Methods and systems for providing file data for a media file

    公开(公告)号:US09836465B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-05

    申请号:US14375708

    申请日:2013-01-24

    申请人: Quantel Limited

    摘要: The present invention seeks to provide an improved file system that provides essence data for a media file in a way that does not require the contents of the entire file to be available before any file data can be provided. The present invention is reflected in a method of providing file data for a media file of a pre-determined format from a file system comprising a file record database and a data store, wherein the media file corresponds to a programme. The method comprises the steps of receiving details of the programme including the duration of the programme, and determining the layout of the media file in the pre-determined format from the received details of the programme, the layout including locations for essence data within the file. A file record for the media file is then created in the file record database. In response to a request for the location of essence data within the file, a location given by the determined layout of the media file is returned. Further, a stream of essence data corresponding to the contents of the programme is received and the received essence data is stored in the data store. In response to a request for a portion of essence data from the media file corresponding to a time period of the programme, essence data derived from the received essence data is returned according to the determined layout of the media file.

    Electronic graphic system
    2.
    发明授权
    Electronic graphic system 失效
    电子图形系统

    公开(公告)号:US6137496A

    公开(公告)日:2000-10-24

    申请号:US21219

    申请日:1998-02-10

    IPC分类号: G06T11/00 G06F15/00

    CPC分类号: G06T11/001

    摘要: An electronic graphic system includes an image store for storing in a multiplicity of storage locations data representing a multiplicity of image pixels which when displayed together form an image. A user operable input device generates control data in response to user operation thereof. An implement data store stores data defining a patch of implement pixels which together represent a profile of a drawing implement. A processor is connected to receive the control data from the user operable input device and responsive to the control data to identify a patch of storage locations in the image store, to read image data from the patch of storage locations, to modify the thus read image data using the patch of implement pixels in the implement data store and to write the thus modified image data back to the patch of storage locations in the image store, whereby in response to continuous operation of the input device a series of overlapping patches of image data are modified to create data representing a line in the image. A monitor displays an image represented by data input thereto. The system is operable in a preview mode in which display data is derived from the data in the implement data store, which display data defines an image comprising a graphical representation of the profile of the drawing implement, and in response to operation of the user operable input device to effect modifications to the graphical representation of the profile and corresponding to the data in the implement data store, the image defined by the display data further comprising an image defined by the data in the image store in response to control data corresponding to the single position being generated by the user operable input device, the system in the preview mode thereby enabling a user specified implement profile to be defined.

    摘要翻译: 电子图形系统包括图像存储器,用于在多个存储位置存储表示多个图像像素的数据,当显示在一起形成图像时。 用户可操作的输入设备响应于其用户操作而产生控制数据。 实现数据存储器存储定义一组代表绘图工具的轮廓的实现像素块的数据。 连接处理器以从用户可操作的输入设备接收控制数据,并且响应于控制数据来识别图像存储器中的一个存储位置的块,从存储位置的块中读取图像数据,以修改由此读取的图像 使用实施数据存储器中的实施方式像素的补丁的数据,并且将如此修改的图像数据写回到图像存储器中的存储位置的补丁,由此响应于输入设备的连续操作,一系列重叠的图像数据块 被修改以创建表示图像中的行的数据。 监视器显示由输入到其的数据所表示的图像。 该系统在预览模式中可操作,其中显示数据从实施数据存储中的数据导出,该显示数据定义包括绘图工具的简档的图形表示的图像,并且响应于用户可操作的 输入设备以对所述简档的图形表示进行修改并对应于所述实施数据存储器中的数据,所述显示数据定义的图像还包括由所述图像存储器中的数据定义的图像,其响应于对应于 单个位置由用户可操作的输入设备生成,该系统处于预览模式,从而使得能够定义用户指定的设备配置文件。

    Signal processing system
    3.
    发明授权
    Signal processing system 失效
    信号处理系统

