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Digital video editing method and system
Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1998-11-03
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Expires: 2018-11-03
Abstract
Abstract A video editing system has the functions of: a) scene browsing with next and back icons and/or a scroll bar; b) recursive scene segmentation available with the browsing function; c) scene/clip specification with a reversing option (in case of a system with two display areas ); d) recursive scene grouping; d) scene clipping based on selection by default; e) clip sorting in order of time or in a specified order; f) relative position restoration of a specified scene (in case of a system with a single display area); g) clamping a scene to its original play time; and h) scene transition processing.
Inventors
- 👤 Kayoko Asai
- 👤 Hiroaki Yoshio
- 👤 Hitoshi Kato
- 👤 Tomomi Kaga
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-09 12:06
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B27/00; G11B27/10; G11B27/34; G06; G06T; G06T1/00; G11B27/02; G11B27/031; G11B27/034; G11B2220/00; G11B2220/20
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 63
Claim 1
Independent Claim
308 words
A method for generating an edited video program from at least one
source video in a computer-based video editing system, comprising the steps
of: creating a record, for each of said at least one source video, containing
information on each said at least one video including a number of frames
constituting the video, said records for said at least one video constituting a
record set; searching a user-specified one of said at least one video for begin and
end frames of each of video segments constituting said user-specified video to
add, to said record set, a record of each said scene which includes a begin frame
number and an end frame number of each said scene, hereinafter, videos and
video segments defined by said records being referred to as "said scenes"; displaying a frame representative of each said scenes (hereinafter,
referred to as "index") in a display area comprising an array of small windows; permitting a user to segment a desired one of said scenes; permitting said user to group desired ones of said scenes into a
grouped scene; in response to said segmenting and said grouping, updating
predetermined fields of records which contain an order of said scenes so that
said fields of record reflect an order of current scene indexes; permitting said user to select desired ones out of said scene indexes
for clip (indexes); permitting said user to order said clip indexes to yield a clip list; in response to a first command said user issues while specifying one of
displayed scene indexes, restoring said specified scene index to a relative
position with respect to a scene index which said specified scene index was
adjoining at a time of occurrence of a predetermined event; in response to a predetermined command from said user, compiling
said edited video program on the basis of said clip list.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
23 words
A method as defined in claim 1, wherein said predetermined event
is a later one of a last segmenting and a last grouping.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
150 words
A method as defined in claim 1, wherein said step of restoring said
specified scene index comprises the steps of: prompting said user to select whether said specified scene index
should be restored to a next-based relative position or a back-based relative
position; in response to a selection of said next-based relative position, moving
said specified scene index to just before a scene index with which a value of
said predetermined field of a record associated is larger by one than a value of
said predetermined field of a record associated with said specified scene index;
and in response to a selection of said back-based relative position, moving
said specified scene index to just after a scene index with which a value of said
predetermined field of a record associated is smaller by one than said value of
said predetermined field of said record associated with said specified scene
index.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
89 words
A method as defined in claim 1, wherein said step of permitting said
user to select desired ones out of said indexes as clip indexes comprises the
steps of: in response to an unselection command said user issues while
specifying desired clip index(es) in a state of all being clips due to selection by
default, changing said specified clip index(es) to scene index(es); and in response to a selection command said user issues while specifying
desired one(s) of said scene indexes, changing said specified scene index(es) to
clip index(es).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
60 words
A method as defined in claim 4, wherein said step of changing said
specified clip index(es) to scene index(es) includes the step of changing a
normal way of displaying said clip index(es) to other way and wherein said
step of changing said specified scene index(es) to clip index(es) includes the
step of restoring said other way to said normal way.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
40 words
A method as defined in claim 4, wherein said step of permitting said
user to select desired ones includes the step of permitting said user to
specifying said changed specified clip index(es) as said specified scene
index(es) to be selected.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
40 words
A method as defined in claim 4, wherein said step of permitting said
user to select desired ones includes the step of permitting said user to
specifying said changed specified scene index(es) as said specified clip
index(es) to be unselected.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
118 words
A method as defined in claim 4, wherein said step of changing said
specified clip index(es) to scene index(es) includes the step of updating
predetermined fields of said records so that said predetermined fields retain
values indicative of an order of selection of respective scenes and clips, wherein
said step of changing said specified scene index(es) to clip index(es) includes
the step of updating said predetermined fields of said records so that said
predetermined fields retain values indicative of an order of selection of
respective scenes and clips, and wherein the method further comprises the
