JP3980922B2 - Content description data creation system and program to be executed by computer - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a content description data creation system and a program to be executed by a computer, and more particularly to a content description data creation system for creating content description data of a sport game and a program to be executed by a computer.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, portable information terminals (mobile terminals) such as mobile phones and PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants) have been widely used. Some next-generation mobile terminals that have been experimentally used are capable of receiving not only text and still images but also moving images in a maximum network bandwidth of 384 Kps. Such portable terminals are considered to be capable of implementing advanced functions such as reading aloud in the future.
[0003]
By the way, there is currently a service that uses a portable terminal to distribute breaking news about sports such as baseball and soccer. As for the service currently being performed, the provider of the service, for example, a character string “Team G: 3 points-Team C: 1 point, Team G, Team G reverses due to timely hits of Team G, T player” It is created according to the timing of occurrence of an event such as acquisition of a score or the end of inning. Then, the created character string is transmitted as an email to the user's portable terminal. According to the service described above, the user can know the situation of the game even while moving.
[0004]
Recently, there has been proposed a digest video distribution service for distributing a digest video edited only for a sports game digest scene to a mobile terminal. In this case, by distributing additional information (such as a description of the game situation) for explaining the video together with the video, it becomes possible to provide a service with higher added value for the user.
[0005]
In order to create additional information for explaining a video, content description data (metadata) explaining the video is used. Conventionally, since the operator directly inputs the content description data while watching the video, the creation of the content description data is cumbersome and takes time, so that it has not been possible to perform processing close to real time.
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The present invention has been made in view of the above, and a content description data creation system capable of creating content description data related to sports matches in a short time and accurately with a simple operation and a computer to execute the data description data creation system The purpose is to provide a program.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object of the present invention, the present invention is a content description data creation system for creating content description data of sports matches. An event button for selecting various events of the sport game provided in correspondence with each other, and selecting an event of the sport game provided without corresponding to each player name independently of the event button A common event button for displaying on the same screen, an input means for selecting the event button and the common event button, a time measuring means for measuring time on the sport game, Event and player name corresponding to the event button selected by the input means, and when the event button is selected Content description data generating means for generating content description data including time on the sport game, and when the event button is selected by the input means, a corresponding event and player name are input and The selection state of the player is maintained, and when the common event button is subsequently selected, the corresponding event and the name of the player in the selection state are input.
[0008]
Further, according to a preferable aspect of the present invention, it is desirable that the offense player of one team and the defense player of the other team are displayed at positions that are symmetrical left and right or up and down on the input screen. .
[0009]
Further, according to a preferred aspect of the present invention, the event button corresponding to a player who has no possibility of performing an event among the players displayed on the input screen can be set so that the input means cannot be selected. It is desirable.
[0010]
Further, according to a preferable aspect of the present invention, it is desirable that each means of the content description data creation system of the present invention is realized by a computer executing a program.
[0011]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Referring to the drawings, preferred embodiments of a content description data creation system and a program to be executed by a computer according to the present invention will be described below: (Overall configuration of information processing system), (Game content description data creation unit, Each part of the video content description data creation unit and the basic hardware configuration of the video processing unit, (the overall operation flow of the information processing system), and (content description data input process) will be described in detail in this order. In the information processing system of the present embodiment, a case where a video distribution service for a soccer game is performed will be described as an example.
[0012]
In this specification, “event” means an event during a game that needs to be managed, “representative event” means a particularly important event, and “detail event” An event that is close to the representative event. An event is defined by attribute information (time, player, event type, etc.), and an event is described by content description data describing attribute information (time, player, event type, etc.) in a tag format.
[0013]
(Overall configuration of information processing system)
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an information processing system according to the present invention. The information processing system shown in FIG. 1 includes a game content description data creation unit 100 that creates content description data as game content description data for an entire soccer game while watching the soccer game, and provides the provided soccer game content (digest Video: video content description data creating unit 200 that creates content description data as video content description data for explaining a video scene of a video game (distance video consisting of digest video of a soccer game), video content description data, video content Based on the description data, the digest video, and the like, a distribution content to be distributed to the mobile terminal 500 is created, and the uploaded video content is uploaded to the distribution server 400. Distribute content to mobile device 500 Distribution server 400, a mobile phone, have been built in the portable terminal 500 consisting of PHS, and PDA.
[0014]
The game content description data creation unit 100 includes a ball position information acquisition / dominance rate measurement unit 101, a play start / end instruction unit 102, a representative event description unit 103, and a detailed content description unit 104.
