Video and audio information processing
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1. A camera-recorder apparatus comprising:
- (i) an image capture device operable to capture a plurality of video images;
(ii) a storage medium by which said video images are stored for later retrieval;
(iii) a feature extraction unit operable to derive image property data from said image content of at least one of said video images substantially in real time at said capture of said video images, said image property data being associated with respective images or groups of images; and
(iv) a data path by which said camera-recorder apparatus is operable to transfer said derived image property data to an external data processing apparatus.
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A camera-recorder apparatus comprises an image capture device operable to capture a plurality of video images; a storage medium by which the video images are stored for later retrieval; a feature extraction unit operable to derive image property data from the image content of at least one of the video images substantially in real time at the capture of the video images, the image property data being associated with respective images or groups of images; and a data path by which the camera-recorder apparatus is operable to transfer the derived image property data to an external data processing apparatus.
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1. A camera-recorder apparatus comprising:
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(i) an image capture device operable to capture a plurality of video images;
(ii) a storage medium by which said video images are stored for later retrieval;
(iii) a feature extraction unit operable to derive image property data from said image content of at least one of said video images substantially in real time at said capture of said video images, said image property data being associated with respective images or groups of images; and
(iv) a data path by which said camera-recorder apparatus is operable to transfer said derived image property data to an external data processing apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of image acquisition at a camera-recorder apparatus, said method comprising the following steps by the camera-recorder apparatus:
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(i) capturing a plurality of video images;
(ii) storing said video images for later retrieval;
(iii) deriving image property data from said image content of at least one of said video images substantially in real time at said capture of said video images, said image property data being associated with respective images or groups of images; and
(iv) transferring, via a data path, said derived image property data to an external data processing apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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