Composited Animation Perspective Transition
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current social networking systems lack the capability to generate animations that seamlessly transition between different perspectives of a geographic location, limiting user engagement and interaction with dynamic content.
Innovation Solution
A method for creating a shifting-perspective animation by receiving two or more images, identifying a common object, computing the difference in perspective based on size and shape, and generating an animation that transitions from one image to another, adding a modified version of the subject to the second image, and sending instructions to display the animation on a client system.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a social networking system displays static images only, then the system is simple to operate and requires minimal processing, but user engagement and interaction with dynamic content are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms static images into dynamic animations by introducing perspective-shifting transformations. The system takes two or more images of the same subject from different perspectives and generates an animation that smoothly transitions between these perspectives, creating a dynamic viewing experience that increases user engagement while maintaining reasonable system complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary processing system that receives static images from users and automatically generates animated content. This intermediary system performs perspective analysis, identifies common objects across images, and synthesizes intermediate frames to create smooth perspective transitions, thereby enabling dynamic content without requiring direct user involvement in the complex animation creation process
2Adaptability or versatility
If the system generates animations with multiple perspectives and transformations, then user engagement is enhanced, but the computational processing and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the animation generation process into distinct modular steps: receiving input images, identifying common objects, computing perspective transformations, generating intermediate frames, and composing the final animation. This segmentation allows each processing stage to be handled independently and optimally, reducing overall computational complexity while maintaining rich animation capabilities
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates intermediate frames by copying and transforming elements from the input images. Instead of generating entirely new content, the system copies subjects and backgrounds from the provided images and applies perspective transformations to these copies, significantly reducing computational requirements compared to generating original content from scratch
3Adaptability or versatility
If the system processes and transforms user-generated images into animations, then immersive content is created, but the time and computational resources required increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary analysis of the input images to identify common objects and compute perspective relationships before generating the animation. By pre-processing the images to extract key geometric and object information, the system reduces the computational burden during the actual animation generation phase, thereby reducing overall processing time while maintaining immersive content quality
Data Source
AI summary
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving at least two images captured by one or more cameras, wherein a first image of the at least two images has a subject and a second image of the at least two images comprises a perspective of the geographic location that is different than the first image; identifying an object that is common to the at least two images; computing a difference in perspective between the images that is based on a difference in size and shape between the object in the first image and the object in the second image; generating, based on the difference in perspective, an animation of a transition from the first image to the second image, wherein the animation comprises both the first image and the second image, and wherein the animation adds a modified version of the subject to the second image.