Digital signal processing system employing icon displays

A film scanning system, including:

• means for digitally performing color correction on a digital signal representing a sequence of scanned film frames, to generate a corrected signal representing color corrected film frames;
• means for inserting video sync information and scene data into the corrected signal to generate a scene signal, wherein the scene signal represents the color corrected film frames, and wherein the scene signal includes a frame portion representing a first one of the color corrected film frames;
• video signal storage means for storing the scene signal;
• frame storage means for storing the frame portion;
• means for compressing the frame portion to generate a scene icon;
• means for generating a set of scene processing icons, where each scene processing icon in the set represents a scene processing operation;
• means for displaying the set of scene processing icons, and means for displaying scene data in response to a user command for information regarding the scene signal, wherein the scene data includes the scene icon;
• means for selecting individual ones of the displayed scene processing icons;
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• means for processing the scene signal in response to selection of selected ones of the displayed scene processing icons.

A method for processing digital signals representing digitized film images, including the steps of:

• storing a frame signal representing a digitized film image selected from a first sequence of digitized film images;
• generating a scene signal representing the first sequence of digitized film images;
• generating a set of scene processing icons, where each scene processing icon in the set represents a scene processing operation;
• displaying the set of scene processing icons;
• compressing the frame signal to generate a scene icon;
• displaying scene data in response to a user command for information regarding the scene signal, wherein the scene data includes the scene icon;
• selecting individual ones of the displayed scene processing icons;
• and
• processing the scene signal in response to selection of selected ones of the displayed scene processing icons.

A film scanning method, including the steps of:

• digitally performing color correction on a digital signal representing a sequence of scanned film frames, to generate a corrected signal representing color corrected film frames;
• inserting video sync information and scene data into the corrected signal to generate a scene signal, wherein the scene signal represents the color corrected film frames, and wherein the scene signal includes a frame portion representing a first one of the color corrected film frames;
• storing the scene signal and separately storing the frame portion;
• generating a set of scene processing icons, where each scene processing icon in the set represents a scene processing operation;
• displaying the set of scene processing icons;
• compressing the frame portion to generate a scene icon;
• displaying scene data in response to a user command for information regarding the scene signal, wherein the scene data includes the scene icon;
• selecting individual ones of the displayed scene processing icons;
• and
• processing the scene signal in response to selection of selected ones of the displayed scene processing icons.