JP4404872B2 - Program video providing apparatus and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a program video providing apparatus that provides a video of a weather forecast program via a video memory. When there is urgent information such as a typhoon or an earthquake, the screen configuration of the program and the allocated time for broadcasting the screen are determined. It relates to the technology to be optimized.

  In the conventional invention, when there is urgent information such as a typhoon or an earthquake, a time table for controlling the screen of these emergency information and the normal information screen such as a live weather map is created as an organization work, The operation of expanding the screen according to the time table was performed, and the image of the weather forecast program was generated.

However, the adoption or non-adoption of each screen and the time distribution of the adopted screen depend on the judgment of the organization engineer, and are not always optimal.
JP 2003-032649 A JP 2005-204159 A

  The present invention relates to a program video providing apparatus that provides a video of a weather forecast program via a video memory. When there is urgent information such as a typhoon or an earthquake, the screen configuration of the program and the allocated time for broadcasting the screen are determined. The problem is to optimize automatically.

A program video providing apparatus according to the present invention is a program video providing apparatus that provides a video of a weather forecast program via a video memory, and has the following elements: (1) Weather that can include emergency information A weather information database that stores information (2) An emergency information extraction unit that determines the presence of emergency information in the weather information stored in the weather information database (3) A standard suitable for broadcasting the emergency screen that informs emergency information An emergency screen table (4) that configures a weather forecast program that stores time, the shortest time that is a condition for shortening the screen, and whether or not the screen is assumed to be omitted. For standard screens other than emergency screens, the standard program configuration information storage unit (5) that stores the standard time, the shortest time, and the omission availability is related to emergency information determined to exist. Of Emergency screen and standard screen, it calculates the sum of the standard time required screen is omitted whether not assume omitted,
When the total of the calculated standard times is shorter than the broadcast time of the weather forecast program, the mandatory screen is adopted as a standard that allocates at least the standard time to the screen, and it is assumed that the emergency screen and the standard screen are omitted. If the optional screen to be omitted is the total time obtained by adding the shortest time to the total of the standard time is shorter than the broadcast time, the short screen adopts a shortened adoption that allocates at least the shortest time to the screen.
On the other hand, when the total of the calculated standard time is larger than the broadcast time of the weather forecast program, the required screen is adopted as the shortened adoption,
For standard adopted screens, the standard time is the allocation time, and for screens with the short adoption, the total of the allocation time of the standard adoption screen and the short adoption screen is equal to the broadcast time between the shortest time and the standard time. (6) For the standard adopted screen and the shortened adopted screen, the weather information regarding each screen is sequentially acquired from the weather information database, and the weather information is expanded to a broadcast memory in a predetermined display format. A program video generation unit that performs screen expansion processing to be performed, and controls to shift to screen expansion processing of the next screen after the allocation time of the screen has elapsed since the screen expansion processing of the previous screen.

  The program video providing apparatus includes a weather information collection unit that connects to a weather information distribution server via a communication network and registers weather information received from the weather information distribution server in a weather information database.

Further, the emergency screen table stores a display order indicating a context of the screen expansion process for the emergency screen,
The standard program configuration information storage unit further stores the display order for the standard screen,
The program organizer orders the standard adoption screen and the short adoption screen according to their display order,
The program video generation unit is characterized by performing screen expansion processing according to the ordering.

Further, the program video providing apparatus includes a program broadcast preparation start determination unit that determines whether the program broadcast preparation start time has been reached,
It has a program broadcast start determination unit that determines whether the broadcast start time of the program has been reached,
The emergency information extraction unit determines the presence of emergency information in the weather information when the preparation start time of the program broadcast is reached,
The program organization unit performs the above-described adoption determination and time allocation processing according to the determination of the emergency information extraction unit,
The program video generation unit is characterized in that the screen development process is started when the broadcast start time of the program is reached.

The program according to the present invention is:
A weather information database for storing weather information that may include emergency information;
For emergency screens that notify urgent information, standard time suitable for broadcasting the screen, the shortest time that is necessary for shortening the screen, and whether or not to omit the screen can be omitted Emergency screen table to remember
A standard program configuration information storage unit for storing the standard time, the shortest time, and the omission of the standard screen other than the emergency screen constituting the weather forecast program is provided, and the video of the weather forecast program is provided via the video memory. (1) An emergency information extraction procedure for determining the presence of emergency information in weather information stored in a weather information database (2) Of the emergency screen and the standard screen related to the determined emergency information, calculate the total of the standard time of the mandatory screen that is an omission not to be omitted,
When the total of the calculated standard times is shorter than the broadcast time of the weather forecast program, the mandatory screen is adopted as a standard that allocates at least the standard time to the screen, and it is assumed that the emergency screen and the standard screen are omitted. If the optional screen to be omitted is the total time obtained by adding the shortest time to the total of the standard time is shorter than the broadcast time, the short screen adopts a shortened adoption that allocates at least the shortest time to the screen.
On the other hand, when the total of the calculated standard time is larger than the broadcast time of the weather forecast program, the required screen is adopted as the shortened adoption,
For standard adopted screens, the standard time is the allocation time, and for screens with the short adoption, the total of the allocation time of the standard adoption screen and the short adoption screen is equal to the broadcast time between the shortest time and the standard time. (3) For the standard-adopted screen and the shortened-adopted screen, the weather information for each screen is sequentially acquired from the weather information database, and the weather information is expanded to a broadcast memory in a predetermined display format. A program video generation procedure for performing a screen expansion process to be performed and controlling so as to shift to the screen expansion process of the next screen after the allocation time of the screen has elapsed after the screen expansion process of the previous screen.

