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Graphical user interface for a video editing system
Assignee: Avid Technology Inc
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Filing: 2001-07-23
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Granted: 2002-10-22
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Expires: 2021-07-23
Abstract
Abstract A graphical user interface for a computer-assisted motion video editing system directs a user through the process of editing a video program. The graphical user interface may also enables a user to plan a video program. Alternatively selectable interfaces within a single window interface, each of which provide a group of planning, capturing, editing, and recording functions can provide such an interface for producing a video program. Other simplifications to the user interface can be provided to assist in editing, such as by maintaining a video display window for displaying the edited video program at a fixed position for all available editing operations. Additionally, video information can be captured directly into a timeline representation of a video program, rather than a bin. Using a storyboard tied to the capturing process, a user is directed through the process of collecting and capturing the video clips to be used in the video program.
Inventors
- 👤 Kevin J. Foreman
- 👤 Darrell N. LeBlanc
- 👤 Brett D. Granger
- 👤 Iván M. Cavero-Belaunde
Bibliographic Details
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US
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google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 09:39
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B27/00; G11B27/02; G11B27/031; G11B27/034; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/01; G06F3/048; G06F3/0481; G06F3/0483; G11B27/10; G11B27/34; H; H04; H04N; H04N19/00; H04N19/40; H04N19/42; H04N19/60; H04N19/61; H04N19/85; G11B2220/00; G11B2220/40; G11B2220/41; G11B2220/90; G11B27/36
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 23
Claim 1
Independent Claim
314 words
A computer program product, comprising: a computer readable medium storing computer program instructions for a computer program that facilitates editing of a motion picture using motion video data on a computer, wherein the computer program, when executed by a computer provides a graphical user interface, comprising: a viewer window on a display for the computer for viewing motion video data; a timeline region on the display and nonoverlapping with the viewer window for displaying a timeline representing selections of the motion video data in a temporal order that specifies the motion picture; a plurality of selectable, mutually exclusive, interfaces on the display, wherein each selectable interface is selected by user selection of one of a set of graphical elements associated with the selectable interfaces, wherein each of the selectable interfaces, when selected, displays information in a region that is nonoverlapping with the viewer window and with the timeline region, wherein the displayed information is hidden by information displayed when another of the selectable interfaces is selected, the selectable interfaces comprising: an interface for allowing a user to select a clip corresponding to motion video data stored on the computer for placement on the timeline; a title interface for allowing a user to specify a title for placement on the timeline; an effect interface for allowing a user to specify an effect for placement on the timeline; and an audio interface for allowing a user to specify audio operations on audio data on the timeline; wherein playback of the motion picture represented by the timeline is viewed in the viewer window and is initiated by user selection of a graphical element indicative of a playback operation; wherein size and position of the viewer window is substantially unchanged by selection of one of the selectable interfaces; and wherein size and position of the timeline region is substantially unchanged by selection of one of the selectable interfaces.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
314 words
A computer program product, comprising: a computer readable medium storing computer program instructions for a computer program that facilitates editing of a motion picture using motion video data on a computer, wherein the computer program, when executed by a computer provides a graphical user interface, comprising: a viewer window on a display for the computer for viewing motion video data; a timeline region on the display and nonoverlapping with the viewer window for displaying a timeline representing selections of the motion video data in a temporal order that specifies the motion picture; a plurality of selectable, mutually exclusive, interfaces on the display, wherein each selectable interface is selected by user selection of one of a set of graphical elements associated with the selectable interfaces, wherein each of the selectable interfaces, when selected, displays information in a region that is nonoverlapping with the viewer window and with the timeline region, wherein the displayed information is hidden by information displayed when another of the selectable interfaces is selected, the selectable interfaces comprising: an interface for allowing a user to select a clip corresponding to motion video data stored on the computer for placement on the timeline; a title interface for allowing a user to specify a title for placement on the timeline; an effect interface for allowing a user to specify an effect for placement on the timeline; and an audio interface for allowing a user to specify audio operations on audio data on the timeline; wherein playback of the motion picture represented by the timeline is viewed in the viewer window and is initiated by user selection of a graphical element indicative of a playback operation; wherein size and position of the viewer window is substantially unchanged by selection of one of the selectable interfaces; and wherein size and position of the timeline region is substantially unchanged by selection of one of the selectable interfaces.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
50 words
The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the graphical user interface further comprising: an export graphical element selectable by a user, wherein an export of the motion picture into a selected one of a plurality of output formats is initiated by user selection of the export graphical element.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
The computer program product of claim 2 , wherein the motion picture is displayed in the viewer window during export.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
The computer program product of claim 3 , wherein size and position of the viewer window is substantially unchanged by user selection of the export graphical element.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
44 words
The computer program product of claim 1 , further comprising: a capture graphical element selectable by a user, wherein capture of motion video information into data files for use in editing the motion picture is initiated by user selection of the capture graphical element.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
The computer program product of claim 5 , wherein the motion picture is displayed in the viewer window during capture.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
The computer program product of claim 6 , wherein size and position of the viewer window is substantially unchanged by selection of the capture graphical element.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
44 words
