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Loop recording with book marking

DC
  • US 7,593,034 B2
  • Filed: 11/10/2008
  • Issued: 09/22/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A surveillance apparatus, comprising:

  • a camera having an image capturing component that captures images, and a converting component that converts the images into at least one data stream;

    a local memory functionally coupled to the camera;

    a wireless transmitter functionally coupled to the local memory;

    a recording facility that continuously records the data stream into available portions of a circular buffer in the local memory as a first file using a digital video file format;

    a protecting facility that responds to a signal to record by designating a segment of the circular buffer as a write-protected portion and by indexing the write-protected portion as a second distinct file in the circular buffer, wherein the segment includes a pre-recorded subset recorded before the signal is received and a post-recorded subset to be recorded after the signal is received; and

    a sending facility that uses the transmitter to wirelessly transmit the second file to a remote memory.

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