Audio-Video Annotation System with Real-Time Transcription and Recognition
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional methods for learning more about an audio-video sequence, such as searching for information about identified individuals or objects, are inefficient and interrupt the viewing experience, often leading to misidentification and requiring significant effort to open new browser windows for queries.
Innovation Solution
A facility that automatically annotates audio-video sequences by performing voice transcription and image recognition during playback, displaying relevant information such as speaker names and object identifications near the video frame, and caching these annotations for real-time or near-real-time access, allowing seamless integration with web searches and reducing hardware resource usage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If conventional search methods are used to learn about audio-video sequences, then information can be obtained, but the viewing experience is interrupted and significant effort is required
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically generating annotations, transcribing speech, and identifying objects/people during video playback before the user needs the information. This eliminates the need for users to manually search for information during viewing, thus maintaining the viewing experience while ensuring information is readily available when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary annotation system that mediates between the video content and the user's information needs. Instead of users directly searching for information (which interrupts viewing), the intermediary system automatically processes video content and presents relevant information through annotations, thus resolving the contradiction between information access and viewing continuity.
2Loss of information
If manual search queries are performed to identify individuals or objects, then information can be obtained, but misidentification occurs and significant effort is required
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service by automatically performing speech transcription, object identification, and information retrieval without user intervention. The annotation system processes video content autonomously, eliminating manual search efforts and reducing misidentification errors that occur when users manually query information.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical manual search process with an automated computational system. Instead of users manually typing queries and interpreting results (prone to error), the system uses automatic speech recognition, image recognition, and information retrieval algorithms to accurately identify and provide information about video content.
3Ease of operation
If annotations are generated in real-time during playback, then viewing experience is maintained, but processing speed and latency increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary processing of video content during playback, generating annotations and transcriptions in advance of when users need the information. This preliminary action allows the system to maintain viewing continuity while managing processing loads efficiently, reducing latency by preparing information before it is requested.
Data Source
AI summary
In some examples, a facility augments an audio-video sequence playback display with respect to a current playback position of the audio-video sequence within a time index range of the sequence. For a first portion of the time index range of the sequence containing the current playback position (“CPP”), the facility performs automatic voice transcription against the audio component to obtain speech text for at least one speaker. For a second portion of the time index range of the sequence containing the CPP, the facility performs automatic image recognition against the video component to obtain identifying information identifying at least one person, object, or location. Simultaneously with the sequence playback display and proximate to the sequence playback display, the facility displays one or more annotations each based upon (a) at least a portion of the obtained speech text, (b) at least a portion of the obtained identifying information, or (c) both.