JP4437802B2 - 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, and when urgent information such as a typhoon or an earthquake occurs during a program broadcast, a screen configuration relating to the remaining broadcast time and The present invention relates to a technique for automatically reorganizing the allocated time for broadcasting the screen.

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 prior art requires preparation before the program broadcast, and it is difficult to incorporate an emergency information screen generated during the program broadcast. For this reason, there was no method other than displaying urgent information on the screen as scheduled using telops.
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, and when urgent information such as a typhoon or an earthquake occurs during a program broadcast, a screen configuration relating to the remaining broadcast time and It is an object to automatically reorganize the allocated time for broadcasting the screen.

The program video providing apparatus according to the present invention is:
A program video providing apparatus that receives weather information that may include emergency information from a weather information distribution server and provides a video of a weather forecast program via a video memory, and has the following elements (1) Meteorological information database that stores weather information (2) Receive weather information, store the received weather information in the weather information database, determine whether the received weather information includes new emergency information, new emergency information The weather information collection unit that notifies the type of emergency information when (3) is included. (3) About the emergency screen for notifying emergency information The emergency screen table that stores the shortest time (4) When the emergency information is not generated, the standard time and the shortest time are stored for the standard screen that constitutes the weather forecast program Standard program configuration information storage unit (5) Broadcast program configuration information storage unit (6) Emergency information in pre-broadcast weather information for storing distribution time to be ordered and broadcasted for screens constituting weather forecast program to be broadcast Is included in the standard program configuration information storage unit, the pre-broadcast program organization unit (7) stores the standard time as the distribution time in the broadcast program configuration information storage unit for the standard screen included in the standard program configuration information storage unit. ) With respect to the target screen in the broadcast program configuration information storage unit, screen development processing for acquiring weather information about each screen from the weather information database according to the broadcast order and expanding the weather information into a broadcast memory in a predetermined display format The program video generation unit (8) that controls to shift to the screen expansion processing of the next screen after the allocation time of the screen has elapsed after the screen expansion processing of the previous screen. When the type of emergency information is notified from the weather information collection unit during the broadcast of the weather forecast program, the target screen in the broadcast program configuration information storage unit and the emergency screen that notifies the emergency information are expanded on the screen. There is no unbroadcast screen, a screen that has already been expanded and is being broadcast before the allocated time has elapsed,
Or, distinguish the screen after the screen has been deployed and when the distribution time has passed,
Calculate the reorganization time by adding a predetermined margin time to the current time, and if the reorganization time corresponds to after the shortest time of the screen being broadcast, the time from the start of the screen to the reorganization time is broadcast Treated as the shortest time of the inside screen,
Calculate the shortest total time by summing the distribution time of the broadcast completion screen, the shortest time of the screen that is being broadcast, and the shortest time of the screen that has not been broadcast, and if the shortest total time is less than the broadcast time of the program, I decided to adopt all these screens,
If the shortest total time is larger than the broadcast time of the program, select one of the unbroadcast standard screens as the omitted screen, recalculate the shortest total time excluding the omitted screen, and the shortest total time is less than the broadcast time of the program It will be decided to adopt a screen excluding the omitted screen,
Calculate the surplus time that is the difference between the broadcast time of the program and the shortest total time, and distribute the surplus time to the screens that are broadcast and unbroadcast among the screens that are determined to be adopted. A broadcast program reorganization unit that sets the total as new distribution times for each screen that is being broadcast and unbroadcast and stores the distribution time in the broadcast program configuration information storage unit with a broadcast order for the screens that are determined to be adopted.

