Cartoon Content Cut Generator with Directed Effect Sections
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current technologies lack the ability to effectively generate and display cartoon content with directed effects within designated sections in response to user events, limiting the interactive and dynamic presentation of cartoon content.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus and method that include a cut input controller, effect input controller, and cut generator to create and display cartoon content, allowing for the setting of directing sections within the content where effects are applied and displayed in correspondence with user events, adjusting the length of these sections based on the number and type of effects and the height of the content.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If cartoon content is displayed with effects applied to layers, then the visual presentation is enhanced, but the ability to control where and how effects are displayed is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the cartoon content into discrete cuts, with each cut containing layers that can independently have effects applied. This segmentation allows precise control over where effects appear (specific cuts and layers) without requiring complex global control mechanisms, resolving the contradiction between control precision and system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables different effect settings (start location, end location, type) to be applied to specific layers within specific cuts, rather than uniformly across all content. This local quality approach allows creators to precisely control effect presentation in different regions of the cartoon content, improving ease of operation while maintaining manageable complexity through targeted rather than universal control.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple effects are applied to layers in a cut, then the visual expression is enhanced, but the directing section length becomes difficult to manage
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the directing section length dynamic by allowing it to be automatically adjusted based on the number of effects applied to layers. When multiple effects are present, the system dynamically extends the directing section to accommodate all effects, providing adaptability while automating the management complexity rather than requiring manual configuration.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameter of directing section length based on the number of effects applied. Instead of fixing the directing section length, the system adjusts this parameter dynamically according to the effects configuration, enabling flexible effect application while simplifying management through automatic parameter adjustment rather than manual setting.
3Manufacturing precision
If effects are directed within specific sections of cuts, then the precision of effect placement is improved, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent establishes directing sections as predefined structures within cuts before effects are applied. By pre-defining the spatial boundaries (start location to end location) where effects can be directed, the system achieves precise effect placement while simplifying the configuration process, as creators only need to specify effect parameters within the already-established directing section framework rather than configuring complex spatial constraints.
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AI summary
An apparatus for generating cartoon content includes a cut input controller configured to control receiving of a signal of adding a first cut comprising one or more layers; an effect input controller configured to control receiving of a type of a first effect applied to the one or more layers; and a cut generator configured to generate a first final cut such that the one or more layers express the first effect by making the first effect correspond to a user event received from a user, wherein the effect input controller controls receiving of directing start and end locations of the first effect in correspondence with the first effect, and wherein the cut generator sets a region between the directing start and end locations of the first effect as a first directing section and generates the first final cut such that the first effect is directed in the first directing section.