step of: in response to a command to order said clip indexes in a selected order,
sorting said clips in said selected order.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
46 words
A method as defined in claim 8, wherein said step of sorting said
clips in said selected order includes the step of, if there are clips selected by a
drag operation, keeping a current order of said clips selected by a drag
operation as it is.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
33 words
A method as defined in claim 3, further comprising the step of in
response to a command to order said clip indexes in order of time, sorting said
clips in order of time.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
46 words
A method as defined in claim 10, wherein said step of sorting said
clips in order of time includes the step of, if there are clips selected by a drag
operation, keeping a current order of said clips selected by a drag operation as
it is.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
59 words
A method as defined in claim 1, further comprising the step of
permitting said user to specifying a desired one of said scene indexes and
assigning said specified scene index one of predetermined transitional effects,
and wherein said step of compiling said edited video program includes the step
of applying said assigned transitional effect to said specified scene index.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
25 words
A method as defined in claim 12, further comprising the step of
selecting a dissolve, a fade and a wipe for said predetermined transitional
effects.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
253 words
A method for generating an edited video program from at least one
source video in a computer-based video editing system, comprising the steps
of: creating a record, for each of said at least one source video, containing
information on each said at least one video including a number of frames
constituting the video, said records for said at least one video constituting a
record set; searching a user-specified one of said at least one video for begin and
end frames of each of video segments constituting said user-specified video to
add, to said record set, a record of each said scene which includes a begin frame
number and an end frame number of each said scene (hereinafter, videos and
video segments defined by said records being referred to as "said scenes"); displaying, for each said scenes, a frame representative of said scene
(hereinafter, referred to as "a scene index") in a display area comprising an
array of small windows; in response to a command to view a scene indicated by a scene index
specified by a user (a user-specified scene), displaying a view window at a
predetermined relative position with respective to said user-specified scene
index, and displaying, in said view window, a frame of said user-specified
scene while changing a position of said frame according to a control by said
user; selecting desired ones out of said indexes as clips; ordering said selected indexes to yield a clip list; and compiling said edited video program on the basis of said clip list.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
154 words
A method as defined in claim 14, wherein said step of displaying a
frame comprises the steps of: displaying a frame of said user-specified scene identified by a preset
initial frame number in said view window; in response to an input caused by an operation, by said user, of a
switch icon attached to an icon defining a movable range of said switch icon,
displaying, in said view window, a frame of a frame number calculated from
said movable range, a relative position of said switch icon and a number of
frames of said user-specified scene; in response to a first input caused by an operation, by said user, of a
first icon, displaying a frame just preceding said displayed frame in said view
window; in response to a second input caused by an operation, by said user, of a
second icon, displaying a frame just following said displayed frame in said view
window.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
39 words
A method as defined in claim 14, further comprising the step of, in
response to a reception of a predetermined input entered during said
displaying a frame, segmenting said user-specified scene making said
displayed frame one of two boundaries.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
88 words
A method as defined in claim 16, wherein said step of segmenting
a frame comprises the steps of: prompt said user to select whether said frame should be made an end
frame of a former segment or a begin frame of a latter segment; in response to said selection, adding a suitable frame number to a
queue; if said user desires further segmentation, resuming said displaying a
frame; and if said user desires no more segmentation, performing segmentations
of said user-specified scene according to contents of said queue.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
69 words
A method as defined in claim 17, wherein said step of performing
segmentations of said user-specified scene includes the step of automatically
naming segments resulted from said segmentations by appending a delimiter
and a sequential notation to an ID of said user-specified scene and wherein the
method further comprises the step of permitting said user to specify one of said
segments resulted from said segmentations as said user-specified scene.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
22 words
A method as defined in claim 15, wherein said displaying a frame
includes displaying a plurality of frames including said displayed frame.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
67 words
A method as defined in claim 15, further comprising the step of, at
a time of creating a record for said user-specified scene, setting said preset
initial frame number in a pointer field of said record, and wherein said
displaying a frame of said user-specified scene includes the step of obtaining
said preset initial frame number from said pointer field of said record of said
user-specified scene.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
41 words
A method as defined in claim 20, further comprising the step of,
in response to a change of the frame number of said displayed frame, storing a
frame number resulted from said change in a field associated with said user-specified
scene.
