Audio Recording Apparatus Timestamped Marker Appending
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing audio recording technologies do not allow users to effectively associate important content locations during recording, leading to poor usability, as they cannot specify missed information or important content while recording audio.
Innovation Solution
An audio recording apparatus that includes a processor for recording audio, receiving a go-back time, and appending information associated with that time, allowing users to mark, memo, or photograph important moments during recording, which are displayed alongside the audio waveform.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional audio recording methods are used, then the recording process is simple, but users cannot associate important content locations during recording
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by automatically generating time-stamped markers during the recording process. When the user pauses or stops recording, the system proactively creates markers with timestamps indicating important content locations, so that when playback occurs, these pre-prepared markers are immediately available to guide the user to significant moments without requiring manual note-taking during the actual recording.
2Productivity
If no markers are appended during recording, then the recording process is uninterrupted, but later playback lacks navigation capability
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service by automatically generating and appending markers during playback based on recording metadata stored during the recording phase. The markers are created without requiring additional user intervention beyond the initial pause/stop action, and the system autonomously handles the timestamp calculation and marker placement, making playback navigation available on-demand when the user needs it.
3Loss of information
If manual note-taking is required during recording, then important content can be marked, but the operation becomes complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system replaces the mechanical system of manual note-taking with an automated digital marker generation system. Instead of requiring users to physically write down timestamps and content descriptions, the system automatically captures the timestamp data and generates structured markers that can be easily stored, searched, and displayed during playback, dramatically reducing the operational complexity while maintaining complete information about important content locations.
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AI summary
An audio recording apparatus comprises: a recording process for recording audio; a receiving process for receiving an indicated go-back time; and a processor that executes an information appending process that appends information associated with a time going back by the go-back time from a base time, linked to audio in the recording, in accordance with a user's instructions.