  According to the present invention, the emergency screen related to emergency information and the standard screen constituting the weather forecast are divided into an essential screen that can be omitted and an optional screen that can be omitted. If the total is calculated and the total does not exceed the broadcast time of the entire weather forecast program, the optional screen is adopted at the minimum time, while if the total exceeds the broadcast time of the entire weather forecast program, it is required The display time of the screen is shortened to the shortest time, so when important information is small, important information is fully communicated, and additional information is added. A lot of information can be conveyed while satisfying the necessary conditions.

  When the weather is stable and there is little or no urgent information, the attention of the viewer is not very high, so it should be communicated with sufficient time and more entertaining than the meaning of warning Since the weather forecast is viewed in meaning, it is desirable as a broadcasting service to include additional information. On the other hand, if the weather is unstable and there is a lot of urgent information, the attention of the viewer is high, so it is sufficient to secure an effective minimum time on the condition that watching with interest is necessary. It is the mission of broadcasting to convey a lot of important information in order to inform the contents of this in detail. As described above, the present invention can automatically generate an optimum program structure reflecting the characteristics of information to be transmitted within the broadcast time according to the situation.

  In particular, in order to immediately transmit urgent information that changes every moment in an appropriate format, the merit of automation as in the present invention is great.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
The present invention relates to a program video providing apparatus that provides a video of a weather forecast program via a video memory. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a broadcasting station facility. The program video providing apparatus 101 is connected to the weather information distribution server 102 via a communication network. The weather information distribution server 102 is configured to acquire weather information. Further, a program video related to the weather forecast program is generated based on the weather information and provided to the mixer device 103. A video memory is provided in the program video providing apparatus 101, and image data on the video memory is read from the mixer apparatus 103, or a video memory is provided outside the program video providing apparatus 101 or inside the mixer apparatus 103 to provide the program video. A configuration in which image data is written from the apparatus 101 to the video memory and the image data on the video memory is read by the processing unit of the mixer apparatus 103 is conceivable.

  The mixer device 103 inputs the audio of the program input from the audio input device 104, synthesizes the program video and the program audio, and transfers them to the broadcast system 105 as broadcast video and broadcast audio. The broadcast system 105 converts broadcast video and broadcast audio into broadcast radio waves and transmits them.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the program video providing apparatus. The program video providing apparatus 101 includes a weather information collection unit 201, a weather information database 202, a program schedule execution unit 203, and a program schedule master storage unit 204. The meteorological information collection unit 201 accumulates the meteorological information received from the meteorological information distribution server 102 in the meteorological information database 202, and the program schedule execution unit 203 follows the program schedule stored in advance in the program schedule master storage unit 204. A program image of a weather forecast program for transmitting information is generated and transferred to the mixer device 103.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a weather information collection processing flow. The meteorological information collection unit 201 is in a waiting state for receiving meteorological information from the meteorological information distribution server 102 (S301), receives the meteorological information (S302), and registers the received meteorological information in the meteorological information database (S303).

  The weather information database is configured to store weather information that may include emergency information. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the structure of the weather information database. The weather information is constituted by the illustrated tables, and is configured to be updated to the latest information every time it is received. Tables are roughly classified into a permanent table group in which data always exists and a temporary table group in which data exists according to the situation. The permanent table group includes, for example, a live weather map table 401, a predicted weather map table 402, a national weather forecast table 403, a prefecture weather forecast table 404, a prefecture precipitation probability table 405, a prefecture predicted temperature table 406, and a prefecture weekly weather forecast table. 407 is included. The live weather map table 401 includes live date and time, and live weather map information. The predicted weather map table 402 includes predicted date and time and predicted weather map information. The national weather forecast table 403 includes , The forecast date and time, and forecast weather information corresponding to place names in the whole country, and the prefecture weather forecast table 404 includes forecast date and time, forecast weather information corresponding to place names in the prefecture (example of specific area) The prefectural precipitation probability table 405 has information on the predicted date and time, and the probability of precipitation corresponding to the place name in the prefecture, and the predicted prefecture temperature table 406 has the expected date and time, the place name in the prefecture, and the place in the prefecture. Predicted temperature information corresponding to the combination of place names is included, and the prefecture weekly weather forecast table 407 includes predicted weather information corresponding to each day of the week.

  The temporary table group includes, for example, a national earthquake information table 451, a prefecture earthquake information table 452, a prefecture warning / warning information table 453, and a typhoon information table 454. The nationwide earthquake information table 451 has information on earthquake occurrence time, nationwide seismic intensity observation place name and seismic intensity at the observation place when an earthquake has occurred within a predetermined time range from the current time. Similarly, the table 452 includes information on the earthquake occurrence time, the seismic intensity observation place name in the prefecture, and the seismic intensity information at the observation place when there is an earthquake within the predetermined time range from the current time. The report table 453 has information on the warning / warning that is being issued for each update date / time and prefecture area (the area in which the warning / warning is issued), and the typhoon information table 454 contains the observation date / time, typhoon. Information on the position, central pressure, wind speed, expected course, etc.

