Synchronization of music and images in a camera with audio capabilities
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsJohn R. Fredlund, John C. Neel, Steven M. Bryant
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Abstract
A portable electronic image displayer and audio player, including: a digital memory for storing digital images; a digital memory for storing an audio recording; a display for displaying stored digital images; a music analyzer for analyzing the stored audio recording and for determining when to display a sequence of stored digital images according to the stored audio recording; and an audio reproducer for playing the audio recording.
Claims14
A portable electronic image displayer and audio player, comprising:
- a) a digital memory for storing digital still images;
- b) a digital memory for storing an audio recording;
- c) a display for displaying the stored digital still images;
- d) a music analyzer for analyzing predominant recurring features found within the stored audio recording and for determining when to synchronously display a sequence of the stored digital still images according to the predominant recurring features found within the stored audio recording;
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- e) an audio reproducer for playing the audio recording.
A portable electronic camera and audio player, compnsing:
- a) a sensor for capturing digital still images with the portable electronic camera;
- b) a digital memory for storing the digital still images;
- c) a display on the portable electronic camera for displaying the stored digital still images;
- d) a digital memory for storing an audio recording;
- e) a music analyzer for analyzing predominant recurring features found within the stored audio recording and for determining when to synchronously display a sequence of the stored digital still images according to the predominant recurring features found within the stored audio recording;
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- f) an audio reproducer for playing the audio recording.
A portable electronic camera and audio player, comprising:
- a) a sensor for capturing digital still images;
- b) a digital memory for storing digital still images;
- c) a digital memory for storing an audio recording;
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- d) a music analyzer for analyzing predominant recurring features found within the stored audio recording and for determining when to synchronize capture of a sequence of digital still images according to the predominant recurring features found within the stored audio recording.
A method for displaying a plurality of digital images, comprising the steps of:
- a) reading a memory device containing a stored audio recording;
- b) analyzing the stored audio recording;
- c) determining a predominant recurring feature of the stored audio recording;
- d) generating a signal for each predominant recurring feature of the stored audio recording;
- e) playing the stored audio recording;
- f) reading a memory device containing the plurality of digital images;
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- g) displaying the plurality of digital images corresponding to the generated signal.
A method for capturing a plurality of digital images, comprising the steps of:
- a) reading a memory device containing a stored audio recording;
- b) analyzing the stored audio recording;
- c) determining a predominant recurring feature of the stored audio recording;
- d) generating a signal for each predominant recurring feature of the stored audio recording;
- e) capturing the plurality of digital images corresponding to the generated signal;
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- f) writing to a memory device the plurality of digital images.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.