EP0843311A2
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Method for editing image information with aid of computer and editing system
Assignee: Kokusai Denki Electric Inc
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Filing: 1997-11-14
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2017-11-14
Abstract
Abstract There is provided an editing method and an editing system for conducting editing processing on a video information material containing sound information and moving picture information with the aid of a computer. Information of the video information material is stored in a storage device (506). The video information is read out from the storage device (506). The read out video information (102, 103, 104, 121, 122, 126, 607, 934) is displayed on the screen of a display device. An editing position of the video information is displayed on the video information of the screen according to a command from a user. Upon a command from the user, the editing position (106, 107, 129, 130, 131, 132, 905) is altered. Editing processing (110, 610, 611, 1305) specified by the user is conducted on video information located in the displayed editing position. And edited video information (104, 106, 934) is displayed on the screen. <IMAGE>
Inventors
- 👤 Kazuhito Yaegashi
- 👤 Seiichi Hirai
- 👤 Hirotada Ueda
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
—
Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 10:04
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B27/00; G11B27/02; G11B27/031; G11B27/034; G11B27/10; G11B27/34
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 26
Claim 1
Independent Claim
82 words
An image information material editing method
for conducting editing processing on an image information
material with an aid of computer, comprising the steps
of: storing information of said image information
material into a storage device; reading out a plurality of image streams to be
edited within said image information material from said
storage device; editing said plurality of image streams so as
to generate an edited image stream; and simultaneously displaying the image streams to
be edited and said edited image streams.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
31 words
An image information material editing method
according to claim 1, wherein said displaying step
comprises a step of displaying information representative
of editing performed on said image streams to be edited.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
An image information material editing method
according to claim 2, wherein said information represents
the position of the editing in said image streams to be
edited.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
94 words
An image information material editing method
according to claim 1, wherein said image streams read out
from said storage device is displayed on the screen in
first and second film images (102, 103) formed by a
connection of a plurality of frame images; a kind of effect editing and an editing range
to be conducted on said image streams is specified; and the image streams with the specified effect
editing processing conducted thereon is displayed on the
screen as a third film image (104) together with said
first and second film images (102, 103).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
59 words
An image information material editing method
according to claim 4, further comprising the step of
creating (513) contracted images by reducing pixels of
said image streams and storing the contracted image
streams in said storage device (506), wherein the image streams of said film image
are created from said contracted images read out from
said storage device and displayed.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
55 words
An image information material editing method
according to claim 5, further comprising the step of
representing a specified editing range of said image
streams by bar figures (105, 106) each having a time axis
as a longitudinal direction thereof, and displaying said
bar figures on the screen together with said first to
third film images.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
27 words
An image information material editing method
according to claim 6, further comprising the step of
altering the editing range by altering the lengths of
said bar figures.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
112 words
An image information material editing method
according to claim 7, wherein in case of editing of
mutually overlapping and coupling portions of first and
second moving picture information, a first bar figure (102) corresponding to said
first moving picture information and a second bar figure
(103) corresponding to said second moving picture
information are displayed on the screen; said first and second bar figures are displayed
so that an overlap region of the first and second moving
picture information may be recognized; and pictures obtained by mutually overlapping and
coupling the first and second moving picture information
in said overlap region are displayed on said screen as
said third film image (104).
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
53 words
An image information material editing method
according to claim 8, wherein said editing by mutually
overlapping and coupling portions of the first and second
moving picture information is editing processing of
gradually changing from pictures of the first moving
picture information to pictures of said second moving
picture information in said overlap region.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
80 words
An image information material editing method
according to claim 1, wherein said moving picture
information and sound information (123, 124, 126)
relating to said moving picture information are displayed
on said screen in a common time axis; editing processing (631-634) for adjusting
parameters relating to sounds of the sound information in
said editing position is commanded by the user; and a result (126A, 126B) of editing of the sound
information commanded according to said command is
displayed on said screen.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
102 words
An image information material editing method
according to claim 10, wherein in case of editing of
displaying said moving picture information in a film
image, displaying film images (121, 122) of a plurality
of different moving picture information pieces on the
screen so as to be distinguishable from each other, and
mutually coupling said different moving picture
information pieces: editing processing of adjusting the parameters
relating to the sounds of the sound information in said
editing position is arbitrarily commanded by the user;
and the result of editing of the sound information
commanded according to said command is displayed on said
screen.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
85 words
An image information material editing method
according to claim 11, wherein in case of overlap editing
of mutually overlapping portions of said different moving
picture information pieces: an overlap region of said different moving
picture information pieces is displayed on the screen; editing processing of adjusting the parameters
relating to the sounds of the sound information in said
overlap region is arbitrarily commanded by the user; and the result of editing of the sound information
commanded according to said command is displayed on said
screen.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
38 words
An image information material editing method
according to claim 12, wherein a displayed editing
position of said sound information is changed so as to be
