Image data processing apparatus, image data processing method, program, and recording medium

• US 8,327,267 B2
• Filed: 05/03/2005
• Issued: 12/04/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Shimizu, Fumio, Sato, Hirotsugu
• Primary Examiner(s): ENGLAND, SARA M
• Application Number:
  US11/119,890
• Publication Number:
  US 20050257152A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,772 Days
• Field of Search: 715717-723, 715/730, 715/726
• US Class Current: 715/719
• 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

Disclosed herein is an image data processing method for processing image data forming a video material includes, an obtaining step of obtaining image data at a plurality of points in time forming the video material, from the video material, and a generating step of generating image data for display to display the image data at the plurality of points in time obtained in the obtaining step in a grouped state in a display area corresponding to the video material within a story board display area in which a plurality of materials are arranged.

Claims

1. An image data processing method for processing image data forming a video material on an image data processing device, said image data processing method comprising:

obtaining image data at a plurality of points in time from said video material;

generating image data for display, on a display device, from the obtained image data in a grouped state in a story board display area corresponding to said video material, said generated image data including a plurality of clip image data corresponding to a video clip which is a portion of the video material, said plurality of clip image data including a first image from the video material corresponding to a start time of the video clip and a second image from the video material corresponding to an end time of the video clip, and said generating includes generating said first and second image for being simultaneously displayed in the story board display area; and

generating a time line window for display on the display device that indicates a duration time of the video clip outside the story board display area, the time line window being interlocked with an operation of editing said video material such that the plurality of clip image data can be edited by editing the time line window, wherein the length of the video clip can be varied by shifting the beginning or end of the video clip in the time line window and the number of the plurality of clip image data can be varied by changing the length of the video clip in the time line window.

2. The image data processing method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising outputting said generated image data for display generated in said generating.

3. The image data processing method as claimed in claim 1,

wherein in said generating, at least one piece of the generated image data is image data at an arbitrary point in time selected by a user.

4. The image data processing method as claimed in claim 1,

wherein in said generating, at least one piece of the generated image data is a scene change point.

5. The image data processing method as claimed in claim 1, wherein in said generating, the generated image data is generated at equal intervals in time code of said video material.

6. The image data processing method as claimed in claim 1,

wherein in said generating, said generated image data for display is generated such that at a time of display, a plurality of pieces of image data temporally adjacent to each other are separated from each other at a distance corresponding to a time difference between the plurality of pieces of image data.

7. The image data processing method as claimed in claim 1,

wherein in said generating, said generated image data for display is generated such that a display interval between a plurality of pieces of image data temporally adjacent to each other is displayed as a color corresponding to a time difference between the plurality of pieces of image data.

8. The image data processing method as claimed in claim 1,

wherein in said generating, said generated image data for display is generated such that a display area of image data corresponding to an edit position is highlighted.

9. The image data processing method as claimed in claim 1,

wherein in said generating, said generated image data for display is generated such that a display area of image data corresponding to an edit position is displayed with a color corresponding to the edit position.

10. The image data processing method as claimed in claim 1,

wherein said generating further includes selectively generating the plurality of clip image data or only one of the plurality of clip image data.

11. The image data processing method as claimed in claim 10,

wherein said generating further includes generating an operating button area for display for giving an instruction to change from displaying said plurality of clip image data to displaying said only one of the plurality of clip image data.

12. The image data processing method as claimed in claim 10,

wherein said generating further includes generating an operating button area for display for giving an instruction to change from displaying said only one of the plurality of clip image data to displaying said plurality of clip image data.

13. A computer readable storage medium encoded with computer executable instructions for processing image data forming a video material, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method comprising

obtaining image data at a plurality of points in time from said video material;

generating image data for display from the obtained image data in a grouped state in a story board display area corresponding to said video material, said generated image data including a plurality of clip image data corresponding to a video clip which is a portion of the video material, said plurality of clip image data including a first image from the video material corresponding to a start time of the video clip and a second image from the video material corresponding to an end time of the video clip, and said generating includes generating said first and second image for being simultaneously displayed in the story board display area; and

generating a time line window that indicates a duration time of the video clip outside the story board display area, the time line window being interlocked with an operation of editing said video material such that the plurality of clip image data can be edited by editing the time line window, wherein the length of the video clip can be varied by shifting the beginning or end of the video clip in the time line window and the number of the plurality of clip image data can be varied by changing the length of the video clip in the time line window.

14. An image data processing method for processing image data forming a video material on an image data processing device, said image data processing method comprising:

obtaining thumbnail image data at a plurality of points from said video material;

displaying, on a display device, the thumbnail image data in a grouped state in a story board display area corresponding to said video material, said thumbnail image data including a plurality of clip image data corresponding to a video clip which is a portion of the video material, said plurality of clip image data including a first thumbnail image from the video material corresponding to a start time of the video clip and a second thumbnail image from the video material corresponding to an end time of the video clip, and said displaying includes displaying said first and second image simultaneously in the story board display area; and

generating a time line window for display on the display device that indicates a duration time of the video clip outside the story board display area, the time line window being interlocked with an operation of editing said video material such that the plurality of clip image data can be edited by editing the time line window, wherein the length of the video clip can be varied by shifting the beginning or end of the video clip in the time line window and the number of the plurality of clip image data can be varied by changing the length of the video clip in the time line window.

15. An image data processing apparatus for processing image data forming a video material, said image data processing apparatus comprising:

a processor which provides

an obtaining section configured to obtain image data at a plurality of points in time from said video material; and

a generator configured to generate image data for display from the obtained image data in a grouped state in a story board display area corresponding to said video material, said generated image data including a plurality of clip image data corresponding to a video clip which is a portion of the video material, said plurality of clip image data including a first image from the video material corresponding to a start time of the video clip and a second image from the video material corresponding to an end time of the video clip and said generator is configured to generate said first and second image for being simultaneously displayed in the story board display area,

wherein said generator generates a time line window that indicates a duration time of the video clip outside the story board display area, the time line window being interlocked with an operation of editing said video material such that the plurality of clip image data can be edited by editing the time line window, wherein the length of the video clip can be varied by shifting the beginning or end of the video clip in the time line window and the number of the plurality of clip image data can be varied by changing the length of the video clip in the time line window.