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US 6,661,965 B2Granted
Editing apparatus and editing method
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorTomoyuki Yamamoto
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Abstract
An editing apparatus or method, when applied in particular to a simple editing system using an information processing apparatus, such as a personal computer, makes possible execution of various aspects of editing in a simple configuration. Only partial video signals required for the setting of editing points are transferred to working memory means to enable the result of editing to be previewed.
Claims8
An editing apparatus comprising:
- (a) a playback side memory apparatus configured to output video signals comprising a plurality of video segments stored on a plurality of recording media, each of said video segments having a duration defined by an in-point and an out-point thereof;
- (b) a recording side memory apparatus for recording selected said video segments from said playback side memory apparatus onto a master recording medium;
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- (c) an editor configured to (i) enable a user to select said in-points and out-points associated with desired said video segments stored on said recording media, (ii) create an edit list comprising information corresponding to said in-points and out-points of said video segments and a planned playback order of said selected video segments, and (iii) direct the recording all of said selected video segments on each said recording media in accordance with said edit list, one said recording media at a time, to predetermined locations on said master recording medium to achieve said playback order on said master recording medium and minimize the frequency of changing said recording media in said playback side memory apparatus.
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An editing method comprising:
- (a) providing a source of video signals from a playback side memory apparatus, said video signals comprising a plurality of video segments stored on a plurality of recoding media, each of said video segments having a duration defined by an in-point and an out-point thereof;
- (b) selecting said in-points and out-points associated with desired said video segments stored on said recording media;
- (d) creating an edit list comprising information corresponding to said in-points and out-points of said video segments and a planned playback order of said selected video segments;
- (e) recording all of said selected video segments on each said recording media in accordance with said edit list, one said recording media at a time, to predetermined locations on said master recording medium to achieve said playback order on said master recording medium and minimize the frequency of changing said recording media in said playback side memory apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.