Depth triggered auto record
AssigneeParalenz Group ApS
InventorMartin Holmberg
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Abstract
The invention relates to an underwater digital video camera having an auto record system for automatically starting and stopping video recording at predetermined depths. The camera receives a current depth from a depth gauge and holds a sequence of recent currents depths and auto record settings such as a start trigger depth and a stop trigger depth, wherein the auto record system is adapted to, after the start/stop trigger depth is arrived at or passed for increasing/decreasing depths, start/stop video recording.
Claims14
An underwater digital video camera having an auto record system for automatically starting and stopping video recording, a depth gauge to provide a current depth of the video camera to the auto-record system, and digital storage accessible by the auto record system for holding auto record settings and a sequence of recent currents depths from the depth gauge, wherein the auto record settings in the digital storage comprise:
- a start trigger depth;
- and
- a stop trigger depth;
- wherein the auto record system is configured to:
- after the start trigger depth is arrived at or passed while the current depth is increasing, start video recording;
- and
- after the stop trigger depth is arrived at or passed while the current depth is decreasing, stop video recording.
A method, performed by an auto record system of an underwater digital video camera, for automatically starting and stopping video recording, the underwater digital video camera comprising a digital storage holding a sequence of recent current depths and auto record settings comprising a start trigger depth and a stop trigger depth, the method comprising the following to be performed repeatedly:
- if the video camera is not recording and if the current depth is increasing, determine whether the start trigger depth has been arrived at or passed;
- if the start trigger depth has not been arrived at or passed, then determine the current depth and add it to the sequence of recent currents depths;
- if the start trigger depth has been arrived at or passed, then start recording;
- if the video camera is not recording and if the current depth is decreasing, determine the current depth and add it to the sequence of recent currents depths;
- if the video camera is recording and if the current depth is decreasing, determine whether the stop trigger depth has been arrived at or passed;
- if the stop trigger depth has not been arrived at or passed, then determine the current depth and add it to the sequence of recent currents depths;
- if the stop trigger depth has been arrived at or passed, then stop recording;
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- if the video camera is recording and if the current depth is increasing, determine the current depth and add it to the sequence of recent current depths.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.