Dual lens camera unit
First Claim
1. A camera unit:
- a first lens assembly having a first optical axis;
a second lens assembly having a second optical axis being different than and generally opposed to the first optical axis;
a housing containing both the first lens assembly and the second lens assembly,wherein the second lens assembly is permanently and rotatably mounted such that the second optical axis is configured to allow manual rotation relative to the first optical axis,wherein the manual rotation is about an axis perpendicular to the first optical axis;
a memory element for storing recorded video data from both the first lens assembly and the second lens assembly,wherein the storing the recorded video data is performed by storing pre-event buffer data,wherein the pre-event buffer data includes the recorded video data without audio data;
wherein an instruction to record causes recording the audio data; and
a controller configured toreceive video data from the first lens assembly and the second lens assembly and store the video data and a timestamp as metadata for synchronizing the video data;
receive an indication that an external camera has received the instruction to record;
receive an identifier associated with the external camera;
write the identifier as metadata associated with the video data; and
upload the recorded video data to an external computing device, wherein the identifier allows the recorded data to be subsequently linked with video data from the external camera.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention relate to a portable digital video system sized to be worn on the user'"'"'s body and equipped with a plurality of lens assemblies for recording video in a plurality of directions. In one embodiment, the invention includes a camera unit comprising a first lens assembly, a second lens assembly, a first housing containing the first lens assembly and the second lens assembly, a battery unit, a first storage memory, controller circuitry operable to receive video data from the first lens assembly and the second lens assembly and store the video data in the first storage memory, and a second housing containing the battery unit and attached via a cable to the first housing unit. In some embodiments, the system is equipped with both volatile and non-volatile memory for continuous recording with permanent storage of key video segments.
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17 Claims
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1. A camera unit:
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a first lens assembly having a first optical axis; a second lens assembly having a second optical axis being different than and generally opposed to the first optical axis; a housing containing both the first lens assembly and the second lens assembly, wherein the second lens assembly is permanently and rotatably mounted such that the second optical axis is configured to allow manual rotation relative to the first optical axis, wherein the manual rotation is about an axis perpendicular to the first optical axis; a memory element for storing recorded video data from both the first lens assembly and the second lens assembly, wherein the storing the recorded video data is performed by storing pre-event buffer data, wherein the pre-event buffer data includes the recorded video data without audio data; wherein an instruction to record causes recording the audio data; and a controller configured to receive video data from the first lens assembly and the second lens assembly and store the video data and a timestamp as metadata for synchronizing the video data; receive an indication that an external camera has received the instruction to record; receive an identifier associated with the external camera; write the identifier as metadata associated with the video data; and upload the recorded video data to an external computing device, wherein the identifier allows the recorded data to be subsequently linked with video data from the external camera. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system comprising:
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a first camera unit; and a second camera unit including a first lens assembly having a first optical axis; a second lens assembly having a second optical axis being different than and generally opposed to the first optical axis; a housing containing both the first lens assembly and the second lens assembly, wherein the second lens assembly is permanently and rotatably mounted such that the second optical axis is configured to allow manual rotation relative to the first optical axis, wherein the manual rotation is about an axis perpendicular to the first optical axis; a memory element for storing video data both the first lens assembly and the second lens assembly; and a controller configured to receive video data from the first lens assembly and the second lens assembly and store the video data and a timestamp as metadata for synchronizing the video data, wherein the storing the video data is performed by storing pre-event buffer data, wherein the pre-event buffer data includes the video data without audio data; wherein moving to a recording status begins recording the audio data; receive an indication that the first camera unit has received an instruction to record; receive an identifier associated with the external second camera unit; write the identifier as metadata associated with the recorded data; and upload the recorded video data to an external computing device, wherein the identifier allows the recorded data to be subsequently linked with video data from the external second camera unit. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A system comprising:
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a first camera unit; and a second camera unit including a first lens assembly having a first optical axis; a second lens assembly having a second optical axis being different than and generally opposed to the first optical axis; a housing containing both the first lens assembly and the second lens assembly, wherein the second lens assembly is permanently and rotatably mounted such that the second optical axis is configured to allow manual rotation relative to the first optical axis, wherein the manual rotation is about an axis perpendicular to the first optical axis; a memory element for storing video data both the first lens assembly and the second lens assembly; and a controller configured to receive video data from the first lens assembly and the second lens assembly and store the video data and a timestamp as metadata for synchronizing the video data, wherein the storing the video data is performed by storing pre-event buffer data, wherein the pre-event buffer data includes the video data without audio data, wherein moving to a recording status begins recording the audio data; wherein the first camera unit is within a certain range of the second camera unit; receive an identifier associated with the first camera unit; send a signal indicative that recording has begun; write the identifier as metadata associated with the recorded data; and upload the recorded video data to an external computing device, wherein the identifier allows the recorded data to be subsequently linked with video data from the external camera.
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