Audio video recording device

• US 9,282,291 B2
• Filed: 01/06/2011
• Issued: 03/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Socionext Inc.
• Original Assignee: Socionext Inc.
• Inventors: Tanji, Miho, Yagi, Yoriko, Morita, Teruyuki, Ogama, Yasutaka
• Primary Examiner(s): Rao, Andy
• Assistant Examiner(s): SOSANYA, OBAFEMI OLUDAYO
• Application Number:
  US12/985,995
• Publication Number:
  US 20110102670A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,888 Days
• Field of Search: 348/61
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2743 Video hosting of uploaded data from client
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/440263 by altering the spatial resolution, e.g. for displaying on a connected PDA
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/440281 by altering the temporal resolution, e.g. by frame skipping television signal recording using magnetic recording on tape for reproducing at a rate different from the recording rate H04N5/783
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/173 with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/7921 for more than one processing mode

Abstract

The present invention provides an audio video recording device which can easily post video contents on a video-sharing website without editing the video data to be posted. The audio video data recording device for recording audio and video data includes: a camera unit to which a captured moving image is inputted; a high-quality coding unit for compressing the moving image captured by the camera unit with a high image quality; a high-quality data storage unit for recording therein data of the compressed moving image outputted from the high-quality coding unit; a low-quality coding controller for starting or suspending a low-quality recording process during the high-quality recording process; a low-quality coding unit for compressing the moving image captured by the camera unit with a low image quality in accordance with an instruction by the low-quality coding controller; a low-quality data storage unit for recording therein data of the compressed moving image outputted from the low-quality coding unit; and a communication unit for transferring the moving image data recorded in the low-quality data storage unit to a different apparatus.

Claims

1. An audio video recording device for recording audio and video data, comprising:

a camera unit to which a captured moving image is inputted;

a high-quality coding unit for compressing the moving image captured by the camera unit with a high image quality;

a high-quality data storage unit for recording therein data of the compressed moving image outputted from the high-quality coding unit;

a low-quality coding controller for starting and suspending a low-quality recording process during the high-quality recording process;

a low-quality coding unit for compressing the moving image captured by the camera unit with a low image quality in accordance with an instruction by the low-quality coding controller;

a low-quality data storage unit for recording therein data of the compressed moving image outputted from the low-quality coding unit; and

a communication unit for transferring the moving image data recorded in the low-quality data storage unit to a different apparatus,

wherein when the low-quality coding controller starts a low-quality image recording during the high-quality recording process, a moving image data outputted from the high-quality coding unit and a moving image data outputted from the low-quality coding controller are both continuously recorded, and when the low-quality image recording process is suspended during the high-quality recording process, only the moving image data outputted from the high-quality coding unit is recorded.

2. The audio video recording device as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the low-quality coding unit stores the moving image data in the low-quality data storage unit, starting with the data outputted at a time point earlier by a given period of time than a time point when the low-quality coding controller starts the recording process.

10. The audio video recording device as claimed in any of claims 1 through 9, wherein

the low-quality coding unit codes the moving image data in a format suitable for a video-sharing website, and the communication unit can post the moving image data recorded with the low image quality on the video-sharing website.

3. An audio video recording device for recording audio and video data, comprising:

a camera unit to which a captured moving image is inputted;

a high-quality coding unit for compressing the moving image captured by the camera unit with a high image quality;

a high-quality data storage unit for recording therein data of the compressed moving image outputted from the high-quality coding unit;

a low-quality coding controller for starting and suspending a low-quality recording process during the high-quality recording process;

a low-quality coding unit for compressing the moving image captured by the camera unit with a low image quality in accordance with an instruction by the low-quality coding controller;

a low-quality data storage unit for recording therein data of the compressed moving image outputted from the low-quality coding unit;

a seamless information generating unit for generating an information used to seamlessly link the moving image data outputted from the low-quality coding unit to the low-quality data recorded in the past; and

a communication unit for transferring the moving image data recorded in the low-quality data storage unit to a different apparatus,

wherein when the low-quality coding controller starts a low-quality image recording during the high-quality recording process, a moving image data outputted from the high-quality coding unit and a moving image data outputted from the low-quality coding controller are both continuously recorded, and when the low-quality image recording process is suspended during the high-quality recording process, only the moving image data outputted from the high-quality coding unit is recorded.