  Next, the configuration and operation of the program schedule execution unit 203 will be described. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of a processing module of the program schedule execution unit. The program schedule execution unit 203 includes a program broadcast preparation start determination unit 501, a program broadcast preparation processing unit 502, a program broadcast start determination unit 503, and a program broadcast time processing unit 504 as processing modules. The program broadcast preparation processing unit 502 includes an emergency information extraction unit 521 and a program organization unit 522, and the program broadcast time processing unit 504 includes a program video generation unit 541.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a program schedule execution process flow. The program broadcast preparation start determination unit 501 performs the process of waiting for the start of program broadcast preparation (S601). In this process, the program ID and the broadcast preparation start time stored in the program schedule master storage unit 204 are read, the current time is acquired from the clock unit, and the current time waits until the broadcast preparation start time is reached. The program ID is transferred to the program organization unit 522. Regardless of this example, the broadcast start time may be read instead of the broadcast preparation start time, a predetermined time may be subtracted from the broadcast start time, and the difference may be used as the broadcast preparation start time.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a program schedule master. A record is provided for each weather forecast program, and items of program ID 701, program name 702, broadcast preparation start time 703, broadcast start time 704, and broadcast time 705 are stored in association with each other. The broadcast preparation start time 703 is a time at which preparation processing related to the broadcast of the weather forecast program is started. Broadcast start time 704 is the time at which the weather forecast program starts to be broadcast. The broadcast time 705 is the length of time that the weather forecast program is broadcast.

  If it is determined in the above-described processing that the broadcast preparation start time has been reached, in the program broadcast preparation processing (S602) by the program broadcast preparation processing unit 502, preparation processing relating to the broadcast of the weather forecast program is performed. This process will be described later with reference to FIG.

  Subsequently, the program broadcast start determination unit 503 performs the process of waiting for the start of program broadcast (S603). In this processing, the broadcast start time stored in the program schedule master storage unit 204 is read, the current time is acquired from the clock unit, and the process waits until the current time reaches the broadcast start time.

  If it is determined that the broadcast start time has been reached, the program broadcast time processing by the program broadcast time processing unit 504 (S604) is performed. This process will be described later with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the configuration of the program schedule execution unit. This figure also shows storage areas such as a standard program configuration information storage unit 801, a program organization table 802, an emergency screen table 803, a broadcast program configuration information storage unit 804, a screen definition table 805, and a display element database 806. ing.

  The standard program configuration information storage unit 801 stores, for each weather forecast program, a control information group of standard screens to be broadcast on the program when an emergency screen notifying emergency information is not inserted. Details will be described later with reference to FIG. The standard screen is a screen other than the emergency screen constituting the weather forecast program.

  The program organization table 802 is a table used when the program organization unit 522 organizes a program, and is configured to store a group of screen control information related to screen candidates to be broadcast in the program. Details will be described later with reference to FIG.

  The emergency screen table 803 stores a control information group of emergency screens added to a program when data exists in the temporary table group. Details will be described later with reference to FIG.

  The broadcast program configuration information storage unit 804 is configured to store control information of a broadcast screen included in a program that is actually broadcasted as a result of being organized by the program organization unit 522. Details will be described later with reference to FIG.

  The screen definition table 805 stores information defining a configuration related to screen display for each screen. Details will be described later with reference to FIG.

  The display element database 806 stores image data of display elements constituting the screen. Details will be described later with reference to FIGS. 40 to 43.

  Here, the program broadcast preparation process (S602 in FIG. 6) will be described. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a program broadcast preparation process flow. First, emergency information extraction processing (S901) by the emergency information extraction unit 521 is performed, and then program organization processing (S902) by the program organization unit 522 is performed. In the emergency information extraction process (S901), the type of emergency information existing at that time is specified from the weather information database 202. In the program organization process (S902), the screen to be included in the program to be broadcast and its allocation time are specified according to the type of emergency information, and stored in the broadcast program configuration information storage unit 804 as broadcast screen control information. Hereinafter, these processes will be described in detail.

  The emergency information extraction process (S901) will be described. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an emergency information extraction process flow. The national earthquake information is read from the national earthquake information table 451 of the weather information database (S1001), and if there is national earthquake information (S1002), the fact that the national earthquake information is present is set as the emergency information type (S1003). Similarly, prefectural earthquake information is read from the prefectural earthquake information table 452 of the weather information database (S1004), and if there is prefectural earthquake information (S1005), the presence of prefectural earthquake information is set as the emergency information type (S1006). . In addition, the prefectural alarm / warning information is read from the prefectural alarm / warning information table 453 in the weather information database (S1007). Is set (S1009). Further, typhoon information is read from the typhoon information table 454 of the weather information database (S1010). If typhoon information is present (S1011), the emergency information type is set to indicate that typhoon information is present (S1012). Then, emergency information types (presence / absence of national earthquake information, presence / absence of prefecture earthquake information, presence / absence of prefecture alarm / warning, presence / absence of typhoon information) are output (S1013). In this way, the presence of emergency information in the weather information is determined.

  Next, the program organization process (S902) will be described. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a program organization process flow. The broadcast time corresponding to the program ID is acquired from the program schedule master storage unit 204 (S1101). Then, all the standard screen control information (including screen ID, display order, standard time, shortest time, omissibility, and priority order) included in the standard program configuration information specified by the program ID is read, and the program is organized. Write to the table 802 (S1102). These standard screens are candidate screens that are candidates to be displayed in the program.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of standard program configuration information. There are items of program ID 1201 and broadcast time 1202 in the header, a record is provided for each standard screen constituting the program, screen ID 1203, screen name 1204, display order 1205, standard time 1206, shortest time 1207, omissibility 1208, and The items of priority order 1209 are configured to be stored in association with each other. The standard screen is a screen that is broadcast on the program when no emergency screen is inserted. The screen ID is information for identifying the screen. The display order 1205 is an order indicating the order of display in the program, that is, the order of the order of screen development processing (to be described later with reference to FIG. 38). (Expand processing). The standard time 1206 is a time suitable for broadcasting the screen. It is desirable to set a time during which the contents of the screen can be sufficiently transmitted in accordance with the normal viewer's attention during normal times. The shortest time 1207 is the shortest time when the screen is aired (condition when the screen is shortened and aired). It is desirable to set a time during which the content of the screen can be sufficiently transmitted with high attention in an emergency or with attention when actively watching with interest. The omissibility 1208 is information indicating whether or not omission of the screen is assumed. Hereinafter, a screen that can be omitted is referred to as an arbitrary screen (meaning a screen that can be omitted), and a screen that cannot be omitted is referred to as an essential screen (meaning a screen that is necessarily adopted). The priority order 1209 is an order indicating the ease of adoption when making a determination (adoption determination) to include in a program. In this example, control is performed so that the smaller value is preferentially adopted. Adopting means including the broadcast of the screen in the broadcast of the program.