    公开(公告)号:US5982455A

    公开(公告)日:1999-11-09

    申请号:US835711

    申请日:1997-04-10

    CPC分类号: H04N9/77 H04N9/646

    摘要: An image processing system 20 comprises a format converter 21 for receiving a first signal having a larger bandwidth and a second signal having a smaller bandwidth, the first and second signals together representing an image. A processor 23 is arranged to process the first and second signals to produce signals representing a manipulated version of the image. The system further comprises a deriving circuit 25 which is arranged to derive from information in the larger bandwidth signal additional information for the smaller bandwidth signal. The deriving circuit derives an unknown value of a pixel as represented by the smaller bandwidth signal from known values of the pixel and the pixels adjacent thereto as represented by the larger bandwidth signal and from known values of the adjacent pixels as represented by the smaller bandwidth signal. The deriving circuit facilitates conversion of the first and second signals into another signal format representing the image.

    摘要翻译: 图像处理系统20包括用于接收具有较大带宽的第一信号和具有较小带宽的第二信号的格式转换器21,第一和第二信号一起表示图像。 处理器23被布置成处理第一和第二信号以产生表示图像的操纵版本的信号。 该系统还包括导出电路25,其被设置为从较大带宽信号中的信息导出用于较小带宽信号的附加信息。 导出电路导出像素的未知值,如由较大带宽信号所表示的像素和与其相邻的像素的已知值的较小带宽信号和由较小带宽信号所表示的相邻像素的已知值所表示的 。 导出电路有助于将第一和第二信号转换为表示图像的另一信号格式。

    Image processing apparatus for and a method of preparing data
representing a colour image
    4.
    发明授权
    Image processing apparatus for and a method of preparing data representing a colour image 失效
    用于制作表示彩色图像的数据的图像处理装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US5764796A

    公开(公告)日:1998-06-09

    申请号:US826300

    申请日:1997-03-27

    CPC分类号: H04N1/6022

    摘要: An image processing apparatus (1) comprises a color image scanner (2) for producing digital data defining pixels representing an image in terms of cyan (C), magenta (M), yellow (Y) and black (K) components. The CMYK data from the scanner is received by a conversion processor (5) and a color converter (6). The color converter (6) together with a format converter (7) converts the CMYK data into RGB data, representing the image in terms of its red, green and blue components, for processing by a drawing processor (9). The operation of the scanner (2) is adjustable to a desired setting to provide CMYK data to which a color correction has been applied. In order that the RGB data accurately represents the color content of the image the effect of the color correction must be removed. This is achieved by scanning an image of a grey scale with the scanner (2) set to a reference setting and set to the desired setting to obtain two sets of CMYK data which are analyzed by the conversion processor (5) to determine a relationship therebetween. With this information the conversion processor (5) calculates conversion parameters for use by the color converter (6).

    摘要翻译: 一种图像处理装置(1)包括彩色图像扫描仪(2),用于产生以青色(C),品红色(M),黄色(Y)和黑色(K)分量表示图像的像素的数字数据。 来自扫描仪的CMYK数据由转换处理器(5)和颜色转换器(6)接收。 颜色转换器(6)与格式转换器(7)一起将CMYK数据转换成RGB数据,表示根据其红色,绿色和蓝色分量的图像,由绘图处理器(9)处理。 扫描器(2)的操作可调整到所需的设置,以提供已应用颜色校正的CMYK数据。 为了使RGB数据准确地表示图像的颜色内容,必须去除颜色校正的影响。 这是通过将扫描器(2)设置为参考设置并设置为所需设置来扫描灰度图像来获得的,以获得由转换处理器(5)分析的两组CMYK数据,以确定它们之间的关系 。 利用该信息,转换处理器(5)计算用于由颜色转换器(6)使用的转换参数。

    Video processing system with random access framestore for video editing
    5.
    发明授权
    Video processing system with random access framestore for video editing 失效
    具有视频编辑功能的随机存取帧存储系统

