Content Localization Service Text Overlay Separation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Designers face challenges in creating network content, such as images with text overlays, that are language and region agnostic, due to the complexity and effort required to produce consistent results across various languages and geographic regions.
Innovation Solution
A content localization system that separates text overlays from images, translates the text based on region and language codes, and adjusts image parameters to maintain visual consistency across different languages and regions, using a translation service and localization service to generate and cache translated images for quick delivery.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If text overlays are processed and flattened into images for each language, then the content can be presented in different languages, but the complexity and effort of producing consistent images increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the content into separate components: base images and text overlays. Instead of creating fully flattened images for each language, the system separates the text layer from the image layer, allowing independent processing of text translation while reusing the same base image across multiple languages.
Solution Approach 2:
The base image serves as a universal component that can be combined with multiple different text overlays in different languages. This multi-functional approach allows a single base image to be reused across numerous language versions, eliminating the need to create separate flattened images for each language while maintaining visual consistency.
2Manufacturing precision
If separate resulting images are produced for each language and region, then content can be localized accurately, but the time and effort required for content creation increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary processing by creating base images without language-specific text overlays. These pre-processed base images are stored and can be quickly combined with translated text later, eliminating the need to reprocess entire images for each language while maintaining localization accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses copying by creating text overlay templates that can be replicated and translated across multiple languages. Instead of manually creating each localized image from scratch, the system copies the base image structure and applies different text translations, significantly reducing the time and effort required for content creation while maintaining consistency.
3Stability of the object's composition
If text overlays are flattened into images, then the visual appearance is consistent, but the text loses its textual characteristics and cannot be easily translated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the image into a base image layer and a text overlay layer. This segmentation allows the text to remain separate and editable while the base image maintains visual consistency. The text layer can be independently translated and recombined with the same base image, preserving both visual stability and translation capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary text overlay layer that acts as a mediator between the base image and the final localized output. This intermediate layer contains the translatable text in a separate, editable format, allowing translation without affecting the base image's visual consistency while maintaining the ability to produce localized versions.
Data Source
AI summary
A localization service may be provided to manage distribution of content including text overlays according to language codes. In some examples, the language codes include regional identifiers and language identifiers. The localization service may provide the content including translated text overlays for reproduction by client devices in accordance with descriptive data associated with the images. In some examples, the descriptive data may describe the text overlays, placement of the text overlays with respect to the content, and characteristics of the text overlays.