Method of Asynchronous Image and Audio Recording

• US 20090290854A1
• Filed: 10/02/2008
• Published: 11/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Piklips LLC
• Original Assignee: Piklips LLC
• Inventors: Smith, Michael Anthony, Hanabusa, David Kazumi
• Application Number:
  US12/244,388
• Publication Number:
  US 20090290854A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/239
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8211 the additional signal being a sound signal H04N9/835 takes precedence

Abstract

A method configured according to the invention receives a user input. Then a recording of an audio file and a corresponding audio timer are initiated. When the audio timer times out, the recording of the audio file is ended, and an image file is captured. In an embodiment of the invention, the audio recording is ended and the image file is captured if the audio timer times out prior to receiving a second user input. In an embodiment of the invention, if the audio timer does not time out prior to receiving a second user input, an image file is captured. In an embodiment of the invention, if the audio timer does not time out prior to receiving a third user input, then the recording of the audio file is ended.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving a first user input;

initiating a recording of an audio file and a corresponding audio timer; and

when the audio timer times out,

ending the recording of the audio file, and

capturing an image file.

2. A method, comprising:

receiving a first user input;

initiating a recording of an audio file and a corresponding audio timer; and

if the audio timer times out prior to receiving a second user input, then

ending the recording of the audio file, and

capturing an image file.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first user input includes a press of a button and the second user input includes a release of the button.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the capturing of an image file is performed at the end of the recording of the audio file.

5. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

if the audio timer does not time out prior to receiving a second user input, then after receiving the second user input,

capturing an image file.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

if the audio timer does not time out prior to receiving a third user input, then after receiving the third user input,

ending the recording of the audio file.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the third user input includes a press of a button.

8. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

storing the audio file; and

storing the image file.

9. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

displaying the image file in relation with a playback of the audio file.

10. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

determining a time instance at which the image file is captured during the recording of the audio file; and

storing data, based on the time instance, in relation with one of the audio file and the image file.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the determining the time instance includes registering the time at which the image file is captured, relative to the beginning of the recording of the audio file.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein determining the time instance includes calculating a difference between a first absolute time at which the recording of the audio file begins, and a second absolute time at which the image file is captured.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

displaying the image file in synchronization with the time instance during a playback of the audio file.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the displaying is based on a relative time offset, timed from the beginning of the playback.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the displaying is based on a trigger in a stream of the audio file.

16. A method, comprising:

receiving a first user input;

initiating a first input timer; and

if the first input timer times out prior to receiving a second user input, then

initiating a recording of an audio file and a corresponding audio timer,

if the audio timer times out prior to receiving a second user input, then

ending the recording of the audio file, and

capturing an image file,

if the audio timer does not time out prior to receiving a second user input, then after receiving the second user input,

initiating a second input timer,

if the second input timer times out prior to receiving a third user input, then

ending the recording of the audio file, and

capturing an image file,

if the second input timer does not time out prior to receiving a third user input, then after receiving the third user input,

ending the recording of the audio file, and

capturing an image file.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

if the first input timer does not time out prior to receiving a second user input, then after receiving the second user input,

capturing an image file,

initiating a recording of an audio file and a corresponding audio timer,

if the audio timer times out prior to receiving a third user input, then

ending the recording of the audio file, and

if the audio timer does not time out prior to receiving a third user input, then after receiving the third user input,

ending the recording of the audio file

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the first user input includes a press of a button, the second user input includes a release of the button, and the third user input includes another press of the button.

19. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

storing the audio file; and

storing the image file.

20. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

displaying the image file in relation with a playback of the audio file.

21. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

determining a time instance at which the image file is captured during the recording of the audio file; and

storing the time instance in relation with one of the audio file and the image file.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein determining the time instance includes calculating a difference between the time at which the second input timer is initiated, and a time at which the second input timer times out.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein determining the time instance includes calculating a difference between a first absolute time at which the recording of the audio file begins, and a second absolute time at which the image file is captured.

24. The method of claim 21, further comprising:

displaying the image file in synchronization with the time instance during a playback of the audio file.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the displaying is based on a relative time offset, timed from the beginning of the playback.

26. The method of claim 24, wherein the displaying is based on a trigger in a stream of the audio file.