Cloud Simulation Engine for Non-Video to Video Conversion

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current screen recorder technologies degrade live digital gameplay by reducing framerate and only capture two-dimensional video content, limiting user manipulation and functionality.

Innovation Solution

A system and method that generates digital video content from non-video content by retrieving data, extracting metadata, combining it with user preferences, and creating a digital video file, allowing for modification and display, using cloud-enabled processing devices to ensure an uninterrupted experience.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If screen recorder technology is used to capture digital video content, then video content can be recorded, but the framerate of the digital gameplay video content is degraded

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveframerate qualityVSAvoidvideo capture capability
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system creates a virtual copy of the digital gameplay environment through simulation, allowing video capture without interfering with the actual gameplay. The simulation engine replicates the game state and renders video frames independently, maintaining original gameplay framerate while enabling recording functionality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

A simulation engine acts as an intermediary between the digital gameplay environment and the video capture system. This intermediary layer processes game data and generates video content separately, preventing direct impact on the original gameplay framerate while still capturing video information.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Adaptability or versatility

If screen recorder technology is used to capture digital video content, then video content can be recorded, but only two-dimensional video content is recorded, limiting user manipulation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevideo content manipulation capabilityVSAvoidvideo content dimensionality
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system transitions from capturing only two-dimensional video content to generating three-dimensional video content by incorporating depth information, spatial coordinates, and multiple camera angles. The simulation engine can render content in various dimensions, enabling users to manipulate and interact with the recorded content more effectively.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Solution Approach 2:

The simulation engine serves multiple functions: it captures gameplay data, generates video content, creates three-dimensional representations, and enables various manipulation operations. This multi-functional approach allows a single system to handle diverse video processing tasks without requiring separate specialized tools.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Ease of operation

If cloud-enabled processing devices are used to generate digital video content, then hardware dependence is reduced, but network connectivity requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvehardware independenceVSAvoidnetwork connectivity requirements
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The cloud-based simulation engine automatically handles complex processing tasks without requiring users to manage local hardware configurations. The system self-manages resource allocation, rendering, and video generation, providing simplified access through standard network connections while eliminating the need for users to configure complex hardware settings.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS20220124385A1Systems and methods for generating digital video content from non-video content
Publication Date: 2022.04.21 ALLSTAR GAMING INC
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AI summary

Embodiments of the present invention provide for generating digital video content from non-video content. The systems and methods provide for, upon receiving an input from an end user to generate the digital video content, retrieving the non-video content; extracting metadata from the non-video content; combining the non-video content, the extracted metadata, and user preferences into a digital content instruction package; and generating the digital video content based on the digital content instructions package, wherein the creating of the digital video content includes (i) modifying the digital video content based on the user preferences and (ii) displaying the modified digital video content to the end user.