    公开(公告)号:US5649046A

    公开(公告)日:1997-07-15

    申请号:US162445

    申请日:1993-12-03

    摘要: A video processing system 1 comprises a video tape recorder 2 which serves as a bulk store for storing video clips, a video disc store for storing video data relating to one or more video clips from the recorder 2 and an image processor 6 for processing video data from the video store 7 to produce an edited video clip. Set-up data identifying video frame locations and defining the manner in which the processor 6 processes data from the video store 7 to produce the edited video clip is stored in an editing memory 12. During or after editing, data can be archived for future use. The system 1 further comprises a magneto-optical disc store 35 for storing the set-up data from the editing memory 12. For the purpose of archiving, the video tape and an associated magneto-optical disc are assigned a common archive identity. Each frame of data from the video disc store 7 used in an edit is stored only once on the video tape and set-up data for the edit is stored on the associated magneto-optical disc. This minimises the amount of data that needs to be saved in and retrieved from the archived tape.

    摘要翻译: 视频处理系统1包括用作​​存储视频剪辑的批量存储的录像机2,用于存储与记录器2中的一个或多个视频剪辑有关的视频数据的视频光盘存储器和用于处理视频数据的图像处理器6 从视频商店7产生编辑的视频剪辑。 识别视频帧位置的设置数据和定义处理器6处理来自视频存储器7的数据以产生编辑的视频剪辑的方式被存储在编辑存储器12中。在编辑期间或之后,数据可被归档以备将来使用 。 系统1还包括磁光盘存储器35,用于存储来自编辑存储器12的建立数据。为了归档的目的,录像带和相关联的磁光盘被分配有公共存档身份。 在编辑中使用的来自视频光盘存储器7的每个数据帧仅在视频磁带上存储一次,并且用于编辑的建立数据被存储在相关联的磁光盘上。 这最大限度地减少了需要保存在存档磁带中并从归档磁带中检索的数据量。

    Improvements in or relating to electronic graphic systems
    6.
    发明授权
    Improvements in or relating to electronic graphic systems 失效
    改进或涉及电子图形系统

    公开(公告)号:US5557713A

    公开(公告)日:1996-09-17

    申请号:US440885

    申请日:1995-05-15

    申请人: Adam Rae-Smith

    发明人: Adam Rae-Smith

    CPC分类号: G06T11/203 G06F3/04845

    摘要: Features in an image being modified can be expanded or contracted under the control of the user. The expansion and contraction are both executed by offsetting image data and then writing the offset data to a store where it is combined by a weighted summation with data previously stored therein. This operation is repeated for different offsets. The effect of the weighted summation is also to add soft edges to features in the picture and the system may therefore be used to soften control images.

    摘要翻译: 正在修改的图像中的特征可以在用户的​​控制下被扩展或收缩。 扩展和收缩均通过偏移图像数据执行,然后将偏移数据写入存储器,其中它通过加权求和与之前存储的数据组合。 针对不同的偏移重复此操作。 加权求和的效果也是增加图像中的特征的软边缘,因此系统可以用于软化控制图像。

    High resolution image storage whereby image is divided and stored as
plural groups of horizontally and vertically interleavable data
    7.
    发明授权
    High resolution image storage whereby image is divided and stored as plural groups of horizontally and vertically interleavable data 失效
    高分辨率图像存储,其中图像被分割和存储为多组水平和垂直可交换数据

    公开(公告)号:US5483296A

    公开(公告)日:1996-01-09

    申请号:US427492

    申请日:1995-04-24

    申请人: Brian Nonweiler

    发明人: Brian Nonweiler

    CPC分类号: H04N9/7973 G06T1/60 H04N5/91

    摘要: The system comprises a memory formed of several disk stores for storing data representing at least one image and a working framestore for temporarily storing one or two frames of image data. Data in the framestore is modified by a processor under operator control. Data is stored in the disk stores by switching selected pixels from each line and selected lines from the or each frame, by way of switches and buffers, to respective disk stores such that the image data is divided into groups which each define a lower resolution version of the whole image frame.

