Audio and/or video generation apparatus and method of generating audio and/or video signals

An acquisition unit for operation with a camera, the acquisition unit comprising:

• circuitry configured to:
• receive audio/video signals, said audio/video signals including a first video signal, a second video signal, a first audio signal, and a second audio signal,
• generate automatically meta data identifying a content of said audio/video signals in response to said audio/video signals, said automatically generated meta data including a first picture which is representative of a first image from said first video signal, a second picture which is representative of a second image from said second video signal, first textual information corresponding to a first speech in the first audio signal, and second textual information corresponding to a second speech in the second audio signal,
• associate said first picture with a first address on said recording medium at which said first image is recorded, associate said second picture with a second address on said recording medium at which said second image is recorded, associate said first textual information with a third address on said recording medium, and associate said second textual information with a fourth address on said recording medium, said first address associated with said first picture, said second address associated with said second picture, said third address associated with said first textual information, and said fourth address associated with said second textual information forming part of said automatically generated meta data,
• wirelessly communicate said automatically generated meta data separately from said recording medium, and
• communicate said automatically generated meta data to a personal data processing apparatus and receive user generated meta data from the personal data processing apparatus,
• wherein said first textual information represents a first word of a first speaker and said second textual information represents a first word of a second speaker.

A method of generating audio/video signals representative of an audio/video source, said method comprising:

• recording said audio/video signals on a recording medium, said recorded audio/video signals including a first video signal, a second video signal, a first audio signal, and a second audio signal,
• generating automatically, using circuitry, meta data identifying a content of said audio/video signals in response to said audio/video signals, said automatically generated meta data including a first picture which is representative of a first image from said first video signal, a second picture which is representative of a second image from said second video signal, first textual information corresponding to a first speech in the first audio signal, and second textual information corresponding to a second speech in the second audio signal,
• associating said first picture with a first address on said recording medium at which said first image is recorded, associating said second picture with a second address on said recording medium at which said second image is recorded, associating said first textual information with a third address on said recording medium, and associating said second textual information with a fourth address on said recording medium, said first address associated with said first picture, said second address associated with said second picture forming part of said automatically generated meta data, said third address associated with said first textual information, and said fourth address associated with said second textual information forming part of said automatically generated meta data,
• wirelessly communicating said automatically generated meta data separately from said recording medium,
• communicating said automatically generated meta data to a personal data processing apparatus, and
• receiving user generated meta data from the personal data processing apparatus,
• wherein said first textual information represents a first word of a first speaker and said second textual information represents a first word of a second speaker.

A meta data generation processor, comprising:

• circuitry configured to:
• receive audio/video signals recorded onto a recording medium, said audio/video signals including a first video signal, a second video signal, a first audio signal, and a second audio signal,
• generate automatically meta data identifying a content of said audio/video signals in response to said audio/video signals, said automatically generated meta data including a first picture which is representative of a first image from said first video signal, a second picture which is representative of a second image from said second video signal, first textual information corresponding to a first speech in the first audio signal, and second textual information corresponding to a second speech in the second audio signal,
• associate said first picture with a first address on said recording medium at which said first image is recorded, associate said second picture with a second address on said recording medium at which said second image is recorded, associate said first textual information with a third address on said recording medium, and associate said second textual information with a fourth address on said recording medium, said first address associated with said first picture, said second address associated with said second picture, said third address associated with said first textual information, and said fourth address associated with said second textual information forming part of said automatically generated meta data, and
• communicate said automatically generated meta data to a personal data processing apparatus, and receive user generated meta data from the personal data processing apparatus,
• wherein said first textual information represents a first word of a first speaker and said second textual information represents a first word of a second speaker.

A system for generating an audio/video production comprising:

• circuitry configured to receive instructions from a user, which instructions are representative of a list of content items for the audio/video production,
• a camera configured to receive information representative of said list of said content items, and to generate audio/video signals in accordance with said content items of said list, said audio/video signals including a first video signal, a second video signal, a first audio signal, and a second audio signal, wherein
• said circuitry is configured to:
• receive said list of said content items, and said audio/video signals,
• record said audio/video signals on a recording medium,
• form said audio/video production by associating said audio/video signals with said list of content items,
• generate automatically meta data identifying said content items of said audio/video signals in response to said audio/video signals, said automatically generated meta data including a first picture which is representative of a first image from said first video signal, a second picture which is representative of a second image from said second video signal, first textual information corresponding to a first speech in the first audio signal, and second textual information corresponding to a second speech in the second audio signal,
• associate said first picture with a first address on said recording medium at which said first image is recorded, associate said second picture with a second address on said recording medium at which said second image is recorded, associate said first textual information with a third address on said recording medium, and associate said second textual information with a fourth address on said recording medium, said first address associated with said first picture, said second address associated with said second picture, said third address associated with said first textual information, and said fourth address associated with said second textual information forming part of said automatically generated meta data, and
• communicate said automatically generated meta data to a personal data processing apparatus, and receive user generated meta data from the personal data processing apparatus,
• wherein said first textual information represents a first word of a first speaker and said second textual information represents a first word of a second speaker.