Incremental Content Presentation via Sensor-Driven Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Audio-visual streaming systems face challenges in providing viewable content to diverse mobile devices with varying display characteristics, such as screen size and orientation, due to difficulties in adapting content distribution effectively.
Innovation Solution
The system employs a method that uses sensors to incrementally present content elements on a display, adjusts content based on device characteristics, and generates responsive overlays by sending background and layer data separately, allowing for customizable and efficient content delivery across different devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If content is distributed to diverse mobile devices with different display characteristics, then user coverage is improved, but content adaptability becomes difficult to achieve
Solution Approach 1:
The content is segmented into multiple versions with different resolutions and qualities. The system divides the content delivery into discrete segments that can be selectively transmitted based on device characteristics, making it easier to adapt content to diverse devices without overwhelming system complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically selects and transmits appropriate content versions based on real-time device characteristics such as screen resolution, processing power, and network conditions. This dynamic adaptation allows the system to handle diverse devices effectively while maintaining manageable complexity through automated decision-making
2Ease of operation
If sensors are used to incrementally present content elements, then user engagement is improved, but processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
Content elements are presented periodically through sensor interactions rather than all at once. The system uses periodic updates triggered by sensor events (such as device orientation changes or touch interactions) to incrementally reveal content, maintaining user engagement while distributing processing over time
Solution Approach 2:
Content is pre-processed and organized into incremental segments before user interaction. This preliminary segmentation allows the system to quickly retrieve and display appropriate content portions when sensors trigger events, reducing real-time processing time while maintaining engaging incremental presentation
3Adaptability or versatility
If background image and layer images are sent separately, then content customization is improved, but data transmission complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The content data is segmented into distinct components: background images, layer images, and their associated metadata. This segmentation enables selective transmission of only the necessary components based on device capabilities and user preferences, achieving customization while managing transmission complexity through modular data structure
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses a universal data format and protocol that can handle both simple and complex content compositions. By designing a multi-functional transmission framework that accommodates various combinations of background and layer images, the system achieves content customization without proportionally increasing transmission complexity
Data Source
AI summary
Techniques are disclosed that generally relate to content delivery techniques in audio-visual systems. In an audio-visual system, a method of using sensors to incrementally present content elements on a display includes presenting a first content element on the display, receiving first data from a sensor, the first data associated with a first distance. An increment coefficient is identified, and a portion size is determined by reducing the first distance by the increment coefficient. Finally, an unseen portion of a second content element is incrementally added to the display, and a presented portion of the first content element is incrementally removed from the display, the size of the portions added and removed being equal to the determined portion size.