RECORDER WITH RETROSPECTIVE CAPTURE
A device and method allows a user to create a mark corresponding to a moment in time of a captured recording to provide later viewing of a portion of the recording corresponding to the moments in time.
1 . A method, comprising:
capturing, in a real environment, in real time, a real event with an image capture apparatus;
storing the captured event into memory as a recording;
receiving, with a digital controller, while capturing and recording the event with the image capture apparatus, a trigger signal from a user via a human interface;
in response to receiving the trigger signal from the user, generating, in the recording, a mark; and
presenting to a user, via a display or speaker, each of the stored and marked portions of the recording that correspond to the mark.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the mark identifies a moment in the recording that is characteristic of the real time of the event capture operation.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the trigger signal is received at a first time and the moment in time of the mark corresponds to the first time in the recording.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the trigger signal is received at a first time and the moment in time of the mark is a second time in the recording that is earlier than the first time.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the mark corresponding to the moment in time in the recording includes encoding the mark over the recording being stored into the memory.
6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the mark corresponding to the moment in time in the recording includes encoding an out-of-band mark to an out-of-band index with respect to the recording being stored into the memory.
7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the out-of-band mark is stored in the memory, and wherein the memory is included in the image capture apparatus.
8 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the memory is included in the image capture apparatus, and wherein the out-of-band mark is stored in a second memory not included in the image capture apparatus.
9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the human interface is a shutter button on the image capture apparatus.
10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the human interface is a record button.
11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the recording includes a plurality of images.
12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the recording includes an audio recording.
13 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the recording includes a video recording.
14 . A recorder, comprising:
a digital camera for capturing images;
a memory coupled to receive and store the images;
a human interface coupled to receive a trigger signal from a user;
a controller coupled to receive the trigger signal from the human interface, wherein the image capture apparatus is configured to:
capture a recording with the digital camera;
store the recording into the memory;
receive a trigger signal from a user via the human interface while capturing the recording with the digital camera; and
generate a mark in response to receiving the trigger signal from the user, wherein the mark corresponds to the real time of the trigger signal during recording.
15 . The recorder of claim 14 , wherein the trigger signal is received coincident with a first time during recording; and
wherein the mark indicates a corresponding moment in the recording.
16 . The recorder of claim 14 , wherein the trigger signal is received at a first time during recording; and
wherein the mark indicates a second time in the recording that is earlier than a moment in the recording corresponding to receipt of the trigger signal.
17 . The recorder of claim 14 , wherein generating the mark corresponding to the moment in time in the recording includes encoding the mark over the recording.
18 . The recorder of claim 14 , wherein generating the mark corresponding to the moment in time in the recording includes encoding an out-of-band mark to an out-of-band index with respect to the recording stored into the memory.
19 . The recorder of claim 18 , wherein the out-of-band mark is stored in the memory.
20 . The recorder of claim 14 , wherein the human interface is a record button on the recorder.
21 . The recorder of claim 14 , wherein the recording includes a plurality of images.
22 . The recorder of claim 14 , wherein the recording includes an audio recording.
23 . The recorder of claim 14 , wherein the recording includes a video recording.
24 . A method, comprising:
capturing a recording with an image capture apparatus;
storing the recording into memory;
receiving, by a controller, a trigger signal from a user via a human interface while capturing the recording with the image capture apparatus;
in response to receiving the trigger signal from the user, inserting time data corresponding to a moment in time in the recording; and
directing a viewer's attention to portions of the stored recording that correspond to the time data.