Contents recording system and contents recording method which transmits header information

• US 8,346,053 B2
• Filed: 04/13/2006
• Issued: 01/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Fujihata, Katsuyuki, Hino, Takeharu, Moriya, Takuji
• Primary Examiner(s): Topgyal, Gelek W
• Application Number:
  US11/403,620
• Publication Number:
  US 20060233526A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,455 Days
• Field of Search: 386/46, 386/52, 386/55, 386/95, 386/107, 386125-126, 348/159
• US Class Current: 386/210
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/3027 used signal is digitally coded
• 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

Abstract

A contents recording system and a contents recording method reducing a time taken for recording and editing of video content and other video contents. An optical disk device for recording video content and a computer are connected via a network. The computer is supplied with low resolution proxy AV data from the optical disk device, streaming reproduces it as live video and, at the same time, introduces essence marks as meta-data to any positions of the proxy AV data, and describes them in a meta-data file. The optical disk device transmits a header including a recording period of a captured clip to the computer after the end of the capture of the clip.

Claims

1. A contents recording system including a first processing part of a camera, transmitting video contents and a second processing part of an editor device receiving the video contents, wherein

the first processing part is provided with

a contents recording part recording video contents, on a first recording unit, in parts from a start of recording to an end of recording, and

a transmitting part starting transmission to the second processing part, in the order of recording the video contents, before the contents recording part ends the recording of one video contents and transmitting status information,

the second processing part is provided with

a receiving part receiving the video contents from the first processing part in order and receiving the status information,

a display part displaying the received video contents, and

an index information processing part (a) introducing, to a desired position of the video contents displayed on the display part, index information serving as an editing index of that position of the video, (b) recording on a second recording unit that position and index information linked, together and (c) recording the video contents on the second recording unit, and

the first processing part (a) generates first additional information, including at least a recording period of contents information, after an end of recording of the video contents, (b) records the first additional information on the first recording unit as header information for the recorded video contents and (c) after receiving an automatic request to transmit the first additional information, the automatic request being from the second processing part based upon the received status information, transmits the first additional information to the second processing part after an end of recording of the contents information by the contents recording part is indicated by the received status information, wherein the second processing part records on the second recording unit the first additional information as header information for the recorded video contents.

2. A contents recording system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the said second processing part generates a contents file corresponding to said contents information based on contents information received by said receiving part, first additional information received in accordance with said contents information, and second additional information indicating an end position of said contents information.

3. A contents recording system as set forth in claim 1, wherein

said first processing part manages the video contents of the recorded objects by unique contents IDs and

said second processing part processes the received video contents and the contents IDs of the video contents linked together.

4. A contents recording system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said first processing part converts said video contents to second video contents of a lower resolution than said video contents and transmits that to the second processing part.

5. A contents recording method performed between a first processing system of a camera and a second processing system of an editor device, said method including the steps of:

having the first processing system

start recording of video contents on a first recording unit,

start transmission of the video contents to the second processing part in the order of recording before ending the recording, of the video contents and transmitting status information,

generate first additional information including at least a recording period of contents information and record on the first recording unit the first additional information, as header information for the recorded video contents, after an end of recording the video contents, and

having the second processing system

sequentially receive the video contents and the status information,

display the received video contents,

introduce, to a desired position of the video contents to be displayed, index information serving as an editing index of that position of the video,

record, on a second recording unit, the introduced index information and the corresponding position linked together,

record the video contents on the second recording unit, and

in response to an automatic request from the second processing system to the first processing system, acquire the first additional information including at least the recording period of the contents information from the first processing system after the end of the recording of the contents information is indicated by the received status information and record on the second recording unit the first additional information as header information for the recorded video contents.

6. A contents transmitting system for transmitting video contents to a processing system of an editor device, comprising:

a contents recording part recording on a recording device video contents in parts from a start of recording to an end of recording,

a transmitting part starting transmission of said video contents to said processing system, in the order of recording, before said contents recording part finishes recording one video contents and transmitting status information, and

generating part generating first additional information, including at least a recording period, of contents information, after an end of recording the video contents and recording on the recording device the first additional information as header information for the recorded video contents, wherein

said transmitting part transmits to said processing system the first additional information, including at least the recording period of said contents information after an end of recording of the contents information by said contents recording part, upon receiving an automatic request from said processing system to transmit the first additional information, the automatic request based upon the transmitted status information.