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Desktop digital video processing system
Assignee: VIDEOFUSION Inc
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Filing: 1992-08-03
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Granted: 1995-04-04
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Expires: 2012-08-03
Abstract
Abstract A digital image processing system including a microprocessor, random access memory, storage memory, input means, display means, and suitable logic to provide existing digital image processing operations in a conventional graphical user interface, such as a windows environment, which allows the user to implement image processing operations on a selected portion of a movie without utilizing a primitive special programming language.
Inventors
- 👤 Joseph W. Klingler
- 👤 Lee T. Andrews
- 👤 Clifton L. Vaughan
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 09:26
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N5/00; H04N5/222; H04N5/262; G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/40; G11; G11B; G11B27/00; G11B27/02; G11B27/031; G11B27/034; G11B27/10; G11B27/34; G11B2220/00; G11B2220/90; G11B27/032
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
131 words
A system for processing digital movies including: a general purpose computer having a microprocessor, random access memory operably connected to the microprocessor, and storage memory operably connected to the microprocessor; display means operably connected to the microprocessor, the display means including a plurality of view windows, each providing a display of a selected portion of a movie, each of the view windows having a different format, and wherein one of the view windows is a storyboard view wherein the window comprises a selectable portion of a two-dimensional array of sub-windows, and where each sub-window is capable of displaying a video image corresponding to a preselected portion of the movie; and input means for selecting one of the plurality of movie view windows to play a selected portion of the movie therein.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
131 words
A system for processing digital movies including: a general purpose computer having a microprocessor, random access memory operably connected to the microprocessor, and storage memory operably connected to the microprocessor; display means operably connected to the microprocessor, the display means including a plurality of view windows, each providing a display of a selected portion of a movie, each of the view windows having a different format, and wherein one of the view windows is a storyboard view wherein the window comprises a selectable portion of a two-dimensional array of sub-windows, and where each sub-window is capable of displaying a video image corresponding to a preselected portion of the movie; and input means for selecting one of the plurality of movie view windows to play a selected portion of the movie therein.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
49 words
The system of claim 1 wherein one of the view windows is a play view which comprises in substantial portion a generally rectangular area defining a single viewing screen in which a selected portion of a movie can be played in response to commands provided through the input means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
The system of claim 1 wherein the view windows include a time view which displays a selected movie in a plurality of sequential sub-windows, with each sub-window capable of displaying a selected portion of the movie.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
46 words
The system of claim 1 wherein the view windows include a script view comprising in substantial part an area defining a text processing area into which the text of a script corresponding to at least one portion of a selected movie can be displayed for editing.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
117 words
The system of claim 1 further including a secondary storyboard view window comprising a selectable portion of an array of sub-windows, each sub-window being capable of displaying a video image corresponding to a preselected portion of the movie; logic means for correlating the video images in the secondary storyboard view window with one of the selected sub-windows in the storyboard view window, and second input means for activating the storyboard view window, selecting a sub-window therein, and thereafter selecting the secondary storyboard view window, whereby the video images displayed in the secondary storyboard view window are input movies which, when suitably processed, yield the portion of the movie in the selected sub-window of the storyboard view window.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
The system of claim 1 wherein the preselected portions of the movies displayed in the sub-windows of the storyboard window are each clips comprising a plurality of frames of digital video images.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
32 words
The system of claim 6 including logic means for selecting any one of the clips contained in any one selected sub-window of the storyboard view and playing the clip within the sub-window.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
41 words
The system of claim 6 further including: input means for selecting at least one of the plurality of sub-windows; and first logic means for implementing selected processing operations on the selected clips in response to commands provided through the input means.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
15 words
The system of claim 8 wherein the processing operation is a digital image processing operation.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
143 words
A system for processing digital movies including: a general purpose computer having: a microprocessor, random access memory operably connected to the microprocessor, storage memory operably connected to the microprocessor; and display means including a time view window which displays a selected portion of a movie in a plurality of sequential sub-windows, with each sub-window capable of displaying a selected portion of the movie, and wherein the selected portion of the movie displayed in each sub-window is a clip comprising a sequence of frames of a digital video image, and further including means for defining a new clip by selecting a plurality of sub-windows, with the first frame of the new clip being the first frame of the clip in the first selected sub-window and the last frame of the new clip being the last frame of the clip in the last selected sub-window.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
143 words
A system for processing digital movies including: a general purpose computer having: a microprocessor, random access memory operably connected to the microprocessor, storage memory operably connected to the microprocessor; and display means including a time view window which displays a selected portion of a movie in a plurality of sequential sub-windows, with each sub-window capable of displaying a selected portion of the movie, and wherein the selected portion of the movie displayed in each sub-window is a clip comprising a sequence of frames of a digital video image, and further including means for defining a new clip by selecting a plurality of sub-windows, with the first frame of the new clip being the first frame of the clip in the first selected sub-window and the last frame of the new clip being the last frame of the clip in the last selected sub-window.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
86 words
