Recorder with retrospective capture
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1. A recording method, comprising:
- continuously capturing a stream of images using a capture element of a portable video recorder;
simultaneously presenting the stream of images to a user and transmitting the captured stream of images to a provisional memory of the portable video recorder;
holding each image of the stream of images only for a period of time as provisional data in the provisional memory included in the portable video recorder;
receiving a user-initiated trigger signal from a user interface included in the portable video recorder; and
upon receiving the trigger signal, saving all of the provisional data held in the provisional memory at the time of the trigger signal, the provisional data corresponding only to events prior to the trigger signal, as saved data in a permanent memory.
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Abstract
A system and method allows a user to enter a command capture audio, video, and/or still pictures that commence at a moment in time earlier than entering the command.
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1. A recording method, comprising:
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continuously capturing a stream of images using a capture element of a portable video recorder; simultaneously presenting the stream of images to a user and transmitting the captured stream of images to a provisional memory of the portable video recorder; holding each image of the stream of images only for a period of time as provisional data in the provisional memory included in the portable video recorder; receiving a user-initiated trigger signal from a user interface included in the portable video recorder; and upon receiving the trigger signal, saving all of the provisional data held in the provisional memory at the time of the trigger signal, the provisional data corresponding only to events prior to the trigger signal, as saved data in a permanent memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A portable video recorder for retrospectively recording, comprising:
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a capture element configured to produce a continuous stream of video data; a provisional memory configured to receive the continuous stream of video data as provisional data from the capture element and hold the provisional data for only a span of time after the receipt of the provisional data; and a user interface contained within the portable video recorder with the provisional memory and the capture element, configured to receive a command from a user to store all of the provisional data existing at the time of the command as permanent data, the provisional data corresponding only to events prior to the command. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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