Recording Subdivision via Query Subject Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current technologies fail to effectively allow users to efficiently identify and contextualize specific sections within recordings, such as videos or audio, that relate to a queried subject, lacking the ability to provide sufficient context for understanding the relevance of the identified portions.

Innovation Solution

A processor-based system that receives user queries, identifies subjects within recordings, groups sections based on common features, and displays relevant subdivisions with contextual information, using natural language processing and image analysis to highlight and emphasize the most pertinent sections.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If the entire recording is displayed to the user, then the user can see all content including context, but the user cannot efficiently locate specific sections related to the queried subject

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveefficiency of locating specific contentVSAvoidcontextual information
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The recording is divided into multiple sections based on common features detected through image analysis and natural language processing. This segmentation allows the system to present only relevant sections to the user while preserving contextual information within each section, thereby improving location efficiency without losing necessary context.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system acts as an intermediary between the user's query and the recording content. It processes the query, identifies relevant sections, and presents them with appropriate context, mediating between the user's need for specific content and the requirement for contextual understanding.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Productivity

If only specific sections are displayed to the user, then the user can efficiently locate relevant content, but the user loses contextual information needed to understand the content

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveefficiency of locating specific contentVSAvoidunderstandability of content
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

Different sections of the recording are treated with different quality levels of context preservation. The system identifies sections with high relevance to the query and preserves their contextual information, while less relevant sections are excluded. This local quality approach ensures that contextual information is maintained where it matters most for understanding.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Ease of operation

If manual review of recording sections is required, then contextual understanding can be achieved, but significant time is consumed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontextual understandingVSAvoidtime to locate and understand content
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary analysis of the recording by detecting common features, grouping sections, and identifying relevant content before the user views it. This preliminary action filters and organizes the recording sections based on the query, so that when the user views the results, the contextual understanding is already prepared and optimized, significantly reducing the time required.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

4Productivity

If automated section identification is implemented, then time consumption is reduced, but the ability to provide sufficient context may be compromised

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvespeed of content locationVSAvoidaccuracy of context identification
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses feedback from image analysis and natural language processing to continuously refine its identification of relevant sections and their contextual information. The automated process incorporates feedback loops that adjust the selection and presentation of sections based on the detected common features and query relevance, maintaining high accuracy in context identification while preserving fast automated operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS11822591B2Query-based granularity selection for partitioning recordings
Publication Date: 2023.11.21 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE CORPORATION
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AI summary

A processor may receive a query from a user. The processor may identify one or more subjects in the query. The one or more subjects may include a particular subject. The processor may identify one or more sections of a recording. The processor may group the one or more sections into one or more subdivisions. The processor may determine that the particular subject is in at least one of the one or more sections. The processor may display the one or more subdivisions of the one or more sections that include the particular subject to the user.