[0015]
The ball position information acquisition / dominance rate measuring unit 101 acquires ball position information indicating a time change of the ball position in the field in a soccer game, and acquires ball control information indicating a time change of the ball control team. The obtained ball position information and ball control information are output to the representative event description unit 103.
[0016]
The representative event description unit 103 creates content description data of the representative event on the game description in chronological order in real time for the entire game while watching the soccer game. The representative event in the game description is defined by attribute information (game time, player, event type, etc.). When the representative event description unit 103 describes a representative event in the game description, the representative event description unit 103 instructs the detailed content description unit 104 to describe a detailed event adjacent to the representative event. The representative event description unit 103 realizes near real-time processing by allocating detailed event description instructions for the representative event to the plurality of detailed content description units 104. Also, the representative event description unit 103 creates game content description data in which the content description data of the representative event on the game description and the detailed event description data input from the detailed content description unit 104 are collected. The data and the ball position information acquisition / dominance rate measurement unit 101 input the ball position information and ball control information as a “game content” file, and the video event description data creation unit 200 represents a representative event description / event alignment determination. To the unit 201.
[0017]
The detailed content description unit 104 describes the detailed event content description data close to the representative event in response to an instruction from the representative event description unit 103 and sends the detailed event description data to the representative event description unit 103.
[0018]
The video content description data creation unit 200 includes a representative event description / event alignment determination unit 201 and a detailed content description unit 202.
[0019]
The representative event description / event alignment determination unit 201 creates content description data of the representative event on the video description of the video scene in time series while watching the digest video (provided content) on the monitor. The representative event on the video description is defined by attribute information (time on the video, player, event type, etc.). When the representative event description / event alignment determination unit 201 describes a representative event on the video description, the representative event description / event alignment determination unit 201 instructs the detailed content description unit 202 to describe a detailed event adjacent to the representative event on the video description. The representative event description / event alignment determination unit 201 realizes near real-time processing by allocating detailed event description instructions for representative events on the video description to a plurality of detailed content description units 202. The representative event description / event alignment determination unit 201 creates video content description data in which the content description data of the representative event and the detailed event description data input from the detailed content description unit 104 are collected, and the “video content” Save as a file.
[0020]
Further, the representative event description / event alignment determination unit 201 executes event alignment processing, and the representative event on the game description in the game description description data of the “game content” file input from the representative event description unit 103 The representative event on the video description of the video content description data of the “video content” file is linked and transmitted to the video processing unit 300 as a “content description” file. Also, the representative event description / event alignment determination unit 201 transmits the provided digest video (provided content) to the video processing unit 300.
[0021]
The detailed content description unit 202 describes the detailed event of the representative event in response to an instruction from the representative event description / event alignment determination unit 201 and sends the detailed event to the representative event description unit 103.
[0022]
Based on the “content description” file and the digest video input from the representative event description / event alignment determination unit 201, the video processing unit 300 describes distribution content (video and video scenes) to be distributed to the mobile terminal 500. Additional information (CHTML), formation animation (GIF), ball transition diagram, ball dominance rate display diagram, and the like are created and uploaded to the distribution server 400. The distribution content uploaded to the distribution server 400 is distributed to the mobile terminal 500.
[0023]
(Basic hardware configuration of game content description data creation unit and video content description data creation unit, and video processing unit)
2 shows each part of the game content description data creation unit 100 (ball position information acquisition / dominance rate measurement unit 101, play start / end instruction unit 102, representative event description unit 103, detailed content description unit 104), video content description data creation. 2 is a diagram illustrating a basic hardware configuration of each unit (representative event description / event alignment determination unit 201, detailed content description unit 202) and video processing unit 300 of the unit 200. FIG.
[0024]
In FIG. 2, 121 is an input unit for giving an operation instruction, 122 is a data communication unit for performing data communication with the outside, 123 is a display unit, 124 is a CPU that controls the entire apparatus, and 125 is data of the recording medium 126. A recording medium drive device for performing reading / writing, 126 is a recording medium storing a program for operating the CPU 124, 127 is a RAM used as a work area of the CPU 124, and 128 is a monitor capable of TV relay.
[0025]
The input unit 121 includes a keyboard having cursor keys, numeric input keys, various function keys, and the like, a mouse (coordinate position input means), a scanner for reading an image, and the like.
[0026]
The display unit 123 is configured by a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube), an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), a plasma display, or the like, and performs display according to display data input from the CPU 124.
