Digital Life Recorder with Selective Playback of Digital Video

• US 20090175599A1
• Filed: 11/25/2008
• Published: 07/09/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Wilson, John David, Grim, Clifton E. III, Ward, Gary A., Marzke, Rex Edward
• Granted Patent: US 9,105,298 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/248
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D

Abstract

A method and apparatus for controlling the playback of video recorded by a sensing subsystem of a digital life recorder. The process identifies a selected video feed recorded by a camera of a sensing subsystem responsive to receiving user input. A segment of video from the selected video feed is identified using a personal computing device communicating with a digital life recorder. The digital life recorder records the selected video feed. A playback restriction associated with the segment of video is identified and generates a set of commands for restricting playback of the segment of video. A processor may then execute the set of commands.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for controlling playback of information recorded by a digital recorder, the computer-implemented method comprising:

identifying a segment of video from a video feed using a personal computing device communicating with the digital recorder;

recording the identified segment of video in the digital recorder;

enabling a restriction for a playback option for the segment of video; and

responsive to enabling a restriction, generating a set of commands that implements the restriction of the playback option.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the identifying a segment of video from the selected video feed comprises:

creating a video segment, the creating comprising;

inserting a start marker in a first video frame of a video stream of a video feed recorded by a camera of a sensing subsystem; and

inserting a stop marker in a second video frame of the video stream of the video feed.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein enabling a restriction comprises selecting an option from a set of menu options consisting of deleting, blurring, hiding and marking as private.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, wherein enabling a restriction comprises enabling an option selected from the set of menu options during the recording of the identified video segment.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein inserting a start marker is performed by selecting an option from a menu.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting the enabled restriction of the playback option for the video segment;

responsive to detecting the restriction, requiring an authentication to access the playback option; and

responsive to a successful authentication, granting access to the restricted playback option.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein generating the set of commands is performed by a user.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

monitoring a network of an infrastructure for a connection;

verifying the infrastructure network connection;

determining, based on a configuration information, a type of feed to acquire from a plurality of feeds;

retrieving data from the determined type of feed; and

tagging the retrieved data.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein the connection is one of a wired and wireless connection.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, the tagging comprising:

identifying the data with at least one of a content source information, a timestamp and a global positioning system location;

forwarding the identified data to a raw data queue;

determining whether the retrieved data is configured; and

responsive to determining that the retrieved data is configured, announcing the retrieved data to a audio and video playback subsystem.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein identifying a segment of video comprising selecting data based on a date and time range.

12. In a digital recorder subsystem, an apparatus for playback of information recorded by the digital recorder subsystem, the apparatus comprising:

a bus system;

a communications system communicatively coupled to the bus system;

a memory coupled to the bus system, wherein the memory includes computer usable program code comprising;

means for accessing a video stream recorded by the digital recorder;

means for identifying a segment of the video stream for a restriction; and

means for generating commands that implement the restriction.

13. In a digital recorder subsystem, the apparatus of claim 12, the means for generating commands further comprising:

means for creating a command selected from a set of commands consisting of at least one of a mark endpoint command, a delete command, a private command, a hidden command, a blur command, and a stop command.

14. In a digital recorder subsystem, the apparatus of claim 12, the means for accessing comprising:

means for navigating backwards and forwards through the video stream;

means for marking a first video frame in the video stream as a start point of a video segment; and

means for marking a second video frame in the video stream as an endpoint of the video segment.

15. In a digital recorder subsystem, the apparatus of claim 12, further comprising means for capturing environmental variables, wherein the environmental variable include at least one of a temperature, wind speed, biometric pressure and humidity.

16. In a digital recorder subsystem, the apparatus of claim 12, further comprising a search subsystem that allows selection of data with a selected date and time range.

17. In a digital recorder subsystem, the apparatus of claim 16, wherein the search subsystem uses a structured query language to access data.

18. In a digital recorder subsystem, the apparatus of claim 12, further comprising a screen define subsystem that allows a selection of information, the information including at least one of a video, sound, and temperature sensor.

19. In a digital recorder subsystem, the apparatus of claim 18, wherein the information is stored in a metadata definitions database.

20. In a digital recorder subsystem, the apparatus of claim 19, further comprising a create project subsystem that enables the grouping of information as a project in a project definitions database.