MULTIPLE DEVICE RECORDING PROCESS AND SYSTEM

• US 20180013975A1
• Filed: 07/11/2017
• Published: 01/11/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kombikam LLC
• Original Assignee: Kombikam LLC
• Inventors: Tang, Edmond
• Application Number:
  US15/647,169
• Publication Number:
  US 20180013975A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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: H04N 21/2665 Gathering content from different sources, e.g. Internet and satellite
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2743 Video hosting of uploaded data from client
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43072 of multiple content streams on the same device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4347 Demultiplexing of several video streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8173 End-user applications, e.g. Web browser, game
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8358 involving watermark protecting executable software by watermarking G06F21/16; image watermarking in general G06T1/0021; watermarks inserted in still images for transmission purposes H04N1/32144; inserting watermarks during video coding H04N19/467
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/90 Arrangement of cameras or camera modules, e.g. multiple cameras in TV studios or sports stadiums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/77 between a recording apparatus and a television camera

Abstract

A system is provided where video and audio is recorded by multiple devices, that can be played back on the same video via split frames. In an embodiment, multiple cameras and devices, for example ranging from iPhones, to Android phones, to GoPros, connected via Wi-Fi/Wi-Fi-direct to be synchronized via an app. Once all devices are ready, the master or primary device can initiate a recording on all the cameras simultaneously. Once the recording has stopped, the devices will send the video to the master device for processing and merging.

Claims

1. A computer-readable, non-transitory programmable product, for recording and controlling video footage for a plurality of devices, comprising code executable by one or more processors, to cause the one or more processors to do the following:

cause a plurality of devices to record video;

cause the plurality of devices to transmit recorded video to a master device; and

cause the processing of the recorded video from the plurality of devices for playback.

2. The computer-readable, non-transitory programmable product as recited in claim 1 which further causes the processor of the master device to combine the video recordings, from the plurality of devices, on a plurality of areas of a split screen, each area being for a respective recording from an associated device.

3. The computer-readable, non-transitory programmable product as recited in claim 1 which further causes the processor of the master device to combine the video recordings, from the plurality of devices to be played back simultaneously in a single frame, on equally equal sized areas.

4. The computer-readable, non-transitory programmable product as recited in claim 1 which further causes the one or more processors to additionally do the following:

record audio from a plurality of devices;

cause the plurality of devices to transmit recorded audio to a master device; and

cause the processing of the recorded audio from the plurality of devices for playback.

5. The computer-readable, non-transitory programmable product as recited in claim 3 which further causes the processor of the master device to process the audio recordings, from the plurality of devices, for playback.

6. The computer-readable, non-transitory programmable product as recited in claim 1 wherein the programmable product provides a user controlled editor for choosing frames, from among the video provided by the plurality of devices, for playback.

7. The computer-readable, non-transitory programmable product as recited in claim 1 wherein the programmable product provides a user controlled editor for allowing the play back of multiple frames in a dominant area, while other video plays in other areas of a screen.

8. The computer-readable, non-transitory programmable product as recited in claim 1 wherein the programmable product provides a user controlled editor for allowing the play back of associated audio with the dominant area.

9. The computer-readable, non-transitory programmable product as recited in claim 1 wherein the programmable product causes the one or more processors to select an aspect ratio for recording in connection with each device.

10. The computer-readable, non-transitory programmable product as recited in claim 1 wherein the programmable product causes each device to watermark each recording according to an associated user.