System and method for crowd sourced multi-media lecture capture, sharing and playback
US10083618B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 27, 2013 |
| Grant date | Sep 25, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 7, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09B7/02
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method, that may include capturing, by a mobile media capture device, audio information related to the lecture during a time period that at least partially overlaps a time period during which the lecture occurs; repeating, during the time period, the stages of: checking, by the mobile media capture device, for an occurrence of an event related to the lecture; selecting, by the mobile media capture device and in response to an occurrence of the event, a selected manner to acquire visual information related to the lecture out of (a) an acquisition, at a first rate, of multiple still images of at least a first resolution and (b) an acquisition of a video stream of up to a second resolution that is lower of the first resolution; wherein the first rate is lower than a rate of acquisition of images of the video stream; and acquiring the visual information according to the selected manner.
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