US 7,526,718 B2
Apparatus and method for recording “path-enhanced” multimedia
Ramin Samadani, Menlo Park, Calif. (US); and Michael Harville, Palo Alto, Calif. (US)
Assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, Tex. (US)
Filed on Apr. 30, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/427,614.
Prior Publication US 2004/0218895 A1, Nov. 04, 2004
Int. Cl. G06F 17/24 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 715—201  [715/202; 715/203; 715/204; 715/205; 342/357.06; 342/357.08; 342/357.13] 44 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A recorder comprising:
a path information determining subsystem, for determining and recording path information associated with a path traversed by the recorder at a plurality of moments in time, the path information having associated path time and location data;
path information storage for sampling and storing the determined path information including the path time and location data;
a multimedia recording subsystem, including a multimedia storage, for recording selected multimedia data while traversing the path and associating at least a portion of the multimedia data with said path information to generate “path-enhanced” multimedia data; and
adaptive control for selecting a rate at which to sample the path information dependent on the movement of the recorder.