Audio-Visual Presentation Synchronization via Characteristic Matching

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional methods for generating audio-visual presentations often require significant time and resources, as they do not effectively synchronize visual and audio media objects based on characteristics like tempo, mood, and genre, leading to unpleasant combinations.

Innovation Solution

A system and method that dynamically select and synchronize visual and audio media objects using their characteristic profiles, allowing for automatic generation of presentations by matching congruent characteristics such as mood, tempo, and genre.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional techniques are used to generate audio-visual presentations, then the presentation can be created with basic functionality, but the visual and audio media objects are not properly synchronized thematically, resulting in unpleasant combinations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvethematic consistencyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts and compares multiple parameters including tempo, mood, genre, and style from both audio and visual media objects. By analyzing these parameters and matching congruent characteristics, the system automatically selects visually congruent media objects that thematically align with the audio content, ensuring reliable thematic consistency without requiring complex manual editing procedures

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs automatic selection and synchronization of visual media objects based on the characteristics of the audio media object. The automated process independently analyzes tempo, mood, genre, and style parameters, selects matching visual content, and synchronizes the presentation, eliminating the need for significant manual user intervention while maintaining high thematic consistency

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Productivity

If manual creation and editing of audio-visual presentations is performed, then precise control over the presentation can be achieved, but significant time and resources are required

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepresentation generation speedVSAvoiduser time
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-extracts and stores characteristic parameters (tempo, mood, genre, style) from media objects before presentation creation. When generating a presentation, the system quickly queries and matches these pre-analyzed characteristics to select visually congruent media objects, dramatically reducing the time required compared to manual creation while maintaining high-quality thematic synchronization

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system replaces the manual mechanical process of selecting and synchronizing media objects with an automated computational system. The automated system analyzes characteristic parameters, performs matching algorithms, and synchronizes visual and audio content based on congruent characteristics such as tempo and mood, eliminating the need for manual trial-and-error editing while significantly improving productivity

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

3Ease of operation

If visual media objects are selected without considering audio characteristics, then selection process is simple and quick, but the resulting combination does not thematically fit, creating unpleasant presentations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveselection easeVSAvoidthematic fit
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically extracts and compares multiple parameters including tempo, mood, genre, and style from both audio and visual media objects. By analyzing these parameters and matching congruent characteristics, the system selects visual media objects that thematically align with the audio content, ensuring reliable thematic fit while requiring minimal user input beyond initial selection

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses the characteristic parameters of the selected audio media object as feedback to guide the selection of visually congruent media objects. By continuously referencing the tempo, mood, genre, and style of the audio content, the system ensures that selected visual media objects thematically fit, creating pleasant and coherent presentations with ease

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS9753925B2Systems, methods, and apparatus for generating an audio-visual presentation using characteristics of audio, visual and symbolic media objects
Publication Date: 2017.09.05 GRACENOTE INC
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AI summary

In an embodiment, a method and apparatus for generating a presentation is provided. The method considers characteristics of audio works and visual works when constructing the presentation. In some embodiments, the presentation may be automatically constructed.