Recording method for video/audio data

• US 20100223501A1
• Filed: 05/07/2010
• Published: 09/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Gilge, Michael
• Granted Patent: US 8,051,336 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 714/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4147 PVR [Personal Video Recorder] H04N5/76 takes precedence ; arrangements for broadcast with accumulation-type receivers H04H20/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4331 Caching operations, e.g. of an advertisement for later insertion during playback
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/781 on disks or drums

Abstract

In order to provide a recording method for data which have been or are being generated at a data source in a time sequenced manner and are transmitted via a digital network to at least one recording device for storage, by means of which method the data can be reliably recorded, it is provided that the data are stored at the data source before the transmission on the digital network in such a way that, after a fault on the digital network, data which were intended for transmission during the period of the fault can be made available to the at least one recording device.

Claims

1. Recording method for data which have been or are being generated at a data source in a time sequenced manner and are transmitted via a digital network to at least one recording device for storage, comprising:

recording the data at the data source before the transmission on the digital network in such a way that, after a fault on the digital network, data which were intended for transmission during a period of the fault are available for transmission to the at least one recording device; and

automatically initiating a transmission of data recorded at the data source during the fault via the digital network when freedom from faults is detected after said fault of the data transmission;

wherein;

test signals are sent via the digital network at fixed time intervals in order to be able to detect faults with respect to the data transmission on the digital network; and

a data gap which originated during the fault of the data transmission on the at least one recording device is filled by writing the data recorded at the data source into the data gap in a correct time sequence.

2. Recording method according to claim 1, wherein the data generated in a time sequenced manner are video data and/or audio data.

3. Recording method according to claim 2, wherein the video/audio data are generated by at least one data acquiring device.

4. Recording method according to claim 3, wherein the at least one data acquiring device comprises a camera and/or a microphone.

5. Recording method according to claim 3, wherein the at least one data acquiring device comprises a video server and/or audio server.

6. Recording method according to claim 1, wherein the data generated in a time sequenced manner are stored in a recording apparatus, from which the data are then transmitted via the digital network to the at least one recording device.

7. Recording method according to claim 1, wherein storage of the data at the data source takes place independently of the recording of the data on the recording device.

8. Recording method according to claim 1, wherein a data recording takes place at a data transmitter for data buffering.

9. Recording method according to claim 1, wherein a data recording takes place at a data receiver.

10. Recording method according to claim 3, wherein the at least one data acquiring device and the at least one recording device exchange said test signals via the digital network in order to be able to detect faults with respect to the data transmission on the digital network.

11. Recording method according to claim 10, wherein changes in status with respect to data transmission faults are registered by the at least one data acquiring device and the at least one recording device.

12. Recording method according to claim 11, wherein instants of changes in status are registered.

13. Recording method according to claim 10, wherein a data recording of a data source before transfer of the data to the digital network is carried out at the latest when a fault of the data transmission is detected.

14. Recording method according to claim 13, wherein the data recording at the data source takes place continuously.

15. Recording method according to claim 1, wherein a storage capacity for the data recording at the data source is chosen in dependence on a transmission rate for the data on the digital network and a predetermined expected maximum fault period for the digital network.

16. Recording method according to claim 15, wherein the storage capacity is chosen to be large enough that, during the data transmission of data from the data recording of a data source on the digital network, new data can be recorded at the data source.

17. Recording method according to claim 1, wherein, in the event of successful transmission via the digital network, data are erased from the data recording at the data source.

18. Recording method according to claim 1, wherein the reading out of data from a data memory at the data source for the transmission of the data on the digital network is connected to a writing of new data into the data memory.

19. Recording method according to claim 18, wherein the data written in are more up-to-date than the data read out.

20. Recording method according to claim 17, wherein the erasure of the data recorded at the data source only takes place when the data received by the at least one recording device have been checked for intactness.

21. Data acquiring device for video/audio data, comprising:

an interface to a digital network for the transmission of data to at least one recording device via the digital network,

a data memory, by means of which data are recordable before transfer to the digital network, in order to be able after a transmission fault on the digital network to provide data which were generated during a period of the fault,

a detection apparatus for emitting test signals to the digital network at fixed time intervals in order to be able to detect faults of the data transmission, and

means for automatically initiating a transmission of data recorded during the fault via the digital network to the at least one recording device when freedom from faults is detected after said fault of the data transmission,

wherein, after a detected fault, received data which have been recorded during the period of the fault and are transmitted after ending of the fault are written into memory of the at least one recording device in a data gap in a correct time sequence.

22. Data acquiring device according to claim 21, wherein a registration apparatus is provided, by means of which changes in status with respect to faults in the data transmission are registerable.

23. Data acquiring device according to claim 21, wherein a control apparatus is provided, by means of which data from the data memory which were generated during a fault of the data transmission on the digital network are transmittable on the digital network.

24. Data acquiring device according to claim 21, wherein a control apparatus is provided, by means of which stored data are erasable from the data memory after transmission on the digital network.

25. Data acquiring device according to claim 21, wherein the data memory is adapted in its storage capacity to the data transmission rate and the maximum expected fault period of the data transmission.

26. Data acquiring device according to claim 21, wherein at least one of a camera or a microphone are provided.

27. Data acquiring device according to claim 21, wherein at least one of a video server or an audio server are provided.

28. Recording system for video/audio data, comprising:

(i) at least one data acquiring device for video/audio data, comprising;

an interface to a digital network for the transmission of data via the digital network; and

a data memory by means of which data are recordable before transfer to the digital network, in order to be able after a transmission fault on the digital network to provide data which were generated during a period of the fault;

(ii) at least one recording device for video/audio data, comprising;

an interface for a digital network, via which data are receivable from the digital network; and

a memory for recording the data; and

(iii) a detection apparatus, by means of which test signals are emittable to the digital network or test signals are receivable from the digital network or test signals are emittable and receivable, in order to be able to detect faults of the data transmission from the data acquiring device;

wherein;

the data acquiring device and the recording device are co-operating via the digital network;

a transmission of data recorded at the data source during the fault via the digital network is automatically initiated when freedom from faults is detected after said fault of the data transmission; and

data which have been recorded during the period of the fault and are transmitted after ending of the fault are written into memory of the at least one recording device in a data gap in a correct time sequence.

29. Recording system according to claim 28, wherein the at least one recording device records the data supplied by the least one data acquiring device.

30. Recording system according to claim 28, wherein the detection apparatus emits said test signals at fixed time intervals.