Patent ID: 7103260
Filing Date: 2006-09-05
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An editing system for moving images, the editing system comprising: a frame-random access store for storing image data representing a sequence of image frames which together form a moving image, the store storing data in an input format as captured such that the frames can be accessed in a random order; an input circuit for receiving from a source data representing sequences of image frames in a plurality of input formats, wherein each of said sequences of image frames are captured at a first frame rate, the data representing each frame in a sequence as a first multiplicity of image lines which together form the image frame, and wherein each of said input format is defined by said first frame rate and said first multiplicity of image lines, and for transferring the image data in said input formats to the frame-random access store; wherein said store is adapted to store said image data in said plurality of input formats; an editing processor for editing data read from the store at a processed data rate to produce data representing an edited sequence of image frames; and an output circuit for outputting edited data from said store in a plurality of output formats, wherein each of said edited data represent an edited sequence of image frames at a second frame rate, the data being output at an output data rate and representing each frame in the edited sequence as a second multiplicity of image lines which together form the image frame, wherein each of said output formats is defined by said second frame rate and said second multiplicity of image lines, and wherein the respective input and output format for data representing a sequence of image data are either the same or different.