The program according to the present invention is:
About the weather information database that stores weather information and the emergency screen that notifies emergency information,
Standard screen suitable for airing the screen, emergency screen table for storing the shortest time that is the condition for shortening the screen, and standard screen for configuring weather forecast program when no emergency information is generated A standard program configuration information storage unit for storing the standard time and the shortest time, and a broadcast program configuration information storage unit for storing a distribution time for ordering and broadcasting the screens constituting the weather forecast program to be broadcast A computer that serves as a program video providing apparatus that receives weather information that can include emergency information from a weather information distribution server and that provides a video of a weather forecast program via a video memory. (1) Receive weather information, store the received weather information in the weather information database, and determine whether the received weather information includes new emergency information The weather information collection procedure for notifying the type of emergency information when new emergency information is included. (2) When emergency information is not included in the weather information before broadcasting, it is included in the standard program configuration information storage unit. For the standard screen, the pre-broadcasting program composition procedure for storing the standard time as the allocated time in the broadcast program configuration information storage unit for the standard screen (3) for the target screen in the broadcast program configuration information storage unit Acquire weather information about each screen from the weather information database according to the order, perform the screen expansion processing to expand the weather information in the broadcast memory in a predetermined display format, and perform the screen expansion processing of the previous screen, then the allocation time of the screen Program video generation procedure for controlling to shift to the screen expansion processing of the next screen after the elapse of time (4) When the emergency information type is notified during the broadcast of the weather forecast program, it is released. The target screen in the program configuration information storage unit and the emergency screen that informs the emergency information are unscreened screens that have not been screened, screens that have already been screened and are being broadcast before the allocation time has elapsed, or after screens are expanded Distinguish it from the broadcast completion screen after the allotted time,
Calculate the reorganization time by adding a predetermined margin time to the current time, and if the reorganization time corresponds to after the shortest time of the screen being broadcast, the time from the start of the screen to the reorganization time is broadcast Treated as the shortest time of the inside screen,
Calculate the shortest total time by summing the distribution time of the broadcast completion screen, the shortest time of the screen that is being broadcast, and the shortest time of the screen that has not been broadcast, and if the shortest total time is less than the broadcast time of the program, I decided to adopt all these screens,
If the shortest total time is larger than the broadcast time of the program, select one of the unbroadcast standard screens as the omitted screen, recalculate the shortest total time excluding the omitted screen, and the shortest total time is less than the broadcast time of the program It will be decided to adopt a screen excluding the omitted screen,
Calculate the surplus time that is the difference between the broadcast time of the program and the shortest total time, and distribute the surplus time to the screens that are broadcast and unbroadcast among the screens that are determined to be adopted. A broadcast program reorganization procedure in which the total is set as a new allocation time for each of the broadcasted and unbroadcasted screens, and the allocation time is stored in the broadcast program configuration information storage unit for the screens determined to be adopted.

According to the present invention, when emergency information occurs during the broadcast of a weather forecast program, the original broadcast scheduled screen and the emergency screen are distinguished from an unbroadcast screen, a screen that is being broadcast, or a screen that has been broadcast. Review the shortest time of the screen that is being broadcast, find the shortest total time of the distribution time of the screen that has been aired, the shortest time of the screen that is being broadcast, and the shortest time of the screen that is not yet aired, and broadcast the program Since the adopted screen is determined by comparing the time, the optimal screen reorganization including the emergency screen can be performed.

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. Program video providing device 1 with video memory
The image data on the video memory is read from the mixer device 103, or the video memory is provided outside the program video providing device 101 or inside the mixer device 103, and the program video providing device 101 stores the video data in the video memory. Write image data, mixer device 1
A configuration in which image data on the video memory is read by the processing unit 03 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). At that time, it is determined whether or not emergency information such as warning / warning information, earthquake information, tsunami information, typhoon information, or lightning information has newly occurred (S304). The in-broadcast program reorganization unit 605 is notified (S305).

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 is always present and an emergency information table group that stores emergency information generated according to the situation.

The permanent table group includes, for example, a national weather forecast table 401 and a national predicted temperature table 4.
02, a local weather forecast table 403, a local predicted temperature table 404, and a weekly weather forecast table 405 are included. The national weather forecast table 401 has information on the predicted date and time and predicted weather corresponding to the place names in the whole country, and the national predicted temperature table 402 has information on the predicted date and time and predicted temperature corresponding to the place names in the whole country. The local weather forecast table 403 has the forecast date and time, and forecast weather information corresponding to the place name of the district.
Has information on the predicted temperature corresponding to the local place name, and the weekly weather forecast table 405 has information on the predicted weather corresponding to each day of the week.

The emergency information table group includes, for example, prefectural warning / warning information table 451, earthquake information table 452, tsunami information table 453, typhoon information table 454, and lightning information table 45.
5 is included. Prefectural alarm / warning table 451 is updated date and time, prefectural area (alarm /
Each area has a warning and warning information that is being issued, and the earthquake information table 452 shows that an earthquake has occurred when an earthquake has occurred within the specified time range from the current time. It has time, seismic intensity observation place name and seismic intensity information at the observation place, and tsunami information table 453
Typhoon information table 4 with information such as predicted tsunami occurrence area, expected time, tsunami scale, occurrence probability, etc.
54 has information such as observation date / time, typhoon position, central pressure, wind speed, expected course, and the like, and a lightning information table 455 has information such as a predicted lightning occurrence area, an expected time, and an occurrence probability. .

