Content creating device and method
First Claim
1. A content forming apparatus for forming a content from multiple video and/audio materials, the apparatus comprising:
- means for making an edit decision list for the video and/or audio materials;
an edit controlling means for making an edit control signal based on the edit decision list made by the edit decision list making means; and
means for forming a content in a predetermined material format from the material based on the edit control signal from the edit controlling means;
the edit decision list including identification information for identification of a material for use in editing, and a format declare statement for defining a format of at least a certain material.
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Abstract
An EPLmaker (10) is composed mainly of editing terminals (15), (16) and (17) each reading and decoding each of highly compressed sub materials to produce a material data and make an EPL while displaying, on a monitor, a video based on the material data. The EPL includes identification information for identification of a material used in editing and a format declare state for defining a format of at least a certain material. The EPLs made by the editing terminals (15), (16) and (17) are stored into an EPL storage unit (18). The EPLs stored in the EPL storage unit (18) are read by an edit controller (20). The edit controller (20) makes an edit control signal based on the EPLs, and supplies the signal to a content maker (30). Thus, an editing can be executed with having not to pool the materials once on hand and with labors and costs.
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42 Claims
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1. A content forming apparatus for forming a content from multiple video and/audio materials, the apparatus comprising:
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means for making an edit decision list for the video and/or audio materials;
an edit controlling means for making an edit control signal based on the edit decision list made by the edit decision list making means; and
means for forming a content in a predetermined material format from the material based on the edit control signal from the edit controlling means;
the edit decision list including identification information for identification of a material for use in editing, and a format declare statement for defining a format of at least a certain material. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A content forming method of forming a content from multiple video and/audio materials, the method comprising steps of:
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making an edit decision list for the video and/or audio materials;
making an edit control signal based on the edit decision list made at the edit decision list making step; and
forming a content in a predetermined material format from the material based on the edit control signal made at the edit controlling step;
the edit decision list including identification information for identification of a material for use in editing, and a format declare statement for defining a format of at least a certain material.
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9. An edit decision list making method for forming a content from multiple video and/or audio materials, the method comprising steps of:
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defining how the editing is to be done using at least identification information form identification of an edit output and a format declare statement for identification of a format; and
defining a process to be applied to an input material while defining the input material using at least identification information for identification of the input material and a format declare statement for identification of a format of the input material. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A content making apparatus comprising:
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means for making a final edit decision list of a hierarchical structure by integrating and optimizing distributed edit decision lists made of multiple video and/or audio materials at other distributed locations;
means for making the distributed edit decision list of a material corresponding to the edit decision list made by the edit decision list making means; and
means for forming a content in an arbitrary format based on the edit decision list made by the edit decision list making means;
the edit decision list and/or distributed edit decision list including identification information for identification of a material for use in editing and a format declare statement for defining a format of at least a certain material. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A content making method comprising steps of:
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making a final edit decision list of a hierarchical structure by integrating and optimizing distributed edit decision lists made of multiple video and/or audio materials at other distributed locations;
making the distributed edit decision list of materials corresponding to the edit decision list made at the edit decision list making step; and
means for forming a content in an arbitrary format based on the edit decision list made at the edit decision list making step;
the edit decision list and/or distributed edit decision lists including identification information for identification of a material for use in editing and a format declare statement for defining a format of at least a certain material.
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35. An editing apparatus comprising:
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means for making a declare statement written by correlating identification information for identification of a source video material with a language for defining multiple editing processes to be applied to the source video materials; and
means for editing the source video materials based on the declare statement.
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36. An editing method comprising steps of:
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making a declare statement written by correlating identification information for identification of a source video material with a language for defining multiple editing processes to be applied to the source video materials; and
editing the source video materials based on the declare statement.
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37. An editing apparatus comprising:
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means for making a statement intended to specify execution of multiple editing processes to be applied to a source video material and written in a predetermined descriptive language for identification of how to process and what to be edited in the multiple editing processes; and
means for editing the source video material based on the statement.
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38. An editing method comprising steps of:
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making a statement intended to specify execution of multiple editing processes to be applied to a source video material and written in a predetermined descriptive language for identification of how to process and what to be edited in the multiple editing processes; and
editing the source video material based on the statement.
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39. An editing information making apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving information as to multiple editing processes to be applied to a source video material; and
means for making, based on the information as to the editing processes, a declare statement written by correlating identification information for identification of the source video material with a language for defining multiple editing processes to be applied to the source video material.
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40. An editing information making method comprising steps of:
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receiving information as to multiple editing processes to be applied to a source video material; and
making, based on the information as to the editing processes, a declare statement written by correlating identification information for identification of the source video material with a language for defining multiple editing processes to be applied to the source video material.
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41. An editing information making apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving information as to multiple editing processes to be applied to a source video material; and
means for making, based on the information as to the editing processes, a statement intended to specify execution of the multiple editing processes to be and written in a predetermined descriptive language for identification of how to process and what to be edited in the multiple editing processes.
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42. An editing information making method comprising steps of:
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means for receiving information as to multiple editing processes to be applied to a source video material; and
means for making, based on the information as to the editing processes, a statement intended to specify execution of the multiple editing processes to be and written in a predetermined descriptive language for identification of how to process and what to be edited in the multiple editing processes.
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