Claim 22
Independent Claim
128 words
A method for grouping a plurality of video scenes into a grouped
scene in a computer-based video editing system, comprising the steps of: permitting a user to specify desired ones of said video scenes; in response to said specifying desired ones of said video scenes and a
reception of a predetermined command, adding a record for said grouped scene
to a record set comprising records of available video scenes and including IDs
of said specified video scenes in a field of said added record which is for
containing IDs of scenes constituting a scene associated with said added
record; adding an index indicative of said grouped scene to an index set
comprising displayed indexes of available scenes; and deleting indexes of said user-specified scenes from said index set.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
38 words
A method as defined in claim 22, wherein said step of adding an
index comprises the step of selecting, for said index indicative of said grouped
scene, an index of a scene with which said grouped scene begins.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
42 words
A method as defined in claim 22, wherein said step of including
said IDs in said field of said added record includes the step of keeping the order
of said IDs the same as that of indexes of said user specified scenes.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
65 words
A method as defined in claim 22, wherein said step of including
said IDs in said field of said added record includes the step of, further in
response to an indication that an order of constituent scene of said grouped
scene should be in order of selection of said user-specified scenes, arranging an
order of said IDs in order of selection of said user-specified scenes.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
59 words
A method as defined in claim 25, wherein said step of arranging an
order of said IDs in order of selection of said user-specified scenes includes the
step of, in the event said user-specified scenes includes scenes specified by a
drag operation of a mouse, keeping an order of said scenes specified by said
drag operation as it is.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
79 words
A method as defined in claim 22, wherein said step of including
said IDs in said field of said added record includes the step of, further in
response to an indication that an order of constituent scene of said grouped
scene should be in order of time sequence of said user-specified scenes, arrange
an order of said IDs in order of time sequence of said user-specified scenes if
said user specified scenes have been derived from a single video.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
99 words
A method as defined in claim 22, wherein said step of including
said IDs in said field of said added record includes the step of, further in
response to an indication that an order of constituent scene of said grouped
scene should be in order of time sequence of said user-specified scenes and in
response to a determination that said user specified scenes include other
scenes than scenes derived from a single scene, for arranging only said scenes
derived from a single scene in order of time sequence while keeping an order of
said other scenes as it is.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
28 words
A method as defined in claim 22, further comprising the step of
permitting said user to include at least one of said grouped scenes in said
user-specified scenes.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
164 words
In a computer-based system for generating an edited video
program from video scenes including video segments derived from a single
source video, a method for causing a start time, in said edited video, of a user-specified
one of said video segments to be the same as that in said single source
video (hereinafter referred to as "clamping said user-specified video segment to
said single source video"), comprising the steps of: in response to a command to clamp said user-specified video, setting a
flag in a predetermined field of a record associated with said user-specified
video; and compiling said edited video program on the basis of records for clipped
scenes, said step of compiling said edited video program including the step of: trimming a scene just preceding said user-specified video so that
an end frame number of said preceding scene in a program being
compiled is smaller by one than a value of a begin frame field of said
record associated with said user-specified video.
Claim 31
Independent Claim
342 words
A method for generating an edited video program from at least one
source video in a computer-based video editing system, comprising the steps
of: creating a record, for each of said at least one source video, containing
information on each said at least one video including a number of frames
constituting the video, said records for said at least one video constituting a
record set; searching a user-specified one of said at least one video for begin and
end frames of each of video segments constituting said user-specified video to
add, to said record set, a record of each said scene which includes a begin frame
number and an end frame number of each said scene, hereinafter, videos and
video segments defined by said records being referred to as "said scenes"; displaying a frame representative of each said scenes (hereinafter,
referred to as "scene index") in a first display area comprising an array of small
windows; displaying a frame representative of each of selected ones (i.e., clips)
of said scenes (hereinafter, referred to as "clip index") in a second display area
comprising an array of small windows; permitting a user to segment a desired one of said scenes or clips; permitting said user to specify desired ones of said indexes to make
said desired ones in a specified state and remaining indexes in a nonspecified
state, said step of permitting said user to specify desired ones including the
step of: further permitting said user to reverse said specified state and
said nonspecified state; in response to said step of permitting said user to specify desired ones
and a grouping command, grouping indexes in said specified state into a
grouped clip indexes; in response to said step of permitting said user to specify desired ones
and a clipping command, changing scene indexes in said specified state to clip
indexes; permitting said user to order said clip indexes to yield a clip list; in response to a predetermined command from said user, compiling
said edited video program on the basis of said clip list.
