Clip display method and display device therefor
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroaki Yoshio, Kayoko Asai, Hitoshi Kato, Tomomi Kaga
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Abstract
In a clip display method the contents of a clip are clearly displayed and can be used to facilitate the editing of a motion picture. Obtained by dividing a motion picture are displayed by-employing typical images of individual clips, a graphic representation 24 of the picture images for a motion picture is divided to provide segments corresponding to the ratio of the lengths of the clips to the overall length of the motion picture, and sequences of the separate graphic segments linked to typical are shown. The positions of the clips relative to the motion picture and the ratios of lengths of the individual clips to the overall length of the motion picture can be visually ascertained.
Claims19
A clip display method, whereby clips obtained by dividing a motion picture are displayed using typical images of said clips, comprising the steps of:
- dividing a graphic representation of the overall length of said motion picture into segments at ratios of lengths of said clips to the overall length of said motion picture;
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- linking said segments of said graphic representation with said typical images to display said clips.
A clip display method, whereby clips obtained by dividing a motion picture are displayed using typical images of said clips, comprising the steps of:
- dividing a graphic representation of the overall length of said motion picture into segments equal in number to said clips so as to display said clips with said typical images;
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- displaying a motion vector, which represents the movement of an image in each of said clips, in a corresponding segment of said graphic representation.
A clip display method, whereby clips obtained by dividing a motion picture are displayed using typical images of said clips, comprising the steps of:
- dividing a graphic representation of the overall length of said motion picture into segments equal in number to said clips to display said clips with said typical images;
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- displaying, in each of said segments, a change in an image color for a corresponding clip.
A clip display method, whereby clips obtained by dividing a motion picture are displayed using typical images of said clips, comprising the steps of:
- dividing a graphic representation of the overall length of said motion picture into segments equal in number to said clips to display said clips with said typical images;
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- displaying, between said segments of said graphic, border lines that are shaped in consonance with a differential value between said images for said clips corresponding to said segments.
A clip display method, whereby clips obtained by dividing a motion picture are displayed using typical images of said clips, comprising the steps of:
- dividing a graphic representing the overall length of said motion picture into segments equal in number to said clips to display said clips with said typical images;
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- extracting an object that travels the greatest distance from an image for each of said clips and displaying said object in a corresponding segment of said graphic representation.
A clip display method, whereby clips obtained by dividing a motion picture are displayed using typical images of said clips, comprising the steps of:
- dividing a graphic representation of the overall length of said motion picture into segments equal in number to said clips to display said clips with said typical images;
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- displaying, in said segments of said graphic representation, types of sounds that are recorded together with images for corresponding clips.
A clip display device, which displays clips obtained by dividing a motion picture using typical images of said clips, comprising:
- index display means for displaying said typical images of clips;
- clip length ratio display means for dividing a graphic representation of the overall length of a motion picture into segments at ratios of the lengths of said clips to said overall length of said motion picture;
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- linking means for linking said typical images displayed by said index display means to said segments of said graphic representation displayed by said clip length ratio display means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.