Audio/Video Outroduction Reuse With Reverse Playback Editing

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing multimedia editing tools lack efficient methods for creating and manipulating outroductions in audio and video files, which are crucial for enhancing viewer engagement and acknowledging contributors, while also reducing production costs by reusing content from introductions.

Innovation Solution

A multimedia editing method and interface that allows users to create, modify, and publish audio/video files by reusing content from the introduction for the outroduction, with options for playing audio and video in reverse, varying speeds, and rearranging clips, supported by customizable menu options and user interfaces on various computing devices.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If content is created from scratch for outroduction, then originality and customization are improved, but production cost and time increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveproduction costVSAvoidoriginality

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies copying by reusing audio and video content from the introduction segment in the outroduction. The system automatically copies media clips from the introduction timeline and places them in the outroduction, eliminating the need to create content from scratch while maintaining production quality and consistency.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies preliminary action by preparing and organizing media clips in the introduction segment, which are then automatically reused in the outroduction. The system pre-processes the introduction content to identify suitable clips for reuse, thereby simplifying the outroduction creation process and reducing production time.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Ease of operation

If multiple editing operations are performed manually, then customization and control are improved, but time consumption and complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:

ImprovecontrolVSAvoidtime consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies self-service by enabling the system to automatically perform editing operations without requiring manual user intervention for each step. The system autonomously copies clips from the introduction, applies reverse playback, adjusts timing, and synchronizes audio-video content, thereby reducing the time and complexity of manual editing while maintaining full customization capabilities.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies taking out by extracting the essential editing operations from the manual process and implementing them as automated system functions. The system extracts tasks such as clip copying, reverse playback application, and timeline synchronization, performing them automatically while allowing users to retain control over key creative decisions.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Productivity

If introduction content is reused in outroduction, then production efficiency and cost-effectiveness are improved, but creativity and viewer engagement may decrease

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveproduction efficiencyVSAvoidcreativity

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies inversion by playing the reused introduction content in reverse in the outroduction. This creative transformation maintains the connection between introduction and outroduction while providing a novel viewing experience that enhances viewer engagement. The reverse playback technique transforms familiar content into something new and intriguing, resolving the contradiction between efficiency and creativity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies parameter changes by modifying playback parameters such as direction (reverse playback), speed, and timing of the reused content. These parameter transformations allow the system to efficiently reuse introduction material while creating varied and engaging outroduction content that maintains viewer interest through dynamic presentation differences.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS12361972B2Audio/video outroduction by reusing content from introduction and other parts

Publication Date: 2025.07.15 ZHANG STEVE HAOXIANG

AI summary

A multimedia production method includes: reusing the content in the introduction before the main content or other part in the multimedia file for an outroduction after the main content and playing the audio and/or video content in the reverse direction. A producer can make the multimedia file by attaching such an outroduction. A multimedia editing program can provide a user interface with menu options for such a production technique. The media production program could be associated with the multimedia sharing and distributing network. Such a production method could be applied to multiple multimedia files in the same media sharing and distributing network by the same producer. The same content can be reused in a cluster of media files.