Editing system for audiovisual works and corresponding text for television news
First Claim
1. An editing system, comprising:
- means for representing an audiovisual story as a sequence of segments, wherein each segment is defined by one or more references to audiovisual information and related text;
means for permitting an editor to edit the related text of a segment;
means for editing the one or more references to the audiovisual information of a segment; and
means for determining a difference between an estimated duration for speaking the related text of each segment and a duration of the referenced audiovisual information of the segment.
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Abstract
An audiovisual editing system associates segments of audiovisual materials with related text. The editing system permits an editor to edit the references to the audiovisual materials of a segment and to edit the related text. An estimated time for reading the related text aloud by the newscaster is determined. This estimated time for reading the related text of the segment may be compared to the actual duration of the audiovisual material of the segment. The difference in the duration of the audiovisual material and the duration of the related text may be displayed to the editor. Also, any position in the text for a segment may be mapped to a corresponding position in time in the audiovisual material for the segment, and this position may be indicated to the editor. Additionally, in response to edits of the related text of a segment, a corresponding editing operation can be automatically performed on the reference to the audiovisual information of the segment. These capabilities help a journalist to edit an audiovisual story through editing operations performed primarily on the script, copy or text that is being prepared by the journalist.
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16 Claims
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1. An editing system, comprising:
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means for representing an audiovisual story as a sequence of segments, wherein each segment is defined by one or more references to audiovisual information and related text;
means for permitting an editor to edit the related text of a segment;
means for editing the one or more references to the audiovisual information of a segment; and
means for determining a difference between an estimated duration for speaking the related text of each segment and a duration of the referenced audiovisual information of the segment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An editing system, comprising:
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means for representing an audiovisual story as a sequence of segments, wherein each segment is defined by one or more references to audiovisual information and related text;
means for permitting an editor to edit the related text of a segment; and
means, operative in response to edits of the related text of a segment, for automatically performing a corresponding editing operation on the referenced audiovisual information of the segment. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. An editing system, comprising:
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means for representing an audiovisual story as a sequence of segments, wherein each segment is defined by a reference to audiovisual information and related text;
means for permitting an editor to edit the related text of a segment;
means for indicating to the editor, during editing of the related text of a segment, a position in time in the audiovisual information that corresponds to a current position of an editing operation being performed in the related text. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A computer program product, comprising:
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a computer readable medium;
computer program instruction stored on the computer readable medium that, when processed by a computer, instruct the computer to perform a process for editing an audiovisual story, comprising;
defining a data structure representing an audiovisual story as a sequence of segments, wherein each segment is defined by one or more references to audiovisual information and related text;
receiving instructions from an editor for editing the related text of a segment;
editing the one or more references to the audiovisual information of a segment; and
computing a difference between an estimated duration for speaking the related text of each segment and a duration of the referenced audiovisual information of the segment. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer program product, comprising:
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a computer readable medium;
computer program instruction stored on the computer readable medium that, when processed by a computer, instruct the computer to perform a process for editing an audiovisual story, comprising;
defining a data structure representing an audiovisual story as a sequence of segments, wherein each segment is defined by one or more references to audiovisual information and related text;
receiving instructions from an editor for editing the related text of a segment; and
automatically performing an editing operation on the referenced audiovisual information of a segment in response to edits of the related text of the segment. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A computer program product, comprising:
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a computer readable medium;
computer program instruction stored on the computer readable medium that, when processed by a computer, instruct the computer to perform a process for editing an audiovisual story, comprising;
defining a data structure representing an audiovisual story as a sequence of segments, wherein each segment is defined by one or more references to audiovisual information and related text;
receiving instructions from an editor for editing the related text of a segment; and
indicating to the editor, during editing of the related text of a segment, a position in time in the audiovisual information that corresponds to a current position of an editing operation being performed in the related text. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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