Predictive Image Analysis System for Response Latency Reduction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current speech processing systems experience delays in responding to user requests for image and video analysis due to the resource-intensive nature of computer vision algorithms, leading to increased response times and a less desirable user experience.

Innovation Solution

The system predicts user requests based on historical data and initiates image and video processing in advance, using pre-processed features to reduce response time by employing computer vision algorithms before the user input is received, thereby minimizing latency.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of time

If computer vision algorithms are executed only after user requests are received, then system resources are conserved, but response time increases and user experience deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresponse timeVSAvoidcomputational resource consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system executes computer vision algorithms in advance of actual user requests by predicting when users will likely query image or video data. Image analysis components proactively process and generate summaries of visual content before users ask about it, thereby reducing response time when requests do occur while avoiding continuous processing of all content.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically adjusts processing parameters based on predicted user behavior patterns. By analyzing historical interaction data, the system identifies which images or videos are likely to be queried and prioritizes processing those specific items, changing the parameter of processing priority from static to dynamic based on user patterns.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Loss of time

If computer vision algorithms process all image and video data continuously, then response time is minimized, but system resources are excessively consumed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprocessing latencyVSAvoidsystem efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs selective preliminary processing by predicting which images or videos users are most likely to request based on historical data. Only predicted content undergoes advance processing, while other content remains unprocessed until actually requested, optimizing the balance between response time and resource consumption.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system applies partial processing to only the subset of image/video data that is predicted to be queried, rather than processing all content. This partial action approach avoids the excessive resource consumption of full continuous processing while still achieving low latency for the relevant subset of content that users actually interact with.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

3Loss of time

If image analysis is performed in advance based on user predictions, then response time is reduced, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresponse latencyVSAvoidsystem architecture complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system introduces an image analysis component that acts as an intermediary between raw image/video data and user queries. This component proactively processes predicted content and stores pre-analyzed results, serving as a buffer that reduces response time without requiring complex real-time processing when users actually make requests.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses feedback from historical user interaction patterns to refine its predictions about which content users will query. By continuously learning from user behavior data, the system improves its prediction accuracy, making the selective pre-processing more effective and reducing the overall complexity of managing which content to process in advance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS11288513B1Predictive image analysis
Publication Date: 2022.03.29 AMAZON TECH INC
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AI summary

Described herein is a system for predictive image analysis to provide a response to a user input. To reduce a system response time when responding to user inputs that relate to image data analysis, the system processes data relating to past user inputs to predict when a user may request information relating to image data. Using pattern data (determined by the system), the system determines that a trigger to initiate image analysis occurred. The trigger may indicate that the system is expected to receive a user input relating to image data. The system processes image data, in advance of receiving the user input, to determine and store feature data that can be used to generate an output responsive to a user input. Then when the user input is received, the system sends output data (generated using the determined feature data) responsive to the user input.