[0027]
The CPU 124 includes, for example, a 32-bit microprocessor, another microprocessor, a DSP (Digital Signal Processor), programmable logic, and the like. The CPU 124 is not necessarily a single processor, and may be of a type that performs distributed processing. The CPU 124 is a central control unit that performs various processes according to a program stored in the recording medium 126 to control the entire apparatus.
[0028]
The data communication unit 122 is connected to a network such as a telephone line, ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network), LAN (Local Area Network), or WAN (Wide Area Network) and performs data communication with the outside.
[0029]
The recording medium 126 stores various programs and data such as an OS program and an application program that can be executed by the CPU 124. The above-described recording medium 126 is composed of an optical, magnetic, and electrical recording medium such as a floppy (R) disk, a hard disk, a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, an MO, and a PC card. The program stored in the recording medium 126 can be distributed via a network.
[0030]
The RAM 127 includes a work memory that stores designated programs, input instructions, input data, processing results, and the like, and a display memory that temporarily stores display data to be displayed on the display screen of the display unit 123.
[0031]
The monitor 128 includes a TV receiving circuit for receiving TV relay and a playback circuit for playing back video content (video, DVD, etc.), and is used for displaying TV relay and playing back video content. .
[0032]
(Overall operation of information processing system)
The overall operation of the information processing system of FIG. 1 will be described with reference to the processing flow of FIG. FIG. 3 shows a processing flow for explaining the outline of the overall operation of the information processing system of FIG.
[0033]
In the game content description data creation unit 100, the ball position information acquisition / dominance rate measurement unit 101 executes ball position acquisition processing, and the ball position information indicating the time change of the position of the ball in the field and the control team of the ball Acquires the ball control information indicating the time change. The representative event description unit 103 shows representative events (shoot, goal, indirect free kick, direct free kick, yellow card, red card, exit, etc.) in chronological order throughout the game while watching a soccer game. Describe content description data. The detailed content description unit 104 describes content description data of the adjacent detailed events (pass, foul, dribble, etc.) for the representative event on each game description (step S1).
[0034]
The representative event description unit 103 creates game content description data in which the content description data of the representative event on the game description and the detailed event content description data input from the detailed content description unit 104 are collected. The ball position information and the ball dominance information are sent as a “game content” file to the representative event description / event alignment determination unit 201 of the video content description data creation unit 200 (step S2).
[0035]
On the other hand, in the video content description data creation unit 200, the representative event description / event alignment determination unit 201 looks at the provided content (digest video) on the monitor and displays the representative events (shoot, goal, indirect) on the video description in time series. Describe content description data of free kick, direct free kick, yellow card, red card, exit, etc. The detailed content description unit 202 describes content description data of adjacent detailed events (pass, foul, dribble, etc.) for each representative event on the video description.
[0036]
The representative event description / event alignment determination unit 201 creates video content description data in which the content description data of the representative event on the video description and the content description data of the detailed event are collected, and saves it as a “video content” file ( Step T1).
[0037]
Since the game description data is created while watching the game, the representative event on the game description is not linked to the digest video. That is, since the representative event on the game description and the digest video are not collated, a detailed situation description of the video in the distribution content cannot be created as it is.
[0038]
Therefore, the representative event description / event alignment determination unit 201 executes the event alignment process, and the representative event on the game description in the game description data in the “game content” file input from the representative event description unit 103 , The representative event on the video description of the video content description data in the “video content” file is linked and transmitted to the video processing unit 300 as a “content description” file. Further, the representative event description / event alignment determination unit 201 transmits the provided digest video to the video processing unit 300 (step T3).
[0039]
Based on the “content description” file and digest video input from the representative event description / event alignment determination unit 201, the video processing unit 300 distributes content (video (ASF)) and video to be distributed to the mobile terminal 500. And additional information (CHTML), formation animation (GIF), ball transition diagram, ball dominance rate display diagram, etc. for explaining the game situation are created and uploaded to distribution server 400 (step U1).
[0040]
The distribution server 400 distributes the distribution content uploaded by the video processing unit 300 to the mobile terminal 500 (step V1).
[0041]
(Content creation data creation process)
The representative event description unit 103 and the detailed content description unit 104... Of the game content description data creation unit 100 and the representative event description / event alignment determination unit 201 and the detailed content description unit 202 of the video content description data creation unit 200. The content description data is created in the same way. In the following description, the detailed content description unit 104 will be described as an example.
[0042]
The operator operates the content description data input screen displayed on the display unit of the detailed content description unit 104 with a mouse while watching the soccer game, and the detailed content description unit 104 displays the event contents corresponding to the operation content. Generate descriptive data. The content description data is used to explain the event. Eventtype (event type), time (time during game, time during video), player (player name), team (team name), importance (importance) ) And other attribute information.
[0043]
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a content description data input screen 600 displayed on the display unit. In the figure, 601 is a description start button for instructing start of creation of content description data, 602 is a description end button for instructing end of creation of content description data, and 603 is an importance level for inputting the importance level of an event. Input field, 604 is a Japanese event input area, 605 is a Russian event input area, 606 is a common event input field, 607 is a display field for displaying a list of representative events, and 608 selects automatic input or manual input of time A time input selection field 609 for indicating a monitor operation button for operating the monitor.
[0044]
In the example shown in the figure, automatic input is selected in the time input selection field 608. In general, when content description data is created while watching a soccer game, automatic input is selected, and when content description data is created while watching a digest video, manual input is selected. When automatic input is selected in the time input selection field 608, the time is automatically measured when the description start button 601 is selected.
[0045]
The Japanese event input area 604 and the Russian event input area 605 are arranged symmetrically. In the upper part of the event input area 604 in Japan and the event input area 605 in Russia, buttons for selecting a common event for each team are displayed. A “goal” button, a “breaked touch” button, “ The “Goline divided” button is displayed.
[0046]
In the middle row, event buttons for selecting frequently occurring events are displayed for each field player name. The “Pass” button, the “Pass” button, the “Shoot” button, and the “Foul” button are displayed. "Done" button, "Fouled" button, and "Dribble" button are displayed. In the event input area 604 in Japan, the player names are displayed in the order of FW, MF, BK, and the record player from the top. On the other hand, in the event input area 605 in Russia, BK, MF, FW, and a record player are displayed in order from the top. Thus, the offense player of one team and the defense player of the other team are displayed at positions that are symmetrical on the left and right.
[0047]
Furthermore, in the lower row, buttons for selecting events corresponding to GK are displayed, and a “catch” button, a “punch” button, and a “goal kick” button are displayed.
[0048]
In addition, it is possible to set so as not to accept the input of an event button of a player who has no possibility of performing an event (exited, changed out, or reserved). The operator sets the key entry prohibition for the record player. The key input disabled setting can be selected in a dialog box (not shown) for each player. In addition, for a player for whom an event of “exit” or “replacement out” is selected in the common event input field 606, key input is disabled.
[0049]
The common event input field 606 displays a common event button for selecting an event with a relatively low occurrence frequency. The “slow in” button, the “direct free kick” button, the “indirect free kick” button, A “corner kick” button, “exit” button, “yellow” button, “red card” button, “alternate out” button, and “alternate in” button are displayed. When inputting an event displayed in the common event input field 606, after selecting the player name by clicking with the mouse, the common event button in the common event input field 606 is selected. In the event input area 604 in Japan and the event input area 605 in Russia, when an event button provided corresponding to a player name is selected with the mouse, the corresponding player name is identified and displayed in red, for example. When the common event button in the common event input field 606 is selected, an event can be input. This is because the player who presses the event button is likely to have the ball normally, and the player is likely to raise the next event. It is an improvement in efficiency.
[0050]
For example, when the “shoot” button of the A1 player is selected with the mouse in the event input area 604 in Japan, the detailed content description unit 104 corresponds to the selected “shoot” button as shown in FIG. The content description data including the event “shoot (shot)” and the player name “A1 player” and the time information “10:22” indicating the time on the game when the “shoot” button is selected is created.
[0051]
Further, when the “goal” button is pressed in the event input area 604 in Japan, the detailed content description unit 104 displays the event “goal” corresponding to the selected “goal” button as shown in FIG. Goal) ", team name" Japan ", and content description data including time information" 22:13 "indicating the time on the game when the" goal "button is selected are created.
[0052]
The importance (importance) created by the content description data is initially set for each event. When the importance is selected in the importance input field 603, the selected importance is described. When the importance is not selected in the degree input field 603, an initial setting value is described.
[0053]
As described above, when the event button is selected by the operator on the content description data input screen 600 provided with a button for selecting an event for each player of each team, the selected event button The content description data including the time information indicating the event and the player corresponding to the time and the time when the button is selected is automatically generated, so the content description data can be created accurately in a short time with a simple operation. Is possible.
[0054]
Further, in the content description data input screen 600, the offense player of one team and the defense player of the other team are displayed in a symmetrical position on the left and right, so that the offense player of one team and the other Since it is highly likely that the events of the defense players of the teams will occur continuously, the event input operation can be performed more quickly.
