Editing apparatus and editing method

• US 9,875,772 B2
• Filed: 03/13/2008
• Issued: 01/23/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Grass Valley Canada (Belden Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Gvbb Holdings SARL (Vislink Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: Yamasaki, Naoya
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Thai
• Assistant Examiner(s): HASAN, SYED Y
• Application Number:
  US12/450,797
• Publication Number:
  US 20100119204A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,603 Days
• Field of Search: 386278, 386280, 386 E5028, 386 E5051, 386344, 386243, 386248, 386281, 386318, 386326, 386241, 386282, 386283, 386284, 386328, 348 E5051, 360 13, 360 7, 715723, 715835, 345547, 345552, 711161, 711173, 713 1, 713 2, 713100, 717140
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 12/00 Accessing, addressing or allocating within memory systems or architectures digital input from, or digital output to record carriers, e.g. to disk storage units, G06F3/06
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/49 Segmenting video sequences, i.e. computational techniques such as parsing or cutting the sequence, low-level clustering or determining units such as shots or scenes
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 15/1875 adaptations for special effects or editing signal processing or indexing therefor G11B27/00
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence

Abstract

An editing apparatus for a editing video sequence, comprises: an editing unit for setting a first range to one part of the video sequence; a video sequence file generating unit for generating a video sequence file including video sequence corresponding to the first range and video sequence corresponding to a second range, wherein the second range is consecutively preceding to and/or subsequent to the first range; and an output for outputting the video sequence file.

Claims

1. An editing apparatus for exporting a project file to an editing application for editing material data of an original video or audio sequence, the apparatus comprising:

an editing unit configured to automatically set a reference range for a video sequence that corresponds to a clip of the material data identified by a user to be exported to the editing application;

a file generating unit configured to automatically select, based on the set reference range, the material data of the original video or audio sequence to generate the video sequence that corresponds to the identified clip;

a margin setting unit configured to automatically set a margin quantity for supplemental material data of the original video or audio sequence, the margin quantity having a time duration specified by a user of the editing apparatus;

a margin addition unit configured to automatically generate a supplemental range of the supplemental material data based on the margin quantity, determine whether the supplemental range is within an original range of the original video or audio sequence, and add the supplemental material data to the selected material data when the supplemental range is within the original range, the added supplemental material data either consecutively preceding or following the selected material data;

a video sequence file generator configured to automatically create a video sequence file that includes the selected material data of the original video sequence and the added supplemental material data;

an editing data file generating unit configured to automatically generate an editing data file including editing information about the video sequence file, the editing information comprising position and length information about the generated video sequence set by the reference range and information associating the generated video sequence and the supplemental material data with the original video or audio sequence;

a project file generator configured to automatically generate a project file that includes the video sequence file and the editing data file; and

an output configured to automatically export the project file to the editing application for editing the original video sequence and the supplemental material data.

2. An editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the editing information corresponding to each range in the editing data file is modified to reference the video sequence file.

3. The editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the video sequence file generator is configured to generate two video sequence files including, a first video sequence file comprising material data corresponding to the reference range and the supplemental reference range, and a second video sequence file comprising material data corresponding to an additional reference range set by the editing unit and an additional supplemental range generated by the margin addition unit, and

wherein the supplemental reference range is consecutively preceding to and/or subsequent to the reference range and the additional supplemental reference range is consecutively preceding to and/or subsequent to the additional reference range.

4. The editing apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

an input for importing the video sequence file in a first edited state from the at least one other editing unit,

wherein the material data is edited by at least one selected from a group consisting of the editing unit and the at least one other editing unit, using at least one of the exported video sequence file and the imported video sequence file.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the editing unit is further configured to:

further edit the imported video sequence file.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the editing unit is further configured to:

repeat exporting and importing of the video sequence file to further edit the video sequence file, wherein the editing unit or the at least one other editing unit edits the material data based on at least one of the edits to the video sequence file.

7. An editing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

an input configured to import an edited video sequence file and a modified editing data file, the edited video sequence file being created by editing the exported video sequence file by the editing application, wherein the video sequence of the edited video sequence file is associated with the original video sequence by the modified editing data file.

