COMPANIES - AVID TECHNOLOGY

Patent Number    Patent Title
6,426,778 Method for providing interactive components in motion video
6,417,891 Color modification on a digital nonlinear editing system
6,415,373 Transferring multiple high bandwidth streams of data between multiple storage units and multiple applications in a scalable and reliable manner
6,407,775 Image resizer and frame rate converter with pulldown controller
6,404,435 Method for three-dimensional alphanumeric character animation
6,400,411 System for maintaining consistent video levels when digitizing video signals using different video capture devices
6,400,368 Constructing and using generalized skeletons for animation models
6,393,198 Method for synchronizing devices in an audio/video system
6,392,710 Graphical user interface for field-based definition of special effects in a video editing system
6,374,336 Transferring multiple high bandwidth streams of data between multiple storage units and multiple applications in a scalable and reliable manner
6,357,047 Media pipeline with multichannel video processing and playback
6,353,862 Video device manager for managing motion video output devices and supporting contexts and buffer adoption
6,353,437 Animation method for defining and using rule-based groups of objects
6,351,557 Method and apparatus for color manipulation
6,339,531 Dockable electronic equipment container
6,337,880 Indexing for motion video that is compressed using interframe and intraframe techniques
6,336,093 Using speech recognition and scripts to capture author and playback synchronized audio and video
6,330,369 Method and apparatus for limiting data rate and image quality loss in lossy compression of sequences of digital images
6,327,253 Method and apparatus for controlling switching of connections among data processing devices
6,317,515 Encoding and decoding a data stream using inferential techniques
6,317,158 Method for positioning an input image into interlaced video
6,317,153 Calibrating color correction instructions between color correction devices
6,317,142 Taxonomy of objects and a system of non-modal property inspectors
6,314,403 Method for generating a special effect on a digital signal
6,310,621 Extended support for numerical controls
6,301,105 Disk drive enclosure
6,271,829 Editing interface
6,269,195 Methods for selectively feathering a composite image
6,249,280 Media composition system with enhanced user interface features
6,243,706 Method for managing the creation and production of computer generated works
6,239,815 Video data storage and transmission formats and apparatus and methods for processing video data in such formats
6,229,576 Editing system with router for connection to HDTV circuitry
6,226,038 HDTV editing and effects previsualization using SDTV devices
6,223,211 Providing real-time multimedia data transport in a distributed computing system
6,215,485 Storing effects descriptions from a nonlinear editor using field chart and/or pixel coordinate data for use by a compositor
6,212,197 Apparatus and method for accessing memory in a TDM network
6,211,869 Simultaneous storage and network transmission of multimedia data with video host that requests stored data according to response time from a server
6,208,357 Method for creating and animating characters having associated behavior
6,201,531 Methods and apparatus for changing a color of an image
6,198,477 Multistream switch-based video editing architecture
6,192,388 Detecting available computers to participate in computationally complex distributed processing problem
6,174,206 Connector adaptor for BNC connectors
6,167,404 Multimedia plug-in using dynamic objects
6,167,083 Computer system and process for capture editing and playback of motion video compressed using interframe and intraframe techniques
6,161,115 Media editing system with improved effect management
6,157,929 Method for managing the use and storage of digital information
6,154,221 Parametric function curve editing
6,141,691 Controlling transfer of data between and processing of data by interconnected data processing elements
6,141,007 Newsroom user interface including multiple panel workspaces
6,137,919 Apparatus and methods for feathering a composite image
6,134,607 Method for controlling data flow between devices connected by a memory
6,134,379 Method for synchronizing devices in an audio/video system
6,130,676 Image composition system and process using layers
6,128,681 Serial to parallel and parallel to serial, converter for a digital audio workstation
6,128,001 Methods and apparatus for changing a color of an image
6,118,444 Media composition system with enhanced user interface features
6,105,083 Method for controlling transfer of data between and processing of data by interconnected data processing elements
6,091,778 Motion video processing circuit for capture, playback and manipulation of digital motion video information on a computer
6,091,422 System for editing complex visual data providing a continuously updated rendering
6,084,569 Editing interface
6,072,796 Apparatus and method for accessing memory in a TDM network
6,061,758 System and method for managing storage and retrieval of media data including dynamic linkage of media data files to clips of the media data
6,058,236 System and method for digitally capturing video segments from a video assist of a film camera
6,052,508 User interface for managing track assignment for portable digital moving picture recording and editing system
6,038,573 News story markup language and process for editing documents