    摘要翻译: 该系统包括由多个磁盘存储器形成的存储器,用于存储表示至少一个图像的数据和用于临时存储一个或两个图像数据帧的工作帧存储器。 帧存储器中的数据由操作员控制下的处理器修改。 将数据存储在磁盘存储器中,通过交换机和缓冲器将来自每一行和每一帧的所选行的选择的图像切换到各个磁盘存储器,使得图像数据被划分成各自定义较低分辨率版本的组 的整个图像帧。

    Electronic graphic systems
    8.
    发明授权
    Electronic graphic systems 失效
    电子图形系统

    公开(公告)号:US5412402A

    公开(公告)日:1995-05-02

    申请号:US665597

    申请日:1991-03-06

    IPC分类号: G06T11/20 G09G5/04

    CPC分类号: G06T11/203

    摘要: An electronic graphic system for use in the painting of an image comprises a control store which stores control data representing a distribution of interpolation coefficients. The control data is created in a drawing process in which existing control data in the store is compared with new control data and is replaced with the new data when the new data has a value higher than that of the existing data. A combiner, in response to the stored control data, combines initial image data from an framestore with user selected color data from a store for display on a monitor. Also, the combiner can be reconfigured such that the combined data is written to the framestore replacing the initial image data therin. The system thus separates drawing operations from image modification operations, thereby providing a flexible means by which a simple binary line drawing algorithm can be used to paint into a color image.

    摘要翻译: 用于绘制图像的电子图形系统包括存储表示内插系数分布的控制数据的控制存储器。 在绘制过程中创建控制数据,其中存储器中的现有控制数据与新的控制数据进行比较,并且当新数据具有高于现有数据的值时被新数据替换。 组合器响应于存储的控制数据,将来自帧存储器的初始图像数据与来自商店的用户选择的颜色数据组合以在监视器上显示。 此外,组合器可以被重新配置,使得组合的数据被写入替换初始图像数据的帧存储。 因此,该系统将绘图操作与图像修改操作分离,从而提供了一种灵活的手段,通过该手段可以使用简单的二线绘图算法来绘制成彩色图像。

    Video image creation systems
    10.
    发明授权
    Video image creation systems 失效
    视频图像创建系统

    公开(公告)号:US5276788A

    公开(公告)日:1994-01-04

    申请号:US508978

    申请日:1990-04-12

    申请人: Alan L. Stapleton

    发明人: Alan L. Stapleton

    CPC分类号: G09G5/391

    摘要: A system for creating high resolution video images for later use in printing or the like. The operator draws with a stylus on a touch tablet (28) and video signals are processed to produce a high resolution image corresponding to what is drawn, the signals being stored in a high resolution store (25). While the processing of the signals progresses certain signals are copied to a lower resolution viewing store (26) and these signals read to a display (27) where the image can be viewed by the operator. In one example the store (25) is notionally divided into areas and when the signals representing a stroke drawn by the operator are present in an area the whole area is copied to the viewing store. Typically about four areas need to be copied in a frame period so the stroke drawn by the operator can be seen as he is drawing it. The image on display (27) may be a low resolution version of the whole image or a high resolution version of part of the image.

    摘要翻译: 用于创建高分辨率视频图像以供稍后在打印中使用的系统等。 操作员用触摸板(28)上的触控笔绘制视频信号,并且处理视频信号以产生对应于所画出的高分辨率图像,信号被存储在高分辨率存储器(25)中。 当信号的处理进行时,某些信号被复制到较低分辨率的观看存储器(26),并且这些信号被读取到显示器(27),在显示器(27)处可以由操作者观看图像。 在一个示例中,商店(25)被概念地划分为区域,并且当表示由操作者绘制的笔画的信号存在于整个区域被复制到观看商店的区域中时。 通常需要在框架周期内复制四个区域,以便操作者绘制的笔画在绘制时可以看出。 显示器(27)上的图像可以是整个图像的低分辨率版本或图像的一部分的高分辨率版本。