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Apparatus for editing moving picture having a related information thereof, a method of the same and recording medium for storing procedures in the same method
Assignee: Kokusai Denki Electric Inc
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Filing: 1998-11-10
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Granted: 2003-02-25
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Expires: 2018-11-10
Abstract
Abstract An apparatus for editing a moving picture having related information including an input unit for inputting said moving picture and the related information, a detecting unit for detecting change points of the moving picture and dividing the moving picture into scenes and cuts, a selecting unit for extracting a still image representing each of the scenes and cuts, a memory for storing the related information and the representative still images of the scenes and cuts, apparatus for designating representative still images of the scenes and cuts to edit the moving picture, apparatus for determining a hierarchical structure, the hierarchical structure including layers in accordance with the scenes and cuts, a display for displaying the hierarchical structure and the related information, and a controller for controlling the memory and the display.
Inventors
- 👤 Seiichi Hirai
- 👤 Hirotada Ueda
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 10:39
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B27/00; G11B27/02; G11B27/031; G11B27/034; G11B27/10; G11B27/11; G11B27/19; G11B27/28; G11B27/34
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 38
Claim 1
Independent Claim
193 words
An apparatus for editing moving picture, comprising; input means for inputting said moving picture and related information, said moving picture comprising a plurality of scenes, each scene comprising a plurality of cuts and each cut comprising a plurality of frame images; detecting means for detecting change points of said moving picture and dividing said moving picture into said scenes and cuts; selecting means for extracting a still image representing each of said scenes and cuts; a memory for storing said related information and the representative still images of said scenes and cuts, wherein said related information includes information concerning properties of a person associated with said scenes, cuts, frames and still images; means for designating said representative still images of said scenes and cuts to edit said moving picture; means for determining a hierarchical structure, said hierarchical structure comprising a plurality of layers in accordance with said scenes and cuts; means for displaying said hierarchical structure and said related information; and a controller for controlling said memory and said display means so that said related information in relation to said representative still images to be displayed is displayed with said representative still images.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
193 words
An apparatus for editing moving picture, comprising; input means for inputting said moving picture and related information, said moving picture comprising a plurality of scenes, each scene comprising a plurality of cuts and each cut comprising a plurality of frame images; detecting means for detecting change points of said moving picture and dividing said moving picture into said scenes and cuts; selecting means for extracting a still image representing each of said scenes and cuts; a memory for storing said related information and the representative still images of said scenes and cuts, wherein said related information includes information concerning properties of a person associated with said scenes, cuts, frames and still images; means for designating said representative still images of said scenes and cuts to edit said moving picture; means for determining a hierarchical structure, said hierarchical structure comprising a plurality of layers in accordance with said scenes and cuts; means for displaying said hierarchical structure and said related information; and a controller for controlling said memory and said display means so that said related information in relation to said representative still images to be displayed is displayed with said representative still images.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
52 words
An apparatus for editing moving picture according to claim 1 , wherein said related information comprise a plurality of layers that are different degrees of abstraction, and said display means displays said representative still images and said related information of the layer in relation to said representative still images to be displayed.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
An apparatus for editing moving picture according to claim 1 , wherein said related information further includes information relating to contents of said still images and management information for management of said attribute information.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
34 words
An apparatus for editing moving picture according to claim 1 , wherein said display means further displays icons indicative of the related information on said display unit as associated with said representative still images.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
An apparatus for editing moving picture according to claim 4 , wherein said related information include information of at least any of character, video and audio formats.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
An apparatus for editing moving picture according to claim 5 , wherein said memory includes data areas for storing therein said related information as associated with said representative still images.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
36 words
An apparatus for editing moving picture according to claim 6 , wherein said memory includes data areas for storing therein information indicative of presence locations of said related information as associated with said representative still images.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
58 words
An apparatus for editing moving picture according to claim 7 , wherein said controller comprises means for accessing the presence location of said related information specified in said data areas of said memory by an instruction from an input device, reading out said related information from the memory and displaying the read-out related information by said display means.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
321 words
