Low attention recording, with particular application to social recording
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1. A portable recording unit for recording an event, comprising:
- a visual data acquisition device for obtaining visual recording data representing the content of the event;
means for obtaining and/or producing augmenting data in addition to the visual recording data; and
means for mounting one or more of the devices of the recording unit on the body of a recorder;
wherein;
the means for obtaining and/or producing augmenting data comprises means for marking visual recording data;
the marking means further comprises means for enabling the recorder to specify a non-contemporaneous mark; and
the data storage device stores marking data associating the non-contemporaneous mark with visual recording data obtained at a marked time different from the marking time at which the non-contemporaneous mark was specified by the recorder.
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Abstract
The invention enables “low attention recording,” i.e., recording that need not appreciably affect interaction of a recorder (i.e., a person in control of a recording unit according to the invention) or others with the environment in which the recording is taking place. The low attention recording enabled by the invention can be particularly advantageously employed in “social recording,” i.e., recording in which multiple participants in an event are recording the event. As described in more detail below, advantageous aspects of the invention can be provided by a small, lightweight, wearable recording unit.
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1. A portable recording unit for recording an event, comprising:
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a visual data acquisition device for obtaining visual recording data representing the content of the event;
means for obtaining and/or producing augmenting data in addition to the visual recording data; and
means for mounting one or more of the devices of the recording unit on the body of a recorder;
wherein;
the means for obtaining and/or producing augmenting data comprises means for marking visual recording data;
the marking means further comprises means for enabling the recorder to specify a non-contemporaneous mark; and
the data storage device stores marking data associating the non-contemporaneous mark with visual recording data obtained at a marked time different from the marking time at which the non-contemporaneous mark was specified by the recorder. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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