  Next, as shown in S1103 of FIG. 11, emergency screen control information (screen ID, display order, standard time, shortest time, omissibility, and priority order) specified by the emergency information type determined to exist is included. ) Is read from the emergency screen table 803 and written into the program organization table 802 (S1103). These emergency screens are candidate screens that are candidates for display in the program.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of an emergency screen table. There is an emergency information type 1301 item in the header, a record is provided for each emergency screen, and the items of screen ID 1302, screen name 1303, display order 1304, standard time 1305, shortest time 1306, omissibility 1307, and priority order 1308 are provided. It is configured to store in association with each other.

  On the program organization table 802, the adoption discriminators of all screen control information (essential screens) that are determined to be omissible are set to “standard adoption”. Further, the adoption discriminator included in the other screen control information is set to “not adopted” (S1104).

  FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a first example of a program organization table (after S1104). A record is provided for each candidate screen, and items of screen ID 1401, screen name 1402, display order 1403, adoption discriminator 1404, distribution time 1405, standard time 1406, shortest time 1407, omissibility 1408, and priority order 1409 are associated with each other. It is configured to memorize. The hiring discriminator 1404 displays the screen in the program as “adopted” and does not display “not hired”, and further adopts the “standard” that sets the allocated time for the “adopted” to be equal to or greater than the standard time. This is information that distinguishes between “shortening” that is equal to or shorter than the shortest time. In other words, “standard adoption” means that the relevant screen is included in the program and that more than the standard time is assigned to the allocation time, and “short adoption” means that the relevant screen is included in the program and the minimum time is used as the reference. The above means that the allocation time is allocated, and “not adopted” means that the screen is not included in the program.

  In this example, for the program with the program ID P002 (“this morning program”), when the broadcast preparation start time reaches “07:24:58”, the prefectural alarm / warning information and typhoon information in the temporary table group All screen control information in FIG. 12 and screen control information related to prefectural warning / warning information and typhoon information in FIG. 13 are transferred to the program organization table 802, the required screen is set as “standard adoption”, and optional The screen is shown as “not adopted”. At the time of processing S1104, the adoption discriminator is not fixed and the allocation time is not determined.

  Subsequently, an employment time totaling process (S1105) is performed. In this process, the standard time is assigned to the screen where the recruitment discriminator is “Standard Employment”, the shortest time is assigned to the “Reduced Employment” screen, and the total allocation time when no time is assigned to the “Non-adopt” screen is calculated. Processing to calculate is performed.

  FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a processing flow for the total employment time. First, the total time as an internal parameter is initialized to 0 (S1501). Then, the following processing is sequentially repeated for the screen control information (record) on the program organization table (S1502). When the adoption discriminator is “standard adoption” (S1503), the standard time of the screen control information is added to the total time (S1504). If the employment discriminator is “shortened employment” (S1503), the shortest time of the screen control information is added to the total time (S1505). When the adoption discriminator is “not adopted” (S1503), no time is added to the total time. When all the screen control information is processed (S1506), the total time is output (S1507).

  As shown in FIG. 11, the total time is compared with the broadcast time of the program (S1106). If the total time is smaller than the broadcast time, there is a time margin, and there is a possibility that a screen can be added. Since there is, an arbitrary screen addition process (S1107) that adopts an arbitrary screen is performed. On the other hand, if the total time is larger than the broadcast time, the predetermined time frame has been exceeded, so the required screen has been changed to "short adoption", and if the time frame is still exceeded, Any required screen reduction processing to be deleted (S1108) is performed. When the total time is equal to the broadcast time, the screen adoption adjustment process is not performed.

  First, the arbitrary screen addition process (S1107) will be described. The essential screen reduction process (S1108) will be described later with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an optional screen addition processing flow. The following processing is repeated in descending order of priority for screen control information (arbitrary screen) that can be omitted on the program organization table 802 (S1601). The adoption discriminator of the screen control information of the arbitrary screen is set to “abbreviated adoption” (S1602), and the adoption time adding process (S1603) is performed. Thereby, it is determined whether the arbitrary screen can be added. The total time is compared with the broadcast time (S1604), and if the total time is less than or equal to the broadcast time, it means that the total time is within the broadcast time, so “shortened adoption” is maintained. On the other hand, if the total time is larger than the broadcast time, it means that the total time is not within the broadcast time, so the adoption discriminator of the screen control information of the arbitrary screen is returned to “not adopted” (S1605). When the screen control information of all arbitrary screens has been processed, the process ends (S1606).

  FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a first example of a program organization table (after S1107). When the total time is calculated in the adopted time summing process for the program organization table of FIG. 14, it is 70 seconds, which is smaller than the broadcast time of 90 seconds (S1106), so the arbitrary screen addition process of FIG. 16 is performed in S1107. There are three optional screens 1451, 1452, and 1455, but processing is performed in the order of 1455, 1451, and 1452 according to the priority order, and the total time is 88 seconds with 1455 set to "abbreviated adoption". Decided to “short employment”. If 1451 or 1452 is further added, since the broadcast time exceeds 90 seconds, both of these remain “not adopted”.

  Subsequently, a time distribution process (S1109) is performed as shown in FIG. In this process, the broadcast time is assigned to the distribution time of each screen according to the adoption discriminator.

  FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a time distribution processing flow. The broadcast time of the program is acquired (S1801), and adoption time distribution processing (S1802) is performed. In this process, the standard time is assigned to the allocation time of the screen whose adoption discriminator is “standard adoption”, and the shortest time is assigned to the allocation time of the screen of “short adoption”.

  FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an adoption time distribution processing flow. The following processing is sequentially repeated for the screen control information on the program organization table 802 (S1901). When the adoption discriminator is “standard adoption” (S1902), the standard time of the screen control information is set as the allocation time of the screen control information (S1903), and when the adoption discriminator is “shortened adoption”. (S1902) sets the shortest time of the screen control information as the allocation time of the screen control information (S1904). When the adoption discriminator is “not adopted” (S1902), the allocation time is not set. Then, the process ends when all the screen control information has been processed (S1905).

  Then, the total allocated time set as shown in S1803 of FIG. 18 is calculated, and the total allocated time is compared with the broadcast time of the program (S1804). If they are equal, the distribution time adjustment is not necessary and the process ends. On the other hand, when the total allocated time is not equal to the broadcast time of the program (when the total allocated time is small), a shortened adoption extension process (S1805) is performed. In this process, a process for increasing the distribution time of the screen control information for the short adoption is performed.

  FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a shortening adoption expansion processing flow. Screen control information whose distribution time is less than the standard time is specified on the program organization table 802 (S2001), and the following processing is repeated in descending order of priority for the specified screen control information group (S2004).

  When the unit time (for example, 1) is added to the allocation time of the screen control information (S2005), the total allocation time is calculated (S2006), and the total allocation time is compared with the broadcast time of the program. (S2007), the status is set to “distribution complete” and the process ends (S2009). When the total allocated time is not equal to the broadcast time of the program (when the total allocated time is small), the same processing (S2005 to S2007) is repeated for the next screen control information according to the priority order. When all the specified screen control information has been made (S2008), the process returns to S2001, screen control information whose allocation time is less than the standard time is specified again, and the same processing is repeated.

  If there is no screen control information with an allocation time less than the standard time (S2002), the total allocation time does not reach the broadcast time even if the allocation time of “shortening adoption” is increased to the standard time. The process ends as “incomplete” (S2003).

  In this example, the process of evenly distributing the excess time to each screen between the shortest time and the standard time is performed. However, the screen with higher priority is given priority and the standard time is allocated first. It may be. Alternatively, the remaining time may be prorated according to the ratio of the shortest time between the screens or the ratio of the standard time. That is, any processing procedure is effective as long as the distribution time in which the total distribution time of the “standard adoption” screen and the “short adoption” screen is equal to the broadcast time can be calculated between the shortest time and the standard time.

  As shown in S1805 of FIG. 18, when the status is “distribution complete” in the shortened employment extension process, the process ends (S1806). When the status is “incomplete” (S1806), the all adoption expansion process (S1807) is performed. In this process, the allocation time is increased according to the priority order for all screen control information. This process will be described later with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a first example of a program organization table (after S1109). FIG. 21 shows the time distribution in the program organization table of FIG. The standard time is set in S1802 for the distribution times of 2153, 2154, 2156, and 2157, and the shortest time set in S1802 is extended in S1805 for the distribution time of 2155 so that the total of the distribution time becomes equal to the broadcast time. It is adjusted to.

  When the time distribution process (S1109) is completed in this way, the display order sort process (S1110) is performed as shown in FIG. FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a display order sorting process flow. On the program organization table, the screen control information whose adoption discriminator is “not adopted” is deleted (S2201), and the screen control information is rearranged in ascending order of display order (S2202).

  As shown in FIG. 11, the screen control information (including the screen ID and distribution time) of the program organization table is copied to the broadcast program configuration storage unit (S1111). In this example, the screen ID, the screen name, and the allocation time are duplicated.

  FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating Example 1 of broadcast program configuration information. A record is provided for each screen constituting the broadcast program, and items of screen ID 2301, screen name 2302, and distribution time 2303 are stored in association with each other. In this example, the typhoon information screen and the prefectural warning / warning screen are added in standard time, while the forecast weather map screen and the national weather forecast screen are deleted. In addition, the prefecture weekly weather forecast screen is shorter than the standard time.

  In Example 2, a case will be described in which prefectural warnings and warnings exist as emergency information. FIG. 24 is a diagram illustrating an example 2 of the program organization table (after S1109). The distribution time of 2451 and 2455 is expanded by the shortened adoption expansion process (S1805).

  FIG. 25 is a diagram illustrating Example 2 of broadcast program configuration information. In this example, the prefectural warning / warning screen is added in standard time, while the national weather forecast screen is deleted. In addition, the prefecture weekly weather forecast screen is shorter than the standard time.

  Next, the all adoption expansion process (S1807) in FIG. 18 will be described. FIG. 26 is a diagram showing an all adoption expansion process flow. For all screen control information, the following processing is repeated in descending order of priority (S2601). When the screen control information having the lowest priority is processed, the process is repeated from the highest priority order (the smallest order).

