Patent ID: 6678002
Filing Date: 2004-01-13
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
A nonlinear editing system for editing a program from one or more high definition sources, comprising:a random access computer readable medium for storing a plurality of sequences of digital images corresponding to the one or more sources, wherein each of the plurality of sequences is stored in a data file and wherein each image is a high definition image having a number of lines greater than or equal to 1080; an editing interface that allows a user to specify a representation of the program using a sequence of segments of said plurality of sequences of digital images stored on the random access computer readable medium; a resizer having an input connected to receive high definition images from the random access computer readable medium and having an output for providing standard definition images having less than or equal to 625 lines, obtained by resizing the high definition images; a standard definition display connected to the output of the resizer that displays the standard definition images output by the resizer; a high definition display having an input connected to receive high definition images from the data files stored on the random access computer readable medium that displays the high definition images; and a playback module that receives the representation of the program and causes images of the program to be displayed on the standard definition display and the high definition display at substantially the same time and in real time by directing the high definition images from the data files stored on the random access computer readable medium to the high definition display and the resizer.