Pre-distribution Image Scaling for Video Delivery
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional methods for distributing video imagery to pervasive devices over computer networks inefficiently consume resources due to repeated compression and subsequent resizing, especially when dealing with a large number of devices, as they do not account for the target device's display size before compression.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for pre-distribution image scaling, where video imagery is scaled to match the target device's display size before compression, optimizing resource usage by eliminating unnecessary processing steps and reducing resource consumption during transmission and decompression.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of energy
If video imagery is compressed before transmission to pervasive devices, then the bandwidth utilization is improved, but computational resources are needlessly consumed on aspects that will not survive subsequent scaling
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by determining the target display size before compression and pre-scaling the video imagery to match that display size. This ensures that compression operates only on the necessary pixel data, eliminating waste of computational resources on pixels that would be scaled down anyway, while still achieving efficient bandwidth utilization through compression.
2Ease of manufacture
If video imagery is compressed without considering target display size, then compression can be applied uniformly, but resources are wasted compressing pixels that will be scaled down
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by adapting the compression process to the specific characteristics of the target device's display size. Instead of uniform compression across all images, the system determines the target display dimensions and scales the imagery locally to match before compression, ensuring computational resources are focused only on the relevant pixel data for each target device.
3Ease of operation
If video imagery is scaled after compression on the pervasive device, then the target device can handle the resizing, but additional process resources are consumed on the pervasive device
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by performing the scaling operation before compression and transmission, rather than after decompression on the pervasive device. This shifts the computational burden to the server side where resources are more abundant, and eliminates the need for the pervasive device to consume additional process resources on resizing operations.
4Reliability
If video imagery is compressed at full resolution, then compression can be applied to all pixels, but bandwidth is wasted transmitting pixels that will be scaled down
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by matching the compression resolution to the target display size. The system determines the dimensions of the target device's display and scales the video imagery to those dimensions before compression, ensuring that compression is applied only to the necessary pixel data. This eliminates bandwidth waste from transmitting excess pixels that would be scaled down, while maintaining complete compression coverage for the relevant image area.
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AI summary
Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to video scaling and compression and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for pre-distribution image scaling for screen size. In one embodiment of the invention, a compressed video delivery method can be provided. The method can include determining a display size for a target computing platform, pre-scaling video imagery to comport with the display size of the target computing platform, compressing the pre-scaled video imagery, and transmitting the compressed, pre-scaled video imagery to the target computing platform over a computer communications network.