Optical Disc Player Dynamic Media Effect Update
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional methods for updating digital photo slide shows require retrieving original photos and re-applying updated media play effect packages, making it inefficient for sharing and management, especially since optical disc data cannot be updated.
Innovation Solution
A method that copies digital photos and a guiding program onto an optical disc, triggers a player program to update media play effect packages via a network, and stores them in a database, allowing for dynamic generation of a slide show with the updated effects without needing to re-retrieve original photos.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If conventional methods are used to update digital photo slide shows, then the original photos must be retrieved and re-processed, but this increases the complexity and time required for updating
Solution Approach 1:
The patent separates the media play effect packages from the original digital photos. The photos are burned to optical disc while the effect packages are stored separately in a database on the playing device. This segmentation allows independent updating of effect packages without needing to retrieve or reprocess the original photos, thereby improving update efficiency and reducing process complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary action by pre-burning only the essential photo data to optical disc while storing the media play effect packages in a separate database. This preliminary separation enables future updates to be performed by simply updating the database entries rather than reprocessing all photo data, thus improving productivity and reducing update complexity
2Reliability
If optical disc data is used for storage, then data can be preserved permanently, but the data cannot be updated without re-burning
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the slide show system into two parts: immutable photo data stored on optical disc for reliable preservation, and mutable media play effect packages stored in a database for easy updates. This segmentation allows the system to simultaneously achieve data preservation reliability and update adaptability by modifying only the database portion while keeping the optical disc portion intact
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a database as an intermediary layer between the optical disc storage and the slide show playback. This database serves as a mediator that can be easily updated while the optical disc remains unchanged, thus providing adaptability for updates while maintaining the reliability of permanent storage on the disc
Data Source
AI summary
Before playing a digital photo slide show, both required digital photos and a guiding program are burnt on an optical disc in advance. While the disc is loaded into an optical disc play device, the guiding program triggers the optical disc play device to connect with an external network for updating media play effect packages, which are related to the digital photos, and for storing the updated media play effect packages in a preserved database of said optical disc play device. Then a corresponding digital photo slide show is dynamically generated and played according to both the updated media play effect packages, which are stored in the preserved database, and the digital photos burnt on the optical disc.