Digital signal processing system employing icon displays
First Claim
1. A system for processing digital signals representing digitized film images, including:
- means for generating a scene signal representing a first sequence of digitized film images;
means for storing a frame signal representing a digitized film image selected from the first sequence of digitized film images;
means for compressing the frame signal to generate a scene icon;
means for generating a set of scene processing icons, where each scene processing icon in the set represents a scene processing operation;
means for displaying the set of scene processing icons and means for displaying scene data in response to a user command for information regarding the scene signal, wherein said scene data includes the scene icon;
means for selecting individual ones of the displayed scene processing icons; and
means for processing the scene signal in response to selection of individual ones of the displayed scene processing icons.
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Abstract
A method and system for generating icon displays representing digitized film scenes and scene processing operations, and manipulating the icon displays to initiate selected processing operations (such as transfers from one storage location to another) on the scenes. The invention can be embodied in a film scanning system having circuitry for digitizing scanned film images, for digitally correcting the digitized scanned images, and for inserting video sync information into the corrected images to convert the corrected images into a video signal. The system is also capable of inserting digital data in such a video signal, such as film in and out points, and data identifying a video storage location, and then storing the resulting video signal as a video format scene. In addition to generating a scene from a sequence of digitized film frames and related digital data, the system of the invention generates an icon representing the scene by compressing a selected one of the frames in the sequence. In response to a user command for information regarding a scene, the system displays the compressed scene image and other relevant scene data. The system also displays scene processing icons. In response to user selection of a scene icon and a scene processing icon, the system executes the corresponding processing operation on the corresponding scene.
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34 Claims
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1. A system for processing digital signals representing digitized film images, including:
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means for generating a scene signal representing a first sequence of digitized film images; means for storing a frame signal representing a digitized film image selected from the first sequence of digitized film images; means for compressing the frame signal to generate a scene icon; means for generating a set of scene processing icons, where each scene processing icon in the set represents a scene processing operation; means for displaying the set of scene processing icons and means for displaying scene data in response to a user command for information regarding the scene signal, wherein said scene data includes the scene icon; means for selecting individual ones of the displayed scene processing icons; and means for processing the scene signal in response to selection of individual ones of the displayed scene processing icons. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A film scanning system, including:
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means for digitally performing color correction on a digital signal representing a sequence of scanned film frames, to generate a corrected signal representing color corrected film frames; means for inserting video sync information and scene data into the corrected signal to generate a scene signal, wherein the scene signal represents the color corrected film frames, and wherein the scene signal includes a frame portion representing a first one of the color corrected film frames; video signal storage means for storing the scene signal; frame storage means for storing the frame portion; means for compressing the frame portion to generate a scene icon; means for generating a set of scene processing icons, where each scene processing icon in the set represents a scene processing operation; means for displaying the set of scene processing icons, and means for displaying scene data in response to a user command for information regarding the scene signal, wherein the scene data includes the scene icon; means for selecting individual ones of the displayed scene processing icons; and means for processing the scene signal in response to selection of selected ones of the displayed scene processing icons. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for processing digital signals representing digitized film images, including the steps of:
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storing a frame signal representing a digitized film image selected from a first sequence of digitized film images; generating a scene signal representing the first sequence of digitized film images; generating a set of scene processing icons, where each scene processing icon in the set represents a scene processing operation; displaying the set of scene processing icons; compressing the frame signal to generate a scene icon; displaying scene data in response to a user command for information regarding the scene signal, wherein the scene data includes the scene icon; selecting individual ones of the displayed scene processing icons; and processing the scene signal in response to selection of selected ones of the displayed scene processing icons. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A film scanning method, including the steps of:
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digitally performing color correction on a digital signal representing a sequence of scanned film frames, to generate a corrected signal representing color corrected film frames; inserting video sync information and scene data into the corrected signal to generate a scene signal, wherein the scene signal represents the color corrected film frames, and wherein the scene signal includes a frame portion representing a first one of the color corrected film frames; storing the scene signal and separately storing the frame portion; generating a set of scene processing icons, where each scene processing icon in the set represents a scene processing operation; displaying the set of scene processing icons; compressing the frame portion to generate a scene icon; displaying scene data in response to a user command for information regarding the scene signal, wherein the scene data includes the scene icon; selecting individual ones of the displayed scene processing icons; and processing the scene signal in response to selection of selected ones of the displayed scene processing icons. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34)
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