Cadence editing
US6542199B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 21, 2000 |
| Grant date | Apr 1, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 21, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B27/031
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for reordering an edited digital video sequence composed of digital video fields from multiple sources is disclosed. When the digital video sequence is reordered temporal cadence is provided which will allow for the conversion to a digital film format through a reverse 3:2 pulldown. Let Fold=(F1old,F2old, . . . ,FNold) be the given edited sequence of video fields. In one embodiment, the method calculates an instruction set which is then used to transform Fold into a new sequence of video fields, denoted Fnew, where most of the fields in Fnew come from Fold and the remaining fields are “upconverted” fields from Fold. This reconstitution of Fold is obtained by optimizing a set of instructions based on various constraints which express the characteristics of the pattern AaBbBcCdDd. By assigning a cost to each violation of the constraints, and to each disruption of the natural flow of time, and to other undesirable properties, a real-valued function is constructed. This real valued function can then be optimized through dynamic programming.
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