Editing device with display of program ID code and images of the program

• US 6,430,355 B1
• Filed: 12/04/1998
• Issued: 08/06/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Nagasawa, Fumihiro
• Primary Examiner(s): TRAN, THAI Q
• Application Number:
  US09/125,091
• Time in Patent Office: 1,341 Days
• Field of Search: H04/N.576, H04/N.592, H04/N.979, 386/4, 386/52, 386/53-64, 360/13, 369/83, 345/723, 345/724, 345/725, 345/726
• US Class Current: 386/281
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/20 Disc-shaped record carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/90 Tape-like record carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/032 on tapes G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• 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: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/782 on tape

Abstract

Program configuration is carried out by using the screen of a display section 17 and an input operating section 18 of a video editing device 10, and data of this program configuration is recorded in a RAM 19. In accordance with the data of the program configuration, an editing control section 11 reads out a video material corresponding to material identification information of this program configuration from a digital VTR for reproduction 1 and records the video material onto a HDD 12. In accordance with the data of the program configuration, the editing control section 11 reproduces the video material of the corresponding material identification information from the HDD 12 and supplies the video material to a digital VTR for recording 5. Thus, the video editing device which automatically edits a program by inputting the video material having the material identification information after setting the program configuration is provided.

Claims

1. An editing device comprising:

a non-linearly accessible recording medium;

recording means for recording video and/or audio programs onto the recording medium;

display means for displaying a program configuration table indicating individual programs and images and/or sounds included in each program,

said table including rows and columns, each row including information for a respective program, a first column of said row including an identification code for said program, a second column of said row including images of said program,

said images including a first image comprising a leading frame of said program, and a second image composed of frames extracted from the frames of the program;

operating means for updating the program configuration table displayed by the display means; and

control means responsive to the operating means for registering in the program configuration table the identification codes of respective programs indicated by the program configuration table;

said operating means and said control means cooperating to cause the recording means to record only images and/or sounds of a program indicated by a selected one of the registered identification codes.

2. The editing device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control means controls the display means to display only images selected by the operating means in a predetermined recording order on a frame-by-frame basis on the program configuration table.

3. The editing device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

reproduction output means for reproducing images and/or sounds recorded on the recording medium, and outputting the reproduced images and/or sounds in the order represented by the program configuration table displayed on the display means.

4. The editing device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising special effect processing means for applying special effects to images and/or sounds already recorded on the recording medium.

5. An editing method comprising the steps of:

recording video and/or audio programs onto a non-linearly accessible recording medium;

displaying a program configuration table indicating individual programs and images and/or sounds included in each program,

said table including rows and columns, each row including information for a respective program, a first column of said row including an identification code for said program, a second column of said row including images of said program,

said images including a first image comprising a leading frame of said program, and a second image composed of frames extracted from the frames of the program;

updating the displayed program configuration table;

registering in the program configuration table the identification codes of respective programs indicated by the program configuration table; and

recording only images and/or sounds of a program indicated by a selected one of the registered identification codes.

6. The editing method of claim 5, wherein the indicated images are displayed in a recording order on a frame by frame basis on the program configuration table.

7. The editing method of claim 5, further comprising the steps of:

reproducing images and/or sounds recorded on the recording medium and outputting the reproduced images and/or sounds in the order of the program configuration table.

8. The editing method of claim 5, further comprising the step of applying special effects to images and/or sounds already recorded on the recording medium.