EDITING APPARATUS HAVING DEDICATED PROCESSING UNIT FOR VIDEO EDITING

• US 20030086686A1
• Filed: 12/10/1998
• Published: 05/08/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/1997
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: YAMASHITA, KOSEI, MATSUI, MASAFUMI, NAKAMURA, YOSHIYUKI, TANAKA, TOSHIYUKI, EGASHIRA, NAOMI, NAKATA, TETSURO, UETA, MOTOMU
• Granted Patent: US 6,674,955 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/52
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/415 Redundant array of inexpensive disks [RAID] systems
• 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

Abstract

An editing apparatus is disclosed, that comprises an editing processing unit for processing a video signal and an audio signal supplied as source materials, and a computer for controlling the editing processing unit, wherein the computer comprises a controlling means for displaying a viewer window, a log window, and a program window on a display of the computer, the viewer window allowing the editing operator to decide an edit point while viewing a video image of a source material so as to produce an event, the log window displaying a clip image corresponding to an event that is set on the viewer window, the program window allowing the editing operator to arrange a plurality of events on a time line in a desired order so as to produce a program list, and wherein the controlling means displays an icon that represents by what source device each event arranged on the time line is produced.

Claims

1. An editing apparatus, comprising:

an editing processing unit for processing a video signal and an audio signal supplied as source materials; and

a computer for controlling said editing processing unit,

wherein said computer comprises;

controlling means for displaying a viewer window, a log window, and a program window on a display of said computer, the viewer window allowing the editing operator to decide an edit point while viewing a video image of a source material so as to produce an event, the log window displaying a clip image corresponding to an event that is set on the viewer window, the program window allowing the editing operator to arrange a plurality of events on a time line in a desired order so as to produce a program list, and

wherein said controlling means displays an icon that represents by what source device each event arranged on the time line is produced.

2. An editing apparatus, comprising:

an editing processing unit for processing a video signal and an audio signal supplied as source materials; and

a computer for controlling said editing processing unit,

wherein said computer comprises;

controlling means for displaying a viewer window, a log window, and a program window on a display of said computer, the viewer window allowing the editing operator to decide an edit point while viewing a video image of a source material so as to produce an event, the log window displaying a clip image corresponding to an event that is set on the viewer window, the program window allowing the editing operator to arrange a plurality of events on a time line in a desired order so as to produce a program list, and

wherein said controlling means displays an effect setting dialog for setting an effect to each event arranged on the time line corresponding to the operation of the editing operator and places an icon corresponding to a desired effect selected on the effect setting dialog on the time line so as to produce a program list for performing the effect for the event.

3. An editing apparatus, comprising:

an editing processing unit for processing a video signal and an audio signal supplied as source materials; and

a computer for controlling said editing processing unit,

wherein said computer comprises;

controlling means for displaying a viewer window, a log window, and a program window on a display of said computer, the viewer window allowing the editing operator to decide an edit point while viewing a video image of a source material so as to produce an event, the log window displaying a clip image corresponding to an event that is set on the viewer window, the program window allowing the editing operator to arrange a plurality of events on a time line in a desired order so as to produce a program list, and

wherein said controlling means displays a fader assignment dialog for allowing the editing operator to assign audio faders of a dedicated audio controller to audio tracks of individual events arranged on the time line and controls levels of the audio tracks of the events corresponding to information that is set on the fader assignment dialog.

4. An editing apparatus, comprising:

an editing processing unit for processing a video signal and an audio signal supplied as source materials; and

a computer for controlling said editing processing unit,

wherein said computer comprises;

controlling means for displaying a viewer window, a log window, and a program window on a display of said computer, the viewer window allowing the editing operator to decide an edit point while viewing a video image of a source material so as to produce an event, the log window displaying a clip image corresponding to an event that is set on the viewer window, the program window allowing the editing operator to arrange a plurality of events on a time line in a desired order so as to produce a program list, and

wherein said controlling means has a first mode and a second mode, the first mode allowing the editing operator to drag and drop each of the plurality of events displayed as clip images on the log window to the time line, the second mode causing the plurality of events displayed as clip images on the log window to be automatically and successively arranged in a designated order on the time line without need to drag and drop the plurality of events.

5. An editing apparatus, comprising:

an editing processing unit for processing a video signal and an audio signal supplied as source materials; and

a computer for controlling said editing processing unit,

wherein said computer comprises;

controlling means for displaying a viewer window, a log window, and a program window on a display of said computer, the viewer window allowing the editing operator to decide an edit point while viewing a video image of a source material so as to produce an event, the log window displaying a clip image corresponding to an event that is set on the viewer window, the program window allowing the editing operator to arrange a plurality of events on a time line in a desired order so as to produce a program list, and

wherein said controlling means allows the editing operator to set an effect insertion area on the time line while viewing a plurality of events arranged on the time line and set a selected effect to the effect insertion area that is set on the time line.