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a program schedule master. A record is provided for each weather forecast program, program ID 501, program name 502, broadcast preparation start time 503, broadcast start time 504,
The broadcast time 505 item is associated and stored. Broadcast preparation start time 5
03 is the time to start the preparation process related to the broadcast of the weather forecast program. Broadcast start time 5
04 is the time to start broadcasting the weather forecast program. The broadcast time 505 is the length of time that the weather forecast program is broadcast.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the configuration of the program schedule execution unit. Program schedule execution unit 20
3 is a program broadcast preparation start determination unit 601, a pre-broadcast program organization unit 602, a standard program configuration information storage unit 603, a broadcast program configuration information storage unit 604, a broadcast program reorganization unit 605, an emergency screen table 606, and a program video generation A section 607, a screen definition table 608, and a display element database 609.

The standard program configuration information storage unit 603 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. For more information,
This 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 emergency screen table 606 stores a control information group of emergency screens added to the program when data exists in the emergency information table group. Details will be described later with reference to FIG.

The broadcast program configuration information storage unit 604 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 pre-broadcast program organization unit 602. Details will be described later with reference to FIG.

The screen definition table 608 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 609 stores image data of display elements constituting the screen. Details will be described later with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a program schedule execution process flow. Program broadcast preparation start determination unit 6
The process of waiting for the start of program broadcast preparation by S01 (S701) is performed. 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 waits until the current time reaches the broadcast preparation start time. 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.

If it is determined that the broadcast preparation start time has been reached, pre-broadcast program organization processing (S702) by the pre-broadcast program organization unit 602 is performed. In this processing, the control information group of the standard screen is read from the standard program configuration information storage unit 603 and stored in the standard program configuration information storage unit 603 as the control information of the broadcast screen. When there is no emergency information, all standard screens are adopted as broadcast screens, their screen IDs and screen names are copied (copied), and the standard time is stored in the allocation time.
All the airing states are set to “not aired”.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a standard program configuration information storage unit. It has items of program ID 801 and program broadcast time 802 in the header, a record is provided for each standard screen constituting the program, and screen I
D803, screen name 804, display order 805, standard time 806, shortest time 807, screen adoption priority 808, and time distribution priority 809 are associated with each other and stored. 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 805 is the order indicating the order of display in the program, that is, the order of the order in which the screen development processing (described later with reference to FIG. 11) is performed.
In this example, control is performed so that display is performed in order from the smallest value (that is, screen expansion processing). The standard time 806 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 807 is the shortest time when the screen is broadcast (conditions when the screen is shortened and broadcast). 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 screen adoption priority order 808 is an order indicating the ease of adoption when making a determination (adoption determination) to include the screen in the 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. The time allocation priority order 809 is an order indicating the ease of time allocation for the screen among the adopted screens. In this example, control is performed so that the smaller the value, the remaining time is preferentially distributed.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a broadcast program configuration information storage unit. A record is provided for each screen constituting the broadcast program, and items of screen ID 901, screen name 902, distribution time 903, and broadcast state 904 are stored in association with each other. As the broadcast state, the statuses of “not broadcast” before the screen expansion, “broadcasting” in which the screen is expanded and maintained, and “broadcast completed” status in which the screen expansion state is completed are managed.

Subsequently, the on-air program reorganization unit 605 is activated (S703). On-air program reorganization 605
Performs processing in parallel with the program video generation unit as a separate task. The on-air program reorganization unit 605
When urgent information is generated during the program broadcast, the contents of the broadcast program configuration information storage unit 904 are reorganized. Details will be described later with reference to FIGS.

Next, the program broadcast start determination unit (not shown) waits for the start of program broadcast (S704). 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.

When it is determined that the broadcast start time has been reached, program video generation processing (S705) by the program video generation unit 607 is performed. In this processing, screen expansion processing is performed according to the contents of the broadcast program configuration information storage unit 904 during the broadcast time. Details will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

When the program video generation ends, the on-air program reorganization unit is stopped (S706), and the process proceeds to the next program process.

Here, the program video generation process (S705) will be described in detail. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a program video generation processing flow. The following processing is repeated until it is determined that the routine is finished for each screen whose broadcast state is “not broadcast” in the screen control information included in the broadcast program configuration information storage unit 604 (S1001). First, the broadcast start time of the screen is calculated (S10
02). A broadcast start time read from the program schedule storage unit 204 or a broadcast start time corresponding to the program ID is directly read from the program schedule storage unit 204 by a program broadcast start determination unit (not shown), and the first screen appears at the broadcast start time. The broadcast start time is obtained by adding the distribution time from the screen to the previous screen to the broadcast start time. Next, the current time is acquired from the clock unit (S1003) and compared with the broadcast start time (S1004). When the current time reaches the broadcast start time, screen development processing (S1005) is performed. After the screen expansion process, the broadcast state of the screen is changed to “being aired” (S1006).
If there is a “broadcasting” screen (S1007), the broadcasting state of the “broadcasting” screen is changed to “broadcasting complete” (S1008). Repeat this process as long as there is an “unrun” screen,
Finally, the program video generation process ends when the program broadcast end time is reached (S1009). The broadcast end time is calculated by adding the broadcast time of the program to the broadcast disclosure time.

