Information processing apparatus and processing method and program storage medium

• US 20020154158A1
• Filed: 09/24/2001
• Published: 10/24/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Suzuki, Motoyuki, Fukuda, Kei, Osawa, Muneaki, Miura, Kentaro
• Granted Patent: US 7,085,995 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/723
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/213 Read-only discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2512 Floppy disks
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2525 Magneto-optical [MO] discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2545 CDs
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/262 Studio circuits, e.g. for mixing, switching-over, change of character of image, other special effects ; Cameras specially adapted for the electronic generation of special effects
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/783 Adaptations for reproducing at a rate different from the recording rate
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8042 involving data reduction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8063 using time division multiplex of the PCM audio and PCM video signals

Abstract

An information processing apparatus for suitably corresponding a plurality of images as an editing object to each of a plurality of scenes constituting scenario data. In the apparatus, when a read button (211) is operated, a material clip (212) as an editing object is displayed on a material tray (201). When a tag (271-1) is selected, a shaker window having a section button (281) is displayed. Scenarios correspond to a plurality of selection buttons (281), respectively. The number of scenes, an effect given to each scene and the like are designated to each scenario. A user selects one selection button (281) to select one scenario. When a shake button (285) is operated, a predetermined one is selected at random out of material clips (212) designated in advance by a user to assign it to each scene of the scenario selected by the user.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

memory means for storing scenario data constituted by a plurality of scenes; and

corresponding means for suitably corresponding a plurality of images as an editing object to each of said plurality of scenes constituting said scenario data stored in said memory means.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of scenes are predetermined lengths different from each other.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising:

modification means for modifying said image corresponded by said corresponding means adjusting to said length of a scene.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 further comprising:

reproducing means for continuously reproducing said plurality of images corresponded by said corresponding means on the basis of said scenario data.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said reproducing means applies, on the basis of predetermined special effect information corresponded to said scene, said special effect information to said plurality of images to reproduce the latter.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 further comprising:

decision means for suitably deciding the special effect information corresponded from the plurality of special effect information to said scene;

wherein

said reproducing means applies said special effect information to said plurality of images, on the basis of decision result of said decision means, to reproduce the latter.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said corresponding means for suitably corresponding said plurality of images as an editing object to said plurality of scenes of scenario data selected out of a plurality of scenario data.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising:

registration means for registering images to be an editing object;

image information display means for displaying in list information relating to said plurality of images as an editing object; and

output information display means for arranging and displaying information relating to said plurality of images corresponded by said corresponding means in accordance with order of said plurality of scenes.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said corresponding means uses a first scenario with repetitive continuous reproducing as a premise, and a second scenario with repetitive reproducing as a non-premise to carry out corresponding.

10. An information processing method comprising the steps of:

corresponding processing for suitably corresponding a plurality of images as an editing object to each of a plurality of scenes constituting scenario data;

modification processing said images corresponded adjusting to a length of each of said scenes; and

reproducing processing for continuously reproducing said plurality of images on the basis of said scenario data.

11. The information processing method according to claim 10 further comprising:

decision processing step of suitably deciding special effect information corresponded out of a plurality of special effect information to said scene.

12. The information processing method according to claim 10 further comprising:

image information display processing step of displaying in list information relating to said plurality of images as an editing object; and

output information display processing step of arranging and displaying information relating to said plurality of images corresponded by said corresponding means in accordance with order of said plurality of scenes.

14. The program storage medium in which a program capable of being read by a computer is stored according to claim 10, said program further comprising:

decision processing step of suitably deciding special effect information corresponded out of a plurality of special effect information to said scene.

15. The program storage medium in which a program capable of being read by a computer is stored according to claim 13, said program further comprising:

image information display processing step of displaying in list information relating to said plurality of images as an editing object; and

output information display processing step of arranging and displaying information relating to said plurality of images corresponded by said corresponding processing step in accordance with order of said plurality of scenes.

13. A program storage medium in which a program capable of being read by a computer is stored, said program comprising:

corresponding processing step of suitably corresponding a plurality of images as an editing object to each of a plurality of scenes constituting scenario data;

modification processing step of modifying each of said images corresponded adjusting to a length of each of said scenes; and

reproducing processing step of continuously reproducing said plurality of images on the basis of said scenario data.