Claim 32
Independent Claim
256 words
A system for generating an edited video program from at least one
source video, comprising: means for displaying information used in an editing process, said
means having a first area comprising an array of windows for each displaying
a frame representative of each of available scenes constituting said at least one
source video (said frame being hereinafter referred to as "a scene index") and a
second area comprising a smaller array of windows for each displaying a frame
representative of each of selected ones (i.e., clips) of said scenes (hereinafter,
referred to as "a clip index"); means for containing records associated with said scenes, a record of
each said scene at least having fields of an ID and a number of frames for the
scene; specifying means for permitting a user to specify desired ones of said
indexes to make said desired ones in a specified state and remaining indexes in
a nonspecified state, said specifying means including: means responsive to a predetermined input from said user, for
reversing said specified state and said nonspecified state; means responsive to said specifying means and a grouping command
for grouping indexes in said specified state into a grouped clip indexes; means responsive to said specifying means and a clipping command
for changing scene indexes in said specified state to clip indexes; means for permitting said user to order said clip indexes to yield a clip
list; means, responsive to a predetermined command from said user, for
compiling said edited video program on the basis of said clip list.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
73 words
A system as defined in claim 32, further comprising means,
responsive to a command to view a scene indicated by a scene index specified
by a user (a user-specified scene), for displaying a view window at a
predetermined relative position with respective to said user-specified scene
index, and displaying, in said view window, a frame of said user-specified
scene while changing a position of said frame according to a control by said
user.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
26 words
A system as defined in claim 33, wherein said means for
displaying a frame includes means for displaying a plurality of frames
including said displayed frame.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
155 words
A system as defined in claim 33, wherein said means for
displaying a frame comprises: means for displaying a frame of said user-specified scene identified by
a preset initial frame number in said view window; means, responsive to an input caused by an operation, by said user, of
a switch icon attached to an icon defining a movable range of said switch icon,
for displaying, in said view window, a frame of a frame number calculated from
said movable range, a relative position of said switch icon and a number of
frames of said user-specified scene; means responsive to an input caused by an operation, by said user, of
a first icon, for displaying a frame just preceding said displayed frame in said
view window; and means responsive to an input caused by an operation, by said user, of
a second icon, for displaying a frame just following said displayed frame in said
view window.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
66 words
A system as defined in claim 35, further comprising means
activated at a time of creating a record for said user-specified scene for setting
said preset initial frame number in a pointer field of said record, and wherein
said displaying a frame of said user-specified scene includes means for
obtaining said preset initial frame number from said pointer field of said
record of said user-specified scene.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
44 words
A system as defined in claim 36, further comprising means
responsive to a change of the frame number of said displayed frame for storing
a frame number resulted from said change in a field associated with said
user-specified scene for resuming a current view.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
39 words
A system as defined in claim 33, further comprising means,
responsive to a reception of a predetermined input entered during said
displaying a frame, for segmenting said user-specified scene making said
displayed frame one of end and begin frames.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
98 words
A system as defined in claim 38, wherein said means for
segmenting a frame comprises: means for prompting said user to select whether said frame should be
made an end frame of a former segment or a begin frame of a latter segment; means responsive to said selection for adding a suitable frame number
to a queue; means, activated in the event said user desires further segmentation,
for resuming said displaying a frame; and means, activated in the event said user desires no more segmentation,
for performing segmentations of said user-specified scene according to contents
of said queue.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
68 words
A system as defined in claim 39, wherein said means for
performing segmentations of said user-specified scene includes means for
automatically naming segments resulted from said segmentations by
appending a delimiter and a sequential notation to an ID of said user-specified
scene and wherein the system further comprises the step of permitting said
