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Granted Patent B2
US 12,555,606 · App. 18/674,255 · Granted Feb 17, 2026

Video recording system for synchronizing a plurality of audio inputs

Inventor: Vespucci B. Traini, Jr. (New Kensington, PA)
G11B20/10527H04N9/802G11B2020/10592G11B2020/1062
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Patent No.
US 12,555,606
App. No.
18/674,255
Granted
Feb 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer program products for synchronizing a plurality of audio inputs may include receiving data inputs including a first data input, a second data input, and a third data input, from one or more data source, providing, as inputs to a media management system, the first data input, the second data input, the third data input, and data associated with a synchronization function with regard to synchronization of the data inputs for use by the media management system to generate an output, and executing a synchronization procedure on the first data input, the second data input, and the third data input to generate the output of the media management system, the output of the synchronization procedure of the media management system including a synchronized audio-video file combining the first data input, the second data input, and the third data input.

Claims (27)

1 . A method, comprising:

providing, to a media management system, data associated with a synchronization function regarding synchronization of video and audio inputs by the media management system to generate an audio-video file combining the video and audio inputs;

selecting a second audio input prior to capture of a video input and a first audio input by an audio-video recording device, wherein the first audio input corresponds to the video input such that the first audio input is an audial component of the video input, wherein the video input and the first audio input are captured by the audio-video recording device, wherein the second audio input comprises a pre-recorded audio file, wherein the second audio input is included as part of the audio-video file in real-time as the video input and the first audio input are captured, wherein the pre-recorded audio file is not captured by the audio-video recording device;

operating, by a user, the audio-video recording device to capture the video input with a camera of the audio-video recording device and to capture the first audio input with a microphone of the audio-video recording device and inputting the video input and the first audio input to the media management system;

during operation of the audio-video recording device, playing at least a portion of the second audio input that will be synchronized with the video input and the first audio input in the audio-video file by the media management system in an earpiece worn by the user;

during operation of the audio-video recording device, while the second audio input is playing in the earpiece worn by the user, and during synchronization of the second audio input with the video input and the first audio input, manipulating, by the user, at least one of the following: a relative volume level, a relative play-back speed, a timing interval, or any combination thereof of the second audio input relative to the video input and/or the first audio input;

during operation of the audio-video recording device and manipulation of the second audio input by the user, automatically synchronizing, by the media management system, the video input, the first audio input, and the manipulated second audio input based on the data associated with the synchronization function, the video input and the first audio file captured by the audio-video recording device, and the user manipulation of the second audio input during operation of the audio-video recording device to generate the audio-video file, the audio-video file generated in real-time relative to capture of the video input and the first audio input by the audio-video recording device, the audio-video file generated without the user performing an editing process after capture of the video input and the first audio input by the audio-video recording device.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the video input is received in real-time and recorded as a video file, relative to capture of the video input by the audio-video recording device,

wherein the first audio input is received in real-time and recorded as an audio file, relative to capture of the first audio input by the audio-video recording device, and

wherein the video input and the first audio input are recorded together in real-time as an audio-video file, as audio and video are captured by the audio-video recording device.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

storing the audio-video file to a memory for play-back and distribution.

4 . A system, comprising a media management system configured to:

receive data associated with a synchronization function regarding synchronization of video and audio inputs by the media management system to generate an audio-video file combining the video and audio inputs;

receive a video input and a first audio input in response to the user operating an audio-video recording device to capture the video input with a camera of the audio-video recording device and to capture the first audio input with a microphone of the audio-video recording device, wherein the first audio input corresponds to the video input such that the first audio input is an audial component of the video input, wherein a second audio input comprises a pre-recorded audio file, wherein the second audio input is included as part of the audio-video file in real-time as the video input and the first audio input are captured, wherein the pre-recorded audio file is not captured by the audio-video recording device;

receive the second audio input selected by a user prior to capture of a video input and a first audio input by an audio-video recording device, the second audio file manipulated by the user during operation of the audio-video recording device, while the second audio input is playing in an earpiece worn by the user and during synchronization of the second audio input with the video input and the first audio input, the second audio file manipulated by the user manipulating at least one of the following: a relative volume level, a relative play-back speed, a timing interval, or any combination thereof of the second audio input relative to the video input and/or the first audio input;

during operation of the audio-video recording device and manipulation of the second audio input by the user, automatically synchronize the video input, the first audio input, and the manipulated second audio input based on the data associated with the synchronization function, the video input and the first audio file captured by the audio-video recording device, and the user manipulation of the second audio input during operation of the audio-video recording device to generate the audio-video file, the audio-video file generated in real-time relative to capture of the video input and the first audio input by the audio-video recording device, the audio-video file generated without the user performing an editing process after capture of the video input and the first audio input by the audio-video recording device.

5 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

receive the video input in real-time and record the video input as a video file, relative to capture of the video input by the audio-video recording device,

receive the first audio input in real-time and record the first audio input as an audio file, relative to capture of the first audio input by the audio-video recording device,

wherein the video input and the first audio input are recorded together in real-time as an audio-video file, as audio and video are captured by the audio-video recording device.

6 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to store the audio-video file to a memory for play-back and distribution.

7 . A computer program product, comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium including one or more program instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a media management system, cause the at least one processor to:

receive data associated with a synchronization function regarding synchronization of video and audio inputs by the media management system to generate an audio-video file combining the video and audio inputs;

receive a video input and a first audio input in response to the user operating an audio-video recording device to capture the video input with a camera of the audio-video recording device and the first audio input with a microphone of the audio-video recording device, wherein the first audio input corresponds to the video input such that the first audio input is an audial component of the video input, wherein a second audio input comprises a pre-recorded audio file, wherein the second audio input is included as part of the audio-video file in real-time as the video input and the first audio input are captured, wherein the pre-recorded audio file is not captured by the audio-video recording device;

receive the second audio input selected by a user prior to capture of a video input and a first audio input by an audio-video recording device, the second audio file manipulated by the user during operation of the audio-video recording device, while the second audio input is playing in an earpiece worn by the user and during synchronization of the second audio input with the video input and the first audio input, the second audio file manipulated by the user manipulating at least one of the following: a relative volume level, a relative play-back speed, a timing interval, or any combination thereof of the second audio input relative to the video input and/or the first audio input;

during operation of the audio-video recording device and manipulation of the second audio input by the user, automatically synchronize the video input, the first audio input, and the manipulated second audio input based on the data associated with the synchronization function, the video input and the first audio file captured by the audio-video recording device, and the user manipulation of the second audio input during operation of the audio-video recording device, to generate the audio-video file the audio-video file generated in real-time relative to capture of the video input and the first audio input by the audio-video recording device, the audio-video file generated without the user performing an editing process after capture of the video input and the first audio input by the audio-video recording device.

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