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Video synchronization processing method and apparatus
Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1997-04-28
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Granted: 2000-06-06
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Expires: 2017-04-28
Abstract
Abstract An objective is to effectively specify a method of synchronizing a video image with computer processing. At step 1200, a frame in which a script is desired to be defined is selected and displayed on the editing region 200 of a display screen. Then, at step 1210, when an item "script" is selected from the editing menu 130, the script editor is opened. At step 1220, a desired process is described in the script editor in terms of a predetermined language. If the description has no error, it is stored (step 1230). When an item "execute" is selected from the main control menu 120, a video image is reproduced, a frame for which a process has been defined is displayed, and at the same time the defined process is executed.
Inventors
- 👤 Masayuki Tani
- 👤 Kimiya Yamaashi
- 👤 Koichiro Tanikoshi
- 👤 Shinya Tanifuji
- 👤 Masayasu Futakawa
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2026-10-27 22:56
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B27/00; G11B27/02; G11B27/031; G11B27/034; G06; G06T; G06T1/00; G11B27/10; G11B27/34
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 44
Claim 1
Independent Claim
153 words
A video compounding method for compounding an analog video image which can be read frame by frame, and a picture drawn by a computer, and for displaying a composite image on a display, said method comprising: a frame selecting step for selecting at least one frame of said analog video image; a frame displaying step for displaying said selected frame on a screen; a drawing step for drawing a picture on said screen on which said frame is being displayed; a storing step for storing said picture having been drawn by said drawing step in association with a definition of a procedure to be performed when said picture is displayed; and a compounding and displaying step for compounding said picture, according to said definition, and said selected frame to form a composite image, and displaying said composite image in synchronism with reproduction of said selected frame when said analog vide image is reproduced.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
153 words
A video compounding method for compounding an analog video image which can be read frame by frame, and a picture drawn by a computer, and for displaying a composite image on a display, said method comprising: a frame selecting step for selecting at least one frame of said analog video image; a frame displaying step for displaying said selected frame on a screen; a drawing step for drawing a picture on said screen on which said frame is being displayed; a storing step for storing said picture having been drawn by said drawing step in association with a definition of a procedure to be performed when said picture is displayed; and a compounding and displaying step for compounding said picture, according to said definition, and said selected frame to form a composite image, and displaying said composite image in synchronism with reproduction of said selected frame when said analog vide image is reproduced.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
90 words
A video image compounding method according to claim 1, further comprising: a figure element selecting step for selecting at least one arbitrary figure element of a figure drawn on the screen; a process defining step for defining a process for processing said figure element selected at said figure element selecting step; and a process execution step for executing said defined process when said figure element constituting the displayed composite picture at said compounding and displaying step and to which an operation is defined at said process defining step is operated.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
147 words
A video image compounding apparatus for compounding an analog video image which can be read frame by frame, and a picture drawn by a computer, and for displaying a composite image on a display, comprising: frame selecting means for selecting at least one frame of said analog video image; frame display means for displaying said selected frame on a screen; drawing means for drawing a picture on said screen on which said frame is being displayed; storing means for storing said picture having been drawn by said drawing means in association with a definition of a procedure to be performed when said picture is displayed; and compounding and displaying means for compounding said picture, according to said definition, and said selected frame to form a composite image, and displaying said composite image in synchronism with reproduction of said selected frame when said analog video image is reproduced.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
147 words
A video image compounding apparatus for compounding an analog video image which can be read frame by frame, and a picture drawn by a computer, and for displaying a composite image on a display, comprising: frame selecting means for selecting at least one frame of said analog video image; frame display means for displaying said selected frame on a screen; drawing means for drawing a picture on said screen on which said frame is being displayed; storing means for storing said picture having been drawn by said drawing means in association with a definition of a procedure to be performed when said picture is displayed; and compounding and displaying means for compounding said picture, according to said definition, and said selected frame to form a composite image, and displaying said composite image in synchronism with reproduction of said selected frame when said analog video image is reproduced.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
92 words
A video image compounding apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising: figure element selecting means for selecting at least one arbitrary figure element of a figure drawn on the screen; process defining means for defining a process for processing said figure element selected by said figure element selecting means; and process execution means for executing the defined process when an operation is made on the figure element which constitutes the composite picture displayed on said compounding and displaying means and for which the operation has been defined by said process defining means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
107 words
