Music – Instruments – Electrical musical tone generation
Reexamination Certificate
1999-08-18
2001-02-27
Witkowski, Stanley J. (Department: 2837)
Music
Instruments
Electrical musical tone generation
Reexamination Certificate
active
06194647
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a method for editing a program and an apparatus for editing a program. This invention relates, more particularly, to a method for editing a program and an apparatus for editing a program applicable to a program editing work for editing a music program such as the one in a TV broadcasting or a radio broadcasting wherein they eliminate waste in editing a program and enable an editing time for editing the program to be shortened by editing the program while an individuality of a person who edits the program is being left as a past history and utilizing information about that history when a next program is edited.
2. Description of Related Art
When a program for a TV broadcasting or a radio broadcasting, for example, a program mainly constituted by music, is to be edited, it is normally carried out that a director in charge of that program or an assistant to that director (hereinafter called “the director in charge”) selects pieces of music (sometimes referred to herein as sound sources) to be used in sequence while selecting pieces of music corresponding to the editing policy of the director in charge of that program in accordance with the program editing policy thereof. Then, they edit one program.
However, although it is of course apparent that when one program is to be edited, pieces of music to be selected are also widely different in reference to a concept of the director in charge, it is usual that some reasons about, i.e., what concept is applied for editing that program, on what reasons pieces of music are selected or why that piece of music is used in a first scene of the program or the like, are not left as records.
Accordingly, when a similar program is edited again, although a situation of the former program or the like can be referred, it is not possible for another director to edit a new program in reference to the record (the editing history of the past programs) when those programs have been made. This is because the editing concept of the director in charge who has edited those programs is unknown.
Due to this fact, it is an actual situation that even in the case that a similar program is edited, the same editing time as the previous editing time is consumed and an efficient editing of program can not be carried out.
It is also of course difficult for another person to perform a new editing of a similar program under the same sensitivity as that of the director in charge who has edited the program. This is because there is no presence of the information deriving sensitivity of the director in charge who has edited the program.
If some information such as information (sensitivity data) expressing the sensitivity of the director in charge who has edited the programs is stored, it becomes possible to utilize that sensitivity data or the like when a similar program is edited, resulting in that it can realize an editing of program which approaches the sensitivity of the director in charge who has edited the program as near as possible.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In reference to the foregoing, the object of the present invention is to provide a method for editing a program and an apparatus for editing a program wherein an efficient program editing operation and a simplified program editing operation are attained by storing the data of editing concept of the director in charge of that program when the program is to be edited, the data being changed into numerical values as much as possible, and practically utilizing the stored data in selecting pieces of music and their sequence when a next program editing is carried out.
In carrying out the invention in one preferred mode, I provide a method for editing a program wherein the program is made by editing a music program, comprising the steps of generating music concept data based on a plurality of evaluation parameters converted to numerical values corresponding to a piece of music selected by a selector, updating the music concept data referring to an evaluation data already stored and storing the updated music concept data, generating data of the selector who selects the piece of music from the music concept data and the input evaluation data and storing it as a personal sensitivity data, and generating program data including a piece of music and a sequence thereof by adding them to difference data between the music concept data and the input evaluation data.
As another preferred mode, I provide an apparatus for editing a program comprising a sound source storing means for storing many sound sources, a sound source server for getting the sound source specified with a program editing operation from the sound source storing means and storing it, a work station for editing the program, and a data base server for storing data. The data includes program data including a piece of music to be broadcast in a program and a sequence thereof, music concept data having evaluation data corresponding to the piece of music, the music concept data being changed into numerical values and sensitivity data generated on the basis of the music concept data and the input evaluation data.
In the present invention, the evaluation data expressing a music concept in respect to the selected piece of music (a sound source) is converted to numerical values and the converted data is stored. Since the evaluation data (music concept data) converted to numerical values is updated under a selection of the same piece of music, the more the times of selecting pieces of music, the more mean music concept data against the piece of music. Accordingly, it is possible to pick up a piece of music, which is coincided with the music concept, from the music concept data by applying the evaluation data.
In this invention, the sensitivity data for each of the directors in charge is stored. When a director in charge is selected, a piece of music, which the director in charge might select, is selected on the basis of the music concept data by application of the sensitivity data of that director in charge without attendance of the director. An automatic program editing operation can be carried out thereby. In addition, even if the director in charge is not directly nominated, specifying the sensitivity data of that director in charge enables the director in charge to be selected.
Accordingly, application of the apparatus capable of realizing such the method for editing a program enables the history of program editing work in the past time to be utilized, so that a program editing work can be simplified.
A further understanding of the nature and advantages of the invention may be realized by reference to the following portions of the specification and drawings.
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Witkowski Stanley J.
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