Method and apparatus for automatic tagging and caching of highlights

• US 20030033602A1
• Filed: 03/27/2002
• Published: 02/13/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Gibbs, Simon, Wang, Sidney
• Application Number:
  US10/108,853
• Publication Number:
  US 20030033602A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/46
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/28 by using information signals recorded by the same method as the main recording G11B27/22 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/60 Network structure or processes for video distribution between server and client or between remote clients; Control signalling between clients, server and network components; Transmission of management data between server and client , e.g. sending from server to client commands for recording incoming content stream; Communication details between server and client
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/858 Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object, by creating a hotspot

Abstract

The invention illustrates a system and method for recording an event comprising: a recording device for capturing a sequence of images of the event; sensing device for capturing a sequence of sensory data of the event; and a synchronizer device connected to the recording device and the sensing device for formatting the sequence of images and the sequence of sensory data into a correlated data stream wherein a portion of the sequence of images corresponds to a portion of the sequence of sensory data.

Claims

1. A method of using sensory data corresponding with content data comprising:

a. recording the content data through a recording device;

b. simultaneously capturing the sensory data through a sensor while recording the content; and

c. relating a portion of the sensory data corresponding to a portion of the content data.

2. The method according to claim 1 further comprising storing a user preference.

3. The method according to claim 2 further comprising searching the sensory data in response to the user preference.

4. The method according to claim 2 further comprising storing the portion of the content data in response to the user preference.

5. The method according to claim 1 further comprising tagging the portion of the content data in response to the portion of the sensory data.

6. The method according to claim 1 further comprising generating the sensory data via the sensor.

7. The method according to claim 1 wherein the sensory data includes positional data.

8. The method according to claim 1 wherein the sensory data includes force data.

9. The method according to claim 1 wherein the content data includes audio/visual data.

10. The method according to claim 1 wherein the recording device includes a audio/visual camera.

11. The method according to claim 1 wherein the sensor is an accelerometer.

12. A method of recording an event comprising:

a. capturing an audio/visual data stream of the event through a recording device;

b. capturing a sensory data stream of the event through a sensing device; and

c. synchronizing the audio/visual data stream and the sensory data stream such that a portion of the sensory data stream corresponds with a portion of the audio/visual data stream.

13. The method according to claim 12 further comprising storing a user preference describing a viewing desire of a user.

14. The method according to claim 13 further comprising highlighting a portion of the audio/visual data stream based on the user preference.

15. The method according to claim 12 further comprising analyzing the sensory data stream for specific parameters.

16. The method according to claim 15 further comprising highlighting the portion of the audio/visual data stream based on analyzing the sensory data stream.

17. The method according to claim 12 wherein the sensory data stream describes the scene using location data of subjects within the event.

18. The method according to claim 12 wherein the sensory data stream describe the scene using force data of subjects within the event.

19. A system for recording an event comprising:

a. a recording device for capturing a sequence of images of the event;

b. sensing device for capturing a sequence of sensory data of the event; and

c. a synchronizer device connected to the recording device and the sensing device for formatting the sequence of images and the sequence of sensory data into a correlated data stream wherein a portion of the sequence of images corresponds to a portion of the sequence of sensory data.

20. The system according to claim 20 further comprising a storage device connected to the recording device and the sensing means for storing the plurality of images and the plurality of sensory data.

21. The system according to claim 20 further comprising a storage device connected to the synchronizer device for storing the correlated data stream.

22. The system according to claim 20 wherein the sensing device is an accelerometer.

23. The system according to claim 20 wherein the sensing device is a location transponder.

24. The system according to claim 20 wherein the sensing device is force sensor.

25. The system according to claim 20 wherein the recording device is a video camera.

26. The system according to claim 20 wherein the plurality of sensory data includes positional data.

27. The system according to claim 20 wherein the plurality of sensory data includes force data.

28. A computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions for performing a method comprising:

a. recording the content data through a recording device;

b. simultaneously capturing the sensory data through a sensor while recording the content; and

c. relating a portion of the sensory data corresponding to a portion of the content data.