Editing device and editing method

• US 6,618,058 B1
• Filed: 06/05/2000
• Issued: 09/09/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Yasui, Shigeya
• Primary Examiner(s): Luu, Sy D.
• Application Number:
  US09/587,438
• Time in Patent Office: 1,191 Days
• Field of Search: 345/723, 345/726, 348/722, 348/239, 348/423.1
• US Class Current: 715/723
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/3036 Time code signal

Abstract

An editing device and an editing method which greatly improve the efficiency of editing work. The editing device includes first displaying means for displaying a plurality of images by converting the images to time lines on the basis of time codes added in synchronicity with respective images on an identical time base respectively, second displaying means for displaying images corresponding to the time codes designated on the time bases among the respective time lines, and the third displaying means for displaying an image of a desired part sequentially designated, on the time bases, from the respective images, as a clip respectively. The editing method is configured by displaying a plurality of images by converting the images to time lines on the basis of a time codes added respectively in synchronicity with an identical time base, by displaying the images corresponding to the time codes designated on the time bases among the respective time lines, and by displaying an image of a desired part sequentially designated, on the time bases, from the respective images, as a clip respectively.

Claims

1. An editing device comprising:

image editing means for displaying image data from a plurality of sources on the basis of time codes of said image data on an identical time base;

first selecting means for selecting image data corresponding to a desired part of the time base;

clip displaying means for displaying selected image data as clip groups;

each clip group being displayed in turn on alternating roll sides of a clip displaying area; and

second selecting means for sequentially selecting desired clips from said clip groups;

each clip corresponding to image data from one of said plurality of sources.

2. The editing device according to claim 1, wherein each clip group comprises image data from all of said plurality of sources having time codes corresponding to the desired part of the time base.

3. The editing device according to claim 1, wherein said image data from said plurality of sources is information corresponding to video data of a scene taken by plural cameras from different angles.

4. The editing device according to claim 1, wherein said first selecting means selects an in-point and an out-point for each clip group.

5. The editing device according to claim 1, further comprising an edit list generating means for generating an edit list on the basis of the desired clips selected by said second selecting means.

6. The editing device according to claim 1, further comprising a monitor for displaying video data corresponding to the image data.