Assistant editing display method for media clips

• US 20040230910A1
• Filed: 05/16/2003
• Published: 11/18/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cyberlink Corporation
• Original Assignee: Cyberlink Corporation
• Inventors: Lin, Brian
• Application Number:
  US10/438,974
• Publication Number:
  US 20040230910A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/723
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D

Abstract

This specification discloses an assistant editing display method for media clips. It provides in multimedia editing software an improved three-point control scheme. In other words, the concept of double time axes is used to execute editing display processes for media clips. In contrast with the multimedia editing and processing software in the prior art, the disclosed technique is characterized in that: the disclosed method provides an assistant display mode to resize the display ratio of assigned media clip and to perform detailed media editing processes. The invention can solve the problems that it is impossible to visualize detailed media clip presentation and to perform detailed media clip editing processes when the media clip is too long.

Claims

1. An assistant editing display method for media clips to provide an improved three-point control in multimedia editing software for executing a media clip editing display process, wherein the method is characterized in starting an assistant display mode to resize a display ratio and perform detailed editing process in a designated media clip, the assistant display mode comprising the steps of:

receiving media clip information and generating a second trim-bar interface and a second media clip interface using an equal-proportion mechanism;

displaying a current-point cursor and a corresponding media content; and

providing media editing operations for the second media clip.

2. The method of claim 1 applied to the media clip editing display process with the time concept.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the types of the media clip include at least video and sound.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the media clip editing display process comprises the steps of:

starting the media clip editing interface and reading in information of a selected media file;

extracting time information from the media clip information and generating a first trim-bar interface using the equal-proportion mechanism;

receiving the media clip information set by a user;

generating a first media clip interface and displaying the media content corresponding to the current-point cursor; and

providing media editing operations for the first media clip.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the media file information contains at least a name, a time, a file size, and a media source path.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the equal-proportion mechanism is to set the number of rod adjustment sections in the first trim-bar interface according to the time information.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the media clip information contains at least an in-point time, an out-point time and the current-point cursor.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the equal-proportion mechanism is to set the number of rod adjustment sections in the second trim-bar interface according to the media clip time information.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the equal-proportion mechanism is performed at real time through an interface.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the media clip time information is the difference between the out-point time and the in-point time.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the media clip time information is immediately adjustable by dragging in an interface.