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US 9,071,746 B2Granted
Embedded appliance for multimedia capture
AssigneeEcho 360, Inc.
InventorsGeoffrey Benjamin Allen, Steven Lee Geyer, Rodney Dale McElrath
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Abstract
A multimedia device includes input ports dedicated to receiving a real-time media signal and a processor system dedicated to capturing the real-time media signal. The processor system defines an embedded environment. The input ports and the processor system are integrated into the multimedia capture device. The input ports include an audio input port and at least one of a visual-capture input port or a digital-image input port.
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A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to be executed by a processor system within an embedded environment, the code comprising code to cause the processor system to:
- receive a schedule configured to trigger capture and compression of an audio signal and capture and compression of at least one of a visual-capture signal or a digital-image signal, the schedule being received from a control device separate from a device having the processor system;
- capture the audio signal based on the schedule through a first input port to produce a first captured signal;
- capture the at least one of the visual-capture signal or the digital-image signal based on the schedule through a second input port to produce a second captured signal;
- detect a device type of a capture device coupled to the first input port;
- detect a device type of a capture device coupled to the second input port;
- compress the first captured signal based on a first compression variable associated with the schedule and based on the device type of the capture device coupled to the first input port to produce a first compressed signal;
- compress the second captured signal based on a second compression variable associated with the schedule and based on the device type of the capture device coupled to the second input port to produce a second compressed signal;
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- send the first compressed signal and the second compressed signal after the first compressed signal and the second compressed signal are produced.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving, at a processor system from a control device separate from the processor system, a schedule configured to trigger capture and compression of an audio signal and capture and compression of at least one of a visual-capture signal or a digital-image signal;
- capturing, at the processor system, the audio signal based on the schedule through a first input port to produce a first captured signal;
- capturing, at the processor system, the at least one of the visual-capture signal or the digital-image signal based on the schedule through a second input port to produce a second captured signal;
- detecting, at the processor system, a device type of a capture device coupled to the first input port;
- detecting, at the processor system, a device type of a capture device coupled to the second input port;
- compressing, at the processor system, the first captured signal based on a first compression variable associated with the schedule and based on the device type of the capture device coupled to the first input port to produce a first compressed signal;
- compressing, at the processor system, the second captured signal based on a second compression variable associated with the schedule and based on the device type of the capture device coupled to the second input port to produce a second compressed signal;
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- sending, at the processor system, the first compressed signal and the second compressed signal after the first compressed signal and the second compressed signal are produced.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a processor system having a first input port and a second input port,
- the processor system configured to receive, from a control device separate from the processor system, a schedule configured to trigger capture and compression of an audio signal and capture and compression of at least one of a visual-capture signal or a digital-image signal,
- the processor system configured to capture the audio signal based on the schedule through a first input port to produce a first captured signal, the processor system configured to capture the at least one of the visual-capture signal or the digital-image signal based on the schedule through a second input port to produce a second captured signal,
- the processor system configured to detect a device type of a capture device coupled to the first input port, the processor system configured to detect a device type of a capture device coupled to the second input port,
- the processor system including a compression module, the compression module configured to compress the first captured signal based on a first compression variable associated with the schedule and based on the device type of the capture device coupled to the first input port to produce a first compressed signal, the compression module configured to compress the second captured signal based on a second compression variable associated with the schedule and based on the device type of the capture device coupled to the second input port to produce a second compressed signal, and
- the processor system configured to send the first compressed signal and the second compressed signal after the first compressed signal and the second compressed signal are produced.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.