Patent ID: 6034679
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: G06F,G11B

Abstract:
An edit controller for controlling editing of recorded audio and/or video material, in which temporally successive material clips of an edited output material sequence are represented by corresponding clip icons on a display screen, said controller comprising:cursor control means for providing user control of a cursor on said display screen;selection control means for selecting an operation to be performed by said edit controller in dependence on the current position of said cursor on said display screen when said selection control means is activated by the user;logic for defining first and second display screen selection areas for each clip icon, said first display screen selection area having a predefined position on said display screen with respect to a current display position of the respective clip icon and said second display screen selection area having a predefined position with respect to a current display position of said respective clip icon and/or a next clip icon in the temporal replay order;logic for responding to user operation of said selection control means when said cursor is displayed within said first selection area associated with a clip icon for initiating replay of said output material sequence from the start of the material clip corresponding to that clip icon; andlogic for responding to user operation of said selection control means when said cursor is displayed within said second selection area associated with a clip icon for initiating replay of said output material sequence from a point within said material clip immediately before said second selection area which is a predetermined time before the end of that material clip.