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US Patent 5519828 - Video editing operator interface for aligning timelines
US Patent Issued on May 21, 1996
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
December 19, 2014Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
December 19, 2014Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.AbstractAn operator interface for a video editing system provides a visual sense of the content of video sequences, as well as their length, while also providing enhanced interactive control of locations and time alignments of the video. As the video sequence is processed into the system, a small but representative sample of each frame is saved in a local memory, while the video itself is stored in mass storage. These samples are used to provide a video pictorial timeline of the underlying stored video. The location of an operator's view into the video sequence is controlled by a cursor's movement along a detailed video pictorial timeline, a reverse motion area and a forward motion area to provide VTR control for location changes on the video tape. The cursor's movement can be controlled by a mouse or a knob. Icons, either static or dynamic, are produced within the motion areas to indicate the amount of selected velocity. Timelines can be marked with time marks, roughly aligned and then automatically fine aligned by the system according to their respective time markers. The editing results associated with these timelines are also time aligned as a result of this process.Other References
| InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 311994 filed on 12/19/1994US Classes:715/723, For video segment editing or sequencing715/835Selectable iconic arrayField of Search348/113, Navigation348/133, With circuit detail360/73.08Variable speedExaminersPrimary: Bayerl, Raymond J.Assistant: Breene, John Attorney, Agent or FirmUS Patent References5093907, Graphic file directory and spreadsheetIssued on: 03/03/1992 Inventor: Hwong, et al.5204969, Sound editing system using visually displayed control line for altering specified characteristic of adjacent segment of stored waveform Issued on: 04/20/1993 Inventor: Capps, et al.5237648, Apparatus and method for editing a video recording by selecting and displaying video clips Issued on: 08/17/1993 Inventor: Mills, et al.5307456Integrated multi-media production and authoring system Issued on: 04/26/1994 Inventor: MacKay International ClassG06F 015/00 |
