Multimedia data editing apparatus including visual graphic display of time information

• US 5,386,581 A
• Filed: 09/03/1993
• Issued: 01/31/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/1989
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Mori, Yoshihiro, Endo, Koichiro, Kitagawa, Hidemasa, Suzuki, Kisoko
• Primary Examiner(s): Bowler, Alyssa H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): SHAH, ALPESH
• Application Number:
  US08/115,831
• Time in Patent Office: 515 Days
• Field of Search: 395/800, 395/425, 395/325, 395/162, 395/155, 395/153, 395/147, 395/146, 395/140, 395/100, 364/188-192, 364/419.07, 364/419.17, 364/419.19, 369/19-34, 360/19.1, 360/23
• US Class Current: 715/204
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/028 with computer assistance
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 715/974 Slider control as on-screen object in operator interface

Abstract

A data editing apparatus includes a mass storage device to edit multimedia data such as picture, audio, text and other data. By the visual graphic display of the time positions of the edited information, the user can easily grasp the reproduction time of the picture, text and audio data, thereby simplifying synchronization of plural media data. Graphic editing may be effected to facilitate multimedia data editing.

Claims

1. A data editing apparatus comprising:

a plurality of information storage parts each for storing a plurality of material information data and corresponding destination information data associated with the plurality of material information data, each corresponding destination information data indicative of a plurality of selected material information data arranged on a time basis;

an input part for outputting, in response to user operating instructions, (a) first input information data for specifying material information data from among the plurality of material information data, (b) second input information data denoting a timewise arrangement condition of the material information data specified by the first data information data, and (c) third input information data denoting a time related address location of the plurality of material information data and the corresponding destination information data;

a control part, operatively coupled to said plurality of information storage parts and to said input part, for (a) selecting material information data from among the plurality of material information data stored in the plurality of information storage parts in accordance with the first information data outputted from the input part, (b) arranging the thus selected material information data on the time basis in accordance with the second input information data outputted from the input part to produce the destination information, and (c) storing the destination information in the corresponding information storage part;

a display control part, operatively coupled to said control part, for effecting (a) a material information data graphic display operation of displaying parallel material information graphics each having a respective displayed area proportional to a reproduction time of the plurality of material information data, (b) a destination information graphic display operation of displaying parallel destination information graphics each having a respective displayed area proportional to a reproduction time of the corresponding destination information data, (c) a first digital display operation of digitally displaying a time address value associated with the material information graphics in accordance with the time related address location of the third input information data from the input part, and (d) a second digital display operation of digitally displaying the time address value associated with the destination information graphics in accordance with the time related address location of the third input information data from the input part; and

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a synchronization control output part, operatively coupled to said control part and to said plurality of information storage parts, for synchronizing in time the plurality of destination information stored in the plurality of information storage parts during reproduction of the plurality of destination information.

2. An data editing apparatus comprising:

a plurality of information storage parts each for storing a plurality of material information data and corresponding destination information data associated with the plurality of material information data, each corresponding destination information data indicative of a plurality of selected material information data arranged on a time basis;

an input part for outputting, in response to user operating instructions, (a) first input information data for specifying material information data from among the plurality of material information data, (b) second input information data denoting a timewise arrangement condition of the material information data specified by the first input information data, and (c) third input information data denoting a time related address location of the plurality of material information data and the corresponding destination information data;

a control part, operatively coupled to said plurality of information storage parts and to said input part, for (a) selecting material information data from among the plurality of material information data stored in the plurality of information storage parts in accordance with the first information data outputted from the input part, (b) arranging the thus selected material information data on the time basis in accordance with the second input information data outputted from the input part to produce the destination information, and (c) storing the destination information in the corresponding information storage part;

a display control part, operatively coupled to said control part, for effecting (a) a material information data graphic display operation of displaying parallel material information graphics each having a respective displayed area proportional to a reproduction time of the plurality of material information data, (b) a destination information graphic display operation of displaying parallel destination information graphics each having a respective displayed area proportional to a reproduction time of the corresponding destination information data, (c) a first digital display operation of digitally displaying a time address value associated with on the material information graphics in accordance with the time related address location of the third input information data from the input part, (d) a second digital display operation of digitally displaying the time address value in an indication point of the destination information graphics indicated in accordance with the indication information from the input part (e) an operation of repeatedly graphically displaying the time address value associated with the material information graphics at a corresponding location on the material information graphics, and (f) an operation of repeatedly graphically displaying the time address value associated with the destination information graphics at a corresponding location on the material information graphics; and

a synchronization control output part, operatively coupled to said control part and to said plurality of information storage parts, for synchronizing in time the plurality of destination information data stored in the plurality of information storage parts during reproduction of the plurality of destination information data.

3. A data editing apparatus comprising:

a plurality of information storage parts each for storing a plurality of material information data and corresponding destination information data associated with the plurality of material information data, each corresponding destination information data indicative of a plurality of selected material information data arranged on a time basis;

an input part for outputting, in response to user operating instructions, (a) first input information data for specifying material information data from among the plurality of material information data, (b) second input information data denoting a timewise arrangement condition of the material information data specified by the first input information data and (c) third input information data denoting a time related address location of the plurality of material information data and the corresponding destination information data;

a control part, operatively coupled to said plurality of information storage parts and to said input part, for (a) selecting material information data from among the plurality of material information data stored in the plurality of information storage parts in accordance with the first information data outputted from the input part, (b) arranging the thus selected material information data on the time basis in accordance with the second input information data outputted from the input part so as to produce the destination information, and (c) storing the destination information in the corresponding information storage part;

a display control part, operatively coupled to said control part, for effecting (a) a material information graphic display operation of displaying parallel material information graphics each having a respective displayed area proportional to a reproduction time of the plurality of material information data and each having a displayed color denoting a type of the material information data, (b) a destination information graphic display operation of displaying parallel destination information graphics each having a respective displayed area proportional to a reproduction time of the corresponding destination information data and each having a displayed color denoting a type of the destination information data, (c) a first digital display operation of digitally displaying a time address value associated with the material information graphics in accordance with the time related address location of the third input information data from the input part, (d) a second digital display operation of digitally displaying the time address value associated with the destination information graphics in accordance with the time related address location of the third input information data from the input part, (e) an operation of repeatedly graphically displaying the time address value associated with the material information graphics at a corresponding location on the material information graphics, and (f) an operation of repeatedly graphically displaying the time address value associated with the destination information graphics at a corresponding location on the material information graphics; and

a synchronization control output part, operatively coupled to said control part and to said plurality of information storage parts, for synchronizing in time the plurality of destination information data stored in the plurality of information storage parts during reproduction of the plurality of destination information data.