Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Remote data accessing – Using interconnected networks
Reexamination Certificate
1998-03-09
2002-02-26
Miller, John W. (Department: 2711)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Remote data accessing
Using interconnected networks
C345S215000, C348S722000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06351765
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to editing video on a nonlinear video editing system.
Nonlinear video editing systems typically receive analog or digital video from a video tape recorder, digitize and compress the video, and store the compressed digital video on local storage for random access during creation and assembling of a video program. The stored digital video data available to such systems are typically limited by the amount of available local storage.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In one general aspect, the invention features an apparatus for editing video which has at least two components: a digital database system and a nonlinear video editor. The digital database system stores source video segments and has the capability to decimate the source video segments into decimated video segments of a selected decimation quality. The nonlinear video editor is connected so as to selectively access decimated video segments and source video segments from the digital database system. The nonlinear video editor is capable of using the decimated video segments during editing of a program and then producing the program.
In another general aspect, the invention features an apparatus for editing video which has at least two components: a remote digital database system storing remote source video segments and a local nonlinear video editor. Both of these components are configured for connection to a network. The local nonlinear video editor has local storage for local source video segments and the capability to access the remote source video segments from the digital database system. The local nonlinear video editor also displays video segment identifiers for the segments being included in a video program, the identifiers indicating whether the video segments included in the program are remote source video segments or local source video segments.
In yet another general aspect, the invention features an apparatus for editing video which has at least two components: a remote digital database system storing remote source video segments and a local nonlinear video editor. Both of these components are configured for connection to a network. The nonlinear video editor has local storage for local source video segments and the ability to access the remote source video segments from the digital database system. The nonlinear video editor displays video segment identifiers for video segments being included in a video program substantially simultaneously with displaying a search mechanism for searching the remote source video segments for selection for inclusion in the program.
In still another aspect, the invention features an apparatus for editing video which has at least two components: a remote digital database system storing source video segments and a local nonlinear video editor. The digital database system and nonlinear video editor are connected to a network. The local nonlinear video editor is connected so as to selectively access the source video segments from the digital database system by transmitting over the network information identifying the selected source video segment to the digital database manager. The database system, in response, transmits over the same network the selected source video segment to the nonlinear video editor.
In yet another general aspect, the invention features an apparatus including a digital database system and a nonlinear media editor. The digital database system which stores source audio segments and has the capability to resample, at a selected resampled quality, the stored audio segments into resampled audio segments. The nonlinear media editor, which may be a nonlinear video and/or audio editor, is connected so as to selectively access the resampled audio segments and source audio segments from the digital database system and is capable of using the resampled audio segments during editing of a media program and producing the media program.
In another general aspect, the invention features an apparatus for editing video including a remote digital database system and a local computer, being configured for connection to the network, and operating a nonlinear video editing application. The remote digital database system stores source video segments and is configured for connection to a network. The nonlinear video editing application is capable of supplying the remote digital database system with a selected criterion for searching the digital database system and using results of the search during editing and producing of the program.
Certain implementations of the invention include one or more of the following features.
A user searches the digital database system to find source audio and video segments which the user then may use in editing a video program. The user is provided with various displays for inputting the search criteria to be used for searching the digital database, reviewing and importing audio and video segments found during the search, and editing of a video program incorporating some of those found audio and video segments.
The nonlinear video editor displays video segment identifiers in a video program editing region (e.g., a graphical user interface window), where the video program editing region is used for editing the program. The program editing region may include a video time line indicator. The nonlinear video editor can use one or more channels of video and display video segment tracks in the program editing region corresponding to those channels of video. The nonlinear video editor can also use one or more channels of audio and display audio segment tracks in the program editing region corresponding to those channels of audio.
The nonlinear video editor displays a digital database system selection region (e.g., a graphical user interface window) for selecting a digital system from among a plurality of digital database systems.
The nonlinear video editor displays a database search region (e.g., a graphical user interface window) for inputting search criteria for searching the digital database system and displaying a search result indicator. The search result indicator can include an indication of the number of source video segments, stored on the digital database system, which were found during the search.
The nonlinear video editor displays a found remote source video segments region (e.g., a graphical user interface window) for displaying video segment indicators for remote source video segments found in a search performed by the digital database system. A video identifier can be a frame from a corresponding found remote source video segment found in the search.
The results (e.g. segment identifiers for video segments found in the search) of a search performed by the digital database system may be imported from the digital database system into the nonlinear video editor and placed in a bin. Also, a source video segment found in a search may be sent by the digital database system to the nonlinear video editor and be incorporated directly in a video program, for example, at a pre-selected point in the time line of the program.
Prior to transmitting a found video segment, the video segment may be decimated and the user may use the decimated video segment to edit the video program. The digital database system therefore may include a decimation module for decimating the decompressed video segment. Decimating the source video segments includes at least one of temporally decimating, spatially decimating, or compressing the source video segments.
The digital database system transfers decimated video segments over the network, at a requested decimation quality, to the nonlinear video editor, for example, after performing a search. Note that a decimation quality includes a quality of a non-decimated video. The nonlinear video editor receives the decimated video segment and represents the decimated video in the bin or represents the decimated video segment on a time line of the program on the display (or in a video program editing region on the display).
The user can edit a video program using the decimated video segment
DiBello Phillip T.
Pietropaolo Suzanne Marie
Scotto, Jr. Anthony M.
Fish & Richardson P.C.
Media 100 Inc.
Miller John W.
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