  A unit time (for example, 1) is added to the allocation time of the screen control information (S2602), the total allocation time is calculated (S2603), and the process is repeated until the total allocation time becomes equal to the broadcast time of the program ( S2604).

  In this example, the process of distributing the surplus time equally to each screen at the standard time or more is performed. However, the surplus time may be allotted to the screen having a high priority. Alternatively, the remaining time may be apportioned according to the ratio of the standard time between the screens. In other words, any processing procedure is effective as long as it can calculate a distribution time that is equal to or greater than the standard time and the total distribution time of the “standard adoption” screen and the “short adoption” screen is equal to the broadcast time.

  The case where typhoon information exists as emergency information in Example 3 will be described. FIG. 27 is a diagram illustrating a third example of the program organization table (after S1109). Even if the distribution time is extended until it becomes equal to the standard time in the shortened employment expansion process (S1805), the total distribution time is 89 seconds, which is less than the broadcasting time. The high 2756 allocation time is increased by one.

  FIG. 28 is a diagram illustrating a third example of broadcast program configuration information. In this example, the typhoon information screen is added at standard time +1, while the national weather forecast screen is deleted.

  The case where nationwide earthquake information and prefecture earthquake information exist in Example 4 will be described. FIG. 29 is a diagram showing a fourth example of a program organization table (after S1109). In this example, the allocation time of 2957 and 2956 is increased by one from the standard time in accordance with the priority in the all adoption expansion process (S1807).

  FIG. 30 is a diagram illustrating Example 4 of broadcast program configuration information. In this example, the national earthquake information screen and the prefectural earthquake information screen are added at standard time +1, while the national weather forecast screen and the prefectural weekly weather forecast screen are deleted.

  Next, the essential screen reduction process (S1108) in FIG. 11 will be described. Since the broadcast time exceeds the standard time of the essential screens, it is changed to “abbreviated adoption”. If the broadcast time is still exceeded, the process of deleting the essential screens with lower priority is performed.

  FIG. 31 is a diagram showing an essential screen reduction processing flow. First, on the program organization table, the employment discriminator included in the screen control information of all the essential screens is set to “shortened employment” (S3101), and the total time calculated by the employment time totaling process (S3102) is compared with the broadcast time. (S3103). If the total time is less than or equal to the broadcast time, the process ends because it falls within the broadcast time. On the other hand, if the total time is larger than the broadcast time, the following processing is repeated in the order of decreasing priority (in this example, in descending order of value) for the screen control information of the essential screen (S3104). The adoption discriminator included in the screen control information of the essential screen is set to “not adopted” (S3105), and the total time calculated by the adoption time adding process (S3106) is compared with the broadcast time (S3107). If the total time is less than or equal to the broadcast time, the required screen is deleted to fit in the broadcast time, and the process ends. If the total time is greater than the broadcast time, the process of deleting the essential screen with the next lowest priority is repeated.

  The case where nationwide earthquake information, prefectural earthquake information, and prefectural warning / warning information exist in Example 5 will be described. FIG. 32 is a diagram showing a fifth example of a program organization table (after S1109). The sum of the standard times of the required screens 3253, 3454, 3456, 3457, and 3458 is 94 seconds, which exceeds 90 seconds of the broadcast time. Therefore, the adoption discriminator is changed from “standard adoption” to “shortened adoption”. Yes. The allocation time is determined in the shortened employment extension process (S1805).

FIG. 33 is a diagram illustrating Example 5 of broadcast program configuration information. In this example, the national earthquake information screen, the prefecture earthquake information screen, and the prefecture warning / warning information screen are added in standard time, while the forecast weather map screen, the national weather forecast screen, and the prefecture weekly weather forecast screen are deleted. The prefecture weather forecast / precipitation probability screen and prefecture forecast temperature screen are shorter than the standard time.

The case where nationwide earthquake information, prefectural earthquake information, prefectural warning / warning information, and typhoon information exist in Example 6 will be described. FIG. 34 is a diagram illustrating a sixth example of the program organization table (after S1109). Even if the required screens of 3453, 3454, 3456, 3457, 3458, and 3459 are changed from “Standard Adoption” to “Short Adoption”, the total time of the shortest time exceeds 91 seconds, so the most of the essential screens 3454 having a low priority is set as “not adopted”.

  FIG. 35 is a diagram illustrating a sixth example of broadcast program configuration information. In this example, the national earthquake information screen, prefectural earthquake information screen, prefectural warning / warning information screen, and typhoon information screen are added in standard time, while the forecast weather map screen, national weather forecast screen, prefecture predicted temperature screen, and prefecture weekly weather are added. The forecast screen has been deleted.

  Next, the program broadcast processing (S604) shown in FIG. 6 will be described. FIG. 36 is a diagram showing a program broadcast processing flow. As a program broadcast process, a program video generation process (S3601) is performed.

  FIG. 37 is a diagram showing a program video generation processing flow. The screen control information is sequentially acquired from the broadcast program configuration information storage unit 804 in accordance with the display order, and the following processing is repeated (S3701). First, the broadcast start time is acquired from the program schedule master storage unit 204, and the distribution start time of each screen is sequentially added to the screen according to the display order in the broadcast disclosure time, thereby calculating the display start time of the screen (S3702). Then, the display start time of the screen is waited (S3703), and when the display start time is reached, screen development processing (S3704) is performed.

  The screen development process (S3704) will be described. FIG. 38 is a diagram showing a screen development processing flow. First, screen definition information corresponding to the screen ID is acquired from the screen definition table (S3801).

