Patent ID: 6654930
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
An editing system for associating text with a video sequence the frames of which have time codes associated therewith, the system comprising:means for simultaneously displaying a sequence of video frames and a sequence of text associated with the sequence of video frames, a video store for storing the sequence of frames to be displayed and the associated time codes (VC), a text store for storing the sequence of associated text, means for defining time codes (TC) in the text, the time codes in the text corresponding to time codes in the video sequence and indicating sections of the text, which are associated with corresponding sections of the video sequence, means for defining a user-variable rate (n) of reading the words of text, and means for indicating on the display the extent of the text which matches the associated section of the video sequence, the text that matches being non-overflow text, and wherein any overflow text for that section being displayed in a differentiating manner relative to the displayed non-overflow text for the associated section, and with the extent of the matching text and overflow text being dependent upon the time code TCx indicating the start of that section of text, the time code TCx+1 indicating the start of the succeeding section of text, and the rate (n) of reading, wherein the amount of displayed overflow text relative to the displayed non-overflow text for the associated section of the video sequence is variable by means of the user varying the reading rate (n).