Extensible Media Parsing for Multi-Device Synchronization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current media services are limited to single-device reproduction, failing to maximize media reproduction effects in ubiquitous home environments, where multiple devices need to collaborate to provide realistic and immersive experiences.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus and method for parsing extensible media that analyze and classify media tracks, extract neo-data for device control and synchronization, and manage a reproducing sequence to enable multi-device synchronization and control, allowing additional sensory inputs like fragrance, smell, and temperature.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If single-device reproduction is used, then device complexity is reduced, but media reproduction effect and adaptability are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The extensible media is segmented into multiple tracks including audio track, video track, and neo-data track. Each track is independently parsed and processed, allowing multi-device reproduction while maintaining manageable system complexity through modular track handling
Solution Approach 2:
A parsing apparatus acts as an intermediary between the extensible media and multiple reproduction devices. The parser extracts and organizes neo-data containing device control information, enabling coordinated multi-device reproduction without requiring direct complex interactions between all devices
2Adaptability or versatility
If additional neo-data is added to extensible media, then adaptability and media reproduction effect are improved, but data structure complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Additional neo-data is segmented into specific tracks separate from traditional audio and video tracks. This segmentation allows the data structure to accommodate extended functionality while maintaining organized, manageable through the parsing apparatus that processes each track type independently
Solution Approach 2:
The extensible media structure is designed with universal adaptability by incorporating neo-data tracks that can carry various types of device control information. This multi-functional design allows the same media structure to work across different devices and scenarios without requiring separate structures for each application
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple devices are linked for reproduction, then adaptability is improved, but synchronization control difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
Device control information and synchronization data are extracted and prepared in advance during the parsing process. The parsing apparatus organizes neo-data containing timing and control information before distribution to multiple devices, enabling synchronized reproduction without real-time coordination complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The parsing apparatus provides structured device control information that enables feedback mechanisms for synchronization. By organizing neo-data with explicit control instructions, the system allows devices to adjust their reproduction based on received control information, maintaining synchronization across multiple devices
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for parsing of extensible media. In the present invention, neo-data including additional media are extracted from meta data of the extensible media by analyzing the extensible media, and a neo-data track is extracted from the extensible media and transmitted to a means for controlling the extensible media. According to the present invention, it is advantageous to maximize an extensible media service effect by providing a method for more effectively parsing extensible media having a new structure that can add device control for a realistic service and synchronization information to general media.