Patent ID: 7359085
Filing Date: 2008-04-15
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A sound recording and image forming system, comprising: a memory circuit for storage of data; a print engine that applies printing material to sheets of print media that are pre-cut to a predetermined size and fed to said print engine as needed upon the occurrence of a print job; a microphone; an interface circuit; and at least one processing circuit that is configured to control a flow of data: (a) from said interface circuit, and (b) between said print engine and said memory circuit; wherein: said microphone generates an audio-frequency signal from received sound waves; said interface circuit receives and converts said audio-frequency signal generated by said microphone into a digitized first data signal, wherein at least a portion of said digitized first data signal comprises information representative of said received sound waves in a form that can be stored in said memory circuit; and said at least one processing circuit is further configured: (c) to receive said digitized first data signal from said interface circuit, (d) to convert said digitized first data signal into a second data signal comprising a print job that includes information representative of said received sound waves, and (e) to transfer said second data signal to said print engine for recording as a hard-copy printout upon said print media, in which at least a portion of said hard-copy printout is representative of said received sound waves, wherein