Video camera band and system

• US 8,768,141 B2
• Filed: 11/30/2012
• Issued: 07/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: ECCO Design, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ECCO Design, Inc.
• Inventors: Chan, Eric
• Primary Examiner(s): Chevalier, Robert
• Application Number:
  US13/690,612
• Publication Number:
  US 20130202274A1
• Time in Patent Office: 578 Days
• Field of Search: 386/224, 386/209, 386/210, 386/223, 386/226
• US Class Current: 386/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/239 using two 2D image sensors having a relative position equal to or related to the interocular distance H04N13/243 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2213/001 Constructional or mechanical details
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/77 between a recording apparatus and a television camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/185 from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8227 the additional signal being at least another television signal

Abstract

A video camera band includes left and right side portions, a bridge, at least one video camera, a processor, local storage and a network interface. Video recorded by the video camera band is transmitted via the network interface to a remote computing device.

Claims

1. A video camera band configured to be worn by a user, the video camera band comprising:

a left side portion;

a right side portion;

a bridge between the left side portion and right side portion configured to rest in a front-facing direction relative to the user'"'"'s body;

a user input receiver;

a network interface configured to transmit data to and receive data from a remote computing device;

at least one video camera;

a local buffer;

a local storage;

a power source; and

a processor configured to receive video from the at least one video camera and, absent a record command, store the received video in the local buffer, said processor being configured, upon receipt of a retroactive record command, to transfer a predetermined amount of video previously stored in said local buffer to said local storage and to transmit the stored video from the local storage to the remote computing device via the network interface at the direction of the user input receiver.

2. The video camera band of claim 1, wherein the video camera band comprises at least two video cameras included in the bridge.

3. The video camera band of claim 2, wherein:

the at least two video cameras are spaced apart on the bridge such that a left video camera is closer to the left side portion and a right video camera is closer to the right side portion and

the processor is configured to combine video from the right and left video cameras into 3D video.

4. The video camera band of claim 1, wherein the user input receiver, network interface, at least one video camera, local storage, power supply and processor are included within the bridge.

5. The video camera band of claim 4, wherein at least one of the user input receiver, network interface, at least one video camera, local storage, power supply and processor are provided within a removable bridge component which is configured for removal from the bridge.

6. The video camera band of claim 1, wherein at least one of the user input receiver, network interface, at least one video camera, local storage, power supply and processor is configured for removal from the video camera band.

7. The video camera band of claim 1, wherein:

the processor is configured to process the received video to produce a first processed video of a first bandwidth and a second processed video of a second bandwidth, the second bandwidth being higher than the first bandwidth and the first and second processed videos corresponding to the received video,

the processor is configured to store the first and second processed videos in the local storage, and

the processor is configured to begin transmission of the first processed video via the network interface before beginning transmission of the second processed video via the network interface.

8. The video camera band of claim 1, wherein:

the left side portion is hingedly attached to the bridge,

the right side portion is hingedly attached to the bridge, and

the left side portion and right side portion are configured so as to be hingeable relative to the bridge between a wear configuration and a storage configuration.

9. The video camera band of claim 1, wherein:

the at least one video camera is included in the bridge,

the left side portion is swivelably attached to the bridge,

the right side portion is swivelably attached to the bridge, and

the bridge is configured to swivel relative to the left and right side portions between a visor configuration and a necklace configuration such that the at least one video camera is oriented in the same direction when the user wears the video camera band in the visor configuration as when the user wears the video camera band in the necklace configuration.

10. The video camera band of claim 1, wherein, upon the receipt of a period record command, the processor is configured to store a predetermined amount of video received in the future in the local storage.

11. The video camera of claim 1 wherein upon receipt of said retroactive record command, the processor is also configured to store a predetermined amount of video received in the future in the local storage.

12. The video camera band of claim 1, further comprising a microphone and audio captured by the microphone is included in the video received, stored and transmitted by the processor.

13. The video camera band of claim 1, further comprising speakers provided near the user'"'"'s ears to output audio received via the network interface.

14. The video camera band of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to transmit the stored video to a social media network hosted on at least one remote server via the network interface.

15. The video camera band of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to transmit the stored video to a mobile phone via the network interface.