An apparatus for editing a moving picture having a related information thereof comprising; input means for inputting said moving picture and said related information, said moving picture comprising a plurality of scenes, each scene comprising a plurality of cuts and each cut comprising a plurality of frame images; detecting means for detecting change points of said moving picture and dividing said moving picture into said scenes and cuts; selecting means for extracting a still image representing each of said scenes and cuts; a memory for storing said related information and the representative still images of said scenes and cuts; means for designating said representative still images of said scenes and cuts to edit said moving picture; means for determining a hierarchical structure, said hierarchical structure comprising a plurality of layers in accordance with said scenes and cuts; means for displaying said hierarchical structure and said related information; and a controller for controlling said memory and said display means so that said related information in relation to said representative still images to be displayed is displayed with said representative still images, wherein said display means further displays icons indicative of the related information on said display unit as associated with said representative still images, wherein said related information include information of at least any of character, video and audio formats, wherein said memory includes data areas for storing therein said related information as associated with said representative still images, wherein said memory includes data areas for storing therein information indicative of present locations of said related information as associated with said representative still images, and wherein said controller comprises means for accessing the present locations of an external related information specified in said data areas of said memory by an instruction from said input device through a communication path connected to said input means, reading out said related information from the memory and transferring the read-out related information by said display means.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
321 words
An apparatus for editing a moving picture having a related information thereof comprising; input means for inputting said moving picture and said related information, said moving picture comprising a plurality of scenes, each scene comprising a plurality of cuts and each cut comprising a plurality of frame images; detecting means for detecting change points of said moving picture and dividing said moving picture into said scenes and cuts; selecting means for extracting a still image representing each of said scenes and cuts; a memory for storing said related information and the representative still images of said scenes and cuts; means for designating said representative still images of said scenes and cuts to edit said moving picture; means for determining a hierarchical structure, said hierarchical structure comprising a plurality of layers in accordance with said scenes and cuts; means for displaying said hierarchical structure and said related information; and a controller for controlling said memory and said display means so that said related information in relation to said representative still images to be displayed is displayed with said representative still images, wherein said display means further displays icons indicative of the related information on said display unit as associated with said representative still images, wherein said related information include information of at least any of character, video and audio formats, wherein said memory includes data areas for storing therein said related information as associated with said representative still images, wherein said memory includes data areas for storing therein information indicative of present locations of said related information as associated with said representative still images, and wherein said controller comprises means for accessing the present locations of an external related information specified in said data areas of said memory by an instruction from said input device through a communication path connected to said input means, reading out said related information from the memory and transferring the read-out related information by said display means.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
47 words
An apparatus for editing moving picture according to claim 6 , wherein said controller comprises means for reading out said related information from said data areas of said memory based on an instruction from said input device and displaying the read-out related information to said display means.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
46 words
An apparatus for editing moving picture according to claim 1 , wherein said controller further comprises means for detecting a frame image containing specific feature information and means for relating the related information input from said input means to the frame image containing said feature information.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
42 words
An apparatus for editing moving picture according to claim 11 , wherein said controller further comprises means for searching for the frame images and the related information stored in said memory and extracting the frame image containing said specific feature information therefrom.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
63 words
An apparatus for editing moving picture according to claim 1 , wherein said controller further comprises means for displaying an related information icon for specification of said related information and means for placing said related information icon on said representative still image with use of said input means to correspond the related information input from said input means to said representative still image.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
18 words
An apparatus for editing moving picture according to claim 13 , wherein said related information is multimedia information.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
34 words
An apparatus for editing moving picture according to claim 13 , wherein said controller further comprises means for displaying the representative still image associated with said related information as discriminatable from the other images.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
53 words
An apparatus for editing moving picture according to claim 1 , further comprising; said designating means comprises means for displaying on a display unit said representative still image; said determining means comprises means for selecting and positioning the representative image in said hierarchical structure on said display unit to editing the moving picture.
