UNIT VIDEO REPRESENTING DEVICE, EDITING CONSOLE, EDITING SYSTEM, AND ANIMATION EDITING METHOD

• US 20090136200A1
• Filed: 10/07/2008
• Published: 05/28/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Shinkai, Mitsutoshi, Kashiwa, Kotaro, Tokunaka, Junzo
• Granted Patent: US 8,782,523 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/241
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence

Abstract

A unit video representing device, which includes an input section inputting unit video information being information about unit video as an animation, a display section, a control section causing the display section to execute display representing contents of the unit video, on the basis of the unit video information inputted by the input section, and a self information notifying section capable of causing an external editing console to recognize self information when the self unit video representing device is placed on the editing console.

Claims

1. A unit video representing device comprising:

an input section inputting unit video information being information about unit video as an animation;

a display section;

a control section causing the display section to execute display representing contents of the unit video, on the basis of the unit video information inputted by the input section; and

a self information notifying section capable of causing an external editing console to recognize self information when the self unit video representing device is placed on the editing console.

2. The unit video representing device according to claim 1, wherein the unit video representing device is formed into a shape such that a plurality of unit video representing devices can be piled.

3. The unit video representing device according to claim 2, further comprising:

a piling position detecting section detecting, in a pile of the plurality of unit video representing devices, where the self unit video representing device is positioned, lowermost, uppermost, or in between.

4. The unit video representing device according to claim 3, further comprising:

a self information up-down communication section notifying, in the pile of the plurality of unit video representing devices, the self information to another unit video representing device in the pile.

5. The unit video representing device according to claim 4, wherein the self information up-down communication section is formed as an optical communication device section.

6. The unit video representing device according to claim 1, wherein the self information is identification information of the self unit video representing device.

7. The unit video representing device according to claim 1, wherein

the unit video information inputted by the input section includes an identification information of the unit video as the animation, and

the self information is the identification information of the unit video inputted by the input section.

8. The unit video representing device according to claim 1, wherein the self information notifying section is formed as a noncontact wireless communication device section performing noncontact wireless communication with the editing console.

9. The unit video representing device according to claim 1, wherein

the unit video information inputted by the input section includes information about a starting point and an end point of the unit video as the animation, and

the control section causes the display section to display the information about the starting point and the end point of the unit video as the display representing the contents of the unit video.

10. The unit video representing device according to claim 1, wherein the display section is formed of electronic paper which maintains the display even without power supply.

11. The unit video representing device according to claim 2, wherein the unit video representing device is approximately rectangular-shaped.

12. The unit video representing device according to claim 2, wherein the unit video representing device is formed by binding a cover section having the display section and a plurality of sheets formed as flexible paper-like display devices along a spine, and having a book structure in which the sheet section form each page.

13. The unit video representing device according to claim 12, wherein

the unit video information inputted by the input section includes frame image data forming the unit video, and

the control section generates display image data for each sheet using the frame image data, and causes the each sheet section to execute still-image display based on the generated display image data.

14. The unit video representing device according to claim 13, wherein each of the sheets is formed of electronic paper which maintains the display even without power supply.

15. An editing console comprising:

an editing surface on which a plurality of unit video representing devices, each executing display representing contents of unit video as an animation, may be arranged;

an arranging sequence detecting section detecting an arranging sequence of the plurality of unit video representing devices arranged on the editing surface; and

an edit information generating section generating edit information in which a time sequence is set, on the basis of the arranging sequence detected by the arranging sequence detecting section.

16. The editing console according to claim 15, wherein the arranging sequence detecting section detects an arranging sequence of the plurality of unit video representing devices arranged in a horizontal direction on the editing surface.

17. The editing console according to claim 15, wherein the arranging sequence detecting section detects an arranging sequence in a vertical direction of the plurality of unit video representing devices piled on the editing surface.

18. The editing console according to claim 15, wherein the arranging sequence detecting section is formed as a noncontact wireless communication device section performing noncontact wireless communication with the unit video representing devices arranged on the editing surface.

19. An editing system including a plurality of unit video representing devices and an editing console, wherein

the unit video representing devices includes:

an input section inputting unit video information being information about unit video as an animation;

a display section;

a control section causing the display section to execute display representing contents of the unit video, on the basis of the unit video information inputted by the input section; and

a self information notifying section capable of causing the editing console to recognize self information when the self unit video representing device is placed on the editing console, and

the editing console includes;

an editing surface on which the plurality of unit video representing devices may be arranged;

an arranging sequence detecting section detecting an arranging sequence of the plurality of unit video representing devices arranged on the editing surface; and

an edit information generating section generating edit information in which a time sequence is set, on the basis of the arranging sequence detected by the arranging sequence detecting section.

20. An animation editing method by an editing system including a plurality of unit video representing devices and an editing console, the method comprising:

a step of inputting unit video information about each of a plurality of unit video being animations, to a corresponding one of the plurality of unit video representing devices, thereby allowing each video representing device to represent single unit video;

a step of detecting an arranging sequence of the video representing devices arranged on the editing surface of the editing console, and

a step of generating edit information in which a time sequence is set, on the basis of the detected arranging sequence.