Location-Based Video Sharing Across Multiple Capture Terminals
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing video sharing technologies lack flexibility and convenience, particularly in live streaming and video surveillance networks, with limitations in changing capture perspectives and requiring cumbersome authentication.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus for video sharing and acquisition that allows multiple capturing terminals to share video data with viewing terminals based on location points, enabling users to select desired video data from various capturing terminals, and optionally incorporating popularity and capturing angles for enhanced user experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple fixed cameras form a video surveillance network to share multiple video sources to a same user, then the user can access multiple video sources, but the user has to record addresses, usernames and passwords of all the video sources which is very inconvenient and not conductive to video sharing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary between capturing terminals and viewing terminals. The server manages video data from multiple capturing terminals and provides unified access to viewing terminals, eliminating the need for users to manually record and manage multiple video source credentials. The server acts as a mediator that simplifies the access process while enabling multi-source video sharing.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a virtual copy of the video surveillance network through a web page interface on the server. Instead of directly accessing multiple physical camera systems with different credentials, users interact with a unified web interface that presents all video sources in a standardized manner, making operation convenient while maintaining access to multiple video sources.
2Stability of the object's composition
If cameras of the video surveillance network are fixed to form a stable network, then the network structure is stable, but it is not possible to flexibly change contents to be captured
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables dynamic selection of capturing terminals by viewing terminals through the server. While the network infrastructure remains stable, the system allows flexible switching of video sources and capturing terminals based on user selection via the web interface. The server dynamically routes video data from different capturing terminals to viewing terminals, providing flexibility in capture content while maintaining network stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The server provides a universal access point that can handle video data from multiple different capturing terminals with different functions and locations. The web page interface serves as a multi-functional portal that can display and switch between various video sources, making the system adaptable to different capture content needs while maintaining a stable network core.
3Ease of manufacture
If a single anchor shares videos in real time through a live streaming platform to achieve one-to-many video sharing, then the implementation is simple, but there is only a single live broadcast perspective lacking purports and actual values
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the video sharing system into multiple independent capturing terminals instead of relying on a single anchor. Each capturing terminal can independently capture video from different perspectives and locations. The server divides and distributes these segmented video sources to multiple viewing terminals, providing diverse perspectives while maintaining manageable system complexity through modular architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds the dimension of spatial diversity by deploying capturing terminals at different locations and angles. Instead of a single broadcast perspective, the system captures video from multiple spatial dimensions simultaneously. The web interface presents these multi-dimensional perspectives to users, enriching the video sharing experience while the server manages the complexity of coordinating multiple sources.
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AI summary
Provided is a video sharing method performed by a server and including: acquiring video data and location points from N capturing terminals respectively, the video data used for recording videos captured by the capturing terminals, the location points used for recording locations of the capturing terminals upon acquiring the video data; sending the location points to M viewing terminals, each of N and M is a positive integer greater than 1; acquiring a target location point from a Q-th terminal, the Q-th terminal being one of the M viewing terminals, 1≤Q≤M, and the target location point being one of the location points; and sending J-th video data to the Q-th terminal based on the target location point, the J-th video data being video data captured by a J-th terminal at the target location point, and the J-th terminal being one of the N capturing terminals, 1≤J≤N.