Recording system having pattern recognition

An apparatus for recording at least one signal, the at least one signal including at least one pattern, the apparatus comprising:

• a) means for delaying the at least one signal by a predetermined duration;
• b) means for recognizing the at least one pattern of the at least one delayed signal;
• c) means for determining whether the at least one pattern of the at least corresponding to a triggering event;
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• d) means for recording the at least one signal for a time corresponding to a recording period if the at least one pattern corresponds to the triggering event.

A recording system, comprising:

• a recording buffer having an input for receiving at least one signal and an output for supplying the at least one signal delayed by a predetermined duration;
• a pattern recognizer having an input for receiving the at least one delayed signal;
• a storage device in communication with the pattern recognizer, the storage device storing a plurality of reference patterns, wherein the pattern recognizer includes an output for producing a triggering signal if a pattern of the at least one delayed signal corresponds to at least one of the plurality of reference patterns;
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• a recording device having a first input in communication with the output of the recording buffer and a second input in communication with the output of the pattern recognizer, wherein the recording device is activated for a recording period to record the at least one signal if the triggering signal is supplied from the output of the pattern recognizer.

A recording system, comprising:

• a plurality of recording buffers, each one of the plurality of recording buffers having an input for receiving at least one of a plurality of signals and an output for supplying the one signal delayed by a predetermined duration;
• a plurality of pattern recognizers, each one of the plurality of pattern recognizers having an input for receiving a corresponding one of the plurality of delayed signals;
• a plurality of storage devices, each one of the plurality of storage devices being in communication with a corresponding one of the plurality of pattern recognizers and storing a corresponding plurality of reference patterns, wherein each one of the plurality of pattern recognizers includes an output for producing a matching type signal in response to a pattern of at least one of the plurality of delayed signals corresponding to at least one of the plurality of reference patterns;
• a processing device in communication with the output of each one of the plurality of pattern recognizers;
• a triggering event module in communication with the processing device, the processing device performing a predetermined logic operation maintained in the triggering event module on each matching type signal in order to determine a presence of a triggering event and outputting a triggering signal if the triggering event is present;
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• a recording device in communication with the output of each one of the plurality of recording buffers and in communication with the processing device, the recording device being activated for a recording period in response to the triggering signal to record each signal from the plurality of recording buffers.

A recording system, comprising:

• a recording buffer having an input for receiving at least one signal and an output for supplying the at least one signal delayed by a predetermined duration;
• a pattern recognizer having an input for receiving the at least one delayed signal;
• a storage device in communication with the pattern recognizer, the storage device storing a plurality of reference patterns, wherein the pattern recognizer includes an output for producing a matching type signal in response to a pattern of the at least one delayed signal corresponding to at least one of the plurality of reference patterns;
• a processing device in communication with the pattern recognizer;
• a triggering event module in communication with the processing device, the processing device performing a predetermined logic operation maintained in the triggering event module on each matching type signal in order to determine a presence of a triggering event and outputting a triggering signal if the triggering event is present;
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• a recording device having a first input in communication with the output of the recording buffer and a second input in communication with the processing device, wherein the recording device is activated for a recording period to record the at least one signal for at least the predetermined duration if the triggering signal is supplied from the processing device.