Claim 19
Independent Claim
175 words
A method of editing moving picture, comprising the steps of; inputting said moving picture and related information, said moving picture comprising a plurality of scenes, each scene comprising a plurality of cuts and each cut comprising a plurality of frame images; detecting change points of said moving picture and dividing said moving picture into said scenes and cuts; extracting a still image representing each of said scenes and cuts; storing said related information and the representative still images of said scenes and cuts in a memory, wherein said related information includes information concerning properties of a person associated with said scenes, cuts, frames and still images; designating said representative still images of said scenes and cuts to edit said moving picture; determining a hierarchical structure, said hierarchical structure comprising a plurality of layers in accordance with said scenes and cuts; displaying said hierarchical structure of said representative still images and said related information so that said related information in relation to said representative still images to be displayed is displayed with said representative still images.
Claim 20
Independent Claim
175 words
A method of editing moving picture, comprising the steps of; inputting said moving picture and related information, said moving picture comprising a plurality of scenes, each scene comprising a plurality of cuts and each cut comprising a plurality of frame images; detecting change points of said moving picture and dividing said moving picture into said scenes and cuts; extracting a still image representing each of said scenes and cuts; storing said related information and the representative still images of said scenes and cuts in a memory, wherein said related information includes information concerning properties of a person associated with said scenes, cuts, frames and still images; designating said representative still images of said scenes and cuts to edit said moving picture; determining a hierarchical structure, said hierarchical structure comprising a plurality of layers in accordance with said scenes and cuts; displaying said hierarchical structure of said representative still images and said related information so that said related information in relation to said representative still images to be displayed is displayed with said representative still images.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
56 words
A method of editing moving picture according to claim 17 , wherein said related information comprise a plurality of layers that are different degrees of abstraction, said step of displaying includes the step of displaying said representative still images and said related information of the layer in relation to said representative still images to be displayed.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
34 words
A method of editing moving picture according to claim 17 , wherein said related information include attribute information relating to contents of said representative still images and information for management of said attribute information.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
34 words
A method of editing moving picture according to claim 17 , further comprising a step of displaying icons indicative of the related information on a display unit as associated with said representative still images.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method of editing moving picture according to claim 20 , wherein said related information include information of at least any of character, video and audio formats.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
34 words
A method of editing moving picture according to claim 21 , further comprising a step of storing therein said related information in data areas of said memory as associated with said representative still images.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
40 words
A method of editing moving picture according to claim 22 , further comprising a step of storing therein information indicative of presence locations of said related information in data areas of said memory as associated with said representative still images.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
53 words
A method of editing moving picture according to claim 23 , further comprising a step of accessing the presence location of said related information specified in said data areas of said memory by an instruction, reading out said related information from the memory and outputting the read-out related information to said display unit.
Claim 28
Independent Claim
298 words
A method of editing moving picture having a related information thereof comprising the steps of; inputting said moving picture and said related information, said moving picture comprising a plurality of scenes, each scene comprising a plurality of cuts and each cut comprising a plurality of frame images; detecting change points of said moving picture and dividing said moving picture into said scenes and cuts; extracting a still image representing each of said scenes and cuts; storing said related information and the representative still images of said scenes and cuts in a memory; designating said representative still images of said scenes and cuts to edit said moving picture; determining a hierarchical structure, said hierarchical structure comprising a plurality of layers in accordance with said scenes and cuts; displaying said hierarchical structure of said representative still images and said related information so that said related information in relation to said representative still images to be displayed is displayed with said representative still images, said method further comprising the step of: displaying icons indicative of the related information on a display unit as associated with said representative still images, wherein said related information include information of at least any of character, video and audio formats, said method further comprising the steps of: storing therein said related information in data areas of said memory as associated with said representative still images, storing therein information indicative of present locations of said related information in data areas of said memory as associated with said representative still images, accessing the present locations of said external related information specified in said data areas of said memory by an instruction provided through a communication path connected to a computer, reading out said related information from the memory, and transferring the read-out related information to said display unit.
