Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Display driving control circuitry – Controlling the condition of display elements
Patent
1997-10-22
2000-08-08
Alam, Hosain T.
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system
Display driving control circuitry
Controlling the condition of display elements
345473, 707101, 707102, 707530, G06F 1700
Patent
active
061008818
ABSTRACT:
A multimedia authoring apparatus and method that allows a multimedia author to focus solely on the content of the presentation. In its most basic form, the apparatus of the present invention includes a processor, a monitor and data storage medium, such as a magnetic or optical disk, and a multimedia database stored in a data storage medium. The processor includes means for creating and linking frames, scenes and action items, for automatically recording the action items and in an outline as the author creates them, for informing the author when a link has not been created from a given action item to another frame and for displaying a discrete portion of the presentation before all frames, scenes and action items have been created. The preferred embodiment of the apparatus includes a number of additional features including a means for recording the audio, video, text, and graphics; a choice of six different types of action items; a user controlled graphical display of the outline; a means for sharing a background between a number of frames; a means for comparing one recorded audio object with a newly recorded audio object; a means for displaying a cursor on the computer screen corresponding to the playback of the audio object; a comprompter; an animation system; and means for tracking ownership information relating to the various ownable objects of the project. The method includes the steps of writing a script by creating a series of frames within the scene, writing dialog within the frames, providing a background for the frames, and creating action item to link each of the frames to another of said frames; recording audio clips corresponding to dialog in the frames; animating characters so that they are coordinated with audio clips; and providing ownership information relating to ownable data within the presentation.
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Gibbons Hugh
Synan Shannon
Alam Hosain T.
Jung David
Persson, Esq. Michael J.
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