Patent ID: 6714216
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
Video editing apparatus for setting an editing point for a video sequence, comprising:means for successively extracting from each of a plurality of video frames of the video sequence data representative of vertical slits and successively arranging the vertical slits as a number of video images representing individual video frames in a horizontal direction to produce a video browser for browsing the video sequence, in which the vertical slit data of each video frame of the video sequence is extracted from a position within the respective video frame which is different for each video frame in the video sequence such that each vertical slit of each video frame of the video sequence is located at a different position from each other, wherein each of the different positions of the individual video frames is successively shifted in a horizontal direction; a display means for displaying the video browser on a display; and an editing means for setting an editing point for the video sequence in a coordinated relationship to a time base of the video browser.