Claim 29
Independent Claim
298 words
A method of editing moving picture having a related information thereof comprising the steps of; inputting said moving picture and said related information, said moving picture comprising a plurality of scenes, each scene comprising a plurality of cuts and each cut comprising a plurality of frame images; detecting change points of said moving picture and dividing said moving picture into said scenes and cuts; extracting a still image representing each of said scenes and cuts; storing said related information and the representative still images of said scenes and cuts in a memory; designating said representative still images of said scenes and cuts to edit said moving picture; determining a hierarchical structure, said hierarchical structure comprising a plurality of layers in accordance with said scenes and cuts; displaying said hierarchical structure of said representative still images and said related information so that said related information in relation to said representative still images to be displayed is displayed with said representative still images, said method further comprising the step of: displaying icons indicative of the related information on a display unit as associated with said representative still images, wherein said related information include information of at least any of character, video and audio formats, said method further comprising the steps of: storing therein said related information in data areas of said memory as associated with said representative still images, storing therein information indicative of present locations of said related information in data areas of said memory as associated with said representative still images, accessing the present locations of said external related information specified in said data areas of said memory by an instruction provided through a communication path connected to a computer, reading out said related information from the memory, and transferring the read-out related information to said display unit.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
42 words
A method of editing moving picture according to claim 22 , further comprising a step of reading out said related information from said data areas of said memory based on an instruction and outputting the read-out related information to said display unit.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
41 words
A method of editing moving picture according to claim 17 , further comprising a step of detecting a frame image containing specific feature information and a step of relating the inputted related information with the frame image containing said feature information.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
37 words
A method of editing moving picture according to claim 27 , further comprising searching for the frame images and the related information stored in said memory and extracting the frame image containing said specific feature information therefrom.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
62 words
A method of editing moving picture according to claim 17 , further comprising a step of displaying a related information icon for specification of said related information and a step for placing said related information icon on said representative still image with use of an input device to correspond the related information input from said input device to said representative still image.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method of editing moving picture according to claim 29 , wherein said related information is multimedia information.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
32 words
A method of editing moving picture according to claim 29 , further comprising a step of displaying the representative still image associated with said related information as discriminatable from the other images.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
68 words
A method of editing moving picture according to claim 17 , further comprising a step of displaying on a display unit the representative still image of said moving picture, a step of selecting the representative still image displayed on said display unit, and a step of editing the moving picture by positioning in said hierarchical structure one of the displayed representative still images selected by said input device.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
192 words
A computer program product stored on a computer usable medium for editing moving picture, said computer program when executed causes a computer to perform the steps of: inputting said moving picture and related information, said moving picture comprising a plurality of scenes, each scene comprising a plurality of cuts and each cut comprising a plurality of frame images; detecting change points of said moving picture and dividing said moving picture into said scenes and cuts; extracting a still image representing each of said scenes and cuts; storing said related information and the representative still images of said scenes and cuts in a memory, wherein said related information includes information concerning properties of a person associated with said scenes, cuts, frames and still images; designating said representative still images of said scenes and cuts to edit said moving picture; determining a hierarchical structure, said hierarchical structure comprising a plurality of layers in accordance with said scenes and cuts; displaying said hierarchical structure of said representative still images and said related information so that said related information in relation to said representative still images to be displayed is displayed with said representative still images.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
192 words
A computer program product stored on a computer usable medium for editing moving picture, said computer program when executed causes a computer to perform the steps of: inputting said moving picture and related information, said moving picture comprising a plurality of scenes, each scene comprising a plurality of cuts and each cut comprising a plurality of frame images; detecting change points of said moving picture and dividing said moving picture into said scenes and cuts; extracting a still image representing each of said scenes and cuts; storing said related information and the representative still images of said scenes and cuts in a memory, wherein said related information includes information concerning properties of a person associated with said scenes, cuts, frames and still images; designating said representative still images of said scenes and cuts to edit said moving picture; determining a hierarchical structure, said hierarchical structure comprising a plurality of layers in accordance with said scenes and cuts; displaying said hierarchical structure of said representative still images and said related information so that said related information in relation to said representative still images to be displayed is displayed with said representative still images.
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