Appeal No. 2003-1934 Page 3
Application No. 08/821,320
A further understanding of the invention can be achieved by reading the following
claim.
9. An editing system for editing a video sequence to generate a
news story, the editing system comprising:
display means for displaying a video clip including a plurality of
consecutive pictures in a video display section and for displaying a
proposed script associated with said video clip in a text display section;
editing means for editing said proposed script displayed in said text
display section to generate an edited script for defining an audio portion to
accompany said video clip including a changed script so that a time
duration for reading said edited script, and therefore a time duration of
said audio portion matches a time duration of said video clip;
means for displaying said edited script in place of said proposed
script in said text display section;
means for calculating a time code for each word of said edited
script in accordance with a beginning time code and an end time code of
said video clip;
indicator means for indicating a current word position of said edited
script in said text display section; and
controlling means for controlling a position of said indicator means
based upon said calculated time code for each word of said edited script
in order to simulate correspondence between said video clip and said
edited script.
Claim 9 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over U.S. Patent
No. 5,404,316 ("Klingler") and U.S. Patent No. 5,271,892 ("Gibbon"). Claims 2-8 stand
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