System for acquiring, reviewing, and editing sports video segments

• US 6,038,368 A
• Filed: 02/05/1996
• Issued: 03/14/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Smyers, Scott, Dare, Peter A., Boetje, Gerard J.
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, HUY THANH
• Application Number:
  US08/596,677
• Time in Patent Office: 1,499 Days
• Field of Search: 386/52, 386/55, 386/54, 386/95, 386/46, 386/121, 386/91, 386/57, 386/64, 386/65, 348/7, 348/906, 348/13, 348/157
• US Class Current: 386/278
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/41 Flat as opposed to hierarchical combination, e.g. library of tapes or discs, CD changer, or groups of record carriers that together store one title
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/655 Memory in cassette [MIC]
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/90 Tape-like record carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/032 on tapes G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/11 by using information not detectable on the record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/328 on a tape [TTOC]
• 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 21/60 Network structure or processes for video distribution between server and client or between remote clients; Control signalling between clients, server and network components; Transmission of management data between server and client , e.g. sending from server to client commands for recording incoming content stream; Communication details between server and client
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/775 between a recording apparatus and a television receiver

Abstract

A computer system is provided for recording, processing, and distributing video information. The computer system includes a bus for driving compressed digital video and audio information and compressed digital information associated therewith. The computer system also includes at least one digital video camcorder, a processor, a memory, and a user interface. The computer system preferably further includes a mass storage device including a database. The database stores video information and digital information associated with the video information. The computer system also includes a deck for recording and playing information received from the DVCR and from the mass storage device.

Claims

1. In a video image system, a method for recording at least one segment of video information, from a video medium of a source video cassette, onto a video medium of a destination video cassette, said source and destination video cassettes each having a memory including, for each segment, an index identifying a location on the respective medium where said segment is recorded, said method comprising the steps of:

a. retrieving from said source video cassette said at least one segment and a first index corresponding to said at least one segment;

b. identifying, based on said first index, a medium location where the retrieved segment is recorded on the source video cassette;

c. recording said retrieved segment at a first predetermined location of said video medium of said destination video cassette;

d. retrieving from said source video cassette based on a second index, database of non-video data information corresponding to said first index, wherein said video medium of said source video cassette having recorded thereon database of non-video data information corresponding to said at least one segment of video information;

e. identifylng a medium location based on said first index and second index where the database of non-video data information is located;

f. recording said database information at a second predetermined location of said video medium of said destination video cassette; and

g. updating said memory of said destination video cassette with said predetermined first and second locations, wherein said step of updating comprises;

determining a first track at which recording was initiated on the source video cassette and a second track at which recording is to be initiated on the destination video cassette;

retrieving the first index and second index from the memory of the source video cassette;

adjusting the medium locations corresponding to the first index and second index by an amount equal to the difference between the first track and second track and storing the first and second indices and corresponding adjusted medium locations in the memory of the destination video cassette.