Systems and methods for a recorder user interface
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1. A body-worn camera system operable in at least a pre-event recording mode and an event recording mode, the system comprising:
- a portable body configured to be carried on a body of a person, wherein the person is a law enforcement officer at a location of an event;
a computer processor included in the portable body;
a video camera configured to be worn on the person at the location of the event and configured to capture video of the event;
a battery included in the portable body configured to be carried on the body of the person, and the battery configured to supply electricity to at least the computer processor and the video camera;
a first user-operated control comprising a recording button, wherein the recording button is communicatively coupled to the video camera and configured to be actuated at the location of the event by the person;
a second user-operated control comprising a power on-off button, wherein the power on-off button is included on the portable body configured to be carried on the person, and the power on-off button is configured to cause the battery to supply electricity to at least the video camera;
a communication circuitry included in the portable body configured to transmit the video; and
a memory comprising a pre-event circular buffer for storing the video corresponding to pre-event recording video while in pre-event recording mode and a portion of the memory for storing the video corresponding to event recording video while in event recording mode, wherein the pre-event circular buffer starts to be overwritten with new video from the video camera once the pre-event circular buffer is full, the memory further storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the computer processor to;
if the body-worn camera system is in the pre-event recording mode;
(A) in response to detecting actuation of the first user-operated control;
(i) discontinue pre-event recording mode;
(ii) save the video corresponding to the pre-event recording video stored in the pre-event circular buffer before it is overwritten; and
(iii) begin storing the video corresponding to the event recording video in the portion of the memory; and
(B) in response to detecting operation of the second user-operated control;
(i) discontinue pre-event recording mode; and
(ii) cause the battery to stop supplying electricity by powering down the body-worn camera system;
if the body-worn camera system is in the event recording mode;
(A) in response to detecting a holding actuation of the first user-operated control;
(i) discontinue event recording mode; and
(ii) begin pre-event recording mode; and
(B) in response to detecting a non-holding actuation of the first user-operated control;
(i) store a mark, at a point in time of occurrence of the non-holding actuation in the video, associated with the event recording video, wherein the mark in the video enables advancing playback of the video to each of a plurality of marked points in the video; and
if the body-worn camera system is not in the event recording mode;
(A) in response to detecting operation of the second user-operated control;
(i) cause the battery to stop supplying electricity by powering down the body-worn camera system; and
(B) in response to detecting actuation of the first user-operated control;
(i) begin event recording mode.
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Abstract
An incident recorder records original and supplemental incident information using a simplified user interface.
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1. A body-worn camera system operable in at least a pre-event recording mode and an event recording mode, the system comprising:
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a portable body configured to be carried on a body of a person, wherein the person is a law enforcement officer at a location of an event; a computer processor included in the portable body; a video camera configured to be worn on the person at the location of the event and configured to capture video of the event; a battery included in the portable body configured to be carried on the body of the person, and the battery configured to supply electricity to at least the computer processor and the video camera; a first user-operated control comprising a recording button, wherein the recording button is communicatively coupled to the video camera and configured to be actuated at the location of the event by the person; a second user-operated control comprising a power on-off button, wherein the power on-off button is included on the portable body configured to be carried on the person, and the power on-off button is configured to cause the battery to supply electricity to at least the video camera; a communication circuitry included in the portable body configured to transmit the video; and a memory comprising a pre-event circular buffer for storing the video corresponding to pre-event recording video while in pre-event recording mode and a portion of the memory for storing the video corresponding to event recording video while in event recording mode, wherein the pre-event circular buffer starts to be overwritten with new video from the video camera once the pre-event circular buffer is full, the memory further storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the computer processor to; if the body-worn camera system is in the pre-event recording mode; (A) in response to detecting actuation of the first user-operated control; (i) discontinue pre-event recording mode; (ii) save the video corresponding to the pre-event recording video stored in the pre-event circular buffer before it is overwritten; and (iii) begin storing the video corresponding to the event recording video in the portion of the memory; and (B) in response to detecting operation of the second user-operated control; (i) discontinue pre-event recording mode; and (ii) cause the battery to stop supplying electricity by powering down the body-worn camera system; if the body-worn camera system is in the event recording mode; (A) in response to detecting a holding actuation of the first user-operated control; (i) discontinue event recording mode; and (ii) begin pre-event recording mode; and (B) in response to detecting a non-holding actuation of the first user-operated control; (i) store a mark, at a point in time of occurrence of the non-holding actuation in the video, associated with the event recording video, wherein the mark in the video enables advancing playback of the video to each of a plurality of marked points in the video; and if the body-worn camera system is not in the event recording mode; (A) in response to detecting operation of the second user-operated control; (i) cause the battery to stop supplying electricity by powering down the body-worn camera system; and (B) in response to detecting actuation of the first user-operated control; (i) begin event recording mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A body-worn camera system for controlling a video camera to accomplish pre-event recording mode and event recording mode at a location of an event, the system comprising:
