System and method for pre-recording video

Inventors: Samuel Nichols (Mountain View, CA); Don MacAskill (Los Altos, CA)

Assignee: SmugMug, Inc.

H04N5/911 H04N5/232 H04N5/919

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Patent No.: US 9,544,532
App. No.: 14/423,213
Granted: Jan 10, 2017
Kind: B2

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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.

Claims (53)

1. 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.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first video file or the second video file are appended to the third video file and saved as a single file.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first video file and the second video file are saved as separate files from the third video file.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising appending the third video file to either of the first video file or the second video file.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the third video file is appended to the second video file in response to scrubbing the second video file.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the third video file is appended to the first video file in response to scrubbing the second video file.

7. 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.

8. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the first video file or the second video file are appended to the third video file and saved as a single file.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the first video file and the second video file are saved as separate files from the third video file.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , further comprising appending the third video file to either of the first video file or the second video file.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the third video file is appended to the second video file in response to scrubbing the second video file.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the third video file is appended to the first video file in response to scrubbing the first video file.

13. 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: