JPH06251079A - Image and sound file device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] When searching for image data, it is possible to instantly distinguish between image data stored together with audio data and image data without audio data. [Structure] The search circuit 11 receives the cursor position information from the cursor control circuit 14, and searches for the corresponding voice data based on the image index data at the cursor position. The color control circuit 13 sets the color of the cursor in the storage device 16 for storing the color data of the cursor mark according to the signal from the discrimination circuit 12. That is, when the search circuit 11 searches for audio data and it is determined that the audio data corresponding to the image data is present, data indicating, for example, the color “red” is set in the storage device 16. On the other hand, when it is determined that the audio data corresponding to the image data does not exist, the storage device 16 is set with the data indicating the color “blue”, for example. The cursor display device 15 determines the color of the cursor based on the color data stored in the storage device 16, and transfers the cursor data to a predetermined address in the image memory.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image / sound file device for storing image data and sound data, selecting one from a plurality of stored image data, and displaying the same, and particularly to displaying a list of files. The present invention relates to a video / audio file device having a function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In searching an image file device, a title such as a file name is searched in the same manner as a conventional document file search. A method of searching by is also proposed. For example, as shown in FIG. 3A, index data thinned (reduced) from the original image data is displayed as a list on the screen as shown in FIG. 3B, and the cursor is marked on the target image. The method of selecting is used.

[0003]

In recent years, not only image data but also audio data has been stored together with image data.
A system is used that can also reproduce audio data when reproducing image data.

However, in such a conventional system, it is customary that audio data is added to certain image data, but audio data is not added to other certain image data. However, whether or not the voice data is added is not considered at the time of displaying the list, and the user can determine which image data is stored together with the voice data when searching the image data. Was difficult.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to instantaneously obtain image data accumulated with voice data and image data without voice data at the time of image data search. An object is to provide an image and sound file device that can be distinguished.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, in the video / audio file device of the present invention, a list screen display means for displaying a list screen of image data and a mark cursor on the list screen are used for instructing. Searching / determining means for searching the corresponding audio data of the image data and determining whether the corresponding audio data exists, a storing means for holding the color data of the mark cursor, and a determining means in the storing means. It is characterized by further comprising color control means for setting the color data of the mark cursor in accordance with the result of the determination, and display means for displaying the mark cursor based on the color data held in the storage means.

Further, the above-mentioned object is an image / sound file device for storing image data and sound data, selecting one from a plurality of stored image data, and displaying the image data list screen. And a search / determination unit that, when displaying the list screen of the image data, searches the audio data corresponding to the image data related to the display and determines whether or not the corresponding audio data exists.
The present invention can also be achieved by an image / sound filing device characterized by comprising rectangular display means for drawing a rectangular area around image data determined to have sound data.

[0008]

According to the first configuration, when the file is selected by the mark cursor on the list screen, the color of the mark cursor is changed when the image data is the voice data-added image data. It can be instantly determined that it is data.

Further, according to the second configuration, when the file list screen is displayed, in the case of image data with voice data, the peripheral color of the image data changes, whereby the data with voice data is added. It can be instantly determined that it is image data.

[0010]

Embodiments of the image / audio file device according to the present invention will be described in detail below.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the video / audio file device having the above-mentioned first structure, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the video-audio file device having the above-mentioned second structure. It is a figure. First, the image / audio file device shown in FIG. 1 will be described in detail.

The illustrated image / sound file device includes an A / D converter 1 to which an image signal is input and an A / D converter to which an audio signal is input.
/ D converter 2, storage device 3 for temporarily storing video signals and audio signals after A / D conversion, control circuit 4 for controlling the storage device 3, storage device control controlled by control circuit 4 The circuit 5 and the storage device control circuit 5 have a storage device 6 in which writing and reading of data are controlled, and by these, filing of image and / or audio data into the storage device is realized.

The input image signal is subjected to analog signal processing, A / D converted by the A / D converter 1 and taken into the storage device 3. Similarly, the audio signal input is A /
The data is A / D converted by the D converter 2 and stored in the storage device 3. The storage device 3 is controlled by the control device 4. The image data taken in the storage device 3 is stored in the storage device 6 via the storage device control circuit 5 under the control of the control device 4. Separately from this, the image data is thinned by a reduction circuit (not shown) to be reduced data and stored in the storage device 6. This reduced data is stored as index data of the image data and is used in a list display screen or the like at the time of data search. On the other hand, the voice data is similarly stored in the storage device 6 via the storage device control circuit 5.

The captured image data, image index data and audio data are stored as a file in the control circuit 4.
Gives a unique file name. Then, the data body is stored in the data area of the storage device 6 and the file name is stored in the directory area through the storage device control circuit 5. The file name is stored in the format of main file name + period + extension such as “GAZOU.STL”, and the extension is image data, image index data,
"STL", "IDX", "VC" for each voice data
Different extensions such as "E" are added and managed for each data. This state is shown in FIG.

Further, the image / sound file device is a storage device 7 for temporarily storing image and / or sound data read from the storage device via the storage device control circuit 5 under the control of the control circuit 4. A D / A converter 8 for D / A converting the audio data stored in the storage device 7, a D / A converter 9 for similarly D / A converting the image data, and a sound such as a speaker (not shown). A playback device and a display device (not shown) are provided, and the image and / or audio data stored in the storage device is played back by these.

The image data is read from the storage device 6 through the storage device control circuit 5 and written in a designated address of an image memory which is a part of the storage device 7. Since the index data is used as a list display screen at the time of search, one or more of the index data is read according to the search contents to form a list display screen. From the storage device 7 to the D / A converter 8
It is converted into analog data through and displayed on the display device. Similarly, voice data is read from the storage device 6 into the storage device 7 via the storage device control circuit 5, converted into analog data by the D / A converter 9, and then voice is output from the speaker or the like.

Further, the image / sound file device is provided with a list screen display device 10 for displaying a list screen used for searching image data. At the time of searching for image data, the image index data recorded in advance in the storage device 6 is read out and sent to the image memory by the list screen display device 10. The list screen display device 10 calculates the address of the image memory to be displayed from the position of the image index data stored in another storage device.
For example, as shown in FIG. 3B, the first read-out image is displayed at the upper left corner 1 position, and the second read-out image is displayed at the right adjacent position 2. In this way, the list display screen is created by reading the image index data from the storage device 6 and displaying it at a predetermined position.

The image data is selected by operating a mark called a cursor mark on an input device (not shown). The input device has at least a direction button for moving the cursor mark. The cursor control circuit 14 calculates the position of the cursor based on the signal from the input device.

In the present embodiment, the image / audio file device is further provided with a search circuit 11, a discrimination circuit 12, a color control circuit 13, and a cursor control in order to enable identification of image data accompanied by audio data on the list display screen. Circuit 14,
A cursor display circuit 15 and a storage device 16 are provided.

The search circuit 11 receives the cursor position information from the cursor control circuit 14, and searches for the corresponding voice data based on the file name of the image index data at the cursor position. For example, the file name of the image index data at the cursor mark position is "GAZOU.I
If it is “DX”, the search circuit 11 searches the directory area of the storage device 6 for the file name “GAZOU.VCE”.

The discriminating circuit 12 receives the retrieval result from the retrieval circuit 11 and discriminates whether or not a file named "GAZOU.VCE" exists, and outputs a signal representing the result. The color control circuit 13 sets the color of the cursor in the storage device 16 for storing the color data of the cursor mark according to the signal from the discrimination circuit 12. That is,
When the search circuit 11 searches the audio data and determines that the audio data (GAZOU.VCE file) corresponding to the image data is present, the storage device 16 is set with data indicating the color “red”, for example. On the contrary, when it is determined that the audio data (GAZOU.VCE file) corresponding to the image data does not exist, the storage device 16 sets, for example, data indicating the color “blue”.

The cursor display device 15 determines the color of the cursor based on the color data stored in the storage device 16 and transfers the cursor data to a predetermined address in the image memory. These operations are performed every time the cursor marks a new index image on the list display screen.

Therefore, when the index image marked by the cursor is accompanied by voice data, the index image is red, and when the index image is not accompanied by voice data, the index image is blue. This state is shown in FIG. Here, the image data relating to the index image displayed at position 1 does not have audio data, and the image data relating to the index image displayed at position 4 has audio data. is there. Therefore, when the cursor mark is at the position 1 (upper left corner), the color of the cursor mark is blue, and when it is at the position 4 (just below the position 1), the color of the cursor mark is red.

Next, the image / audio file device having the above-mentioned second structure will be described in detail. Also in the image / audio file device according to the present embodiment, similar to the image / audio file device shown in FIG. 1, an A / D converter 1 into which an image signal is input and an A / D converter 2 into which an audio signal is input. , A storage device 3 for temporarily storing video signals and audio signals after A / D conversion, a control circuit 4 for controlling the storage device 3, a storage device control circuit 5 controlled by the control circuit 4, a storage device control A storage device 6 controlled by the circuit 5, a storage device 7 for temporarily storing the read image and / or audio data,
A D / A converter 8 for D / A converting the audio data stored in the storage device 7, a D / A converter 9 for similarly D / A converting the image data, and a sound reproduction of a speaker (not shown) or the like. Since the device and the display device (not shown) are also provided and their operations are substantially the same, detailed description thereof will be omitted. In addition, the image and sound file device,
A list screen display device 17 is provided for displaying a list screen used for searching image data. At the time of searching for image data, the image index data recorded in the storage device 6 is read out and sent to the image memory by the list screen display device 17. The list screen display device 17 calculates the address of the image memory from the position of the image index data. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the first read out image is displayed at the upper left corner 1 position, and the second read out image is displayed at the right adjacent position 2. in this way,
A list display screen is created by reading the image index data from the storage device 6 and displaying it at a predetermined position.

The list screen display device 17 in this embodiment is configured to output a search control signal to a search circuit 18 described later each time the image index data is displayed.

The image data is selected by operating a mark called a cursor mark on an input device (not shown). The input device has at least a direction button for moving the cursor mark.

The image / sound file device of this embodiment is further provided with a search circuit 18 and a discrimination circuit 19 in order to identify image data accompanied by sound data on the list display screen.
And a rectangular display device 20.

Each time the search circuit 11 receives the search control signal from the list screen display device 17, the search circuit 11 searches for the audio data corresponding to the image data from the file name of the image index data to be displayed. For example, the index data displayed in a list is "GAZO
U. When it is assumed that the file is “IDX”, the search circuit 18 displays “GAZO” in the directory area of the storage device 6.
U. Search for the file name "VCE".

The discrimination circuit 19 receives the retrieval result from the retrieval circuit 18, discriminates whether or not a file named "GAZOU.VCE" exists, and outputs a signal representing the result.

The rectangular display circuit 20 receives the audio data (GAZOU.VCE) corresponding to the signal from the discrimination circuit 19.
When it is determined that a file exists, a rectangular frame is displayed so as to surround the index image using a color different from the background color and the cursor mark.

In this way, the list display screen is created by repeating the display of the image index data and the display of the rectangular frame when there is audio data. An example of the list display screen created in this way is shown in FIG. In this example, the cursor mark is displayed in blue, and a red frame is displayed around the index image (position 3) of the image having audio data.

[0032]

As described above in detail, according to the first configuration of the present invention, the corresponding voice data of the image data designated by the mark cursor on the list screen is searched and the corresponding voice data exists. Search / determination means for determining whether or not to perform, storage means for holding the color data of the mark cursor, and color control means for setting the color data of the mark cursor in the storage means according to the determination result of the determination means. Since the display means for displaying the mark cursor based on the color data held in the storage means is provided, according to the second configuration of the present invention, when the list screen of the image data is displayed, Search / determination means for searching the corresponding audio data of the image data related to the above, and determining whether the corresponding audio data exists, and the image data for which the audio data is determined to exist Since it has a rectangular display means for drawing a rectangular area around it, in the image data search list screen, in the case of images with audio data, the color of the cursor mark is changed, or in advance around the index sub-screen. A special effect that it is possible to display a frame that means that there is audio data, and it is possible to instantly distinguish between image data that has been stored together with the audio data and image data that does not have audio data is provided. Have.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a video / audio file device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of another embodiment of the image / audio file device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of a list display screen.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a list display screen in the image / audio file device shown in FIG. 1.

5 is an explanatory diagram showing a list display screen in the image and sound file device shown in FIG. 2. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a memory configuration diagram showing a data storage method.

[Explanation of Codes] 1, 2 A / D converter 3 Storage device 4 Control circuit 5 Storage device control circuit 6 Storage circuit 7 Storage device 8, 9 D / A converter 10, 17 List display device 11, 18 Search circuit 12 , 19 Discrimination circuit 13 Color control circuit 14 Cursor control circuit 15 Cursor display circuit 16 Storage circuit 20 Rectangular display device

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An image / audio file device for accumulating image data and audio data, selecting one from a plurality of accumulated image data, and displaying the image data, which is a list screen display means for displaying a list screen of image data. And a search / determination means for searching the corresponding voice data of the image data designated by the mark cursor on the list screen and determining whether the corresponding voice data exists, and for holding the color data of the mark cursor. Storage means, color control means for setting the color data of the mark cursor in the storage means according to the discrimination result of the discrimination means, and display means for displaying the mark cursor based on the color data held in the storage means. A video / audio file device characterized in that 2. An image / audio file device for accumulating image data and audio data, selecting one from a plurality of accumulated image data, and displaying the image data, which is a list screen display means for displaying a list screen of image data. When displaying the image data list screen, search / determination means for searching the corresponding audio data of the image data related to the display and determining whether or not the corresponding audio data exists, and if the audio data exists An image and sound file device comprising: a rectangular display unit for drawing a rectangular area around the determined image data.