Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Merck + Co., Inc.

Makoto Sato

Toshio Oka

Atsushi Minemura

Kayoko Asai

Tomoko Matsuzawa

Minoru Furukawa

A multimedia program editing method enables a layout with a higher degree of freedom by simplified input operations. Available media materials and a plurality of predetermined frames are displayed. The user sets a current scenario time to a desired time by clicking on a desired one of a plurality of time control icons, and associates a desired material with one of the predetermined frames at the desired time by mouse operations. In response to the association of the desired material, information on the association is registered to a scenario to prepare for an instruction to present the desired material in one of said predetermined frames. Any attribute of one of the predetermined frames can be changed. If the user terminates the association by specifying the desired material and clicking on a predetermined icon, then the attribute of the one of the predetermined frames is restored to a state before the desired material was attached to the frame.

Multimedia program editing and presenting system with flexible layout capability by simplified input operations

A multimedia editing system for editing a scenario that defines the details of a multimedia application. The system presents to a user only media materials permitted to situations at a current time in the scenario under editing (a current scenario time) to facilitate a selection of media material. The media materials are divided into a plurality of types. Each of the types may have at least one format, a part of which is supported by the system (supported formats). Each media material is associated with a type, a format and an availability code of the material in a material table. The availability code indicates one of predetermined states of each material. In response to a change in one of situations that affects an availability of materials of a certain type and/or a certain format, the availability code of a material affected by the change is updated such that the availability code of each material reflects a current state of the material. Media materials of the supported formats are displayed in different ways associated with said predetermined states according to said current state of said materials.

System for use in multimedia editor for displaying only available media resources to facilitate selection

The present invention aims to easily create multi-media title without requiring a high technique. A multi-media editing apparatus comprises: style creation,for creating a style that defines setups of all of layouts and display attributes; style storage,for storing a style acquired by the style creation element accumulation,for accumulating elements; element management,style interpretation,for interpreting a style; user input,for creating a title; and scenario storage,for storing a scenario of the title that is created.

Multi-media title editing apparatus and a style creation device employed therefor

A multi-media title playing apparatus which dynamically changes play of a title according to an input by the user while the title is played has an external message receiving means for receiving a command from the outside of the apparatus and an external message interpreting means for processing the received command, in which an external application having a function to make a judgement on the basis of predetermined conditions on a user's input and send a command according to a result of the judgement to the multi-media title playing apparatus is described in a scenario.

Multi-media title playing apparatus

Compounds of the formula: ##STR1## and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof wherein X is ##STR2## wherein each R is hydrogen or alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms are disclosed. The compounds are useful as antibiotics.

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Funabashi, Japan

Makoto Sato