Patent ID: 9536150
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: G06K,G11B,H04N

Claim:
1. A method of selectively recording image data associated with an event of interest, the method comprising: continuously acquiring image data by one or more image sensors of a video camera; temporarily storing the acquired image data in an image data buffer; in response to receiving a first user input identifying a first event of interest as the image data is continuously acquired, recording to an image data file: in response to receiving a second user input identifying a second event of interest as the image data is continuously acquired, appending to the image data file: discarding remaining portions of the acquired image data temporarily stored in the buffer that are not recorded to the image data file, without recording the remaining portions using the video camera; and further in response to the receiving the first user input identifying the first event of interest as the image data is continuously acquired: