Multimedia System with Processing of Multimedia Data Streams

Abstract

A media system is disclosed that records and/or stores images, video, and/or audio representing a scene in its field of view into a multimedia data stream. The media system extracts and/or frames one or more particular objects from the images, video, and/or audio of the multimedia data stream and/or from images, video, and/or audio of previously recorded multimedia data streams to provide a processed multimedia data stream. The media system plays back the images, video, and/or audio of the processed multimedia data stream.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A media capture system supporting a user, the media capture system comprising:
 a media capture module configured to operate over a series of independent scenes to capture a plurality of independent multimedia data streams;   a media processing system configured to recognize a portion of each of the plurality of independent multimedia data streams as being a particular object that is associated with a previously recognized object; and   a user input interface configured to receive user information to direct the media processing system,   wherein the media processing system is further configured to select, to extract, and to merge the particular object from among the portion of each of the plurality of independent multimedia data streams in response to the user information to provide a processed multimedia data stream.   
     
     
         2 . The media capture system of  claim 1 , wherein the media capture module is further configured to provide the user information to the medium processing system to direct processing of the plurality of independent multimedia data streams. 
     
     
         3 . The media capture system of  claim 2 , wherein the user information comprises at least one of:
 commands to cause the media processing system to recognize the particular object from the plurality of independent multimedia data streams;   commands to identify the particular object for which the media processing system is to recognize from the plurality of independent multimedia data streams; or   commands to identify processing parameters of the processing to be performed by the media processing system, the processing parameters including:   a preferred output type of the processed multimedia data stream, and   a length of the processed multimedia data stream.   
     
     
         4 . The media capture system of  claim 1 , wherein the media processing system is further configured to assist in identifying common objects between the plurality of independent multimedia data streams, and
 wherein the user input interface is further configured to receive the user information regarding the common media elements.   
     
     
         5 . The media capture system of  claim 1 , wherein the media processing system is further configured to identify an object within the plurality of independent multimedia data streams and to recognize the object as being the particular object. 
     
     
         6 . A media capture device supporting a user, the media capture device comprising:
 a media capture module configured to operate over a series of independent scenes to capture a plurality of independent multimedia data streams;   a media processing system configured to receive user information relating to a particular object that is within a portion of at least one of the plurality of independent multimedia data streams and to select, to extract, and to merge the particular object from among the portion of each of the plurality of independent multimedia data streams in response to the user information to provide a processed multimedia data stream; and   a storage interface configured to support storage of the plurality of independent media data and a plurality of previously recognized objects.   
     
     
         7 . The media capture device of  claim 6 , wherein the media processing system is further configured to identify an object within the plurality of independent multimedia data streams in response to the user information and to identify the object as being one of the plurality of previously recognized objects. 
     
     
         8 . The media capture device of  claim 7 , wherein the media processing system is further configured to recognize the object as being the particular object by matching the object with one of the plurality of previously recognized objects. 
     
     
         9 . The media capture device of  claim 6 , wherein the media processing system is further configured to request assistance from the media capture module when the media processing system cannot match the object with one of the plurality of previously recognized objects. 
     
     
         10 . The media capture device of  claim 6 , further comprising:
 a user input interface configured to receive the supplemental user information.   
     
     
         11 . The media capture device of  claim 6 , further comprising:
 a cloud storage system configured to store the plurality of independent media data and the plurality of previously recognized objects.   
     
     
         12 . A media processing system that interacts with a storage to support a user, the storage containing a plurality of independent media data streams, each of the plurality of independent media data streams being captured over a series of independent scenes, the media processing system comprising:
 a service processing module configured to identify an object that is associated with the plurality of independent media data streams and to recognize the object as being a particular object that is associated with a previously recognized object from among a plurality of previously recognized objects; and   a support processing module configured to extract and to merge the particular object from a portion of at least one of the plurality of independent multimedia data streams to provide a processed multimedia data stream.   
     
     
         13 . The media processing system of  claim 12 , wherein the service processing module is further configured to identify the object within the plurality of independent multimedia data streams in response to user information. 
     
     
         14 . The media capture device of  claim 13 , wherein the service processing module is further configured to recognize the object as being the particular object by matching the object with one of the plurality of previously recognized objects. 
     
     
         15 . The media capture device of  claim 13 , wherein the service processing module is further configured to request assistance from a user when the first service cannot match the object with one of the plurality of previously recognized objects. 
     
     
         16 . The media capture device of  claim 15 , wherein the service processing module is further configured to receive a pointer from the user to identify the object as being a new recognized object that has not been previously recognized. 
     
     
         17 . The media capture device of  claim 12 , wherein the support processing module is further configured to extract and to merge the particular object from the portion of the at least one of the plurality of independent multimedia data streams to compile a new multimedia data stream. 
     
     
         18 . The media capture device of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 an imager and microphone module configured to record a scene in its field of view from among the series of independent scenes as a media data stream from among the plurality of independent media data streams.   
     
     
         19 . The media capture device of  claim 18 , wherein the service processing module is communicatively coupled to the imager and microphone module via a communications network. 
     
     
         20 . The media capture device of  claim 18 , wherein at least two of the service processing module, the support processing module, and the imager and microphone module are implemented as an integrated electronic device.