Scenario editor for multimedia data and scenario reproducing apparatus

Claim 2

A scenario editor according to claim 1 in which the page type objects in the particular group are automatically assigned to the dynamic image at equal intervals by the page change timing setting means in a display period between the display timing and the deletion timing input to the scenario information inputting means.

Claim 3

A scenario editor according to claim 1 in which the page type objects in the particular group are manually assigned to the dynamic image at desired intervals by the page change timing setting means in a display period between the display timing and the deletion timing input to the scenario information inputting means.

Claim 4

A scenario editor according to claim 1 in which the display change timing for each of a part of the page type objects in the particular group is set by the page change timing setting means, and the scenario editor further comprising page type object resetting means for resetting the remaining part of the page type objects in the particular group to a new group of page type objects.

Claim 5

A scenario editor according to claim 1 in which each of the individual objects stored in the object information storing means is a static image or a text.

Claim 6

A scenario reproducing apparatus of multimedia data for reproducing a scenario in which a group of page type objects, comprising: object information storing means for storing the group of page type objects; scenario information storing means for storing a piece of scenario information of the scenario; scenario control means for outputting a display message or a deletion message of each of the page type objects in the group stored in the object information storing means according to the scenario information stored in the scenario information storing means; page change control means for performing a page change operation for the page type objects in the group stored in the object information storing means according to a user's request; and object displaying means for displaying or deleting each of the page type objects in the group stored in the object information storing means in a display period indicated by the scenario information according to the page change operation performed by the page change control means.

Claim 7

A scenario editor, comprising: layout information receiving means for receiving pieces of layout information of a plurality of individual objects; layout information storing means for storing the pieces of layout information received by the layout information receiving means; object specifying means for specifying a dynamic image object and one or more individual objects selected by a user; time information receiving means for receiving a display start time and a display finish time for each of the individual objects specified by the object specifying means; time information storing means for storing the display start time and the display finish time received by the time information receiving means for each of the individual objects; and scenario editing means for assigning each of the individual objects specified by the object specifying means to the dynamic image object specified by the object specifying means according to the pieces of layout information stored in the layout information storing means to start the display of each of the individual objects at the display start time stored in the time information storing means and finish the display of each of the individual objects at the display finish time stored in the time information storing means and obtaining a time relationship between the dynamic image object and each of the individual objects assigned to the dynamic image object as an edited scenario.

Claim 8

A scenario editor according to claim 7, further comprising: selected object information storing means for storing pieces of object information of the dynamic image object and the individual objects specified by the object specifying means, each piece of object information being composed of an object name, an object identification number, a window identification number for identifying a window used to display a corresponding dynamic image or individual object and an attribute indicating a type of the corresponding dynamic image or individual object, and the pieces of object information being taken in the scenario edited by the scenario editing means.

Claim 9

A scenario editor according to claim 7, further comprising: object display instruction receiving means for receiving an object display instruction; object display controlling means for controlling the display of the dynamic image object and the individual objects according to the object display instruction received by the object display instruction receiving means; and object displaying means for displaying the dynamic image object and the individual objects assigned to the dynamic image object according to the scenario edited by the scenario editing means under the control of the object display controlling means.

Claim 10

A scenario editor according to claim 7, further comprising: object information storing means for storing a plurality of representative images for a plurality of dynamic image objects and a plurality of individual objects; list displaying means for displaying the representative images stored in the object information storing means in a list form, the dynamic image object and the individual objects specified by the object specifying means being selected by the user while the user refers the representative images displayed by the list displaying means.

Claim 11

A scenario editor according to claim 7 in which the individual objects are classified into one or more static image objects and one or more text objects, the pieces of layout information for the static image objects stored in the layout information storing means are the same each other, and the pieces of layout information for the text objects stored in the layout information storing means are the same each other.

Claim 12

A scenario editor comprising: object selecting means for selecting a particular dynamic image object from a plurality of dynamic image objects and selecting a particular individual object from a plurality of individual objects; layout information storing means for storing a piece of dynamic image layout information for the dynamic image objects in common and a piece of individual object layout information for the individual objects in common; reproducing and stopping instruction receiving means for receiving a reproducing instruction and a stopping instruction; dynamic image reproducing means for reproducing the particular dynamic image object selected by the object selecting means frame by frame according to the reproducing instruction received by the reproducing and stopping instruction receiving means and stopping the reproduction of the particular dynamic image object at a particular frame according to the stopping instruction received by the reproducing and stopping instruction receiving means; time information storing means for storing the particular frame of the particular dynamic image object obtained by the dynamic image reproducing means; selected object displaying means for displaying the particular dynamic image object and the particular individual object selected by the object selecting means, displaying the particular dynamic image object frame by frame according to the reproducing instruction received by the reproducing and stopping instruction receiving means and maintaining the display of the particular frame of the particular dynamic image object according to the stopping instruction received by the reproducing and stopping instruction receiving means; scenario editing instruction receiving means for receiving a display start timing or a display finish timing; and scenario editing means for assigning the particular individual object selected by the object selecting means to the particular dynamic image object selected by the object selecting means according to the dynamic image layout information and the individual object layout information stored in the layout information storing means to start the display of the particular individual object at the particular frame of the particular dynamic image in cases where the display start timing is received by the scenario editing instruction receiving means and to finish the display of the particular individual object at the particular frame of the particular dynamic image in cases where the display finish timing is received by the scenario editing instruction receiving means and obtaining a time relationship between the particular dynamic image object and the particular individual objects assigned to the particular dynamic image object as an edited scenario.

