Using a digital video effect to generate a video stream
AssigneeTribune Broadcasting Company, LLC
InventorHank J. Hundemer
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Abstract
In one aspect, a method involves (i) accessing data representing a traffic schedule for a television broadcast; (ii) selecting a record from the traffic schedule, wherein the record identifies a video source; (iii) determining a type of the identified video source; (iv) using the determined type of the identified video source as a basis to select a DVE; and (v) causing a computing device to run the selected DVE, wherein running the selected DVE causes the computing device to generate a modified version of an input video stream received from the identified video source.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- accessing data representing a traffic schedule for a television broadcast;
- selecting a record from the traffic schedule, wherein the record identifies a video source;
- determining a type of the identified video source;
- using the determined type of the identified video source as a basis to select a digital video effect (DVE);
- and
- causing a computing device to run the selected DVE, wherein running the selected DVE causes the computing device to generate a modified version of an input video stream received from the identified video source.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon program instructions that when executed by a processor cause performance of a set of acts comprising:
- accessing data representing a traffic schedule for a television broadcast;
- selecting a record from the traffic schedule, wherein the record identifies a video source;
- determining a type of the identified video source;
- using the determined type of the identified video source as a basis to select a digital video effect (DVE);
- and
- causing a computing device to run the selected DVE, wherein running the selected DVE causes the computing device to generate a modified version of an input video stream received from the identified video source.
A system comprising
- a stunt switcher;
- and
- an automation system configured for:
- accessing data representing a traffic schedule for a television broadcast;
- selecting a record from the traffic schedule, wherein the record identifies a video source;
- determining a type of the identified video source;
- using the determined type of the identified video source as a basis to select a digital video effect (DVE);
- and
- causing the stunt switcher to run the selected DVE, wherein running the selected DVE causes the stunt switcher to generate a modified version of an input video stream received from the identified video source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.