Audio-Driven Motion Imagery Synchronization System

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Solution Overview

Problem

Manual alignment of motion clips with audio is time-consuming and limited by restricted audio data exposure, restricting the applications of conventional editing tools.

Innovation Solution

Generating relationships between motion imagery and audio to automatically synchronize motion imagery with audio features, allowing users to align or coordinate motion imagery with audio based on user preferences, such as scaling components with audio amplitude or rotating them with beats.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If manual alignment of motion clips with audio is performed, then alignment accuracy can be achieved, but time consumption increases significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvealignment accuracyVSAvoidtime consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables self-service synchronization by automatically detecting audio features (beats, amplitude envelopes) and applying them to synchronize motion clips without requiring manual user intervention. The audio data itself provides the synchronization signals that automatically align multiple motion clips to the audio track.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the manual mechanical dragging and dropping process with an automated computational system that uses audio feature detection and mathematical synchronization algorithms to achieve the same alignment result, thereby eliminating the time-consuming manual operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Ease of operation

If conventional audio data exposure is used for alignment, then simplicity is maintained, but alignment capability is restricted

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovesimplicityVSAvoidalignment capability
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The audio data is segmented into distinct feature components including beats, amplitude envelopes, and other temporal characteristics. This segmentation allows the system to expose multiple independent audio features that can be separately used for different types of synchronization, expanding alignment capabilities while maintaining ease of use through automated feature detection.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates a universal synchronization framework that can apply multiple audio features (beats, amplitude, tempo) to various types of motion clips simultaneously. This multi-functional approach allows a single audio track to synchronize multiple different motion elements with different alignment requirements, greatly expanding versatility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS10453494B2Facilitating synchronization of motion imagery and audio
Publication Date: 2019.10.22 ADOBE INC
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AI summary

Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer storage media for facilitating synchronization of audio with motion imagery. In embodiments, an indication to create a relationship between an audio feature associated with an audio and an imagery feature associated with a motion imagery is received. Thereafter, a relationship is created between the audio feature and the imagery feature in accordance with an instance or a time duration to synchronize the audio with the motion imagery. Based on the relationship between the audio feature and the imagery feature, the imagery feature of the component is automatically manipulated in relation to the audio feature at the designated instance or the time duration.