System and Method for Preserving Video Clips from a Handheld Device

摘要

A system and method for recording video that combines video capture, touch-screen and voice-control technologies into an integrated system that produces cleanly edited, short-duration, compliant video files that exactly capture a moment after it has actually occurred The present invention maintains the device in a ready state that is always ready to capture video up to N seconds or minutes in the past (where N depends on available system memory). This enables the user to run the system indefinitely without having to worry about running out of storage. Touch gestures and voice commands actually initiate captures without having to actually monitor the system itself thereby allowing for complete focus on the live action itself. When the user sees something happen, he or she can use an appropriate voice or touch command to cause the system to create a video media file based on time points derived from the user's commands.

主权项

1. A video capture system including stored computer instructions configured to interact with a video camera, a touch screen, and a microphone on a handheld device, the stored computer instructions being stored in a memory device and executable by a processor causing incoming streaming video from the video camera to be stored sequentially frame by frame in at least one frame buffer, the instructions adapted to receive a user command from the touch screen or the microphone to save frames from N seconds of previous video streaming and convert these frames to a video output file, where N is a positive integer.