AUTOMATICALLY SYNCING RECORDINGS BETWEEN TWO OR MORE CONTENT RECORDING DEVICES

• US 20140355951A1
• Filed: 05/28/2013
• Published: 12/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Tabak, Joshua Abraham
• Granted Patent: US 9,646,650 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/241
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/10 Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel
• 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: G11B 27/3027 used signal is digitally coded
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/3036 Time code signal
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal

Abstract

This disclosure generally relates to systems and methods that facilitate synchronizing recordings between a plurality of content recording devices using embedded markers or metadata, and employing the synchronized recordings on a content recording device or a content server to present one or more of the synchronized recordings concurrently in a merged presentation or in a manner that allows for switching between recordings while maintaining synchronization.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a first content recording device including a processor, input indicating a synchronized recording request; and

in response to receiving the synchronized recording request;

establishing, by the first content recording device, a synchronized recording relationship with a second content recording device that includes temporal synchronization between the first content recording device and the second content recording device;

inserting, by the first content recording device, a first marker into a first recording being captured by the first content recording device; and

instructing, by the first content recording device, the second content recording device to insert a second marker into a second recording being captured by the second content recording device, wherein the second marker is temporally synchronized with the first marker.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising in response to receiving the synchronized recording request:

initiating, by the first content recording device, the first recording; and

instructing, by the first content recording device, the second content recording device to initiate the second recording.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first marker is at least one of an audible marker, a visual marker, or a code marker.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the establishing the synchronized recording relationship comprises employing a wireless security mechanism between the first content recording device and the second content recording device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising employing, by the first content recording device, a permission mechanism that allows for shared ownership of the first recording and the second recording amongst respective user identities associated with the first content recording device and the second content recording device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the input is at least one of a visual or audio token captured by the first content recording device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising associating metadata to at least one of the first recording or the second recording that identifies the established recording relationship between the first content recording device and the second content recording device.

8. A first content recording device, comprising:

a processor, communicatively coupled to a memory that stores computer-executable components, that executes or facilitates execution of the computer-executable component, comprising;

an interface component configured to receive input indicating a synchronized recording request; and

a content recording component configured to, in response to receiving the synchronized recording request;

establish a synchronized recording relationship with a second recording device that includes temporal synchronization between the first content recording device and the second content recording device;

insert a first marker into a first recording being captured by the first content recording device; and

instruct the second content recording device to insert a second marker into a second recording being captured by the second content recording device,

wherein the first marker is temporally synchronized with the second marker.

9. The first content recording device of claim 8, wherein the content recording component is further configured to, in response to receiving the synchronized recording request:

initiate the first recording; and

instruct the second content recording device to initiate the second recording.

10. The first content recording device of claim 8, wherein the first marker is at least one of an audible marker, a visual marker, or a code marker.

11. The first content recording device of claim 8, wherein the content recording component is further configured to establish the synchronized recording relationship using a wireless security mechanism between the first content recording device and the second content recording device.

12. The first content recording device of claim 8, wherein the content recording component is further configured to employ a permission mechanism that allows for shared ownership of the first recording and the second recording amongst respective user identities associated with the first content recording device and the second content recording device.

13. The first content recording device of claim 8, wherein the input is at least one of a visual or audio token captured by the first content recording device.

14. The first content recording device of claim 8, wherein the content recording component is further configured associate metadata to at least one of the first recording or the second recording that identifies the established recording relationship between the first content recording device and the second content recording device.

15. A method, comprising:

accessing, by a device including a processor, a subset of a plurality of recordings having respective markers, wherein the respective markers are temporally synchronized between the plurality of recordings, and wherein the subset comprises at least two of the plurality of recordings; and

time synchronizing, by the device, the subset of recordings based upon the respective markers.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the synchronizing comprises generating a single recording from the subset of recordings concurrently in a temporally synchronized manner according to the respective markers.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the single recording comprises a three-dimensional view.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the three-dimensional view can be rotated about at least one axis.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the three-dimensional view can be rotated omni-directionally about a point.

20. The method of claim 15, further comprising generating the respective markers by analyzing content of the subset of recordings for common audio or visual features.

21. A system, comprising:

a processor, communicatively coupled to a memory that stores computer-executable components, that executes or facilitates execution of the computer-executable component, comprising;

a content server component configured to access a subset of a plurality of recordings having respective markers, wherein the respective markers are temporally synchronized between the plurality of recordings, and wherein the subset comprises at least two of the plurality of recordings; and

a content synchronization component configured to time synchronize the subset of recordings based upon the respective markers.

22. The system of claim 21, further comprising a synchronized content generation component configured to generate a single recording from the subset of recordings concurrently in a temporally synchronized manner according to the respective markers.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the single recording comprises a three-dimensional view.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the three-dimensional view can be rotated about at least one axis.

25. The system of claim 23, wherein the three-dimensional view can be rotated omni-directionally about a point.

26. The system of claim 22, wherein the single recording comprises a panoramic view.

27. The system of claim 21, further comprising a server marker generation component configured to generate the respective markers by analyzing content of the subset of recordings for common audio or visual features.