user to specify one of said segments resulted from said segmentations as said
user-specified scene.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
111 words
A system as defined in claim 32, wherein said means for grouping
specified indexes into a grouped clip indexes comprises: means responsive to said specifying means and a reception of IDs of
user-specified scenes for adding a record for said grouped scene to a record set
comprising records of available video scenes and including said IDs in a field of
said added record which is for containing ID of scenes constituting a scene
associated with said added record; means for adding an index indicative of said grouped scene to an index
set comprising displayed indexes of available scenes; and means for deleting indexes of said user-specified scenes from said
index set.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
37 words
A system as defined in claim 41, wherein said means for adding an
index comprises means for selecting, for said index indicative of said grouped
scene, an index of a scene with which said grouped scene begins.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
41 words
A system as defined in claim 41, wherein said means for including
said IDs in said field of said added record includes means for keeping the order
of said IDs the same as that of indexes of said user specified scenes.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
63 words
A system as defined in claim 41, wherein said means for including
said IDs in said field of said added record includes means, further responsive
to an indication that an order of constituent scene of said grouped scene should
be in order of selection of said user-specified scenes, for arranging an order of
said IDs in order of selection of said user-specified scenes.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
59 words
A system as defined in claim 44, wherein said means for arranging
an order of said IDs in order of selection of said user-specified scenes includes
the step of, in the event said user-specified scenes includes scenes specified by
a drag operation of a mouse, keeping an order of said scenes specified by said
drag operation as it is.
Claim 46
Dependent Claim
77 words
A system as defined in claim 41, wherein said means for including
said IDs in said field of said added record includes means, further responsive
to an indication that an order of constituent scene of said grouped scene should
be in order of time sequence of said user-specified scenes, for arranging an
order of said IDs in order of time sequence of said user-specified scenes if said
user specified scenes have been derived from a single video.
Claim 47
Dependent Claim
94 words
A system as defined in claim 41, wherein said means for including
said IDs in said field of said added record includes means, further responsive
to an indication that an order of constituent scene of said grouped scene should
be in order of time sequence of said user-specified scenes and responsive to a
determination that said user-specified scenes include other scenes than scenes
derived from a single scene, for arranging only said scenes derived from a
single scene in order of time sequence while keeping an order of said other
scenes as it is.
Claim 48
Dependent Claim
27 words
A system as defined in claim 41, further comprising means for
permitting said user to include at least one of said grouped scenes in said
user-specified scenes.
Claim 49
Dependent Claim
60 words
A system as defined in claim 32, wherein said means for changing
specified scene indexes to clip indexes comprises: responsive to said specifying means and a selection command from
said user, changing said specified scene index(es) to clip index(es); and responsive to said specifying means and an unselection command
from said user, changing said specified clip index(es) to scene index(es).
Claim 50
Dependent Claim
114 words
A system as defined in claim 49, wherein said means for changing
said specified scene index(es) to clip index(es) includes means for updating said
predetermined fields of said records so that said predetermined fields retain
values indicative of an order of selection of respective scenes and clips, wherein
said means for changing said specified clip index(es) to scene index(es)
includes means for updating predetermined fields of said records so that said
predetermined fields retain values indicative of an order of selection of
respective scenes and clips, and wherein the system further comprises: means responsive to a command to order said clip indexes in a
selected order for sorting said clips in said selected order.
Claim 51
Dependent Claim
49 words
A system as defined in claim 50, wherein said means for sorting
said clips in said selected order includes means, responsive to a determination
that there are clips selected by a drag operation, for keeping a current order of
said clips selected by a drag operation as it is.
Claim 52
Dependent Claim
31 words
A system as defined in claim 32, further comprising means
responsive to a command to order said clip indexes in order of time for sorting
said clips in order of time.
Claim 53
Dependent Claim
49 words
A system as defined in claim 52, wherein said means for sorting
said clips in order of time includes means, responsive to a determination that
there are clips selected by a drag operation, for keeping a current order of said
clips selected by a drag operation as it is.
