Media Synchronization Engine Using Template Alignment

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current methods for creating synchronized content, such as transcripts and captions, for clip reels derived from original media files are manual and time-consuming, especially for third parties without access to the original transcription or captioning information, leading to high costs and inefficiencies.

Innovation Solution

A system and method for automatically generating synchronized content by using a synchronization engine to align derived content templates with reference templates based on similarity metrics, incorporating features like feature vectors and threshold values, to produce synchronized transcripts, captions, and other data for video frames, clips, and clip reels without human intervention.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If manual methods are used to create synchronized content for clip reels, then accuracy can be maintained, but time consumption and cost increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesynchronization accuracyVSAvoidtime consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by creating and storing templates from the original media file and its synchronized content before clips are derived. These templates contain extracted features and synchronization information that can be later reused to automatically synchronize any number of derived clips without manual intervention, thus resolving the contradiction between maintaining accuracy and reducing time consumption.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates template copies of the original media structure and synchronization data. Instead of manually synchronizing each clip, the system generates template representations that can be copied and applied to multiple derived clips automatically. This copying mechanism preserves synchronization accuracy while dramatically reducing the time required to process multiple clips.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

2Adaptability or versatility

If third parties create synchronized content without access to original transcription information, then independence and versatility improve, but synchronization accuracy deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveindependenceVSAvoidsynchronization accuracy

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system introduces templates as an intermediary between the original media file and the derived clips. Third parties can work independently with the template, which contains extracted features and synchronization structure, without needing access to the original transcription or captioning information. The template acts as a mediator that preserves synchronization accuracy while enabling independent work.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system replaces the mechanical process of manual synchronization with an automated computational process. By substituting manual alignment operations with automated template-based matching using feature vectors and similarity metrics, the system enables third parties to achieve accurate synchronization independently without requiring access to original transcription data.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Productivity

If automated synchronization is implemented, then productivity increases, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontent creation speedVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the synchronization task into distinct components: extracting features from media content, creating templates from original synchronized content, comparing features using similarity metrics, and aligning derived clips based on template matching. This segmentation of the complex synchronization process into manageable modules increases productivity while making the overall system complexity more controllable and manageable.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS9633696B1Systems and methods for automatically synchronizing media to derived content

Publication Date: 2017.04.25 3PLAY MEDIA

AI summary

A system for creating synchronized content is provided. The system includes a memory, at least one processor coupled to the memory, and a synchronization engine component executable by the at least one processor. The synchronization engine component is configured to locate a media file associated with synchronization information; locate at least one clip derived from the media file; generate a reference template representative of the media file; generate a derived content template representative of the at least one clip; align the derived content template with the reference template to create alignment information; and generate the synchronized content based on the at least one clip, the alignment information, and the synchronization information.