Multimedia Companion Program for Real-Time External Device Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing multimedia technologies lack sophisticated control functions for external devices, leading to poor real-time responsiveness and inconsistency with multimedia files, failing to provide an authentic immersive experience.
Innovation Solution
A data processing method that determines a trigger point sequence and corresponding control instructions for multimedia files, generating a companion program to control external devices, ensuring consistency and enhancing user experience through complex control actions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If simple control functions are used for external devices, then device complexity is reduced, but real-time responsiveness and consistency with multimedia files deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The control method is segmented into distinct components: trigger point detection in multimedia files, companion program generation, and control instruction execution. This segmentation allows the system to achieve complex control functionality through coordinated simple components, improving real-time responsiveness without requiring overall system complexity
Solution Approach 2:
A companion program is introduced as an intermediary between the multimedia file and the control device. The companion program contains pre-defined control instructions that are executed based on trigger points detected in the multimedia file, enabling sophisticated control responses without direct complex processing in the main control system
2Reliability
If simple control functions are used for external devices, then device complexity is reduced, but consistency with multimedia files deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
Control instructions are prepared in advance within the companion program corresponding to specific trigger points in the multimedia file. When a trigger point is detected during playback, the pre-prepared control instruction is executed immediately, ensuring consistency with the multimedia content without requiring complex real-time decision-making
Solution Approach 2:
The control logic is copied into the companion program as a separate entity that mirrors the structure and timing of the multimedia file. This copying approach ensures that control actions are synchronized with multimedia events, maintaining consistency without adding complexity to the main control system
3Adaptability or versatility
If complex control actions are implemented, then peripheral functions are enriched, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The companion program serves multiple functions: it detects trigger points, stores control instructions, and executes control actions. This multi-functionality allows rich peripheral control capabilities to be achieved through a single versatile component rather than multiple complex specialized systems
Solution Approach 2:
The companion program is self-contained with all necessary control logic embedded within it. The system automatically detects trigger points and executes corresponding control instructions without requiring external complex control systems, enabling rich peripheral functions through self-service operation
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Provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure is a data processing method, including: determining a trigger point sequence according to a first multimedia file, wherein the trigger point sequence includes at least one control trigger point; determining a control instruction corresponding to each of control trigger points, wherein the control instruction is used for cooperating with the first multimedia file to control a controlled device; and generating a companion program according to the trigger point sequence and the control instruction corresponding to each of the control trigger points. Further provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure are a control apparatus, an electronic device, and a computer readable medium.