linked to an alteration of the editing position of said
moving picture information.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
56 words
An image information material editing method
according to claim 12, wherein editing processing for
changing an amplitude level of the sound of the sound
information in said editing position is commanded by the
user; and a change state of a sound level in the editing
position specified according to said command is displayed
on said screen.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
46 words
An image information material editing method
according to claim 14, wherein the amplitude level of the
sound is displayed on the screen by using a bar figure;
and a change point of the amplitude level is
displayed on said bar figure by using a specific figure.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
39 words
An image information material editing method
according to claim 15, wherein a change start point (129,
131) and a change end point (130, 132) of said amplitude
level are displayed on said bar figure by using said
specific figure.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
106 words
An image information material editing method
according to claim 10, wherein in case of editing of
displaying said moving picture information in a film
image, and mixing predetermined sound information in a
portion of said moving picture information: a position (935, 935M) of the moving picture
information in which said predetermined sound information
is to be inserted is arbitrarily specified by the user's
command; said predetermined sound information is coupled
with said moving picture information in the specified
position in accordance with said command; and a figure (1101) indicating that said predetermined
sound information is mixed with said moving picture
information is displayed on said screen.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
81 words
An image information material editing method
according to claim 17, wherein when said predetermined
sound information is stored in said storage device, a
figure (1103) identifying said predetermined sound
information is displayed on said screen; and when the user specifies said figure identifying
said predetermined sound information and superimposes
said figure on a film image of desired moving picture
information, said predetermined sound information is
mixed with the moving picture information with said
figure identifying said predetermined sound information
superimposed thereon.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
60 words
An image information material editing method
according to claim 10, further comprising the step of
creating contracted moving pictures by thinning pixels of
said moving picture information and storing the
contracted moving pictures in said storage device, wherein the moving pictures of said film image
are created from said contracted moving pictures read out
from said storage device and displayed.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
113 words
An image information material editing system
for conducting editing processing on a video information
material containing sound information and moving picture
information with the aid of a computer (501), said video
information material editing system comprising: a storage device (506) for storing information
of said video information material; means (501) for reading out said video information
from said storage device; a display device (508) for displaying said read
out video information; and editing control means (501) responsive to a
user's command, for displaying an editing position of
said video information, altering said editing position,
conducting commanded editing processing on video information,
and displaying edited video information on a screen
of said display device.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
86 words
An image information material editing system
according to claim 20, wherein said editing control means
(501) comprises: means (101, 103, 121, 122) for forming first
and second film images formed by a connection of a
plurality of frame pictures from said moving picture
information read out from said storage device; means (104, 105) for forming a third film image
from the moving picture information with the specified
picture editing processing conducted thereon; and means for displaying said first to third film
images together on the screen.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
61 words
An image information material editing system
according to claim 21, further comprising: picture contracting means for creating
contracted moving pictures by thinning out pixels of said
moving picture information and storing the contracted
moving pictures in said storage device; and means for creating the moving pictures of said
film image from said contracted moving pictures read out
from said storage device.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
73 words
An image video information material editing
system according to claim 20, wherein said said editing
control means comprises: means for displaying said moving picture
information and sound information relating to said moving
picture information on said screen in a common time axis;
and means for displaying a result of editing of the
sound information commanded according to a command for
adjusting parameters relating to sounds of the sound
information in said editing position.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
133 words
A computer program product comprising a
computer usable medium having computer readable program
code means embodied in said medium for conducting editing
processing of a video information material containing
sound information and moving picture information, said
computer readable program code means comprising: means for reading out said video information
from a storage device storing information of said video
information material; means for displaying said read out video
information on a display device; means for displaying an editing position of
said video information on said display device according
to a command from a user; means for altering said editing position upon a
command from the user; means for conducting editing processing
specified by the user on video information located in the
displayed editing position; and means for displaying edited video information
on the screen.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
100 words
A computer program product according to claim
24, said computer readable program code means further
comprising: means for displaying said moving picture
information read out from said storage device on the
display device in first and second film images formed by
a connection of a plurality of frame pictures; and means responsive to a kind of picture editing
and an editing range to be conducted on said moving
picture information, for displaying moving picture
information with the specified picture editing processing
conducted thereon on said display device in a third film
image together with said first and second film images.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
73 words
A computer program product according to claim
24, said computer readable program code means further
comprising: means for displaying said moving picture
information and sound information relating to said moving
picture information on said display device in a common
time axis; and means for displaying a result of editing of the
sound information commanded according to a user's command
for adjusting parameters relating to sounds of the sound
information in said editing position.
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