One-step recording apparatus for portable media players
US8068716B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 10, 2006 |
| Grant date | Nov 29, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 18, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B27/322
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A recording apparatus for recording audio-visual (A/V) contents directly from an A/V input source to a portable media player (PMP) is disclosed. The recorded A/V contents can be played back by the portable media player immediately upon stopping the recording. The recording apparatus does not involve the use of any intermediate computing or storage device other than the portable media player and the recording apparatus itself. The A/V contents for recording may come in the form of analog/digital signals or as digital data in compressed or uncompressed form from transmission and/or storage devices. Depending upon the nature of the input, the recording apparatus digitizes, encodes and/or transcodes the A/V contents and stores the processed A/V contents directly into the portable media player in playback ready format. The recording apparatus includes a one-button control interface for starting and stopping the recording of A/V contents to the portable media player. By clicking the button once, the process of recording the A/V contents into the portable media player is initiated. Optionally, elaborate control of the A/V recording parameters can be achieved through a configuration file. …
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