The system of claim 10 wherein the time view window further includes a two-dimensional array of sub-windows, in which the first row of sub-windows displays a selected portion of a movie, with each sub-window capable of displaying a selected sub-portion of the selected portion of the movie, and wherein the remaining sub-windows in any column each display portions of movies corresponding to the inputs to image processing operations that produced the sub-portion of the movie displayed in the sub-window in the first row of that column.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
183 words
A system for processing digital movies including: a general purpose computer having: a microprocessor, random access memory operably connected to the microprocessor, storage memory operably connected to the microprocessor; display means including a plurality of view windows, each of the view windows having a different format, wherein one of the view windows is a script view window comprising in substantial part an area defining a text processing area into which the text of a script corresponding to at least one portion of a selected movie can be displayed for editing, and wherein at least one other of the view windows provides a display of a selected portion of a movie; logic means for correlating the video images in one of the other view windows with the script displayed in the script view window; and input means for activating one of the other view windows, selecting a portion of a selected movie to be displayed therein, and thereafter selecting the script view window, whereby the portion of the script then displayed corresponds to the portion of the movie selected in the other view window.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
183 words
A system for processing digital movies including: a general purpose computer having: a microprocessor, random access memory operably connected to the microprocessor, storage memory operably connected to the microprocessor; display means including a plurality of view windows, each of the view windows having a different format, wherein one of the view windows is a script view window comprising in substantial part an area defining a text processing area into which the text of a script corresponding to at least one portion of a selected movie can be displayed for editing, and wherein at least one other of the view windows provides a display of a selected portion of a movie; logic means for correlating the video images in one of the other view windows with the script displayed in the script view window; and input means for activating one of the other view windows, selecting a portion of a selected movie to be displayed therein, and thereafter selecting the script view window, whereby the portion of the script then displayed corresponds to the portion of the movie selected in the other view window.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
106 words
The system of claim 12 further including: a storyboard view window comprising a selectable portion of an array of sub-windows, and where each sub-window is capable of displaying a video image corresponding to a preselected portion of the movie; logic means for correlating the video images in the sub-windows of the storyboard view with the script displayed in the script view, and input means for activating the storyboard view window, selecting a sub-window therein, and thereafter selecting the script view window, whereby the portion of the script then displayed corresponds to the portion of the movie selected in the selected sub-window of the storyboard view window.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
52 words
The system of claim 13 wherein the storyboard view window is a two-dimensional array of sub-windows with each row of sub-windows corresponding to a scene of the movie, and wherein the video images in the sub-windows of the storyboard view are correlated by scene with the script displayed in the script view.
Claim 18
Independent Claim
115 words
A system for processing digital movies including: a general purpose computer having: a microprocessor, random access memory operably connected to the microprocessor, and storage memory operably connected to the microprocessor; and a display including a plurality of view windows, each providing a display of a movie, each of the view windows having a different format, means for selecting a first one of the plurality of movie view windows and selecting a portion of the movie displayed in the selected window, means for selecting a second one of the movie view windows including logic means for activating the second movie view window with the portion of the movie selected in the first selected movie view window.
Claim 19
Independent Claim
115 words
A system for processing digital movies including: a general purpose computer having: a microprocessor, random access memory operably connected to the microprocessor, and storage memory operably connected to the microprocessor; and a display including a plurality of view windows, each providing a display of a movie, each of the view windows having a different format, means for selecting a first one of the plurality of movie view windows and selecting a portion of the movie displayed in the selected window, means for selecting a second one of the movie view windows including logic means for activating the second movie view window with the portion of the movie selected in the first selected movie view window.
Claim 20
Independent Claim
183 words
A system for processing digital movies including: a general purpose computer having: a microprocessor, random access memory operably connected to the microprocessor, storage memory operably connected to the microprocessor; display means including a plurality of view windows, each of the view windows having a different format, wherein one of the view windows is a script view window comprising in substantial part an area defining a text processing area into which the text of a script corresponding to at least one portion of a selected movie can be displayed for editing, and wherein at least one other of the view windows provides a display of a selected portion of a selected movie; logic means for correlating the video images in one of the other view windows with the script displayed in the script view window; and input means for activating the script view window, selecting a portion of the script to be displayed therein, and thereafter selecting one of the other view windows, whereby the portion of the movie then displayed corresponds to the portion of the script selected in the script view window.
Claim 21
Independent Claim
183 words
A system for processing digital movies including: a general purpose computer having: a microprocessor, random access memory operably connected to the microprocessor, storage memory operably connected to the microprocessor; display means including a plurality of view windows, each of the view windows having a different format, wherein one of the view windows is a script view window comprising in substantial part an area defining a text processing area into which the text of a script corresponding to at least one portion of a selected movie can be displayed for editing, and wherein at least one other of the view windows provides a display of a selected portion of a selected movie; logic means for correlating the video images in one of the other view windows with the script displayed in the script view window; and input means for activating the script view window, selecting a portion of the script to be displayed therein, and thereafter selecting one of the other view windows, whereby the portion of the movie then displayed corresponds to the portion of the script selected in the script view window.
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