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US 5,732,184 AGranted
Video and audio cursor video editing system
AssigneeDigital Processing Systems, Inc.
InventorsPhilip C.J. Chao, Sam Lee
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Abstract
An apparatus and method of editing video sequences. The method includes the steps of displaying a timeline of a video sequence on a timeline on a monitor of an editing computer, placing a movable cursor at a selected location along the timeline, displaying a miniaturized version of a video frame corresponding to the selected location of the timeline adjacent the timeline, and editing the video sequence based upon the displayed video frame.
Claims36
A method of editing video sequences comprising the steps of:
- displaying a time rectangle of a video sequence on a timeline on a monitor of an editing computer, with a length of the time rectangle extending along the timeline indicative of a temporal length of the video sequence and each frame of the video sequence corresponding to a particular location along the timeline;
- placing a movable cursor at a selected temporal location of the time rectangle along the timeline;
- displaying adjacent the cursor a miniature version of a video frame of the video sequence of the time rectangle corresponding to the selected temporal location of the cursor;
- and,
- editing the video sequence based upon the displayed video frame.
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A method of editing audio data files comprising the steps of:
- displaying a time rectangle of a audio file on a timeline on a monitor of an editing computer;
- placing a movable cursor at a selected temporal location along the time rectangle;
- displaying adjacent the cursor a miniature version of an audio waveform of the audio file of the time rectangle of a selected time interval corresponding to the selected temporal location of the cursor;
- and,
- editing the audio sequence based upon the displayed audio waveform.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.