Composite Image Generation for Video Instant Messaging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current video instant messaging software lacks the ability to conveniently share desktop content, such as graphs, and does not allow for selective image capture or transmission of high-resolution images due to bandwidth limitations and the inability to obscure or focus on specific areas.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for processing video instant messages by generating a composite image from multiple sources, including screen captures and image captures, allowing users to select and arrange images within a graphical user interface, and transmitting these composite images over a network, using an imaging device driver to interface with video instant messaging applications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If high resolution images are transmitted to enable detailed desktop sharing, then image quality is improved, but bandwidth consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the captured image into multiple selectable regions or tiles, allowing the system to transmit only the relevant portions of the image rather than the entire high-resolution image. This segmentation enables detailed desktop sharing while reducing the total data volume that needs to be transmitted over the network.
2Area of stationary object
If the image capture device captures the entire area in front of it, then complete scene coverage is achieved, but the ability to hide or focus on specific portions is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The captured image is divided into multiple selectable regions or tiles that can be independently chosen for transmission. This allows the sender to select only the relevant portions of the scene while the receiver can choose which regions to view, providing selective viewing control without sacrificing the ability to capture the entire scene initially.
Solution Approach 2:
The system allows dynamic selection and arrangement of image regions during the communication session. Users can interactively choose which portions of the captured image to transmit and view, enabling flexible control over what content is shared while maintaining the option to capture the complete scene when needed.
3Loss of information
If screen capture is used to share desktop content, then detailed content sharing is enabled, but bandwidth requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The screen capture is divided into multiple selectable regions or tiles representing different portions of the desktop. Instead of transmitting the entire screen capture at high resolution, the system allows selection and transmission of only the specific regions containing relevant content, thereby preserving information detail while significantly reducing bandwidth consumption.
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AI summary
There is provided a method and system for processing a video instant message. The method and system may include receiving at least one image; generating the at least one image into a composite image; and communicating the composite image to a receiver as the instant message. Preferably, the at least one image from the sender may be obtained from, for example, a screen capture of a display at the sender, or an image capture device at the sender. It may be advantageous to generate a graphical user interface for a video instant messaging application to allow either the sender or receiver to select the at least one image making up the composite image. The graphical user interface may be either online or locally installed.