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Facilitating access to digital video

Assignee: Intel Corp
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Filing: 2000-03-20
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Granted: 2005-08-02
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Expires: 2020-03-20
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Abstract

Abstract A digital video editing system uses a graphical user interface which facilitates the selection of a video sequence of interest and its representation in a conveniently visualized form. Through the graphical user interface, the user may select a starting frame, a time interval, and a number of frames within the time interval which may be represented by thumbnail depictions of selected video frames. Once the video sequence is represented by a selected sequence of video frames over a selected interval, the user can then use editing techniques to manipulate the portions of the video sequence represented by the thumbnail depictions.

Inventors

  • 👤 Edward O. Clapper

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 16:34
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B27/00; G11B27/10; G11B27/102; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/01; G06F3/03; G06F3/033; G06F3/048; G06F3/0481; G06F3/04817; G06F3/0484; G06F3/04842; G06F9/00; G06F9/06; G06F9/44; G11B27/02; G11B27/031; G11B27/034; G11B27/105; G11B27/34; G11B2220/00; G11B2220/20; G11B2220/25; G11B2220/2537; G11B2220/2562

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim 58 words
A method comprising: receiving an indication of a starting frame of a video sequence; automatically displaying a thumbnail depiction of the selected starting frame of the sequence; receiving an indication of the time interval of the sequence; and automatically displaying a thumbnail depiction of a series of frames following said starting frame sufficient to fill said time interval.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 58 words
A method comprising: receiving an indication of a starting frame of a video sequence; automatically displaying a thumbnail depiction of the selected starting frame of the sequence; receiving an indication of the time interval of the sequence; and automatically displaying a thumbnail depiction of a series of frames following said starting frame sufficient to fill said time interval.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 19 words
The method of claim 1 including receiving an indication of the desired number of frames in the video sequence.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 27 words
The method of claim 2 including automatically adjusting the number of frames in the video sequence in response to the indication of the selected number of frames.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 17 words
The method of claim 3 including automatically displaying a thumbnail depiction of the selected number of frames.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 16 words
The method of claim 1 including receiving edit commands using said thumbnail depictions of said frames.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 29 words
The method of claim 1 wherein receiving an indication of a starting frame of a video sequence includes receiving an indication of a starting time for said video sequence.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 70 words
An article comprising a medium storing instructions that, if executed, enable a processor-based system to: receive an indication of a starting frame of a video sequence; automatically display a thumbnail depiction of the selected starting frame of the sequence; receive an indication of the time interval of the sequence; and automatically display a thumbnail depiction of a series of frames following said starting frame sufficient to fill said time interval.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 70 words
An article comprising a medium storing instructions that, if executed, enable a processor-based system to: receive an indication of a starting frame of a video sequence; automatically display a thumbnail depiction of the selected starting frame of the sequence; receive an indication of the time interval of the sequence; and automatically display a thumbnail depiction of a series of frames following said starting frame sufficient to fill said time interval.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 29 words
The article of claim 7 further storing instructions that, if executed, enable the processor-based system to receive an indication of the desired number of frames in the video sequence.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 37 words
The article of claim 8 further storing instructions that, if executed, enable the processor-based system to automatically adjust the number of frames in the video sequence in response to the indication of a selected number of frames.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 27 words
The article of claim 9 further storing instructions that, if executed, enable the processor-based system to automatically display a thumbnail depiction of the selected number of frames.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 26 words
The article of claim 7 further storing instructions that, if executed, enable the processor-based system to receive edit commands using said thumbnail depictions of said frames.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 38 words
The article of claim 7 further storing instructions that, if executed, enable the processor-based system to receive an indication of a starting time for said video sequence as said indication of the starting frame of a video sequence.
Claim 15
Independent Claim 76 words
A system comprising: a processor; and a storage coupled to said processor, said storage storing instructions that enable said processor to receive an indication of a starting frame of a video sequence, automatically display a thumbnail depiction of the selected starting frame of the sequence, receive an indication of the time interval of the sequence, and automatically display a thumbnail depiction of a series of frames following said starting frame sufficient to fill said time interval.
Claim 16
Independent Claim 76 words
A system comprising: a processor; and a storage coupled to said processor, said storage storing instructions that enable said processor to receive an indication of a starting frame of a video sequence, automatically display a thumbnail depiction of the selected starting frame of the sequence, receive an indication of the time interval of the sequence, and automatically display a thumbnail depiction of a series of frames following said starting frame sufficient to fill said time interval.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 29 words
The system of claim 13 wherein said storage further stores instructions that enable the processor to receive an indication of the desired number of frames in the video sequence.

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