A computer program stored on a storage medium to be executed by a computer for defining a procedure to be executed in synchronism with display of video information made up of a plurality of frames, said computer program comprising: means for selecting one of said plurality of frames of said video information; means for defining a procedure to be executed in synchronism with display of a frame selected by said frame selecting means during display of said video information including said frame; and means for storing said procedure defined by said procedure defining means in association with identification information of said frame selected by said selecting means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
107 words
A computer program stored on a storage medium to be executed by a computer for defining a procedure to be executed in synchronism with display of video information made up of a plurality of frames, said computer program comprising: means for selecting one of said plurality of frames of said video information; means for defining a procedure to be executed in synchronism with display of a frame selected by said frame selecting means during display of said video information including said frame; and means for storing said procedure defined by said procedure defining means in association with identification information of said frame selected by said selecting means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
18 words
A computer program according to claim 5, wherein said means for defining defines a procedure as a script.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
23 words
A computer program according to claim 5, further comprising: means for displaying said frame selecting means as a still image during frame selection.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
63 words
A computer program according to claim 5, further comprising: means for displaying said video information; and means for executing a procedure stored by said means for storing in synchronism with display of a frame whose identification information is stored in association with said procedure when said frame is displayed during display of said video information including said frame by said means for displaying.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
53 words
A computer program according to claim 5, wherein when a second process defined for a second piece of image information is being executed while a first piece of image information is being displayed, a first process defined for said first piece of image information is executed after said second process has been finished.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
52 words
A computer program according to claim 5, wherein when a first process is executed when a first piece of image information is displayed is not finished by a time when a second piece of image information is displayed, a second process defined for said second piece of image information is not executed.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
54 words
A computer program according to claim 5, wherein when a second process defined for a second piece of image information is being executed while a preselected first piece of image information is being displayed, a first process defined for said first piece of image information is executed after said second process has been finished.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
52 words
A computer program according to claim 5, wherein when a second process defined for a second piece of image information is being executed while a first piece of image information for which a first process has been defined is being displayed, said second process is interrupted and said first process is started.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
80 words
A computer program according to claim 5, wherein an execution preference degree is specified when a process is defined for a selected piece of image information, and when a second piece of image information for which a second process having a higher preference degree than a first process has been defined is being displayed while said first process defined for a first piece of image information is being executed, said first process is interrupted, and said second process is executed.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
133 words
A computer program stored on a storage medium to be executed by a computer for editing a plurality of frames included in video information using graphical figures to be overlaid on a display of said video information, said computer program comprising: means for selecting one of said plurality of frames of video information; means for displaying a frame selected by said means for selecting; means for editing said frame displayed by said means for displaying using graphical figures to be overlaid on said frame displayed by said means for displaying; and means for storing said graphical figures to be overlaid on said frame edited by said means for editing in association with identification information of said frame displayed by said means for displaying and on which said graphical figures are to be overlaid.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
133 words
A computer program stored on a storage medium to be executed by a computer for editing a plurality of frames included in video information using graphical figures to be overlaid on a display of said video information, said computer program comprising: means for selecting one of said plurality of frames of video information; means for displaying a frame selected by said means for selecting; means for editing said frame displayed by said means for displaying using graphical figures to be overlaid on said frame displayed by said means for displaying; and means for storing said graphical figures to be overlaid on said frame edited by said means for editing in association with identification information of said frame displayed by said means for displaying and on which said graphical figures are to be overlaid.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
103 words
A computer program according to claim 14, further comprising: means for retrieving said graphical figures stored by said means for storing; and second means for displaying said video information by displaying frames that said video information is composed of one by one in sequence at predetermined intervals, wherein said means for retrieving retrieves said graphical figures stored in association with identification information of said frames being displayed by said second means for displaying as said frames are displayed, and wherein said second means for displaying overlays said graphical figures retrieved by said means for retrieving on a display of said frames being display.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
68 words
A computer program according to claim 14, further comprising: means for selecting at least one graphical figure from said graphical figures used to edit a frame by said means for editing; means for defining a procedure for said means for selecting; and means for storing said procedure defined by said means for defining in association with identification information of said graphical figure selected by said means for selecting.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
