Portable recording device multimedia classification system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10511801-B2
Application number	US-201715686142-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 24, 2017
Priority date	Aug 24, 2016
Publication date	Dec 17, 2019
Grant date	Dec 17, 2019

Abstract

This disclosure describes an apparatus and system for classifying audio and video data captured by a portable recording device. The portable recording device may comprise of a camera system enclosure that captures audio and video data that reflects a user's point-of-view perception of their surroundings. The video and/or audio data may be transmitted in real-time, or near real-time, to a Central Multimedia Management (CMM) System at a Network Operations Center, or one or more mobiles computing devices, via one or more networks. Alternatively, or additionally, the video and/or audio data may be stored within memory of the portable recording device. This disclosure further describes a CMM system that may act as a central repository of multimedia data from one or more portable recording device(s). The CMM system may further generate and assign incident report forms for each individual instance of real-time data that is recorded by a portable recording device.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A portable recording device, comprising:
an accessory housing;
a low-energy transceiver physically coupled to the accessory housing;
a high-energy transceiver physically coupled to the accessory housing;
one or more sensors physically coupled to the accessory housing, the one or more sensors configured to capture a stream of real-time data from an environment surrounding the portable recording device;
a category selector physically coupled to the accessory housing, the category selector being configured to selectively toggle, via user actuation, between one or more preset positions;
an activation button physically coupled to the accessory housing, the activation button to trigger one or more actions associated with the stream of real-time data;
a controller physically coupled to the accessory housing, the controller further communicatively coupled to the one or more sensors, the category selector, and the activation button, the controller further comprising:
one or more processors;
memory coupled to the one or more processors, the memory including computer executable instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to perform functions of the portable recording device, the functions to:
initiate a recording of the stream of real-time data based at least in part on receipt of a first user actuation of the activation button and the stream of real-time data captured by the one or more sensors;
assign a category identifier to the stream of real-time data, based at least in part on a user selection of a preset position of the one or more preset positions associated with the category selector;
terminate the recording of the stream of real-time data based at least in part on receipt of a second user actuation of the activation button;
generate a multimedia data packet that includes at least the recording of the stream of real-time data and the category identifier;
broadcast, via the low-energy transceiver, a device identifier associated with the portable recording device;
establish, via the high-energy transceiver, a high-energy communication connection with a computing device, based at least in part on receipt of the device identifier by the computing device; and
transmit, via the high-energy communication connection, the multimedia data packet to the computing device.

2. The portable recording device of claim 1 ,
wherein to establish the high-energy communication connection with the computing device is further based at least in part on the computing device triggering a formation of the high-energy communication connection.

3. The portable recording device of claim 1 , wherein the controller further includes computer-executable instructions that, when executed cause the one or more processors to:
detect a formation of the high-energy communication connection between the portable recording device and the computing device, the high-energy communication connection corresponding to a Wi-Fi communication connection; and
broadcast, in real-time, the stream of real-time data to a user interface associated with the computing device.

4. The portable recording device of claim 1 , wherein, the controller further includes computer-executable instructions that, when executed cause the one or more processors to:
determine an input form associated with a particular user actuation of the activation button, the input form being at least one of a double-click, a single-click, a short-click, or a long-click;
identify a particular action of the one or more actions, based at least in part on the input form; and
perform the particular action.

5. The portable recording device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more actions associated with the activation button further includes aggregating a milestone indicator within the stream of real-time data at a substantially same point in time as receipt of a corresponding user actuation via the activation button.

6. The portable recording device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more actions further includes assigning the category identifier to the stream of real-time data, and wherein the controller further includes computer executable instructions that, when executed cause the one or more processors to:
receive a first indication of a toggled selection of the category selector, the toggled selection corresponding to the preset position of the one or more preset positions associated with the category selector;
receive a second indication of a third user actuation of the activation button, wherein the third user actuation occurs within a predetermined period of time following the toggled selection of the category selector; and
identify a particular category from one or more categories, based at least in part on the first indication and the second indication, and
wherein to assign the category identifier to the stream of real-time data is based at least in part on the particular category.

7. The portable recording device of claim 6 , wherein the one or more actions further includes assigning a sub-category identifier to the stream of real-time data, and wherein the controller further includes computer executable instructions that, when executed cause the one or more processors to:
receive a third indication of an additional toggled selection of the category selector, the additional toggled selection corresponding to an additional preset position of the one or more preset positions associated with the category selector, wherein receipt of the third indication occurs within a first predetermined period of time following receipt of the second indication;
receive a fourth indication of an additional user actuation of the activation button, wherein receipt of the additional user actuation occurs within a second predetermined period of time following receipt of the additional toggled selection of the category selector;
identify a sub-category associated with the particular category, based at least in part on the third indication and the fourth indication; and
assign a sub-category identifier associated with the sub-category to the stream of real-time data, and
wherein the multimedia data packet further includes the sub-category identifier.

8. The portable recording device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more sensors include a haptic sensor, the haptic sensor to provide a tactile feedback that corresponds to operations of the portable recording device, and further comprising:
a speaker physically coupled to the accessory housing and communicatively coupled to the controller, the speaker to provide an audio feedback that corresponds to operations of the portable recording device; and
a mode button physically coupled to the accessory housing, the mode button being configured to selectively toggle, via user actuation, between an audio feedback preference or a tactile feedback preference, and
wherein, the controller further includes computer-executable instructions that, when executed cause the one or more processors to:
provide the tactile feedback or the audio feedback that corresponds to the operations of the portable recording device, based at least in part on receipt of the user actuation of the mode button, the operations of the portable recording device corresponding to one of a category selection, a sub-category selection, or the one or more actions associated with the stream of real-time data.

9. The portable recording device of claim 1 , wherein the controller further includes computer-executable instructions that, when executed cause the one or more processors to:
store, in a data-store of the portable recording device, an instance of the multimedia data packet, based at least in part on an inability to detect the high-energy communication connection b

Assignees

• Whp Workflow Solutions Inc
• Getac Technology Corp

Inventors

• Guzik Thomas
• Adeel Muhammad

Classifications

• H04L63/30

  for supporting lawful interception, monitoring or retaining of communications or communication related information (circuit switched telephony call monitoring H04M3/2281) · CPC title

• H04N5/772

  the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure · CPC title

• H04N7/185

  from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control · CPC title

• H04N7/18

  Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast · CPC title

• H04N9/8205

  involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal · CPC title