Patent ID: 6388669
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
An apparatus for interactive video manipulation and display, comprising:an input unit for entering a start point and an end point on a time axis; a playback speed calculation unit for calculating a playback speed for a video according to the start point, the end point, and an input time taken since the start point is entered until the end point is entered; and a playback unit for playbacking the video at the playback speed; wherein the playback speed calculation unit calculates the input time and a normal playback time required in playbacking the video from the start point to the end point at a normal speed, compares the input time and the normal playback time after multiplying arbitrary numerical values to either one or both of the input time and the normal playback time, and calculates the playback speed according to a difference and a size relationship between the input time and the normal playback time after the arbitrary numerical values are multiplied.