Portable tablet computer based multiple sensor mount having sensor input integration with real time user controlled commenting and flagging and method of using same

• US 10,410,676 B2
• Filed: 03/14/2014
• Issued: 09/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: KB Port, LLC
• Original Assignee: KbPort, LLC
• Inventors: Olmstead, Clifford P, Miller, Charles G
• Primary Examiner(s): Bullington, Robert P
• Application Number:
  US14/212,079
• Publication Number:
  US 20140227671A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,006 Days
• Field of Search: 434262
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/06 with both visual and audible presentation of the material to be studied
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/10 Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/79 Processing of colour television signals in connection with recording

Abstract

An event recording system for multiple sensor integration with real time user controlled commenting and flagging includes a portable tablet computer including multiple source integrating recording software configured to i) capture at least one video image during at least part of the event, ii) capture at least one audio record of at least a portion of the event; iii) capture multiple data inputs from data sensors during at least part of the event; iv) contemporaneously flag the common log file by at least one user during the event; and v) Integrate each video image, each audio record, each data input and each flag into a common time sequenced log file; at least one video camera and microphone coupled to the portable tablet computer during at least part of the event configured to supply at least one video image and one audio input during at least part of the event; and at least two independent sensors coupled to the portable tablet computer during at least part of the event configured to supply at least two data inputs during at least part of the event.

Claims

1. An event recording system for multiple sensor integration with real time user controlled commenting and flagging comprising:

a portable computing device including multiple source integrating recording software configured to i) capture at least one video image of at least part of an event, ii) capture at least one audio record of the at least part of the event;

iii) capture a plurality of data inputs of the at least part of the event;

iv) integrate the at least one video image, the at least one audio record, and the plurality of data inputs into a common log file;

v) contemporaneously flag the common log file by at least one user during the event; and

vi) integrate the at least one video image, the at least one audio record, the plurality of data inputs, and the flag into a common time sequenced log file in a single integrated session;

at least one video camera coupled to the portable computing device during the at least part of the event configured to supply the at least one video image during the at least part of the event;

at least one microphone coupled to the portable computing device during the at least part of the event configured to supply the at least one audio record during tat least part of the event; and

a plurality of sensors coupled to the portable computing device via at least one controller during the at least part of the event configured to supply the plurality of data inputs during the at least part of the event, wherein the portable computing device is configured to independently select at least one sensor from the plurality of sensors to provide the plurality of data inputs for the at least part of the event,

at least one digital recorder configured to simultaneously receive the at least one video image, the at least one audio record, and the plurality of data inputs into a shared memory ring buffer to maintain a set time for the time sequenced log file,

wherein the contemporaneous flag operation further comprises adding time stamped flags to the common log file in real time by temporarily stopping the capture of the at least one video image as the at least part of the event is occurring, wherein the time stamped flags comprise at least one of user commentary, text, audio, video, and data files,

wherein the at least one controller is configured to format an individual output for each sensor of the plurality of sensors for recording and display in the at least one controller'"'"'s own designated fashion, the individual output being configured as a separate video input to be received by the at least one digital recorder, the digital recorder being configured to integrate each individual output into the single integrated session that represents a single reviewable documentation of the event and the plurality of data inputs.

2. The event recording system for multiple sensor integration with real time user controlled commenting and flagging according to claim 1 wherein the portable computing device is a smartphone and wherein the smartphone is configured to receive an input for contemporaneously flagging the common log file.

3. The event recording system for multiple sensor integration with real time user controlled commenting and flagging according to claim 2 wherein that least one video cameras is integral with the smartphone.

4. The event recording system for multiple sensor integration with real time user controlled commenting and flagging according to claim 3 wherein the at least one microphone is integral with the smartphone.

5. The event recording system for multiple sensor integration with real time user controlled commenting and flagging according to claim 4 wherein the at least one video camera is a plurality of video cameras, and at least one video camera of the plurality of video cameras is wirelessly coupled to the common log file.

6. The event recording system for multiple sensor integration with real time user controlled commenting and flagging according to claim 5 wherein the common log file allows independent, simultaneous, synchronized, user controlled playback of the plurality of data inputs received within the common log file.

7. The event recording system for multiple sensor integration with real time user controlled commenting and flagging according to claim 6 wherein the smartphone is configured to allow for editing the common log file after integration into the signal integrated session to add, delete or modify a portion that had been flagged.

21. The event recording system for multiple sensor integration with real time user controlled commenting and flagging according to claim 1, wherein the portable computing device is further configured to auto-synch a feed from any one of the at least one video image, the at least one audio record, and the plurality of data inputs to the common log file when the feed comes into range so as to be picked up by the portable computing device.

