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US 9,544,532 B2Granted
System and method for pre-recording video
AssigneeSmugmug, Inc.
InventorsSamuel Nichols, Don MacAskill
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention generally relate to methods and apparatus for pre-recording digital video. The method includes pre-recording video data prior to initiation of a record command from a user. After initiation of a record command from the user, recorded video data is captured. The pre-recorded video data and the recorded video data are optionally appended or combined into a single file. The apparatus includes a non-transitory computer readable containing instructions for pre-recording video.
Claims20
A method of pre-recording a video, comprising:
- receiving input in a software application selecting a first time interval of video based upon a predetermined time or file size;
- receiving input in the software application selecting a second time interval of video different than the first time interval of video;
- recording a first video file corresponding to the first time interval of video and saving the first video file to a data storage;
- recording a second video file corresponding to the second time interval of video simultaneously with the recording a first video file and saving the second video file to the data storage;
- determining, at an end of the first time interval of video, whether a record instruction has been received;
- determining, at an end of the second time interval of video, whether the record instruction has been received;
- determining, at any point during the first time interval of video, whether the record instruction has been received;
- determining, at any point during the second time interval of video, whether the record instruction has been received;
- in response to receiving the record instruction in either the first time interval of video or the second time interval of video, recording a third time interval of video and saving a third video file corresponding to the third time interval of video to the data storage;
- and
- receiving input appending the third video file to the first video file or the second video file.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium having a sequence of instructions for pre-recording a video, which when executed by a processing unit of a system, causes the system to:
- receive input in a software application selecting a first time interval of video based upon a predetermined time or file size;
- receive input in the software application selecting a second time interval of video different than the first time interval of video;
- record a first video file corresponding to the first time interval of video and save the first video file to a data storage;
- record a second video file corresponding to the second time interval of video simultaneously with the recording a first video file and save the second video file to the data storage;
- determine, at an end of the first time interval of video, whether a record instruction has been received;
- determine, at an end of the second time interval of video, whether the record instruction has been received;
- determine, at any point during the first time interval of video, whether the record instruction has been received;
- determine, at any point during the second time interval of video, whether the record instruction has been received;
- in response to receiving the record instruction in either the first time interval of video or the second time interval of video, record a third time interval of video and save a third video file corresponding to the third time interval of video to the data storage;
- and
- receive input appending the third video file to the first video file or the second video file.
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A system, comprising:
- a camera;
- a processing unit;
- a non-transitory computer readable medium having a sequence of instructions for pre-recording a video, which when executed by the processing unit causes the system to:
- receive input in a software application selecting a first time interval of video based upon a predetermined time or file size;
- receive input in the software application selecting a second time interval of video different than the first time interval of video;
- record a first video file corresponding to the first time interval of video and save the first video file to a data storage;
- record a second video file corresponding to the second time interval of video simultaneously with the recording a first video file and save the second video file to the data storage;
- determine, at an end of the first time interval of video, whether a record instruction has been received;
- determine, at an end of the second time interval of video, whether the record instruction has been received;
- determine, at any point during the first time interval of video, whether the record instruction has been received;
- determine, at any point during the second time interval of video, whether the record instruction has been received;
- in response to receiving the record instruction in either the first time interval of video or the second time interval of video, record a third time interval of video and save a third video file corresponding to the third time interval of video to the data storage;
- and
- receive input appending the third video file to the first video file or the second video file.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.