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Media editing system with adjustable source material compression
Assignee: Avid Technology Inc
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Filing: 1994-07-05
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Granted: 1996-11-19
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Expires: 2014-07-05
Abstract
Abstract A media editing system for editing source material comprising digitizing apparatus for receiving and digitizing video and audio source material, the video source material including a sequence of images, each spanning both the horizontal and vertical display axes of the video source material. The editing system also includes computing apparatus including compression apparatus responsive to the digitizing apparatus. The compression apparatus compresses the images from the video source material. The computing apparatus determines if at least one of the compressed images occupies more than a target amount of storage and provides an indication if the at least one of the compressed images does occupy more than the target amount of storage. The compression apparatus is responsive to this indication to adjust its level of compression. The computing apparatus is also for manipulating the stored source material. The editing system further comprises a mass storage responsive to the computing apparatus to receive the compressed video source material and the audio source material, and output apparatus communicating with the computing apparatus to display the manipulated source material. In another general aspect, a data buffer that compensates for differences in data rates, between a storage device and an image compression processor, and a method and apparatus for the real time indexing of frames in a video data sequence.
Inventors
- 👤 Eric C. Peters
Bibliographic Details
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google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 20:03
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/01; G06F3/048; G06F3/0487; G06F3/0489; G06F3/02; G06F3/0202; G06F3/0219; G06F3/03; G06F3/033; G06F3/0362; G06F3/038; G06F5/00; G06F5/06; G06Q; G06Q10/00; G06Q10/10; G11; G11B; G11B27/00; G11B27/02; G11B27/031; G11B27/034; G11B27/10; G11B27/19; G11B27/28; G11B27/34; H; H04; H04N; H04N19/00; H04N19/10; H04N19/102; H04N19/115; H04N19/124; H04N19/126; H04N19/134; H04N19/146; H04N19/15; H04N19/154; H04N19/162; H04N19/169; H04N19/17; H04N19/176; H04N19/18; H04N19/42; H04N19/60; H04N5/00; H04N5/76; H04N5/91; H04N5/92; H04N5/926; H04N5/9261; H04N5/9264; H04N7/00; H04N7/24; H04N9/00; H04N9/79; H04N9/80; H04N9/804; H04N9/8042; H04N19/149; H04N5/84; H04N5/85; H04N5/907
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 24
Claim 1
Independent Claim
169 words
Media editing system for editing source material comprising: digitizing apparatus for receiving and digitizing video and audio source material, the video source material including a sequence of images, each spanning both the horizontal and vertical display axes of the video source material; computing apparatus including compression apparatus responsive to the digitizing apparatus, the compression apparatus being for compressing the images from the video source material, wherein the computing apparatus is for determining if at least one of the compressed images occupies more than a target amount of storage and providing an indication if the at least one of the compressed images does occupy more than the target amount of storage, wherein the compression apparatus is responsive to the indication to adjust its level of compression, the computing apparatus further being for manipulating the stored source material; mass storage responsive to the computing apparatus to receive the compressed video source material and the audio source material; and output apparatus communicating with the computing apparatus for displaying the manipulated source material.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
169 words
Media editing system for editing source material comprising: digitizing apparatus for receiving and digitizing video and audio source material, the video source material including a sequence of images, each spanning both the horizontal and vertical display axes of the video source material; computing apparatus including compression apparatus responsive to the digitizing apparatus, the compression apparatus being for compressing the images from the video source material, wherein the computing apparatus is for determining if at least one of the compressed images occupies more than a target amount of storage and providing an indication if the at least one of the compressed images does occupy more than the target amount of storage, wherein the compression apparatus is responsive to the indication to adjust its level of compression, the computing apparatus further being for manipulating the stored source material; mass storage responsive to the computing apparatus to receive the compressed video source material and the audio source material; and output apparatus communicating with the computing apparatus for displaying the manipulated source material.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
52 words
The media editing system of claim 1 wherein the compression apparatus is a JPEG compression apparatus and wherein the computing apparatus is for changing quantization tables to use in the JPEG compression apparatus to adjust the level of compression by the JPEG compression apparatus and to obtain a plurality of quantization tables.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
51 words
The media editing system of claim 1 wherein the compression apparatus is a JPEG compression apparatus and wherein the computing apparatus is for compressing and decompressing at least one of the images according to a second of the quantization tables that is a scaling of a first of the quantization tables.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
154 words
