Patent ID: 8331759
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A system for generating audio/video material, comprising: an audio and/or video generation apparatus configured to generate audio and/or video material representative of an audio and/or visual source, said audio and/or video generation apparatus comprising a recording unit configured to record audio and/or video signals representing said audio and/or video material on a recording medium, and a metadata generation processor configured to receive said audio and/or video signals, and to generate metadata automatically in response to said audio and/or video signals, wherein the metadata generation processor includes a spatial co-ordinates generator configured to generate data representing spatial co-ordinates of a location of the audio/video generation apparatus, when the audio/video material is generated, the spatial co-ordinates being included in the metadata, the metadata includes syntactic metadata which provides operating parameters which are used by the audio and/or video generation apparatus, and the syntactic metadata also includes a user definable indication that the audio/video material captured is a good shot, an audio/video storage device configured to receive said audio/video material, a metadata database configured to receive said metadata, the metadata being combined with the audio/video material, and a user controlled processing device connected to said audio/video storage device and to said metadata database and configured to process the audio/video material in accordance with the location at which the audio/video material was generated using the spatial co-ordinate data provided in said metadata.