Abstract: A video editing system has the functions of: a) scene browsing with next and back icons and/or a scroll bar; b) recursive scene segmentation available with the browsing function; c) scene/clip specification with a reversing option (in case of a system with two display areas); d) recursive scene grouping; d) scene clipping based on selection by default; e) clip sorting in order of time or in a specified order; f) relative position restoration of a specified scene (in case of a system with a single display area); g) clamping a scene to its original play time; and h) scene transition processing.

Abstract: A resolution transformation apparatus which has longitudinal and lateral change ratio input means 101 for inputting the longitudinal and lateral change ratios of an image, low-frequency orthogonal transformation block extraction means 103 for extracting only low-frequency areas of N orthogonal transformation blocks required for resolution transformation from before-transformation orthogonal transformation image memory 102 for storing orthogonal transformation images before undergoing resolution transformation, resolution transformation means 104 for executing resolution transformation and generating M orthogonal transformation blocks from the N low-frequency orthogonal transformation blocks, and orthogonal transformation block storage means 105 for storing the Morthogonal transformation blocks after resolution transformation in after-transformation orthogonal transformation image memory 106.

Abstract: It is one objective of the present invention to provide an image processing device that can easily implement an image processing function consonant with the need or application of a user. The image processing device comprises task storage, a task manager, a component manager, and a software bus manager. The task storage controls task scenario information indicating components used for an image processing task and information as to couple the components, component information, and substances of the components. The task manager analyzes the task scenario information and determines components used for the task and a software bus connecting the components. The component manager generates, deletes, or controls the components. The software bus manager generates or deletes the software bus, and controls the data exchange across the software bus.

Abstract: A method and system for displaying a plurality of specified ones of pictures in an array of windows provided on a display screen of a computer based system. The size of moving and/or still pictures is reduced into size-reduced pictures with a size of the frames. The size-reduced pictures are coded into coded size-reduced pictures and stored in a hard disc. In response to a predetermined signal and a list of pictures to be displayed, a display frame is compiled from the coded size-reduced pictures specified by said list. The compiled frame is decoded and displayed.

Abstract: A moving image composing system for displaying reduced and encoded images at arbitrary positions on a multi-image raster. The moving image composing system comprises a moving image reducing unit for reducing a moving image inputted, a moving image encoding unit for encoding the reduced moving image to produce an encoded moving image, an accumulating unit for storing and accumulating the encoded image, and a moving image composing unit for combining more-than-one encoded moving images accumulated to produce a multi-image combined moving image. The moving image encoding unit performs the encoding processing to facilitate the change of positional information the reduced moving image has, in consideration with the case that the change of the position information occurs due to the disposition of the reduced moving image at its combination.

Abstract: In a clip display method the contents of a clip are clearly displayed and can be used to facilitate the editing of a motion picture. Obtained by dividing a motion picture are displayed by-employing typical images of individual clips, a graphic representation 24 of the picture images for a motion picture is divided to provide segments corresponding to the ratio of the lengths of the clips to the overall length of the motion picture, and sequences of the separate graphic segments linked to typical are shown. The positions of the clips relative to the motion picture and the ratios of lengths of the individual clips to the overall length of the motion picture can be visually ascertained.