[0055]
Further, the content description data input screen 600 is provided with a common event button for selecting an event common to each player, and when the event button is pressed, the player name corresponding to the event button is identified. In addition to being displayed, it is possible to select a common event button. After that, when a common event button is selected, content description data including an event corresponding to the selected common event button is generated. When inputting an event of an event button, it is not necessary to select a player, so that the input operation becomes easier.
[0056]
In addition, since it was possible to set the event buttons for players who did not have an event (exited, changed out, and refusal), it was possible to make an input error such as selecting a player who would not have an event by mistake. Can be prevented.
[0057]
In the content description data input screen 600, the offense player of one team and the defense player of the other team are displayed in a symmetrical position on the left and right, but the offense player of one team and the other You may decide to display the player of the defense of this team in the position which becomes symmetrical up and down.
[0058]
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be appropriately modified without changing the gist of the invention. For example, the present invention is not limited to soccer, but can be applied to other ball games such as baseball, rugby, American football, basketball, tennis, and golf.
[0059]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, in the content description data creation system for creating content description data of sports matches, the names of the players making up each team are displayed, and the sports for each player name. Display means for displaying an input screen provided with event buttons for selecting various events of the game, input means for selecting the event buttons of the input screen, and time for the sport game Time description means for measuring, event and player name corresponding to the event button selected by the input means, and content description data including time on the sport game when the event button is selected are generated Content description data generation means. Data it is possible to create.
[0060]
Further, according to the present invention, on the input screen, the offense player of one team and the defense player of the other team are displayed at positions that are symmetrical left and right or up and down. In addition to the effects of the invention according to 1, the event of the offense player of one team and the defense player of the other team are likely to occur continuously, so that the event input operation can be performed more quickly. It becomes possible.
[0061]
According to the present invention, the input screen is provided with a common event button for selecting an event having a low occurrence frequency, and when the event button of the input screen is selected by the input means, Since the player name corresponding to the selected event button is identified and displayed, and then the common event button can be selected by the input means, the player can input the event of the common event button. Since there is no need to select, the input operation becomes easier.
[0062]
Further, according to the present invention, an event button corresponding to a player who has no possibility of performing an event among the players displayed on the input screen can be set so that the input means cannot be selected. It becomes possible to prevent an input error such as erroneous selection of a player who has no possibility.
[0063]
Further, according to the present invention, the computer is caused to function as each means of the content description data creation system of the present invention by executing the program on the computer, so that the sports can be accurately performed in a short time with a simple operation. It is possible to create game description data.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an information processing system according to an embodiment.
FIG. 2 Each part of the game content description data creation part (ball position information acquisition / dominance rate measurement part, play start / end instruction part, representative event description part, detailed content description part), each part of the video content description data creation part (representative FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a basic hardware configuration of an event description / event alignment determination unit, a detailed content description unit), and a video processing unit.
3 is a diagram showing a processing flow for explaining the outline of the overall operation of the information processing system of FIG. 1; FIG.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a content description data input screen.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of content description data to be created.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Game content description data preparation part 101 Ball position information acquisition / control rate measurement part 102 Play start / end instruction part 103 Representative event description part 104 Detailed content description part 200 Video content description data creation part 201 Representative event description / event alignment determination part 202 Detailed content description unit 300 Video processing unit 400 Distribution server 500 Portable terminal

Claims (4)

In the content description data creation system that creates content description data for sports matches,
An event button for selecting each event name for each of the sports matches provided for each player name and an event button for each player name are provided independently of each player name. Display means for displaying a common event button for selecting various events of the sport game on the same screen;
Input means for selecting the event button and the common event button;
Time measuring means for measuring the time on the sport game;
Content description data generation means for generating content description data including the event and player name corresponding to the event button selected by the input means, and the time on the sport game when the event button is selected;
With
When the event button is selected by the input means, the corresponding event and player name are input and the selected state of the player is maintained, and when the common event button is subsequently selected, the corresponding event and the selection are selected. A content description data creation system, in which a player name in a state is input.   2. The content description data according to claim 1, wherein the offense player of one team and the defense player of the other team are displayed on the input screen at positions that are symmetrical left and right or up and down. Creation system.   The said event button corresponding to the player who does not have an event possibility among the players displayed on the said input screen can be set so that selection by the said input means cannot be performed. 2. The content description data creation system described in 2.   A program to be executed by a computer for causing the computer to function as each means of the content description data creation system according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

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