SCENARIO EDITING APPARATUS AND SCENARIO EDITING METHOD, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND SCENARIO EDITING SYSTEM

• US 20120237178A1
• Filed: 03/01/2012
• Published: 09/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Ishii, Yoshiki, Kachi, Yasushi
• Granted Patent: US 8,582,948 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/224
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/633 for displaying additional information relating to control or operation of the camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/222 Studio circuitry; Studio devices; Studio equipment cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors, or control thereof H04N23/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8047 using transform coding
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal

Abstract

A scenario editing apparatus which generates and edits scenario data to be referred at an image capturing, comprises: a first recording unit which records first scenario data appended with identification numbers for respective captured contents; a read-out unit which reads out image data captured with reference to the first scenario data and identification numbers for the respective captured contents; a selection unit which selects image data to be re-captured; a generation unit which generates second scenario data to be re-captured while reproducing the selected image data; and a second recording unit which records the generated second scenario data.

Claims

1. A scenario editing apparatus which generates and edits scenario data to be referred to when an image capturing apparatus captures images, comprising:

a first recording unit configured to record first scenario data appended with identification numbers for respective captured contents in a recording medium;

a read-out unit configured to read out image data captured with reference to the first scenario data and identification numbers for the respective captured contents, which are associated with the captured image data, from the recording medium;

a selection unit configured to select image data, which is to be instructed to be re-captured, from the captured image data read out by said read-out unit;

a generation unit configured to generate second scenario data to be re-captured by receiving an input image capturing instruction while reproducing the image data selected by said selection unit; and

a second recording unit configured to record the second scenario data generated by said generation unit in the recording medium.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second scenario data is appended with an identification number of the first scenario data, which was referred to when the captured image data were captured, and take numbers for identifying a plurality of image capturing operations for the same identification number.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the second scenario data is appended with number information used for inheriting the take numbers for identifying the plurality of image capturing operations corresponding to the same identification number.

4. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the second scenario data includes image capturing instruction information displayed when the image data selected by said selection unit is re-captured.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the second scenario data is appended with reference image data generated from the captured image data.

6. An image capturing apparatus which captures images with reference to scenario data appended with identification numbers for respective captured contents, comprising:

an image capturing unit configured to capture images with reference to scenario data recorded in a first recording area of a recording medium;

a recording unit configured to record the image data captured with reference to the scenario data and the identification numbers for the respective captured contents associated with the captured image data in a second recording area of the recording medium in association with each other;

a display unit configured to display images related to the captured image data and information related to the scenario data; and

a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the scenario data is scenario data to be re-captured,

wherein when said determination unit determines that the scenario data is scenario data to be re-captured, said display unit displays a reference image for a re-capturing operation, which image is generated from the captured image data, together with the images related to the captured image data.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said display unit has an image capturing mode for displaying images related to image data generated by said image capturing unit,

when said determination unit determines that the scenario data is the scenario data to be re-captured, said display unit switches a display of the image capturing mode to a display of the reference image, and

when the display of the reference image ends, said display unit returns to the display of the image capturing mode.

8. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said display unit has an image capturing mode for displaying images related to image data generated by said image capturing unit, and

when said determination unit determines that the scenario data is the scenario data to be re-captured, said display unit displays the reference image to be superimposed on a display of the image capturing mode.

9. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said display unit has a scenario view mode for displaying scenario data recorded in the recording medium as a list,

when said determination unit determines that the scenario data is the scenario data to be re-captured, said display unit switches a display of the scenario view mode to a display of the reference image, and

when the display of the reference image ends, said display unit returns to the display of the scenario view mode.

10. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said display unit has an image capturing mode for displaying images related to image data generated by said image capturing unit, and a scenario view mode for displaying scenario data recorded in the recording medium as a list,

when said determination unit determines that the scenario data is the scenario data to be re-captured, said display unit switches a display of the scenario view mode to a display of the reference image, and

when the display of the reference image ends, said display unit switches to a display of the image capturing mode.

11. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein when the scenario data to be re-captured includes image capturing instruction information associated with a re-capturing operation of the captured image data, whether or not to display the image capturing instruction information is allowed to be switched.

