Multimodal Content Editing with a Unified Generative Interface

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users are required to interact with multiple disparate generative models across different modalities to modify visual content, leading to wastage of computational and network resources due to the need for separate interactions with image, text, and audio generation models.

Innovation Solution

A unified user interface utilizing a single or multiple generative models, including multimodal and unimodal models, to process user inputs and generate modified visual content, reducing the need for multiple interactions and optimizing resource usage.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If users interact with multiple disparate generative models to modify visual content, then the system can handle various modalities, but computational and network resources are wasted

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemulti-modality supportVSAvoidcomputational resource consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple disparate generative models (image, text, audio) into a single unified multimodal generative model that can process and generate across all modalities. This consolidation eliminates the need for separate model interactions, thereby reducing computational resource consumption while preserving multi-modality support.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The unified generative model is designed with universal capabilities to handle diverse input modalities (images, text, audio) and generate corresponding outputs across the same modalities. This multi-functionality allows a single model to replace multiple specialized models, optimizing resource usage while maintaining versatility.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Adaptability or versatility

If users interact with multiple disparate generative models, then comprehensive content modification is achieved, but network resources are wasted due to remote server executions

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontent modification capabilityVSAvoidnetwork resource consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

By combining multiple generative models into one unified system, the patent reduces the number of remote server executions required. The single multimodal model can handle all content modification tasks that previously required multiple separate model calls, thereby reducing network resource consumption.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Adaptability or versatility

If multiple generative models are used for visual content modification, then comprehensive editing capabilities are provided, but the interaction process becomes complex and time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveediting capabilityVSAvoidinteraction process complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent simplifies the interaction process by merging multiple model interactions into a single unified interface. Users interact with one multimodal model rather than switching between multiple specialized models, reducing the complexity of the interaction process while maintaining comprehensive editing capabilities.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The unified generative model provides universal editing capabilities across different modalities through a single interface. This eliminates the need for users to navigate multiple separate model interactions, thereby simplifying the overall interaction process while preserving comprehensive editing functionality.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

4Reliability

If multiple separate generative models interacted with, then specific modality expertise is utilized, but the overall process efficiency decreases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemodality-specific performanceVSAvoidprocess efficiency

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The unified multimodal generative model is trained to maintain expertise across multiple modalities while operating as a single integrated system. This allows the model to preserve modality-specific performance characteristics while improving overall process efficiency by eliminating the need for multiple separate interactions.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS20250349051A1Modification and/or iterative modification of multi-modal content using generative model(s)

Publication Date: 2025.11.13 GOOGLE LLC

AI summary

Implementations described herein relate to generating a modified version of visual content provided by a user and using various generative model(s) (GM(s)). Processor(s) of a system can: receive user input that includes the visual content and a request to modify the visual content; generate the modified version of the visual content; and cause the modified version of the visual content to be rendered for presentation to the user. The visual content can include, for example, image content, video content, and/or other forms of visual content. Further, the request to modify the visual content can include, for example, a request to modify portion(s) of the visual content, animate portion(s) of the visual content, add textual content that is related to the visual content, add audible content that is related to the image content, and/or other requests.