Individualized Video Program Content System
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Solution Overview
Problem
The challenge is to provide a method for families to view video programs together while ensuring that content is appropriate for all members, particularly addressing the issue of inappropriate segments that prevent entire families from enjoying a video program due to the lack of child-friendly versions and the need for multiple versions of the same program.
Innovation Solution
A system utilizing modified synchronized active shutter technology and multi-channel audio technology to provide two synchronized and interlaced versions of a video program, allowing different classes of viewers to watch separate, appropriate versions simultaneously, such as child-friendly and adult versions, during a single presentation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a single version of a video program is provided, then device complexity is reduced, but adaptability deteriorates because different family members cannot view age-appropriate content simultaneously
Solution Approach 1:
The video program is segmented into multiple synchronized video streams (e.g., first video stream for adult content, second video stream for child-friendly content) that can be selectively viewed by different viewers using different video viewing devices (e.g., adult glasses vs. child glasses), allowing each viewer to access age-appropriate content from the same source program
Solution Approach 2:
A single video program source is made multi-functional by enabling it to simultaneously provide different content versions to different viewer groups through the use of synchronized active shutter technology with multiple video streams, allowing one program to serve multiple audience types concurrently
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple versions of a video program are created and distributed separately, then content adaptability is improved, but loss of time increases due to separate viewings and productivity decreases because family members cannot view together
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple video streams that would traditionally require separate distributions are merged into a single synchronized transmission system where adult video stream and child video stream are combined in one signal, allowing all family members to view simultaneously from one source while receiving age-appropriate content
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses periodic frame alternation where different video streams are presented in alternating frames (e.g., odd frames for adults, even frames for children), synchronized with periodic shuttering of viewing devices to deliver different content versions simultaneously to different viewer groups during a single program runtime
3Adaptability or versatility
If synchronized active shutter technology is modified to provide multiple video streams, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases due to additional synchronization requirements
Solution Approach 1:
A video sync signal acts as an intermediary that coordinates the shuttering of multiple video viewing devices to different video streams, serving as a central control mechanism that simplifies the synchronization process by providing a single reference signal that all devices follow, thereby managing complexity through centralized coordination
Data Source
AI summary
A method and system for providing individualized video program content whereby currently available synchronized active shutter technology, such as is implemented in currently available 3-D televisions, and multiple channel audio technology, such as stereo, or 5:1 surround sound technology, is modified to provide two or more interlaced versions of at least a portion of a video program such that two or more “classes”, or types of viewers, can virtually simultaneously view separate versions of the portion of a video program in a single run of the video program, i.e., in the same viewing of the program by both types of viewers.