Method and facility for dynamic video composition and viewing
First Claim
1. An apparatus for organizing image source material comprising a sequence of frames, comprising:
- a. means for defining a plurality of image subsegments selected from the image source material;
b. means for defining a first image segment including a plurality of non-contiguously stored subsegments;
c. means for associating the first segment with a plurality of image frames selected therefrom;
d. a single display means for sequentially and repeatedly displaying so as to convey a perception of motion, during presentation of a second image segment or portion thereof, the plurality of image frames as a miniature image icon on the display means; and
e. operator-responsive means for receiving a command representing selection of the plurality of image frames and for responding thereto by causing the display means to interrupt presentation of the second image segment or portion thereof and contiguously display the subsegments of the segment associated with the selected plurality of image frames.
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Abstract
A video editing and viewing facility and method allows representation and arbitrary association of discrete image segments, both to create final compositions and to permit selective viewing of related segments. The user represents an image segment by a single frame or series of frames that acts as a mnemonic reference. Information regarding image segments is retained in data structures that facilitate relational designations thereamong and sorting of image segments. Display of a segment may be interrupted and a new segment initiated on command, and provision maintained for return to the original segment when display of the new segment is completed.
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14 Claims
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1. An apparatus for organizing image source material comprising a sequence of frames, comprising:
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a. means for defining a plurality of image subsegments selected from the image source material; b. means for defining a first image segment including a plurality of non-contiguously stored subsegments; c. means for associating the first segment with a plurality of image frames selected therefrom; d. a single display means for sequentially and repeatedly displaying so as to convey a perception of motion, during presentation of a second image segment or portion thereof, the plurality of image frames as a miniature image icon on the display means; and e. operator-responsive means for receiving a command representing selection of the plurality of image frames and for responding thereto by causing the display means to interrupt presentation of the second image segment or portion thereof and contiguously display the subsegments of the segment associated with the selected plurality of image frames. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus for organizing image source material comprising a sequence of frames, comprising:
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a. first storage means for storing image source material; b. second digital storage means for storing pointers to beginning and end points of at least one subsegment selected from the source material; c. a single display means for displaying video images; d. a user interface for accepting commands from an operator to designate contents of the display means and to specify data defining a segment, and for transferring the data to the second storage means, the data comprising; i. pointers to beginning and end points, on the first storage means, of at least one subsegment selected from the source material in the order in which the at least one subsegment is to be displayed as a contiguous image segment, and ii. pointers to locations, on the first storage means, of a plurality of image frames representative of the segment, in the order in which the plurality of image frames is to be displayed; and e. an image server for causing the display means; i. to sequentially and repeatedly display so as to convey a perception of motion, during presentation of an image segment or portion thereof, the plurality of image frames in the specified order as a miniature image icon superposed on the currently displayed image segment, and ii. being responsive to the user interface, to interrupt the currently displayed image segment and display the at least one subsegment in the specified order upon entry of a command by the operator designating the associated plurality of image frames, and thereafter or upon user command to return to the interrupted image segment at the point of interrupt.
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