  FIG. 39 is a diagram illustrating an example of the screen definition table. The header has items of screen ID 3901, background ID 3902, display element number 3903, a record is provided for each display element, and the display parameter storage position 3904, display element type 3905, arrangement coordinates 3906, and animation processing method 3907 correspond to the items. It is configured to be attached and stored.

  Then, the background image data corresponding to the background ID is acquired from the display element database 806 and developed in the video memory (S3802).

  The background image data management table included in the display element database 806 will be described. FIG. 40 is a diagram illustrating an example of the background image data management table. A record is provided for each sketch, and items of the sketch ID 4001 and the sketch image data file name 4002 are stored in association with each other. By accessing the background image data file included in the display element database 806 according to the background image data file name 4002, the background image data can be acquired. FIG. 41 is a diagram illustrating an example of a background image.

  Next, the following processing is repeated for the number of display elements (S3803). First, display parameters are acquired from the weather information database 202 according to the display parameter storage position (S3804). In the display parameter storage position 3904 of 3951 in FIG. 39, the weather item of the record whose place name is Kushiro in the national weather forecast table 403 included in the weather information database 202 indicates that it is a display parameter.

  FIG. 42 is a diagram illustrating an example of a national weather forecast table. A record is provided for each place name, and the items of place name 4201 and weather 4202 are associated with each other and stored.

  Next, a table by display element is specified according to the display element type (S3805). The display element type 3905 3951 in FIG. 39 indicates that the weather mark is a display element, so the weather mark image data management table is specified as a table for each display element.

  FIG. 43 is a diagram illustrating an example of a weather mark image data management table. A record is provided for each weather, and the items of weather 4301 and weather mark image data file name 4302 are associated with each other and stored. By accessing the weather mark image data file included in the display element database 806 according to the weather mark image data file name 4302, the weather mark image data can be acquired.

  Then, display image data corresponding to the display parameter is acquired from the table by display element (S3806), and the display image data is developed in the video memory according to the arrangement coordinates and the animation processing method (S3807). The arrangement coordinates are coordinates indicating a position where the display image such as a mark is arranged on the background image. The animation processing method is information for designating animation operations such as slide-in and blinking. The process ends when all the display elements have been processed (S3808). FIG. 44 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image after the display image is developed.

  As shown in FIG. 37, when all the screen control information has been processed (S3705), the final screen display end time is calculated (S3706), and the final screen display end time is waited (S3707). Exit. The display end time of the final screen is obtained by adding the distribution time of the screen to the display start time of the final screen.

  The program video providing apparatus 101 is a computer, and each element can execute processing by a program. Further, the program can be stored in a storage medium so that the computer can read the program from the storage medium.

  The configuration of the computer hardware will be described. FIG. 45 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration. An arithmetic device 4501, a data storage device 4502, a memory 4503, and a communication interface 4504 are connected to the bus. The data storage device 4502 is, for example, a ROM (Read Only Memory) or a hard disk. The memory 4503 is a normal RAM (Random Access Memory). The program is normally stored in the data storage device 4502, and is loaded into the memory 4503 and sequentially read into the arithmetic device 4501 for processing. A communication interface 4504 is used for communication via a communication network and communication with a mixer device. In addition, it has an input device and an output device for operation.

It is a figure which shows the structure of a broadcast station facility. It is a figure which shows the structure of a program image | video provision apparatus. It is a figure which shows a weather information collection process flow. It is a figure which shows the structure of a weather information database. It is a figure which shows the structure of the processing module of a program schedule execution part. It is a figure which shows a program schedule execution process flow. It is a figure which shows the example of a program schedule master. It is a figure which shows the structure of a program schedule execution part. It is a figure which shows a program broadcast preparation process flow. It is a figure which shows an emergency information extraction process flow. It is a figure which shows a program organization process flow. It is a figure which shows the example of standard program structure information. It is a figure which shows the example of an emergency screen table. It is a figure which shows Example 1 (after S1104) of the table for program organization. It is a figure which shows the employment time total processing flow. It is a figure which shows the arbitrary screen addition process flow. It is a figure which shows Example 1 (after S1107) of the table for program organization. It is a figure which shows a time allocation process flow. It is a figure which shows the employment time distribution processing flow. It is a figure which shows the shortening adoption expansion process flow. It is a figure which shows Example 1 (after S1109) of the table for program organization. It is a figure which shows a display order sort processing flow. It is a figure which shows Example 1 of the broadcast program structure information. It is a figure which shows Example 2 (after S1109) of the table for program organization. It is a figure which shows Example 2 of the program structure information for a broadcast. It is a figure which shows the all adoption expansion process flow. It is a figure which shows Example 3 (after S1109) of the table for program organization. It is a figure which shows Example 3 of the broadcast program structure information. It is a figure which shows Example 4 (after S1109) of the table for program organization. It is a figure which shows Example 4 of the broadcast program structure information. It is a figure which shows a required screen reduction process flow. It is a figure which shows Example 5 (after S1109) of the table for program organization. It is a figure which shows Example 5 of the broadcast program structure information. It is a figure which shows Example 6 (after S1109) of the table for program organization. It is a figure which shows Example 6 of the broadcast program structure information. It is a figure which shows the processing flow at the time of program broadcasting. It is a figure which shows a program image | video production | generation process flow. It is a figure which shows a screen expansion process flow. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen definition table. It is a figure which shows the example of a background image data management table. It is a figure which shows the example of a background image. It is a figure which shows the example of a national weather forecast table. It is a figure which shows the example of a weather mark image data management table. It is a figure which shows the image after the expansion | deployment of a display image. It is a figure which shows the structure of hardware.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 101 Program video provision apparatus, 102 Weather information distribution server, 103 Mixer apparatus, 104 Voice input device, 105 Broadcast system, 201 Weather information collection part, 202 Weather information database, 203 Program schedule execution part, 204 Program schedule master memory part, 401 Live weather map table, 402 Forecast weather map table, 403 National weather forecast table, 404 Prefectural weather forecast table, 405 Prefectural precipitation probability table, 406 Prefectural forecast temperature table, 407 Prefectural weekly weather forecast table, 451 National earthquake information table, 452 Prefectural Earthquake information table, 453 Prefectural warning / warning information table, 454 typhoon information table, 501 program broadcast preparation start determination unit, 502 program broadcast preparation processing unit, 503 program broadcast start determination unit, 504 program broadcast time processing unit, 521 emergency Information extraction unit, 522 Program organization unit, 541 Program video generation unit, 801 Standard program configuration information storage unit, 802 Program organization table, 803 Emergency screen table, 804 Broadcast program configuration information storage unit, 805 Screen definition table, 806 display Element database.

