Editing system and method, image recorder, editing device and recording medium

• US 6,564,002 B1
• Filed: 04/05/1999
• Issued: 05/13/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Yamamoto, Yasushi, Murakami, Hirofumi, Aihara, Katsuhiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Christensen, Andrew
• Assistant Examiner(s): ONUAKU, CHRISTOPHER O
• Application Number:
  US09/171,110
• Time in Patent Office: 1,499 Days
• Field of Search: 386/4, 386/46, 386/52, 386/55, 386/65, 386/81, 386/83, 360/13, 345/302, 345/328
• US Class Current: 386/201
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/90 Tape-like record carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/002 Programmed access in sequence to a plurality of record carriers or indexed parts, e.g. tracks, thereof, e.g. for editing; transfer of record carriers from magazine G11B15/68, G11B17/10; G11B17/22
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/024 on tapes G11B27/028, G11B27/029 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/032 on tapes G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/323 Time code signal, e.g. on a cue track as SMPTE- or EBU-time code
• 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 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/77 between a recording apparatus and a television camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/782 on tape
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/9268 with insertion of the PCM audio signals in the vertical blanking interval of the PCM video signal

Abstract

To improve the efficiency of primary editing of a video tape, a shot mark as a mark at the time of primary editing is determined. With a video tape of a digital VTR format, the shot mark may be recorded onto a user'"'"'s bit on a time code track. Even at the time of editing, this shot mark may be appended. At the time of primary editing, a predetermined range specified with reference to the position of the shot mark is defined as a portion to be used, thereby preparing a master tape.

Claims

1. An editing system for editing a video material recorded on a tape-like recording medium, the editing system comprising:

a video camera having shooting means for shooting an object, and recording means for recording video data of a video material shot by the shooting means onto the recording medium;

the recording means having first mark data recording means for recording first mark data at a position corresponding to the video data on the recording medium in response to a marking operation by an operator;

the first mark data being recorded onto a time code track arranged in a longitudinal direction of the tape-like recording medium at the same time as the video data is being recorded onto a helical track of the tape-like recording medium; and

an editing device having reproducing means for reproducing the video data of the video material from the recording medium and editing means for editing the video data of the video material on the recording medium by using the video data reproduced by the reproducing means;

the editing device having second mark data recording means for recording second mark data of a type different from that of the first mark data, onto the time code track of the tape-like recording medium having the video data already recorded on the helical track thereof;

each time code track corresponds to one frame of the video data and includes a synchronizing signal recording area for recording a synchronizing signal, a plurality of time code recording bit areas for recording the time code, and a plurality of user'"'"'s data recording bit areas;

the plurality of user'"'"'s data recording areas include a first bit area for recording a start code indicating a start position of the user'"'"'s data, a second bit area for recording an identification code of the mark data, a third bit area for recording a serial number code expressing a serial number of the mark data, and a fourth bit area for recording check data for checking the start code, the mark identification code and the serial number code;

the reproducing means of the editing device having mark data reproducing means for reproducing the first mark data and the second mark data recorded on the recording medium;

the first mark data being a shot mark and the second mark data being an edit mark;

the editing means of the editing device editing the video material recorded on the recording medium by using the first mark data and the second mark data reproduced by the mark data reproducing means.

2. The editing system as claimed in claim 1, wherein in the second bit area, the same mark data identification code is recorded over a predetermined frame period of the video data.

3. The editing system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the serial number code recorded in the third bit area indicates a recording position of the mark data reproduced by the mark data reproducing means, in the predetermined frame period.

4. The editing system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the mark data reproducing means reproduces all data recorded on the time code track, and

wherein the editing means refers to the serial number code reproduced by the mark data reproducing means, thereby calculating a time code corresponding to mark data recorded first of the mark data recorded over the predetermined number of frames so as to recognize the calculated time code as a time code at the time of marking by the operator.

5. An editing system for editing a video material recorded on a tape-like recording medium, the editing system comprising:

recording means for recording video data as an editing material onto the recording medium, and recording mark data onto a time code track arranged in a longitudinal direction of the tape-like recording medium at a position corresponding to the video data on the recording medium in response to the timing of operation by an operator;

each time code track corresponds to one frame of the video data and includes a synchronizing signal recording area for recording a synchronizing signal, a plurality of time code recording bit areas for recording the time code, and a plurality of user'"'"'s data recording bit areas;

the plurality of user'"'"'s data recording areas include a first bit area for recording a start code indicating a start position of the user'"'"'s data, a second bit area for recording an identification code of the mark data, a third bit area for recording a serial number code expressing a serial number of the mark data, and a fourth bit area for recording check data for checking the start code, the mark identification code and the serial number code;

reproducing means for retrieving the mark data recorded on the recording medium while reproducing the video data from the recording medium at a high speed;

the reproducing means retrieving the mark data at a high speed by reproducing information recorded on the time code track using a head different from a reproducing head for the video data; and

editing means for editing the editing material recorded on the recording medium by using the video data stored at the position corresponding to the mark data retrieved by the reproducing means.

6. The editing system as claimed in claim 5, wherein in the second bit area, the same mark data identification code is recorded over a predetermined frame period of the video data.

7. The editing system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the serial number code recorded in the third bit area indicates a recording position of the mark data reproduced by the mark data reproducing means, in the predetermined frame period.

8. The editing system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the reproducing means reproduces all data recorded on the time code track, and

wherein the editing means refers to the serial number code reproduced by the reproducing means, thereby calculating a time code corresponding to mark data recorded first of the mark data recorded over the predetermined number of frames so as to recognize the calculated time code as a time code at the time of marking.

9. An editing system for editing a video material recorded on a tape-like recording medium, the editing system comprising:

recording means for recording video data as an editing material onto the recording medium, and recording a plurality of types of mark data onto a time code track arranged in a longitudinal direction of the tape-like recording medium at a position corresponding to the video data on the recording medium in response to the timing and operating state of operation by an operator;

each time code track corresponds to one frame of the video data and includes a synchronizing signal recording area for recording a synchronizing signal, a plurality of time code recording bit areas for recording the time code, and a plurality of user'"'"'s data recording bit areas;

the plurality of user'"'"'s data recording areas include a first bit area for recording a start code indicating a start position of the user'"'"'s data, a second bit area for recording mark data identification codes indicating identification codes of the plurality of mark data, a third bit area for recording serial number codes expressing serial numbers of the mark data, and a fourth bit area for recording check data for checking the start code, the mark identification codes and the serial number codes;

reproducing means for retrieving only a predetermined type of mark data selected from the plurality of types of mark data; and

editing means for editing the editing material recorded on the recording medium by using the video data stored at the position corresponding to the mark data retrieved by the reproducing means.

10. The editing system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the reproducing means retrieves only a selected type of mark data from the plurality of types of mark data, referring to the mark data identification code.

11. The editing system as claimed in claim 10, wherein in the second bit area, the same mark data identification code is recorded over a predetermined frame period of the video data.

12. The editing system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the serial number code recorded in the third bit area indicates a recording position of the mark data reproduced by the mark data reproducing means, in the predetermined frame period.

13. The editing system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the reproducing means reproduces all data recorded on the time code track, and

wherein the editing means refers to the serial number code reproduced by the reproducing means, thereby calculating a time code corresponding to mark data recorded first of the mark data recorded over the predetermined number of frames so as to recognize the calculated time code as a time code at the time of marking.