Video processing apparatus, method of adding time code, and methode of preparing editing list

• US 9,025,936 B2
• Filed: 02/12/2007
• Issued: 05/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Sasaki, Hiroshi, Takagi, Hiroo, Iwama, Toru, Egashira, Naomi
• Primary Examiner(s): JONES, HEATHER RAE
• Application Number:
  US11/705,230
• Publication Number:
  US 20070188627A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,004 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 386/280
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2516 Hard disks
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/10 Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/3036 Time code signal
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/323 Time code signal, e.g. on a cue track as SMPTE- or EBU-time code
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/268 Signal distribution or switching

Abstract

A video processing apparatus is provided. The video processing apparatus includes: an inputter inputting video signals of a plurality of systems, and a processor generating processed video signals by performing switching on the video signals of two or more systems input into the inputter. Further, the video processing apparatus includes: a time code generator generating a time code, and a time code adder adding the time code to the input video signals and the generated video signals respectively, outputs the video signals with the time code to be recorded in a recording medium.

Claims

1. A video switcher apparatus having no time code input terminal, comprising:

input means for inputting first video signals of moving images from a plurality of moving image video capture systems which do not have a time code output function;

processing means for video effect processing the first video signals of two or more video capture systems input into said input means and generating video effect processed second video signals having effects such as at least dissolves and wipes;

time code generating means for generating a first time code based only on a preset value independent of external time code input; and

time code adding means for (a) adding the first time code generated by said time code generating means to the video effect processed second video signals generated by said processing means, and (b) adding a second time code to the first video signals which is input into said input means, the second time code is obtained by adding a value corresponding to video effect processing delay time at said processing means to a value of the first time code generated by said time code generating means, wherein said first and second time codes are mutually synchronous.

2. A video switcher apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

recording means for recording the video signals with the second time code added by said time code adding means in a recording medium.

3. A video switcher apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

synchronization control means for synchronizing the video signals input into said input means with reference synchronization signals within the apparatus, wherein

said time code adding means acquires an initial value with respect to the input video signals asynchronous with said reference synchronization signals by adding the value corresponding to video effect processing delay time at said processing means to the value of the first time code generated by said time code generating means, generating the second time code incrementing the initial value by one frame of the input video signals, and adding the second time code to the asynchronous input video signals.

4. A video switcher apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

said time code generating means generates the first time code according to a standard corresponding to video signals of a specific format; and

said time code adding means converts the value of the first time code generated by said time code generating means into the value of the first time code according to the standard corresponding to the format of the input video signals in the case of the format of the video signals input into said input means differing from said specific format, acquiring an initial value by adding the value corresponding to video effect processing delay time in said processing means to the value of the converted time code, generating the second time code incrementing the initial value by one frame of the input video signals, and adding the second time code to the input video signals.

5. A video switcher apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

said processing means performs switching between the video signals of two video capture systems and generates video effect processed video signals; and

operating means for instructing said processing means to perform switching and

switching list preparing means for preparing a switching list representing information indicating operation contents of said operating means by using the first time code generated by said time code generating means as time information are further included.

6. A video switcher apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising:

time code correcting means for adding the value corresponding to time after performing the operation at said operating means and before starting the switching at said processing means to the value of the first time code generated by said time code generating means, wherein

said switching list preparing means uses the time code corrected by said time code correcting means as the time information.

7. A method of adding a time code by a video switcher apparatus having no time code input terminal, comprising the steps of:

inputting first video signals of moving images from a plurality of moving image video capture systems which do not have a time code output function;

video effect processing said input first video signals of two or more video capture systems and generating video effect processed second video signals having effects such as at least dissolves and wipes;

generating a first time code based on a preset value independent of external time code input; and

adding said generated first time code to said video effect processed second video signals, and adding a second time code to said input first video signals, the second time code is obtained by adding a value corresponding to video effect processing delay time due to said video effect processing to a value of said generated first time code, wherein said first and second time codes are mutually synchronous.

8. A method of adding a time code according to claim 7, further comprising the step of:

recording the video signals with said second time code added thereto in a recording medium.

9. A method of preparing an editing list by a video switcher apparatus having no time code input terminal, comprising the steps of:

inputting first video signals of moving images from a plurality of moving image video capture systems which do not have a time code output function;

video effect processing said input first video signals of two or more video capture systems and generating video effect processed second video signals having effects such as at least dissolves and wipes;

generating a first time ode based only on a preset value independent of external time code inset;

adding said generated first time code to said video effect processed second video signals, and adding a second time code to said input first video signals, the second time code is obtained by adding a value corresponding to video effect processing delay time due to said video effect processing to a value of said generated time code, wherein said first and second time codes are mutually synchronous;

instructing operation on said processing; and

preparing an editing list representing information indicating contents of said operation by using said generated first time code as time information.

10. A method of preparing an editing list according to claim 9, further comprising the step of:

recording said editing.

11. A method of preparing an editing list according to claim 9, wherein said processing is switching processing.

12. A video switcher apparatus having no time code input terminal, comprising:

an inputter inputting first video signals of moving images from a plurality of moving image video capture systems which do not have a time code output function;

a video effect processor processing the first video signals of two or more video capture systems input into said inputter and generating video effect processed second video signals having effects such as at least dissolves and wipes;

a time code generator generating a first time code based only on a preset value independent of external time code input; and

a time code adder adding the first time code generated by said time code generator to the video effect processed second video signals generated by said video effect processor, and adding a second time code to the first video signals which is input into said inputter, the second time code is obtained by adding a value corresponding to video effect processing delay time at said video effect processor to a value of the first time code generated by said time code generator, wherein said first and second time codes are mutually synchronous.