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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2002
Mark Randall, Folsom, CA (US);
Thomas Lee Ocel, Sacramento, CA (US);
Stephan Schaem, Fair Oaks, CA (US);
Stephan Bouchard, Folsom, CA (US);
Mark Randall, Folsom, CA (US);
Thomas Lee Ocel, Sacramento, CA (US);
Stephan Schaem, Fair Oaks, CA (US);
Stephan Bouchard, Folsom, CA (US);
Adobe Systems Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An integrated and interactive real-time media creation system and method are disclosed that visually link the order and execution of media events to a scrolling on-screen text script that is spoken. As the user speaks, the on-screen text script scrolls under user control. Adjacent to the script text are visual images which represent associated media events. The visual images maintain a constant relative spatial relationship with the text. When the text reaches a predetermined region of the screen it is spoken out loud by the user and the media events are caused to occur at that time. The invention allows a single user with a single personal computer to easily self-produce a multimedia presentation of undetermined and variable length, featuring media events appropriately inserted in real-time without the assistance of a director or other operator.