Multifunction remote control system for audio and video recording, capture, transmission and playback of full motion and still images

Abstract

A multifunction remote controlled video recording, transmission and playback system includes a still frame generator adapted for selecting and generating still frames on the fly while a full motion video signal is being recorded, without interrupting the recording function. Audio and data signals, such as cockpit audio in an aircraft and gps and telemetry signals may also be incorporated in the recorded full motion video recording on a real time synchronized basis. The still frames are digitally enhanced, producing a full field frame from the analog video signal. Still frames can be produced in single, burst and snap modes without interrupting the full motion video recording function.

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       11 . Apparatus comprising:
 a recorder adapted to record video input, the video input including still images;   memory accessible to store at least one still image;   a switch enabling distribution of video input to the recorder, the switch enabling distribution of at least one still image to the memory; and   a processor coupled to the memory, the processor operable with the memory to retrieve from the memory the at least one still image, the at least one still image being retrieved from the memory without interrupting continuous recording by the recorder of the video input.