Apparatus and method for data edition

Claim 2

(2) A data editing apparatus comprising a plurality of information storage parts for storing a plurality of materi­al information, and the destination information with the material information being arranged in a time system; an input part for outputting, by the operations of the user, the construction information for specifying one material information from the plurality of material information so as to indicate the specific area of the specified material information, the arrangement information showing the ar­rangement condition in the destination information of the specific area of the material information indicated by the construction information, and the indicating information showing a processing method of a time address value showing the address value of the information of the material infor­mation with the time being provided as a unit, the material information and the destination information; a control part for selecting the material information from the plurality of information storage parts in accordance with the composition information outputted from the input part, arranging in the time system the material information selected in accordance with the arrangement information outputted from the input part so as to produce the destination information, storing them in the corresponding information storage part; a display control part for effecting a material information graphic display operation of picture-outputting the material information graphics having the area proportional to the information amount of the plurality of material information, a destination information graphic display operation of arranging in parallel the destination information graphics having the area proportional to the information amount of the plurality of destination information so as to effect the picture outputting operation, a first digital display operation of digitally displaying the time address value in the indication point on the material information graphics indicated in accordance with the indication information from the input part, a second digital display operation of digitally displaying the time address value in the indica­tion point on the destination information graphics indicated in accordance with the indication information from the information part, an operation of repeatedly displaying the graphics showing the time address value on the material information graphics, and an operation of repeatedly dis­playing the graphics showing the time address value on the destination information graphics; and a synchronization control output part for synchronizing in time the plurality of destination information stored in the plurality of information storage part in accordance with the the respec­tive arrangement information and the indication information from the input part so as to effect the reproducing opera­tion.

Claim 3

(3) A data editing apparatus comprising a plurality of information storage parts for storing a plurality of materi­al information, and the destination information with the material information being arranged in a time system; an input part for outputting, by the operations of the user, the construction information of specifying one material information from the plurality of material information so as to indicate the specific area of the specified material information, the arrangement information showing the arrangement condition in the destination information of the specific area of the material information indicated by the construction information, and the indicating information showing a processing method of a time address value showing the address value of the information of the material infor­mation with the time being provided as a unit, the material information and the destination information; a control part for selecting the material information from the plurality of information storage parts in accordance with the composition information outputted from the input part, arranging in the time system the material information selected in accordance with the arrangement information outputted from the input part so as to produce the destination information, storing them in the corresponding information storage part; a display control part for effecting a material information graphic display operation of picture-outputting the material information graphics having the area proportional to the information amount of the plurality of material information, and in addition, expressing the type of the material infor­mation in the color information, a destination information graphic display operation of arranging in parallel the destination information graphics having the area proportion­al to the information amount of the plurality of destination information, and in addition, expressing the construction of the destination information in the color information so as to effect the picture outputting operation, a first digital display operation of digitally displaying the time address value in the indication point on the material information graphics indicated in accordance with the indication infor­mation from the input part, a second digital display opera­tion of digitally displaying the time address value in the indicating point on the destination information graphics indicated in accordance with the indication information from the input part, an operation of repeatedly displaying the graphics showing the time address value on the material information graphics, and an operation of repeatedly dis­playing the graphics showing the time address value on the destination information graphics; and a synchronization control output part for synchronizing in time the plurality of destination information stored in the plurality of information storage parts in accordance with the respective arrangement information and the indication information from the input part.

Claim 4

(4) A data editing method comprising the steps of calculating, by the display control part, the respective information amount in a plurality of stored material infor­mation and the information amount of the destination infor­mation, and arranging in parallel the information graphics having the area proportional to the information amount, and in addition, expressing the information of the plurality of material information and the destination information to effect the display outputting operations so as to visually express the information amount; digitally displaying the time address value in the indication point on the informa­tion graphics indicated in accordance with the indication information showing a processing method of the time address value expressing the address value of the information of the material information from the input part with the time as a unit, the material information and the destination informa­tion; and effecting the time-synchronizing operation of the destination information of the plurality of information storage part to reproduce it in accordance with the arrange­ment information showing the arrangement condition in the destination information of the specific area of the material information indicated by the construction information specifying one material information from the respective material information, indicating the specific area of the specified material information, and the indication informa­tion from the input part.

Claim 5

(5) A data editing method comprising the steps of calculating, by the display control part, the respective information amount in a plurality of stored material infor­mation and the information amount of the destination infor­mation, and arranging in parallel the information graphics having the area proportional to the information amount, and in addition, expressing the information of the plurality of material information and the destination information to effect the display outputting operation so as to visually express the information amount; digitally displaying the time address value in an indication point on the information graphics indicated in accordance with the indication infor­mation showing a processing method of the time address value expressing the address value of the information of the material information from the input part with the time as a unit, the material information and the destination informa­tion; and effecting the time-synchronizing operation of the destination information of the plurality of information storage part to reproduce it in accordance with the arrange­ment information showing the arrangement condition in the destination information of the specific area of the material information indicated by the construction information of specifying one material information from the respective material information, of indicating the specific area of the specified material information, and the indication informa­tion from the input part; and repeatedly displaying the graphics showing the time address value on the material information graphics, repeatedly displaying the graphics showing the time address value on the destination informa­tion graphics.