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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 03, 1997
Vsoft Ltd., Yokneam Ilit, IL;
Abstract
In a method and apparatus for browsing through a motion picture in order to locate desired segments in the motion picture, frames are selected from sequential parts of the motion picture according to predetermined sampling critera, e.g., 'by time', 'by tag' or 'by change'. Each selected frame is reduced in size such that the screen can accommodate the simultaneous display of 'n' frames. The frames are displayed sequentially at 'n' sequential locations on the screen according to a predefined closed loop, each frame being displayed in its respective location for a time interval starting with a time delay 't.sub.D ' after the start of the display of the frame at the preceding location in the loop and continuing until the loop has been completed with another frame displayed in its respective location. Thus, only the selected frames need be viewed in order to locate a desired segment, but each selected frame may be viewed for an extended time interval, equal to 'nt.sub.D '.