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Editing apparatus and editing method

  • US 10,311,914 B2
  • Filed: 12/07/2017
  • Issued: 06/04/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An editing apparatus for generating and exporting an editable video file configured to be trimmed before video production, the apparatus comprising:

  • a video sequence generator configured to automatically select a video sequence from original material data based on a reference range that identifies a clip of the original material data to be edited by a video editing application;

    a supplemental range generator configured to receive a margin quantity that identifies a time length for supplemental material data and to automatically determine, based on the received margin quantity, a supplemental range of the original material data that either consecutively precedes and/or consecutively follows the reference range for the clip of the original material data;

    a supplemental content identifier configured to automatically access supplemental material data in the original material data based on the determined supplemental range of the original material data; and

    a video sequence file generator configured to automatically generate an editable video sequence file by combining the accessed supplemental material data and the selected video sequence, wherein the editable video sequence file is configured to be edited by the video editing application by trimming at least a portion of the supplemental material data.

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