Local Audio Translation for Content Access Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Content provider systems face challenges in supporting multiple languages due to the high cost and resource-intensive nature of recording and transmitting multiple language tracks, which limits their ability to reach a broader audience and comply with regulatory requirements, especially in regions with diverse linguistic populations.
Innovation Solution
Content access devices utilize local audio translation by receiving video and audio data in one language, converting it to text, translating the text into another language using software or automated services, and synchronizing the translated audio with the video for presentation, thereby reducing the need for pre-recorded multiple language tracks and conserving resources.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If content provider systems record and transmit multiple language tracks, then broader language support is achieved, but storage costs and bandwidth consumption increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the translation function from the content delivery infrastructure and relocates it to the client device. Instead of embedding multiple language tracks in the transmitted content, only the original language content is transmitted, and translation is performed locally at the receiving end, thereby reducing storage and bandwidth requirements while maintaining multi-language support
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces translation software as an intermediary component between the original audio content and the user. This intermediary translates the original language audio into the user's preferred language in real-time, eliminating the need to transmit multiple pre-recorded language versions while still providing comprehensive language support
2Adaptability or versatility
If content provider systems provide multiple language versions, then accessibility to diverse audiences is improved, but system complexity and operational costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the traditional approach by having the client device perform translation instead of the server providing pre-translated content. This reversal simplifies the server infrastructure and content delivery system while shifting the computational complexity to the client side, where translation software runs locally
Solution Approach 2:
The patent makes the client device universal by equipping it with translation capabilities that can handle multiple languages. A single content delivery system can serve diverse linguistic audiences without requiring separate infrastructure for each language, as the translation function adapts to user needs dynamically
3Loss of energy
If translation is performed locally at content access devices, then resource efficiency is improved, but processing requirements and power consumption at the device increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the translation function into modular software components that can be selectively activated based on user needs and available resources. This allows the system to perform translation only when necessary (when the user's language differs from the content language), reducing unnecessary processing and energy consumption at the device
Data Source
AI summary
A content access device uses local audio translation for content presentation. The content access device receives video and first audio data associated with a first language. The content access device uses translation software and/or other automated translation services to translate the first audio data to second audio data associated with a second language. The content access device synchronizes the video with the second audio data and outputs the video and the second audio data for presentation. The first audio data may be audio, text, and so on. The second audio data may be output as audio, text, and so on.