100 words
A computer program according to claim 14, further comprising: means for selecting at least one graphical figure from said graphical figures used to edit a frame by said means for editing; means for defining a procedure for said graphical figure selected by said means for selecting; means for storing said procedure defined by said means for defining in association with identification information of said graphical figure selected by said means for selecting; and means for executing said stored procedure when said graphical figure whose identification information is stored in association with said procedure is displayed by said means for displaying.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
105 words
A computer program embodied on computer-readable medium to be executed by a computer for defining a procedure to be executed in synchronism with display of video information made up of a plurality of frames, said computer program comprising: means for selecting one of said plurality of frames of said video information; means for defining a procedure to be executed in synchronism with display of a frame selected by said selecting means during display of said video information including said frame; and means for storing said procedure defined by said procedure defining means in association with identification information of said frame selected by said selecting means.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
105 words
A computer program embodied on computer-readable medium to be executed by a computer for defining a procedure to be executed in synchronism with display of video information made up of a plurality of frames, said computer program comprising: means for selecting one of said plurality of frames of said video information; means for defining a procedure to be executed in synchronism with display of a frame selected by said selecting means during display of said video information including said frame; and means for storing said procedure defined by said procedure defining means in association with identification information of said frame selected by said selecting means.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
132 words
A computer program embodied on computer-readable medium to be executed by a computer for editing a plurality of frames included in video information using graphical figures to be overlaid on a display of said video information, said computer program comprising: means for selecting one of said plurality of frames of video information; means for displaying a frame selected by said means for selecting; means for editing said frame displayed by said means for displaying using graphical figures to be overlaid on said frame displayed by said means for displaying; and means for storing said graphical figures to be overlaid on said frame edited by said means for editing in association with identification information of said frame displayed by said means for display and on which said graphical figures are to be overlaid.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
132 words
A computer program embodied on computer-readable medium to be executed by a computer for editing a plurality of frames included in video information using graphical figures to be overlaid on a display of said video information, said computer program comprising: means for selecting one of said plurality of frames of video information; means for displaying a frame selected by said means for selecting; means for editing said frame displayed by said means for displaying using graphical figures to be overlaid on said frame displayed by said means for displaying; and means for storing said graphical figures to be overlaid on said frame edited by said means for editing in association with identification information of said frame displayed by said means for display and on which said graphical figures are to be overlaid.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
84 words
A graphic workstation for defining a procedure to be executed in synchronism with display of video information made up of a plurality of frames, comprising: a memory; and a processing apparatus which selects one of said plurality of frames of said video information, defines a procedure to be executed in synchronism with display of the selected frame during display of said video information, and stores in said memory said procedure defined by said processing apparatus in association with identification information of the selected frame.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
84 words
A graphic workstation for defining a procedure to be executed in synchronism with display of video information made up of a plurality of frames, comprising: a memory; and a processing apparatus which selects one of said plurality of frames of said video information, defines a procedure to be executed in synchronism with display of the selected frame during display of said video information, and stores in said memory said procedure defined by said processing apparatus in association with identification information of the selected frame.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
17 words
A graphic workstation according to claim 20, wherein said processing apparatus defines a procedure as a script.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
29 words
A graphic workstation according to claim 20, further comprising: a display, which in response to said processing apparatus, displays the selected frame as a still image during frame selection.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
61 words
A graphic workstation according to claim 20, further comprising: a display which displays said video information, wherein said processing apparatus executes a procedure stored in said memory in synchronism with display of a frame whose identification information is stored in association with said procedure when said frame is displayed during display of said video information including said frame on said display.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
52 words
A graphic workstation according to claim 20, wherein when a second process defined for a second piece of image information is being executed while a first piece of image information is being displayed, a first process defined for said first piece of image information is executed after said second process has finished.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
52 words
A graphic workstation according to claim 20, wherein when a first process is executed when a first piece of image information is displayed is not finished by a time when a second piece of image information is displayed, a second process defined for said second piece of image information is not executed.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
54 words