8. A method of event recording including multiple sensor integration with real time user controlled commenting and flagging comprising the steps of:

capturing at least one video image during at least part of an event in a common log file of a portable computing device which includes multiple source integrating recording software;

capturing at least one audio record of the at least part of the event in the common log file of the portable computing device;

capturing a plurality of data inputs in the common log file of the portable computing device during the at least part of the event, wherein a plurality of sensors coupled to the portable computing device via at least one controller during the at least part of the event are configured to supply the plurality of data inputs during the at least part of the event;

independently selecting at least one sensor from the plurality of sensors to provide the plurality of data inputs for the at least part of the event;

contemporaneously flagging the common log file by at least one user during the event;

integrating the at least one video image, the at least one audio record, the plurality of data inputs, and the flag into a common time sequenced log in a single integrated session;

simultaneously receiving the at least one video image, the at least one audio record, and the plurality of data inputs into a shared memory ring buffer to maintain a set time for the time sequenced log file; and

formatting, via the at least one controller, an individual output for each sensor of the plurality of sensors for recording and display in the at least one controller'"'"'s own designated fashion, the individual output being configured as a separate video input to be received by a digital recorder, the digital recorder being configured to integrate each individual output into the single integrated session that represents a single reviewable documentation of the event and the plurality of data inputs,

wherein the contemporaneous flagging operation further comprises adding time stamped flags to the common log file in real time by temporarily stopping the capturing of the at least one video image as the at least part of the event is occurring, wherein the time stamped flags comprise at least one of user commentary, text, audio, video, and data files.

9. The method of event recording including multiple sensor integration with real time user controlled commenting and flagging according to claim 8 wherein the portable computing device is a smartphone and wherein the smartphone is configured to receive an input for contemporaneously flagging the common log file.

10. The method of event recording including multiple sensor integration with real time user controlled commenting and flagging according to claim 9 wherein the at least one video cameras is integral with the smartphone.

11. The method of event recording including multiple sensor integration with real time user controlled commenting and flagging according to claim 10 wherein the at least one microphone is integral with the smartphone.

12. The method of event recording including multiple sensor integration with real time user controlled commenting and flagging according to claim 11 wherein the at least one camera is a plurality of video cameras, and at least one video camera of the plurality of video cameras is wirelessly coupled to the common log file.

13. The method of event recording including multiple sensor integration with real time user controlled commenting and flagging according to claim 12 wherein the common log file allows independent, simultaneous, synchronized, user controlled playback of the plurality of data inputs received within the common log file.

14. The method of event recording including multiple sensor integration with real time user controlled commenting and flagging according to claim 11 wherein the event is a mobile inspection of a given remote location.

15. The method of event recording including multiple sensor integration with real time user controlled commenting and flagging according to claim 14 wherein the plurality of sensors include at least one of a radon detector sensor, a moisture detector sensor, an air quality sensor, and a GPS positioning sensor.

16. The method of event recording including multiple sensor integration with real time user controlled commenting and flagging according to claim 8 wherein the event is surveillance of a given remote location.

17. The method of event recording including multiple sensor integration with real time user controlled commenting and flagging according to claim 8 wherein the event includes police or other first responders record of an interaction with an individual suspect or patient.

18. The method of event recording including multiple sensor integration with real time user controlled commenting and flagging according to claim 8 wherein the event is a mobile inspection of a given remote location.

19. The method of event recording including multiple sensor integration with real time user controlled commenting and flagging according to claim 18 wherein the plurality of sensors include at least one of a radon detector sensor, a moisture detector sensor, an air quality sensor, and a GPS positioning sensor.

22. The method of event recording including multiple sensor integration with real time user controlled commenting and flagging according to claim 8, further comprising auto-synching a feed from any one of the at least one video image, the at least one audio record, and the plurality of data inputs to the common log file when the feed comes into range so as to be picked up by the portable computing device.

20. A method of conducting a session with a training simulator comprising at least one subject and at least one moderator comprising the steps of:

capturing at least one video image of the at least one subject during at least part of an event with the training simulator from at least one video camera;

capturing at least one audio record of the at least part of the event with the training simulator from at least one microphone;

capturing a plurality of data input throughout the at least part of the event which correspond to at least one simulated physiologic parameter of the training simulator;

independently selecting at least one data input from the plurality of data inputs;

integrating the plurality of data inputs of the training simulator, the at least one video image, and the at least one audio record into a common log file;

simultaneously receiving the at least one video image, the at least one audio record, and the plurality of data inputs into a shared memory ring buffer to maintain a set time of for the common log file;

contemporaneously flagging the common log file by at least one moderator generating a flag during the event through a wireless flagging controller, wherein the flag is time sequenced moderator input into the common log file, wherein the wireless flagging controller is a handheld device for entering the flag into the common log file; and

formatting, via the wireless flagging controller, an individual output of each data input of the plurality of data inputs for recording and display in the wireless flagging controller'"'"'s own designated fashion, the individual output being configured as a separate video input to be received by a digital recorder, the digital recorder being configured to integrate each individual output into a single integrated session that represents a single reviewable documentation of the event and the plurality of data inputs,

wherein generating a flag involves adding a time stamped flag to the common log file in real time by temporarily stopping the capture of the at least one video image as the at least part of the event is occurring, wherein the time stamped flag comprises at least one of user commentary, text, audio, video, and data files, and

wherein the integrating the plurality of data inputs further comprises integrating the flag into the common log file so as to generate a single integrated session.

23. The method of conducting a session with a training simulator comprising at least one subject and at least one moderator according to claim 20, further comprising auto-synching a feed from any one of the at least one video image, the at least one audio record, and the plurality of data inputs to the common log file when the feed comes into range so as to be picked up by the wireless flagging controller.