US 6,275,529 B1 · Method of and apparatus for transmitting news data with script

Abstract

A method of transmitting news data with script can simultaneously transmit video information and corresponding added information such as gathered news information to a news center from a news gathering field by use of an existing news transmission system. Digital video data, obtained by a video camera in a field, is timebase-compressed, and digital audio data is prepared on the basis of an audio signal. Added information such as script information is prepared as digital added information, and composite news data is generated by time-division-mixing these video data, audio data, and added information data. The composite news data is transmitted to a video receiving station by use of a news gathering system. In the video receiving station, the composite news data is time-division-distributed, and the time-division-distributed data is timebase-expanded, and combined with time-division-distributed audio data thereby to generate a video image signal. Simultaneously, a script, which is a broadcasting script, is generated from the time-division-distributed added information data.

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Dependent claims

A video data transmitting apparatus for transmitting a source digital video signal prior to having editing performed thereon from a transmitting side to a receiving side, comprising:

video signal encoding means for encoding said source digital video signal to generate an encoded video signal at said transmitting side;
edit point data generating means for generating edit points data at said transmitting side comprising a plurality of edit points which are associated with said source digital video signal and which are used to define actual edits that are to be performed on said digital video at said receiving side, but which are maintained apart from source digital video data, and therefore do not edit the source digital video data at said transmitting side;
multiplexing means for multiplexing said encoded video signal and said edit points data to generate multiplexed data;
and
data transmitting means for transmitting said multiplexed data from said transmitting side to said receiving side so that an editing operation is performed on said video data at said receiving side based upon said edit points data to generate edited video data.

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Method of and apparatus for transmitting news data with script

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