A graphic workstation according to claim 20, wherein when a second process defined for a second piece of image information is being executed while a preselected first piece of image information is being displayed, a first process defined for said first piece of image information is executed after said second process has been finished.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
52 words
A graphic workstation according to claim 20, wherein when a second process defined for a second piece of image information is being executed while a first piece of image information for which a first process has been defined is being displayed, said second process is interrupted and said first process is started.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
77 words
A graphic workstation according to claim 20, wherein an execution preference degree is specified when a process is defined for a selected piece of image information, and when a second piece of image information for which a second process having a higher preference degree than a first process is being displayed while said first process defined for a first piece of image information is being executed, said first process is interrupted, and said second process is executed.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
105 words
A graphic workstation for editing a plurality of frames included in video information using graphical figures to be overlaid on a display of said video information, comprising: a display which displays video information; a memory; and a processing apparatus which selects one of said plurality of frames of video information, displays the selected frame on said display, edits the displayed frame using graphical figures to be overlaid on the displayed said frame, and stores in said memory said graphical figures to be overlaid on the edited frame in association with identification information of said displayed frame on which said graphical figures are to be overlaid.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
105 words
A graphic workstation for editing a plurality of frames included in video information using graphical figures to be overlaid on a display of said video information, comprising: a display which displays video information; a memory; and a processing apparatus which selects one of said plurality of frames of video information, displays the selected frame on said display, edits the displayed frame using graphical figures to be overlaid on the displayed said frame, and stores in said memory said graphical figures to be overlaid on the edited frame in association with identification information of said displayed frame on which said graphical figures are to be overlaid.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
82 words
A graphic workstation according to claim 29, wherein said processing apparatus retrieves said graphical figures stored in said memory, displays said video information on said display by displaying frames that said video information is composed of one by one in sequence at predetermined intervals, wherein said graphical figures stored in association with identification information of said frames being displayed is retrieved as said frames are displayed, and wherein said retrieved graphical figures are overlaid on a display of said frames being display.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
52 words
A graphic workstation according to claim 29, wherein said processing apparatus selects at least one graphical figure from said graphical figures used to edit a frame, defines a procedure for the selected graphical figure, and stores in said memory the defined procedure in association with identification information of the selected graphical figure.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
75 words
A graphic workstation according to claim 29, wherein said processing apparatus selects at least one graphical figure from said graphical figures used to edit a frame, defines a procedure for the selected graphical figure, stores in said memory the defined procedure in association with identification information of the selected graphical figure, and executes the stored procedure when said graphical figure whose identification information is stored in association with said procedure is displayed on said display.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
84 words
A graphic workstation for defining a procedure to be executed in synchronism with display of video information made up of a plurality of frames, comprising: a memory; and a processing apparatus which selects one of said plurality of frames of said video information, defines a procedure to be executed in synchronism with display of the selected frame during display of said video information including the selected frame, and stores in said memory the defined procedure in association with identification information of the selected frame.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
84 words
A graphic workstation for defining a procedure to be executed in synchronism with display of video information made up of a plurality of frames, comprising: a memory; and a processing apparatus which selects one of said plurality of frames of said video information, defines a procedure to be executed in synchronism with display of the selected frame during display of said video information including the selected frame, and stores in said memory the defined procedure in association with identification information of the selected frame.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
105 words
A graphic workstation for editing a plurality of frames included in video information using graphical figures to be overlaid on a display of said video information, comprising: a display which displays video information; a memory; and a processing apparatus which selects one of said plurality of frames of video information, displays on said display the selected frame, edits the displayed frame using graphical figures to be overlaid on the displayed frame, and stores in said memory said graphical figures to be overlaid on the edited frame in association with identification information of the displayed frame and on which said graphical figures are to be overlaid.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
105 words
A graphic workstation for editing a plurality of frames included in video information using graphical figures to be overlaid on a display of said video information, comprising: a display which displays video information; a memory; and a processing apparatus which selects one of said plurality of frames of video information, displays on said display the selected frame, edits the displayed frame using graphical figures to be overlaid on the displayed frame, and stores in said memory said graphical figures to be overlaid on the edited frame in association with identification information of the displayed frame and on which said graphical figures are to be overlaid.
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