Next, the screen development process (S1005) will be described. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a screen development processing flow. First, screen definition information corresponding to the screen ID is acquired from the screen definition table (S1101).

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of the screen definition table. Screen ID 1201 in header, background I
D1202, the number of display elements 1203, a record is provided for each display element, and the display parameter storage position 1204, display element type 1205, arrangement coordinates 1206, and animation processing method 1207 items are stored in association with each other. It is configured.

Then, background image data corresponding to the background ID is acquired from the display element database 609 and developed in the video memory (S1102).

The background image data management table included in the display element database 609 will be described. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of the background image data management table. A record is provided for each sketch, and the items of the sketch ID 1301 and the sketch image data file name 1302 are stored in association with each other. By accessing the background image data file included in the display element database 609 in accordance with the background image data file name 1302, the background image data can be acquired. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a background image.

Next, the following processing is repeated for the number of display elements (S1103). First, display parameters are acquired from the weather information database 202 according to the display parameter storage position (S110).
4). In the display parameter storage position 1204 of 1251 in FIG. 12, the weather item of the record whose place name in the national weather forecast table 401 included in the weather information database 202 is Kushiro is a display parameter.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a national weather forecast table. A record is provided for each place name, and items of place name 1501 and weather 1502 are stored in association with each other.

Next, a table by display element is specified according to the display element type (S1105). FIG.
1251 of the display element type 1205 indicates that the weather mark is a display element. Therefore, the weather mark image data management table is specified as a table for each display element.

FIG. 16 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 the weather 1601 and the weather mark image data file name 1602 are stored in association with each other. The weather mark image data can be acquired by accessing the weather mark image data file included in the display element database 609 according to the weather mark image data file name 1602.

Then, display image data corresponding to the display parameter is acquired from the table by display element (S1106), and the display image data is developed in the video memory according to the arrangement coordinates and the animation processing method (S1107). 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 display elements have been processed (S110).
8). FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an image example after the display image is developed.

In this way, the display information of each screen is developed according to the broadcast screen control information stored in the broadcast program configuration information storage unit 604, and is broadcast for a predetermined distribution time.

Next, the operation of the on-air program reorganization unit 605 will be described. This task reorganizes the screen configuration when emergency information occurs. FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a program reorganization processing flow during broadcasting. First, reception of an emergency information type is awaited (S1801). The emergency information type is notified when the weather information collection unit 201 newly collects emergency information as described above. When the emergency information type is received, the adoption screen determination process (S1802) is first performed as a program reorganization. In this process, a screen to be adopted as a subsequent program configuration is determined. This will be described in detail with reference to FIG. Next, time distribution processing (S1803) is performed. In this process, the remaining time is allocated to the adopted screen. Then, a broadcast program configuration information update process (S1804) is performed to change the broadcast program configuration information to the reorganized content. This will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

The adoption screen determination process (S1802) will be described in detail. FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating a flow of the adoption screen determination process. First, reorganization table generation processing (S1901) for generating a reorganization table in the broadcast program reorganization unit 605 is performed.

FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating a reorganization table generation processing flow. All broadcast screen control information (screen ID, screen name, distribution time, broadcast state) is copied from the broadcast program configuration information storage unit 604 (S2001). And each screen ID copied from the standard program configuration information storage 603
The standard screen control information (display order, standard time, shortest time, screen adoption priority, time distribution priority) corresponding to is duplicated (S2002). Then, the emergency screen control information (screen ID, screen name, display order, standard time, shortest time, screen adoption priority, time distribution priority) corresponding to the emergency information type is duplicated (S2003), and the emergency screen is broadcasted. Is “not aired” (S20
04).

FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating an example of the emergency screen table. A record is provided for each emergency screen, and screen ID 2101, screen name 2102, display order 2103, standard time 2104, shortest time 210
5, items of screen adoption priority 2106 and time distribution priority 2107 are associated with each other and stored.

FIG. 22 is a table for reorganization (example 1) when notification of emergency information (type: warning / warning) is received while the nationwide predicted temperature screen of screen IDS002 is aired in the example of the broadcast program configuration information of FIG. Shown in The part with the pattern indicates data that is not actually used. Duplication of this part may be omitted.

