Claims
- 1. A multi-media title editing apparatus comprising:style creation means for creating a style in which a multi-media title screen is defined by using a set of display areas in which display methods for various multi-media data elements are designated; style storage means for storing said style that is created by said style creation means; element storage means for storing elements from which said multi-media data elements are selected; element management means for selecting one or more of said multi-media data elements in response to a user's command; style interpretation means for interpreting said style by detecting a type of multi-media data defined by said style for each of said display areas; user input means for creating a title, said user input means including a graphical user interface so that the user is able to input said user's command; data comparison means for comparing said type of each of said multi-media data defined by said style for each of said display areas with a type of data of said one or more of said elements selected by said element management means; indication means for indicating on said graphical user interface that a selected multi-media data element can be displayed at a selected one of said display areas when the data type of said selected multi-media data element is the same as that of said multi-media data defined by said style for each of said display areas; and scenario storage means for storing a scenario for said title, said scenario including a series of display commands which include a time at which a multimedia data element is to be displayed or not, an element ID indicative of said multi-media data element, a display attribute ID indicative of how to display said multi-media element with designation of one of said display areas, and action information by which said multi-media data element is to be displayed or not.
- 2. A multi-media title editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said style creation means employs, as one part of said style, information that concerns display levels for said display areas, and wherein said user input means provides a display in display areas in consonance with said display levels.
- 3. A multi-media editing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising size/shape adjusting means for matching a characteristic of an element pasted on a display area to a corresponding display attribute of said display area by modifying one of said characteristic of the element and said display attribute of said display area, so that size and/or shape of said element pasted on said display area matches with size and/or shape of said display areawherein said characteristic of the element comprises at least one of said size and shape thereof.
- 4. A multi-media title editing apparatus comprising:style creation means for creating a style in which a multi-media title screen is defined by using a set of display areas in which display methods for various multi-media data elements are designated; style storage means for storing said style that is created by said style creation means; element storage means for storing elements from which said multi-media data elements are selected; element management means for selecting one or more of said multi-media data elements in response to a user's command; user input means for creating a title, said user input means including a graphical user interface so that the user is able to input said user's command; and scenario storage means for storing a scenario for said title, said scenario including a series of display commands each of which includes a time at which a multi-media data element is to be displayed or not, an element ID indicative of said multi-media data element, a display attribute ID indicative of how to display said multi-media element with designation of one of said display areas, and action information by which said multi-media data element is to be displayed or not; said scenario storage means thereby operating when a plurality of styles are employed for a single title having time base information, and when one of said styles is changed to another at a given instance, for storing said scenario including a command by which all of said elements which have been displayed till said given instance will not be displayed after said given instance.
- 5. A multi-media title editing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said scenario storage means stores data identifying time elapsed from start of reproduction of a title for identifying the time at which said style is changed.
- 6. A multi-media title editing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said scenario storage means stores a scenario including data arranged to identify a first time for beginning display of a display element with a first attribute.
- 7. A multi-media title editing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said scenario storage means stores a scenario including data arranged to identify a second time for ending display of said display element, said second time being subsequent to said first time.
- 8. A multi-media title editing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said scenario storage means stores a scenario including data arranged to identify a third time for beginning display of said display element, said third time being subsequent to said second time.
- 9. A multi-media title editing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said scenario storage means stores a scenario including data arranged to identify a third time for beginning display of said display element with a second attribute different from said first attribute, said third time being subsequent to said second time.
- 10. A multi-media title editing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said scenario storage means stores a scenario including data arranged to identify a time for ending display of a display element.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a Continuation of Application Ser. No. 08/828,900 filed Mar. 31, 1997 now abandoned.
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