The computer program product of claim 2 , further comprising: a capture graphical element selectable by a user, wherein capture of motion video information into data files for use in editing the motion picture is initiated by user selection of the capture graphical element.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
20 words
The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the motion picture is displayed in the viewer window during capture.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
26 words
The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein size and position of the viewer window is substantially unchanged by selection of the capture graphical element.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
44 words
The computer program product of claim 3 , further comprising: a capture graphical element selectable by a user, wherein capture of motion video information into data files for use in editing the motion picture is initiated by user selection of the capture graphical element.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
20 words
The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the motion picture is displayed in the viewer window during capture.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
26 words
The computer program product of claim 12 , wherein size and position of the viewer window is substantially unchanged by selection of the capture graphical element.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
44 words
The computer program product of claim 4 , further comprising: a capture graphical element selectable by a user, wherein capture of motion video information into data files for use in editing the motion picture is initiated by user selection of the capture graphical element.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
20 words
The computer program product of claim 14 , wherein the motion picture is displayed in the viewer window during capture.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
26 words
The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein size and position of the viewer window is substantially unchanged by selection of the capture graphical element.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
46 words
The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the viewer window is displayed in the display above the timeline, and the region for displaying information in the alternatively selectable interfaces in the display is above the timeline and to the right of the viewer window.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
30 words
The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the graphical elements associated with the selectable interfaces have an order in the display that directs the user through editing steps.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
333 words
A computer program product, comprising: a computer readable medium storing computer program instructions for a computer program that facilitates editing of a motion picture using motion video data on a computer, wherein the computer program, when executed by a computer provides a graphical user interface, comprising: a viewer window on a display for the computer for viewing motion video data; a timeline region on the display and nonoverlapping with the viewer window for displaying a timeline representing selections of the motion video data in a temporal order that specifies the motion picture; a plurality of alternatively selectable interfaces for displaying information on the display, wherein each alternatively selectable interface is associated with a graphical element, and wherein the graphical elements for the alternatively selectable elements are displayed simultaneously and adjacent to one another on the display, wherein each alternatively selectable interface is selected by user selection of the graphical element associated with the selectable interface, wherein each of the alternatively selected interfaces, when selected, displays information on the display that is hidden by information displayed when another of the alternatively selected interfaces is selected, the alternatively selectable interfaces comprising: an interface for allowing a user to select a clip corresponding to motion video data stored on the computer for placement on the timeline; a title interface for allowing a user to specify a title for placement on the timeline; an effect interface for allowing a user to specify an effect for placement on the timeline; and an audio interface for allowing a user to specify audio operations on audio data on the timeline; wherein playback of the motion picture represented by the timeline is viewed in the viewer window and is initiated by user selection of a graphical element indicative of a playback operation; wherein size and position of the viewer window is substantially unchanged by selection of one of the selectable interfaces; and wherein size and position of the timeline region is substantially unchanged by selection of one of the selectable interfaces.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
333 words
A computer program product, comprising: a computer readable medium storing computer program instructions for a computer program that facilitates editing of a motion picture using motion video data on a computer, wherein the computer program, when executed by a computer provides a graphical user interface, comprising: a viewer window on a display for the computer for viewing motion video data; a timeline region on the display and nonoverlapping with the viewer window for displaying a timeline representing selections of the motion video data in a temporal order that specifies the motion picture; a plurality of alternatively selectable interfaces for displaying information on the display, wherein each alternatively selectable interface is associated with a graphical element, and wherein the graphical elements for the alternatively selectable elements are displayed simultaneously and adjacent to one another on the display, wherein each alternatively selectable interface is selected by user selection of the graphical element associated with the selectable interface, wherein each of the alternatively selected interfaces, when selected, displays information on the display that is hidden by information displayed when another of the alternatively selected interfaces is selected, the alternatively selectable interfaces comprising: an interface for allowing a user to select a clip corresponding to motion video data stored on the computer for placement on the timeline; a title interface for allowing a user to specify a title for placement on the timeline; an effect interface for allowing a user to specify an effect for placement on the timeline; and an audio interface for allowing a user to specify audio operations on audio data on the timeline; wherein playback of the motion picture represented by the timeline is viewed in the viewer window and is initiated by user selection of a graphical element indicative of a playback operation; wherein size and position of the viewer window is substantially unchanged by selection of one of the selectable interfaces; and wherein size and position of the timeline region is substantially unchanged by selection of one of the selectable interfaces.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
41 words
The computer program product of claim 19 , wherein the viewer window is displayed in the display above the timeline, and the alternatively selectable interfaces display information in the display above the timeline and to the right of the viewer window.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
33 words
The computer program product of claim 19 , wherein the set of graphical elements associated with the alternatively selectable interfaces has an order in the display that directs the user through editing steps.
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