Cloud-Based Display-Dependent Media Processing Offloading
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current display technologies require significant computational power and battery life on client devices for processing media files, as each device must independently perform complex algorithms for display compatibility, leading to inefficiencies and increased power consumption.
Innovation Solution
A system that includes a display characteristics evaluation unit, a media access unit, and a display-dependent processing unit, which evaluates and processes media files in a cloud platform based on the device's display characteristics, generating display-dependent media files that can be transmitted to the device, thereby offloading processing tasks from the client device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If display processing is performed locally on each client device, then display compatibility and image quality are ensured, but device complexity and power consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the complex display processing algorithms from the client device and relocates them to the cloud platform. The client device only needs to transmit display characteristics and receive processed media files, while the cloud platform performs frame rate conversion, color space transformation, and other complex operations remotely, thereby reducing device complexity while maintaining display compatibility
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary system (cloud platform) that mediates between the media source and the client device. This intermediary performs the complex display-dependent processing operations, acting as a bridge that handles the computational burden while allowing client devices to remain simple without compromising display quality or compatibility
2Speed
If display processing is performed locally on each client device, then real-time processing is achieved, but power consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts power-intensive processing operations from the client device and moves them to the cloud platform's infrastructure, which has unlimited power supply. This extraction eliminates the need for client devices to consume battery power for complex display processing while maintaining real-time processing capabilities through the cloud's computational resources
3Adaptability or versatility
If each client device runs independent processing algorithms, then processing independence is maintained, but overall system efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the processing capabilities of multiple client devices into a centralized cloud platform. Instead of each device independently running complex algorithms, the cloud platform consolidates processing resources and serves multiple clients simultaneously, achieving economies of scale and significantly improving overall system efficiency while maintaining the ability to adapt to different display characteristics
Data Source
AI summary
It is disclosed a system comprising a display characteristics evaluation unit configured to evaluate display characteristics of a display of an electronic device, a media access unit configured to receive a source media file from a media storage, and a display-dependent processing unit configured to perform, based on the display characteristics, a display-dependent processing of the source media file to obtain a display-dependent media file.