Patent ReferencesCircuit arrangement for unobjectionable switching between TV-channels as in a TV receiver Video signal reproducing apparatus with two modes of keeping track of address Video recording/reproducing apparatus and method of editing video tape Priority selection apparatus as for a video signal processor Method for handling audio/video source information Apparatus providing a clock signal for a digital television receiver in response to a channel change Video signal processing apparatus and method Method for recording coded motion picture data Interactive educational and training system with concurrent digitized sound and video output Method and apparatus for detecting fades in digital video sequences InventorApplicationNo. 332876 filed on 11/01/1994US Classes:348/584, Combining plural sources375/240.25Specific decompression processExaminersPrimary: Kostak, Victor R.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassH04N 007/50AbstractA method and apparatus for editing MPEG formatted image representative electrical signals provides a first decoder and storage for storing components of a first MPEG formatted stream of image data, a second decoder and storage for storing components of a second MPEG formatted stream of image data, and transition circuitry responsive to a transition position value, which designates where the transition is to begin, for generating an edited video stream which represents the transitioning from the first video sequence to the second video sequence. Different transition formats can be effected, including for example, an abrupt transition, a dissolve, or DVE. | |