Multimedia Interface Switching for Focused Audio Playback

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current multimedia processing methods are inflexible and limited in their ability to adapt to user needs, particularly in complex scenarios where multiple types of content are presented, leading to a fixed and unsatisfactory playback experience.

Innovation Solution

A multimedia processing method that allows for switching between different interfaces, where the first interface presents comprehensive content including audio, video, and subtitles, and the second interface focuses on target audio and corresponding subtitles, enabling users to concentrate on the content and improving flexibility through features like playback speed control and interactive components.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a fixed single interface is used for multimedia playback, then the system structure is simple, but the adaptability to different user needs and scenarios is poor

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadaptability to user needsVSAvoidinterface switching mechanism
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically switches between a first multimedia interface and a second multimedia interface based on user needs. The first interface displays comprehensive content including video and audio, while the second interface focuses on audio and subtitles only. This dynamic adaptability allows the system to adjust its presentation mode according to different playback scenarios without requiring multiple separate applications.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The multimedia interface is segmented into two distinct modes: the first interface that presents all multimedia content (video, audio, subtitles), and the second interface that presents only audio and subtitles. This segmentation allows users to selectively focus on different content types by switching between interfaces, improving adaptability while maintaining a unified system structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Loss of information

If comprehensive multimedia content is displayed in one interface, then all information is available, but user concentration on specific content is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent accessibilityVSAvoiduser concentration
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The second multimedia interface extracts and displays only the audio and subtitle content from the comprehensive first interface. This extraction allows users to focus specifically on audio and subtitle information without the visual distraction of video content, while the information remains accessible through interface switching rather than being permanently separated.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Adaptability or versatility

If multiple interface modes are provided, then playback flexibility is improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveplayback flexibilityVSAvoidinterface management system
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

A single multimedia playback system performs multiple functions by switching between two interface modes. The same system can provide comprehensive multimedia playback (first interface) or focused audio-subtitle playback (second interface), eliminating the need for separate applications for different playback scenarios and reducing overall system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS20240121479A1Multimedia processing method, apparatus, device, and medium
Publication Date: 2024.04.11 BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to multimedia processing method, apparatus, device and medium, wherein the method includes: presenting a first multimedia interface comprising first content; receiving an interface switching request of a user in the first multimedia interface; and switching from the first multimedia interface currently presented to a second multimedia interface, and presenting second content in the second multimedia interface, wherein the first content comprises the second content and other content associated with the second content, and the second content comprises a target audio and a target subtitle corresponding to the target audio.