4. An audio video recording device for recording audio and video data, comprising:

a camera unit to which a captured moving image is inputted;

a high-quality coding unit for compressing the moving image captured by the camera unit with a high image quality;

a high-quality data storage unit for recording therein data of the compressed moving image outputted from the high-quality coding unit;

an audio detecting unit for starting and suspending a low-quality moving image recording process in the case where an inputted audio meets a given requirement during the high-quality recording process;

a low-quality coding unit for compressing the moving image captured by the camera unit with a low image quality in accordance with an instruction by the audio detecting unit;

a low-quality data storage unit for recording therein data of the compressed moving image outputted from the low-quality coding unit; and

a communication unit for transferring the moving image data recorded in the low-quality data storage unit to a different apparatus,

wherein when the audio detecting unit starts a low-quality image recording during the high-quality recording process, a moving image data outputted from the high-quality coding unit and a moving image data outputted from the low-quality coding controller are both continuously recorded, and when the low-quality image recording process is suspended during the high-quality recording process, only the moving image data outputted from the high-quality coding unit is recorded.

5. The audio video recording device as claimed in claim 4, wherein

in the case where the audio detecting unit detects that the inputted audio meets the given requirement, the low-quality coding unit stores the moving image data in the low-quality data storage unit, starting with the data outputted at a time point earlier by a given period of time than a time point when the audio detecting unit detects that the inputted audio meets the given requirement.

6. The audio video recording device as claimed in claim 4, wherein

the audio detecting unit starts or suspends the low-quality moving image recording process when a sound volume exceeds a threshold value.

7. An audio video recording device for recording audio and video data, comprising:

a camera unit to which a captured moving image is inputted;

a high-quality coding unit for compressing the moving image captured by the camera unit with a high image quality;

a high-quality data storage unit for recording therein data of the compressed moving image outputted from the high-quality coding unit;

an image detecting unit for starting and suspending a low-quality recording process in the case where an image information registered in advance is detected in the inputted image during the high-quality recording process;

a low-quality coding unit for compressing the moving image captured by the camera unit with a low image quality in accordance with an instruction by the image detecting unit;

a low-quality data storage unit for recording therein data of the compressed moving image outputted from the low-quality coding unit; and

a communication unit for transferring the moving image data recorded in the low-quality data storage unit to a different apparatus,

wherein when the image detecting unit starts the low-quality image recording during the high-quality recording process, both a moving image data outputted from the high-quality coding unit and a moving image data outputted from the low-quality coding unit are continuously recorded, and when the low-quality image recording process is stopped during the high-quality recording process, only the moving image data outputted from the high-quality coding unit is recorded.

8. The audio video recording device as claimed in claim 7, wherein

in the case where the image detecting unit detects the image information registered in advance, the low-quality coding unit stores the moving image data in the low-quality data storage unit, starting with the data outputted at a time point earlier by a given period of time than a time point when the image detecting unit detects the image information registered in advance.

9. The audio video recording device as claimed in claim 7, wherein

the image detecting unit starts or suspends the low-quality recording process in the case where a facial information registered in advance is detected.

11. An audio video recording device for recording audio and video data, comprising:

an input unit for inputting a start and suspend of a low-quality coding process while continuing a high-quality coding process; and

an input unit for inputting a start communication,

wherein when the low-quality coding process is started during the high-quality coding process, high-quality coding audio video data and low-quality coding audio video data are both continuously recorded, and when the low-quality coding process is stopped during the high-quality coding process, only the high-quality coding audio video data is recorded.

12. An audio video recording device for recording audio and video data, comprising:

an input unit for switching to a mode configured to start or suspend a low-quality coding process while continuing a high-quality coding process in the case where an inputted audio meets a given requirement; and

an input unit for starting a communication,

wherein in said mode configured to start the low-quality coding process during the high-quality coding process, both the high-quality coding audio video data and the low-quality coding audio video data are continuously recorded, and in said mode configured to stop the low-quality coding process during the high-quality coding process, only the high-quality coding audio video data is recorded.

13. An audio video recording device for recording audio and video data, comprising:

an input unit for switching to a mode configured to start or suspend a low-quality coding process while continuing a high-quality coding process in the case where an image information registered in advance is detected; and

an input unit for starting a communication,

wherein in said mode configured to start the low-quality coding process during the high-quality coding process, both the high-quality coding audio video data and the low-quality coding audio video data are continuously recorded, and in said mode configured to stop the low-quality coding process during the high-quality coding process, only the high-quality coding audio video data is recorded.