8. An editing method for exporting a project file to an editing application for editing material data of an original video or audio sequence, the method comprising:

setting, by a computer processor, a reference range for a video sequence that corresponds to a clip of the material data identified by a user to be exported to the editing application;

selecting, by the computer processor and based on the set reference range, the material data of the original video or audio sequence to generate the video sequence that corresponds to the identified clip;

setting, by the computer processor, a margin quantity for supplemental material data of the original video or audio sequence, the margin quantity having a time duration specified by a user of the editing apparatus;

generating, by the computer processor, a supplemental range of the supplemental material data based on the margin quantity;

determining, by the computer processor, whether the supplemental range is within an original range of the original video or audio sequence;

adding, by the computer processor, the supplemental material data to the selected material data when the supplemental range is within the original range, the added supplemental material data either consecutively preceding or following the selected material data;

creating, by the computer processor, a video sequence file that includes the selected material data of the original video sequence and the added supplemental material data;

generating, by the computer processor, an editing data file including editing information about the video sequence file, the editing information comprising position and length information about the generated video sequence set by the reference range and information associating the generated video sequence and the supplemental material data with the original video or audio sequence;

generating, by the computer processor, a project file that includes the video sequence file and the editing data file; and

exporting, by the computer processor, the project file to the editing application for editing the original video sequence and the supplemental material data.

9. An editing method according to claim 8, wherein

editing information corresponding to each range in the editing data file is modified to reference the video sequence file.

10. The editing method according to claim 8, further comprising:

generating two video sequence files including, a first video sequence file comprising material data corresponding to the reference range and the supplemental reference range, and a second video sequence file comprising material data corresponding to an additional reference range set by the editing unit and an additional supplemental range generated by the margin addition unit, and

wherein the supplemental reference range is consecutively preceding to and/or subsequent to the reference range and the additional supplemental reference range is consecutively preceding to and/or subsequent to the additional reference range.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

importing the video sequence file in a first edited state from the at least one other editing unit,

wherein the material data is edited by at least one selected from a group consisting of the editing unit and the at least one other editing unit, using at least one of the exported video sequence file and the imported video sequence file.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

importing an edited video sequence file and a modified editing data file, the edited video sequence file being created by editing the exported video sequence file by the editing application, wherein the video sequence of the edited video sequence file is associated with the original video sequence by the modified editing data file.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having recorded thereon instructions for causing a computer to perform an editing operation for exporting a project file to an editing application for editing material data of an original video or audio sequence, wherein the instructions, when executed, perform the steps of:

setting, by the computer, a reference range for a video sequence that corresponds to a clip of the material data identified by a user to be exported to the editing application;

selecting, by the computer and based on the set reference range, the material data of the original video or audio sequence to generate the video sequence that corresponds to the identified clip;

setting, by the computer, a margin quantity for supplemental material data of the original video or audio sequence, the margin quantity having a time duration specified by a user of the editing apparatus;

generating, by the computer, a supplemental range of the supplemental material data based on the margin quantity;

determining, by the computer, whether the supplemental range is within an original range of the original video or audio sequence;

adding, by the computer, the supplemental material data to the selected material data when the supplemental range is within the original range, the added supplemental material data either consecutively preceding or following the selected material data;

creating, by the computer, a video sequence file that includes the selected material data of the original video sequence and the added supplemental material data;

generating, by the computer, an editing data file including editing information about the video sequence file, the editing information comprising position and length information about the generated video sequence set by the reference range and information associating the generated video sequence and the supplemental material data with the original video or audio sequence;

generating, by the computer, a project file that includes the video sequence file and the editing data file; and

exporting, by the computer, the project file to the editing application for editing the original video sequence and the supplemental material data.

14. The computer readable medium according to claim 13, wherein the editing method further comprises:

receiving an instruction related to the length of the additional reference range.

