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Audio editor display interface

US4868687A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 21, 1987
Grant dateSep 19, 1989
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Expiry dateDec 21, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2220/455
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An audio editor comprising circuitry for converting a received audio sound recording into digital data blocks, where each data block represents a corresponding portion of the sound recording during a predetermined time interval. Also included is circuitry for storing the data blocks as a consecutive sequence representing the sound recording. A display circuit is provided for display the data blocks as a timed based graphical representation to a user. Also provided is a method of displaying the sound recording including the steps of (1) converting the received sound recording into digital data blocks, (2) displaying an axis representing time, (3) displaying a graphical representation of the digital data adjacent to the time axis corresponding to the relative time position of a corresponding sound recording portion in that time period, and (4) displaying at least one user locatable mark on the time axis representing a time point of the sound recording.

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