on the time
scale 35A, the CPU 20 determines the continuous edit-processing
range of shorter clips CL2.sub.A to CL2.sub.D based on a presence
or absence of an effect. However, the present invention is not
limited to this, but the continuous edit-processing range can be
determined to the range from the first shorter clip CL2.sub.A to
the last edit material CL2.sub.D regardless of whether an effect is
present or not. Even if the range is determined like this, an
effect similar to that of this embodiment can be obtained.
Industrial Applicability
[0211] An edited-list creating apparatus, an editing apparatus and
an editing method, according to the present invention can be
utilized for an editing apparatus for business use of a
broadcasting station and the like.
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