Slideshow Reproduction Time Control via Document Length

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing slideshow creation methods require substantial user effort for inputting comment information and often fail to synchronize the reproduction timing of images and documents effectively, leading to either incomplete document display or prolonged image display times, which can be boring for users.

Innovation Solution

An apparatus and method that acquire content and document data, create combination data for synchronized reproduction, and determine reproduction times based on the amount of document content, allowing for dynamic adjustment of content and document display to maintain user engagement by ensuring that the reproduction time aligns with the document's length and reading speed.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Duration of action of moving object

If the reproduction time is controlled according to the importance of an image, then the image display is optimized, but the document display time becomes dependent on the image detail, causing incomplete document display

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimage reproduction timeVSAvoiddocument display completeness
Core Design Contradiction:
Duration of action of moving objectVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the reproduction process into independent control of image display time and document display time. The image reproduction time is determined by image characteristics (importance, detail), while the document reproduction time is determined by document characteristics (length, content), allowing both to be optimized independently without one constraining the other, thus preventing incomplete document display.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements dynamic reproduction time adjustment where the system automatically determines appropriate display times for both images and documents based on their respective characteristics. The reproduction time is not fixed but dynamically adjusted according to the specific content being displayed, ensuring that both images and documents receive adequate display time regardless of their individual complexities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Ease of manufacture

If only some comments in a blog are used in a slideshow, then the slideshow creation is simplified, but the originality of the sentences is lost

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveslideshow creation easeVSAvoidcomment originality
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs automatic comment extraction and selection mechanisms that autonomously process blog content to identify and select appropriate comments for the slideshow. The system self-determines which comments to include based on predefined criteria, eliminating the need for manual selection while preserving the originality and integrity of the selected comments, thus achieving both ease of creation and information preservation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Duration of action of moving object

If the reproduction time is extended as the image value increases, then the image display is enhanced, but the overall slideshow duration increases, reducing user engagement

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimage reproduction timeVSAvoidtotal slideshow duration
Core Design Contradiction:
Duration of action of moving objectVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies parameter-based control where the reproduction time for each component (image or document) is determined by specific parameters characteristic of that component. Image reproduction time is adjusted based on image parameters (resolution, complexity, importance), while document reproduction time is adjusted based on document parameters (word count, content complexity). This allows optimized display times for each component without uniformly extending the entire slideshow duration, maintaining user engagement while enhancing individual content quality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS8707154B2Apparatus, method, and recording medium for creating content-document reproduction data
Publication Date: 2014.04.22 META PLATFORMS INC
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AI summary

In a slideshow which reproduces a content associated with comment information, the reproduction timing of the content can be controlled according to the reproduction timing of the comment information. In a reproduction table, the following are associated with each other: reproduction order; image-document combinations indicated by an image (or the identification information of the image, such as a JPEG file name) and a document (or the identification information of the document, such as a TXT file name); the number of characters in the document; and reproduction time of the image and the document identified by the identification information of the image and the document, respectively. The greater the number of characters the document has, the longer the reproduction time the image associated with the document has. Not every image needs to be associated with the document. For example, basic reproduction time of 5 seconds is assigned to image No. 3.