Then, when the “on-air” screen has passed the shortest time, the shortest time update process (S2005) for adjusting the shortest time is performed. For example, when the screen IDS002 starts broadcasting, the screen can be cut off in 10 seconds at the time of 5 seconds, so the shortest time may remain 10 seconds, but 10 seconds or more, for example, 11 seconds have elapsed Includes processing time associated with the reorganization (for example, 2
Second), it can only be terminated in 13 seconds at the earliest. Thus, when the reorganization time exceeds the shortest time, it is necessary to review the shortest time. Shortest time update process (S
In 2005), this point is corrected.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing the shortest time update processing flow. The reorganization time is calculated by adding a predetermined margin time (more than the maximum processing time associated with the reorganization) to the current time (S2301). For example, if the current time is 7:25:27, 2 seconds are added and 7:25:29 is set as the reorganization time. Next, the broadcast elapsed time of the screen being broadcast at the reorganization time (the broadcast elapsed time during the reorganization) is calculated (S2).
302). Specifically, first, the distribution start time of the broadcast completion screen is added to the broadcast start time of the program to calculate the broadcast start time of the screen being broadcast. P002 “Weather this morning” is 7:25
Since it starts in seconds, the distribution time of screen IDS001, which is “broadcast completion”, is added 16 seconds,
The broadcast start time of screen IDS002 being “on air” is set to 7:25:16. Next, the broadcast start time of the screen being broadcast is subtracted from the reorganization time to obtain the reorganization broadcast elapsed time. By subtracting the broadcast start time 7:25:16 from the reorganization time 7:25:29, the reorganization broadcast elapsed time 13 seconds is obtained. Then, it is determined whether or not the elapsed time at the time of reorganization exceeds the shortest time of the screen being broadcast (S2303), and if it exceeds, the shortest time is set (in a range not exceeding the standard time).
The time is rewritten to the elapsed time during reorganization (S2304). In other words, the elapsed time during reorganization is
Write in the shortest time on the “On Air” screen. However, if the elapsed time during reorganization exceeds the standard time, the standard time is written in the shortest time. In case of screen IDS002, airing elapsed time 1 at reorganization
Although 3 seconds exceeds the minimum time of 10 seconds, the standard time does not exceed 14 seconds, so the minimum time is rewritten to 13 seconds. FIG. 24 shows the reorganization table (example 2).

When the reorganization table generation process (S1901) in FIG. 19 is completed, the process proceeds to a process of determining the screen to be adopted. First, a full screen adoption determination process (S1902) for determining whether all the screens included in the reorganization table can be included in the program is performed. If it is determined that all can be included in the program (confirm adoption screen), the process ends. If it is determined that it cannot be included (the adoption screen is uncertain), the process proceeds to the next process (S1903).

In the one-screen omission determination process (S1904), it is determined whether any one of the “unbroadcasted” screens can be omitted and included in the program except for the screen related to emergency information. If it can be included, one screen control information to be omitted from the reorganization table is deleted, and the processing is terminated as adoption screen confirmation (S1905).

Similarly, in the two-screen omission determination processing (S1906), any one screen can be omitted and included in the program, or in the three-screen omission determination processing (S1908), any one screen can be omitted. Determine if it can be included.

The full screen adoption determination process (S1902) will be described. FIG. 25 is a diagram illustrating a full-screen adoption determination process flow. The distribution time of the “broadcast completion” screen included in the reorganization table,
The shortest time of the “on-air” screen and the shortest time of the “not-on-air” screen are totaled to calculate the shortest total time (S2501). And it compares with the broadcast time of a program (S2502). If the shortest total time is equal to or shorter than the broadcast time of the program, all the contents fall within the program, and the adoption screen is determined (S2503). On the other hand, if the short total time exceeds the broadcast time of the program, the adoption screen is uncertain (S2504).

Regarding the 1-screen omission determination process (S1904) and the 2-screen omission determination process (S1906),
This will be described later with reference to FIGS. 34 and 37, respectively.

When the screen to be adopted is determined in this way, time distribution processing (S1803) as shown in FIG.
). FIG. 26 is a diagram showing a time distribution processing flow. First, the shortest time assignment process (S2601) for assigning the shortest time is performed for each screen.

FIG. 27 is a diagram showing the shortest time allocation processing flow. In the distribution time of the “Broadcasting” screen,
The shortest time of the screen is written (S2701), and the shortest time of the screen is written in the allocation time of the “unrun” screen (S2702). Note that the “broadcast completion” screen is not subject to adjustment, and thus is allocated as it is.

