Motion Video Synchronization for Similar Audio Tracks

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Solution Overview

Problem

The presentation of audio content often lacks corresponding motion video content, and combining the two poses challenges in determining the appropriate motion video content and synchronizing it with the audio content.

Innovation Solution

A method and system that involves receiving primary audio content, identifying motion video content based on similarity thresholds and user profiles, and synchronizing the video content with the audio content using fingerprint data alignment.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If motion video content is combined with audio content presentation, then user experience is enhanced, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser experienceVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the audio content into identifiable portions using fingerprint technology, allowing individual segments to be matched with corresponding video content. This segmentation approach enables selective synchronization without requiring complete video-audio pairing, thus reducing overall system complexity while maintaining enhanced user experience.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Audio fingerprint data serves as an intermediary element that bridges audio content and motion video content. The fingerprint technology creates a standardized interface for matching and synchronization, simplifying the complex task of aligning multimedia content through a reliable intermediary mechanism.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Stability of the object's composition

If motion video content is synchronized with audio content, then content coherence is improved, but processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent coherenceVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary fingerprinting of audio content to create ready-to-use identification markers before synchronization is needed. This advance preparation allows for rapid matching and synchronization when video content needs to be aligned with audio, reducing actual processing time while maintaining content coherence.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

Traditional mechanical synchronization methods are replaced with acoustic fingerprint matching technology. This substitution enables automated, rapid identification and alignment of audio-video segments without manual intervention, significantly reducing processing time while ensuring precise content coherence.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Measurement precision

If fingerprint data is used for synchronization, then synchronization precision is improved, but computational requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesynchronization precisionVSAvoidcomputational requirements
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSPower

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses lightweight, simplified fingerprint representations rather than complete audio analysis. These condensed fingerprint data structures require minimal computational resources to process while maintaining high synchronization precision, effectively replacing complex computational approaches with more efficient lightweight alternatives.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #27Cheap short-living objects (Disposable)

Data Source

PatentUS12568269B2Music service with motion video
Publication Date: 2026.03.03 GRACENOTE INC
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AI summary

Techniques of providing motion video content along with audio content are disclosed. In some example embodiments, a computer-implemented system is configured to perform operations comprising: receiving primary audio content; determining that at least one reference audio content satisfies a predetermined similarity threshold based on a comparison of the primary audio content with the at least one reference audio content; for each one of the at least one reference audio content, identifying motion video content based on the motion video content being stored in association with the one of the at least one reference audio content and not stored in association with the primary audio content; and causing the identified motion video content to be displayed on a device concurrently with a presentation of the primary audio content on the device.