A method of editing video source material comprising: digitizing video and audio source material, the video source material including a sequence of images each spanning both the horizontal and vertical display axes of the video source material, compressing at least a first of the images digitized in the step of digitizing according to a first level of compression, determining whether at least the first image occupies more than a target amount of storage after it is compressed in the step of compressing, continuing to compress the video source material digitized in the step of digitizing according to a second level of compression, in response to a determination that the first image occupies more than the target amount of storage in the step of determining, wherein the second level of compression is different from the first level of compression, and decompressing the video source material compressed in the steps of compressing and continuing to compress.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
154 words
A method of editing video source material comprising: digitizing video and audio source material, the video source material including a sequence of images each spanning both the horizontal and vertical display axes of the video source material, compressing at least a first of the images digitized in the step of digitizing according to a first level of compression, determining whether at least the first image occupies more than a target amount of storage after it is compressed in the step of compressing, continuing to compress the video source material digitized in the step of digitizing according to a second level of compression, in response to a determination that the first image occupies more than the target amount of storage in the step of determining, wherein the second level of compression is different from the first level of compression, and decompressing the video source material compressed in the steps of compressing and continuing to compress.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 4 wherein the steps of compressing, continuing to compress, and decompressing operate according to the JPEG standard.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
41 words
The method of claim 4 wherein the step of compressing operates according to a first quantization table, and wherein the step of continuing to compress operates according to a second quantization table that is a scaling of the first quantization table.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 4 wherein the step of determining whether the first image occupies more than a target amount determines whether a frame occupies more than the target amount.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 4 wherein the step of determining whether the first image occupies more than a target amount determines whether a field occupies more than the target amount.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
164 words
Video processing apparatus for use with a media editing system for manipulating video and audio source material, which system includes mass storage and an output apparatus for displaying the manipulated source material, the video processing apparatus comprising: an input for receiving digitized video source material, the video source material including a sequence of images, each spanning both the horizontal and vertical display axes of the video source material; computing apparatus including compression apparatus responsive to the input, the compression apparatus being for compressing the images from the video source material, wherein the computing apparatus is for determining if at least one of the compressed images occupies more than a target amount of storage and providing an indication if the at least one of the compressed images does occupy more than the target amount of storage, wherein the compression apparatus is responsive to the indication to adjust its level of compression; and an output for providing the compressed video source material to the mass storage.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
164 words
Video processing apparatus for use with a media editing system for manipulating video and audio source material, which system includes mass storage and an output apparatus for displaying the manipulated source material, the video processing apparatus comprising: an input for receiving digitized video source material, the video source material including a sequence of images, each spanning both the horizontal and vertical display axes of the video source material; computing apparatus including compression apparatus responsive to the input, the compression apparatus being for compressing the images from the video source material, wherein the computing apparatus is for determining if at least one of the compressed images occupies more than a target amount of storage and providing an indication if the at least one of the compressed images does occupy more than the target amount of storage, wherein the compression apparatus is responsive to the indication to adjust its level of compression; and an output for providing the compressed video source material to the mass storage.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
47 words
The video processing apparatus of claim 9 wherein the compression apparatus is a JPEG compression apparatus and wherein the computing apparatus is for changing quantization tables to use in the JPEG compression apparatus to obtain a plurality of quantization tables and adjust compression by the compression apparatus.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
47 words
The video processing apparatus of claim 9 wherein the compression apparatus is a JPEG compression apparatus and wherein the computing apparatus is for compressing and decompressing at least one of the images according to a second quantization table that is a scaling of a first quantization table.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
41 words
The video processing apparatus of claim 9 further including digitzing apparatus for receiving and digitizing the video and audio source material, the digitizing apparatus having an output for providing the digitized video source material to the input of the compression apparatus.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
47 words
The video processing apparatus of claim 12 wherein the compression apparatus is a JPEG compression apparatus and wherein the computing apparatus is for changing quantization tables to use in the JPEG compression apparatus to obtain a plurality of quantization tables and adjust compression by the compression apparatus.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
