VIDEO AND TEXT INTEGRATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OFFICIAL RECORDINGS

• US 20140376872A1
• Filed: 06/20/2014
• Published: 12/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Vidtext, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Vidtext, Inc.
• Inventors: Lipetz, Bradford J.
• Application Number:
  US14/311,015
• Publication Number:
  US 20140376872A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/201
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/10 Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel
• 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 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal

Abstract

A system for providing an official recording of a legal proceedings includes one or more computer systems, a stenographic machine, a video recording device, and an audio recording device. Text file input from the stenographic machine is synchronized with video and audio data and delivered to appropriate parties. Starting and stopping of recording may be controlled based on outputs of the stenographic machine. A separate start/stop device may be coupled to a computer system recording video and audio and storing it locally. The start/stop device may provide visible and/or audible signals indicating when recording is occurring. Real-time concurrent display of textual data from the stenographic machine with video and/or audio data being received may also be provided.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a first computer system, a video recording of an audible and visible event;

receiving, by the first computer system, simultaneous with the video recording a transcription of the event; and

generating, by one of the first computer system and a second computer system, a combined file including a video file including the video recording and a text file including the transcription, the text file being synchronized with the video recording.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising, during the event:

initiating, by one of the first computer system and a third computer system, stenographic software to receive input of the transcription of the event;

in response to initiating stenographic software to receive input of the transcription of the event, initiating, by one of the first computer system and the third computer system, output of the video recording by a video recording device.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising, during the event:

pausing the stenographic software; and

in response to pausing the stenographic software, pausing output of the video recording by a video recording device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

during receiving of the video recording and the transcription of the event, presenting, on one of the first computing system and a third computing system, a preview simultaneously displaying a most recent portion of the transcription and the video recording.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a physical switch operably coupled to one of the first computing device and a third computing device; and

in response to actuation of the physical switch, pausing or initiating recording of the video recording by a video recording device.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the physical switch further includes a perceptible indicator, the method further comprising activating the physical indicator in response to actuation of the physical switch to initiate recording of the video by the video recording device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein activating the physical indicator comprises activating a light.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein activating the physical indicator comprises activating a speaker.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein activating the speaker comprises playing a verbal message.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the verbal message is a voice stating “

on the record.”

11. A system comprising:

a first computer system including one or more processors and one or more memory devices operably coupled to the one or more processors, the one or more memory devices comprising executable and operational data effective to cause the one or more processors to;

receive a video recording of an audible and visible event; and

receive simultaneous with the video recording a transcription of the event;

wherein one of the first computer system and a second computer system stores executable and operational data effective to the one of the first computer system and second computer system to generate a combined file including a video file including the video recording and a text file including the transcription, the text file being synchronized with the video recording.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein one of the first computer system and a third computer system is further programmed to:

initiate stenographic software to receive input of the transcription of the event; and

in response to initiating stenographic software to receive input of the transcription of the event, initiate output of the video recording by a video recording device.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein one of the first computer system and the third computer system is further configured to:

pause the stenographic software;

in response to pausing the stenographic software, pause video recording by a video recording device.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein one of the first computer system and a third computer system is further programmed to:

during receiving of the video recording and the transcription of the event, present a preview simultaneously displaying a most recent portion of the transcription and the video recording.

15. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

a physical switch operably coupled to the first computing device, the first computing device further programmed to one of pause and initiate recording of the video recording by a video recording device in response to actuation of the physical switch.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the physical switch further includes a perceptible indicator, the physical indicator programmed to, in response to actuation of the physical switch, alternately activate and deactivate the perceptible indicator.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the physical indicator comprises a light.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the physical indicator comprises a speaker.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the physical switch if further configured to cause the speaker to play a verbal message.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the verbal message is a voice stating “

on the record.”