Patent ID: 6778760
Filing Date: 2004-08-17
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A digital audio recording device comprising:an audio recorder adapted to receive sound waves and to provide in response a digital audio data stream; an image recorder adapted to provide digital representations of a plurality of still frame images to be recorded; a synchronizer operatively coupled to the audio recorder and to the image recorder, the synchronizer receiving the digital audio data stream and the digital representations of the plurality of still frame images as inputs, and providing as an output the digital audio data stream synchronized with the digital representations of the plurality of still frame images, wherein the synchronizer is adapted to provide as the output the digital representations of each of the plurality of still frame images, and to provide as the output a modified digital audio data stream which contains file names and storage locations of the digital representations of each of the plurality of still frame images; an operator image selection input operatively coupled to the synchronizer and providing interactive synchronization of particular ones of the digital representations of the plurality of still frame images with particular portions of the digital audio data stream; and a memory storage device operatively coupled to the synchronizer, the memory storage device storing the digital audio data stream and the synchronized digital representations of the plurality of still frame images.