Operation Compatibility System for Digital Content Pipelines

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional digital image editing systems face inflexibility, inaccuracy, and inefficiency due to rigid compatibility requirements, difficulty in third-party integration, and excessive resource consumption, leading to loss of quality and richness in digital content.

Innovation Solution

An operation compatibility system that determines and selects operation-specific features to establish accurate and efficient connections between digital content editing operations, preserving information richness and allowing for seamless integration of third-party operations within a single pipeline.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional systems rigidly require administrator devices to develop and provide connecting code for each combination of operations, then compatibility between operations is ensured, but device complexity and ease of operation deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompatibility between operationsVSAvoidcomplexity of connecting code
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically determines operation features and generates compatibility connections without requiring administrator intervention. The server performs self-service by autonomously analyzing operation definitions, determining supported features, and establishing compatible connections between operations in the sequence, eliminating the need for manual code development.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces manual mechanical processes (administrator writing and providing connecting code) with an automated information processing system. The server automatically determines operation features, compares them across operations, and generates compatibility connections through algorithmic processing rather than human intervention.

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

2Reliability

If conventional systems require operation-specific instructions for each operation in a pipeline, then compatibility is maintained, but productivity and use of energy worsen due to excessive computing resources

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompatibility maintenanceVSAvoidprocessing speed
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system establishes a single set of operation features that serves multiple operations in the pipeline simultaneously. Instead of requiring separate instructions for each operation, the determined features are universally applied across all operations that support them, reducing redundant processing and improving overall pipeline efficiency.

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

Solution Approach 2:

The system determines operation features in advance before executing the operation sequence. By pre-determining which features are supported by each operation and establishing compatibility connections beforehand, the system avoids the need for real-time instruction generation and processing during execution, thereby improving productivity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Reliability

If conventional systems utilize intermediate low-quality digital image format to bridge compatibility gap, then compatibility between operations is improved, but manufacturing precision deteriorates due to loss of quality and richness

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompatibility between operationsVSAvoidquality and richness of digital content
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system selects different operation features for different operations based on their specific requirements and supported formats. Instead of forcing a single low-quality intermediate format across all operations, each operation uses the highest quality format it supports, preserving information richness locally at each operation while maintaining overall compatibility through the server's coordination.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

4Ease of operation

If conventional systems require excessive numbers of user interactions to generate modified digital content, then ease of operation worsens, but productivity deteriorates due to consumption of large amounts computing resources

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser interface simplicityVSAvoidresource consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically determines operation features and establishes compatibility connections without requiring user interactions for each operation. The server performs self-service by autonomously analyzing operation definitions, comparing features, and generating the necessary connections, eliminating tedious manual steps while reducing processing overhead.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS11914681B2Determining and selecting operation features for digital content editing operations within an operation sequence
Publication Date: 2024.02.27 ADOBE INC
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AI summary

The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for accurately, efficiently, and flexibly establishing compatibility connections between successive digital content editing operations in digital content operation pipelines or sequences. In particular, the disclosed systems can determine operation-specific features for executing digital content editing operations within a sequence. For example, the disclosed systems can determine digital image file types (or other digital content operation features) supported by particular digital content editing operations. Additionally, the disclosed systems can select a supported digital content operation feature for performing a particular operation to pass digital content from the operation to the next operation in a supported format, while also preserving quality and information richness.