15. The computer readable medium according to claim 13, wherein the instructions, when executed, further perform the steps of:

generating two video sequence files including, a first video sequence file comprising material data corresponding to the reference range and the supplemental reference range, and a second video sequence file comprising material data corresponding to an additional reference range set by the editing unit and an additional supplemental range generated by the margin addition unit, and

wherein the supplemental reference range is consecutively preceding to and/or subsequent to the reference range and the additional supplemental reference range is consecutively preceding to and/or subsequent to the additional reference range.

16. An editing apparatus for generating and exporting an editable video sequence configured to be trimmed by a video editing application, the apparatus comprising:

a reference range generator configured to automatically set a reference range that corresponds to a clip of original material data to be edited by the video editing application;

a video sequence generator configured to automatically select a video sequence from the original material data based on the set reference range that corresponds to the identified clip;

a supplemental range generator that receives a margin quantity and automatically generates a supplemental range of the original material data that either consecutively precedes and/or consecutively follows the set reference range for the identified clip of the original material data;

a supplemental content identifier that automatically accesses supplemental material data in the original material data based on the generated supplemental range of the original material data; and

a video sequence file generator that automatically generates a video sequence file comprising the editable video sequence by combining the accessed supplemental material data and the selected video sequence, wherein the editable video sequence is configured to be edited by the video editing application by trimming at least a portion of the supplemental material data.

17. The editing apparatus of claim 16, further comprising an output configured to export the project file to the editing application.

18. The editing apparatus of claim 16, wherein the reference range generator is configured to automatically set the reference range for the clip of the original material data based on a user input by a user of the editing apparatus.

19. The editing apparatus of claim 16, wherein the supplemental range generator automatically generates the supplemental range based on the margin quantity having a duration that is specified based on a user input by a user of the editing apparatus.

20. The editing apparatus of claim 16, further comprising an editing data file generator that automatically generates an editing data file that includes editing information relating to the selected video sequence, including position and length information about the selected video sequence set by the set reference range and information associating the original material data, the selected video sequence and the supplemental material data.

21. The editing apparatus of claim 20, further comprising a project file generator configured to generate a project file that includes the generated video sequence file and the editing data file.

22. The editing apparatus of claim 16, wherein the video sequence file generator is configured to generate a single video sequence file when the video editing application is configured to perform nondestructive editing, and to generate a pair of video sequence files when the video editing application is configured to perform destructive editing.

23. The editing apparatus of claim 16, wherein the supplemental range generator automatically generates a pair of supplemental ranges of the original material data that consecutively precede and consecutively follow, respectively, the set reference range for the identified clip of the original material data.

24. An editing apparatus for generating and exporting an editable video sequence configured to be trimmed by a video editing application, the apparatus comprising:

a reference range generator configured to automatically set a reference range that corresponds to a clip of original material data to be edited by the video editing application;

a video sequence generator configured to automatically select a video sequence from the original material data based on the set reference range that corresponds to the identified clip;

a supplemental range generator that receives a margin quantity and automatically generates a supplemental range of the original material data that either consecutively precedes and/or consecutively follows the set reference range for the identified clip of the original material data;

a supplemental content identifier that automatically accesses supplemental material data in the original material data based on the generated supplemental range of the original material data; and

a video sequence file generator that, when the video editing application is configured to perform nondestructive editing, automatically generates a single video sequence file comprising the editable video sequence by combining the accessed supplemental material data and the selected video sequence, wherein the editable video sequence is configured to be edited by the video editing application by trimming at least a portion of the supplemental material data,

wherein, when the video editing application is configured to perform destructive editing, the video sequence file generator generates a pair of video sequence files each comprising the editable video sequence by combining the accessed supplemental material data and the selected video sequence.

25. The editing apparatus of claim 24, further comprising an output configured to export the project file to the editing application.

26. The editing apparatus of claim 24, further comprising an editing data file generator that automatically generates an editing data file that includes editing information relating to the selected video sequence, including position and length information about the selected video sequence set by the set reference range and information associating the original material data, the selected video sequence and the supplemental material data.

27. The editing apparatus of claim 24, wherein the video editing application performs destructive editing of one of the pair of video sequence files by directly editing and updating the video sequence file, and the video editing application performs non-destructive editing of the single video sequence file when the video sequence file is not directly edited and updated by the video editing application.

