Patent ID: 6912688
Filing Date: 2005-06-28
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. An editing system for editing a video sequence to generate a news story, the editing system comprising: display means for displaying a video clip including a plurality of consecutive pictures in a video display section and for displaying a proposed script associated with said video clip in a text display section; editing means for editing said proposed script displayed in said text display section to generate an edited script for defining an audio portion to accompany said video clip including a changed script so that a time duration for reading said edited script, and therefore a time duration of said audio portion matches a time duration of said video clip; means for displaying said edited script in place of said proposed script in said text display section; means for calculating a time code for each word of said edited script in accordance with a beginning time code and an end time code of said video clip; indicator means for indicating a current word position of said edited script in said text display section; and controlling means for controlling a position of said indicator means based upon said calculated time code for each word of said edited script in order to simulate correspondence between said video clip and said edited script.