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Audio and/or video generation apparatus and method of generating audio and/or video signals

  • US 8,842,964 B2
  • Filed: 05/07/2012
  • Issued: 09/23/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/05/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An audio and/or video generation apparatus configured to generate audio and/or video material representative of an audio and/or visual source, said audio and/or video generation apparatus comprising:

  • recording circuitry configured to record audio and/or video signals representing said audio and/or video material to a recording medium;

    metadata generation circuitry configured to receive said audio and/or video signals, and to generate metadata automatically in response to receipt of said audio and/or video signals;

    storage circuitry configured to store the metadata generated by said metadata generation circuitry; and

    output circuitry configured to output a portion of the metadata stored in the storage circuitry,wherein the metadata includes location data representative of a location of edit points of one or more parts of the audio/video material, the metadata includes spatial coordinates of a location where the audio/video material was generated, the metadata includes one or more picture stamps providing a digital representation of an image generated from the video material, and the metadata includes at least one field for user generatable metadata, andwherein said audio and/or video generation apparatus is configured to output at least the portion of the metadata stored in the storage circuitry separately, using said output circuitry, without said audio and/or video signals, to outside said audio and/or video generation apparatus.

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