Patent ID: 6192183
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: G06F,G11B,H04N

Abstract:
A video editing apparatus, comprising:a video display unit for decoding and displaying coded video data;an event detection unit for detecting events including scene changes, from the coded video data;an icon production unit for producing icons from the coded video data in correspondence to the events detected by the event detection unit;a playback possible position detection unit for determining playback possible positions from which the coded video data can be playbacked smoothly;an index information management unit for managing an index information including an information on the icons produced by the icon production unit and the playback possible positions determined by the playback possible position detection unit;a display input unit functioning as a user interface for displaying a plurality of icons produced by the icon production unit on a single display, and allowing a user to specify a desired icon among said plurality of icons on the single display; anda control unit for obtaining one playback possible position corresponding to the desired icon specified by the user at the display input unit according to the index information managed by the index information management unit, and supplying the coded video data to the video display unit starting from said one playback possible position.