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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2005
Edward Marion Casaccia, Carmichael, CA (US);
David Alan Casper, Nevada City, CA (US);
Paul Martell Trethewey, Nevada City, CA (US);
Edward Marion Casaccia, Carmichael, CA (US);
David Alan Casper, Nevada City, CA (US);
Paul Martell Trethewey, Nevada City, CA (US);
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
A television production system affords simplification over the automation of a television program such as a news program by making use of State Memory Objects (S-MEMs), each defining one or more operations for execution by one or more production devices. The S-MEMS serve to control one or more actuators on a control panel so that each actuator on the control panel can control different function of different pieces of production equipment depending on the S-MEM selected, and the actuator manifests a status of the production device.