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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2001
Hawley K. Rising, Iii, San Jose, CA (US);
Ali Tabatabai, Beaverton, OR (US);
Toby Walker, Fujisawa, JP;
Hawley K. Rising, III, San Jose, CA (US);
Ali Tabatabai, Beaverton, OR (US);
Toby Walker, Fujisawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method permitting compact ways to update relationships between entities in an audiovideo sequence, or serial set of sequences, the method comprising: writing a description between the entities, the description containing relations; determining the relations that may be represented by parameters, each parameter having a numerical value; and obtaining from the user, one or more of the following: (a) the numerical value for the parameter; (b) a description of the parameter containing the numerical value; and (c) a description capable of setting the parameter dynamically.