Patent ID: 6072503
Filing Date: 2000-06-06
Classification: G06T,G11B

Abstract:
A video compounding method for compounding an analog video image which can be read frame by frame, and a picture drawn by a computer, and for displaying a composite image on a display, said method comprising:a frame selecting step for selecting at least one frame of said analog video image;a frame displaying step for displaying said selected frame on a screen;a drawing step for drawing a picture on said screen on which said frame is being displayed;a storing step for storing said picture having been drawn by said drawing step in association with a definition of a procedure to be performed when said picture is displayed; anda compounding and displaying step for compounding said picture, according to said definition, and said selected frame to form a composite image, and displaying said composite image in synchronism with reproduction of said selected frame when said analog vide image is reproduced.