12. A scenario editing apparatus which generates and edits scenario data to be referred to when an image capturing apparatus captures images, comprising:

an obtaining unit configured to obtain image data captured by the image capturing apparatus;

a display unit configured to display images related to the image data obtained by said obtaining unit;

a designation unit configured to designate a first image required to be re-captured from the images displayed by said display unit;

a specifying unit configured to specify a second image having a high correlation with the first image designated by said designation unit;

a generation unit configured to generate scenario data to be re-captured, which includes the first image designated by said designation unit and the second image specified by said specifying unit; and

a recording unit configured to record the scenario data to be re-captured, which is generated by said generation unit.

13. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein said specifying unit specifies an image allocated before or after the first image as the second image from a plurality of images allocated on a time axis.

14. The apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising a trimming unit configured to trim some frames of an image,

wherein when a length of the second image is not less than a predetermined length, said specifying unit trims some frames of the second image by said trimming unit.

15. A scenario editing system established by a scenario editing apparatus which generates and edits scenario data to be referred to when an image capturing apparatus captures images, and an image capturing apparatus which captures images with reference to the scenario data,

said scenario editing apparatus comprising:

a first recording unit configured to record first scenario data appended with identification numbers for respective captured contents in a recording medium;

a read-out unit configured to read out image data captured with reference to the first scenario data and identification numbers for the respective captured contents, which are associated with the captured image data, from the recording medium;

a selection unit configured to select image data, which is to be instructed to be re-captured, from the captured image data read out by said read-out unit;

a generation unit configured to generate second scenario data to be re-captured by accepting an input image capturing instruction while reproducing the image data selected by said selection unit; and

a second recording unit configured to record the second scenario data generated by said generation unit in the recording medium,

said image capturing apparatus comprising;

an image capturing unit configured to capture image with reference to scenario data recorded in a first recording area of the recording medium;

a recording unit configured to record the image data captured with reference to the scenario data and the identification numbers for the respective captured contents associated with the captured image data in a second recording area of the recording medium in association with each other;

a display unit configured to display images related to the captured image data and information related to the scenario data; and

a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the scenario data is scenario data to be re-captured,

wherein when said determination unit determines that the scenario data is scenario data to be re-captured, said display unit displays a reference image for a re-capturing operation, which image is generated from the captured image data, together with the images related to the captured image data.

16. A scenario editing method for an apparatus which generates and edits scenario data to be referred to when an image capturing apparatus captures images, the method comprising:

a first recording step of recording first scenario data appended with identification numbers for respective captured contents in a recording medium;

a read-out step of reading out image data captured with reference to the first scenario data and identification numbers for the respective captured contents, which are associated with the captured image data, from the recording medium;

a selection step of selecting image data, which is to be instructed to be re-captured, from the captured image data read out in the read-out step;

a generation step of generating second scenario data to be re-captured by accepting an input image capturing instruction while reproducing the image data selected in the selection step; and

a second recording step of recording the second scenario data generated in the generation step in the recording medium.

19. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the editing method according to claim 16.

17. A control method for an image capturing apparatus which captures images with reference to scenario data appended with identification numbers for respective captured contents, the method comprising:

an image capturing step of capturing image with reference to scenario data recorded in a first recording area of a recording medium;

a recording step of recording the image data captured with reference to the scenario data and the identification numbers for the respective captured contents associated with the captured image data in a second recording area of the recording medium in association with each other;

a display step of displaying, on a display unit, images related to the captured image data and information related to the scenario data; and

a determination step of determining whether or not the scenario data is scenario data to be re-captured,

wherein when it is determined in the determination step that the scenario data is scenario data to be re-captured, a reference image for a re-capturing operation, which image is generated from the captured image data, is displayed in the display step together with the images related to the captured image data.

20. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the control method according to claim 17.

18. A scenario editing method for an apparatus which generates and edits scenario data to be referred to when an image capturing apparatus captures images, the method comprising:

an obtaining step of obtaining image data captured by the image capturing apparatus;

a display step of displaying, on a display unit, images related to the image data obtained in the obtaining step;

a designation step of designating a first image required to be re-captured from the images displayed on the display unit;

a specifying step of specifying a second image having a high correlation with the first image designated in the designation step;

a generation step of generating scenario data to be re-captured, which includes the first image designated in the designation step and the second image specified in the specifying step; and

a recording step of recording, in a recording medium, the scenario data to be re-captured, which is generated in the generation step.

21. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the editing method according to claim 18.