Portable video and imaging system
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1. A portable video and imaging system for law enforcement comprising:
- a portable housing configured to be mounted on a body of a law enforcement officer, on a device carried by the law enforcement officer, or in a law enforcement vehicle;
a camera component housed within the housing and configured to capture video of an event;
a memory element housed within the housing and configured to record the captured video of the event, wherein said captured and recorded video comprises a plurality of video frames of a video file;
an input mounted on the housing and configured to be actuated by the law enforcement officer in the field and in response to being actuated, generate an activation signal; and
a processing element associated with the memory element and the input and configured to;
receive said activation signal generated in response to the law enforcement officer actuating the input, andin response to the activation signal, store a mark in the video file for at least one of the plurality of video frames to thereby identify a point in time or location in the video file,wherein said mark in the video file of the at least one of the plurality of video frames enables the processing element to perform the following;
upon playback of the video file and in response to receipt from a user request, automatically advance the video file to the marked at least one video frame representing the point in time or location in the video file at which the law enforcement officer actuated the input.
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Abstract
A portable video and imaging system includes a camera for capturing video of an event, and a video recording device for recording the captured video of the event. The camera is housed in a first housing, the recording device is housed in a second housing, and the first and second housings are physically separate. Various embodiments provide for the system to be mounted to a user'"'"'s body, an article of clothing, such as a shirt or a hat, to a vehicle, or to an ancillary component carried by the user, such as a firearm.
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24 Claims
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1. A portable video and imaging system for law enforcement comprising:
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a portable housing configured to be mounted on a body of a law enforcement officer, on a device carried by the law enforcement officer, or in a law enforcement vehicle; a camera component housed within the housing and configured to capture video of an event; a memory element housed within the housing and configured to record the captured video of the event, wherein said captured and recorded video comprises a plurality of video frames of a video file; an input mounted on the housing and configured to be actuated by the law enforcement officer in the field and in response to being actuated, generate an activation signal; and a processing element associated with the memory element and the input and configured to; receive said activation signal generated in response to the law enforcement officer actuating the input, and in response to the activation signal, store a mark in the video file for at least one of the plurality of video frames to thereby identify a point in time or location in the video file, wherein said mark in the video file of the at least one of the plurality of video frames enables the processing element to perform the following; upon playback of the video file and in response to receipt from a user request, automatically advance the video file to the marked at least one video frame representing the point in time or location in the video file at which the law enforcement officer actuated the input. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A portable video and imaging system for law enforcement comprising:
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a portable housing configured to be selectively mounted on a body of a law enforcement officer and in a law enforcement vehicle; a first mounting assembly configured for mounting the housing to the law enforcement officer'"'"'s body; a second mounting assembly configured for mounting the housing in the law enforcement vehicle, such that the housing may selectively and interchangeably be mounted on the law enforcement officer'"'"'s body via the first mounting assembly and the law enforcement vehicle via the second mounting assembly; a camera component housed within the housing and configured to capture video of an event; a memory element housed within the housing and configured to record the captured video of the event, wherein said captured and recorded video comprises a plurality of video frames of a video file; an input mounted on the housing and configured to be actuated by the law enforcement officer in the field and in response to being actuated, generate an activation signal; and a processing element associated with the memory element and the input and configured to; receive said activation signal generated in response to the law enforcement officer actuating the input, in response to the activation signal, store a mark in the video file for at least one of the plurality of video frames to thereby identify a point in time or location in the video file, upon playback of the video file and in response to receipt from a user request, automatically advance the video file to the marked at least one video frame representing the point in time or location in the video file at which the law enforcement officer actuated the input, wirelessly transmit the video file to a mobile communications device configured for viewing the video on the mobile communications device, and instruct capturing of video by the camera component for recording the event in response to receiving information indicative of a triggering event, wherein the triggering event is a signal from the law enforcement vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a video file of a law enforcement event, said video file comprising:
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a plurality of frames, each frame including video data of an event, wherein said video data is captured by a portable video and imaging system information indicative of a mark of at least one of the plurality of frames of the video file to thereby identify a point in time or location in the video file, wherein said mark is initiated by the law enforcement officer actuating an input on a housing of the portable video and imaging system, wherein said mark in the video file of the at least one of the plurality of video frames enables, during playback of the video file, automatically advancing the video file to the marked at least one video frame representing the point in time or location in the video file at which the law enforcement officer actuated the input; and metadata associated with at least a portion of the plurality of frames, wherein the metadata includes a geographical location of at least one component of the portable video and imaging system when at least one of the plurality of frames was captured, a time or date of when at least one of the plurality of frames was captured, and any triggering event that initiated capturing of the video file. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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