6. An editing apparatus, comprising:

an editing processing unit for processing a video signal and an audio signal supplied as source materials; and

a computer for controlling said editing processing unit,

wherein said computer comprises;

controlling means for displaying a viewer window, a log window, and a program window on a display of said computer, the viewer window allowing the editing operator to decide an edit point while viewing a video image of a source material so as to produce an event, the log window displaying a clip image corresponding to an event that is set on the viewer window, the program window allowing the editing operator to arrange a plurality of events on a time line in a desired order so as to produce a program list, and

wherein said controlling means allows the editing operator to set an event insertion area overlaid with a plurality of events on a time line while viewing the plurality of events arranged on the time line and

 

insert an event selected on the log window into the event insertion area that is set on the time line.

7. An editing method for editing a source material, comprising the steps of:

displaying a viewer window, a log window, and a program window on a display of a computer, the viewer window allowing the editing operator to decide an edit point while viewing a video image of a source material so as to produce an event, the log window displaying a clip image corresponding to an event that is set on the viewer window, the program window allowing the editing operator to arrange a plurality of events on a time line in a desired order so as to produce a program list; and

displaying an icon that represents by what source device each event arranged on the time line is produced.

8. An editing method for editing a source material, comprising the steps of:

displaying a viewer window, a log window, and a program window on a display of a computer, the viewer window allowing the editing operator to decide an edit point while viewing a video image of a source material so as to produce an event, the log window displaying a clip image corresponding to an event that is set on the viewer window, the program window allowing the editing operator to arrange a plurality of events on a time line in a desired order so as to produce a program list;

displaying an effect setting dialog for setting an effect to each event arranged on the time line corresponding to the operation of the editing operator; and

placing an icon corresponding to a desired effect selected on the effect setting dialog on the time line so as to produce a program list for performing the effect for the event.

9. An editing method for editing a source material, comprising the steps of:

displaying a viewer window, a log window, and a program window on a display of a computer, the viewer window allowing the editing operator to decide an edit point while viewing a video image of a source material so as to produce an event, the log window displaying a clip image corresponding to an event that is set on the viewer window, the program window allowing the editing operator to arrange a plurality of events on a time line in a desired order so as to produce a program list;

displaying a fader assignment dialog for allowing the editing operator to assign audio faders of a dedicated audio controller to audio tracks of individual events arranged on the time line; and

controlling levels of the audio tracks of the events corresponding to information that is set on the fader assignment dialog.

10. An editing method for editing a source material, comprising the steps of:

displaying a viewer window, a log window, and a program window on a display of a computer, the viewer window allowing the editing operator to decide an edit point while viewing a video image of a source material so as to produce an event, the log window displaying a clip image corresponding to an event that is set on the viewer window, the program window allowing the editing operator to arrange a plurality of events on a time line in a desired order so as to produce a program list; and

arranging the plurality of events displayed as the clip images on the log window on the time line corresponding to a first mode and a second mode, the first mode allowing the editing operator to drag and drop each of the plurality of events displayed as clip images on the log window to the time line, the second mode causing the plurality of events displayed as clip images on the log window to be automatically and successively arranged in a designated order on the time line without need to drag and drop the plurality of events.

11. An editing method for editing a source material, comprising the steps of:

displaying a viewer window, a log window, and a program window on a display of a computer, the viewer window allowing the editing operator to decide an edit point while viewing a video image of a source material so as to produce an event, the log window displaying a clip image corresponding to an event that is set on the viewer window, the program window allowing the editing operator to arrange a plurality of events on a time line in a desired order so as to produce a program list;

setting an effect insertion area on the time line while viewing a plurality of events arranged on the time line; and

setting a selected effect to the effect insertion area that is set on the time line.

12. An editing method for editing a source material, comprising the steps of:

displaying a viewer window, a log window, and a program window on a display of a computer, the viewer window allowing the editing operator to decide an edit point while viewing a video image of a source material so as to produce an event, the log window displaying a clip image corresponding to an event that is set on the viewer window, the program window allowing the editing operator to arrange a plurality of events on a time line in a desired order so as to produce a program list;

setting an event insertion area overlaid with a plurality of events on a time line while viewing the plurality of events arranged on the time line; and

inserting an event selected on the log window into the event insertion area that is set on the time line.