Claim 54
Dependent Claim
185 words
A system as defined in claim 32, wherein said scenes includes
video segments derived from a single source video (hereinafter, referred to as
"derivative scenes"), and wherein the system further comprises means for
causing a start time, in said edited video, of a user-specified one of said video
segments to be the same as that in said single source video (hereinafter
referred to as "clamping said user-specified video segment to said single source
video"), said means for clamping said user-specified video segment to said
single source video comprises: means responsive to a command to clamp said user-specified video for
setting a flag in a predetermined field of a record associated with said user-specified
video; and means for compiling said edited video program on the basis of records
for clipped scenes, said means for compiling said edited video program
including the step of: trimming a scene just preceding said user-specified video so that
an end frame number of said preceding scene in a program being
compiled is smaller by one than a value of a begin frame field of said
record associated with said user-specified video.
Claim 55
Dependent Claim
58 words
A system as defined in claim 32, further comprising means for
permitting said user to specifying a desired one of said scene indexes and
assigning said specified scene index one of predetermined transitional effects,
and wherein said means for compiling said edited video program includes the
step of applying said assigned transitional effect to said specified scene index.
Claim 56
Dependent Claim
20 words
A system as defined in claim 56, wherein said predetermined
transitional effects are a dissolve, a fade and a wipe.
Claim 57
Independent Claim
293 words
A system for generating an edited video program from at least one
source video, comprising: means for displaying information used in an editing process, said
means having a area comprising an array of windows for each displaying a
frame representative of each of available scenes constituting said at least one
source video (said frame being hereinafter referred to as "a scene index"), said
scenes being to be displayed in said area even if they are selected as clips for
use in said video program; means for containing records associated with said scenes, a record of
each said scene at least having fields of an ID and a number of frames for the
scene; specifying means for permitting a user to specify desired ones of said
indexes; means responsive to said specifying means and a segmentation
command for segmenting a specified scene or clip; means responsive to said specifying means and a grouping command
for grouping specified indexes into a grouped clip indexes; means responsive to said segmenting and said grouping for updating
predetermined fields of records which contain an order of said scenes so that
said fields of record reflect an order of current scene indexes; means responsive to said specifying means and a clipping command
for changing specified scene indexes to clip indexes; means for permitting said user to order said clip indexes to yield a clip
list; means responsive to said specifying means and a first command for
restoring said specified scene index to a relative position with respect to a
scene index which said specified scene index was adjoining at a time of
occurrence of a predetermined event; means, responsive to a predetermined command from said user, for
compiling said edited video program on the basis of said clip list.
Claim 58
Dependent Claim
23 words
A system as defined in claim 58, wherein said predetermined
event is a later one of a last segmenting and a last grouping.
Claim 59
Dependent Claim
151 words
A system as defined in claim 58, wherein said means for restoring
said specified scene index comprises: means for prompting said user to select whether said specified scene
index should be restored to a next-based relative position or a back-based
relative position; means, responsive to a selection of said next-based relative position,
for moving said specified scene index to just before a scene index with which a
value of said predetermined field of a record associated is larger by one than a
value of said predetermined field of a record associated with said specified
scene index; and means, responsive to a selection of said back-based relative position,
for moving said specified scene index to just after a scene index with which a
value of said predetermined field of a record associated is smaller by one than
said value of said predetermined field of said record associated with said
specified scene index.
Claim 60
Dependent Claim
74 words
A system as defined in claim 58, wherein said means for changing
specified scene indexes to clip indexes comprises: means, responsive to said specifying means and an unselection
command issued in a state of all being clips due to selection by default, for
changing said specified clip index(es) to scene index(es); and means, responsive to said specifying means and a selection command
from said user, for changing said specified scene index(es) to clip index(es).
Claim 61
Dependent Claim
58 words
A system as defined in claim 61, wherein said means for changing
said specified clip index(es) to scene index(es) includes means for changing a
normal way of displaying said clip index(es) to other way and wherein said
means for changing said specified scene index(es) to clip index(es) includes
means for restoring said other way to said normal way.
Claim 62
Dependent Claim
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A system as defined in claim 61, wherein said means for changing
specified scene indexes to clip indexes includes means for permitting said user
to specifying said changed specified clip index(es) as said specified scene
index(es) to be selected.
Claim 63
Dependent Claim
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A system as defined in claim 61, wherein said means for
permitting said user to select desired ones includes the step of permitting said
user to specifying said changed specified scene index(es) as said specified clip
index(es) to be unselected.
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