System for acquiring, reviewing, and editing sports video segments

• US 6,289,167 B1
• Filed: 10/14/1997
• Issued: 09/11/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• 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:
  US08/949,635
• Time in Patent Office: 1,428 Days
• Field of Search: H04/N.576, 386/46, 386/52, 386/107, 386/117, 386/95, 386/112, 386/55, 386/65, 358/906, 345/328
• US Class Current: 386/231
• 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. A computer system including:

a bus configured to drive digital video and audio information and digital information;

at least one first digital video camcorder, coupled to said bus, said first camcorder configured to selectively record and play said digital video and audio information and non-video digital information associated therewith;

a processor coupled to said bus;

a user interface, coupled to said bus said user interface configured to control said non-video digital information associated with said digital video information and audio information;

a mass storage device coupled to said bus, said mass storage device including a database, said database configured to store said digital information associated with the digital video and audio information; and

at least one video recorder for recording said digital video and audio information received from said first video camcorder and said digital information from said mass storage device.

2. The computer system of claim 1 wherein said bus transfers isochronous and asyncrhonous signals.

3. The computer system of claim 2 wherein said bus is a device interconnection bus that operates in compliance with IEEE standard 1394.

4. The computer system of claim 1 wherein said at least one first digital video camcorder and said at least one video recorder utilizes video cassettes that include a non-volatile memory for random access of data.

5. The computer system of claim 4 wherein said at least one first digital video camcorder and said at least one video recorder generate Automatic Track Numbers (ATN).

6. The computer system of claim 1 wherein said digital information stored in said database is statistical information.

7. The computer system of claim 1 further including a video server storing copies of the at least one video cassette that includes a non-volatile memory for random access of data.

8. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the user interface comprising controlling functions selected from the group comprising enabling a user to input the digital information and enabling a user to edit the digital information.

9. The computer system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the digital information recorded by the digital video recorder comprises a first portion and a second portion, the first portion comprising track numbers recorded by the first digital video camcorder and the second portion comprising associated information received from the mass storage device.

10. The computer system of claim 9, wherein the second portion comprises statistical information regarding content of the associated video and audio information.

11. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the digital information stored on the mass storage device comprises data input by a user through the user interface.

12. The computer system of claim 1 wherein the digital information stored on the mass storage device is generated subsequent to the recording of digital video and audio information by the first digital video camcorder.

13. The computer system of claim 12, wherein the digital information stored on the mass storage device generated subsequent to the recording of the digital video and audio information is generated by user input through the user interface.