Automation of signal processing apparatus
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsPeter Charles Eastty, William Edmund Cranstoun Kentish
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Abstract
Signal processing apparatus is described in which at least two sets of automated signal processing functions are controlled by stored automation commands, at times dependent upon at least two respective timecode signals which may each be associated with a respective source signal supplied to the signal processing apparatus.
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Signal processing apparatus in which at least two sets of automated signal processing functions are controlled by stored automation commands, at times dependent upon at least two respective timecode signals.
Signal processing apparatus in which automated signal processing functions are controlled by stored automation commands, said apparatus comprising means, responsive to a detection of an automation command in a current set of automation commands calling a further set of automation commands, for initiating execution of said further set of automation commands.
Signal processing apparatus in which automated signal processing functions are controlled by stored automation commands, said automation commands specifying respective control quantities to be applied to a source signal.
A storage medium on which automation commands for a signal processing apparatus are stored, each stored automation command having associated stored information specifying one of at least two timecode signals.
A storage medium on which automation commands for an automated signal processing apparatus and an automation database are stored, said automation database specifying automation points within said signal processing apparatus on which said stored automation commands were generated.
A method of translating automation commands generated at a first command rate on a first automated signal processing apparatus into automation commands at a second command rate for use on a second automated signal processing apparatus, said method comprising the steps of:
- sample-rate converting said automation commands from said first command rate to said second command rate;
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- mapping said sample-rate converted automation commands into equivalent commands for use on said second automated signal processing apparatus.
A method of translating automation commands stored on a storage medium and generated on a first automated signal processing apparatus into automation commands for use on a second automated signal processing apparatus, said storage medium storing an automation database specifying automation points within said first automated signal processing apparatus, said method comprising the steps of:
- retrieving said automation database;
- comparing said retrieved automation database with a second automation database associated with said second apparatus, to generate a mapping table defining a mapping of said automation commands generated on said first apparatus to automation commands for use on said second apparatus;
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- translating, in accordance with said mapping table, said stored automation commands into automation commands for use on said second apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.