U.S. Philips Corporation

Gvbb Holdings S.a.r.l

Markus Hasenzahl

Adam Schmidt

Klaus Anderle

A method for focussing a film scanner provides for selecting a plurality of partial regions of the picture to be scanned for the purpose of focus monitoring. During the focussing of one of the selected partial regions, the focussing of the other partial regions is simultaneously monitored. The monitoring is effected for example by simultaneous representation of the partial regions on a monitor screen, and/or by evaluation of the frequency and amplitude conditions of the partial regions. An optimum focal point is set if all the selected partial regions are simultaneously set sharply.

Method for focusing a film scanner and film scanner for carrying out the method

An editing device ( ) for editing video and/or audio data stored in a data storage device ( ), in which at least the video data are marked by means of assigned timecode data, and in which the editing device ( ) creates an editing list ( ) during editing is characterized in that, during the creation of a new editing list ( ), the editing device ( ) marks the data provided for an editing section alternatively in conformity with the timecode data assigned to these data in the data storage device ( ), or with reference to at least a part of at least one, already existing editing list ( ) in which the same data have already been marked, while one of the modes of creation is selectable for the respective editing section within an editing list ( ) to be created, but both modes of creation are usable in a mixed form within the editing list ( ).

Editing device

To provide the possibility of introducing a time delay, or temporal offset, between video and audio data, an editing device (2) for non-linearly editing video data stored on a data storage medium (1) and audio data assigned to said video data, in which the video data are marked in a manner of assigned timecode data, and in which, during editing, the editing device (2) creates an editing list (3) which comprises, for each editing section, at least the assigned start and end timecode data of the video data of the editing section is characterized in that the editing device (2) edits the video data with reference to the assigned timecode data, in that, during editing of the video data, the editing device (2) allows the audio data assigned to the edited video data to be adjusted with a time delay relative to the video data, in that the editing device (2) comprises a unit which, dependent on the adjusted time delay, compute that number of sampling values of the audio data by which these audio data are displayed with a delay relative to the video data so that the desired time delay sets in at the display end, and in that the editing device (2) notes said number in the editing list (3).

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Markus Hasenzahl