Claim 13

A scenario editor according to claim 12, further comprising: selected object information storing means for storing pieces of object information for the particular dynamic image object and the particular individual object selected by the object selecting means, each piece of object information being composed of an object name, an object identification number, a window identification number for identifying a window used to display a corresponding particular dynamic image or individual object and an attribute indicating a type of the corresponding particular dynamic image or individual object, and the pieces of object information being taken in the scenario edited by the scenario editing means.

Claim 14

A scenario editor according to claim 12, further comprising: object display instruction receiving means for receiving an object display instruction; and object display controlling means for controlling the selected object displaying means according to the object display instruction received by the object display instruction receiving means to display the particular dynamic image object and the particular individual object according to the scenario edited by the scenario editing means.

Claim 15

A scenario editor according to claim 12, further comprising: object information storing means for storing a plurality of representative images for the dynamic image objects and the individual objects; list displaying means for displaying the representative images stored in the object information storing means in a list form, the particular dynamic image object and the particular individual object selected by the object selecting means being specified by the user while the user refers the representative images displayed by the list displaying means.

Claim 16

A scenario editor according to claim 12 in which the individual objects are classified into one or more static image objects and one or more text objects, the individual object layout information stored in the layout information storing means is classified into a piece of static image object layout information and a piece of text object layout information, the static image object layout information is in common to the static image objects, and the text object layout information is in common to the text objects.

Claim 17

A scenario editor according to claim 12 in which a returning instruction is received by the reproducing and stopping instruction receiving means, the reproduction of the particular dynamic image is returned to a current frame by the dynamic image reproducing means according to the returning instruction, a second display finish timing is received by the scenario editing instruction receiving means, and the scenario in which the display of the particular individual object assigned to the particular dynamic image object by the scenario editing means is finished at the particular frame of the particular dynamic image object is altered by the scenario editing means to a scenario in which the display of the particular individual object is finished at the current frame of the particular dynamic image object.

Claim 18

A scenario editor according to claim 12 in which a current individual object is selected by the object selecting means, a returning instruction is received by the reproducing and stopping instruction receiving means, the reproduction of the particular dynamic image is returned to a current frame prior to the particular frame by the dynamic image reproducing means according to the returning instruction, a second display start timing is received by the scenario editing instruction receiving means, and the scenario in which the display of the particular individual object assigned to the particular dynamic image object by the scenario editing means is started at the particular frame is altered by the scenario editing means to a scenario in which the display of the particular individual object is started at the particular frame, the display of the current individual object is started at the current frame and the display of the current individual object is finished at the particular frame.

Claim 19

A scenario editor according to claim 12 in which a current individual object is selected by the object selecting means, a returning instruction is received by the reproducing and stopping instruction receiving means, the reproduction of the particular dynamic image is returned to a current frame by the dynamic image reproducing means according to the returning instruction, a second display start timing is received by the scenario editing instruction receiving means, and the scenario in which the display of the particular individual object assigned to the particular dynamic image object by the scenario editing means is started at the particular frame prior to the current frame is altered by the scenario editing means to a scenario in which the display of the particular individual object is started at the particular frame, the display of the particular individual object is finished at the current frame and the display of the current individual object is started at the current frame.

Claim 20

A scenario editor according to claim 12, further comprising: display start timing setting means for detecting whether or not an individual object displayed by the selected object displaying means is changed to a second particular individual object during the display of a second particular frame of the particular dynamic image maintained by the dynamic image reproducing means and outputting a display start timing for the second particular individual object to the scenario editing means regardless of whether another display start timing for the second particular individual object is received by the scenario editing instruction receiving means in cases where the display of the current individual object is detected, the second particular individual object being assigned to the particular dynamic image object by the scenario editing means to start the display of the second particular individual object at the second particular frame.

Claim 21

A scenario editor according to claim 12 in which the object selecting means, the scenario editing instruction receiving means and the reproducing and stopping instruction receiving means are embodied by a touch panel.