Dynamic Reduced-Color Mode for Video Streaming
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile devices face challenges in streaming video content over limited network bandwidth, leading to poor video playback performance due to overwhelmed network connections, which can result in delayed or interrupted media delivery during interactive exchanges like video calls.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a dynamic reduced-color mode for video encoding, where the encoding configuration component assesses network performance information to switch between standard and reduced-color modes, using fewer variable bits for color encoding to optimize video stream transmission and prevent network overload.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If standard color encoding mode is used, then video quality is improved, but network bandwidth consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic switching between standard and reduced color encoding modes based on real-time network conditions. The encoding configuration component monitors network performance information and adjusts the color encoding mode accordingly, transitioning from static to dynamic adaptation to resolve the contradiction between video quality and bandwidth consumption.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the color encoding parameters (number of variable bits for color encoding) based on network conditions. By adjusting the color depth parameter from standard to reduced levels, the system optimizes the balance between video quality and bandwidth usage, directly addressing the technical contradiction.
2Productivity
If reduced-color mode is used, then network bandwidth efficiency is improved, but video quality deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts color encoding based on network performance, switching to reduced-color mode only when network conditions warrant it. This dynamic approach ensures bandwidth efficiency is improved without permanently sacrificing video quality, as the system can revert to standard mode when conditions improve.
Solution Approach 2:
The encoding configuration component modifies color encoding parameters (number of variable bits) based on network performance information. This parameter adjustment allows the system to optimize bandwidth efficiency while controlling video quality degradation through conditional application of reduced-color mode.
3Measurement precision
If full color encoding is used, then color accuracy is improved, but network transmission reliability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent adjusts color encoding parameters based on network performance information to ensure reliable transmission. When network conditions are poor, the system reduces color encoding precision to prevent transmission failures, thereby maintaining overall transmission reliability while adapting color accuracy to current network capabilities.
4Productivity
If network bandwidth is increased, then video streaming performance is improved, but device resource consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system adjusts color encoding parameters to optimize the balance between video streaming performance and device resource consumption. By reducing color encoding precision when appropriate, the system decreases processing and energy requirements while maintaining acceptable streaming performance, thereby resolving the contradiction between performance and resource usage.
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AI summary
Techniques to dynamically engage a reduced-color mode for streaming video encoding are generally described. For example, in one embodiments, an apparatus may include an encoding configuration component operative to receive network performance information for a video stream at a sending device, the video stream using a first number of variable bits for color encoding; and assign a reduced-color mode to a media component based on the network performance information, the media component operative to generate the video stream in the reduced-color mode, wherein the reduced-color mode uses a second number of variable bits for color encoding, the second number less than the first number, and a network component operative to send the video stream from the sending device to a receiving device using the reduced-color mode. Other embodiments are described and claimed.