The reorganization table (example 1) shown in FIG. 22 becomes the reorganization table (example 3) shown in FIG. 28 by the shortest time allocation process (S2601), and the reorganization table (example 2) shown in FIG. By the shortest time allocation process (S2601), a reorganization table (example 4) shown in FIG. 29 is obtained.

FIG. 30 is a diagram showing a surplus time distribution processing flow. First, the total distribution time in the current state of the reorganization table is calculated (S3001). Then, the surplus time is calculated by subtracting the total allocated time from the broadcast time of the program (S3002). If the surplus time is 0, the process is terminated. In the case of the example 4 in FIG. 29, since it is exactly 60 seconds, there is no surplus time, and the processing ends as it is.

On the other hand, if the surplus time is greater than 0 (S3003), the screen is selected in descending order of time allocation priority between the “on-air” screen and the “not-on-air” screen (S3).
004). First, the maximum distribution time is obtained by subtracting the shortest time from the standard time of the screen (S3005). In the case of Example 3 in FIG. 28, the surplus time is 3 seconds, so the screen ID: S0
Screen ID having the highest time allocation priority (the lowest rank value) among 02 to S101:
S101 is selected, and the maximum distribution time of 1 second is obtained by subtracting the shortest time of 7 seconds from the standard time of 8 seconds of the screen IDS101. Next, the surplus time is compared with the maximum distribution time (S3006). If the maximum distribution time is equal to or less than the surplus time, the maximum distribution time is added to the distribution time of the screen (S300).
7) If the maximum distribution time is larger than the surplus time, the surplus time is added to the allocation time of the screen (S3008). Since the maximum distribution time 1 second of the screen ID: S101 is 3 seconds or less of the surplus time, the maximum distribution time 1 second is added to the distribution time to be 8 seconds. In this example, the processing from S3001 is repeated, and the screen ID: S002 having the second highest time allocation priority after the screen ID: S101 is added with an extra time of 2 seconds, as shown in the reorganization table (example 5) shown in FIG. become.

When the time allocation is completed in this way, the broadcast program configuration information update process (S
1804).

FIG. 32 is a diagram showing a broadcast program configuration information update process flow. First, the broadcast program configuration information storage section is cleared (S3201), and the broadcast screen control information (screen ID, screen name, distribution time, broadcast state) of the “broadcast completion” screen included in the reorganization table is written ( S3202
). Next, the broadcast screen control information (screen ID, screen name, distribution time, broadcast state) of the “broadcasting” screen also included in the reorganization table is written (S3203), and finally included in the reorganization table. The broadcast screen control information (screen ID, screen name, allocation time, broadcast state) of the “unbroadcasted” screen is written in the order of display order (in ascending order of value) (S3204). FIG.
These show the example of the broadcast program structure information storage part updated by the reorganization table (example 5) of FIG. Screen ID: S101 having a higher display order than screen IDs: S003 to S004 is in the order in which it is broadcast first.

Here, the one-screen omission determination process (S1904) and the two-screen omission determination process (S1906) described above.
).

FIG. 34 is a diagram showing a one-screen omission determination processing flow. Among the “unrun” screens, one abbreviated screen is selected in order of decreasing screen adoption priority (in descending order of value) (S3401). Then, the distribution time of the “broadcasting” screen, the shortest time of the “broadcasting” screen, and the distribution time of the “unbroadcasting” screen excluding the omitted screen are totaled to calculate the shortest total time (S3402). . The broadcast time of the program is compared with the shortest total time (S3403). If the shortest total time is less than or equal to the broadcast time of the program, it is within the broadcast time, so the screen control information of the omitted screen is deleted (S340).
6) Advance the screen control information below that. Then, the adoption screen is determined (S3407).
). If the shortest total time exceeds the broadcast time of the program, it does not fall within the broadcast time, so the screen with the next lowest priority is selected as the omitted screen and the same processing is repeated. If the shortest total time does not fall below the program broadcast time on any “unrun” screen (S3404),
Recruitment screen is uncertain (S3405)
FIG. 35 shows a reorganization table (example 6) when earthquake information occurs. In this example, since the shortest total time of 63 seconds in the full screen adoption determination (S1902) exceeds the broadcast time of the program 60 seconds, the process moves to one screen omission determination processing (S1904), and the screen ID with the lowest screen adoption priority: If S005 is omitted, the shortest total time is 56 seconds and the screen is deleted. And
The remaining time of 4 seconds is distributed to the screen ID having the highest time distribution priority: S102. This is shown in the reorganization table (Example 7) in FIG.

