Digital Twin Multimedia Elements for Clearer Object Communication

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Solution Overview

Problem

Asynchronous communications often face difficulties in understanding between interlocutors, particularly in complex situations, as traditional videoconferencing does not adequately address these challenges.

Innovation Solution

A method involving the creation of a multimedia element that includes access to parameters of a digital twin of an object of interest from an audiovisual stream, combined with enriched rendering to enhance communication by providing real-time or synchronized audiovisual representations.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If traditional videoconferencing is used for communication, then real-time interaction is achieved, but understanding between interlocutors remains difficult in complex situations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommunication understandingVSAvoidcommunication system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a digital twin as an intermediary representation of physical objects. Instead of directly observing complex physical objects during communication, users interact with simplified digital twin models that capture essential parameters and characteristics. This mediator enhances understanding by presenting processed, structured information about physical objects rather than raw audiovisual data alone.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates digital copies (digital twins) of physical objects that can be transmitted and manipulated independently. These copies contain extracted parameters and essential characteristics of the original objects, allowing interlocutors to examine and understand object properties without needing to directly observe the complex physical objects themselves, thereby improving communication reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

2Loss of information

If digital twin parameters are extracted and integrated into multimedia elements, then communication clarity is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation transmission completenessVSAvoidmultimedia processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts specific parameters from complex digital twin models and integrates only the essential information into multimedia elements. Rather than transmitting entire digital twin datasets, the system identifies and extracts relevant parameters (such as position, orientation, or specific physical properties) that are necessary for communication, thereby reducing information loss while managing system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent segments the digital twin information into distinct parameter components that can be selectively integrated into multimedia elements. By dividing the complex digital twin data structure into manageable parameter segments, the system can transmit only the necessary information portions, improving communication completeness without overwhelming the system with excessive processing complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Measurement precision

If audiovisual streams are processed to create digital twins, then object representation accuracy is improved, but processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveobject parameter accuracyVSAvoidcapture and processing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary processing of audiovisual streams to create and update digital twin models in advance of when they are needed for communication. By pre-extracting parameters and maintaining current digital twin representations, the system reduces real-time processing requirements during actual communication events, thereby improving measurement precision without excessive time loss during critical interactions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentEP4625968A1Methods for obtaining a multimedia element and for enhanced rendering, electronic devices, system, computer program products and corresponding media
Publication Date: 2025.10.01 ORANGE SA
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AI summary

The invention relates on the one hand to a method for obtaining a multimedia element, comprising: obtaining an audiovisual stream representing a physical environment; creating a multimedia element giving access to a value of a first parameter of a digital twin relating to a first object of interest of the audiovisual stream, the value being extracted from the digital twin during a capture of the audiovisual stream. And on the other hand, a method for enriched rendering of a first object of interest of a physical environment, comprising: obtaining a multimedia element, said multimedia element giving access to a first value of a first parameter of a digital twin relating to said first object of interest; obtaining a first audiovisual representation of a first portion of said digital twin taking into account the first value obtained; rendering of the first audiovisual representation in the physical environment.The invention also relates to electronic devices, computer program products and corresponding supports.