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a single, portable body comprising the video camera, a computer processor, a memory, a communication circuitry, a recording button, and a power on-off switch; the video camera in the single, portable body is configured to be carried on a body of a law enforcement officer at the location of the event and configured to capture a video of the event; the memory comprises a first portion of the memory for storing the video corresponding to pre-event recording video captured while in pre-event recording mode and a second portion of the memory for storing the video corresponding to event recording video captured while in event recording mode; the pre-event recording video at a beginning of the first portion of the memory is overwritten with new video from the video camera once the first portion of the memory is full; the recording button is communicatively coupled to the computer processor and configured to be actuated at the location of the event by the law enforcement officer; the power on-off switch is configured to permit electricity to at least the video camera; the communication circuitry is configured to transmit the video to a computing device external to the single, portable body; the memory further storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the system to; if the body-worn camera system is in the pre-event recording mode; (A) in response to detecting, by the computer processor, actuation of the recording button; (i) discontinue pre-event recording mode; (ii) save the video corresponding to the pre-event recording video stored in the first portion of the memory; and (iii) begin storing the video corresponding to the event recording video captured by the video camera, in the second portion of the memory; and (B) in response to detecting, by the computer processor, operation of the power on-off switch; (i) discontinue pre-event recording mode; and (ii) powering down the body-worn camera system by stopping electricity to at least the video camera; if the body-worn camera system is in the event recording mode; (A) in response to detecting, by the computer processor, a holding actuation of the recording button; (i) discontinue event recording mode; and (ii) begin pre-event recording mode; and (B) in response to detecting, by the computer processor, a non-holding actuation of the recording button; (i) store, at a point in time of occurrence of the non-holding actuation in the video, a mark associated with the event recording video, wherein the mark in the video enables advancing playback of the video to each of a plurality of marked points in the video; and if the body-worn camera system is not in the event recording mode; (A) in response to detecting, by the computer processor, operation of the power on-off switch; (i) powering down the body-worn camera system by stopping electricity to at least the video camera; and (B) in response to detecting, by the computer processor, actuation of the recording button; (i) begin event recording mode. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for wirelessly uploading video, which was captured by a body-worn camera assembly worn by a law enforcement officer at a location of an event, to a computing device external to the body-worn camera assembly, wherein the computing device comprises an evidence manager, wherein the body-worn camera assembly comprises a video camera, a memory, a processor programmed with executable instructions stored in the memory, a communication circuitry, a recording button, and a power on-off switch, wherein the body-worn camera assembly is operable in at least a pre-event recording mode and an event recording mode, the method comprising:
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(A) in response to detecting, by the processor, actuation of the recording button when the body-worn camera assembly is in the pre-event recording mode; (i) discontinue, by the processor, pre-event recording mode; (ii) save, by the processor, the video corresponding to the pre-event recording video stored in a pre-event buffer in the memory; and (iii) begin, by the processor, storing the video corresponding to the event recording video captured by the video camera, in a second portion of the memory; (B) in response to detecting, by the processor, operation of the power on-off switch when the body-worn camera assembly is in the pre-event recording mode; (i) discontinue, by the processor, pre-event recording mode; and (ii) powering down the body-worn camera assembly by stopping electricity to at least the video camera; (C) in response to detecting, by the processor, a holding actuation of the recording button when the body-worn camera assembly is in the event recording mode; (i) discontinue, by the processor, event recording mode; and (ii) begin, by the processor, pre-event recording mode; (D) in response to detecting, by the processor, a non-holding actuation of the recording button when the body-worn camera assembly is in the event recording mode; (i) store, at a point in time of occurrence of the non-holding actuation in the video, a mark associated with the event recording video, wherein the mark in the video enables advancing playback of the video to each of a plurality of marked points in the video; (E) connecting, by the processor using the communication circuitry, with the computing device; and (F) wirelessly transmitting, by the processor using the communication circuitry, the video, which comprises the pre-event recording video and the event recording video, from the memory to the evidence manager of the computing device. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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