Custom Video Animation via Region Selection for Messaging

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing messaging systems require users to search through multiple pages to find suitable graphical representations, leading to inefficiency and resource waste in expressing thoughts and communicating with others.

Innovation Solution

A messaging application allows users to generate custom graphical elements by selecting a region of a video and applying visual effects, enabling efficient message composition and delivery without extensive searching.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If users search through multiple pages of pre-defined graphical representations, then they can find suitable graphics for communication, but it leads to inefficiency and resource waste

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of finding graphical representationsVSAvoidtime spent searching through multiple pages

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables users to create their own custom graphical representations by capturing images with the device camera or selecting from gallery, applying filters and effects, and generating stickers independently. This self-service approach eliminates the need to search through pre-defined graphics libraries, directly resolving the contradiction between ease of finding graphics and time consumption.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary actions by providing templates, filters, and effects that are pre-configured and ready to use. Users can quickly generate custom graphics by selecting pre-prepared visual elements and applying them to captured images, reducing the time and effort needed to create communication graphics without sacrificing quality or variety.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Loss of energy

If users manually create custom graphical elements from video regions, then resource consumption is reduced, but the complexity of the system increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveresource consumption in generating graphicsVSAvoidcomplexity of custom graphic generation system

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of energyVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The messaging application integrates multiple functions into a single unified system: video capture, image processing, filter application, sticker generation, and message composition. This multi-functional approach consolidates what would otherwise require separate applications and tools, reducing overall system complexity while enabling resource-efficient custom graphic creation directly within the messaging context.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces an intermediary processing layer that automatically handles the conversion from video frames to graphical elements. This intermediary component manages the complexity of image processing, region selection, and sticker generation internally, presenting a simplified interface to users while efficiently managing resources through automated processing pipelines.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS20250308125A1Customized animation from video

Publication Date: 2025.10.02 SNAP INC

AI summary

Methods and systems are disclosed for generating a custom sticker. In one embodiment, a messaging application implemented on a first device receives a video and input that draws a selection of a region of the video. The messaging application generates a graphical element comprising the region of the video drawn by the input and applies one or more visual effects to the graphical element to create a custom graphic. The custom graphic with the one or more visual effects is sent from the first device to a second device.