28. The editing apparatus of claim 24, wherein the reference range generator is configured to automatically set the reference range for the clip of the original material data based on a user input by a user of the editing apparatus.

29. The editing apparatus of claim 24, wherein the supplemental range generator automatically generates the supplemental range based on the margin quantity having a duration that is specified based on a user input by a user of the editing apparatus.

30. The editing apparatus of claim 26, further comprising a project file generator configured to generate a project file that includes the generated video sequence file and the editing data file.

31. The editing apparatus of claim 24, wherein the supplemental range generator automatically generates a pair of supplemental ranges of the original material data that consecutively precede and consecutively follow, respectively, the set reference range for the identified clip of the original material data.

32. An editing apparatus for generating and exporting an editable video sequence configured to be trimmed by a video editing application, the apparatus comprising:

a reference range generator configured to automatically set a reference range that corresponds to a clip of original material data to be edited by the video editing application;

a video sequence generator configured to automatically select a video sequence from the original material data based on the set reference range that corresponds to the identified clip;

a supplemental range generator that receives a margin quantity and automatically generates a supplemental range of the original material data that either consecutively precedes and/or consecutively follows the set reference range for the identified clip of the original material data;

a supplemental content identifier that automatically accesses supplemental material data in the original material data based on the generated supplemental range of the original material data; and

a video sequence file generator that automatically generates a video sequence file comprising the editable video sequence by combining the accessed supplemental material data and the selected video sequence, wherein the editable video sequence is configured to be edited by the video editing application by trimming at least a portion of the supplemental material data,

wherein the reference range generator is configured to automatically set, in response to a request of a user of the editing apparatus, a first reference range that corresponds to a first clip of original material data and a second reference range that corresponds to a second clip of original material data, wherein the second reference range is subsequent to the first reference range,

wherein the video sequence generator automatically selects first and second video sequences from the original material data based on the set first and second reference ranges that corresponds to the identified first and second clips,

wherein the supplemental range generator is further configured to automatically generate respective first and second supplemental ranges for each of the first and second reference ranges that consecutively precede and consecutively follow, respectively, the first and second reference ranges for the identified first and second clips of the original material data,

wherein the supplemental content identifier automatically accesses supplemental material data in the original material data based on the generated first and second supplemental ranges of the original material data, and

wherein the video sequence file generator automatically generates a video sequence file comprising the editable video sequence by combining the accessed supplemental material data and the selected first and second video sequences, wherein the editable video sequence is configured to be edited by the video editing application by trimming at least a portion of the supplemental material data.

33. The editing apparatus of claim 32, further comprising an output configured to export the project file to the editing application.

34. The editing apparatus of claim 32, wherein the reference range generator is configured to automatically set the reference range for the clip of the original material data based on a user input by a user of the editing apparatus.

35. The editing apparatus of claim 32, wherein the supplemental range generator automatically generates the supplemental range based on the margin quantity having a duration that is specified based on a user input by a user of the editing apparatus.

36. The editing apparatus of claim 32, further comprising an editing data file generator that automatically generates an editing data file that includes editing information relating to the selected video sequence, including position and length information about the selected video sequence set by the set reference range and information associating the original material data, the selected video sequence and the supplemental material data.

37. The editing apparatus of claim 36, further comprising a project file generator configured to generate a project file that includes the generated video sequence file and the editing data file.

38. The editing apparatus of claim 32, wherein the video sequence file generator is configured to generate a single video sequence file when the video editing application is configured to perform nondestructive editing, and to generate a pair of video sequence files when the video editing application is configured to perform destructive editing.

39. The editing apparatus of claim 38, wherein the video editing application performs destructive editing of one of the pair of video sequence files by directly editing and updating the video sequence file, and the video editing application performs non-destructive editing of the single video sequence file when the video sequence file is not directly edited and updated by the video editing application.

40. The editing apparatus of claim 32, wherein the supplemental range generator automatically generates a pair of supplemental ranges of the original material data that consecutively precede and consecutively follow, respectively, the set reference range for the identified clip of the original material data.