Image Processing Apparatus Metadata Recording and Editing Point Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current image processing systems burden users with the need to manually input discrimination information, and existing methods for editing image data are time-consuming and cumbersome, especially when combining CG or retrieving additional information like maps, which complicates the editing process.
Innovation Solution
An image processing apparatus and method that automates the recording and transmission of production information and editing point positions, allowing for the easy identification and retrieval of image data by recording metadata such as location, photographer, and copyright information directly with the image data, reducing the burden on users and streamlining the editing process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If manual input of discrimination information is required, then completeness of metadata can be ensured, but user burden and operation time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The image processing apparatus automatically generates and records discrimination information (metadata) without requiring manual user input. The system serves itself by extracting production information from its own operation data and automatically attaching it to image data, thereby ensuring metadata completeness while eliminating user burden.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary recording of production information at the time of image data creation. By automatically capturing and storing metadata during the image production process itself, the system ensures information completeness is achieved upfront without requiring subsequent manual intervention from users.
2Adaptability or versatility
If CG and additional information are combined manually, then editing flexibility is maintained, but editing time and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically retrieves and combines additional information (such as maps) with image data based on location metadata, without requiring manual editor intervention. This self-service approach maintains editing flexibility through automated processes while dramatically reducing editing time and complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The manual mechanical process of editors searching databases and combining information is replaced by an automated information processing system. The system uses metadata-driven automatic retrieval and combination of additional information, substituting manual operations with automated computational processes that are both flexible and efficient.
3Reliability
If off-line edition with editing tape is used, then original image information is protected from accidental erasure, but copying time and procedural complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates and manages copies of image data on disk-like recording media with random access capability. These copies contain embedded discrimination information that enables reliable identification and management without requiring time-consuming tape copying operations, thus reducing copying time while maintaining data protection through proper copy management.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the recording medium parameter from magnetic tape to disk-like storage, enabling random access and eliminating sequential copying requirements. This parameter change reduces copying time significantly while the embedded metadata system ensures reliable tracking and protection of original image information through automated management.
4Speed
If disk-like recording medium with random access is used, then access time to editing points is shortened, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates simplified digital copies of image data with embedded metadata on disk-like media. These copies contain all necessary discrimination information, allowing rapid random access without complex tape handling mechanisms. The copying approach enables use of simpler, faster storage media while maintaining full functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments image data into manageable digital files with embedded metadata on disk-like recording media. This segmentation enables independent random access to individual image segments and their associated discrimination information, achieving fast access times with relatively simple storage devices compared to complex tape systems.
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AI summary
The present invention comprises an input part for inputting image data, a receiving part for receiving production information relating to production transmitted from another apparatus, a recording part for recording the production information received by the receiving part and image data input by the input part, a detection part for detecting a recording position on a recording medium at an editing point of image data recorded by the recording part, and a transmission part for transmitting information of the recording position detected by the detection part, whereby identification information for identifying image data and voice data is recorded in a recording medium or a recording device, this relieving a burden on a photographer and an editor and facilitating extraction of image data and voice data.