Camera event logger

摘要

A camera event logger device coupled to a motion picture camera, including: a data port configured to receive control signals to manage the logger device including a particular receive frequency; a radio-frequency receiver configured to receive time signal of the particular receive frequency to enable fine adjustment of a timecode; a timecode manager including a plurality of timecode readers and at least one timecode generator, a first timecode reader of the plurality of timecode readers configured to receive the time signal from the radio-frequency receiver and make the time signal available to the at least one timecode generator, wherein the at least one timecode generator is configured to generate the timecode by conditioning the time signal, the timecode manager configured to receive camera timecode from the motion picture camera, and to send back adjusted camera timecode adjusted in accordance with the conditioned timecode; a processor configured to receive camera status information from the motion picture camera and the conditioned timecode from the timecode manager, wherein the camera status information is tagged with the conditioned timecode and processed to generate metadata files; and a storage unit configured to store the metadata files. Keywords include logger, timecode, and slate.

主权项

1. A method for logging events of a motion picture production on a logger device, the method comprising:
receiving production information and timing information triggered by an external device which records start and stop times of the events of the motion picture production; generating a timecode and a sound timecode using the received timing information; determining start and stop times of a video camera used in the motion picture production using the generated timecode; and associating the production information with the corresponding start and stop times of the video camera, wherein the timecode and the sound timecode enable the logger device to record the production information for use in an auto logging and synchronizing process during production of the motion picture.