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Routing apparatus and method for video composition
Assignee: Lex Computer and Management Corp
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Filing: 1994-02-01
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Granted: 1996-07-02
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Expires: 2014-02-01
Abstract
Abstract A video composition apparatus and method select segments from image source material stored on at least one storage media (either random access and/or serial access) and denote serially connected sequences of the segments to thereby form a composition sequence. The apparatus and method employ a pictorial labels associated with each frame of image source material, and also associates at least one of such labels with each segment for ease of manipulating the segments to form the composition sequence. The labels are displayed on a plurality of ordered spatial arrays of display monitors to simulate the temporal relationship between the segments in what is typically a "snapshot" non-temporal display. The composition control function is highly user interactive and responds to user commands for selectively displaying segments from the source material on a pictorial display. The control function allows the user to denote a start and end of each of a plurality of selected segments to form defined segments, identify each selected segment by a pictorial image segment label which is displayed as described above, and assemble the selected and defined segments, and the corresponding labels, into a serially connected image sequence and a serially connected label sequence corresponding to the image sequence. The composition mode of operation employs continuous looping of the display segment(s) to aid the composing process.
Inventors
- 👤 Chester L. Schuler
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 06:46
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B27/00; G11B27/02; G11B27/022; G11B27/028; G11B27/031; G11B27/034; G11B27/10; G11B27/11; G11B27/19; G11B27/28; G11B27/32; G11B27/322; G11B27/323; G11B27/34; G11B2220/00; G11B2220/20; G11B2220/90; G11B27/024; G11B27/36
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
226 words
Apparatus for composing image source material stored on at least one image storage medium, said source material being composed of a sequence of stored frames representing a time sequential visual image, sequences of said frames being associated to form a video segment, said composing apparatus comprising: means for inputting said source material and for recording said source material in said storage medium; means for segmenting said source material as it is being input; means for digitizing each frame of said source material as said source material is being input so that each video segment comprises a number of digitized frames; a plurality of pictorial display means arranged in an ordered array, each display means providing a visual presentation of a video label selected from a sequence of said digitized frames, said video labels, in sequence, representing a sequence of said video segments, means for storing said digitized frames, a composing control means operative with said frame storage medium, said composing control means comprising means for selectively supplying each said pictorial display means, while said source material is being input, with electrical data signals representing a selected one of said sequence of labels, means for sorting the label sequence displayed by said plural pictorial display means while said source material is being input; and means for selectively manually controlling said sorting means and said composing control means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
226 words
Apparatus for composing image source material stored on at least one image storage medium, said source material being composed of a sequence of stored frames representing a time sequential visual image, sequences of said frames being associated to form a video segment, said composing apparatus comprising: means for inputting said source material and for recording said source material in said storage medium; means for segmenting said source material as it is being input; means for digitizing each frame of said source material as said source material is being input so that each video segment comprises a number of digitized frames; a plurality of pictorial display means arranged in an ordered array, each display means providing a visual presentation of a video label selected from a sequence of said digitized frames, said video labels, in sequence, representing a sequence of said video segments, means for storing said digitized frames, a composing control means operative with said frame storage medium, said composing control means comprising means for selectively supplying each said pictorial display means, while said source material is being input, with electrical data signals representing a selected one of said sequence of labels, means for sorting the label sequence displayed by said plural pictorial display means while said source material is being input; and means for selectively manually controlling said sorting means and said composing control means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
51 words
The composing apparatus of claim 1, wherein said sorting means comprises: means for changing the order of the displayed label sequence while said source material is being input, and said inputting means comprises means for automatically forming video segments from said source material, each formed segment having a predetermined time duration.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
The composing apparatus of claim 1, wherein said storage medium comprises at least one random access storage medium; and said inputting and recording means records said source material on each said random access storage medium.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
Composing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said random access storage medium is selected from the group consisting of a Winchester hard disk, a laser read/write disk, an analog video disk, a large computer RAM, a bubble memory and a crystal memory.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
An apparatus as recited in claim 4, wherein: said pictorial display means comprises a plurality of display window images concurrently displayed and arranged on a monitor screen.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
An apparatus as recited in claim 5, further comprising: means for configuring said window image arrangement on a monitor screen.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
36 words
An apparatus as recited in claim 6, wherein: said configuring means comprises means, responsive to said manual control means, for selectively controlling a size of said ordered array of said windows of said pictorial display means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
53 words
An apparatus as recited in claim 1, further comprising: means, responsive to said manual control means, for changing a video label for a selected video segment to a different digitized frame, said digitized frame comprising one of any of said digitized frames from said sequence of digitized frames representing said selected video segment.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
53 words
An apparatus as recited in claim 5, further comprising: means responsive to said manual control means, for changing a video label for a selected video segment to a different digitized frame, said digitized frame comprising one of any of said digitized frames from said sequence of digitized frames representing said selected video segment.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
25 words
An apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein: said pictorial display means comprises a plurality of passive pictorial display means arranged in an ordered array.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
71 words
An apparatus as recited in claim 10, further including: an active pictorial display means for providing a temporal pictorial presentation of a selected video segment, representing the current segment; means for associating with each said current segment at least one video label; and means for repetitively providing said active pictorial display means with electrical signals from said at least one storage medium pictorially representing said current segment in a repeating display.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
20 words
An apparatus as recited in claim 11, further including: means for maintaining a record of the sequence of current segments.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
33 words
An apparatus as recited in claim 11, wherein: said active pictorial display means and said passive pictorial display means comprise a plurality of display window images substantially concurrently displayed on a monitor screen.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
19 words
An apparatus as recited in claim 13, further including: means for configuring said window images on the monitor screen.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
38 words
An apparatus as recited in claim 14, wherein: said configuring means comprises means, responsive to said manual control means, for selectively controlling a size of said ordered array of said window images of said passive pictorial display means.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
53 words
An apparatus as recited in claim 10, further including: means, responsive to said manual control means, for changing a video label for a selected video segment to a different digitized frame, said digitized frame comprising one of any of said digitized frames from said sequence of digitized frames representing said selected video segment.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
47 words
An apparatus as recited in claim 10, wherein: said passive display means further comprises a display interface for receiving instructions from said composing control means and video data representing video labels, and for effecting an ordered pictorial presentation of said video labels on each said ordered array.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
47 words
An apparatus as recited in claim 13, wherein: said passive display means further comprises a display interface for receiving instructions from said composing control means and video data representing video labels, and for effecting an ordered pictorial presentation of said video labels on each said ordered array.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
36 words
An apparatus as recited in claim 10, further including means for associating any of said digitized frames with stored text material, and switching means for selectively displaying said text material on said passive pictorial display means.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
41 words
An apparatus as recited in claim 11, wherein: each said ordered array provides a visual representation of a different temporal snapshot representation; and one said temporal snapshot representation is associated with said current segment presented by said active pictorial display means.
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