Information providing device, information providing method, and program storage medium

• US 20020113813A1
• Filed: 03/29/2002
• Published: 08/22/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Yoshimine, Takao
• Granted Patent: US 7,552,388 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/723
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04812 Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D

Abstract

In the present invention, image data is edited in response to a demand transmitted from a data-processing apparatus through a network. A moving-picture server (3) acquires a scenario consisting of a plurality of scenes, each lasting for a given time, is acquired in response to a demand made by a personal computer (1-1). The server acquires from a temporary edition space (6) a given number of original data items that will be used in the scenario, also in response to a demand made by the data-processing apparatus. The moving-picture server (3) selects prescribed ones of the original data items acquired and allocate them to the scenes of the scenario acquired. The server corrects the original data items selected, in accordance with the prescribed image data items that have been allocated to the scenes of the scenario. The image data is thereby edited.

Claims

1. A data-providing apparatus for editing image data in response to a demand transmitted from a data-processing apparatus through a network, said data-providing apparatus comprising:

first acquisition means for acquiring a scenario consisting of a plurality of scenes, each lasting for a given time, in response to a demand made by the data-processing apparatus;

second acquisition means for acquiring a given number of image data items that will be used in the scenario, in response to a demand made by the data-processing apparatus;

means for selecting prescribed ones of the image data items acquired by the second acquisition means and for allocating the prescribed image data items to the scenes of the scenario acquired by the first acquisition means; and

correction means for correcting the image data items selected in accordance with the prescribed image data items that have been allocated to the scenes of the scenario.

2. The data-providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein prescribed special effects are allocated to the prescribed ones of the scenes of the scenario, and the apparatus further comprises effect-applying means for applying the special effects to the image data items allocated to the scenes.

3. The data-providing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising transmission control means for controlling the transmission of the image data generated by applying the special effects to the image data items by the effect-applying means.

4. The data-providing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising recording control means for controlling the recording of the image data generated by applying the special effects to the image data items by the effect-applying means.

5. The data-providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first acquisition means acquires a scenario selected from a plurality of scenarios.

6. The data-providing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein different pieces of music are allocated to the plurality of scenarios.

7. The data-providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second acquisition means acquires the image data items supplied from the data-processing apparatus.

8. The data-providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second acquisition means acquires the image data items supplied from another data-processing apparatus.

9. A data-providing method for use in a data-providing apparatus for editing image data in response to a demand transmitted from a data-processing apparatus through a network, said data-providing method comprising:

a first acquisition step of acquiring a scenario consisting of a plurality of scenes, each lasting for a given time, in response to a demand made by the data-processing apparatus;

a second acquisition step of acquiring a given number of image data items that will be used in the scenario, in response to a demand made by the data-processing apparatus;

a step of selecting prescribed ones of the image data items acquired in the second acquisition step and for allocating the prescribed image data items to the scenes of the scenario acquired in the first acquisition step; and

a correction step of correcting the image data items selected in accordance with the prescribed image data items that have been allocated to the scenes of the scenario.

10. A program-storing medium which stores a computer-readable program, the program being for use in a data-providing apparatus for editing image data in response to a demand transmitted from a data-processing apparatus through a network, the program comprising:

a first acquisition step of acquiring a scenario consisting of a plurality of scenes, each lasting for a given time, in response to a demand made by the data-processing apparatus;

a second acquisition step of acquiring a given number of image data items that will be used in the scenario, in response to a demand made by the data-processing apparatus;

a step of selecting prescribed ones of the image data items acquired in the second acquisition step and for allocating the prescribed image data items to the scenes of the scenario acquired in the first acquisition step; and

a correction step of correcting the image data items selected in accordance with the prescribed image data items that have been allocated to the scenes of the scenario.