Graph-Based Story Album Generation System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for organizing and presenting digital images and videos often fail to engage users, as summaries generated by these approaches are frequently ignored due to a lack of visual appeal and narrative structure.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that uses a graph model to create visually appealing story albums by assigning nodes representing story elements to images based on attributes and constraints, generating a visual depiction of the story in various styles using a library of layout templates.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If traditional methods are used to organize and present digital images and videos, then the organization process is simple, but the visual appeal and user engagement are poor
Solution Approach 1:
The system transforms the organization approach by changing parameters from simple chronological or categorical sorting to a narrative structure with beginning, middle, and end. It applies storyboarding parameters (characters, events, locations, times) to reorganize images and videos into engaging story albums that maintain simplicity while dramatically improving user engagement.
2Ease of manufacture
If summaries are generated by traditional approaches focusing on salient or diverse content, then content selection is straightforward, but the summaries are frequently ignored by users
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-defining story templates with structured narratives (beginning, middle, end) and pre-assigning story elements (characters, events, locations). This preliminary structuring allows straightforward content selection while ensuring the final summary is engaging and reliable in capturing user attention through coherent storytelling.
3Reliability
If a graph model with nodes and attributes is used to represent stories, then the narrative structure is improved, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the story representation into discrete nodes (characters, events, locations, times) and edges (relationships between them). This segmentation creates a clear narrative structure while managing complexity by breaking down the story into manageable, attribute-defined components that can be systematically processed and visualized.
4Reliability
If visual depictions are generated with ordered representations of images and text, then the story coherence is enhanced, but the processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-defining story templates with established narrative structures and pre-organizing images and text according to story elements. This preliminary work ensures story coherence in the final output while reducing processing time, as the systematic pre-organization eliminates the need for complex real-time arrangement during generation.
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AI summary
Systems, methods, and computer program products to perform an operation comprising assigning each of a plurality of nodes of a graph to a distinct image, of a plurality of images, wherein the graph represents a story, wherein each node corresponds to a respective element of the story, wherein each node comprises: (i) an attribute and (ii) a text of the respective element of the story, wherein the plurality of graph nodes are assigned based on a set of attributes of each of the plurality of images and the attribute of each node, and generating a visual depiction of the story, wherein the visual depiction comprises an ordered representation of each of the distinct images and the text of each respective element of the story.