In the two-screen omission determination process, the same processing is performed for a combination of two screens. FIG.
It is a figure which shows a screen omission determination processing flow. Among the combinations of the two screens “Non-broadcasting”, a group of omitted screens is selected in descending order of the total screen priority (S3701). The shortest time and the allocation time of the “unbroadcasted” screen excluding the omitted screen are summed to calculate the shortest total time (S 3702). The broadcast time of the program is compared with the shortest total time (S3703). If the shortest total time is equal to or shorter than the broadcast time, the combined screen control information of both omitted screens is deleted (S3706), and the remaining screen control information is stored. The advance and the adoption screen are determined (S3707). Even if processing is performed for all “unbroadcasted” screen combinations (S3704), if the shortest total time is not less than the broadcast time, the adopted screen is uncertain (S3705).

In the three-screen omission determination process (S1908), etc., the number of screens to be combined is different, but the same process is performed except for this point.

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. 38 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration. Arithmetic device 3801, data storage device 3802, memory 3803 are connected to the bus.
A communication interface 3804 is connected. The data storage device 3802 is, for example, a ROM (Read Only Memory) or a hard disk. Memory 3803
Is a RAM (Random Access Memory). The program
Normally stored in the data storage device 3802 and loaded in the memory 3803,
The data is sequentially read into the arithmetic device 3801 and processed. The communication interface 3804 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 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 schedule execution process flow. It is a figure which shows the example of a standard program structure information storage part. It is a figure which shows the example of the program structure information storage part for a broadcast. 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 program reorganization process flow during a broadcast. It is a figure which shows the adoption screen determination processing flow. It is a figure which shows the table production | generation process flow for reorganization. It is a figure which shows the example of an emergency screen table. It is a figure which shows Example 1 of the table for reorganization. It is a figure which shows the shortest time update process flow. It is a figure which shows Example 2 of the table for reorganization. It is a figure which shows a full screen employment | adoption determination processing flow. It is a figure which shows a time allocation process flow. It is a figure which shows the shortest time allocation processing flow. It is a figure which shows Example 3 of the table for reorganization. It is a figure which shows Example 4 of the table for reorganization. It is a figure which shows a surplus time distribution process flow. It is a figure which shows Example 5 of the table for reorganization. It is a figure which shows the broadcast program structure information update process flow. It is a figure which shows the example of the program structure information storage part for a broadcast. It is a figure which shows the 1 screen omission determination processing flow. It is a figure which shows Example 6 of the table for reorganization. It is a figure which shows Example 7 of the table for reorganization. It is a figure which shows a 2 screen abbreviation determination processing flow. It is a figure which shows a hardware configuration.

Explanation of symbols

101 program video providing device, 102 weather information distribution server, 103 mixer device, 1
04 voice input device, 105 broadcast system, 201 weather information collection unit, 202 weather information database, 203 program schedule execution unit, 204 program schedule master storage unit, 401 national weather forecast table, 402 national forecast temperature table, 403 local weather forecast table 404 local temperature forecast table, 405 week weather forecast table, 45
1 Prefectural warning / warning information table, 452 Earthquake information table, 453 Tsunami information table, 454 Typhoon information table, 455 Lightning information table, 601 Program broadcast preparation start determination unit, 602 Program pre-broadcasting unit, 603 Standard program configuration information storage unit 604, broadcast program configuration information storage unit, 605 broadcast program reorganization unit, 606 emergency screen table, 607 program video generation unit, 608 screen definition table, 609 display element database.

Claims (2)