6,035,367 Computer file system providing looped file structure for post-occurrence data collection of asynchronous events
6,031,529 Graphics design software user interface
6,023,703 Method and system for representing hierarchical time-based data structures and to extract information therefrom
6,023,531 Quantization table adjustment
6,018,337 Media composer including pointer-based display of sequentially stored samples
6,016,380 Template-based edit decision list management system
6,016,152 Apparatus and method for non-uniform image scaling
6,014,150 Method of defining and employing behaviors for articulated chains
6,011,562 Method and system employing an NLE to create and modify 3D animations by mixing and compositing animation data
6,009,507 System and method for distributing processing among one or more processors
5,999,406 Dockable electronic equipment container
5,999,190 Computer imaging using graphics components
5,995,115 Computer system process and user interface for providing intelligent scissors for image composition
5,995,079 Method for controlling a variable of a dialog box with cursor movement
5,987,501 Multimedia system having server for retrieving media data as indicated in the list provided by a client computer
5,986,584 Optical encoder based fader design
5,977,982 Method for modification of the visual characteristics of digital 3D objects
5,946,445 Media recorder for capture and playback of live and prerecorded audio and/or video information
5,930,797 Method and system for representing hierarchical time-based data structures and to extract information therefrom
5,930,445 Electronic film editing system using both film and videotape format
5,929,942 Computer system for editing video fields
5,929,836 Media pipeline with mechanism for real-time addition of digital video effects
5,912,675 System and method using bounding volumes for assigning vertices of envelopes to skeleton elements in an animation system
5,905,841 Electronic film editing system using both film and videotape format
5,892,507 Authoring a multimedia composition using a visual representation of the multimedia composition
5,889,532 Control solutions for the resolution plane of inverse kinematic chains
5,883,670 Motion video processing circuit for capture playback and manipulation of digital motion video information on a computer
5,852,435 Digital multimedia editing and data management system
5,812,216 Method for creating motion picture transitions according to non-linear light response
5,799,150 System for sending list of media data objects to server which may be read by client and receiving from the server indicator of allocated resource
5,754,851 Method for representing and editing multimedia compositions using recursively defined components
5,754,180 Defining and manipulating images using structured objects with variable edge characteristics
5,752,029 Representing and editing multimedia compositions using references to tracks in the composition to define components of the composition
5,745,637 Synchronization of digital video with digital audio
5,729,673 Direct manipulation of two-dimensional moving picture streams in three-dimensional space
5,726,717 Method and user interface for creating, specifying and adjusting motion picture transitions
5,724,605 Method and apparatus for representing and editing multimedia compositions using a tree structure
5,715,018 Digital advertisement insertion system
5,654,737 Media pipeline with mechanism for real-time addition of digital video effects
5,644,364 Media pipeline with multichannel video processing and playback
5,640,601 Method for indexing frames as the images are being compressed using signal from data digitizer to notify host unit at every frame
5,634,020 Method for displaying audio data as a discrete waveform
5,627,765 Method for compressing and analyzing video and for creating a reference video
5,584,006 Media storage and retrieval system including determination of media data associated with requests based on source identifiers and ranges within the media data
5,583,496 Mechanical user interface
5,577,190 Media editing system with adjustable source material compression
5,568,275 Method for visually and audibly representing computer instructions for editing
5,557,423 Synchronization of digital video with digital audio
5,528,310 Method for creating motion picture transitions according to non-linear light response
5,513,375 System for compensating data rate between a storage device and a data compression processor using a buffer memory mapped twice into contiguous address space of a host processing unit
5,467,288 Digital audio workstations providing digital storage and display of video information
5,452,378 Image digitizer including pixel engine
5,440,348 Method and user interface for creating, specifying and adjusting motion picture transitions
5,355,450 Media composer with adjustable source material compression
5,309,528 Image digitizer including pixel engine
5,267,351 Media storage and retrieval system
5,045,940 Video/audio transmission systsem and method
4,970,663 Method and apparatus for manipulating digital video data
D398,912 Computer input device
D396,853 Icon for a display screen of a video editing system
D395,291 Icon for a display screen
D392,269 Icon for a display screen
D392,268 Icon for a display screen
D392,267 Icon for a display screen
D373,778 Combined front panel display and input unit for a video camera
D372,478 Editing control panel
D352,278 Combined slider and key pad input device for a computer