AI SOP Generation from Multimedia Transcripts

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional standard operating procedures (SOPs) are often time- and labor-intensive to create, prone to errors, and difficult to follow due to complex instructions, leading to inconsistent performance among workers.

Innovation Solution

A procedure generation system that leverages multimedia content from users to automatically create interactive, augmented reality-based SOPs by extracting audio from video data, transcribing it, and using a trained model to generate structured steps with corresponding multimedia content, enabling efficient and error-reduced guidance through task performance.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If conventional SOP materials are produced manually, then workers can receive guidance, but the creation process is time- and labor-intensive

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveSOP creation efficiencyVSAvoidTime required to create SOP materials

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables automatic SOP generation where the multimedia content and transcript self-organize into structured procedures through AI processing, eliminating the need for manual SOP creation while maintaining high quality guidance materials

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces manual mechanical processes of SOP creation with an automated system that uses AI models to process multimedia content, extract transcripts, and generate structured procedures automatically

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Reliability

If conventional SOP materials are created manually, then procedures can be documented, but errors in the materials remain common

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveAccuracy of SOP materialsVSAvoidComplexity of manual SOP creation process

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system replaces error-prone manual SOP creation with an automated AI-based system that processes multimedia content through structured pipelines, reducing human error while maintaining simplicity through automated workflows

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Ease of operation

If complex instructions are provided in SOP materials, then detailed guidance is given, but workers find it difficult to follow

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveEase of following SOP instructionsVSAvoidLoss of procedural detail

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically segments procedures into discrete steps with individual multimedia content for each step, making complex procedures easier to follow while preserving all necessary details through structured organization

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies local quality by providing specific multimedia content (images, videos) for each individual step, ensuring that detailed information is available exactly where needed without overwhelming the worker with complex text

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS20240395163A1Automatic generation of standard operating procedures from multimedia content

Publication Date: 2024.11.28 SQUINT INC

AI summary

A procedure generation system obtains multimedia content describing performance of a task and generates a procedure including content for guiding a user through performance of the task. The procedure generation system extracts audio data from the multimedia content and generates a transcription of the audio data through application of a trained model. The transcription includes text corresponding to the audio data and timestamps associated with different text. Based on the transcription, a trained model generates a set of steps, with each step including text corresponding to different time intervals. The procedure generation system identifies portions of the multimedia content corresponding to different steps based on the time intervals and associates identified portions of the multimedia content with corresponding steps to generate the procedure. This generates a procedure with various steps including text and a corresponding portion of the multimedia content.