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US 8,028,317 B1Granted
Integrated live video production system
AssigneeBroadcast Pix, Inc.
InventorsJohn B. Swanton, Kenneth Swanton, Russell Whittaker
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Abstract
Described is a system used in defining and producing a live television broadcast. The system includes one or more control panels, a workstation, a router, and devices. The control panels may be hard control panels or soft control panels. The control panel includes programmable buttons having a display determined in accordance with a show definition. Display and control of a portion of the control panel buttons may vary in response to another control or button selection. Primary and backup communication connections are used to control the live show production.
Claims22
A control panel comprising:
- one or more source selection buttons that are programmable, wherein each of said one or more source selection buttons is associated with an input source;
- one or more device selection buttons that are programmable in accordance with selection of a first of said one or more source selection buttons, wherein each of said one or more device selection buttons is associated with a device;
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- one or more controls that are programmable in accordance with selection of a first of said one or more device selection buttons, wherein said one or more controls include one or more content selection buttons, wherein each of the one or more content selection buttons is associated with a content element that varies in accordance with selection of said first device selection button and said each content selection button having a display that varies in accordance with the content element associated with said each content selection button.
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