197 words
Media editing system for editing source material comprising: digitizing apparatus for receiving and digitizing video and audio source material, the video source material including a sequence of images, each spanning both the horizontal and vertical display axes of the video source material; computing apparatus including compression apparatus responsive to the digitizing apparatus, the compression apparatus being for compressing the images from the video source material, wherein the computing apparatus is for determining if at least one of the compressed images occupies more than a target amount of storage and providing an indication if the at least one of the compressed images does occupy more than the target amount of storage, wherein the compression apparatus is responsive to the indication to adjust its level of compression, wherein the computing apparatus is also responsive to the indication to store compression level information regarding each adjustment in the level of compression, the computing apparatus further being for manipulating the stored source material; mass storage responsive to the computing apparatus to receive the compressed video source material, the audio source material, and the information regarding each adjustment; and output apparatus communicating with the computing apparatus for displaying the manipulated source material.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
197 words
Media editing system for editing source material comprising: digitizing apparatus for receiving and digitizing video and audio source material, the video source material including a sequence of images, each spanning both the horizontal and vertical display axes of the video source material; computing apparatus including compression apparatus responsive to the digitizing apparatus, the compression apparatus being for compressing the images from the video source material, wherein the computing apparatus is for determining if at least one of the compressed images occupies more than a target amount of storage and providing an indication if the at least one of the compressed images does occupy more than the target amount of storage, wherein the compression apparatus is responsive to the indication to adjust its level of compression, wherein the computing apparatus is also responsive to the indication to store compression level information regarding each adjustment in the level of compression, the computing apparatus further being for manipulating the stored source material; mass storage responsive to the computing apparatus to receive the compressed video source material, the audio source material, and the information regarding each adjustment; and output apparatus communicating with the computing apparatus for displaying the manipulated source material.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
52 words
The media editing system of claim 14 wherein the compression apparatus is a JPEG compression apparatus and wherein the computing apparatus is for changing quantization tables to use in the JPEG compression apparatus to adjust the level of compression by the JPEG compression apparatus and to obtain the plurality of quantization tables.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
57 words
The media editing system of claim 14 wherein the computing apparatus is for changing quantization tables to use in the compression apparatus, and wherein the computing apparatus is for compressing and decompressing at least one of the images according to a second of the quantization tables that is a scaling of a first of the quantization tables.
Claim 21
Independent Claim
167 words
A method of editing video source material comprising: digitizing video and audio source material, the video source material including a sequence of images each spanning both the horizontal and vertical display axes of the video source material, compressing at least a first of the images digitized in the step of digitizing according to a first level of compression, determining whether at least the first image occupies more than a target amount of storage after it is compressed in the step of compressing, continuing to compress the video source material digitized in the step of digitizing according to a second level of compression, in response to a determination that the first image occupies more than the target amount of storage in the step of determining, wherein the second level of compression is different from the first level of compression, and decompressing the video source material, compressed in the steps of compressing and continuing to compress, according to compression level information stored in response to the step of determining.
Claim 22
Independent Claim
167 words
A method of editing video source material comprising: digitizing video and audio source material, the video source material including a sequence of images each spanning both the horizontal and vertical display axes of the video source material, compressing at least a first of the images digitized in the step of digitizing according to a first level of compression, determining whether at least the first image occupies more than a target amount of storage after it is compressed in the step of compressing, continuing to compress the video source material digitized in the step of digitizing according to a second level of compression, in response to a determination that the first image occupies more than the target amount of storage in the step of determining, wherein the second level of compression is different from the first level of compression, and decompressing the video source material, compressed in the steps of compressing and continuing to compress, according to compression level information stored in response to the step of determining.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 17 wherein the steps of compressing, continuing to compress, and decompressing operate according to the JPEG standard.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
41 words
The method of claim 18 wherein the step of compressing operates according to a first quantization table, and wherein the step of continuing to compress operates according to a second quantization table that is a scaling of the first quantization table.
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