Appeal No. 96-1854
Application No. 08/067,992
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1
through 12.
The disclosed invention relates to real-time editing of a
program stored on video tape.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
1. A method for editing, in real time and in a single pass,
a program stored on a video tape, said method comprising the
steps of:
(a) storing a script in a computer, said script including at
least one edit event represented by a key symbol followed by
timing data and textual rendering instructions following said
timing data;
(b) scanning said script until said key symbol is found and
then
(i) storing said timing data; and
(ii) storing said textual rendering instructions in a
text buffer;
(c) playing said video tape continuously through said
program without pause to produce
(i) a first video signal; and
(ii) a SMPTE timing signal indicating elapsed time;
(d) comparing said elapsed time with said stored timing data
until the elapsed time matches said stored timing data;
(e) converting said textual rendering instructions into a
second video signal; and
(f) combining said first video signal with said second video
signal.
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