GPU Frame Buffer Overlay for Real-Time Presentation Translation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for providing real-time language translation in presentations are limited, as they often require separate documents or windows, are costly to produce, and cannot be updated in real-time, making it difficult to communicate effectively in multilingual settings.
Innovation Solution
A dynamic translation display overlay system that uses a graphics processing unit (GPU) to analyze frames, identify original text, and overlay translated text onto the display without obscuring the original text, allowing for real-time updates and simultaneous communication in multiple languages.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If separate documents or windows are used for translation, then translation functionality is provided, but device complexity and ease of operation deteriorate due to multiple windows/documents
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the translation overlay with the original presentation display by integrating both texts within the same visual frame. The GPU composites the translated text overlay directly onto the presentation display, eliminating the need for separate windows or documents and reducing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a temporal dimension to the display by implementing real-time translation updates that synchronize with the presentation progression. The system detects when slides change and automatically updates the translated text accordingly, creating a dynamic multi-language display experience within a single window.
2Adaptability or versatility
If separate documents are used for translation, then translation is provided, but productivity deteriorates due to inability to update in real-time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the system continuously monitors the presentation state through frame buffer analysis and automatically triggers translation updates when slide changes are detected. This closed-loop approach ensures real-time synchronization between the original presentation and translated text without manual intervention.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-processing and analyzing the frame buffer to detect slide changes before they fully render. This allows the translation overlay to be updated proactively, ensuring that translated text is ready and displayed immediately when the presentation advances to the next slide.
3Productivity
If translated text is overlaid on original text, then real-time translation is achieved, but visual clarity deteriorates due to potential obscuring
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by positioning the translated text overlay in specific regions of the display that do not conflict with the original presentation content. The system analyzes the frame buffer to identify appropriate placement areas, ensuring that translated text is visible while preserving the readability and visual integrity of the original presentation elements.
4Speed
If analysis is performed in frame buffer, then processing speed is improved, but device complexity increases due to GPU integration
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service by leveraging the GPU's existing frame buffer infrastructure for translation processing. The system utilizes the GPU's native capabilities for frame analysis and text detection, allowing the translation functionality to benefit from hardware-accelerated processing without requiring additional dedicated processing resources or increasing overall system complexity.
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AI summary
An apparatus, method, and computer readable medium for generating and displaying a dynamic language translation overlay that include accessing a frame buffer of the GPU, analyzing, in the frame buffer of the GPU, a frame representing a section of a stream of displayed data that is being displayed by a display device, based on the analyzed frame, identifying a reference patch that includes an instruction to identify an object comprising original text, based on the instruction included in the reference patch, recognizing the original text, generating translated text, generating an overlay comprising an augmentation layer, the augmentation layer including the translated text, and overlaying the overlay, onto the displayed data such that the translated text is viewable while the original text is obscured from view.