Music Video Color Palette Sync for Segment-Based Light Effects

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems struggle to synchronize light effects with music in terms of color, leading to a negative user experience when colors are randomly selected or based on static palettes, and dynamic video frame extraction results in overwhelming effects.

Innovation Solution

A system that extracts a color palette per segment from a music video corresponding to a song, determining light effects by selecting colors from these segment-dependent palettes, synchronized with audio segments, to create a dynamic and engaging lighting experience.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If colors are randomly selected from a user-defined color palette, then the system is simple to operate, but the user experience deteriorates due to inappropriate color matching

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesimplicity of color selectionVSAvoiduser experience quality

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically extracts color palettes from music videos and matches them to corresponding audio segments without user intervention. The processor autonomously analyzes video frames, identifies dominant colors, and synchronizes them with audio beats, eliminating the need for manual color selection while ensuring appropriate color matching.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically changes color parameters by extracting palettes from different segments of the music video. Each audio segment receives colors extracted from its corresponding video segment, creating a dynamic color progression that matches the music's temporal structure rather than using a static random selection.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

2Device complexity

If a static color palette is used throughout the song, then the system is simple to implement, but the user experience deteriorates due to lack of dynamic color variation

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesimplicity of system implementationVSAvoiddynamic color adaptation

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The music video and audio track are divided into multiple time segments. The system extracts a separate color palette from each video segment and assigns it to the corresponding audio segment. This segmentation allows the system to provide dynamic color variation throughout the song while maintaining a manageable implementation structure.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The color palette transitions from static to dynamic by continuously updating colors based on the current audio segment. As the music progresses through different segments, the system extracts and applies new color palettes from corresponding video segments, creating a dynamic visual experience that adapts to the music's temporal evolution.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

3Adaptability or versatility

If colors are extracted from each video frame, then the color diversity is maximized, but the user experience deteriorates due to overwhelming and chaotic light effects

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecolor diversityVSAvoidoverwhelming effects

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts only the essential color information from video frames by identifying dominant colors within each segment rather than using all colors from every frame. This extraction process filters out excessive color variation while preserving the key color themes of each music video segment, preventing overwhelming effects.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

Instead of processing every single video frame (excessive action), the system processes representative frames or keyframes from each segment (partial action). This approach captures sufficient color diversity for each segment while avoiding the chaotic overload that would result from analyzing every frame individually.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #16Partial or excessive action

4Measurement precision

If light intensity is synchronized with audio intensity, then the synchronization quality is improved, but the color selection becomes more challenging

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesynchronization precisionVSAvoidcolor selection complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system merges the audio analysis process with the color extraction process by simultaneously identifying audio segments and their corresponding video segments. This combined approach allows the system to synchronize light intensity with audio intensity while automatically selecting appropriate colors from the same segment, reducing overall complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS12550242B2Extracting a color palette from music video for generating light effects

Publication Date: 2026.02.10 SIGNIFY HOLDING BV

AI summary

A system for controlling a lighting device to render light effects while an audio rendering device plays a song is configured to obtain an identifier of the song, obtain a music video of the song based on the identifier of the song, determine segments (51-55) in the song and in the music video, extract a color palette (61-65) from the music video for each of the segments, determine the light effects for each respective segment of the segments by selecting colors from the color palette extracted for the respective segment, and control the lighting device to render the lights effects determined for the segments while the audio rendering device plays the corresponding segments of the song.