Claims (5)

A program video providing apparatus that provides a video of a weather forecast program via a video memory, the program video providing apparatus having the following elements: (1) Weather information for storing weather information that may include emergency information Database (2) Emergency information extraction unit that determines the presence of emergency information in weather information stored in the weather information database (3) About the emergency screen that informs emergency information, shorten the standard time suitable for broadcasting the screen An emergency screen table for storing the shortest time that is a condition for broadcasting and whether or not to omit the screen is assumed. (4) Standard screen other than the emergency screen constituting the weather forecast program A standard program configuration information storage unit (5) for storing the standard time, the shortest time, and whether or not omission is possible. Of the screen, it calculates the sum of the standard time required screen is omitted whether not assume omitted,
When the total of the calculated standard times is shorter than the broadcast time of the weather forecast program, the mandatory screen is adopted as a standard that allocates at least the standard time to the screen, and it is assumed that the emergency screen and the standard screen are omitted. If the optional screen to be omitted is the total time obtained by adding the shortest time to the total of the standard time is shorter than the broadcast time, the short screen adopts a shortened adoption that allocates at least the shortest time to the screen.
On the other hand, when the total of the calculated standard time is larger than the broadcast time of the weather forecast program, the required screen is adopted as the shortened adoption,
For standard adopted screens, the standard time is the allocation time, and for screens with the short adoption, the total of the allocation time of the standard adoption screen and the short adoption screen is equal to the broadcast time between the shortest time and the standard time. (6) For the standard adopted screen and the shortened adopted screen, the weather information regarding each screen is sequentially acquired from the weather information database, and the weather information is expanded to a broadcast memory in a predetermined display format. A program video generation unit that performs screen expansion processing to be performed, and controls to shift to screen expansion processing of the next screen after the allocation time of the screen has elapsed since the screen expansion processing of the previous screen.   2. The program video providing apparatus includes a weather information collecting unit that connects to a weather information distribution server via a communication network and registers weather information received from the weather information distribution server in a weather information database. Program video providing device. The urgent screen table further stores a display order indicating a context of the screen expansion process for the urgent screen,
The standard program configuration information storage unit further stores the display order for the standard screen,
The program organizer orders the standard adoption screen and the short adoption screen according to their display order,
2. The program video providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the program video generation unit performs screen expansion processing according to the ordering. The program video providing apparatus includes a program broadcast preparation start determining unit that determines whether the program broadcast preparation start time has been reached,
It has a program broadcast start determination unit that determines whether the broadcast start time of the program has been reached,
The emergency information extraction unit determines the presence of emergency information in the weather information when the preparation start time of the program broadcast is reached,
The program organization unit performs the above-described adoption determination and time allocation processing according to the determination of the emergency information extraction unit,
2. The program video providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the program video generation unit starts the screen development processing when a broadcast start time of the program is reached. A weather information database for storing weather information that may include emergency information;
For emergency screens that notify urgent information, standard time suitable for broadcasting the screen, the shortest time that is necessary for shortening the screen, and whether or not to omit the screen can be omitted Emergency screen table to remember
A standard program configuration information storage unit for storing the standard time, the shortest time, and the omission of the standard screen other than the emergency screen constituting the weather forecast program is provided, and the video of the weather forecast program is provided via the video memory. (1) Emergency information extraction procedure for determining the presence of emergency information in weather information stored in the weather information database (2) Of the emergency screen and the standard screen related to the emergency information, calculate the total of the standard time of the mandatory screen that is an omission that does not assume omission,
When the total of the calculated standard times is shorter than the broadcast time of the weather forecast program, the mandatory screen is adopted as a standard that allocates at least the standard time to the screen, and it is assumed that the emergency screen and the standard screen are omitted. If the optional screen to be omitted is the total time obtained by adding the shortest time to the total of the standard time is shorter than the broadcast time, the short screen adopts a shortened adoption that allocates at least the shortest time to the screen.
On the other hand, when the total of the calculated standard time is larger than the broadcast time of the weather forecast program, the required screen is adopted as the shortened adoption,
For standard adopted screens, the standard time is the allocation time, and for screens with the short adoption, the total of the allocation time of the standard adoption screen and the short adoption screen is equal to the broadcast time between the shortest time and the standard time. (3) For the standard-adopted screen and the shortened-adopted screen, the weather information for each screen is sequentially acquired from the weather information database, and the weather information is expanded to a broadcast memory in a predetermined display format. A program video generation procedure for performing a screen expansion process to be performed and controlling so as to shift to the screen expansion process of the next screen after the allocation time of the screen has elapsed after the screen expansion process of the previous screen.

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