Composited Video Production Server for Dispersed Participants
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is no cost-effective and convenient method to record and produce high-quality video content from geographically dispersed individuals participating in real-time audio or audiovisual conversations for subsequent distribution, particularly in a talk-show format.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising a processor-based production server and participant devices that communicate over an electronic network, allowing for the recording and uploading of audiovisual streams, which are then assembled into a professional-quality composited video program using content and stylistic information, with automated editing to synchronize and emphasize participants based on speech analysis.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If geographically dispersed individuals use ordinary computers and residential Internet access to participate in real-time audio or audiovisual conversations, then accessibility and ease of operation are improved, but the quality and professionalism of the resulting video content deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary that receives data streams from multiple participants using ordinary devices, processes and synchronizes them, and produces professional-quality composited video content. This mediator bridges the gap between amateur equipment and professional output quality.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transforms multiple separate data streams into a unified composited video program by changing parameters such as synchronization timing, video layout arrangement, and audio mixing levels, thereby elevating the overall production quality without requiring participants to use professional equipment.
2Adaptability or versatility
If manual editing and production methods are used for geographically dispersed participants, then flexibility and adaptability are improved, but the time and complexity required for production increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automatic production of composited video programs by having participants upload their data streams and allowing the server to automatically synchronize, edit, and assemble the final video content without requiring manual intervention from producers, thereby dramatically reducing production time while maintaining flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
Participants perform preliminary actions by recording and uploading their data streams in advance, which allows the server to process and assemble the professional-quality video content afterward, separating the creative participation phase from the technical production phase.
3Manufacturing precision
If professional video production systems are used for geographically dispersed participants, then video quality is improved, but the cost and device complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the production process into separate segments: participants record locally using simple devices, upload data streams to a server, and the server handles synchronization and compositing. This segmentation allows each participant to use simple equipment while the overall system produces professional results.
Solution Approach 2:
The server provides multiple functions including receiving data streams, synchronizing audio and video, compositing multiple participants into a unified program, and exporting professional-quality video, thereby consolidating complex production capabilities into a single universal platform that participants access through simple devices.
4Adaptability or versatility
If multiple separate data streams from geographically dispersed participants are combined, then adaptability and inclusivity are improved, but the difficulty of synchronization and assembly increases
Solution Approach 1:
The server implements synchronization mechanisms that use feedback from timestamp metadata and timing information embedded in each participant's data stream to automatically align audio and video content from multiple geographically dispersed participants, eliminating manual synchronization efforts.
Data Source
AI summary
Provided are, among other things, systems, methods and techniques for creating a talk shows and other video programming. In one example, a host processor-based facility is configured for: (i) accepting inputs of content and stylistic information for designing a composited video program, (ii); and electronically transferring such content and stylistic information to the processor-based production server; the host processor-based facility and a set of the participant processor-based devices, each associated with a user, are configured: (i) to communicate with each other over an electronic communications network as participating devices in a live conference that includes audio communication, with each of the participating devices transmitting a live first data stream; and (ii) to transmit a second data stream to a processor-based production server; both the first data stream and the second data stream represent a corresponding user's participation in the live conference; and the processor-based production server is configured to receive the second data streams and assemble them into a final composited video program using the content and stylistic information.