A program video providing apparatus for receiving weather information that may include emergency information from a weather information distribution server and providing a video of a weather forecast program via a video memory, the program video providing device having the following elements Apparatus (1) weather information database for storing weather information (2) receiving weather information, storing the received weather information in the weather information database, determining whether the received weather information includes new emergency information, Weather information collection unit that notifies the type of emergency information when new emergency information is included (3) About the emergency screen that notifies emergency information, the screen is shortened for a standard time suitable for broadcasting the screen An emergency screen table that stores the shortest time that is a condition of the case (4) For the standard screen that constitutes the weather forecast program when no emergency information has occurred, the standard time, the previous time Standard program configuration information storage unit for storing the shortest time (5) Broadcast program configuration information storage unit for storing distribution time to be broadcast in order for screens constituting the weather forecast program to be broadcast (6) Weather before broadcasting if it does not contain the emergency information to the information broadcast, the standard screen included in the standard program configuration information storage unit, for storing the standard time with the order of the broadcast on the broadcast program structure information storage unit as the allocation time the screen of interest in the previous programming unit (7) the broadcast program configuration information storage unit, acquires weather information about each screen from the weather information database according to the order of the broadcast, aired memory the weather information at a predetermined display format Perform screen expansion processing to expand to the next screen, and after the screen expansion processing for the previous screen, after the allocation time of the screen has elapsed, shift to screen expansion processing for the next screen During the broadcast program video generator (8) Weather program that controls, when it is notified of the type of emergency information from the weather information acquisition unit, a screen and the emergency information to be targeted by the broadcast program structure information storage unit The emergency screen that informs the user is classified into an unbroadcasted screen that has not been screened, a screen that has already been screened and is being broadcasted before the allocation time has elapsed, or a screen that has been broadcasted and has been allocated after the allocation time has elapsed.
Calculate the reorganization time by adding a predetermined margin time to the current time, and if the reorganization time corresponds to after the shortest time of the screen being broadcast, the time from the start of the screen to the reorganization time is broadcast Treated as the shortest time of the inside screen,
Calculate the shortest total time by summing the distribution time of the broadcast completion screen, the shortest time of the screen that is being broadcast, and the shortest time of the screen that has not been broadcast, and if the shortest total time is less than the broadcast time of the program, I decided to adopt all these screens,
If the shortest total time is larger than the broadcast time of the program, select one of the unbroadcast standard screens as the omitted screen, recalculate the shortest total time excluding the omitted screen, and the shortest total time is less than the broadcast time of the program It will be decided to adopt a screen excluding the omitted screen,
When the surplus time is calculated by subtracting the shortest total time from the broadcast time of the program, and there is surplus time
In addition, the surplus time is distributed among the screens that are determined to be adopted among the screens that are being broadcast and the screens that are not yet aired, and the total of the distributed time and the shortest time is set as a new allocation time for each screen that is being aired and unaired. for determining to employ the screen, the program reorganization unit broadcast for storing allocation time with a sequence of broadcast in the broadcast program configuration information storage unit. About the weather information database that stores weather information and the emergency screen that notifies emergency information,
Standard screen suitable for airing the screen, emergency screen table for storing the shortest time that is the condition for shortening the screen, and standard screen for configuring weather forecast program when no emergency information is generated A standard program configuration information storage unit for storing the standard time and the shortest time, and a broadcast program configuration information storage unit for storing a distribution time for ordering and broadcasting the screens constituting the weather forecast program to be broadcast A computer that serves as a program video providing apparatus that receives weather information that can include emergency information from a weather information distribution server and that provides a video of a weather forecast program via a video memory. (1) Receive weather information, store the received weather information in the weather information database, and the received weather information includes new emergency information Or determines, if it does not contain the emergency information to the weather information collection procedure (2) for notifying the type of the emergency information broadcast before weather information if it contains a new emergency information, the standard program configuration information for standard screen included in the storage unit, the target in the previous broadcast is stored standard time with the order of the broadcast in the program configuration information storage unit for broadcast as distribution time programming procedure (3) the broadcast program structure information storage unit For each screen, the weather information related to each screen is acquired from the weather information database according to the broadcast order, the screen development process is performed to expand the weather information into the broadcast memory in a predetermined display format, and the previous screen is expanded. (4) Type of emergency information during the broadcast of a weather forecast program that controls to shift to the screen development processing of the next screen after the distribution time of the screen has elapsed When notified, the emergency screen informing screen and the emergency information to be targeted by the broadcast program configuration information storage unit, the screen expansion which do not result Not aired screen, already screens deployed in aired prior elapsed allocation time , Or screens that have been aired after the distribution time has elapsed after screen expansion,
Calculate the reorganization time by adding a predetermined margin time to the current time, and if the reorganization time corresponds to after the shortest time of the screen being broadcast, the time from the start of the screen to the reorganization time is broadcast Treated as the shortest time of the inside screen,
Calculate the shortest total time by summing the distribution time of the broadcast completion screen, the shortest time of the screen that is being broadcast, and the shortest time of the screen that has not been broadcast, and if the shortest total time is less than the broadcast time of the program, I decided to adopt all these screens,
If the shortest total time is larger than the broadcast time of the program, select one of the unbroadcast standard screens as the omitted screen, recalculate the shortest total time excluding the omitted screen, and the shortest total time is less than the broadcast time of the program It will be decided to adopt a screen excluding the omitted screen,
When the surplus time is calculated by subtracting the shortest total time from the broadcast time of the program, and there is surplus time
In addition, the surplus time is distributed among the screens that are determined to be adopted among the screens that are being broadcast and the screens that are not yet aired, and the total of the distributed time and the shortest time is set as a new allocation time for each screen that is being aired and unaired. for determining to employ the screen, the broadcast in the program reorganization procedure for storing allocation time with a sequence of broadcast in the broadcast program configuration information storage unit.

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