Reference-Image Media Generation With Guided Subject Motion

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current machine learning-based methods for generating videos or animations from a single image or descriptive text fail to accurately meet user intentions, leading to inadequate user experience.

Innovation Solution

A method involving obtaining a reference image and a noise image, along with control information including target subject information, processing category, and movement guidance, to perform denoising processing using a target model to generate media where the target subject moves according to user-defined movement guidance.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If video or animation is generated based only on one frame of existing image or one frame plus descriptive text, then the generation process is simple, but the accuracy of meeting user intentions is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of meeting user intentionsVSAvoidcomplexity of generation process
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the control information into multiple distinct components: subject information (identifying the target subject), processing category information (specifying the type of movement), and movement guidance information (defining the movement trajectory and parameters). This segmentation allows the system to process each aspect separately, improving accuracy while maintaining manageable complexity through modular information handling.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent transitions from traditional 2D image generation to 4D media generation by adding temporal and spatial movement dimensions. The movement guidance information introduces trajectory coordinates and movement parameters that define how subjects move through space and time, enabling precise control over subject motion while generating dynamic media from static reference images.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Ease of operation

If control information includes detailed movement guidance, then user experience improves, but information processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser experienceVSAvoidinformation processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates a universal control information structure that can handle multiple types of processing categories (different movement types) through a unified framework. The same basic structure (subject information + processing category + movement guidance) accommodates various movement scenarios, simplifying the interface for users while providing comprehensive control capabilities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent utilizes parameter changes to encode movement guidance information, including trajectory coordinates, movement speed, direction, and other quantifiable attributes. By transforming qualitative user intentions into quantitative parameters, the system enables precise control over subject movement while maintaining ease of operation through parameter-based adjustment rather than complex procedural programming.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS20260073489A1Media generation method, apparatus, device, and medium
Publication Date: 2026.03.12 BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

The present disclosure provides a media generation method, an apparatus, a device, and a medium. A specific implementation of the method includes: obtaining a reference image and a noise image; obtaining control information for guiding media generation, the control information including information of a target subject in the reference image, information of a processing category to which the target subject belongs, and movement guidance information of the target subject; and performing, using a target model and based on the reference image and the control information, denoising processing on the noise image to obtain a target media, such that the target subject in the target media moves according to the movement guidance information.