Mobile Multimedia Mixing Channel Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing digital mixing software packages are not suitable for mobile data processing devices due to limited processing power and display size constraints, limiting their ability to handle multimedia content manipulation effectively.
Innovation Solution
An interactive multimedia apparatus for mobile devices that allows users to combine and manipulate audio, video, and text files across multiple channels in real-time, enabling the setting of composition authoring parameters and special effects, with indicators for file and channel management on a limited display.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If digital mixing software is designed for PC with full processing power and large display, then multimedia content manipulation capability is improved, but device complexity and resource requirements increase making it unsuitable for mobile devices
Solution Approach 1:
The software divides multimedia content into discrete tracks that can be independently manipulated. Each track represents a separate element (audio, video, text, image) that can be controlled individually through channel controls, allowing complex multimedia manipulation through simple modular components
Solution Approach 2:
The mixing software is designed to handle multiple types of media files (audio, video, text, images) through a unified interface and processing framework. The same channel controls and mixing mechanisms work across all media types, enabling versatile content manipulation with a single software system
2Adaptability or versatility
If digital mixing software includes full editing features and special effects controls, then content creation flexibility is improved, but processing power requirements increase beyond mobile device capabilities
Solution Approach 1:
The software applies composition authoring parameters and effects settings in advance during the composition creation phase. Users configure track parameters, effects, and mixing settings before final rendering, allowing complex processing to be prepared beforehand rather than computed in real-time on mobile devices
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically manages resource allocation and processing tasks based on available mobile device capabilities. The software adapts its processing requirements to match the device's processing power, memory, and display constraints while maintaining full functional capability
3Measurement precision
If the software interface displays detailed file and channel information, then user control precision is improved, but display size requirements exceed mobile device screen dimensions
Solution Approach 1:
The interface uses hierarchical organization and collapsible track structures to display detailed file and channel information. Users can expand or collapse individual tracks to reveal or hide detailed parameters, effectively managing information density within limited display space by utilizing the depth dimension of the interface rather than only horizontal/vertical space
4Ease of operation
If the software enables real-time mixing and parameter adjustment during playback, then user control flexibility is improved, but processing power requirements exceed mobile device capabilities
Solution Approach 1:
The software enables real-time parameter adjustment for essential mixing controls (volume, pan, basic effects) while limiting or deferring processing of more computationally intensive operations. Not all parameters can be adjusted in real-time with full precision, but sufficient control is provided for practical mixing operations on mobile devices
Data Source
AI summary
An interactive multimedia apparatus (1) usable in combination with a software suite of authoring programs (2) installed in a computing means of a mobile data processing apparatus (3) of the type having a display means (4) and one or more input means (4) is disclosed. The interactive multimedia apparatus (1) provides a bundle of tools which together enable a multimedia composition to be generated in real time on the mobile data processing apparatus (3). The present invention utilizes individual channels (11, 40) to ensure users can interact directly with individual files (10) and set various composition authoring parameters (14) both before and during a mixing cycle to dynamically create a multimedia composition.